FROM MABALACAT TOWN TO A CITY: Sen. Lito Lapid, former Pampanga governor, joins Local Government Committee Chairman Sen. Bongbong Marcos in a consultative hearing on a bill converting the Municipality of Mabalacat in the Province of Pampanga into a component city to be known as Mabalacat City on Wednesday, October 19. (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo)