By HENRY EMPEÑO | May 11, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Exports generated by Subic-based manufacturers and port users surged by 48 percent while imports grew at 29 percent in the first quarter of 2021 despite less-than-ideal business conditions brought about by the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. Figures from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority’s Trade Facilitation… Read More Subic Freeport exports surge 48%, imports 29% in 1st Qtr
SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (May 10, 2021) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office in Region III has entered into a tripartite memorandum of agreement with the Department of Health (DOH) Central Luzon Center for Health and Development (CLCHD) and the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) TB Platforms for Sustainable Direction,… Read More DSWD-III signs MOA with DOH and USAID for TB treatment project
MANILA, May 10, 2021 — The United States embassy in Manila announced the successful May 10 arrival to the Philippines of 193,050 doses of the U.S. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, one of the safest and most effective vaccines in the world. This delivery is the first tranche of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines and follows the arrival of 2,030,400 doses… Read More First tranche of U.S. Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines delivered to the Philippines
CLARK FREEPORT – ‘Bleisure’ travel is becoming a trend here as more accommodation facilities continuously encourage business and leisure travelers to visit this Freeport. In a recent interview at Clark in Action (CIA), a public affairs radio program of Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Hilton Clark Commercial Director Francis David said that one of their emerging target… Read More More ‘bleisure’ travels shaping up in Clark
MANILA, May 8, 2021 — The United States embassy in Manila said two million additional doses of American -sponsored AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines on May 8. This is the third shipment of vaccines made available through the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, a global initiative to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The United… Read More Third shipment of U.S.-sponsored vaccines arrive in the Philippines
By HENRY EMPEÑO | May 9, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has set up moveable community pantries to help provide relief to poor communities around the Subic Bay Freeport, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the more vulnerable sectors of the locality. In one project organized by employees… Read More SBMA sets up mobile community pantries
CLARK FREEPORT (CIAC-CCO, May 4) — The investments of DITO Telecommunity Corp. for its ongoing infrastructure rollout inside Clark is a welcome respite to interrupted businesses because of the pandemic, an executive of the government-run Clark International Airport Corp. said on Tuesday. CIAC president Aaron Aquino said DITO’s Google campus-inspired data center which recently broke ground at the… Read More CIAC: DITO investment in Clark a much-needed respite
By HENRY EMPEÑO | 04 May 2021 CASTILLEJOS, Zambales — Eleven youth activists who were arrested here on Labor Day on what was described as trumped-up violation of health protocols regained temporary liberty late Monday (May 3) after spending three days and two nights in the custodial facility of the police office in this town.… Read More ‘Zambales 11’ activists freed on P66K bail
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