30 May 2012
Regional delegates from the Department of Interior and Local Government lauded the City government of Balanga for completing three infrastructure projects using a P3-million grant in just two months. Jose Mari M. Garcia of the Philippines Information Agency said the delegates from the DILG central office and from Regions I, II, III, IV-A, V, VI, Cordillera [...]
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26 May 2012
This city northwest of Manila still considers Jessica Sanchez as Bataan’s ambassadress to the world despite her failure to bag the American Idol title in the finale Thursday. City Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III even invited Jessica to do her first concert in Bataan, preferably on top of historic Mt. Samat, when she visits the Philippines. “She [...]
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25 May 2012
BALANGA, Bataan, Philippines – Although 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez finished second to Phillip Phillips in the 11th season of “American Idol,” she remains the winner in the hearts of her relatives here and millions of fans. “It was as if my heart crumbled to pieces when her name was not announced the winner. But still we are [...]
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24 May 2012
The first pedestrian overpass funded for P17 million is soon to rise in this component city of Bataan to service more than 4,000 students and teachers of the Bataan National High School as well as other pedestrians crossing the Roman Superhighway. Rep. Albert S. Garcia of the province’s Second District said the overpass will be equipped [...]
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17 May 2012
Scholarships have been awarded to GCC 4.0 students Jonah and Andrea Beltran. The twin sisters, born in the Philippines, are graduates of Glendale High School. Both enrolled at GCC in Spring 2010 after their father, who was taking art classes on campus, told them how friendly people are here. Each sister is pursuing a degree [...]
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10 May 2012
About 180 female employees of the City Government of Balanga underwent an anti-cervical cancer program to ward off the said disease that kills 12 Filipinas everyday. Three shots of anti-cervical cancer vaccine were given to the permanent female employees and relatives of male employees on May 14 at the audio-visual room of the city hall in [...]
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09 May 2012
Hundreds of school children here are currently beating the summer heat with a free, two-week sports clinic of the city government that targets to “harness more potential” from budding athletes. The 2012 City of Balanga Summer Sports Clinic kicked off in Balanga Elementary School and will run until May 18, covering nine sport activities including badminton, [...]
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08 May 2012
About 200 kids from various public and private schools in this city gathered for a four-day arts workshop facilitated by trainers from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to discover “gold minds” among endowed students. The fourth string of the free, annual workshop dubbed “Batang Sining” was held in Balanga Elementary School from April 30 [...]
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