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07
Apr

Gov. Abet says flood problem can be solved; PNoy oks P3.8B fund

Mar T. Supnad / 12 years
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DINALUPIHAN, Bataan-Still reeling from the destructive flash flooding that hit this Northernmost town of Bataan, Gov. Abet S Garcia assured Sunday that the government is doing all it could to resolve the problem, even as the Aquino administration, through the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), has approved the Multi-Year Obligation Authority (MYOA) of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) with the Korea Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF).

Speaking during the first ever Barangay Assembly launched in Barangay Pag-asa here by Mayor Gila S. Garcia, the bachelor governor said that the flooding problem is really severe “but there is no insoluble problem.”

07
Apr

Bataan gets highest slot for SPES

Mar T. Supnad / 12 years
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BATAAN Capitol- This province is the biggest beneficiary of the government’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) that will benefit a total of 6,134 out of the 18,352 poor but deserving college and vocational students in Central Luzon who will be given an opportunity to work in private companies and local government units (LGUs) this year under the SPES.

This writer learned that the Bataan Provincial Government alone, through Governor Abet S. Garcia will recruit around 2,000 students for summer jobs this year while Balanga City under Mayor Joet S. Garcia is also hiring 2,500 students and Dinalupihan town under Mayor Gila S. Garcia will hire another 500 working students.

06
Apr

Eco-teachers

Geoffrey Loyola / 12 years
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Maintenance and protection of the environment is one of the teacher’s obligations. Pupils learn from their teachers the importance and threats of the environment and showed them the effects once the environment is destroyed. The duties of the teachers to our mother earth do not end here. Teachers go out and lead their students to […]

04
Apr

Agri-aqua trade fair opens as part of Bataan Day celebration

Perla Esconde / 12 years
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BALANGA City – The Bataan Tourism Council Foundation (BTCF) in coordination with the Provincial Government and the Department of Trade and Industry on Thursday opened the Agri-Aqua Trade Fair as part of the observance of the 72nd Araw ng Kagitingan locally celebrated as Bataan Day.

Successful entrepreneur Baby Cruz, guest of honor and speaker and BTCF chair Vicky Garcia formally opened the trade fair at the provincial capitol grounds in Balanga City.

03
Apr

WWII markers and monuments in Bataan reminders of sacrifices and bravery of Filipino heroes

Ernie Esconde / 12 years
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BALANGA CITY, Bataan, April 1 (PNA Feature) — This peninsula of more than 600,000 people has long risen from the ashes so to speak after those dark days during World War II from December 1941 to August 1945. The once devastated province is now on top speed toward industrialization. Unlike during the infamous Bataan Death […]

03
Apr

RDC endorses P473 M budget for BPSU

Mar T. Supnad / 12 years
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BALANGA CITY, Bataan- The Regional Development Council (RDC) has endorsed a total of P473.6 million budget for the Bataan Polytechnic State University (BPSU) after it passed a resolution favorably endorsing the proposed 2015 budget of the 12 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Central Luzon. Aside from the BPSU, the RDC also approved funds for […]

02
Apr

3 Bataan towns to serve as landing areas for hot air balloons

Mhike Cigaral / 12 years
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BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Three municipalities in this province will serve as landing areas in the upcoming Philippine International Balloon Festival 2014 on April 10 to 13 which will be staged in Barangay Prado Siongco, Lubao, Pampanga.

In his formal letter to Bataan Governor Albert S. Garcia, Hilario Castro Jr., the event chairman said, “It is expected that wind directions in April will bring all the balloons to the province of Bataan particularly in the Dinalupihan, Hermosa and Orani areas.”

02
Apr

Diorama of WWII events unfold at Bataan capitol

Perla Esconde / 12 years
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BALANGA City, Bataan- A diorama of some significant events during World War II unfolded Tuesday at the capitol ground in Balanga City as part of the 72nd observance of “Araw ng Kagitingan”, remembered in the historic peninsula as “Bataan Day”.

The presentation started in December 1941 with a scene depicting happy residents celebrating their town fiesta with merry-making and roasted pig or lechon. Then to their surprise war broke out between the United States and Japan.

01
Apr

Tribal community now represented in Bataan

Mar T. Supnad / 12 years
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DINALUPIHAN, Bataan- Four Aetas from the Ambala tribe, three of whom are women, are the new members of the barangay and municipal councils.

“Members of the Tribal Community here are now properly represented in the local council”, Mayor Gila S Garcia said, during the official oath-taking at the Dinalupihan Municipal Hall, after the flag-raising ceremony, Monday.

01
Apr

3 brgy kagawad, a municipal councilor to represent Aetas in Dinalupihan take oath

Perla Esconde / 12 years
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DINALUPIHAN, Bataan- Four Aetas, three of them women, on Monday took their oath as new members of the barangay and municipal councils in Dinalupihan, Bataan. Joel Abraham as councilor or member of the Sangguniang Bayan and village councilman or kagawad; Ramelita Arojado of Tubo-Tubo; Olivia Clemente of Payangan and Esmeralda Garcia of Bayan-Bayanan took their […]