BALANGA CITY—Bataan Governor Albert Garcia is one of the new members of the Capitol Employees of Bataan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CEMBA). Zena Sugatain, Provincial Cooperative Development Office (PCDO) Head and former Chairman of the Board of CEMBA, said the Governor has subscribed P40,000.00 initial membership share. […]
FREEPORT AREA OF BATAAN—-A classy hotel, The Oriental Bataan, will soon be built inside the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) in Mariveles. The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) and the LKY Group, the developer of the hotel, are already scheduling the ground breaking ceremony of the project. The abandoned four-storey Hilltop Hotel will be rehabilitated to become The Oriental Bataan.
The hotel is part of the P300 million leisure hub that will rise in the 489,170.9 square meter property inside FAB following the agreement between AFAB and developer LKY Group.
MARIVELES, Bataan—With the plight of hundreds of commuters in this industrial town in mind, the Mariveles Sangguniang Bayan headed by Vice Mayor Turing Isip and SB Chairman of the Committee on Transportation Angel Sunga immediately acted following the enforcement of the order prohibiting the operation of buses plying Balanga-Mariveles route, of which franchises were either […]
MARIVELES, Bataan—An expert in standards for training, certification, and watch keeping for seafarers conducted a two-week seminar for the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) staff and representatives of other concerned government agencies, according to an official of the Maritime Academy of the Asia and the Pacific (MAAP).
MAAP External Relations Director Angelica Baylon said Capt. Fazlur Rahman Chowdhurry, Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute (AFNI) conducted the seminar-workshop on the amended International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers (STCW) of 1978. Baylon is also a member of AFNI.
LIMAY, Bataan—Putting premium on the health of the village folks, Barangay Lamao has acquired an ambulance for fast transport of people needing medical services. Barangay Captain Restituto “Bart” Reyes said they acquired a new ambulance recently for better health services of his constituents. “We have an existing ambulance plus the other one we […]
BALANGA CITY—- Credit Surety Fund (CSF), a program of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), is set to be formally launched in Bataan. The launching is scheduled on May 20 at Louis Resort and Restaurant, this City.
BSP Program Manager Ellen Ramos said the CSF program is a credit enhancement scheme developed by the BSP, which aims to increase the creditworthiness of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and even individuals who are members of cooperatives experiencing difficulty in obtaining loans from banks due to lack of acceptable collateral, credit knowledge, and credit track records.
ABUCAY, Bataan—Negotiations are ongoing for the presentation in Cameroon, a country in South Africa, of the vertical-fed biomass cook stove developed in a state university here, according to Reynan Calderon, Secretary General of consultancy firm WRJ Agriboize Incorpoarted and one of the collaborators of the invented cook stove.
BALANGA CITY—-Experts belonging to Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya para sa Sambayanan (Agham) have imparted scientific knowledge and methods to super typhoon Yolanda-ravaged communities in Eastern and Western Visayas.
In the just concluded two week-engagement with the people affected by Yolanda, Agham Central Luzon Secretary General Reynan Calderon, and Agham CL Executive Council members Herminio Miguel, Engr. Jonathan Lacayanga, and Engr Walter Valdez, imparted to Yolanda-ravaged communities in the provinces of Samar, Leyte, Iloilo, and Antique knowledge on climate change, organic farming, and aerobic rice technology. The experts also introduced to them vertical fed biomass cooking stove.
BALANGA CITY—City Mayor Joet Garcia and Vice Mayor Noel Valdecanas led on Monday the City’s annual longest tuyo laying contest.
City and barangay officials who were divided in five (5) groups competed in the contest held along the road fronting the Plaza Mayor de Balanga. Each group represents a color.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—Region III (Central Luzon) repeated its feat last year by emerging again as champion of the 2014 Philippine National Skills Competition (PNSC).
Competitors from the Region snatched 10 of the 16 gold medals that were up for grabs in the different trade areas.
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Region 3 Director Ted Gatchalian led Central Luzon to become champion of the national skills competition in two consecutive years.
At the opening of the national skills competition held here earlier, TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva announced that winners in the national skills competition will have the opportunity to compete and represent the Philippines at the ASEAN Skills Competition (ASC) in Vietnam, October this year.
