Solons note improvement in Hanjin safety, but want more
August 28, 2009 by Administrator
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SUBIC BAY FREE PORT—Members of the House Committee on Labor and Employment have expressed appreciation for the implementation of work safety measures inside the Korean shipyard in Subic, but said they wanted to see more improvement in labor safety inside the facility. Headed by its chairman Rep. Magtanggol Guinigundo (2nd District of Bulacan), the committee [...]
Beating all odds: Subic, Clark top country’s economic zones
August 28, 2009 by Administrator
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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.
Moment of silence for Cory
August 6, 2009 by Administrator
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Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) officials and employees observe a minute of silence for former President Corazon C. Aquino, who passed away in the early hours of Saturday, August 1. President Aquino signed into law Republic Act No. 7227, otherwise known as the Bases Conversion Act of 1992, which led to the conversion of the former Clark Air Base into the Clark Special Economic Zone and later on as Clark Freeport Zone where the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) is located and managed by CIAC.
CDC’s Ricafort says SONA goals realized in Clark
July 31, 2009 by Administrator
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Clark Development Corporation (CDC) President Benigno N. Ricafort said he is confident that the goals to be set by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday “would come to fruition.”
7 Clark firms get excellence awards
July 18, 2009 by Administrator
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CLARK FREEPORT – Seven Clark firms received awards from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the Clark Freeport Recognition 2009 spearheaded by the state-owned Clark Development Corporation (CDC) held Monday, July 13, at the Stotsenberg Hotel here.
CDC, exporters group ink deal for establishment of showroom, tourism cafe
July 18, 2009 by Administrator
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CLARK FREEPORT – The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and the Philippine Exporters Foundation, Region III, Inc. signed a lease agreement for the establishment of a facility that would showcase locally made export-quality products.
Subic tax revenues hit P2.2 billion, up by 21 percent in 6 months
July 16, 2009 by Administrator
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SUBIC BAY Freeport has remained one of the top revenue-earning freeport and economic zones in the country with P2.2 billion tax collection during the first six months, up by 21 percent year-on-year.
Subic Customs execs in quarrel over authority to issue gate passes
July 13, 2009 by Administrator
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Who’s in charge and has the authority to issue gate passes?
These questions have been repeatedly raised in series of memorandums issued by opposing officials of the Bureau of Customs assigned at the Port of Subic which already created confusions among foreign investors and other port users engaged in import and export businesses.
Remembering ‘hell ship’ sea tragedy
July 11, 2009 by Administrator
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SIXTY seven years ago, a ship carrying 1,053 Australian prisoners of war and civilians lost their lives when Japanese Naval ship Montevideo Maru sunk after it was torpedoed by a US submarine off the coast of Subic Bay. This World War II sea tragedy considered as Australia’s worst ever single maritime disaster was remembered on [...]
The struggle to own ancestral domain is over as the gov’t provides Aetas homeland security
July 11, 2009 by Administrator
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It was a dream come true for cultural minorities known as Aetas of Zambales and Pampanga as they have finally found homeland security, protection and legitimate ownership of their ancestral land. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, together with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) officials, awarded certificates of ancestral domain title (CADT) benefiting 454 Aeta [...]
