Cure for dengue

BAGAC, Bataan – A recent visit in my hometown Bagac introduced me to a herbal plant locally called tawa-tawa supposedly effective in curing dengue. Folks from Barangay Binukawan instructed to boil tawa-tawa leaves and then drink the water. A tawa tawa tea can also be made. They said the wonder plant also cures other illness. […]

CL workers to receive new wage increase starting Aug.1

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Central Luzon workers will now enjoy a new minimum wage via Wage Order No. RBIII-21, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), announced today. The new wage order takes effect on August 1, fifteen days after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board 3 (RTWPB-3) published the order today at a […]

SBMA urges freeport locators: ‘Connect, or go extinct!’

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has urged business locators here to invest more in technology to remain competitive, or simply be left behind. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said companies operating in the Subic Freeport have to strengthen their capacity to interconnect computing systems and application platforms because […]

Extreme trail run returns to Subic Freeport

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Not even the rains cannot dampen fun and excitement in this premier adventure tourism enclave, as the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) announced various events timed for the rainy season. The biggest thriller scheduled so far this month is the Subic leg of Salomon Xtrail Pilipinas, an all-terrain running race that […]

DSWD urges PWDs to voice out concerns, rights

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Director 3, Gemma Gabuya is urging persons with disabilities (PWDs) to voice out their concerns and exercise their rights in the community. In front of hundreds of PWDs in Bataan during the provincial celebration of the 40th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week, […]

Fiesta Communities subdivisions in Balanga, Abucay in the pipeline

MARIVELES, Bataan – Fiesta Communities will also build subdivisions in Balanga City and Abucay, respectively. “That’s already in the pipeline”, disclosed Fiesta Communities Regional Manager Gene Ryan Bautista during their recent Mariveles project Open House event here. “We are aggressive in Bataan because we saw that there is a need for socialized housing here”, he […]

May pera sa bonsai

LUNGSOD ng BALANGA, Bataan – May isang tao na handang tumulong sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng kaalaman kung paano makakapagparami ng mga puno na hindi lumalaki na kung tawagin ay bonsai. Ayon kay G. Ricardo Chua, na naninirahan sa Barangay Tugatog Orani, ang pagbobonsai sa kanya, dati ay isang libangan lamang. Subalit di naglaon, sa […]

Magsasaka sa Pilar, kalahok sa Gawad Saka Award 2018

LUNGSOD ng BALANGA, Bataan – Masayang ibinalita ng Department of Agriculture na isang magsasaka na taga Barangay Liyang, Pilar ang kalahok sa National Gawad Saka award 2018 sa darating na ika-20 ng Hulyo. Kinilala ni Pilar Agriculturist Julie Anne Dizon, ang contender ng Central Luzon sa pagtatanim ng Bat Dragon Fruit na si G. Apolinario […]

BPSU reaps awards in Philippine Student Quill

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Bataan Peninsula State University was awarded with Top Award for Communications Management alongside 10 other awards during the 6th Philippine Student Quill Awards held at Resorts World Manila on July 9. Eight combined Awards of Merit and Excellence were bestowed to The Guilds, the official student publication of BPSU Main […]

DTI establishes 2,227 Shared Service Facilities nationwide

Contributed by Marie Joy L. Simpao, PIA CLARK FREEPORT ZONE – Department of Trade and Industry was able to establish a total of 2,227 Shared Service Facilities (SSFs) nationwide. “These SSFs serve 215,628 beneficiaries and generated 111,747 jobs,” DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez told President Duterte during the National MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Summit […]