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DENR uncovers biomedical, hazardous waste in Bataan
By Mar T. Supnad THE Environment and Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources uncovered a sizeable amount of biomedical and hazardous wastes in a closed landfill in Hermosa, Bataan. In an interview with Hermosa town’s Municipal Environment National Resources Officer Jake De Luna, the poisonous wastes were discovered by a joint…
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Bataan traders help sought in battle against COVID-19
By Mar T. Supnad CITING corporate social responsibility, the Bataan provincial government appealed to local business leaders to do their share in the province’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. At the recent consultative meeting held Saturday, Bataan Governor Abet Garcia shared his vision for a proposed three-hectare mega-facility that will rise in Orani to house…
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Mariveles’ biggest village gov’t center inaugurated
By Mar T. Supnad MARIVELES, Bataan – After year of construction, Barangay Alas-asin finally gets to see another government center seen to cater to the growing needs of the community. At the inauguration of the P30 million barangay hall annex, Alas-asin barangay chair Roberto Arcenal Sr. hinted at more community-anchored services as the new facility…
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5.5 magnitude quake shakes Batanes
FOR several weeks, the southern part of the archipelago was seen shaking on a regular weekly interval. Today, August 13, the northernmost tip of the country experienced shuddering of the ground as a magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit Sabtang in Batanes province at 6:32 a.m., according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Nobody…
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African swine fever spreads in Bataan
By Mar T. Supnad ASIDE from the highly-infectious coronavirus disease, Bataan also got hit by another virus strain – this time affecting the farm livestock. But unlike the Department of Social Welfare and Development, which is required to undergo multiple layers of bureaucratic process before it could release aid, Bataan Provincial government was too quick…
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Bataan town under ‘modified lockdown’ starting Aug. 8
By Mar T. Supnad WHEN the clock struck 12 early today, Aug. 8, the local government of Mariveles in Bataan started to implement a 48-hour “modified lockdown’ in an apparent effort to ensure prevention of an escalated figure on COVID-19 contamination. In her weekly update to her constituents, Mariveles Mayor Jocelyn Castańeda hinted at the…
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Bataan LTO: Training before promotion
By Mar T. Supnad GOVERNMENT CENTER, Bataan — Top personnel of the Land Transportation Office should be given additional training and wide knowledge before assuming key positions in the LTO offices. This was aired by Ronald Dabu, chief of the LTO in Bataan, who hinted on an observation that sees quite a number of LTO…
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Free dialysis saves kidney patients in Bataan
By Mar T. Supnad LIMAY, Bataan — If not for the free dialysis, local folks suffering from kidney failure could have already died months ago, and in an apparent effort to save more lives, the provincial government alongside with the local government units in the province embarked on putting up a dialysis center. At the…
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Mariveles creates one-stop housing board for homeless
By Mar T. Supnad MARIVELES, Bataan –The booming population as compared to the number of residents owning a house in this town has compelled the local government to take radical steps seen to bridge the gap on human settlement concerns. In a statement, Mariveles Mayor Jocelyn Castañeda hinted on a one-stop shop concept seen to…