Energy press corps to help in disseminating accurate information

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The energy press corps will help in disseminating accurate and comprehensive information in the power sector. “The press corps will be utilized in disseminating accurate, impartial, and comprehensible information about NGCP, and the power industry”, said Engr. Napoleon Viterbo, NGCP North Luzon District 5 Head during the recent oath-taking of the officers of the newly formed Bataan Energy Press Corps held at […]

NGCP is ready as Bataan, Zambales gear to become power hub

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is ready as Bataan and part of Zambales become a power hub in the next five years, said a top official of the transmission company. “We are ready and expediting the needed transmission lines here in Bataan and Zambales in anticipation that the area […]

Steady power supply lures investors to Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A top official of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has guaranteed the steady and adequate supply of power is a strategic component to achieve sustainable growth. Engr. Napoleon Viterbo, head of NGCP Northern Luzon operation and maintenance, Bataan-Zambales area, described the significant function of power to boost the eco-industrial […]

US military corps exploring the war in the Pacific

Contributed by Leslie R. Jorge, Bataan Peninsula State University-BS Tourism Program Coordinator A United States Marine Corps headed by Capt. Clayton Holland under the supervision of Maj. Richard Jahelka, USML spent a day to commemorate and trace back the battles fought by their forefathers in the historic grounds of Bataan. Assisted by the Bataan Peninsula Tour […]

Gov. Abet shares Bataan’s best practices in local governance

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Civil Service Commission Regional Office 3 leads this year’s Local Executives Program (LEP) in line with the 117th anniversary of the Philippine Civil Service. Held at the Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City from September 4-5, this year’s LEP aims to enable the local executives of Region 3 to appreciate and understand […]

Road network to spur tourism development in western Bataan towns

BAGAC, Bataan – The youngest municipal mayor in the country is urging business leaders and property developers to invest in travel and tourism industry with the vibrant economic prospects anchored on the modernization and expansion plan of the Roman Superhighway initiated by Bataan Governor Albert S. Garcia in his bid to make the province the premier tourism hub in Central Luzon. […]

Dinalupihan tops PIA’s pot painting tilt

Contributed by Mar Jay S. Delas Alas, PIA-Bataan BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A team from Dinalupihan town bagged the first place in the PINTAserye: Banga Painting Competition of Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region 3. Renz Simsuangco, Ryan Carlone Mantilla and Julius Jay Malones received Php5,000 cash prize with certificates during the recent ASEAN Campus Forum held […]

‘I understood ASEAN better thru the campus forum’

Contributed by Jean Ricelle A. Aquino, PIA-Bataan BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The ASEAN Campus Forum organized by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region 3 held at the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) was described as helpful and informative by a student-leader. “I realized it’s really different when you just hear it (ASEAN) on the radio or […]

Child Safe Tourism seminar held in Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Architect Christina Banzon Enriquez, provincial tourism officer, stressed the principal role of the family as the natural and fundamental unit of the Filipino society to highlight the best interest and welfare of the children. Speaking before some 100 participants coming from various tourism-oriented enterprises in the province in her welcome remarks on Child Safe […]

DTI holds Supervisory Effectiveness seminar

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Bataan, in line with its continuing SME Roving Academy (SMERA), conducted a capability building program among 38 owners/managers of different businesses in the province. The one-day seminar on “Supervisory Effectiveness for Improved Quality and Productivity” had the very impressive Dr. Edgardo Bolinao of the Phil. […]