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The chief of the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) warned the public against the dengue epidemic in the city, pointing out that the search and destroy strategy against mosquitoes needs to be strengthened. Dr. Juancho Bunyi, CHO chief, said while dengue has reached epidemic level in Muntinlupa, t

AVANT GARDENER The Mandanas-Garcia Ruling, or Executive Order 138 (EO 138) is a Supreme Court ruling petitioned by Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas and former Bataan Governor Enrique Garcia, Jr. that, according to the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) website, requests “the basis of comput

All eyes are on Bataan, currently tagged as the “Industrial Heartland of Central Luzon”. The designation is well-earned as this once laidback province is now a bustling industry and investment hub where a slew of industrial estates and multi-national companies thrive. With several engines of growth across the Bataan Peninsula—the…

FINGERLINGS DISPERSAL. Personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon release over 80,000 tilapia fingerlings in Almacen River in Hermosa town, Bataan province on Monday (Aug. 15, 2022). The activity is part of continuing efforts to revitalize the aquaculture industry through the Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa (BASIL) program.(Photo courtesy of BFAR Central Luzon) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon (BFAR-3) on...

Army Lt. Col. Hortense McKay, a Brainerd High School graduate, served as a nurse in a makeshift hospital in the Philippines during World War II starting in 1941 and returned to the Southeast Asian country a second time as a nurse following her evacuation from it.

BETTER ROADS. The Department of Public Works and Highways-Bataan First District Engineering Office has completed two road improvement projects in Morong town, Bataan province. The projects will provide safer, faster, and easier travel to motorists and commuters. (Photo courtesy of DPWH-Bataan 1st District Engineering Office) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed two road improvement projects in Morong town in Bataan province to ensure t...

Manila is dropping a similar chopper deal with Moscow because of Western sanctions over Ukraine.

Manila third District Representative Joel Chua said he wants to see diversified housing financing options aside from the mainly PAG-IBIG Home Mutual

A "coordinated policy-framing" approach with member-economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is being eyed by the Philippines on its targeted nuclear power development, including planned deployment of small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. Energy Secreary Raphael Perp

A lawmaker has asked the government to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, which is “just sitting idle for the last four decades,” claiming it can produce cheaper electricity for the country.