An afternoon with future Amorsolos

“Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination” – Barbara Januszkiewicz   CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Artist Edward Hopper once said, “If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” These could be the words that inspired the more than 600 young artists/art enthusiasts whose ages […]

PWU’s back-to-back wins

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Students of the Philippine Women’s University CDCEC Balanga Campus took center stage again in the recently concluded 2015 Provincial Skills & Socio Cultural Competition held at the Bataan People’s Center, this City with no less than TESDA Director General, Joel Villanueva and Bataan Governor Albert S. Garcia as Guest of Honors. […]

Cong Tet’s vision takes a concrete shape

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – A self-made man himself, 2nd District Representative, Enrique “Tet” Garcia Jr.’s vision for the province of Bataan is at least “one professional in every family”.

“…just call me Janna…”

“….focus, tell yourself: “kaya ko to”, makinig mabuti sa instructions, don’t forget your labels, tandaan lahat ng tinuro, always pray”. Initially a picture of a shy girl who just turned 11 last April 24, that Thursday afternoon with her at the 1Bataan news room brought us back down memory lane when we were her age: […]

Bataan hosts ATOCEL 3rd Regional Convention

“This is another opportunity to strengthen and boost the tourism industry of the Province and at the same time, give the tourism stakeholders of our neighboring provinces a chance to experience how fun it really is in Bataan”. CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Members of the Association of Tourism Officers of Central Luzon, Inc (ATOCEL) […]

Stephanie’s journey

Little did Ruperto Jr. knew that when his wife Leonida got pregnant, he would have to make a life changing decision. Joy and thanksgiving were overflowing when Ruperto Jr. or simply JR, an OFW and Leonida (a public school teacher) both natives of Calaguiman, Samal, Bataan learned that they were expecting their first child, but […]

The weather is bad and it’s a holiday!

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Braving the heavy rains and intermittent power supply, teacher-advisers of school papers from all over this City (elementary and secondary), were all present and actively participated in a 3-day training held at the Bataan National High School last July 16-18 in preparation for the forthcoming division schools press conference come […]

“Refire, not retire”

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – “You are not the smartest person in your organization just because you are a leader. A great leader surrounds himself with people who are smarter. And in the process the people make the leader smarter. Humility is a virtue and pride is a weakness” – Francis Kong  The Bataan Peninsula State University […]

“I had no other ambition but to become a teacher” – Dr. Rosita G. Santos

The fourth child in a brood of nine, Rosita de Guzman – Santos, PhD had always wanted to be a teacher. Despite her busy schedule as wife to Hepty Santos, mother to Rommel and Junjun, grandmother to two boys ages 8 and 12 and Senior Research Consultant at the Lyceum of the Philippines to name […]