FAB locator welcomes plan to build international container port

Mr. Zhanlin “Simon” Ye, general manager of Guangjang Manufacturing Corporation, is quietly enthusiastic about the plan of the provincial government to construct an international container port terminal under the Public–Private Partnership (PPP) for the people and investment opportunities in the province to encourage more eco-industrial investments. Guangjang Manufacturing Corporation is engaged in the production of […]

IP REPRESENTATIVE PROPOSES CREATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Newly-appointed indigenous people mandatory representative to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) ng Bataan, Mrs. Rosita Sison is proposing for the formulation of a comprehensive plan which would hasten the delivery of basic services and provide sustainable livelihood to the tribal communities in the province. BM Sison is seeking for doable and specific packages to improve the […]

Price of real estate in Roman Expressway rises by 300%

The continuous upgrading of the foremost thoroughfare of the province has immensely increased to 300% the real estate market value along the 60- kilometer stretch of the Roman Expressway. Mr. Jojo Pulido, assistant provincial assessor of Bataan, discussed the government fast-tracked public investments in the infrastructure program opens the proposed six-lane highway marginal sites into […]

Bataan earmarks P 30 million for Pilar river project

The Provincial Government of Bataan has earmarked P 30 million for the dredging of heavily silted river and improvement of upland villages waterways in Pilar town. Assistant Provincial Engineer Arleen R. Santos said the project intends to improve the capacity of the river which is directly affected by the big volume of rainwaters from Barangay […]

Bataan coast eyed as ideal economic zone

BAGAC, Bataan- The span of about 40 kilometers coastline of this historical and leisure town is being eyed to become an ideal economic zone. Nick S. Ancheta, Bagac municipal administrator, articulated his appraisal of the possibility with the proposed expansion of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) under Senate Bill No. 2133 or an Act […]

P 13.3 M WB funded sweet potato facility and nursery to rise in Bagac

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) is pursuing the establishment of plant nursery and consolidated facility for sweet potato clean planting materials with an estimated cost of P13.3 million in the upland village of Binukawan, Bagac to improve the quality and sufficient supply of the root crops in the market. […]

P 94 million road project to enrich farm productivity in Bataan town

BALANGA CITY, Bataan- The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) here bared the other day that the World Bank is set to finance the rehabilitation of the 5.2 kilometers Sitio Nazareno – Culis Farm to Market Road worth about P 94 million located in Barangays Culis and Bamban, Hermosa, to provide better accessibility for the […]

Local officials urged to stop illegal drugs to maintain peaceful atmosphere

PILAR, Bataan- The newly-elected municipal mayor of this town strongly urge municipal and barangay officials and other private sectors to give more emphasis in upholding peaceful atmosphere and uncompromising to eradicate illegal drugs in the town to ensure economic prosperity. Mayor Charlie F. Pizarro, former chairman of Metro Bataan Development Authority (MBDA) pointed out in […]

Approval of SB 2133 to accelerate growth of Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Representative Jose Enrique S. Garcia lll of the 2nd district of the province is optimistic that the enactment of Senate Bill 2133 or An Act Further Strengthening the Powers and Functions of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) would accelerate the development of the province. Speaking before some […]

Ecotourism site provides income to indigenous people in Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A ranking official of the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) here is determined to initiate an ecotourism spot as a means to upgrade permissible forestry management and progressive inducement to livelihood programs for tribal communities in the province. Lawyer Evangeline Antonio, legal officer 1V, of Bataan NCIP office, expressed her […]