Honorable Mayors of Bataan

Bataan Flag and Seal
 

Balanga: Jose Enrique S. Garcia III
Abucay: Ana D. Santiago
Bagac: Rommel V. del Rosario

Dinalupihan: Joel Jaime P. Payumo
Hermosa: Danilo C. Malana
Limay: Lilvir B. Roque
Mariveles: Jesse I. Concepcion
Morong: Cynthia L. Estanislao
Orani: Benjamin C. Serrano, Jr.
Orion: Jose S. Santos
Pilar: Carlos F. Pizarro, Jr.
Samal: Generosa "Gene" Malibiran Dela Fuente

Political Views (Board members and Representatives)

Representative
Bataan, 1st District
LAKAS-CMD
Term: 1
Age: 67
Date of Birth: 09 July 1940
Civil Status: M
Spouse: Atty. Antonio P. Roman
Other Profession: Businesswoman

Name : Albert Raymond Garcia 
Date of Birth : February 1, 1970
Civil Status : Single
Gender : Male
Residence : Bo. Campo, Tenejero, City of Balanga
Bataan

Boardmembers:


BM Jovy Z. Banzon
BM Manuel N. Beltran
BM Efren J. Cruz
BM Dexter B. Dominguez
BM Gaudencio C. Ferrer
BM Eduard G. Florendo
BM Aristotle J. Gaza
BM Dante R. Manalaysay
BM Jose P. Payumo
BM Gerardo R. Roxas

Our Beloved Governor

 PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full name: Enrique Tuason Garcia, Jr.
Date of Birth: September 13, 1940
Place of Birth: Pasay City
Civil Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Victoria S. Garcia
Name of Children: Anna, Abet, Gila, Joet, Francis
Office Address: 2nd Floor Capitol Bldg., Capitol Drive, Balanga City, Bataan
Telephone Nos.:             (047) -791-4759      , 237-1066, 237-2413, 791-1784, 237-1058, 237-3488,791-7955
Telefax No.: (047) 237-2413

EDUCATION

Elementary: Balanga Elementary School (1947-1953)
Secondary: Bataan High School(1953-1957)
Tertiary: De La Salle College - AB-Economics, AB-Accounting (1957-1963)
EMSI, New Jersey, USA - Linear Programming (1970)


  Experience
 Governor Bataan 2004-Present
 Congressman 2nd District, Bataan 1995-2004
 Governor Bataan 1992-1994
 Congressman 2nd District, Bataan 1987-1992
 Senior Partner Garcia, Lava & Associates 1983-1987
 Executive Assistant Bureau of Internal Revenue 1980-1982
 President VICGAR trading 1974-1979
 Marketing Economist &
 Resident Manager ESSO Philippines, Inc. 1971-1973
 Executive Trainee Humble Oil - Texas, USA 1970
 Executive Trainee ESSO Standard Eastern, New York, USA 1969
 Assistant Marketing
 EconomicManager ESSO Philippines, Inc. 1968
 Senior Financial Analyst ESSO Philippines, Inc. 1967
 Senior Auditor ESSO Philippines, Inc. 1965-1966

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Crusaded single-handedly against the Taiwanese Luzon Petrochemical Company and Shell Philippines that wanted to illegally and arbitrarily transfer the site of the country's petrochemical industry from Bataan to Batangas;

Crusaded against the unconstitutional monopoly/cartel and overpricing of the Big 3 in the oil deregulation case;

Crusading for the establishment of an Oil Exchange or OileEx that would allow oil refineries all over the world to participate in the public bidding for the supply of our country's total oil requirements from the lowest qualified bidder from more than 40 oil refineries all over the world.;

Crusading to protect and preserve Bataan's ownership of BASECO properties legally acquired through auction sale for tax delinquencies against BASECO and PCGG;

Succeeded in legislating the re-nationalization of the Bataan Provincial Hospital into a tertiary hospital, now known as Bataan General Hospital;

Succeeded in converting Bataan National School of Arts and Trade (BNSAT), Bataan Colleges, and the Orani School for Filipino Craftsmen into a nationally funded Bataan Polytechnic State College (BPSC);

 Succeeded in converting the Municipality of Balanga into a component city;

Succeeded in preventing the dumping in Bataan of millions of tons of rotting garbage from Metro Manila;

Crusading for the immediate scrapping of the Value Added Tax (VAT), which is causing the government staggering revenue losses.

