Bataan celebrates Science Film Fest

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Close to 1,500 students attended the celebration of the Science Film Festival in Bataan which the Department of Science and Technology  (DOST) organized through its Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) last December 6-8, 2016. The SFF is comprised of award-winning documentaries, features and inspiring investigative reports from around the […]

21 Bataan college studes qualify to DOST scholarship

Contributed by: Jerwin R. Vianzon, DOST-Bataan   CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Science Education Institute (SEI) announces the passers of the Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) on December 23, 2016.   Twenty-one out of the total 65 third year college students who took the JLSS qualifying […]

Tech4Ed Center rises at AMPC

ABUCAY, Bataan – The Department of Science and Technology Central Luzon Region (DOST III) and the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) collaborated to establish a Technology for Economic Development (Tech4Ed) Center at Abucay Multipurpose Cooperative (AMPC) in Calaylayan, Abucay, Bataan recently. DOST provided AMPC the necessary computer hardware to set up the Tech4Ed […]

“Oplan Iwas Paputok, Fireworks Display ang Patok”

By Grace Santos with reports from Michael Angelo Baluyot   CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – As the entire nation celebrates Christmas and New Year’s Day, the Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) of the Bataan Provincial Health Office (PHO) monitors the number of firecracker related injury cases in the whole province.

PDEA declares Bataan as 1st drug free province

CAMP TOLENTINO, Balanga City – Based on reports submitted to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), as of November 15, 2016, Bataan is the first drug free province in the country. This is a positive development considering that earlier this year, on June 30, Bataeños were astounded by a report that 211 out of its 237 […]

Limay municipal port mulled

LIMAY, Bataan – Mayor Lilvir Roque is opting to convert a 10-hectare coastal area here into a municipal port to provide an alternative route to the heavily-congested four-lane Roman Superhighway and as a revenue–generating project of this industrial town. Mayor Roque explained the exigency of the project  which the local authorities see as a vital blueprint  of […]

Garcia pushes for tax collection rationalization

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Bataan 2nd District Representative Jose Enrique “Joet” Garcia III recently filed a bill (House Bill 4672) calling for the 100%  tax shares of local government units (LGUs) where the factory, plant or plantation is located.

MSMEs Price Disclosure Act pushed in Congress

ORANI, Bataan – Bataan 1st District Congresswoman Geraldine B. Roman has filed House Bill 4563 known as “MSMEs Price Disclosure Act of 2016,” requiring all micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to provide consumers a standardized list of prices of goods or services being sold in their outlets.   Roman said that trust is an essential component […]