Unauthorized sale, manufacture of PNP uniforms, insignias is punishable

Unauthorized sale, manufacture of PNP uniforms, insignias is punishable

The public is warned against unauthorized use, sale or manufacture of Philippine National Police (PNP) uniforms, insignias, and other accesssories through City Ordinance No. 07, series of 2024. The Balanga City ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod on March 12, 2024 penalizes anyone or any entity using or distributing police uniforms and insignias not prescribed […]

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Bataan, Olongapo media practitioners tour power plants

Print and broadcast media practitioners from Bataan and Olongapo city had a chance to tour the more or less 300-hectare site of coal-fired power plants– GNPower Mariveles Energy Center (GMEC) and GN Power Dinginin Ltd. Co. (GNPD) in the coastal village of Alas-asin, in Mariveles last Thursday. The two groups of media practitioners had the […]

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Mayor Francis completes term with P1B in coffers

Balanga City Mayor Francis Anthony S. Garcia will complete his term next year leaving the city government with P1 billion in coffers. The mayor said Balanga is now a second class city after realizing P1 billion income in the last three consecutive years. Bulk of Balanga City’s income are derived from business permits and licenses, […]

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Kadiwa ng Pangulo opens in Orani

Orani products, from local delicacies, homemade sweets, fish, shrimps, fruits and vegetables– are on sale at reduced prices at the “Kadiwa ng Pangulo” which was opened by Mayor Efren E. Pascual, Jr. last Tuesday. The Mayor said the event is part of municipality’s program to promote local products and coincides with the forthcoming celebration of […]

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Health impacts on one’s well-being

Health, education and employment play vital roles in one’s well-being, according to Samal, Bataan Mayor Alexander Acuzar in his welcome remarks during last Wednesday’s blessing of Super Rural Health Unit with Sen. Bongo Go as special guest. “If you have failing health, you cannot go out to work, more particularly if you lack education. So […]

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‘Hindi lang bahay kundi pati trabaho’

Hindi lang pabahay kundi pati na rin trabaho ang makakamit ng mga Bataeno lalo na ang mga benepisyaryo ng low-rise housing project sa Balanga City. Ito ang pahayag ni 2nd Dist. Congressman Albert S. Garcia sa turnover ng housing units para sa 216 na pamilya na pinangunahan ni Pangulong Ferdinang R. Marcos, Jr. Sinabi ni […]

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Bagac imposes environmental fee

The Municipal Government of Bagac will now impose P40 environmental fee to all tourists visiting the ecotourism destination following the passage of Municipal Ordinance No.18, Series of 2023. Bagac Vice Mayor Ron del Rosario said the Sangguniang Bayan had passed the Ordinance prescribing environmental fee for sustainable environment, setting guidelines for its implementation and imposing […]

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Elaborate Lenten activities in Abucay

Abucay, a third class municipality in the First District of Bataan province, may go down in recent history as the only town where Holy Week activities are elaborately done with some degree of solemnity with emphasis on Christian tradition. From self-flaggelation or “padugo” performed by young men, chanting of “Pasyon” by the not so young […]

‘Sari-sari’ stores flourish in the countryside

The ubiquitous “sari-sari” stores or the small neighborhood variety store in the barangay is flourishing not only in Bataan but in other areas outside Metro Manila as well. Teresita Estibar Magtanong, information officer of Department of Trade and Industry in Bataan, said that the top three registrants for business name registration for January 2024 are […]