Mercado: Protecting our border; Remollo, Jolly Good Fellow

May 25, 2011

PAMPANGA residents and local officials are keenly watching how the Provincial Government and the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) are preserving, defending, and protecting the interests of the province in a territorial dispute.
Reports have it that the mayor of Bamban, Tarlac has stepped up his aggressive claim that Barangay Calumpang, a known and established village of Mabalacat, especially the area along Sacobia river, belongs to his municipality.
The dispute had long ceased to be an issue until a new Philippine president was elected. This emboldened the Bamban officials to renew asserting alleged rights over the Sacobia border. Residents there claimed Mabalacat as their place of abode and recognized Marino Morales as their mayor.
That President Aquino comes from Tarlac does not give legitimate reason and authority to Bamban officials to claim the Calumpang area as part and parcel of Bamban. They are hoping their cabalen President will back them in the dispute, it was reported.
Historically, the province of Tarlac was originally a part of the vast Kapampangan territory until the province of Tarlac was carved out from Pampanga.
The claim of Bamban to what is genuinely and traditionally a Pampanga area lacks historical and geographic basis. Calumpang residents are registered voters of Mabalacat. During natural disasters and emergency situations they run to Mabalacat officials for assistance and protection. They go to the municipal mayor to secure recommendations for jobs and business pursuits.
Mabalacat officials have been undertaking development initiatives in Calumpang. During the Pinatubo eruption, the victims sought shelter and were given accommodation in Mabalacat resettlement staging areas. They never consider Bamban as their sanctuary, neither seeking nor given help by Bamban authorities.
Pampanga provincial board members led by BM Raul Macalino should exercise firm decision in protecting the province’s territorial integrity. They should defend the legitimate and rightful interest of Mabalacat to Calumpang village, especially the border along the Sacobia River.
To expand development work further to what was called the New Frontier, basically the Sacobia area, CDC officials should not adopt the stance as fence-sitters in this dispute.
CDC officials should join Pampanga executives in defending a Kapampangan territory. They should exercise due diligence in claiming or protecting the rightful interest of Mabalacat which covers most of the area inside the Clark area.
Seeing the great potential of Mabalacat as a future growth center, then President Fidel V. Ramos issued Executive Order 344 granting official recognition of that disputed area along Bamban as a genuine part of Mabalacat, according to Mayor Morales.
Having put themselves under the political and territorial jurisdiction of Mabalacat, Calumpang residents have been enjoying the rights and privileges as Mabalacat residents. They trust Morales in seeing to their welfare and future.
They also foresee bright prospects of improving their lives when Mabalacat becomes a city soon. I hope the Board Members tasked to work out the dispute will remember this reality.
The Mayor of Bamban should not put the President on a spot by inference of support from Aquino. And his fellow officials should cease all references to that political advantage as a solid basis of their geographical claim.
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Remollo at CDC
The province of Pampanga has welcomed the new CDC President and CEO with warmth and hope.
Pres. Felipe Antonio Remollo deserves no less from our cabalen, the stakeholders, and our local officials. Those who had met and interacted with Remollo felt his genuine enthusiasm to make a difference. They found him to be amiable, jolly, and humorous. He is one fellow easy to like, reported CDC PR chief Angelo Lopez Jr.
The former City Mayor of Dumaguete finds the Clark area as an unpolished gem. He wants to focus government efforts to make the precious stone a dazzling and precious asset. By lamenting that Subic, through the upbeat and dramatic hype of Richard Gordon, has overtaken Clark in global consciousness, he has set his sights on overturning this event. He wants Clark to become the crossroads of regional tourism, make it the heart of travel activities, as well a lasting template in national development agenda.
He dreams of converting Clark into a huge holiday land, a one-stop pleasure and business enclave, “a fine destination where the tourist, once he steps in at Clark, will no longer desire to go out to get what he wants in fun, joy, and comfort.”
Essentially an optimistic bubbly guy, Remollo takes life’s fortune in stride. He is aware of life’s brevity and a government job’s uncertainty. “Let us make the best of what can we do to make a difference,” he stressed. But he keeps in mind President PNoy’s marching order every hour of the day, he said.
“Which is?”
“Getting more investments, creating jobs, and attracting tourists. But first of all let us make noise, sound out a loud bang, and create a niche image of Clark in the foreign consciousness.” Gordon has beaten Clark in that direction, he added. “This is the time to beat him in his game.”
Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/opinion/2011/05/24/mercado-protecting-our-border-remollo-jolly-good-fellow-157265

Over the holidays, travelers from Manila going to the north for a getaway destination choose Pampanga Angeles City and Clark Philippines as a popular holiday location. Aside from day-time sports and other activities, visitors look for a good wine shop to buy some good wine to celebrate a special occasion or just to make the holiday and vacation more enjoyable. Many wine lovers pick up some good bottles from Clark Wine Center to bring to dinner in some of the good restaurants in Angeles City, Clark Pampanga. Yats Restaurant is one of the most famous fine dining restaurants outside of Manila, located in Mimosa Leisure Estate inside Clark Airbase or Clark Freeport Zone as it is now called. This popular restaurant has become a tourist attraction, a place to visit for those who are in Pampanga, Subic, Angeles City and of course, Clark Philippines. The famous wine shop called Clark Wine Center supplies this famous restaurant in Clark Philippines as well as other good restaurants in Angeles City Pampanga with good wines of all price ranges.

Wine is becoming increasingly popular in Manila and other cities in the Philippines. Wine lovers in Manila travel to the north to visit Clark, Pampanga to shop for good and rate vintage wines at good duty-free prices. The most frequently visited liquor shop in Manila and wine shop in Pampanga is Clark Wine Center. This highly recommended wine shop located outside Manila near Angeles City, Pampanga in North Luzon is known for offering a great selection of fine vintage wine that is good quality and good value for money also.

This well-known wine shop is a famous shopping destination for wine enthusiasts in Manila and wine lovers from other cities in Asia including Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo.

Famous Philippines wine supplier known for its line of fine vintage wines, Yats Wine Cellars was established in 2000 to address the requirement of a growing population of wine enthusiasts in the Philippines. This 5-star wine shop caters to the discerning client who requires these qualities in their wines: (1) excellent value, (2) large selection of labels and vintages to choose from and (3) wines properly aged for full enjoyment.

Public wine tastings are held from time to time in Clark and sometimes in Manila. Tickets range from p500 to p1500 for these themed events that are professionally run –no wine merchants sponsorship, pushy salesmen or tacky banners to ruin the evening. Each ticket contains a certain number of stubs that can be redeemed for a tasting pour of a wine among those on a line-up which often contains wines that are quite old and expensive.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.

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Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

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Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 ask for Rea or Chay

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While in Clark, it might be a good idea to enjoy an evening of wine-and-dine in the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar that features an award winning 2700-line wine list. Highly recommended fine dining restaurant in Manila for special occasion is Yats Restaurant & Wine Lounge located in the famous Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clark Pampanga. Situated near this popular restaurant in Clark is the Mimosa Golf Course as well as the Mimosa Clark Casino. This top rated restaurant near Angeles City Pampanga in Clark Philippines is frequently used for private parties and corporate functions such as board meetings and other gatherings. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

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