Living museum on how to survive (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
BACOLOR, PAMPANGA—The village of Cabalantian here could well serve as a living museum on how to survive a disaster. On Oct. 1, the 13th anniversary of what residents have called the "Cabalantian Tragedy," they teem with first-hand accounts of the abrupt and high surges of lahar, and the lessons they drew from it.

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Cabalantian Tragedy (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Cabalantian, one of the 21 villages of Bacolor, Pampanga, located beside the then Gugu Creek. An old earth dike, built during the American period, protects the village from floods.

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Diosdado Macapagal dreamt of welfare state for poor (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
LUBAO, Pampanga, Philippines—A welfare state was what the late President Diosdado Macapagal aspired to establish in the country during his term.

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Arroyo aids family of accident victim (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Sans fanfare, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Sunday went to Nueva Ecija to visit the family of the man who was killed after he was hit by an Army truck that was part of the Presidential Security Group contingent during the President’s visit to the province on Sept. 12.

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