NGCP to undertake Bataan transmission reinforcement project

BALANGA CITY, Bataan  – In anticipation of new power generation in the province, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will undertake the Bataan transmission reinforcement project. New power plants in the province are expected to operate in the coming years, said NGCP Regional Corporate Communication Officers Fely Francisco and Ernest Vidal during media briefing […]

SSS urges members to avail Loan Restructuring Program

BALANGA CITY, Bataan -The Social Security System (SSS) has urged members to avail of the Loan Restructuring Program of the agency.   “The SSS launched the Loan Restructuring Program to provide delinquent members the opportunity to settle unpaid loans”, said Rex Ramiterre, SSS Mariveles Accounts Management Section Head, during his guesting at local radio station 91.1 Sikat FM. He also said that they (members) […]

SSS Mariveles bestowed 5-star CSC Seal of Excellence Award

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Social Security System (SSS) Mariveles Branch is recipient of the highest rating (5 stars) Civil Service Commission (CSC) Seal of Excellence Award. “While we take pride in receiving the award, we are at the same time humbled by the fact that we are confronted with another challenge, to live up […]

So, it’s cooking that is her passion, not numbers!

Having been assigned to write about the lady who leads one of the multiawarded departments in the Provincial Government of Bataan, made me nervous yet excited. Meeting Mrs. Alicia Reyes Magpantay for the first time, listening to her talk about her humble beginnings, leading to where she is now, as Head of the Provincial Accounting […]

Mayor Pizarro allots P16.4 million for water system rehabilitation

PILAR, Bataan – Mayor Alice D. Pizarro has allocated P 16.4 million for the rehabilitation of the water system of four clustered villages of the town under the bottom-up budgeting program of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Mayor Pizarro identified the four barangays namely  Del Rosario, Ala-Uli, Nagwaling and Liyang, all of which are reportedly […]

BM Serrano sponsors medical mission

ORANI, Bataan – Around 3,000 residents of this town benefitted from the medical and dental mission sponsored by Board Member Benjie Serrano as a treat to them in celebration of his 42nd birthday. Residents received free checkup, medicines, dental services, reading glasses, and free haircut from the mission held at the covered court of Orani North Elementary School on […]

Land Bank-Bataan to implement new automated check clearing system

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Starting January 20, 2017 the management of Land Bank – Bataan will be implementing a new automated check clearing system called Check Image Clearing System (CICS) pursuant to Philippine Clearing House Corporation (PCHC) Circular memo 15-460 and 15-3126. According to Land Bank – Bataan Assistant Manager Ms. Lea V. Montilla, […]

Garcia acts to modernize Bataan Provincial Highway

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Bataan Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia is presently on an official trip to the United Kingdom to study the possibility of adopting the bus rapid system being implemented in developed countries to the province’s main artery— the Roman Highway known today as the Bataan Provincial Highway. This was revealed in a […]

House Committee on Health approves Garcia’s House Bill 2043

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES – Bataan 2nd District Congressman Jose Enrique “Joet” Garcia III’s bill for the upgrading of the Bataan General Hospital in Balanga City was recently approved by the House Committee on Health. Rep. Garcia presented HB 2043 entitled “An Act Upgrading the Bataan Provincial Hospital in the Province of Bataan into a level III […]

Barangay Tala as ecotourism zone, pushed in Congress

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES – Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine B. Roman has filed House Bill 270 that seeks to declare Barangay Tala in the Municipality of Orani in the Province of Bataan as an ecotourism zone. The said village is part of the Bataan National Park, one of the most sought-after destinations in Bataan known for its […]