Mariveles JOs to get pay for health issues

Mariveles JOs to get pay for health issues

No work, no pay for job order employees? Not anymore, at least in Mariveles, Bataan. The reason is Municipal Councilor Ivan Ricafrente has authored an ordinance authorizing the municipal government through Mayor Ace Jello Concepcion to compensate job order workers for their absences due to sickness. Ricafrente, Sangguniang Bayan health committee chair, said it is […]

Power firms continue to plant trees

Power firms continue to plant trees

Planting trees has become a continuing task for the twin power firms in Bataan– the GNMariveles Energy Co. and GNPower Dinginin as it launched its “Oktreeberfest 2023 For a Better Future” on October 18. With the theme “Aksyon Para sa Kalikasan,” the project involved 50 employees of GMEC and GNPD who volunteered in the second […]

Abucay mayor issues stern warning on garbage issue

Abucay mayor issues stern warning on garbage issue

Mayor Robin Tagle of Abucay said on Wednesday that stall holders occupying slots at the “Eskinita” should observe proper discharging of their garbage to keep the facility clean and orderly. The mayor made the appeal during the blessing of the mini alley prepared by Abucay Municipal Government for food vendors affected by the beautification project […]

Gila Garcia

A hard day’s work for a lady solon?

It was like an ordinary day for Congresswoman Gila Garcia of Bataan’s 3rd District but the neophyte lady solon does not seem to get tired in the name of duty– for public service. She just attended on Tuesday five events in a day– three blessing rites for covered courts of Roosevelt National High School, JC […]

'Passport on Wheels' sa Dinalupihan

‘Passport on Wheels’ sa Dinalupihan

Humigit-kumulang sa 700 katao ang nag- apply at nagpa-renew ng kanilang passport sa proyektong “Passport on Wheels” ng Department of Foreign Affairs noong Oktubre 13 sa Bulwagan ng Bayan ng Dinalupihan. Sinabi ni Mayor German “Tong” Santos na iyon ay magandang pagkakataon “para sa ating mga kababayan na nagnanais magkaroon ng passport na hindi na […]

Bataan-Cavite bridge project now worth P219.3B

Bataan-Cavite bridge project now worth P219.3B

President Bongbong Marcos last Friday approved the cost changes to the cost and implementation of timeline of the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge project. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said there was an “updated detailed engineering design” that increased the project’s cost as adjusted to inflation, to P219.3 billion from P175.6 billion. In a published […]

ASF still around; PVO adopts strict measures

May sapat na karneng baboy sa ‘Ber’ months– Venturina

Wala nang gaanong kaso ng African Swine Fever (ASF) sa Bataan kung kaya’t may sapat na karne ng baboy sa ating palengke ngayong “Ber” months hanggang Pasko. Ito ang pahayag ni Dr. Alberto Venturina, hepe ng Provincial Veterinary Office, na nagsabing “hindi naman tinamaan ng ASF ang commercial hog farms sa Bataan kundi mga native […]

Samal plans low-cost housing scheme

Samal plans low-cost housing scheme

This is good news for families residing near the flood-prone areas in Samal. The municipal government of Samal is crafting a low-cost housing project intended for informal settlers who had been living near the coastal areas and villages affected by typhoon. A one-hectare land in Barangay Tabing-Ilog had been reserved for the project that will […]

Mayor Inton shares best practices in Cebu confab

Mayor Inton shares best practices in Cebu confab

Mayor Jopet Inton of Hermosa, Bataan shared best practices in his town more particularly the Hermosa Mega Build Project during the 31st National Developers Convention in Radisson Blu Cebu in Cebu City last October 6. Inton was invited as resource person in the said convention with theme “Lokal na Bai; Building National Growth Through Regional […]

Orani continues to draw devotees

Orani continues to draw devotees

An estimated 35,000 devotees to the miraculous Nuestra Senora Virgen del Rosario flocked to Orani, Bataan yesterday, in celebration of the saint’s feast day. What particularly called the attention of Orani folks are the 32 bands, some of which were plucked from different municipalities of Bataan to perform in Orani fiesta courtesy of businessman Jon […]