3 Bataan towns to get P25.5 million share from SBMA

 DINALUPIHAN, Bataan- A total of P25.5 million will receive by the three towns of Bataan as its revenue share from Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). SBMA said it will release this week a total of P81.3 million in revenue shares to contiguous local government units in Bataan and Zambales that is covered by its Freeport […]

SBMA posts new profit record of P1.2-billion

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has shattered its 2012 net profit record of P824 million, after it posted last year a record breaking net profit of P1.2 billion, the agency’s highest in its entire 21-year history, SBMA chairman Roberto Garcia, reported yesterday. Two-third of SBMA area belongs to the territorial […]

OWWA to conduct entrepreneurship development training

 BALANGA CITY—The Overseas Workers and Welfares Administration (OWWA) will hold entrepreneurship development training here among Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their beneficiaries in the 2nd week of February. Melchor Cui, PESO Bataan manager, said the training aims to equip OFWs, both active and inactive, and their beneficiaries with know-how to start a business. He said […]

Mariveles adjudged as Best PNP station of the year

  CAMP TOLENTINO, Bataan-The Police station of Mariveles  headed by Supt. Melecio “Bong” Buslig, Jr., was adjudged as “Best PNP station for the year” 2013 in the province.                During the recent PNP Day held inside Camp Tolentino, PNP provincial headquarters,  Gov. Abet S. Garcia personally fixed the symbolic and […]

Red tide toxin still positive in Bataan, Zamboanga

 BALANGA CITY, Bataan- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reported yesterday that the red tide toxin along the coastal areas in Bataan , Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Sur are still positive  for paralytic shellfish poison that is beyond the regulatory limit. In its latest bulletin, Atty. Asig Perez, Director of BFAR, said […]

BPSU implements science and technology intervention project on mango growing

 ABUCAY, Bataan—The Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) is implementing a science and technology intervention project on commercial mango growing.         Dr. Oscar S. Opina, former UP Los Banos professor and pest management expert, as part of the project, led the demonstration on Monday the mango bagging technique among mango cooperators from Balanga city […]

P2 billion Solar Power plant to rise in AFAB

BATAAN FREEPORT – A P2 billion new Solar power plant will soon rise here after the Authority of the Freeport of Bataan (AFAB) recently signed contract with Next Generation Power Technology Corp. (NGPT)for a Renewable Energy project at the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB). “We are very pleased to add NGPT to the FAB family. […]

Cold weather affects fish industry in Bataan

ORANI, Bataan- The cold weather is having its toll  in the fishing industry in Bataan although not yet in the price of fish and other sea products, fish vendors and fishpond operators said Friday. Imelda Sebastian, fish vendor at the Orani public market, noted the absence starting this January of  fish commonly caught in the […]

Basic Life Support, First Aid, Fire Fighting and Water Search and Rescue Training

A five day training and seminar was conducted by the Bataan Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction  Management Office (PDRRMO)  together with Samal Bureau of Fire Protection at Samal, Bataan last January 20-24, 2014. Enthusiastically participated by Local Officials and Barangay Tanod from the different Barangays of the Municipality of Samal lead by Mayor Generosa “Gene” […]

Army to plant 20,000 coral reef in Bagac beach

BAGAC, Bataan- A top army official revealed yesterday that all is set for the planting of around 20,000 coral reefs off the coastal area in Barangay Saysain  as part of their contribution to the national government’s environment program.  Lt. Col. Gilmar Galicia, Commanding Officer of the army’s 24th Infantry Battalion, told this writer that he […]