Chinese metal pipe firm to invest $35M in Clark plant

CLARK Development Corp. (CDC) announced that a Chinese metal pipe firm is set to pour more than $35 million for the establishment of a metal pipe-fabrication plant inside this free port following the signing of a lease agreement last week. CDC president Benigno Ricafort said the state-run firm signed a lease agreement with HLD Clark [...]

SM builds hospital ward exclusively for Aetas

From the ashes of lahar and indigenous materials that Aetas have grown up with, the SM Foundation converted one unused ward of the Porac Hospital in Pampanga to be used solely by Aetas who are sick and their family members tending to them. Called the Felicidad Sy Cultural Minority Ward for Aetas, the wing was [...]

Awards for Olongapo City

Malacañang awarded three plaques of recognition to Olongapo City such as Gawad Kalasag for the Olongapo City Disaster Coordinating Council (OCDCC), Gawad Kalasag for Brgy. Sta. Rita and 1st Runner-up award for East Tapinac’s Lupong Tagapamayapa. Among the city officials who attended the awarding ceremonies held at the Malacañang Palace were (from the right) City [...]

Korean firm extends helping hands to typhoon victims

Neorex Philkor Inc., operator of Ocean 9 Hotel and Casino inside the Subic Bay Freeport, has responded to the damage wrought by Typhoon “Kiko.” Neorex mobilized employees to pack and distribute more than 800 packs of grocery items to the victims of the typhoon, particularly to residents of the devastated villages in Botolan, Zambales, who [...]

Bechtel leases NCT-2 terminal for 4 years

THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has decided to just lease its New Container Terminal 2 (NCT-2) rather than put it up for bidding and risk another failed bid as a result of the current economic slump experienced worldwide. SBMA seaport department strategic planning head Lynette de la Cruz said they had decided to lease [...]

Atlas Shippers Intl opens ‘balikbayan box’ distribution center in Subic

Atlas Shippers International, a Filipino-owned freight forwarding service provider, formally opened its distribution center in Subic with the launching of its maiden shipment. Atlas used the port of Subic as an entry point for the first time, officially marking the US-based firm’s intent to establish its hub for Northern Luzon operations here. The first cargo, [...]

Yap orders withdrawal of FMD vaccines

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—In a bid to secure international recognition as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free zone, the FMD task force in Central Luzon has ceased using vaccines to susceptible animals, saying the region is already FMD-free. The Department of Agriculture here stands confident that the region has already attained an FMD-free status as indicated [...]

Rape of the Superhighway

The supposed “rationalization” currently being proposed by the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) on the rules that would govern the placement, installation and location of outdoor advertising, more popularly known as billboards, along the 92-kilometer stretch of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) is a fitting prelude to the greatest crime against nature that could ever happen [...]

CIAC Strategic Planning Workshop a success

Officials of the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) crafted their plans and programs for the rest of the year during the three-day Strategic Planning Workshop held at the Subic Holiday Villas in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone this month. Victor Jose I. Luciano, CIAC President and CEO, said the strategic planning workshop, attended by top [...]

Subic seaport raises target as it breaches 2009 revenue goal

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority’s (SBMA) Seaport Department has raised its collection target this year to P440.84 million—a bigger goal that could easily be attained due to growing maritime trade, SBMA deputy administrator for operations Ferdinand L. Hernandez said. He said that income in seaport operations by the SBMA rose to P319.73 million in the first [...]

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