A time for the youth

CAPITOL COMPOUND – In accordance with Executive Order No. 24 Series of 2017, an order creating the Bataan Provincial Youth Council, the first organizational meeting was held this morning, July 11, 2017, at the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) conference room, Capitol compound, this city. Present in the first meeting were representatives from PSWDO, DILG, […]

Mayor Francis: “love will find a way”

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Bataan District Jail, and City Government of Balanga in coordination with His & Her (Wedding planner and events) by Ryan Gee and Beyond Beauty (Makeup) by Barbie conducted the 3rd Kasalang Bayan today, July 10, 2017, at Bataan BJMP Compound, this city. The ceremony was […]

Receiving rice without paying a price

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Provincial Government of Bataan through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) led this year’s rice subsidy distribution today, July 7, 2017, at the Bataan People’s Center, this city. One program of the PSWDO under their auxiliary services (support services) is the rice subsidy program, wherein beneficiaries receive rice subsidies in […]

2nd Bataan AEW Congress held

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – With the theme “working together towards agriculture and rural development”, the 2nd Agricultural Extension Workers Congress of Bataan was held yesterday, July 6, 2017, at La Vista Inland Resort, this City. Present in the event were Dr. Albert Venturina (Head – Provincial Veterinarian Office), Ms. Imelda Inieto (Head – Office of the Provincial […]

PHO spearheads ASEAN Dengue Day celebration

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – The Provincial Government of Bataan through the Provincial Health Office (PHO) headed by Dr. Rosanna Buccahan led this year’s celebration of the ASEAN Dengue Day last Friday, June 30, at La Vista Inland Resort, this City. In the essence of decreasing the number of dengue cases and spreading full awareness of the […]

Saved by grace

“Siyempre tuwang tuwa ako kasi makakadugtong na ng buhay ko yun,” this is the reply of Ms. Grace Sibayan, a dialysis patient and Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) beneficiary, when asked how she feels about the government giving her financial assistance. It was in 2012 when she first felt the signs – swollen […]

Io Calica does it again!

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – After bringing home the silver medal in the 2016 International Mathematics Wizard Challenge (IMWiC) held at Bangkok, Thailand last July 20-24, 2016, Io Aristotle Nikolai P. Calica, a gifted and Grade III-SPED (fast) student of Balanga Elementary School won again the silver medal at the 2017 IMWiC held in Xiamen, China last May 19-24. He started […]

Cong. Tet’s legacy lives on

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Provincial Government of Bataan through the Provincial Social and Welfare Development Office (PSWDO) has been in partnership with the different funeral homes all over Bataan for the Libreng Libing Program, and to further improve their services to the public, a MOA signing was held this morning, June 19, 2017, at the Bulwagan […]

Carpio: “War is never an option”

MARIVELES, Bataan – In order to shed some light to the students of Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP), other marine schools, and other people concerned, and because we are very close to the sea and this concerns us, a lecture about understanding the West Philippine Sea through the ancient maps was conducted today, June […]

PVO brings meat processing demo to PGB employees

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – In collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region III Office, the Provincial Government of Bataan (PGB) through the Provincial Veterinarian Office (PVO) conducted a Livelihood Improvement Program through a meat processing demo to the PGB employees as participants today, June 15, 2017, at the OPA-FITS Center, Capitol Compound, this City. The said […]