Additional disability pension to military veterans

Additional disability pension to military veterans

Military veterans with disabilities will receive an additional disability pension under a new law signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. Republic Act No. 11958, or the “Act Rationalizing the Disability Pension of Veterans”, authored by Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine Roman, who announced the good news on her Facebook page on Wednesday. “Are you […]

bus ng pangarap

“Bus ng Pangarap” brings joy to daycare children

More than a thousand daycare children in Orani received school supplies and hygiene kits from the Bus ng Pangarap, a charitable project of Afaji Builders, a construction firm based in Orani in the province of Bataan. The Bus ng Pangarap, which literally means “Bus of Dreams”, is a mobile outreach program that aims to provide […]

Penelco to stop charging 3% franchise tax to consumers starting September

The Peninsula Electric Cooperative (Penelco) announced on its social media page that it will no longer charge the 3% franchise tax to its consumers starting from the billing month of September 2023. Their statement states that this is in compliance with Resolution No. 10, Series of 2023, issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on […]

Representative Geraldine Roman celebrates Women’s Equality Day

Bataan First District Representative Geraldine Roman took to social media to celebrate Women’s Equality Day on August 26. In her post, she reaffirmed her commitment to a world where everyone, regardless of gender, enjoys equal opportunities and rights. Women’s Equality Day is observed in the United States to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth […]

Bataan, ready for school reopening

Bataan, ready for school reopening

Bataan Governor Joet Garcia attended the Inter-Agency Meeting or the Oplan Balik-Eskwela of the Bataan Schools Division Office on August 25, where various agencies discussed the preparations for the resumption of classes in public schools on August 29. The meeting aimed to coordinate the efforts of the agencies, teachers, parents, and all Bataeños in implementing […]

SBMA re-certified ISO compliant by International Auditors

SBMA re-certified ISO compliant by International Auditors

DQS Certification Phils. Inc. has recently re-certified the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) for its compliance with ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015 standards. According to Vicente Evidente, Jr., SBMA Planning and Development Office (PDO) manager and the agency’s Quality Management Representative (QMR), the third-party surveillance audit is the DQS’s first face-to-face audit here since the pandemic, […]

House Bill 8261 passes third reading

The House of Representatives has passed on third and final reading House Bill 8261, or An Act Mandating the Full Rehabilitation, Upgrading, and Maintenance of the Roman Superhighway in the Province of Bataan. The bill, authored by Bataan 2nd District Rep. Abet Garcia, aims to strengthen the integrity of the said road by converting it […]

SBMA releases ₱203-M revenue shares; forges strong partnerships with neighboring LGUs

SBMA releases ₱203-M revenue shares; forges strong partnerships with neighboring LGUs

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Jonathan D. Tan and mayors of the eight local government units (LGUs) adjacent to this free port forged strong partnerships as the Subic agency formally turned over revenue shares for localities contiguous to and affected by the operations of this premier freeport. LGU shares are derived from […]