Matagoan peace program cited

TABUK CITY, Kalinga — For instigating an effective course of action in addressing peace problems in this city, officials here have recently passed an ordinance institutionalizing the “Matagoan” as the peace program of this local government unit (LGU) in order to attain lasting peace and help erase the bad image of the province as a tribal war-stricken area.

Through the “Ordinance Institutionalizing the Matagoan as a Peace Program of the City of Tabuk,” the LGU mandated the Matagoan Bodong Consultative Council (MBCC) as the “arm of the city government for purposes of implementing the Matagoan Program.” (Dexter See)

Bataan starts village hotline

BALANGA CITY, Bataan — More than 200 village chieftains in the province of Bataan got free cellular phones after Bataan Gov. Tet Garcia and Rep. Abet S. Garcia launched recently the “Barangay Hotline” in their bid to have the village officials communicate easily and serve better their constituents.

During the launching of the Barangay Hotline at the Bulwagan II inside the Provincial Capitol compound here, the Garcias, including Ms. Gila Garcia, Bataan provincial government coordinator, distributed Nokia C1 units to the village officials to be used for emergency purposes. (Mar Supnad)

Training center gets donation

ITOGON, Benguet — A private land owner here donated a .7-hectare of land to the Cordillera Administrative Region Training School (CARTS) which will be used as its expansion area at Sitio Acupan in Barangay Ampucao.

Dr. Lourdes Tay-og Magantino, who is an employee of the Region 1 office of the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC), made the donation in favor of the training school to help in addressing the need for more spaces by the police training institution due to its rapidly growing population. (Dexter See)

Cavite slates jobs exposition

IMUS, Cavite — The province of Cavite is holding jobs fair in three areas on Labor Day to accommodate all job applicants, the local Provincial Employment Service Office (PESO) said. PESO Manager Eva R. Defiesta said that the one-day jobs fair is open to all job seekers, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were displaced by crisis in Libya and other areas.

The jobs fair, a project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), and the provincial government of Cavite, will be held simultaneously at the SM Molino and Bacoor, Rosario and Pala-pala in Dasmariñas City. (Anthony Giron)

Rodriguez steps up police drive

RODRIGUEZ, Rizal — Police authorities here intensified patrol operations in public places particularly in areas where tourists visit during summer, as part of their anti-criminality campaign.

This developed after thousands of excursionists, mostly coming from various parts of Metro Manila and nearby towns of the province, will flock to the Wawa Dam located in Barangay San Rafael in this town to frolic at its cascading waters this summer.

“We are expecting more people to come to this place after Holy Week so we have intensified our patrolling in line with the directive of the Rizal Police Provincial Office to beef up the Police Integrated Patrol System,” said Rodriguez police chief Supt. Rommel Estolano. (Nel Andrade)



source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/315461/matagoan-peace-program-cited

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Bataan is Made A Province

After two centuries of Progress and development, Bataan was made a province in 1754, during the incumbency of governor General Don Pedro Manuel Arandia.

The new province included the towns of Orion, Pilar, Balanga, Abucay, Samal, Orani and Hermosa, which were under the administration of the Dominicans. Dinalupihan was also included. These towns were the parts of the province of Pampanga. Mariveles, with its barrios of Bagac and Morong, was also included in the province, thus abolishing the old district (corregimiento) of Mariveles. And Maragondon which originally belonged to this district, was incorporated into the province of Cavite.

As a province, Bataan was placed under its own Alcalde Mayor, assisted by a number of personnel. The economy of the province was taken over by its own Administrador de Hacienda Publica and its military defense units were placed in the hands of two units of Guardia Civil—one in Balanga and one in Dinalupihan under the command of two officers—and a station in Orion with its Cabo.

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Bataan at a Glance

Bataan rings a chord in the heart of every Filipino. It is a symbol of democracy and freedom – a memorial to the gallant Filipino-American defenders of Bataan who fought decisive battles that delayed the timetable of the well-equipped and better trained Japanese Imperial forces, and changed the course of history in the Pacific.

Obscure and relatively unknown before World War II, Bataan was founded in 1754 by Governor General Pedro Manuel Arandia. The region was divided into two parts – The Corregimiento of Mariveles and the province of Pampanga. The towns of Mariveles, Bagac, Morong, and Maragondong, Cavite comprised the Corregimiento of Mariveles which was under the jurisdiction of the Recollect Order of the Roman Catholic Church. The province of Pampanga included the towns of Orion, Pilar, Balanga, Abucay, Samal, Orani, Llana Hermosa, and San Juan de Dinalupihan. The group was under the charge of the Dominican Order.

The Dominicans founded Abucay on June 10, 1588, Samal on April 30, 1641, Orion April 30, 1667, Orani and Balanga on April 21, 1714, Llana Hermosa May 8, 1756 and Pilar March 10, 1901. The three towns on the western side-Mariveles, Bagac and Morong were founded by the Franciscans in about 1578.

Bataan has more than its share of significant historical events: in 1574, the dreaded Chinese Limahong used Lusong point at the western side of Bataan as a landing place; in 1647, the Dutch Naval Forces perpetrated the Abucay Massacre; and the Bataan Death March to Capas, Tarlac started in the municipalities of Mariveles and Bagac. Today, touching commemorative shrines are dedicated to the memory of those who resisted the Japanese occupation – a bayonet thrust into the ground with a helmet symbolically slung over the riffle butt to mark the start of the Death March; and the imposing “Dambana ng Kagitingan” on top of Mt. Samat in Pilar, Bataan.

Bataan is a province faced with a challenge. It is on the verge of becoming both an extensive industrialization hub and a tourist haven which may well be the equivalent of the dynamic force it exuded in its historic past.

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