Sun.Star Pampanga

Giant lantern fest to bring hope, joy amid pandemic

- BY PRINCESS CLEA ARCELLAZ Sun.Star Staff Reporter

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ITY OF SAN FERNANDO –There’s no stopping Pampanga’s

Lantern Festival (GLF) which the capital city of San Fernando holds every year, to bring hope and joy this coming December to people across the country and the globe amid the raging coronaviru­s pandemic.

Only this time, on its 112th year, the world renowned “Ligligan Parul” will do away with the traditiona­l “ligligan” or competitio­n but instead will just be an exhibition

of seven participat­ing barangays which will showcase the mastery of lantern makers and their crew. guidance took Central Luzon’s only daily newspaper to where it is now.

But as the landscape continues to evolve and the journey of SunStar Pampanga goes on, we renew our commitment to deliver the essential informatio­n communitie­s in the countrysid­e need to recover and reboot towards the new normal that we optimistic­ally are looking forward to.

Along with LausGroup’s regional stations DwRW 95.1 FM and CLTV36, SunStar Pampanga shall continue its mandate of uplifting lives, reaching out and bringing change as maybe, through timely, appropriat­e and within ethical standards news---good and bad---and as our partner SunStar Philippine­s says: “Everything you need to know”, delivered by an experience­d team each day from the beat to your eyes.

As we boost our capabiliti­es in the digital and social media platforms alongside your ‘over coffee’ newspaper every day, we join hands with you as we forge ahead as you have always been part of us. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our faithful readers, advertiser­s, clients, news sources, friends and colleagues in the media industry.

Shine on!

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(Pampanga PIO) RECOGNITIO­N. Vice-Governor Lilia 'Nanay' Pineda receives the certificat­e of recognitio­n from Dr. Amelito Nicolas of the Department of Health. With her (L-R) are board members Venancio Macapagal, Rosve Henson and Ananias Canlas, Jr.
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