Bulacan comes up with 202-meter-long pastillas

(Update) MALOLOS CITY, Philippines - Bulacan on Friday was able to come up with a a 202.6-meter long pastillas. However, people will have to wait if they want to know if it broke a world record as the feat remains to be confirmed and certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. "We have successfully staged 202.6 meters long pastillas," Gov. Joselito Mendoza said after the pastillas was measured. The measurement was certified by Dr. Hjordis Maruska Celis, the director of the Bulacan Medical Center, Ronaldo Tiotico, the director of Tourism in Central Luzon and Victory Fernandez, of Aklan, the president of Provincial Engineers Association of the Philippines (PEAP). The said measurement was longer than the envisioned 200-meter-long carabao milk candy with five inches in diameter that was conceived as an entry to the Guinness Book of World Records. Some 200 Bulakenyos from different sectors joined hands to prepare the longest pastillas that was unveiled Friday. It weighed 4,000 kilos and was made from the 12,800 liters of carabao's milk and 1,600 kilos of white sugar. Mendoza said that the documentation of the feat will be submitted to Guinness office in London for certification and inclusion into its Book of World Records. The provincial government applied for recognition at the Guinness World Record through online registration on July 23. The Guinness World Records reportedly acknowledged the application for the longest pastillas bid on August 8 and released guidelines on August 12. On August 15, the provincial government started the official countdown for the world's longest pastillas that coincide with the province' 430th anniversary. - Rommel Ramos, GMANews.TV