IKOT.PH
Newly appointed Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Jonathan D. Tan has bared his leadership’s new directions and development plans, emphasizing the role of employees to attain them. The new chief disclosed this as he addressed all SBMA employees for the first time during the flag ceremony on May 8. Tan, who was […]
Consistent with the policy directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to bolster the government’s campaign against agricultural smuggling, the Department of Agriculture-Inspectorate and Enforcement Office led the inspection of 58 container vans offloaded at the Port of Subic, which were placed on alert mode. The operation conducted recently in partnership with the Bureau of Customs (BOC), […]
Some P32.98 billion in foreign direct investments (FDIs) approved in this premier freeport accounted for 71.34 percent of the total P46.23 billion approved by all Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) in the country during the second quarter of the year. Those investments were pledges approved by the following IPAs – Authority of the Freeport Area of […]
Subic Bay Freeport–Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) ventured in yet another first-of-its-kind partnership, in support of the workplace immersion program for student-adults with special needs from the Vanguard Academy. Over the weekend, SBMA officials led by SBMA Legal Department Manager Atty. Melvin Varias, together with Le Charmé Suites chief executive officer Josephine Pellicer and Meat […]
Senator Dick Gordon has assured the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) of his unequivocal support in building a formidable region in the South. Speaking during the recent inaugural BARMM Donor’s Forum, Gordon encouraged BARMM officials to take a page out of Subic’s success book which had proven to be an outstanding formula in […]
Senator Dick Gordon called on the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Taiwanese business community to work on attracting more investments in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Speaking as guest of honor at the grand opening of Yubantec, Gordon pointed out that Taiwanese investors are now realizing that the Philippines is a very good […]
Two Chinese shipbuilders have expressed their interests to take over the business of bankrupt Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHIC-Phil), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary and Board of Investments (BOI) Managing Head Ceferino Rodolfo said. Rodolfo said his office received queries from officials of the two Chinese firms, one a state-owned and […]
With crimes, especially killings committed with impunity, still unabated, Senator Dick Gordon has called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) to invest on police visibility and on conducting intelligence operations. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, said law enforcers should be more proactive, by taking actions to prevent crimes instead […]