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, […]

Housing projects for workers in Bataan mulled

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Bataan Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia is opting to construct socialized housing projects for employees in the two-industrial towns in Southern Bataan. Board Member Dante R. Manalaysay, Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Committee on Housing and Land Utilization chair , said Governor Garcia is pondering on the 100 hectares of public lands […]

NFA Bataan collects 94 bags of blood

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – In celebration of the National Food Authority’s 42nd Founding Anniversary, themed “Bigas ng NFA, Para sa Taumbayan”, NFA-Bataan, spearheaded by its Provincial Manager, Mrs. Adelaida C. Nuestro, once again conducted its annual bloodletting activity, in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross-Bataan Chapter, the Bataan Grains Retailers’ Association (BAGRETAS), headed by […]

Provincial Housing Board, tugon sa problema sa pabahay

LUNGSOD ng BALANGA, Bataan —  Inaprubahan na  ng Sangguniang  Panlalawigan (SP) ang isang ordinansa para sa pagtatatag ng Provincial Housing Board (PHB) na tutugon sa mga problema sa pabahay at mapigilan ang pagkalat ng iskwater sa iba’t ibang lugar sa lalawigan. Ayon kay Board Member Dante Manalaysay, Chairman ng SP Committee on Housing and Land […]