Orani North Elementary School may give way for commerce

ORANI, Bataan – Orani Mayor Efren E. Pascual, Jr. admitted last Monday that the Municipal Government of Orani had been toying with the idea of transferring the Orani North Elementary School (ONES) to other place to give way for the possible establishment of a mall or tourism-oriented facilities. In an interview in his office, the […]

NHA mulls low-cost housing project in Orion

ORION, Bataan – Low-cost but decent housing facilities for average income factory workers, fishermen, and farmers are being planned in Barangay Daang Pare, about three kilometers away from the site of the big fire in Barangay Capunitan where 1,089 families were displaced. Orion Mayor Antonio P. Raymundo said the housing project which will cost around […]

Bgy. Daungan pinarangalan dahil sa segregation

HERMOSA, Bataan – Ginawaran ng sertipiko ng pagkilala (certificate of recognition) nitong nakaraang Lunes ang pamunuan ng Barangay Daungan sa Hermosa dahil sa katangi-tangi at husay nito sa pagpapatupad ng segregation o paghihiwalay ng nabubulok at hindi nabubulok. Sinabi ni Atty. Joseph Mark Sabado, kalihim ng Sangguniang Bayan ng Hermosa, na ang pagkilala ay iginawad […]

A mini ‘reunion’ of topnotch engineers who traced their roots in Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The inauguration of Additive Manufacturing Research Laboratory and turnover ceremonies for automated guideway transit (AGT) at the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) here last Friday almost turned out to be a “reunion” of sort of professional engineers who traced their family roots in Bataan. Secretary Fortunato T. Dela Pena of Department […]

AFAB to put up central business district

MARIVELES, Bataan – The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) is putting up FAB Central Business District in Sitio Acapulco, host to more than 200 informal settlers who had been in the area for years now. Engr. Emmanuel D. Pineda, AFAB chairman and administrator, said the 12.5 hectare land will be leveled through […]

Orani evac center can take in 10k people

ORANI, Bataan – The Orani evacuation center can accommodate as much as 10,000 people in any eventuality, according to Orani Mayor Efren Pascual, Jr. Pascual said during the first quarterly meeting of municipal peace and order council, municipal anti-illegal drug council and municipal disaster risk reduction and management council here that the municipal government is […]

AFAB poised to push expansion program

BALANGA CITY, Bataan -The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) will go ahead of its expansion program to anticipate the influx of investors. Engr. Emmanuel Pineda, chair and administrator of the AFAB said on Tuesday news briefing that expansion of the freeport area will go on and to extend in other parts of […]

Refill Revolution launched in Morong

MORONG, Bataan – The Refilling Revolution was launched Friday last week in this town by the Environment Management Bureau. The refilling ceremony held at the municipal covered court was led by EMB Regional Director Lormelyn Claudio and was joined by Morong Mayor Cynthia Estanislao and witnessed by local environment officers and barangay officials. Claudio who […]

Full blast drive vs environmental laws violators vowed

MORONG, Bataan – The Environmental Management Bureau vowed on Friday it will continue checking resorts, restaurants and bodies of water for any violation of environmental laws. Lormelyn Claudio, DENR-EMB regional director for Central Luzon announced this as she conducts siphoning of the plush Sea and River Resort located just at the back of Morong Municipal […]

Jap, Korean investors to put up thermal plant

BATAAN CAPITOL – A $1 Billion 600-megawatt thermal power plant is going to be put up in Bataan province in the next few months following the signing Thursday of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Bataan provincial government and the Hanjo Group Manufacturing Inc. When completed, the said plant will create 20,000 construction workers and […]