Pawikan-inspired Christmas tree nakagayak ng ilawan

BALANGA City – Handa ng  pailawan ang maganda at makabuluhang Christmas tree na napapalamutian ng mga replica ng pawikan hatchlings. 

Kahit hindi pa sinisindihan ang mga ilaw ay kaakit-akit na ang Christmas tree na matatagpuan sa receiving room ng Bataan Tourism Center sa Balanga City.

“Gawa ito mula sa mga recycled materials. Basura na naging magandang Christmas tree dahil sa effort ng tourism office,” sabi ni  Cora Banzon.

GN Power Plant to give 10,000 bags of cement monthly to Bataan

BALANGA City – GN Power Plant in Mariveles, Bataan that uses coal for its fuel delivered over the weekend  1,000 bags of cement as part of its commitment to support infrastructure projects of the provincial government.

Bobit Racelis, community relations officer of GN Power, said it was a ceremonial delivery that later on when the power plant is in full operation will be increased to 10,000 bags monthly.

More than 62,000 Sea turtles released into Morong sea

MORONG, Bataan- A total of more than 62,000 Baby sea turtles have been released by the  Pawikan Conservation Center along the West Philippine Sea area. This was learned from mayor George Estanislao of this town quoting the report  of Manolo Ibias, chairman of the Bantay Pawikan, Inc., a group of fishermen guarding voluntarily the Pawikan […]

PESO Job opening (Overseas)

ASMACS RECRUITMENT SERVICES INC. NO REPLACEMENT FEE!! READY VISA!! ARABIAN FAL HOLDING- JUBAIL & YANBU is need of the following; RIGGER                                                    PLANNING & MONITORINGTIG WELDER           […]

Balanga wins in dancing competition

MORONG, Bataan- “I personally taught them to dance.” Thus proudly said Mayor Joet S. Garcia upon the announcement that Balanga City won for the second time around the street dancing competition of the Pawikan Festival held Sunday at Morong town. All the province’s 11 towns and One city participated in the Pawikan Festival held last […]

FAB Job Announcements

Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS Qualified and interested applicants are requested to submit the following to Human Resource Division, 1st Floor, Administration Building, Freeport Area of Bataan, Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines not later than 5:00pm of the closing date. Click here for the listing of JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thousands Flock to Bataan’s Pawikan Festival

MORONG, BATAAN- Thousands of local tourists and visitors gathered along the shoreline of Barangay Nagbalayong of this town for the two-day annual Pawikan Festival last weekend. 

The festival, hosted by the Bataan Tourism Council Foundation Inc. led by Mrs. Vicky Garcia, aims to protect the endangered marine turtles and help in the environmental conservation.

Bataan aims for a better quality of life and excellent public service

   BAGAC, Bataan- The provincial leadership is now targeting to become the preferred location for eco-industrial zones, in a bid to become the highest human development index (HDI) in the Philippines by 2020.

   But even before this objective has been crafted, Governor Abet S. Garcia had already laid a number of ground works aimed at uplifting the living condition of the people of Bataan, such as the creation of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), now the biggest employment generation in the province; the soon to be developed more than 500 hectares of idle lot of Phil. National Oil Company in Limay town that was also pushed by the young governor when he was still a congressman to become another industrial hub, thereby expectedly will create thousands more of jobs; the putting up of the GN 600 mw power plant, that is now providing cheap electricity to the province and another one now being constructed, both cost $ billion dollar; the expansion of the Petron Bataan Refinery, among others.  

Bataan partners with JobStreet.com

BAGAC, Bataan—The provincial government of Bataan will be partnering with the successful online job portal JobStreet.com to help residents of the province find employment. He said the Memorandum of Agreement between the provincial government and JobStreet.com will be signed on December 11. On the same date, the provincial government will launch its online portal www.1bataan.com. The governor said JobStreet.com will be an integrated feature in the provincial government’s online portal. Garcia announced that JobStreet.com will provide its service to Bataan provincial government for free as part of its corporate social responsibility. He pointed out applying online such as in JobStreet.com is very convenient for tech savvy like the young generation. He added though that non-tech savvy need not to worry since they can just fill up standard application form provided by PESO, which would be entered in the database of the office and JobStreet.com.