BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Balanga City native businessman Paulo Tibig has been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as member of the Board of Directors of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) representing domestic investors. He was also AFAB Board member during the last administration. He is president of VCargo Worldwide, a logistics […]
ORANI, Bataan – Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine Roman is currently pushing for the establishment of Cancer Treatment Centers nationwide. Roman’s bill (House Bill 268) aims to manage the psychosocial and rehabilitation needs of cancer patients and their families and provide programs that include assistance to cancer survivors. Roman said citing published reports that almost 300,000 […]
MARIVELES, Bataan – Through the Serbisyong Abot Kamay Hanggang Barangay program, the local government of Mariveles is bringing the services down to local folks in barangays. The tandem of Mayor AJ Concepcion and Vice Mayor Lito Rubia is leading the conduct of the program in the 18 barangays of this town. Among the services provided in […]
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Vice Governor Cris Garcia said she will fully back the further improvement of Bataan’s Human Development Index ranking. “I fully support the provincial government’s vision of highest HDI ranking, which means better life for the people of Bataan”, she said during her radio guesting at 91.1 Sikat FM. “I will give priority […]
CAMP TOLENTINO, Bataan – The solemnity of the “flag disposal ceremony” yesterday gave more meaning to the message of Bataan Schools Division Superintendent Jessie Ferrer when he stressed that he will no longer allow public elementary and secondary students to have educational tours outside the province. He said that he is now encouraging all the district […]
CAMP TOLENTINO, Bataan – Pinangunahan ng City at Provincial Offices ng Department of Education dito sa Bataan at ng Girl Scout of the Philippines Bataan Council ang “paghihimlay ng mga lumang pambansang watawat ng Pilipinas” sa isang pormal na seremonya nitong Miyerkoles ng hapon sa kampong ito. Pinamunuan ito nila Estrella Dela Rosa, GSP council president; […]
It seems that the saying, “when it rains, it pours” is true based on the latest developments here in Balanga City. Yesterday, we featured a Balangueña who graduated with Latin honors from UP Los Baños. Today, we gathered that another resident of this city added one more feather to Balanga City’s cap. The son of […]
“Siyempre tuwang tuwa ako kasi makakadugtong na ng buhay ko yun,” this is the reply of Ms. Grace Sibayan, a dialysis patient and Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) beneficiary, when asked how she feels about the government giving her financial assistance. It was in 2012 when she first felt the signs – swollen […]
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – After bringing home the silver medal in the 2016 International Mathematics Wizard Challenge (IMWiC) held at Bangkok, Thailand last July 20-24, 2016, Io Aristotle Nikolai P. Calica, a gifted and Grade III-SPED (fast) student of Balanga Elementary School won again the silver medal at the 2017 IMWiC held in Xiamen, China last May 19-24. He started […]
ABUCAY, Bataan – The improvement of six upland roads in this town interconnecting to the Roman Superhighway would boost local economy with the opening of underutilized rural areas into commercial and property investment sites. Leo Ruben Manrique, Abucay town Sangguniang Bayan (SB) secretary, said the road network has great beneficial impact to the economic progress of one […]