CIAC Passes Stage 1 Audit of ISO Certification

The Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) has passed the stage 1 audit of the International Standard Organization Certification (ISO-9001:2008) in a bid to meet the worldwide industrial and commercial standards. Tristan Arwen G. Loveres Chief Operating Officer of the TUV Rheinland Philiipines Inc., in a letter dated January 27, 2010 to CIAC Corporate Planning Manager [...]

Adjacent areas to get bulk of Subic Freeport investments in 2010

Communities adjacent to the Subic Bay Freeport Zone may now look forward to hosting free port-registered investments, as the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) pushes through this year with its expansion program. “We expect a jump in investments this year, but most of these will no longer be inside the fenced-in area of the Subic [...]

Clark council urges DOJ to bring back DFA office to Clark

Top officials of the influential Metro Clark Advisory Council (MCAC) have urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prevent the permanent transfer of the regional offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to the City of San Fernando. MCAC Chair Benigno N. Ricafort and Co-chair Mabalacat Mayor Marino [...]

CDC: Shooting of Sokor trader not inside Clark Freeport

CLARK FREEPORT – The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) has denied a news story published in a national business daily which reported that a South Korean businessman was murdered inside the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ). The erroneous news report, which came out in the Tuesday (Feb. 2) issue of Business World bore the headline “South [...]

SBMA: Delay in bridge project will hurt businesses more

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Delaying the construction of a bridge connecting this free port to the neighboring city of Olongapo will be more damaging to local business establishments than if the project were not implemented right away. This was clarified by Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) administrator Armand Arreza after local businessmen proposed that the [...]

Stakeholders intensify efforts to protect Subic Bay

Stakeholders in the Subic Bay area, along with guest conservationists, clean up a stretch of beach along the famous Waterfront Road in the Subic Bay Freeport, as part of community efforts to arrest the degradation of the bay’s water quality . SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Stakeholder groups in the Subic Bay area gave an overwhelming [...]