

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Quarry operations in the province have resumed on August 19, after a 2-week suspension by the provincial government. Governor Dennis "Delta" Pineda said this came after the Capitol issued hauling passes to 150 trucks that have met the weight requirement imposed by Republic Act No. 8794, also known as …



Supply of Pampanga sand low, dwindling. CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- After hurdling the P2 billion revenue target poised by Governor Lilia Pineda last year, quarry stakeholders in the province are facing a ... (PGenro) chief Engr. Art Punsalan disclosed that that there is a shortage of supply of sand and some quarry materials in …





Sand S-3: Very finely crushed rock used in ready-mixed concrete substitute to vibrosand. 0 to 4mm: Whitesand: Natural dense fine sand taken from the rivers of Pampanga, passing thru 3/8" sieve screen. Comes in white color and the most commonly used sand in construction applications. Also called "double screened sand". 0 to 9mm: Vibrosand





With the quarry suspension, the "Build, Build, Build" project of President Rodrigo Duterte at the New Green City in Capas, Tarlac was affected and construction in the area might be delayed as Pampanga is its source of sand, according to Pineda. Almost 70 percent of Metro Manila also source sand from Pampanga.















CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Officials from Kalinga province visited the provincial Capitol on Oct. 26 to learn best practices from the province's regulation of the quarry industry, which re-emerged strongly after Mt. Pinatubo's 1991 eruptions spewed big volumes of sand. Pampanga Gov. Dennis Pineda attributed the record-high P2.2-billion …



CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— Pampanga's quarry collection for 2023 has reached P1.056 billion, the provincial government said on Thursday. Data from the Office of the Provincial Treasurer (OPT) showed that Governor Dennis Pineda's administration has collected some "P459.6 million in 2019, P609.6 million, and P782.5 million during the …









Engr. Romeo Dungca Jr., provincial overall quarry operations head and executive assistant to Governor Dennis Pineda, together with the multipartite team, inspected Tuesday, June 23, a quarry site in Maliwalu, Porac, Pampanga. The quarry operator was given a special permit to extract and haul sand to preserve the integrity of …





Catalog; For You; Sun.Star Pampanga. Quarry chief calls for extraction of sand endangering SCTEX Bridge - . PORAC--The overall head of the quarry operations in Pampanga is calling for the extraction of sand along the upper portion of the PasigPotrero River in Porac town to protect the SCTEX Bridge here from possible scouring.











CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PIA) -- Revenues from quarry operations in Pampanga reached P1.056 billion in 2023. It came from administrative fee, sand tax, weighing scale fee, sand and gravel permit, motor vehicle and heavy equipment accreditation, and fines and penalties collected by the provincial government.





PAMPANGA quarry haulers have decided on the increase on sand prices to cover for the sharp rise in transport expenses due to the recent restrictions on the North Luzon Expressway. Pampanga unfiltered sand now costs P1,500 per cubic meter (cu. m) in Luzon. Pampanga sand is mostly bound for the construction market in Metro Manila.



The governor says they have also equally abundant sand and gravel that may become their main source of local income if it's handled like the way Pampanga manage its quarry operation. Governor Matugas lamented that her province is rich with mineral reserves including gold, iron, manganese, silica, cobalt, copper, and sand.



Remnants of prehistoric eruptions are evident in what is known as Porac sand -- fine sand popular in the construction industry and found abundantly and quarried openly along Pampanga's riverbeds. Quarry operations contribute as much as P40 million daily to the province's earnings and employ thousands of locals.



On December 14, 1992, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Pampanga passed Tax Ordinance No. 3, [7] which fixed the fair market value of sand, gravel, and other quarry resources at P40.00 per cubic meter and assessed a fee of P4.00 per cubic meter for every such resource extracted within the province's jurisdiction.





CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Strong partnership with stakeholders and efficient work by the regulatory unit Kalam translated to the record-high P2.2-billion quarry revenue of Pampanga. Thus shared Gov. Dennis "Delta" Pineda with officials from Kalinga province who visited last Oct. 26 to learn best practices from the provincial government's …




