Empowering parents of PWDs

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, in coordination with the Community Based Rehabilitation for Disabled People and their Families is currently conducting a forum among 70 parent group leaders of persons with disabilities at the Bataan Tourism Center, this City. 

Bataan PHO averts spread of dengue

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – In its bid to strengthen the core capacities for disease surveillance and response to avert the occurrence and international spread of diseases and other public health threats, as required by the World Health Organization among all Member States, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bataan approved a resolution institutionalizing and strengthening the Bataan Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) at the Provincial Health Office (PHO). 

PHO, pipigilan ang pagkalat ng tigdas at polio sa Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Target ng Provincial Health Office (PHO) na mabigyan ng bakuna kontra sa tigdas at polio ang 95% o higit pa ng kabuuang bilang ng mga batang nasa edad  5 taon pababa sa buong Bataan kasunod na rin ng isasagawang nationwide Measles/Rubella-Oral Polio Vaccine Mass Immunization (MR-OPV MI) campaign ng Department of Health (DOH) sa buong buwan ng Setyembre.

Poultry farm owners warned closure for swarm of flies

PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, Bataan – Provincial officials yesterday warned poultry farm owners of the possible closure of their poultry farms if they continue to ignore warnings against the swarm of flies in the province.

Board member Gaudencio Ferrer said they had already issued the warning after the public complained about the proliferation of flies pestering residents in host communities. Poultry farm owners can easily contain the flies if they want to since they are well-financed by their financiers, newsmen learned.

P100 million budget for the widening of Bataan expressway mulled

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Newly-appointed Metro Bataan Development Authority (MBDA) Chairman Charlie Pizarro has disclosed that the national government is allocating P 100 million for the widening of the Bataan Expressway next year.

Chairman Pizarro described the other day that the road widening project starting from Barangay Balsik, Hermosa  town  near the Pampanga-Bataan boundary to the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan(AFAB) in the industrial town of Mariveles  as another highlight in the socio-economic  development  program of  the province  with the expected  arrival  of foreign and local  industrial investors in the five ecozones within the historic peninsula.

CCTV’s ikakabit sa Roman Expressway

BALANGA CITY, Bataan —  Plano ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Bataan na maglagay ng mga closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera sa kahabaan ng Roman Expressway bilang paghahanda sa nalalapit na pagdaraos ng Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting sa susunod na taon. Ayon kay Metro-Bataan Development Authority (MBDA) chairman Charlie Pizarro, aabot sa kabuuang 108 CCTV cameras […]

Bataan to host ATOCEL conference in 2015

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Association of Tourism Officers in Central Luzon (ATOCEL) held its second meeting for the year 2014 at the Bataan Tourism Center last August 15. Presided by  ATOCEL Pres. Mike Palispis, Provincial Tourism Officer of Aurora and Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines (ATOP) Vice President for Luzon, the association […]

Not yet too old to learn new tricks

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Eighty senior citizens from the 11 municipalities and one component city of the Province are currently attending a seminar on bookkeeping, annual work and financial plan preparation and project proposal making at the Crystal Room of Crown Royale Hotel & Restaurant in this City.

An afternoon with retired mentors

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – In his message before the members and new batch of officers of the Bataan Retired Teachers and Employees Association (BARTEA) last Monday at the Lou-Is Restaurant this City, Gov. Abet S. Garcia underscored the province’s recent feat, by topping the estimated Special Education Fund revenue per public school student for 2013 nationwide-at Php 3, 153.00 per student. This is one of the tangible indicators of his earnest desire to assure the students of Bataan of a better if not the best quality of education.

Rice subsidy program kicks off

MARIVELES, Bataan – The annual distribution of rice to target beneficiaries province wide kicked off yesterday at the People’s Park in this industrial town. A total of 775 direct service workers received 2 cavans of rice each, covering the period January to August. Based on the Rice Subsidy Program, each beneficiary is entitled to 1 […]