SSS membership in Bataan expands

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Social Security System (SSS) membership is fast expanding in Bataan. Job order employees of the provincial and city government, tricycle operators and drivers, inmates at the Bataan District Jail, barangay officials and residents of  some barangays of this city, vendors at the Limay public market and members of the Villa […]

Pag-IBIG Balanga branch office inaugurated

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Ophelia Dela Cerna, Pag-IBIG Fund Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Provident Operations Cluster, led the inauguration and blessing of the Pag-IBIG Balanga branch office on Thursday located at the 2nd Floor of CT Edifice Building, Capitol Drive, this City.    Myrna M. Anicete, Pag-IBIG Balanga OIC-Branch Head, said the Home […]

BPSU obtains 88.35 % passing rate

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) obtained an excellent 88.35% passing rate in the recently concluded Mechanical Engineering Licensure Examination.    Of the 103 BPSU mechanical engineering graduates, who took the licensure examination this month, 91 made it. The university’s passing rate is above the 77.06 % national passing rate.   […]

DAR grants P4M building to agrarian reform cooperative

BALANGA CITY, Bataan -The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Bataan granted a P4 million multi-purpose building to an agrarian reform cooperative in this City. Chief Agrarian Reform Program Officer Neil Francis T. Pedralvez and Head of Program Beneficiaries and Development Division, led other agrarian reform officials in the turnover of the newly constructed building to […]

PCAARRD, BPSU to conduct coral reef restoration project

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) will conduct a coral reef restoration project in the coastal towns of Bagac, Bataan and Subic, Zambales. Technology Transfer and Promotion Division and […]

NFA, Red Cross hold bloodletting activity

   CITY of BALANGA, Bataan -The National Food Authority (NFA) Bataan and Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) conducted a bloodletting activity at the NFA compound this City. Ms. Adelaida Nuestro, NFA Bataan Manager said the bloodletting activity is in line with the celebration of NFA’s 42nd anniversary. No less than Governor Albert Garcia graced the […]

Central Luzon coops to stage KOOPlympics

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – In celebration of this year’s cooperative month, around 700 cooperatives members from Central Luzon will be joining a sports festival, dubbed KOOPlympics on October 7 at the Subic Gym, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority. There are 2,358 registered coops in Central Luzon with about 600,000 members. With the theme, “Kooperatiba: Maaasahan sa […]

Limay undertakes coastal cleanup and tree-planting

LIMAY, Bataan – In participation to the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), the municipality of Limay on Saturday undertook a massive cleanup of its coastlines and conducted a tree-planting activity. Limay government officials and employees, barangay officials, and volunteers conducted cleanup activities in the coastlines of Barangay Luz and other areas. Police Hotline Movement Incorporated (PHMI) Bataan Chapter […]

Mariveles SB seeks transition period on implementation of LTFRB order

MARIVELES, Bataan -The Chairman of the Committee on Transportation of the Sangguniang Bayan of Mariveles will be inviting his counterpart in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and in the Balanga Sangguniang Panlungsod for a dialogue to discuss the appeal of Mariveles bus operators seeking for a transition period before the implementation of the phasing out of 15 years old or more […]

PARO assures dedication to CARP’s implementation

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO) Engr. Eric San Luis of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Bataan assured farmer leaders in the province during a dialogue here of their dedication in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in the province. San Luis pointed out that some CARP cases are […]