MORONG, Bataan – While conflicting opinions on the possible reactivation of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Plant have snowballed with the impending power supply shortage in the coming years, questions on the operational safety remain the fundamental issues to be satisfied in public consultations with the residents.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan- A Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member is seeking P 50 million for the improvement of a portion of the zigzag road inside the vast Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) complex in Mariveles, this Province.
Jose Villapando, Sr. Transport Committee chair requested Senator Ferdinand “”Bongbong”” Marcos, Senate Public Works chair , to include the widening of almost one kilometer road in the preparation of the national public works plan.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A former Subic Bay Naval Base communication officer has commended local political and business entrepreneurs for amazingly transforming the once sleepy capital town of Bataan into a relatively progressive city in Central Luzon.
Jonathan Tan, an electronic s and communication engineer and now a successful businessman in Olongapo City said that the economic and infrastructure development in this City reflect the strong public and private partnership and good governance of the young, energetic and intellectually trained local leaders.
DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – The municipal government of Dinalupihan, has earmarked Php 63 million for the construction of dikes, dredging of heavily-silted canals and rehabilitation of damaged public infrastructures to prevent destruction of agricultural crops and residential areas due to flooding in low-lying communities. Rolando Rojas, administrative consultant of Mayor Gila S. Garcia of Dinalupihan said […]
BALANGA CITY- A provincial board member is recommending for the construction of a one billion peso container port in the coastal village of Lucanin in the industrial town of Mariveles of this Province, as the best alternative worldwide seaport for the export and import of products to and from international markets in view of the escalating congestion problems at the Port of Manila .
MARIVELES, Bataan – Mayor Jesse Concepcion has revealed that the operation of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan(AFAB) makes the local economy vibrant unlike the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA)–run Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) described as another government “white elephant’ project. Concepcion portrayed the present situation in the industrial town as “stimulating business […]
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Bataan Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia is optimistic that the manufacturing sector would probably take the upper hand in the Province’s economic growth with the visit of foreign investors in the five ecozones here.
ABUCAY,Bataan- Mayor Ana D. Santiago has issued an Executive Order creating a technical working group to undertake exhaustive monitoring and evaluation of the sanitation and environmental compliance of some 10 poultry and piggery farms in the upland villages after residents complained about the proliferation of flies and generation of obnoxious odor . About 300 residents […]
BALANGA CITY- The colorful life of Bataan’s most celebrated political patriarch, statesman and respected leader who is unquestionably regarded by the business community as the Architect of Economic Growth of the Bataan peninsula will be documented in a 300- page autobiography of Rep. Enrique T. Garcia, Jr. of the Province’s 2nd district which is expected to come out this month.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan- Rep. Enrique T. Garcia, Jr. of the Province’s 2nd congressional district has disclosed the plan of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to augment the existing transmission lines in Bataan with submarine cable to supply power requirements of Metro Manila and the Visayas with the expected operations of three power plants with additional generation capacity of 4,500 megawatts within six years.