Villar leads 2012’s ‘most outstanding Kapampangans’

This year, 12 Kapampangans bagged the “Most Outstanding Kapampangan Awards [MOKA] for 2012” including Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar during the 441st Pampanga Day celebration on December 11.
Aside from the annual search for Mutya Ning Kapampangan, the 2012 MOKA was the highlight of the Pampanga Day celebration held at Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center, this city.
The awardees were led by Villar who was named Moka awardee in Business and Entrepreneurship. He is known for his guiding principle “Sipag at Tiyaga.”
Villar is a true-blooded Kapampangan. His maternal grandfather, Nicolas David Bamba, came from Purok Bamba, Barangay San Nicolas I in Sasmuan town. His mother Curita Bamba is a seafood dealer who hails from Sasmuan, Pampanga while his father Manuel Villar Sr. came from the province of Iloilo.
Villar Jr. has excelled both in business and politics. Hard work, persistence, and perseverance became his work ethics.
Through the years, Villar has proven his guts in housing business which earned him the title given by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism as “Dean of the Philippine Real Estate Industry.”
For Culture category, Lilia Lising Borrromeo fondly called “Atching Lillian” by locals, a culinary expert and food historian from the town of Mexico was named Moka Awardee.
Atching Lillian, well-known for her traditional way of cooking Kapampangan dishes (Capangan Capampangan) with the use of antique cooking implements and secret recipes—family heirlooms inherited from her ancestors and passed down to every female family member for generations now. Because of this, she is now referred to as the “Guardian of Kapampangan Kitchen.”
In the field of education, Dr. Leonardo C. Canlas who won the Moka award is well-loved family man, a prominent and highly respected educator and leader because of his shared brilliance and humility to serve the Department of Education.
ALE partylist Representative Lina Bagasina was named MOKA for Government Service. She served as mayor of Sasmuan and secretary general from 2001 to 2007 of the Pampanga Mayors League (PML).
Police Supt. Perez bagged the Moka award for Law Enforcement. He serves as police for 18 years. He is the current company commander of the Pampanga Provincial Public Safety Company (PPSC) based in Camp Diosdado de Leon, San Felipe, City of San Fernando.
For Mass Media, John S. Manalili was conferred as MOKA awardee who is currently serving as Ceso III, director IV of the Bureau of Communications Services.
Manalili was a former director and chief of the Public Affairs Division of the Bureau of Broadcast Services-Philippine Broadcasting Service. He was also the former station manager of Radyo ng Bayan 738 kHz, the flagship station of government radio. He hosted a one-hour daily television news program over NBN 4 and was also one of the Freedom Broadcasters of the newly-liberated Radyo ng Bayan in 1986.
Fr. Victor Nicomedes Nicdao was named Moka awardee for Religion.
Felix Galang Tienzo won the Moka award in the category of Social Service.
Lourdes Sur East Barangay Captain Patrick Cura, youngest village chief of Angeles City bagged the Moka award for Youth Service.
http://news.pampanga.gov.ph/index.php/villar-leads-2012s-most-outstanding-kapampangans/
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.

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Things to do in Clark Philippines and Pampanga: do a little wine shopping at the famous wine shop outside of Manila called Clark Wine Center. One of the favorite places to visit in Pampanga Clark Freeport is the white building along M A Roxas highway of Clark which houses over 2000 selections of fine vintage wines. The Clark Wine Center is one of the places to visit, a tourist spot and a good shopping place for those staying in Angeles City, Subic or Clark Pampanga. This is a great place to buy wine and also to drink wine in Pampanga.

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

Tel: 0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

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Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
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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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