Young boys, girls dress as Saints in Balanga City

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Young boys and girls dressed as Saints joined a long procession around the commercial district of this city, Thursday night aimed at showing the right way of celebrating All Saints Day.    Rev. Fr. Abraham Pantig, parish priest of Balanga City, said they are on the fifth year holding “A Night with […]

Bataan PNP has new PD

BALANGA CITY, Bataan- Camp Crame designated Sr. Supt. Rodel Sermonia as Provincial Police Director of Bataan Philippine National Police (PNP) office yesterday, surprising almost everyone, even policemen inside the PNP provincial headquarters.     A graduate of the Philipiine Military Academy (PMA) class 1989, Col. Sermonia replaced Sr. Supt. Flynn Dongbo, who had assumed the post […]

BPSU researchers get international awards

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Researchers from the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) received awards from a global organization of academicians and researchers. For his research on “Residual Stress/Strain Analysis in REBCO Coated Conductor Tapes”, Dr. John Ryan Dizon,  was conferred  Outstanding World Researcher 2014 and World Citation Award at the International Conference on Multi-Disciplinary Research […]

One stop shop for renewal of gun licenses, sought

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Good news for responsible gun owners in Bataan whose gun licenses have expired! Governor Abet S. Garcia requested Director General Alan Purisima  of the Philippine National Police, to allow the holding of a one-stop-shop for the renewal of gun licenses in Bataan to enable the more than 7,000 licensed gun holders […]

$550 million solar energy projects in Bataan mulled

 BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia is encouraging the utilization of five (5) renewable  and dependable solar energy powered plant projects worth $ 550 million with an estimated  capacity of 280 MW in a few years, which is  expected to become a great contributory factor  to the province’s sustainable economic growth. Garcia […]

SSS membership in Bataan expands

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Social Security System (SSS) membership is fast expanding in Bataan. Job order employees of the provincial and city government, tricycle operators and drivers, inmates at the Bataan District Jail, barangay officials and residents of  some barangays of this city, vendors at the Limay public market and members of the Villa […]

Docs, nurses play and dance, too!

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan – “A healthy mind in a healthy body”. Doctors, nurses and health workers took time out from their usual busy schedules to unwind and engage in physical fitness activities through a sports festival held at the Bataan Youth Center, this City.   A project of the Bataan Medical Society, the sports […]

Practical at safety tips para tipid-kuryente

   LUNGSOD ng BALANGA,  Bataan – Sa matagumpay na pagdaraos ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ng consumer welfare month ngayong Oktubre, ilang mga practical and safety tips para sa pagtitipid sa konsumo sa kuryente at paggamit ng wastong kawad at  kable ang ibinahagi nito sa publiko katuwang ang Department of Energy (DOE) at […]

6th Halloween Festival in Balanga City

   BALANGA City, Bataan – Around 600 children from public and private pre-elementary and elementary schools in this City joined the Annual Halloween Festival held yesterday at the Plaza Mayor de Balanga.    Little boys and girls together with their parents, wearing various Halloween costumes made the rounds of 75 different business establishments along the way […]

The essence of the barangay justice system

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – In its bid to address the lack of public understanding and appreciation of the Barangay Justice System or The Katarungang Pambarangay Law as embodied in the Local Government Code, the Municipal Government of Dinalupihan led by Mayor Gila Garcia, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and […]