National government urged to expedite CADT

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A Bataan provincial board member has urged the national government  to expedite the awarding  of the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) of  21,600 hectares of ancestral lands in 18 Aeta tribal communities located in the mountain ranges of Mariveles and Limay towns. According to Board Member Danilo B. Salonga, Indigenous People Mandatory […]

Balanga City celebrates 118th Independence Day

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – This only component city in Bataan belatedly celebrated this morning (Monday) the 118th Philippine Independence Day being observed yearly in the country every June 12. This year’s celebration has the theme Ika-118 Pagdiriwang ng Pagpapahayag ng Kasarinlan ng Pilipinas: Pagkakaisa, Pag-aambagan, at Pagsulong. The early morning program started with a parade […]

Livelihood projects proposed for 18 tribal communities

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A cultural minority representative in the Bataan Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) is opting for the establishment of viable livelihood projects in 18 tribal communities in the province. Board member Danilo B. Salonga, indigenous people mandatory representative, said the setting-up of different income generating business schemes would improve the socio-economic status of some 15,000 […]

Who’s Who in Bataan – ALEGRIA SAMANIEGO FLORA

ALEGRIA SAMANIEGO FLORA is a teacher by profession who became one of the most prolific writers in the country. She has written more than 100 textbooks, workbooks and teacher’s manuals in Mathemathics, Sciences, English, Filipino, HEKASI and Good Manners and Right Conduct. She has also written articles in educational magazines and periodicals. Dr. Flora is […]

Bataan receives 5 star rating from COA

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – In compliance with Section 43 of the Government Auditing Code of the Philippines (PD No. 1445), the Annual Audit Report (AAR) – electronic copy – on the audit of the Province of Bataan for calendar year 2015 was submitted to the Commission on Audit (COA) regional office which received not […]

BPSU journalist, TOSP-Region 3 awardee

“For me, leadership is a process of trying, of being defeated, and of learning,” this was once said by Bhee Jay Layug, an outstanding student from Bataan Peninsula State University who was adjudged as one of the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) in Region 3 during the recently-concluded judging and awarding for the […]

BPSU holds workshop for language educators

BALANGA City, Bataan – Various language educators along the province are now attending the event tagged as “Seminar-Workshop on Philippine English and Corpus Linguistics” hosted by the Bataan Peninsula State University held at BPSU-Main Campus Conference Room, this City.

Green Legacy team leaders’ orientation meeting

BALANGA City, Bataan – As part of the preparation for the upcoming official attempt of the Provincial Government of Bataan to break the current Guinness World Record for most trees planted in a single site within one hour, the Provincial Government-Environment and Natural Resources Office (PG-ENRO) set an orientation meeting for the team leaders, held […]

SMC set to put up 600MW power plant in Mariveles

MARIVELES, Bataan – The San Miguel Corp. is set to construct another 600MW of coal-fired power plant in the remote coastal barangay of Biaan, in this highly-industrialized town in Southern Bataan.

Airport in Bataan eyed to spur economic growth

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A Bataan Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member the other day asked the national government to construct a commercial airport in Mariveles as foreign and local investors are scrupulously evaluating the big potential of the northern Bataan town as an emerging industrial hub in Central Luzon for energy production.