VP Binay extends help to Orani coastal barangay

ORANI, Bataan – Local officials in this first class municipality recently distributed relief goods to 500 families in Barangay Pulo victimized by Typhoon Glenda last July of this year.

Mayor Benjamin “Benjie” Serrano, Jr. said the relief goods came from the office of the Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay.

Bataan officials visit South Korea’s K-MEG

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Some provincial and city government officials of Bataan are currently on a business tour in Seoul, South Korea for a study and inspection on the latest technologies focusing on energy generation using pro-environment systems. Geoff  Loyola, Chief of the Provincial Information  Office and Management Information Systems Office told this reporter that […]

Taiwanese firm set to open in Hermosa Ecozone

   HERMOSA, Bataan – Around 700 new jobs are set to be available inside the Hermosa Ecozone and Industrial Park (HEIP) when the Taiwanese firm, Biotech Medical opens early next year.

   To date, 36 employees from Bataan were already hired by Biotech and are currently undergoing an on-the-job training in Taiwan. After the training, around 250 first batch of employees will be hired and trained.

Aid for Glenda victims set for Samal and Mariveles towns

   BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Two local chief executives in this Province confirmed to local newsmen here that they are scheduled to give financial assistance to typhoon Glenda victims particularly those who lost their houses.

   Last Thursday, Mariveles town Mayor Jesse Concepcion told local newsmen here that they are planning to give P3,000 to P5,000 pesos per family whose houses were totally damaged.

Morong Mayor wants DOLE to act on resort employees’ wages

   MORONG, Bataan –  The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Morong, a 4th class municipality of this Province is investigating reports that beach resort owners here are not complying with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) minimum wage law for their workers. Based on municipal government records, there are more than a hundred resorts in this town but only 47 are registered.

DOLE awards GPB checks to Morong transport groups

MORONG, Bataan — Local officials of this town led by Mayor Jorge Estanislao on Wednesday joined officers from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the distribution of checks to local transport groups here through the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (GPB) project of the national government.

DOLE 3 prepares TUPAD emergency employment for calamity victims

BALANGA CITY – As tropical storm “Glenda” (RAMMASUN) continues to makes its way out of the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office No. 3, as early as Wednesday, has coordinated with its different Fields Offices all over the region in mobilizing its emergency employment program for marginalized individuals/families affected by the typhoon, says DOLE Regional Director Atty. Ana C. Dione.

BM Dominguez leads public hearing on PDAO creation

   ABUCAY, Bataan — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Social Welfare and Development is conducting a public hearing and consultations today, July 15 at the Abucay Cafe along Roman Highway of this town, on the proposed ordinance creating the Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO) for the Province of Bataan.

Garcia urges tricycle upgrade amid rising air pollution

BALANGA CITY — City Mayor Jose Enrique “Joet” Garcia III on Friday urged tricycle drivers and operators to upgrade their 2-stroke engine motorcycles into 4-stroke or four cycle engine to help them solve the reported rising level of air pollution in this component city.