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SBMA improves perimeter fencing, road rehab projects
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has resumed the implementation of perimeter fencing and perimeter road rehabilitation projects designed to improve the security in this premier free port zone following the easing of COVID restrictions in construction works. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the projects were disrupted by…
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Cement supply
Chris Leonzon, left, head of the provincial housing in Bataan, meets with Jason Liu, Atty. Jobbie Barte, Florante Masayon, Mary Ann Masayon of Ha Long Pilipinas, Inc. Raffy Florencio, owner of Quicken, to discuss the cement supply in the country. The group has put up a big cement factory in Orion town that will help…
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Team Samal
Samal policemen led by the Chief of Police PCpt Gary T. Lupian, 2nd right, together with the Provincial Officer of PDEA – Bataan and acting officer of Bataan Police Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, hold a meeting here with Mayor Aida Macalinao to boost the police’s campaign on illegal drugs and the barangay drug clearing operations…
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Garcia pushes for modular learning system
By Mar T. Supnad BATAAN CAPITOL – Amid the pandemic, Governor Abet S .Garcia has pushed for the modular learning system here, believing this is more effective in conducting blended learning schemes in public and private schools in the upcoming opening class this October 5. During the recent media briefing held at The Bunker, Bataan…
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Korina Sanchez-Roxas shares bedtime stories with Vice Ganda
Popular broadcaster Korina Sanchez-Roxas has revealed that she and her husband former Senator Mar Roxas don’t sleep together at the same time, saying that he sleeps early while she stays up late at night. “Maaga siya (Mar) matulog. Mga 10 p.m. tulog na yan. Mga nine. Naku horizontal na iyan. Ako 2 am talaga ako…
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Cascolan revamps key PNP officials
By John Clifford Lintao WITH barely two weeks since assuming the top Philippine National Police post, Director General Camilo Cascolan reshuffled the PNP hierarchy anew as more senior police officials were reassigned in the national headquarters and regional offices. PNP spokesperson Police Colonel Ysmael Yu said the PNP chief tapped Police Major General Ephraim Dickson…
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Duque not yet off the hook in Philhealth mess, says DOJ
By Fernan Angeles HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque may have got himself out of the hook in the preliminary findings of the task force created by President Rodrigo Duterte himself. But Justice Secretary said that they are not yet clearing him and other board members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) of wrongdoing over corruption…
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Forbes: Sy, Villar, and Razon are richest in PHL
By Fernan Angeles NO pandemic in any form could make them poor, said the Forbes Magazine which released names of the 10 richest individuals in the Philippines. Topping the list are the sons of the late business magnate Henry Sy, followed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s staunch ally Manuel Villar, then Enrique Razon at close third.…
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PHL revives Sabah claim
By Fernan Angeles FOR the last six decades, the Philippines suddenly hinted at a statement reminding Malaysia that Sabah isn’t theirs. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said that Sabah, a two-hour boat trip from Tawi-tawi and Sulu, belongs to the Filipinos. As such, Locsin said that the Philippine government is “reactivating” the North Borneo Bureau,…
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CDC launches ‘Clark Bike Days’ program
By Mar T. Supnad CLARK FREEPORT – Bikers and cycling enthusiasts will now have a chance to rediscover the scenic routes in this freeport as Clark Development Corporation (CDC) launched the “Clark Bike Days” program. In a Facebook post by CDC-Tourism and Promotions Division (TPD), the state-owned firm shared that Saturdays and Sundays will be…