Mariveles LGU allots funds for laptops and tablets

The local government unit of Mariveles headed by Mayor Jocelyn Castañeda will allot funds for the procurement of laptops and tablets for their teachers and students. This was revealed on Monday in a news briefing wherein the first-termer lady mayor assured the municipality’s readiness for the opening of classes on August 24 this year. She […]

COVID-19 testing center opens in Subic

A molecular laboratory capable of doing 2,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests daily has formally opened at the Subic Bay Freeport under a joint project between the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). Senator Richard Gordon, who is PRC chairman, inspected the laboratory last Friday, along with SBMA Chairman and […]

50% of Subic Freeport firms now operational

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has approved the operation of close to 900 companies doing core business activities and providing essential services following the shift to general community quarantine (GCQ) on Monday, June 1. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the Subic agency lately gave the green light […]

Bataan solon pushes for 2021 implementation of CBMS Act

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES- A member of the House of Representatives calls for the speedy implementation of a law signed in 2019 as a means ofstrengthening delivery mechanisms for LGU development and assistance programs. Bataan 2nd District Representative Jose Enrique S. Garcia III is pushing for a 2021 full roll-out of the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) […]

Samal LGU opens online consultation system

SAMAL, Bataan – Samal Mayor Aida De Guia Macalinao on Tuesday night thanked the key people behind the development of Samal Rural Health Unit (RHU) Online Consultation System. “Maraming salamat po sa Samal RHU sa pangunguna ni Dr. Cristina Santos-Espino sa inyong pusong palaban at buo ang pananampalataya na ang Panginoon ang dahilan ng ating […]

Bataan to use hotels for frontliners

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Bataan Gov. Albert Garcia signed up last week with hotel owners in the province for the comfort stay of doctors, nurses and other hospital workers. Garcia said frontliners composed of 280 doctors, nurses, nursing attendants and other health workers swill now have a comfortable cubicle in six hotels in Balanga City. […]

Himlayan ng mga lumang watawat sa Alion, Mariveles

Bago pa man ipatupad ang Enhanced Community Quarantine sa Luzon, may isang lugar na inihanda sa Barangay Alion sa Mariveles, para sa mga lumang watawat ng Pilipinas. Ito ay nasa mismong harapan ng Barangay Hall ng Alion na mistulang isang munting dambana para sa mga bayani. Sa isang panayam ng mga lokal na mamamahayag, sinabi […]

A daily dose of relief for village folks

Since the start of implementation of enhanced community quarantine, second week of March, residents of the mountainous village of Alion had been receiving daily ration of foods, relief goods composed of sardines, fresh fishes, vegetables, noodle soups and viands on different days. On a day, residents are given noodle soup for breakfast, on another day […]

BPSU produces face shields for frontliners

Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) is producing face shields for frontliners in the province. The face shields are being made at Additive Manufacturing Research Laboratory (AMREL) of the university using 3D printing technology. AMREL Project Leader John Ryan Dizon said the face shields will be given to hospitals in the province. “We have already given […]

Morong remains COVID-19 free

Sometimes it pays to have a doctor as a municipal mayor more so during the advent of killer COVID -19. Mayor Cynthia Estanislao, an anesthesiologist, just like any other town officials in Bataan, did not leave her town from the day the corona virus was felt by the nation and since it struck the province […]