Balanga City cited by WHO for best health practices

By Ronald Supnad & Mhike R. Cigaral   CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Balanga City Mayor Francis Garcia was awarded last Friday by the Alliance of Healthy Cities, the World Health Organization (WHO) Recognition for Healthy Cities Best Practice, during the last day of the 4th Regional Workshop on Smoke-Free Cities held in Krabi, Thailand.   Garcia said […]

New SBMA chair to prioritize workers’ welfare

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will prioritize the provision of benefits and incentives to SBMA workers who served as volunteers after the US Naval Base here closed down in 1992. SBMA Chairman Martin Diño said during a media conference here that volunteers who are holding contractual positions in the agency shall be given priority in […]

Roman supports separate agency for fisheries

ORANI, Bataan – Bataan 1st district representative Geraldine B. Roman recently expressed support for a proposed separate government agency for fisheries during a recent dialogue with fisherfolk from the towns of Morong, Abucay, Samal, Orani, Hermosa and Dinalupihan at her district office’s Bulwagang Pangkabuhayan here. Municipal agriculturists from the said municipalities were also present during the […]

Bataan’s low power cost, human capital cited

MARIVELES, Bataan – The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) officials led by newly-installed chairman and administrator, Engr. Emmanuel Pineda and the local officials led by Bataan Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia joined the newest locator in the formal opening of Pietrucha Manufacturing Philippines Inc. plant at the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) here.

Villar opens Vista Mall Bataan

BALANGA CITY– Bataan local officials led by Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia and 2nd district congressman Jose Enrique Garcia III joined former Senator Manuel Villar Jr., Chairman of Vista Land and Landscapes Inc. in opening

GICC donates P2M for Bataan drug rehab center and Bataan PNP

MARIVELES, Bataan – A premiere locator at the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) donated 2 million pesos for the province’s anti-illegal drugs efforts particularly in building reformation centers tagged as Bahay Pagbabago for drug reformists and the Bataan Police Provincial Office. The one million pesos donated to Bataan PNP was received by provincial director, Senior Supt. […]

It’s “Pets Day Out” in Dinalupihan

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – About a  hundred pets with their owners, some of them dressed in their funky clothing, gathered last Saturday at the town plaza here for their “Pets Day Out.”   Municipal officials led by Mayor Maria Angela Garcia, sporting a brown bag with her cute breed of little puppy inside it, and the parish […]

Diño sets to expand Subic, plans to manage Bataan Technology Park

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Newly-appointed chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Martin Diño is eyeing to strengthen and widen trade in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in order to generate more investment and livelihood opportunities in the Subic Bay area. Diño, who took over the helm of the Subic agency last Monday, said […]