Better investment opportunities in Bataan observed

A real estate broker and property appraiser has expressed his altruistic observation on the aggressive marketing crusade of the Bataan local government in fueling its eco-industrial development thrust skimming the way to bigger and better lucrative investment opportunities. Luis G. Gonzales, former municipal administrator of Mariveles, underscored the passage of Republic Act No. 11453 sponsored […]

The Ayta Magbukun experience

To mark the 22nd anniversary of the enactment of RA 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997, the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) Regional Office 3 held the IP Language Dialogue: The Ayta Magbukun Experience at the Bahay Wika in Bangkal, Abucay yesterday, October 23. RA 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights […]

Bataan picks up best practices from JBLMRH

Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital (JBLMRH) Medical Center Chief II Dr. Monserrat S. Chichioco welcomed officials of the Provincial Government of Bataan during their benchmarking activity yesterday, October 23. The Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital, located in San Fernando, Pampanga is a Level III tertiary, training and teaching hospital with 500 authorized bed […]

PESO conducts job information campaign at BDJ

In celebration of the National Correctional Consciousness Week anchored on the theme “Serbisyong may Malasakit at Kalidad, Alay sa Piitan at Komunidad”, the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) conducted the first ever job assistance information campaign among 74 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the BDJ covered court, yesterday, October 23. The purpose of the […]

You had it first at MDH!

Gone are the days when a resident of Mariveles will have to go to Balanga City or even as far as Pampanga, Olongapo City and even Manila for his much needed hearing test, diagnosis, follow up checkups and the likes, for Una Bella Hearing Center, a state of the art facility will soon open right […]

DAR poised to distribute idle lands

The national government has resolved to distribute 140,000 hectares of government idle lands for use by the needy farmers. This was announced by Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones during last Monday’s Second Farmers’ and Fishermen’s Summit held at the Orani multi-purpose gym. IGREG REFRACCION Bataan Second District Congresswoman Geraldine B. Roman initiated the […]

Sec. Dar, speaks at BPSU 2nd National Conference on Food, Environment, and Engineering Technology

Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar will lead a pool of expert speakers to the scheduled Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) 3-day 2nd National Conference on Food, Environment, and Engineering Technology. The conference will start tomorrow, October 23 to be held at Crown Royal Hotel, Balanga City, Bataan. “State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the […]

SSS shifts to checkless benefit payout system

The state-run Social Security System (SSS) on Friday said it will no longer disburse benefit payouts to its members through checks. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio said lump sum disability, death and retirement benefits, including Employees’ Compensation (EC) disability benefit, which were previously released through checks, are now mandatorily released thru […]

Bataan to become a top investment hub in the country

Representative Jose Enrique S. Garcia lll of the province’s 2nd Congressional district is expecting a robust and dynamic and investment posture in the historic peninsula in the coming years. In an interview with Representative Garcia at the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) 2nd Stakeholders Forum held at Pan Resort here the other day ,the Bataan solon […]

Rep. Roman bats for farmers’ empowerment

BATAAN First District Rep. Geraldine Batista Roman wants farmers and fishermen empowered to improve their lot and get off from the shackle of poverty. Roman emphasized this loud and clear during the second Farmers and Fishermen Summit on Monday at the Orani Multi-purpose Gym in Orani, Bataan where about a thousand farmers and fishermen from […]