Balanga City Education Summit 2014

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Kaugnay ng adhikain ng pamahalaang panlungsod na maging World Class University Town ang Balanga City sa taong 2020, muling pangungunahan ni City Mayor Jose Enrique “Joet” Garcia III ang ika-6 na taong Education Summit bukas (Agosto 7) na gaganapin sa Grand Ballroom ng Lou-is Restaurant, Capitol Drive, Lungsod ng Balanga. Ayon […]

DTI considers setting up system for referrals among investment agencies

MANILA–The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is eyeing a referral system among investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to ensure that the Philippines will capture all investment interests it is getting.

“I encouraged them to work together. If an investor comes to their economic zone but the investment is more appropriate to another IPAs, refer it to other IPAs,” Manalo said.

We are now partners with DepEd BATAAN!!!

   To our amazing and hardworking teachers and students, if you want to get the latest news and trends on the tourism industry in Bataan, just visit WWW.DEPEDBATAAN.COM, go to Programs and Linkages and click BATAAN TOURISM.  Indeed, for all ages #itsmorefuninbataan!!! URL: http://www.depedbataan.com/programs/bataan-tourism/

Samal RPT collection rises

   SAMAL, Bataan – This fourth-class municipality now ranks third in the Province in terms of effective collections of real property taxes (RPT), Mayor Gene M. Dela Fuente reported.

   Dela Fuente added that this year they expect to collect more than P50 million in local taxes. Limay and Mariveles ranked first and second respectively.

NFBM: Exclude nuke to power crisis solutions

   MORONG, Bataan – Anti-nuke groups here once again lambasted the Department of Energy for considering the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) located in this municipality as one of the solutions to solve the looming power crisis next year.    

Bataan still battered by habagat

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan- The southwest monsoon or habagat enhanced by typhoon Jose continues to bring heavy rains in Bataan flooding some areas of three of its 11 towns and one city.    Gov. Albert Garcia suspended classes in all levels, both public and private, on yesterday and today.    Tess Senora, Officer-in-Charge of the […]

Rotary Club of Orani launches feeding program

  ORANI, Bataan – The Rotary Club of Orani, in partnership with the Rotary International District 3790, and the Jollibee Foundation formally launched last Friday, August 1 its 6-Month Intensive Feeding Program at the Paraiso Elementary School, this town.    This laudable endeavor specifically targets underweight grades 1 and 2 students by providing one hot […]

VP Binay extends help to Orani coastal barangay

ORANI, Bataan – Local officials in this first class municipality recently distributed relief goods to 500 families in Barangay Pulo victimized by Typhoon Glenda last July of this year.

Mayor Benjamin “Benjie” Serrano, Jr. said the relief goods came from the office of the Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay.

Gov. Abet, Mayor Joet lead Smart City Reference Site Visit in Korea

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – To help Balanga City appreciate the development of Balanga City into a World-Class Smart University-City in the Philippines, similar to Smart Cities in Korea such as Songdo in Incheon and Paju to name a few, Cisco Country Manager, Louie Castaneda and his Korean counterpart and expert in Smart+Connected Communities Jae-Hyun Yu, invited Gov. Abet Garcia, Mayor Joet Garcia and other stakeholders to a ‘Smart City Reference Site Visit Program’ in Korea.

Bataan officials visit South Korea’s K-MEG

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Some provincial and city government officials of Bataan are currently on a business tour in Seoul, South Korea for a study and inspection on the latest technologies focusing on energy generation using pro-environment systems. Geoff  Loyola, Chief of the Provincial Information  Office and Management Information Systems Office told this reporter that […]