Bataan a profitable investment site for locators

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – An architectural student of the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) has predicted the transformation of the historic peninsula into a progressive and magnificent location for modern and old European-style structures would attract more foreign locators.
Ms. Joubelle U. Ragasa, a 5th year architectural student, from the coastal village of Pag-asa,Orion town, has described the construction of more public infrastructure site facilities like schools, hospitals, roads and bridges projects, industrial firms, commercial and retailing outlets and other old architectural modules of Spanish era is a key factor which highly-motivated locators to engage in a profitable business investment climate here.
Ms. Ragasa has stressed that local and foreign commercial corporate groups and manufacturing moguls have acknowledged the current political leadership for initiating a long-term comprehensive development scheme which would induce the formation of feasible and investment site for this fast developing province in Central Luzon.
With the continued progress of Bataan, Ms. Ragasa is truly amazed when she found out the Castillan landscape of the Balanga City plaza with sprawling shopping center, hotel and fast foods all intended for the convenience of residents and visitors.
Moreover, Ms.Ragasa said the rapid conversion of Balanga from a sleepy town into an urbanized component city is the outcome of judicious, conscientious and strategic action plans of the late great leader Bataan Rep. Enrique Garcia,Jr.; Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia and former Mayor and concurrent Rep. Jose Enrique S. Garcia III for the benefit and welfare of the residents.
She pointed out as the city is briskly expanding, as the commercial and educational center of the province, the local officials , however should undertake broad preparation focusing on the problem of traffic congestion, widening of road network and other amenities for the betterment of the growing populace.
The impressive performance of the local officials of continuously finding productive and suitable activities of alleviating the plight of the residents specially in the upland and coastal areas, are both commendable and advantageous, Ms. Ragasa said.
It is expected that the local officials should also institute programs which would further stabilize the revenue sources and improvement of the livelihood of the farmers and fishery sectors with the implementation of more effective extension services, as majority of the residents’ income come from the rich fishing grounds of Manila Bay and West Philippine Sea and from agricultural products.