cable television network (PRO-SAT) which runs solely for Mabalacat. The city is also a major transportation hub; a number of major road networks including the North Luzon Expressway, Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway, and MacArthur Highway cut across the region. At the southern part of the city is the Dau Bus Terminal, which caters to passengers bound for Metro Manila and provinces in Northern Luzon such as Tarlac, Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Bataan, and Zambales. Government Mabalacat City Government is composed of a Mayor as a Chief Executive and Sangguniang Panlungsod headed by the City Vice Mayor and 10 Sangguniang Panlungsod members with 3 ex-officio. The following are the elected officials of Mabalacat City who assumed office on the noon of June 30, 2022 (except for the Ex-Officio members) Mayor Crisostomo C. Garbo (NPC) Vice-Mayor Atty. Gerald Guttrie P. Aquino (NPC) Sangguniang Panlungsod Marcos Castro Jr. (NPC) Cherry Manalo (NPC) Timothy Paul Dee (NPC) Marjorie Grace Sambo (NPC) Dr. Victor Tiglao III (NPC) Noelito Castro (NPC) Elizabeth Pineda (NPC) Roland Peña (NPC) Jerry Magsino (NPC) Francis Carlo Dizon (NPC) Ex-Officio Members: ABC President Elmer Mendiola (Non-Partisan) SK President Hans Christian Balingit (Non-Partisan) Ruvielline Margarito (Non-Partisan) City Fiesta Legend tells us that when the early settlers were clearing the forests, Cabezang Laureana's workers found, hidden among the bushes, a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with baby Jesus sitting on her lap. On February 2, the statue was presented by Caragan as a gift to Padre Maximo Manuguid, the priest of the early Mabalacat Church that was made of sawali and cogon grass. From then on, the city fiesta was observed on the second of February. Pastorella The pastorella (Misa de Pastores in honor of the shepherds at the birth of Jesus Christ - a set of Latin hymns of the 9-day Christmas Masses) ceased in Pampanga towns for 40 years after Vatican II. In Mabalacat, however, at Our Lady of Divine Grace Parish and San Rafael Arkanghel Parish, pastorella lives on: In the 4:30 a.m. mass on Monday, the pastorella repertoire includes the Kyrie (Lord, Have Mercy), Gloria (Glory to God in the Highest), Credo (Nicene Creed), Sanctus (Holy) and Agnus Dei (Lamb of God). The hymns are in Latin, except for Kyrie, which is in Greek." Education There are 31 educational institutions in Mabalacat: one state college, one private college, one technical training school, two secondary public,