3 Bataan towns to serve as landing areas for hot air balloons

BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Three municipalities in this province will serve as landing areas in the upcoming Philippine International Balloon Festival 2014 on April 10 to 13 which will be staged in Barangay Prado Siongco, Lubao, Pampanga.

In his formal letter to Bataan Governor Albert S. Garcia, Hilario Castro Jr., the event chairman said, “It is expected that wind directions in April will bring all the balloons to the province of Bataan particularly in the Dinalupihan, Hermosa and Orani areas.”

Diorama of WWII events unfold at Bataan capitol

 BALANGA City, Bataan- A diorama of some significant events during World War II unfolded Tuesday at the capitol ground in Balanga City as part of the 72nd observance of “Araw ng Kagitingan”, remembered in the historic peninsula as “Bataan Day”.

The presentation started in December 1941 with a scene depicting happy residents celebrating their town fiesta with merry-making and roasted pig or lechon. Then to their surprise war broke out between the United States and Japan.