Bataan highlights innovation-driven governance at APAMS 2026

Bataan highlights innovation-driven governance at APAMS 2026

Governor Joet Garcia underscored the province’s commitment to innovation, science, and good governance during the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering Annual Meeting and Symposium (APAMS 2026) held on May 28 at Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. The annual symposium, hosted by the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU), in collaboration with the Department of Science […]

AboitizPower eyes wind power project in Bagac

AboitizPower eyes wind power project in Bagac

AboitizPower is set to bring a wind power project to the Municipality of Bagac, a development expected to boost clean energy production, create jobs, and strengthen economic growth in the town. Bagac Mayor Ron Del Rosario said that he and AboitizPower representatives met with Bataan Gov. Joet Garcia on May 26 to formally discuss the […]

Establishment of a community hub in Mariveles

Establishment of a community hub in Mariveles

During the courtesy call of Atty. Christopher Ryan Tan, Mr. Melvin Jason Tan, and Mr. Jericho Buñing of Hausland Development Corporation and Fiesta Homes Communities last May 26 at the Bunker, the establishment of FAB Central Integrated Community Hub was proposed, in support of Governor Joet Garcia’s advocacy of promoting an active lifestyle among Bataenos. […]

Barangays undergo 1Bataan seal retooling

Barangays undergo 1Bataan seal retooling

Barangay officials pledged to participate in the promotion of safer and cleaner barangays as Provincial Health Officer Dr. Rosanna Buccahan presented the revised tool for the 1Bataan Seal of Healthy Barangay to be utilized in the validation starting March. This program seeks to provide incentives to barangays who can implement a set of activities within […]

Bataan earns top rating in DILG child protection assessment

The Province of Bataan received an Ideal Functionality rating in the FY 2026 Local Council for the Protection of Children (LCPC) Functionality Assessment conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the highest level of recognition in the said assessment.   The LCPC Functionality Assessment is a DILG mechanism that evaluates how […]

62 barangays receive incentives

During the flag raising ceremony held last Monday at the Bataan People’s Center, 62 out of the 237 barangays of the province were awarded incentives amounting to 50 thousand pesos each for passing the standards set for the 1Bataan Seal of Healthy Barangay for the months of January to March 2026.   Said incentives were […]

Brewing soon in Bataan: A new Starbucks rises in Hermosa

Brewing soon in Bataan: A new Starbucks rises in Hermosa

Behind vibrant green panels and a framework of rising steel, something exciting is taking shape along the roadside in Hermosa, Bataan. The site may still be under construction, but it already whispers of cozy mornings, late-night catchups, and the unmistakable scent of freshly brewed coffee drifting through the air. This soon-to-open branch of Starbucks promises […]

Teacher Liza wins BYD EMAX7

Teacher Liza wins BYD EMAX7

A public school teacher from Morong is now the proud owner of a brand-new electric vehicle after winning the grand prize in the 269th Bataan Foundation Day raffle. Liza Serrano, 31, a resident of Sitio Sampaloc, Barangay Nagbalayong, defied the odds when her single entry, a ₱100 raffle ticket, was drawn to win the coveted […]

Ang kalayaan ay karapatang dapat pagyamanin

Ang makasaysayang Parangal sa mga Bayani, na may temang, “Bataan, Kadluan ng Kagitingan ay pinangunahan ni Gov. Joet Garcia kasama sina Cong Abet Garcia, BM Mylene Serrano, 113 beterano sa pangunguna ni G. Juanito Lejano at panauhing pandangal na si Dr. Carminda R. Arevalo, Executive Director, Pambansang Komisyong Pangkasaysayan ng Pilipinas.   Sa kanyang pagbati, […]

Gov. Joet vows to honor veterans through service and development

Governor Jose Enrique “Joet” S. Garcia III vowed to honor the country’s veterans not only through remembrance, but through continued service and development programs.   In his welcome message during the Araw ng Kagitingan rites held on April 9 at the Mt. Samat National Shrine, Gov. Garcia said that the Provincial Government of Bataan continues […]