BALANGA City, Bataan- It is all systems go for the first triathlon of Challenge Philippines in Bataan and Subic Freeport on Saturday dubbed as one of the toughest and most unique in the world, Bataan Gov. Albert Garcia announced Tuesday. After three months of preparations, after all the hard work, the province is about 99 percent ready […]
BALANGA City- This component city of Bataan has recorded a steady increase in revenues for the past years, City Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia 3rd said Saturday. He said that the city government grossed P6.4 billion in 2014, mostly coming from increased activities in major enterprises, compared to P6.1B in 2012 and P5.9B in 2011. A big bulk of the […]
BALANGA City, Bataan- It was like the meeting of the east and the west on Tuesday when daycare children joined senior citizens in a parade and dance-exercise as a pre-Valentine celebration in San Jose, one of the most progressive in 25 barangays in this city. The kids aged four to five years are under the […]
BALANGA City, Bataan- The City Public Safety Office (CPSO) on Tuesday held an earthquake drill in the four-story Galeria Victoria adjacent to the Plaza Mayor in Balanga City. Workers and early morning customers in order and at ease, one by one went out of the building to safer grounds at the Plaza Mayor de Balanga […]
ORANI, Bataan- The cold weather is having its toll in the fishing industry in Bataan although not yet in the price of fish and other sea products, fish vendors and fishpond operators said Friday. Imelda Sebastian, fish vendor at the Orani public market, noted the absence starting this January of fish commonly caught in the […]
BALANGA City, Bataan- Catholic parishes in 11 towns and one city in Bataan on Monday offered Holy Masses not only for the good of Bataan but the whole country. Bishop Ruperto Santos of the Diocese of Balanga said this was one way of participating in the call of Pres. Benigno Aquino 3rd on “One Nation […]
BALANGA City, Bataan – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in coordination with the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines and the city government of Balanga on Saturday began the census of migratory waterbirds in five birdwatching sites in the component city of Bataan. Bird count was made in Sibacan, Lote, Tortugas, Puerto Rivas […]
BALANGA City, Bataan- The Plaza Mayor de Balanga in Bataan has become a regular promenade every day for students, children and old alike seeking relaxation late afternoon until nightfall. “Enjoy po kami, maganda, parang na sa ibang bansa,” said students sipping drinks Thursday afternoon. Children and adults are either seated on steel benches around the […]
BALANGA City, Bataan- Isang mahabang prusisyon ang ginanap bilang parangal sa Itim na Nazareno simula alas-6 ng gabi nitong Huwebes matapos ang isang Misa na dinaluhan ng maraming deboto sa St. Joseph Cathedral sa Balanga City. Ayon kay Jimmy Mangalindan, may-ari ng replika ng Itim na Nazareno, ipinagdiriwang din sa Bataan ang kapistahan ng Poon. […]
BALANGA City – This component city of Bataan has readied a massive flood control mechanism to prevent a repeat of the worst floods it experienced for the past two successive years, the mayor announced during his State of the City Address. City Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III delivered his SOCA on the 13th cityhood anniversary […]