Taiwanese firm set to open in Hermosa Ecozone

   HERMOSA, Bataan – Around 700 new jobs are set to be available inside the Hermosa Ecozone and Industrial Park (HEIP) when the Taiwanese firm, Biotech Medical opens early next year.

   To date, 36 employees from Bataan were already hired by Biotech and are currently undergoing an on-the-job training in Taiwan. After the training, around 250 first batch of employees will be hired and trained.

Aid for Glenda victims set for Samal and Mariveles towns

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Two local chief executives in this Province confirmed to local newsmen here that they are scheduled to give financial assistance to typhoon Glenda victims particularly those who lost their houses.

   Last Thursday, Mariveles town Mayor Jesse Concepcion told local newsmen here that they are planning to give P3,000 to P5,000 pesos per family whose houses were totally damaged.

Rotary Club of Orani donates school supplies

   ORANI, Bataan – In support of Governor Abet Garcia’s Libreng School Supplies Program, the Rotary Club of Orani, in cooperation with the Filipino Communities in Canberra, Melbourne and Victoria in Australia distributed pencils, papers, notebooks, erasers and coloring materials to two hundred and thirty three (233) grades 1 and 2 pupils of Brgy. Pantalan […]

Morong Mayor wants DOLE to act on resort employees’ wages

   MORONG, Bataan –  The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Morong, a 4th class municipality of this Province is investigating reports that beach resort owners here are not complying with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) minimum wage law for their workers. Based on municipal government records, there are more than a hundred resorts in this town but only 47 are registered.

Mariveles experiences vibrant economy

MARIVELES, Bataan – Mayor  Jesse Concepcion  has revealed that the operation  of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan(AFAB) makes the local economy vibrant  unlike the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA)–run Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) described as another government “white elephant’ project. Concepcion portrayed the present situation in the industrial town as “stimulating business […]

Earthquake at fire drills ginanap sa BPSU

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Ginanap ngayong Lunes, ika-28 ng Hulyo ang earthquake at fire drills sa main campus ng Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) sa Lungsod na ito.

Nilahukan ng mga guro, kawani at estudyante ng pinakamalaking unibersidad sa Bataan, ang pagsasanay ay pinangunahan ng Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) sa ilalim ni Gng. Tess Senora. Tumulong din sa nasabing pagsasanay ang Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bataan Rescue at iba pang mga ahensya ng pamahalaan.

Bataan joins NLEX Tara na sa Norte Fair

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Bataan Tourism Office, headed by Ms. Techie Banzon participated in the recently concluded 3-day NLEX tourism and travel fair dubbed as “Tara na sa Norte” held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City last July 25-27, 2014. Staged by the Manila North Tollways Corporation with the support of the Department of Tourism (DOT) Regional Offices 1,2,3 and NCR, 43 exhibitors and 16 traders who are the key players in the tourism industry in Northern Philippines participated.

Foreign investors keenly interested in five Bataan ecozones

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Bataan Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia is optimistic that the manufacturing sector would probably take the upper hand in the Province’s economic growth with the visit of foreign investors in the five ecozones here.

Baby girl from Bataan is one of 100 millionth Filipinos

ORION, Bataan – The first baby girl of a teenaged couple in Orion, Bataan was born at 12:06 in the morning of Sunday, earning her a spot in the list of the Population Commission as one of the 100 millionth Filipinos. Jelo Mae,  the first child of a 17- year old former carinderia helper and […]