Balanga City bags 3rd outstanding LGU award

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – This component city was awarded for the third time as the 1st Place Winner for Outstanding Local Government Unit, Component City Category in the 2016 National Literacy Awards (NLA) given by the Republic of the Philippines Coordinating Council.

Roman pushes for April 21 as Orani Foundation Day

ORANI, Bataan – The 21st day of April is a momentous day for the people of this first-class municipality. Published documents state that it was on April 21, 1714 when the Dominican administrators of Orani declared the area as a separate independent Catholic parish and subsequently as an independent missionary center. On the same day, Orani […]

Bataan tagged as one of WACOM 2017 sites

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM) on Friday announced that Bataan is one of the four major areas in the Philippines that will be visited when it conducts its fourth congress on January next year Father Patrice Chockolski, Cure of Ars in France and Wacom secretary-general, made the announcement during a presentation […]

Bataan lawmakers want January 11 be declared as Bataan Foundation Day

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES – Bataan representatives, Geraldine B. Roman (1st District) and Jose Enrique S. Garcia III (2nd District) jointly filed House Bill No. 3718 that seeks to declare January 11 of every year as Bataan Foundation Day making it as a special non-working public holiday in the entire province. “Bataan rings a chord in the heart of […]

Roman pushes for stricter implementation of Philippine Electrical Code

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES – Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine B. Roman has filed a House Bill that seeks to mandate all electric, cable, and telecoms companies to conduct periodic inspections of their respective utility line installations to ensure strict compliance with the standards and regulations of the Philippine Electrical Code.    House Bill no. 272 is the […]

Lopez, Zubiri to grace Balanga City’s Bird Festival

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Regina Lopez and Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri will grace the upcoming 7th Ibong Dayo (migratory birds) Festival to be held at the Balanga City Wetland and Nature Park, JM Garcia of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA-Bataan) reported.

Rep. Garcia bares various bills he filed in Congress

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Second District Representative Jose Enrique “Joet” S. Garcia III recently invited the local press here for a news briefing on the recent House Bills he filed at the House of Representatives.

Bataan Police and Philippine Army join forces for a more peaceful Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Bataan Police and the 48th Infantry Battalion of Philippine Army have recently joined forces in their continuous effort to “capture the heart and mind of the people to ensure a drug-free and insurgent-free Bataan province.” Senior Supt. Benjamin Silo, Jr. Bataan police director, said the Bataan Police Provincial Office takes […]

Dinalupihan drug reformists graduated with technical skills

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – Fifty drug reformists from different barangays (villages) of this first class municipality on Sunday (November 20) finished their reformation program conducted by the local police and other sectors, half of them graduated with technical skills. Mayor Maria Angela S. Garcia and other local officials here, police officers led by Bataan Police Director Senior […]