Genpact locates in Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Genpact Philippines, a leading business process outsourcing (BPO) company, will start operation in this city. Dan Reyes, Genpact Country Manager and Gov. Albert Garcia, Balanga City Mayor Joet Garcia, and unopposed Balanga mayoral candidate Francis Garcia signed a Memorandum of Agreement to make official the locating of the company here during […]

GenPact has arrived in Bataan! – a great career closer to home

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Bataan and GenPact this morning at the Emiliana Hall, this City, the prospect of more lucrative career opportunities for Bataeños in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry has been sealed.

Luz Banzon Magsaysay Part 4 of Chapter 6

Part 4   March to Nueva Vizcaya General Tomoyuki Yamashita’s Shobu Group continued their march towards northern Luzon. On February 1, they proceeded from Natividad, Pangasinan to Kuyapo, Nueva Vizcaya. From there, they breezed past the Binga and Ambuklao Lakes on their way to Adacay, in Benguet Province. The original plan of the Japanese was […]

DOST provides P1.4M-worth technologies to 4 Bataan firms

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Aiming to improve productivity, product quality and waste management of four Bataan firms, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) III recently provided them machines with a total value of P1.4M thru the agency’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading (SETUP) Program.

Rely on God, not on bullets or amulets

BALANGA City, Bataan – The Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Tuesday asked lawmakers to re-examine Republic Act 10591 to stop “tanim-bala” in the country’s airports.

Revisit the law and conduct lifestyle checks

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – To stop the bullet planting modus, a Catholic bishop has called on the government to revisit the law and subject airport security personnel to lifestyle checks. According to Bishop Ruperto Santos of the Diocese of Balanga, authorities should investigate those who are tasked with inspecting baggage, especially those who apprehended […]

A community within a community

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – In celebration of the National Correctional Consciousness Week- Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), the Bataan District Jail (BDJ) headed by Supt. Clarence Mayangao held several events actively participated in by the inmates. The weeklong celebration held last October 26-31 had for its theme “Maayos na pamamahala ng piitan, […]

PAA Central Luzon Chapter organized

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Agriculturists form all over the region recently organized the Philippine Association of Agriculturists (PAA) Central Luzon Chapter, according to Dr. Hermogenes Paguia, Director of Extension Services of the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) and elected Business Manager of the chapter.

Nippon firm inside Hermosa Ecozone expands

HERMOSA, Bataan – Top executives of Japan-based Sumitomo Wiring Systems, (SWS) Ltd. and Bataan local officials recently led the groundbreaking ceremony of the Wire Cable Division of Sumi Philippines Wiring Systems Corporation (SPWS) inside the Hermosa Ecozone Industrial Park in Barangay Palihan of this first class municipality. Tatsuya Ikeda of SWS Japan, SPWS President Takeshi […]