Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar: A Genesis Heritage Resort

In a virtual time warp, authentic 19th century Principalia Mansions and original Bahay na Bato (Stone Houses), stand resplendent around a cobblestone plaza and streets paying tribute to the magnificent craftsmanship of our forefathers. These structures carefully and painstakingly taken down from different parts of the country and rebuilt, “brick by brick”, “plank by plank”, [...]

Beyond the CSR acronym: Run, smile, learn, witness life

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 10 percent of our population in the Philippines is composed of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). “Imagine that. Ten percent,” Clark Development Corporation (CDC) President Benigno N. Ricafort said who seemed perplexed by the statistics. “That’s about 9 million PWDs from the more than 80 million Filipinos living with [...]

Battle against poverty and corruption: A Tough Test for Noy

Discovering the (natural) wonders of Subic

The Subic Forest Watershed Reserve (SFWR) is located in the west-central portion of the major Philippine island of Luzon, 160 km by road northwest of Manila. It is at the northern portion of the Bataan Biogeographic Zone, which noted high biodiversity and endemism. This secondary growth, low land dipterocarp forest covers approximately 9,800 hectares of [...]

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 [...]

Subic’s medical and wellness center: RP’s response to Asia’s medical-tourism thrust

President Arroyo inaugurated recently the George Dewey Medical and Wellness Center—the only one of its kind in the Philippines—located at the Subic Bay Free Port Zone. The $30-million George Dewey Medical and Wellness Center is a 100-bed tertiary hospital owned and operated by George Dewey Medical College Inc., a five-year-old nursing college. It sits on [...]

Beating all odds: Subic, Clark top country’s economic zones

SUBIC and Clark’s self-sustaining business environment has resulted in surprising yet modest growth tallies for the first half of the year for the two economic zones as both continue to display resiliency and further beating the odds.