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By LEX MANALO<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a measure declaring the province of Pampanga as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A total of 250 lawmakers unanimously approved House Bill 6933 principally authored by Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio \u201cDong\u201d D. Gonzales Jr.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Pampanga, lantern making is a craft.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n HB 6933 seeks to declare Pampanga as the \u201cChristmas Capital of the Philippines in recognition of its grand and famous Christmas traditions and the excellent craftsmanship of its lantern-making artisans who have significantly contributed to the robustness of the local economy and the promotion of the province as a cultural tourism destination.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under the proposed law, the Department of Tourism is directed to include and feature the province as the country\u2019s Christmas Capital in its national and regional promotion programs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gonzales expressed his gratitude to House Speaker Martin G. Romualdez and his colleagues for the bill\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Pampanga solon expressed hope that the senators would similarly pass his bill once it is sent to the Upper House.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThis proposed law will further promote our province as a cultural and Christmas tourism destination. It will boost our local economy, which will mean more income and job opportunities for our Kabalens and residents of neighboring areas,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Gonzales, as early as this month, craftsmen in the province have already started making and selling Christmas lanterns and related products.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By LEX MANALO THE House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a measure declaring the province of Pampanga as the Christmas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111.webp",1024,768,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111-300x225.webp",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111-768x576.webp",640,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111.webp",640,480,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111.webp",1024,768,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111.webp",1024,768,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111-1024x720.webp",1024,720,true],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111.webp",1024,768,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111-720x530.webp",720,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clark111-350x350.webp",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Provincial<\/a>","tag_info":"Provincial","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}