Risk ownership seminar idinaos sa bayan ng Pilar

PILAR, Bataan  —-   Kaugnay ng pagdiriwang ng National Disaster Consciousness month, sinimulan ng lokal na pamahalaan ng bayang ito ang pagdaraos ng isang Risk Ownership Seminar na tutukoy sa mga kabahayan na malapit sa dagat at ilog  o mga residente ng bawat barangay na kailangang sagipin sa panahon ng kalamidad.

Ayon kay Pilar Mayor Alice Pizarro, ang nasabing seminar na pinangunahan ni Engr. Hazel de Guzman ng Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) ay bilang pagtugon sa tema ng national disaster consciousness month na ipinagdiriwang ngayong buong buwan ng Hulyo na “Kahandaan at kaligtasan ng pamayanan, pundasyon ng kaunlaran.”

Bataan tops estimated SEF revenue per public school student for 2013

   With the major role being played by the local government units (LGUs) in enhancing the quality of public school education, an improvement in the LGUs own revenue collections to fund local education expenditures is crucial.

   Sadly, 7 in every10 provinces collect low local revenues to spend for education services. But for the people of Bataan, it is good to know that among the 80 provinces, our Province topped the estimated available Special Education Fund (SEF) revenue per public school student. With an estimated SEF Collection of Php 420,399,546 M for 2013, and a total of 133, 345 public school enrollees of the same year, an estimated Php 3,153.00 in SEF revenue is available per public school student. Batangas comes second to Bataan while Basilan landed at the bottom.

A better life after detention

BALANGA CITY, Bataan -The Bataan District Jail has a new Warden in the person of P/ Supt. Clarence E. Mayangao. A native of Baguio City and a graduate of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), he was Asst. Operations Officer, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 3 prior to this post.

Former BCDA chair proposes major road link to Clark

ORANI, Bataan — Former Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Chairman Felicito “Tong” Payumo is proposing an ambitious major road network project that will link the provinces of Cavite, Batangas and Bataan to Metro Clark. “Cavitenos and Batanguenos who would like an even faster travel to Clark, maybe it’s time to construct a bridge-tunnel from […]