Get your child into music this summer!

Getting your kids into music is a worthwhile investment, not only will they develop their talents but it will also help build their personality. And summertime is a perfect time for them to get into music.

Notes and Rhythm Music Lessons aims to help your child appreciate music and hone their potentials.

The goal of Notes and Rhythm is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all their students with the end that they will be prepared to develop the musical skills, to the highest potential, of their own future students.
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Digital Photography workshop

A workshop on digital photography will be held this Saturday, April 30, at the 2nd Level Training Room of SM City Clark.

The workshop is dubbed Understanding Basic Digital Photography and is (from the title) most probably for beginner photo enthusiasts, or those who are looking to dabble into digital photography.

Interest parties may contact mobile numbers 09062077336 or 09276395136

The workshop will start at 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
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City government launched summer employment for students

The Angeles City government through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO) has opened its doors to students who want to avail of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this summer.

Some 376 high school students who will work from April 11 to May 10 in this city were presented during Monday’s flag raising rites at the city hall.

The theme of this year’s SPES is “Trabaho Para sa Kabataan Tungo sa Maunlad na Kinabukasan.” It is a priority project of Mayor Edgardo D. Pamintuan.

SPES aims to provide jobs for the students during summer vacation, making it meaningful and productive.  The program also aims to help poor but deserving students pursue their education by encouraging their employment during summer and providing income to subsidize their studies.
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Palarong Panglungsod 2011 kicks off today

Palarong Panglungsod 2011 kicks off today, April 9, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at the Marquee Mall.  World renowned billiard icon  Efren “Bata” Reyes will grace the opening of today’s big sport event in Angeles City.

Reyes, popularly known as “The Magician”, a 56-year-old cue artists from this city, will join Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan in the opening rites and he is expected to do exhibition shots in front of hundreds of athletes from different barangays in this city.

“We are honored that Efren “Bata” Reyes, our cabalen, is very supportive of our sports program. I believe that he will inspire our athletes to excel and become world caliber like him,” Pamintuan said.

He added that Reyes has brought pride and honor to the Philippines just like pound-for-pound boxing king Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao.

“Palarong Panglungsod is a continuing series of sports activity that promotes the city’s youth sector and the whole community to engage in healthy activities in order to uplift the holistic development of a true Angeleño,” the mayor said.
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Beautiful Light – Photography workshop by Borj Meneses

Got this from the Facebook page of Angeles City’s pride — photography’s MR. BORJ MENESES, and I knew I have to share this because he is finally conducting a photography workshop here in Angeles City.

Beautiful Light – a beauty and glamour photography workshop which will be on April 16, 2011 at FullyBooked, Marquee Mall, Angeles City.

The text in the middle reads:

Learn to shoot beauty head shots and glamour (men’s magazine style of photography ex. FHM, MAXIM, etc)

Learn the logic behind the photography genre from lecture to actual shooting of models with lighting

Workshop facilitator: Borj Meneses – FHM, STELLA, iMag photography magazine

For all photography enthusiasts in Angeles City, this is an opportunity to learn from the master. Call or text the numbers above for more details.

Angeles launches Earth Month 2011

The City Government of Angeles, through the City Environmental and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), joins the rest of the country in celebrating Earth Month 2011 with the theme: “Help save Mother Earth, let’s practice the 3R’s – Re-use, Reduce and Recycle”.

Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said the preservation and sustenance of the environment is one of the advocacies of the city government as stipulated in the Contract with the Angelenos.

“Angeles’ celebration of Earth Month will be our constant reminder that we are all responsible for the preservation and care of the environment.  We are committed to supporting various advocacies worldwide that seek to save our planet from further degradation and restore the abundance and purity of nature, which is essential for our collective survival,” Pamintuan said.
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VAWC desk to be created in every barangay

In a bid to address the problem of domestic violence, the city government recently sponsored a seminar aimed at establishing a women and children desk in the city’s 33 barangays.

This is in cognizance to the rules and regulations implementing the Anti-violence against women and children under Republic Act (RA) 9710, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of Women.

In compliance to the said law, a joint memorandum circular no. 2010-2 was issued by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Education (DepED),  Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).
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DSWD leads distribution of cash grants to 4Ps beneficiaries in Angeles City

A total of 711 families from 14 barangays in this city received their conditional cash grants Monday under the government’s “Pantawid sa Pamilyang Pilipino Program” (4Ps).

The recipients came from barangays Capaya, Cutcut, Cutud, Cuayan, Balibago, Pandan, Pulung cacutud, Sapangbato, Lourdes Northwest, Sto. Rosario, Pampang, Sta. Teresita, Salapungan and Sta. Trinidad.

Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, who graced the turnover ceremony, reminded the recipients to strictly adhere to the program’s conditions.

“The cash grants you are receiving today would be a big help in sustaining your family’s nutrition and educational needs,” the mayor told the recipients.
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Angeles City mayor in global anti-human trafficking confab

Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan will be leaving Tuesday for South  Korea to represent the country’s League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) in the international conference on Anti-Human Trafficking.

Pamintuan said the conference dubbed “Enhancing Human Security: Developing Local Government Capacities to Combat Child Trafficking in the Asia-Pacific Region” was organized by Jeju International Training Center (JITC) and will be held from March 30 to April 1 in Jeju, Republic of Korea.
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Angeles City joins in the celebration of Earth Hour 2011

Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has encouraged all Angelenos to participate and support the Earth Hour 60-minute power switch-off on Saturday.

Thousands of cities, towns, and landmarks around the world will start to go dark for Earth Hour on Saturday evening.

Up to a billion people worldwide are expected to participate in this global voluntary blackout by switching off their lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time.

“When we turn off our lights, let us use it is as an opportunity to reflect about what we can do to contribute in fighting climate change,” Pamintuan said.
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