HB 9603, para sa Smoke-Free at Vape-Free na Pilipinas

Pormal nang naihain sa Kamara de Representantes ang House Bill 9603 o ang “Smoke-Free and Vape-Free Environment Bill” kasabay ng paggunita sa World No Tobacco Day at National No Smoking Month. Layunin ng panukala na higit pang higpitan ang pagbabawal sa paninigarilyo at vaping sa mga pampublikong lugar upang maprotektahan ang kalusugan ng mamamayan.   […]

PAGCOR, nagkaloob ng patient transport vehicle sa SBMA

Tumanggap ng bagong patient transport vehicle ang Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) mula sa Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) sa ginanap na turnover ceremony sa punong tanggapan ng ahensya sa Pasay City kamakailan.   Personal na ipinagkaloob ni PAGCOR President at Chief Operations Officer Atty. Wilma T. Eisma ang sasakyan kay SBMA Public Health […]

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 […]

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 […]

E-Botika bill advances in joint house hearing

Bataan 3rd District Rep. Gila Garcia joined the joint committee hearing of the House Committees on Trade and Industry and Health to deliberate on proposed measures under the E-Botika Act, a bill seeking stricter regulation of pharmaceutical products sold through online platforms.   The proposed legislation aims to ensure that pharmaceutical products, food supplements, and […]

Dinalupihan plans a ‘new’ district hospital

Dinalupihan Mayor Tong Santos is planning to put up a new Dinalupihan District Hospital to project a new image of a “world-class” district health facility.   The mayor held a coordination meeting with representatives of Department of Public Works and Highways, Provincial Engineer’s Office, municipal assessor’s office and Dinalupihan District Hospital to discuss the project. […]

Mariveles probes teen pregnancies

Mariveles probes teen pregnancies

The Municipal Government of Mariveles through the Sangguniang Bayan is looking into the increasing number of teenaged pregnancies. In its social media page, the Local Government Unit of Mariveles said the Committee on Health, chaired by Councilor Ivan Ricafrente, shall identify factors that contribute to the increase in number of minor females getting pregnant and […]

Record breaking ang Hataw Takbo Orani Leg

Record breaking ang Hataw Takbo Orani Leg

Labis na ikinatuwa ni Bataan Gov. Joet Garcia ang Hataw Takbo Bataan (HTB) Orani Leg kung saan halos 9,000 ang lumahok mula sa bayan ng Orani at karatig na mga bayan. Ito umano ang pinaka-organisadong HTB at pinaka-exciting dahil sa dami ng nakilahok at nanood. Sinabi ni Bokal Godofredo Galicia, Jr. na record-breaking ang HTB Orani […]

Kampanya laban sa paninigarilyo

Naghigpit ang pamahalaang-bayan ng Pilar laban sa paninigarilyo upang mapangalagaan ang kalusugan ng mamamayan.   Ang kampanya na nakapaloob sa Municipal Ordinance No. 6, s 2026 ay nagbabawal sa paggamit, distribusyon o pagbebenta ng tobacco products at e-cigarettes sa bayan ng Pilar.   Ang mga lalabag sa naturang ordenansa ay papatawan nang kaukulang parusa at […]

Bataan, pinaigting ang mga programa laban sa epekto ng taas-presyo at global na krisis

Pinaigting ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Bataan ang mga programa sa imprastraktura, energy transition, trabaho, at serbisyong panlipunan upang maibsan ang epekto ng tumataas na presyo ng langis at pandaigdigang kawalan ng katiyakan sa ekonomiya. Layunin ng mga hakbang na mapanatili ang paglago ng ekonomiya habang tinutugunan ang pagtaas ng gastusin ng mga pamilyang Pilipino.   […]