BCDA speeds up debris-clearing on SCTEx

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is instituting immediate corrective measures to ensure the safety of the motorists following a landslide that occurred at the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).
In a statement, the BCDA said that landslide occurred along Barangay Pabanlag, Floridablanca, on September 8 at around 2 a.m. in the [...]

Subic Freeport to train Filipino workers for Guam military build-up

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Guam senators who met with officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Friday said Subic Bay would make an ideal training center for the thousands of Filipino workers needed in Guam, where the United States’ “greatest military build-up since the end of World War II” will be made.
Senators Judith Guthertz and [...]

Foreign guests on Green Industry confab to visit Subic, Clark

Foreign delegates of the three-day International Conference on Green Industry in Asia (ICGIA) will visit Subic Bay and Clark Freeport Zones showcasing how industry and nature are coexisting in these premier economic zones.
But unlike any other regular international conference, the ICGIA is security demanding as some 4,200 policemen will be tapped to protect local and [...]

Subic Aetas add technical know-how to jungle survival skills

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Their renowned jungle survival instincts made them masters of Subic Bay’s virgin forests. But realizing that the “outside” world is much bigger than their forest homes, Subic Bay’s indigenous people are now pursuing technical skills training to enable them to survive in the lowlands.
Supported by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority [...]

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 the [...]

Philip Morris extends Subic lease to 50 years, starts phase two of P1-B project

SUBIC BAY FREE PORT—Tobacco industry remains strong amid global downturn as the country’s leading cigarette maker Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Inc. (PMPMI) put up a P1-billion expansion project in this free-port zone.
An agreement was signed by Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Administrator Armand Arreza and PMPMI managing director Chris Nelson that will increase the total [...]

Solons note improvement in Hanjin safety, but want more

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 made [...]

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.

Subic tax revenues hit P2.2 billion, up by 21 percent in 6 months

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.