Sand and ash and lahar fell into Floridablanca, killing hundreds and destroyed the rice paddies.

Superstitions by the elders of the town exist that the theft of the statue resulted in such unimaginable disaster.

The Foronda family assisted in raising funds for its eventual return to San Jose Obrero parish.

Floridablanca is located on the western part of Pampanga along the Zambales mountain ranges and is bounded by the municipalities of Porac on the north, Lubao on the south, Guagua on the east, and Dinalupihan, Bataan on the west.

Floridablanca is north of Dinalupihan, Bataan via Dinalupihan-Floridablanca Access Road at the Bataan-Pampanga boundary line.

The vice mayor heads a legislative council (Sangguniang Bayan) consisting of councilors from the Barangays of Barrios.