The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has welcomed 489 commissioned officers and enlisted personnel ho finished the Coast Guard officer’s course and non-officers’ course in Bagac, Bataan on Saturday, June 19. The newly graduates are composed of 438 enlisted personnel and 51 commissioned officers....
A total of 216 Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) trainees have completed their training in Bagac, Bataan last Friday, May 21. Commodore Roben de Guzman, acting commander of the Coast Guard Education, Training and Doctrine Command (CGETDC), graced the recognition ceremony of the trainees under the Coast...
The Senate approved on third and final reading Monday, May 17, a local bill that would establish a third legislative district in the province of Bataan. The province of Bataan (Google Maps) House Bill No. 8664, contained in Committee Report No. 204, hurdled the Upper Chamber as Congress resumed...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Y. Lamentillo The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,640 islands. Due to the lack of infrastructure investment in the last five decades — the cost to transport goods within the country has been expensive. The 2.1 km San Juanico Bridge, which was built in 1969, is still the...
Residents of Sumalo, Bataan are again facing eviction after their municipal government sought to put a 200-hectare privately-owned property there under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). This is despite a Supreme Court (SC) ruling that says the property, owned by Riverforest...
Villasis, Pangasinan - The pandemic did not dampen the enthusiasm of farmers who participated in the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan on Sustainable Agriculture Program. Two KSK graduation ceremonies were held in Villasis, Pangasinan and Dinalupihan, Bataan recently, in partnership with TESDA, DSWD, DA, DTI,...
What a year it has been for travel! Almost all travel plans were scrapped, making everyone miss the beaches, the mountains, even the museums (or, in the case of my parents, the malls). But how will travel be in 2021? Uncertainty is still thick in the air with the emergence of a new Covid-19...
As a follow-through to Malacanang’s issuance of Executive Order (EO) 116, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it will submit its crafted “nuclear power development plan” to President Rodrigo Duterte next month. “Our timeline is December -- to submit it (nuclear plan) to the...
Leading oil industry player Petron Corporation has laid down the inevitable – that it will be compelled to close shop on its 180,000 barrels per stream day Limay refining facility in Bataan, if no legislative remedies or measures will be passed to level the playing field of taxation in the...
Yokowo Co., Ltd. has chosen the Philippines as location for its automotive wiring harness and components manufacturing and assembly operations after conducting due diligence spanning over 12 among ASEAN countries. In a statement, the Department of Trade and Industry said Yokowo plans to...
