PHL most modern detention facilities to rise in Bataan

ORANI, Bataan – Local government officials led Bataan Governor Abet S. Garcia and top officials of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) recently breaks ground for the construction of the country’s most modern detention facility – the New Bataan District Jail. The groundbreaking and capsule laying rites were done inside a three-hectare parcel of land inside the 1Bataan Command Center compound where the […]

Mayor Jopet opens Hermosa NHA housing to residents

HERMOSA, Bataan – The local government unit of Hermosa under the leadership of Mayor Jopet R. Inton recently opened the National Housing Authority’s Hermosa Ville AFP/ PNP housing project in Barangay Mabuco here to qualified beneficiaries. Hermosa municipal administrator Atty. Ariel Inton said this move by Mayor Inton, considered as the first in the country, began […]

Former factory worker benefits from DOLE programs

MARIVELES, Bataan – In February 2013, Jerry Borja, the information officer of DOLE Region 3 featured the success story of Juliet Abad and how she made her DOLE-given Negokart into a sustainable livelihood business. The report says the former fiberglass factory worker could no longer take her working environment and opted to resign to pursue a street food […]

Bataan PAC recommends province-wide ban on selling firecrackers

ORANI, Bataan — The PNP-Bataan Provincial Advisory Council (PAC) has moved to recommend a province-wide ban of selling of firecrackers for the coming holidays, the Public Information Agency (PIA-Bataan) reported. PIA-Bataan chief, Jose Mari Garcia, reported that during its meeting last Friday afternoon at the 1Bataan Command Center, the council agreed to coordinate with Bataan Governor […]

DOLE reminds CL employers: “Give 13th month pay on time”

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – “Please be reminded to give your workers their 13th month pay on time,” the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged Central Luzon employers on Friday. DOLE Regional Director Atty. Ana Dione, in an interview with the local media, said employers must pay their workers’ 13th month pay not later than December 24. […]

₱2 million for Dinalupihan LGU

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday formally turned over to the Municipal Government here the P2 million performance challenge fund, an incentive for achieving the 2016 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG). Vice Mayor Renato Matawaran received the check on behalf of the municipal government led by Mayor […]

DOLE awards P20-M livelihood aid to marginalized workers

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently awarded P20,000,000.00 livelihood assistance checks to more than 1,000 marginalized workers from different parts of Bataan and the rest of Central Luzon. DOLE Regional Director Atty. Ana Dione reported that the provision of livelihood assistance coincided with the labor agency’s 84th founding anniversary celebration […]

Samaleño bags 10th spot in 2017 PHL NLE

SAMAL, Bataan  – The Municipality of Samal takes pride in the excellent performance of Mr. Vince Salandanan Ebuen as he clinched the 10th place in the November 2017 Nursing Board Examination. This was revealed today by Mayor Generosa “Gene” M. Dela Fuente thru her Facebook Fan Page. “Your great accomplishment as a New GENEration of Light […]

Hermosa LGU receives livelihood check from President Duterte

HERMOSA, Bataan – President Rodrigo Duterte and Secretary Silvestre Bello III of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) personally awarded the livelihood check amounting to PHP 560,000.00 to Mayor Jopet Inton last Friday in Malolos, Bulacan. In an interview yesterday with Mayor Inton, he said the check is intended for the beneficiaries of two hand […]

Hermosa Ecoguardians turn trash into treasure

HERMOSA, Bataan – There is a popular saying that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” This proves true to Hermosa’s new heroes for a cleaner and greener, zero-waste Hermosa – the Ecoguardians. Their founder, Econest Waste Management Corporation’s top honcho, Attorney Coeli Fiel, has made the right move in training their minds and hands honed […]