Hall of Fame

Gary David (Dinalupihan) - PBA multi-awarded player
Pedro Tuazon (Balanga) - Solicitor General of the Philippines- 1921
Kerby Raymundo (Orion) - PBA multi-awarded player, power forward, member of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and the Philippines national basketball team.
Romi Garduce (Balanga) - mountain climber who reached Mount Everest.
Mel Tiangco (Pilar) - popular television newscaster and television host; head of GMA Kapuso foundation.
Rafael de Leon (Pilar) - The first Filipino who won the 100 meter dash, in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Cayetano Arellano (Orion) - The first Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines.
Pocholo Gonzales (Mariveles) - popular youth advocate, broadcaster, motivational speaker, radio announcer, Events Organizer, Personal Branding Guru, TV producer, Voice Director and Voice Over Artist.
Chad Peralta from Pinoy Dream Academy
Jackie Rice (Dinalupihan) - Filipina actress who won the title of Ultimate Female Survivor on the third season of Startstruck.
Tomas Pinpin (Abucay) - A printer, writer and publisher, was also the first Filipino printer and is sometimes referred as the "Patriarch of Filipino Printing."
Luz Banson (Balanga) - Was the wife of Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and was the seventh First Lady of the Philippines, she was also remembered as one of the most admired First Ladies and distinguished herself for her warmth and simplicity
Felicito Payumo (Dinalupihan) - Chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority from 1998-2004.
Janine Marie Tugonon (Orion) - Binibining Pilipinas 2011 1st Runner-Up and Binibining Pilipinas 2012 Universe
Monique Teruelle Manuel - Miss Philippines Earth 2009 semifinalist
Jessica Sanchez (Orani & Samal) - is an American singer. She was the runner-up on the eleventh season of American Idol.
Evangeline Pascual (Orani) - Actress and First Runner-Up Miss World 19

Bataan Facts

Population : The population of Bataan for the year 2000 was 552,000 based on the growth rate of 2.12% in Central Luzon.

Geography : Bataan is the peninsula in the western part of Luzon that shields the Manila Bay on its south and east from the South China Sea on its west. Zambales and Pampanga form its boundaries on the north.

Language and Dialects : Tagalog is the main language and is widely used, followed by Pampango and Ilocano. English is used mostly as the medium of transaction in business.

Education (High School and Colleges) :

Jose Rizal Institute - Orion and Orani

Holy Rosary Parochial Institute - Orani

AMA Computer Learning Center – Balanga

Asia Pacific College of Advanced Studies

St.Peter Of Verona Academy - Hermosa

Bataan Heroes Memorial College - Balanga

St. John Academy (Dinalupihan)

Bataan Peninsula State University

Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Abucay

EastWoods Professional College of Science and Technology (formerly SOFTNET College of Science and Technology)

Microcity Computer College

Philippine Women's University - CDCEC Bataan

Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Mariveles

St. Joseph College's of Balanga

Tomas del Rosario College - Balanga

Bataan Montessori School, Incorporated - Balanga

The Peninsula School, Incorporated - Limay

Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific - Mariveles

Bataan Christian School - Pilar

Northridge Montessori School - Pilar

Llamas Memorial Institute - Mariveles

Bataan National High School (formerly Arellano Memorial (Bataan) High School) - Balanga

Climate : Bataan climate consists of two distinct seasons: dry from November to April and wet during the rest of the year.

Major Industries : 

Bataan remains basically an agricultural province in spite of the rapid industrialization during the last decade. Mariveles is the site of an export-processing zone that accounts for heavy industry in the province. Cattle and carabao fattening, hog raising, and poultry industry, especially broilers and ducks and egg production, are some of the promising livelihood programs in the province.

Bataan Relics

Famous Festivals

Bataan Islands Philippines - Bataan Travel Information

Feasts and Festivals

Feast Days
Feast days, or “fiestas” in local parlance, are generally festive celebrations that involve fairs, carnivals, a tiangge (flea market), craft exhibits, amateur song and dance contests, musical shows. On the eve of a fiesta in Bataan, the merriment already begins with a serenata (brass band) concert or contest at the town plaza. On the big day itself, a drum and bugle band marches around the main thoroughfares with the kurakol or kuraldal or sambale (street dancing) strutting along its wake.

Feast Day of St. Dominic
(Abucay; last Sunday of October).

Feast Day of St. Catherine of Alexandria
(Bagac; November 23).

Feast Day of St. Joseph
(Balanga; April 28).

Feast Day of St. John the Baptist
(Dinalupihan; June 24).

Feast Day of St. Peter of Varon
(Hermosa; May 3).

Feast Day of St. Francis de Assisi
(Limay; October 4).

Feast Day of St. Nicolas
(Mariveles; third Sunday of February).

Feast Day of Nuestra Señora del Pilar
(Morong; February 2).
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(Orani; May 8).

Feast Day of Nuestra Señora del Pilar
(Pilar; October 12).

Feast Day of St. Catherine of Sienna
(Samat; April 30).

Holy Week
The observance of the Holy Week in Bataan starts with Ash Wednesday when kubuls are set up in every barangay for the pabasa wherein the life of Jesus Christ is read through chanting by devotees. It precedes the week-long activities that take place from Linggo ng Palaspas (Palm Sunday) to Salubong (Easter Sunday), highlighted by church events.

Bataan Day (April 5)
An annual province-wide event during which war veterans and their families travel from all over the country to Mount Samat to commemorate the bravery of the soldiers who offered their lives for freedom during the wars.

Paskuhan sa Mabatang
(Mabatang, Abucay; December). Christmas celebration in Matabang extends to the streets of every sitio in the barangay, which are lavishly adorned to rejoice the season.