As Pampanga Vice Governor-elect Dennis “Delta” Pineda concludes his two consecutive terms as governor, he leaves behind a historic milestone: P4.5 billion in quarry collections from July 2019 to May 2025—the highest in the province’s history.
According to a report from the provincial treasurer’s office, Pineda’s administration collected P4.379 billion in quarry gross income and P84.1 million in licenses and fees, bringing total collections to P4.463 billion.
Under his watch, the quarry regulatory unit Kalam, led by former Bacolor Mayor Romeo “Buddy” Dungca, strictly enforced quarry regulations and the Anti-Overloading Law (RA 8794), significantly boosting revenue from the extraction of Mt. Pinatubo’s lahar deposits.
𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠
“We turned disaster into a true blessing,” Pineda said, referring to the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, which buried villages in volcanic debris and displaced thousands. Today, lahar continues to flow downstream during heavy rains, but has become a vital economic resource for the province.
The province earned a net share of P3.2 billion from sand and administrative fees, distributed as mandated by the Local Government Code: 40% to barangays, 30% to municipalities and cities, and the rest to the provincial government.
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡
In his first six months, Pineda’s administration already posted P259.2 million in collections—averaging over P1 million per day. Annual collections steadily increased:
- P556M in 2020
- P715.7M in 2021
- P672.2M in 2022
- P960.2M in 2023
- P872.2M in 2024
- P343.5M (January-May 2025)
𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝟒.𝟑𝟕𝟖 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦.
This record is seven times higher than the P611 million collected during the three-year term of former Governor Eddie Panlilio.
Under Pineda’s system, haulers paid a transparent fee structure of P430 per load: P150 sand fee, P250 administrative fee, and P30 weighing scale fee.
𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
Pineda emphasized that the quarry income was reinvested into vital public services, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, funding medical infrastructure, education programs, and other social services that directly benefited Kapampangans.
𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Due to its efficient collection system, Pampanga was consistently ranked among the top provinces in the country for locally sourced revenues by the Department of Finance and Bureau of Local Government Finance:
- Top 10 in 2020
- Top 3 in 2022
- Top 2 in 2023
Delta said: “Isang transparent collection system po ang aking inilagay. Ang mga kabalen natin ang nakinabang mula sa mataas na quarry income dahil napondohan ang mga dagdag na serbisyo.”
