BATANGAS CITY -- A 44-year-old butcher wanted in Batangas province for rape and two counts of rape through sexual assault was arrested by the joint elements of national and local police operatives on Thursday, Feb. 16 in Barangay Reformista in Limay Bataan. Batangas Police provincial director Pedro...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A New People’s Army amazon surrendered to the police in Central Luzon over the weekend. Police identified the surrenderer as alias “Rona,” 50, of Abucay, Bataan. Rona turned over one caliber .38 revolver, one rifle grenade, high explosive, and...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed three flood control structures along the Pentor-Balsik, Pagalanggang, and Pita Rivers in Dinalupihan, Bataan, which it said, will protect local residents from heavy flooding during torrential rains. In a report to DPWH Secretary...
(PHIVOLCS) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Davao de Oro and neighboring areas on Wednesday evening, Feb. 1, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 12 kilometers northeast of New Bataan, Davao de Oro around 6:44 p.m. It was felt at...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A motorist who was carrying an unlicensed firearm and illegal drugs was arrested at a police checkpoint in Samal, Bataan on Friday night, Jan. 27. Brigadier General Cesar Pasiwen, director of Police Regional Office Region 3, said the rider,...
The crashed SIAI-Marchetti SF260-TP training aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) was on its way back to its base in Sangley Point, Cavite City when it met the accident that killed its two pilots onboard. Photo: Pilar, Bataan Municipal Police Station This was the result of the initial...
(Third update) A Philippine Air Force (PAF) training aircraft carrying two pilots crash landed in the middle of a ricefield in Bataan on Wednesday morning, Jan. 25. Photo: Pilar, Bataan Municipal Police Station Col. Ma. Consuelo Castillo, PAF spokesperson, said the ill-fated aircraft was an...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of a new three-storey multi-purpose building (MPB) at the Freeport Area of Bataan(FAB) in Mariveles town. In a statement, DPWH Regional Office 3 Director Roseller A. Tolentino said the structure implemented by the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the P49 million riverwall project, which it said, will provided flood-mitigating protection in the communities and farmlands surrounding the Paysawan River in Bagac, Bataan. DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan said the DPWH Bataan Second...
The Diocese of Balanga in Bataan reiterated its stand against the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) that will help augment the power supply in the country. Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) In a pastoral letter, Bishop Ruperto C. Santos expressed...
A measure pending before the House Committee on Local Government seeks to highlight the importance of the barangay as the basic political unit. Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman (Facebook) Filed by Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman, House Bill (HB) No.228 is the proposed Act to...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman believes that "cooperative competition" among local farmers can help them become prosperous. As such, the veteran lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) No. 230, or the “Farmer Coopetition Act". The bill seeks to foster cooperation among competing farmer...
