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 which [...]

Olongapo City: The country’s first Freeport zone and next Hong Kong in Asia

The vision of Olongapo City to become truly the country’s first Freeport zone similar to Hong Kong offering tax and duty-free privileges would soon be realized with the P3-billion development project proposed by Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) for the city’s business district.

World-renowned online real-estate broker opens in Subic Freeport

OPENING RITES. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Senior Deputy Administrator lawyer Ramon Agregado (second from right) leads the ribbon cutting ceremony to formally open the office of world-renowned Century21 Real Estate. Joining him are SBMA Director Ted del Rosario, real estate guru Donald Lawby and Ronald Wang.
Buying or selling a home is one of the most [...]

Subic Bay Gateway Park sets up high-tech security system

Subic Bay Gateway Park (SBGP) has recently upgraded its security system through the installation of CCTV cameras positioned at strategic locations inside the sprawling industrial park to make it a truly safe and secure haven for investments.

Environmental protection: A continuing challenge

What do flying fox bats, hawkbill turtles and Aetas of Pastolan Village have in common? One is that they are found in Subic Bay Freeport. Two, they are all part of a giant “web of life” that local environmentalists work so hard to protect and care for.

SBMA year-end report: Exceeds Expectation in 2009, Brighter Prospects in 2010

Subic Bay Freeport closes 2009 with renewed confidence that the effects of the global economic crisis to local economy would soon be over, expressing much optimism and brighter prospects into 2010.

ECPay scheme will let OFWs pay bills from host countries

LEADING electronic commerce technology provider ECPay, which has been providing the backbone for an estimated P4 billion worth of billing transactions annually, is set to roll out later this year an international payment system, mainly targeting the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) market.
The main goal is to “empower the overseas Filipino worker to pay his or [...]

Zest Air launches daily Hong Kong flights at DMIA

Local carrier Zest Air launched its inaugural International flight recently via daily flights to Hong Kong at the bustling Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), the premier international gateway of the country.
Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano, Zest Air President and CEO Ambassador Alfredo M. Yao led the inaugural flight [...]

SCTEx tops Arroyo’s completed legacy projects

Over 40 priority infrastructure projects worth P88.48 billion have been completed as of the end of September, Malacañang said.
Presidential management staff director-general Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr. said in a report that these infrastructure projects are among the 154 priority projects committed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her State of the Nation Address.
Among the [...]

Rep. Garcia wants to expand powers of SBMA, CDC

BATAAN Rep. Albert Garcia has asked Congress to speed up the passing of a bill that will strengthen and expand the powers of the governing bodies of Subic and Clark to allow the development of more economic zones, thereby ensuring both local and national economic growth.
Garcia of the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD said that to fully utilize [...]

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