OWD to plant 10,000 trees in BNP

ORANI, Bataan –The Orani Water District (OWD) officials, employees and other concerned sectors will again troop to a watershed here inside the Bataan National Park (BNP) to plant Tibig trees this coming August 12. Benigno Andres, general manager of OWD said that they already planted 50,300 Tibig trees in the said watershed in the last five […]

Balanga LGU, DTI destroy defective weighing scales

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A total of 154 defective weighing scales were destroyed this morning by an enforcement group led by DTI Bataan, Bataan Consumer Affairs Council, and the city government here at the Balanga City Public Market. Rudy De Mesa, city administrator and chief of the City Economic and Investment Development, DTI Bataan OIC-provincial director […]

PHL’s first Goat Festival held in Bataan

PILAR, Bataan – The Bataan Government Center here on Monday was filled with people from different government agencies and offices who flocked here to have a taste of various recipes at the Goat Meat Culinary Exhibit. Bataan Vice Governor Cris Garcia, Balanga City Mayor Francis Garcia and other officials and guests from the Department of Agriculture […]

Hermosa now an official collecting agent of PhilHealth

HERMOSA, Bataan – The local government unit of Hermosa (LGU-Hermosa) is now an official collecting agent of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). This was confirmed by Hermosa Municipal Mayor Jopet R. Inton thru his municipal treasurer Rhodora Manalansan. Starting today, August 1, 2017, the Municipality of Hermosa thru the Treasurer’s Office here will start accepting premium […]

DTI-Bataan receives 4th award from BSP

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The provincial office here of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-Bataan) led by OIC-provincial director Nelin O. Cabahug on Friday received their 4th award from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). “We have just received our 4th award from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) entitled Outstanding Regional Partner under the Coin Recirculation Category,” […]

BAPSTEA conducts 10th Teachers’ Congress 2017

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Thousands of public school teachers from the province’s 11 towns and this component city filled the Bataan People’s Center for the 10th Teachers’ Congress 2017. The event was organized by the Bataan Public School Teachers and Employees Association, Inc. (BPSTEA). This teachers’ congress is presently running on the theme: “BPSTEA Sama-sama sa […]

Mayor Jopet leads waste segregation scheme

HERMOSA, Bataan – Municipal Mayor Jopet R. Inton last Monday personally visited different places in this fast-rising, first-class town to show his constituency the importance of cleanliness in their surroundings. Mayor Inton showed Hermoseños the proper way of handling a well-segregated solid wastes or the separation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage. During the interview with the […]

DOLE 3 alerts CL employers against bogus labor inspectors

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – “Beware of bogus labor inspectors and report them immediately to us,” the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE Region 3) alerted all firms operating here in Bataan and other Central Luzon (CL) provinces yesterday. “We would like to inform our employers and the general public that Mr. Jorge Domasig Dimayuga, 47 years […]

Hermosa LGU opens Bataan’s 1st sanitary landfill facility

HERMOSA, Bataan – The local government unit in this first class municipality proudly announced that they just opened the “Hermosa Sanitary Landfill Facility” – the province’s first sanitary landfill facility (SLF). “The Hermosa SLF is now operational” Hermosa Mayor Jopet Inton told 1Bataan.com Mayor Inton added that only properly segregated wastes will be admitted for disposal. […]

Bataan Solon lauds Laoag City’s memo prohibiting discrimination against LGBTs

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES – Congresswoman Geraldine B. Roman, Representative of the First District of Bataan, commended the Laoag City government for prohibiting the use of the terms “bakla,” “tomboy,” transgender  and the like in reference to the members of the LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders) community. Under a Memorandum which was recently released by the City […]