Caring for the elderly

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Around 1,300 senior citizens from the 11 municipalities and one component city of the Province joined this morning’s foot parade from Doña Francisca Subdivision up to the Bataan People’s Center in observance of this year’s Elderly Filipino Week (EFW) celebration, with the theme: “Ang nakatatanda ay yaman, katuwang sa pag-unlad […]

DENR, PIA launch “Awit para sa Kalikasan”

CITY of SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Philippine Information Agency (PIA) invite professional and amateur composers based in Central Luzon to join its first Regional Songwriting Competition billed “LiKhALIKASAN: Likhang Awit para sa Kalikasan.” “This seeks to instill awareness on positive behaviors and perspectives as resiliency safeguards against […]

AFAB guns for ‘fastest growing freeport’ title anew

MARIVELES, Bataan, Oct. 7 (PIA) – In just five years after paradigm shift in administration, the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) is gunning for a third-straight-year feat as the fastest growing freeport in the country. AFAB generated about P84 billion worth of investments in the first half of 2014 which is 138,000 […]

Dinalupihan opens housing for the poor

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – Barely more than a year in office, Mayor Gila S. Garcia opened yesterday some 500 units of low cost but quality houses for the poorest among the poor in this town. The opening of the 500 two-storey low cost housing units in Barangay Saguing, maybe the biggest awarded single housing project initiated […]

NFA, Red Cross hold bloodletting activity

   CITY of BALANGA, Bataan -The National Food Authority (NFA) Bataan and Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) conducted a bloodletting activity at the NFA compound this City. Ms. Adelaida Nuestro, NFA Bataan Manager said the bloodletting activity is in line with the celebration of NFA’s 42nd anniversary. No less than Governor Albert Garcia graced the […]

CIDG trains Tanod in self defense

   MARIVELES, Bataan- The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group here led by Chief Inspector Rommel C. Labalan, CIDG provincial officer, has been conducting self defense trainings to barangay watchmen (Tanod), the first such kind of laudable initiative by the CIDG in the province.    Himself a martial arts expert, Major Labalan said that aside from […]

Lady mayor pledges to wipe out poverty, to give no chance to corruption

SAMAL, Bataan- Mayor Generosa M. Dela Fuente of this town vowed to give no room for corruption and to wage war against poverty in her State of the Municipality Address (SOMA) on Tuesday night. “Lalabanan po natin ang anumang sistema na magbubukas sa anumang uri ng kurapsyon sa ating bayan at gigibain natin ang pader […]

Balanga holds University Town Summit

   BALANGA City, Bataan – This City in Bataan held yesterday the fifth University Town Summit to attain its dream of becoming a city known for quality education by year 2020.    “Ang pangarap natin ay magkaroon ng mahuhusay na mga paaralan at magagaling na mga estudyante na adapted sa knowledge-based businesses that are dominating […]

Central Luzon coops to stage KOOPlympics

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – In celebration of this year’s cooperative month, around 700 cooperatives members from Central Luzon will be joining a sports festival, dubbed KOOPlympics on October 7 at the Subic Gym, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority. There are 2,358 registered coops in Central Luzon with about 600,000 members. With the theme, “Kooperatiba: Maaasahan sa […]

Mariveles tribal leaders appointed

MARIVELES, Bataan- Two tribal leaders of this industrial town took their oath the other day before local and indigenous leaders in a simple ceremony held inside the Mayor’s office here. Manuel Pacayay, a wild animal hunter and Maritess Literal, were appointed as new members of the Sangguniang Bayan of Mariveles and Sangguniang Barangay of Biaan, […]