JESSICA BUGAY SANCHEZ is an American-Filipino singer who was the runner-up on the eleventh season of the reality show “American Idol.” Originally from Chula Vista, San Diego, California, she was born on August 4, 1995 to parents Gilbert Sanchez, an American-Mexican soldier, and Editha Bugay, a native of Samal, Bataan.
MEDINA LACSON DE LEON (1914-1984) was the 12th lone Representative of Bataan in Congress, from 1950 to 1953. She was acknowledged as the mother of the Bataan National School of Arts and Trades (BNSAT) now the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU), the Mindanao Institute of Technology in Cotabato and the Women and Children’s Bureau of […]
Dr. SALUD A. BAGALSO is one of the best physicians in Bataan. She is the owner and medical director of the Women’s Hospital in Balanga City.
EDITA SELVA BUENO of Limay is currently the Administrator of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), a government-owned and controled corporation mandated to promote, encourage and assist public service entities towards achieving total electrification of the country. Ms. Bueno, granddaughter of former Limay Vice Mayor Jose L. Juinio, is also an ex-officio member of the NEA […]
LUZ CORNEJO BERNABE-SANTIAGO put Bataan in the national map after winning the prestigious “Miss Bulaklak 1957,” a nationwide popularity contest sponsored by the nationally-circulated Bulaklak Magazine. Thousands of people, including famous movie stars such as Leopoldo Salcedo, Carmen Rosales, and Chiquito, came to Balanga on January 25, 1958 to witness the fabulous parade and coronation […]
CAROLINA NAVAL BELTRAN was the fifth vice governor of Bataan, from 1980 to 1986. She is acknowledged as the Mother of the Economic Support Fund (ESF) projects in Bataan. “Lina” Beltran was born on December 26, 1931. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education at the National Teachers College in Manila. Her initial assignment […]
ADELA SANCHEZ BANZON is a registered nurse from Barangay Tuyo, Balanga who was named “Florence Nightingale of the Philippines” on May 12, 1985 by the International Committee of the Red Cross based in Geneva, Switzerland.
GONZALO ALONZO BANTUGAN, Ph.D is a native of Ibaba, Bagac who became one of the acknowledged scientists of high caliber in the country. He specialized in the science of radioisotopes, radiation, gamma rays and radio activity measurements. “Along” Bantugan was born in Bagac in 1929, the second of the four sons of Isabelo B. Bantugan […]
ONOFRE BANZON BANSON was a well-known civil engineer from Balanga who founded the Monark International, a multi-billion peso construction company.
VICTOR TIAMBENG BALTAZAR was one of the more prominent sons of Francisco Baltazar and Juana Tiambeng. He was the one who organized and led the local Katipunan unit in Orion in the revolt against the Spaniards in 1898. A native of Lati, Orion he joined a Katipunan unit Manila in 1896. Although based in Calle […]
