Orion readies implementation of waste management program

ORION, Bataan – Plans are now afoot for the full implementation of solid waste management program of the municipal government of Orion. Vice Mayor Virgilio B. Isidro said Mayor Antonio Raymundo had already met with still undisclosed environment care entity, most likely a Singaporean technology, to help the municipal government implement the program. He said […]

Housing units for FAB workers readied

MARIVELES, Bataan – To address the need for comfortable and affordable housing units for employees and factory workers, the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) has undertaken the SOFT HEART Plan. The SOFT stands for Socially relevant, Operationally viable, Financially feasible, and Technically advanced. “These are the characteristics that we want our projects […]

AFAB readies housing units for FAB workers

MARIVELES, Bataan – To address the need for comfortable and affordable housing units for employees and factory workers, the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) has undertaken the SOFT HEART Plan. “The SOFT which stands for Socially relevant, Operationally viable, Financially feasible, and Technically advanced, are the characteristics that we want our projects […]

Orani vies MMK top prize

ORANI, Bataan – Officials of the municipality of Orani led by Mayor Efren E. Pascual, Jr. are hopeful to win the top prize of P30 million in the national search for Malinis at Masaganang Karagatan (MMK) for outstanding coastal community. Criteria for the MMK search are: No illegal fishing (30 points); observance of off-fishing season […]

Number of FAB workers continues to swell

MARIVELES, Bataan – With the growing number of locators so goes the number of workers at the bustling Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) in this industrial coastal town. Engr. Emmanuel D. Pineda, chairman and administrator of the Authority of Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), said in 2016, FAB workers were recorded at 32,364; in 2017, […]

A rare occasion

ORANI, Bataan – Bataan Gov. Abet Garcia cuts the ceremonial ribbon during the opening Sunday of the fourth sophisticated swimming pool facility inside the 57-hectare Sinagtala Resort Farm. With the governor are former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman-administrator Felicito Payumo and Lawyer Ding Pascual. Garcia congratulated Payumo and expressed full appreciation to the former […]

AFAB’s committed investment: P114.8B

MARIVELES, Bataan – The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) has now a grand total registered investment of P114,867,495,639. This was gleaned from the full and comprehensive report by AFAB Chair Engr. Emmanuel D. Pineda in his “State of the Freeport Address” Tuesday afternoon at the Oriental Convention Center here. Pineda reported the […]

Good planning is important – Gov. Garcia

MARIVELES, Bataan – Good planning plays an important role in the development of Bataan to become “the savior of economy of the country. This was the gist of Bataan Gov. Abet Garcia’s message during the “State of the Freeport Address” on Tuesday at the Oriental Hotel Convention Center here. He said very soon Bataan will […]

Barangay Mulawin gets P5M pledge from Congresswoman Roman

ORANI, Bataan – Residents of populous Barangay Mulawin and its barangay officials in Orani town have all the reasons to rejoice this Christmas season, although this is not intended for Holiday giveaways. Congresswoman Geraldine B. Roman pledged to give P5 million to Barangay Mulawin for improvement and renovation of barangay hall and other facilities. This […]

Balanga co-ops mark month with activities

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Balanga City Cooperative month is being celebrated with gusto by no less than the Balanga City Cooperative and Development Council which oversees the 23 primary coops here. Coop banks belong to secondary cooperatives. Litz del Rosario, officer-in-charge of Balanga City Cooperative Development Council, said cooperatives had been generating jobs for […]