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”, [...]

Lanyu aborigines visit ancestral home in Bataan

A group of aboriginal people from Taiwan’s Lanyu (Orchid Island) returned recently to Bataan, the land of their ancestors, with a shipment of medicines and farming tools, spending a week with their distant relatives to teach them modern farming and fishing techniques. Lanyu, located about 90 kilometers southeast off Taitung County, is inhabited mainly by [...]

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

“Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap.” The campaign slogan bannered by incoming President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to end poverty by getting rid of corruption in the government will be a tough challenge for the incoming administration to achieve. Filipinos are hoping that this ain’t nothing more than a campaign slogan and wanted Aquino to act [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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