ANGELES City— Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. has announced that Michael Raymon Pangilinan will head the Kapampangan Language Office (Sídduan ning Amánung Sísuan), the implementing body of the city’s Kapampangan language ordinance.
The appointment of Pangilinan as the head of Kapampangan Language Office is the city government’s way to promote Kapampangan language, culture, and heritage, Lazatin said.
In 2021, Lazatin wrote a letter addressed to Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting, asking the Sangguniang Panglunsod to help in his initiative to enforce Ordinance No. 424 series of 2017, establishing Kapampangan as an official language of Angeles City and institutionalizing its use in all sectors, alongside existing national and official languages.
Mayor Lazatin said the setup aims to “preserve, safeguard, revitalize, and promote the use of Kapampangan in the city.”
Lazatin also sought the help of the media to raise awareness about the Amanung Sisuan in order to make sure that the next generation of Kapampangans can carry the city’s culture and language.
