Garcias still rule in Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Garcia siblings still call the shots in Bataan province following a fresh mandate from its electorates in Monday’s mid-term election. Based on partial unofficial results, re-electionist Bataan Governor Albert Garcia (NUP) got an overwhelming 44,421 votes over opponent Ver Roque (PFP) with only 6,386 votes. Roque is former mayor of […]

Garcias still rule in Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Garcia siblings still call the shots in Bataan province following a fresh mandate from its electorates in yesterday’s mid-term election. Based on partial unofficial results, re-electionist Bataan Governor Albert Garcia (NUP) got an overwhelming 44,421 votes over opponent Ver Roque (PFP) with only 6,386 votes. Roque, is former mayor of […]

New businesses in Bataan pour P605M investment

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Newly-established businesses in Bataan are expected to bring forth a total investment of P605 million in the first quarter of 2019. The local office of Department of Trade and Industry reported over the weekend that the new business name registrants for the past four months totaled 2,611 of which 1,305 are […]

DENR inspects Limay dumpsite

LIMAY, Bataan – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources inspected on Wednesday the open dumpsite in the sub-village of Mamala, Barangay St. Francis this town. Benny Antiporda, DENR Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Unit Concerns and Supervising Undersecretary for strategic communication and initiative service, said his office will issue closure order […]

Cong. Joet bats for Barangay Development Center

ORANI, Bataan – Congressman Jose Enrique Garcia III of Bataan’s Second District recently announced the creation of a Barangay Development Center. He revealed his plan during the awarding ceremonies for the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) to six barangays of Orani town last Monday. Cong. Joet said the center will be composed of team […]

FAB buildings sturdy, safe- report

MARIVELES, Bataan – The buildings and structures within the Freeport Area of Bataan are generally sturdy and are secure, safe and habitable. This was the detailed report submitted by the Freeport facilities department (FFD) to the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan Chair and Administrator Engr. Emmanuel Pineda for further assessment and evaluation. Hazel […]

Rep. Garcia wants SGLG award institutionalized

ORANI, Bataan – Congressman Jose Enrique Garcia III of Bataan’s Second District disclosed here on Monday that he had filed a bill institutionalizing the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award to Barangay level. Garcia made the announcement during the first ever awarding of SGLG certificates to six villages in Orani town where he cited […]

AFAB cites top locators

MARIVELES, Bataan – The Authority of Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) awarded a number of locators for their outstanding performance in terms of export output and of employment during the 6th “Stakeholders Night” last March 27 at Grand Innovasia Concept Corp. (GICC) Park in the Freeport Area of Bataan. The top exporter awardees: FPF Corp., […]

Bataan PNP, Comelec meet with media

CAMP TOLENTINO, Bataan – Media accreditation and restriction in the coverage of May 13 elections which seemed to start on a sour note, turned out sweet later . Col. Villamor Tuliao, Bataan police director, assured everyone that the coming election will be peaceful and orderly because the provincial police office has drawn up plans to […]

NGCP readies contingency plan for the May 13 polls

HERMOSA, Bataan – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is readying contingency plan to avert power outage in the coming May 13 elections in Bataan as well as in the neighboring provinces in Central Luzon. In his media briefing on Monday, Napoleon Viterbo, District 5 senior manager of NGCP office in Hermosa town, […]