NEW CLARK CITY — On July 9, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) approved the detailed development plan of the New Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Security Complex in New Clark City in Tarlac. This move paves the way for the full-scale development of one of the country’s most significant decentralization efforts to date.… Read More BSP complex in New Clark City moves full steam ahead, after BCDA nod
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Stakeholders of the Subic Bay Freeport received free medical attention and also learned basic emergency medical procedures during a health caravan organized by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) at the Subic Bay Gymnasium on July 17. The health caravan was a two-in-one event that featured Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated… Read More SBMA health caravan benefits 618 stakeholders
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) officially handed over ₱1,465,478,485.70 in revenue earnings to the National Treasury, demonstrating a steady income flow from the business community in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. In a simple ceremony, SBMA Chairman and Administrator Eduardo Jose L. Aliño presented the proceeds to Finance Secretary Ralph… Read More SBMA turns over ₱1.465-B revenue to national coffers
By Marie Joy S. Carbungco | July 8, 2025 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PIA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to establish its regional disaster response command and logistics center inside the Clark Aviation Complex to significantly strengthen its disaster preparedness and response capabilities in Central Luzon. Set on… Read More Clark to host DSWD’s regional disaster response command, logistics hub
By Stephanie Sevillano | July 8, 2025 MANILA – As many as 100 individuals linked to 20 companies may face charges for alleged involvement in agricultural smuggling in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) warned Tuesday. In an ambush interview, DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. reiterated his desire to have someone jailed at least… Read More DA to file raps vs. up to 100 suspects for agri-smuggling
By Henry Empeño | July 8, 2025 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Department of Agriculture (DA) seized 31 container vans of smuggled agricultural commodities worth hundreds of millions of pesos at the Port of Subic on Tuesday, July 8, after finding they lacked import permits in violation of food safety and customs regulations. Agriculture Secretary… Read More DA seizes 31 vans of smuggled agri products in Subic
By Mark Anthony G. Pangan | July 8, 2025 MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga (PIA)—Police operatives seized an estimated P2 million worth of cannabis-related items in a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City, raising concerns over the growing presence and variety of marijuana-based products being sold in the province. Three suspected high-value individuals (HVIs), aged 24, 25, and… Read More P2M worth of marijuana products seized in Mabalacat buy-bust
AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. on Tuesday called on the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to suspend the release of 59 container vans that were recently unloaded at the Subic Bay Freeport, amid strong suspicion that the shipments contain smuggled agricultural products—chief among them, onions and fish. The request aligns with the directive of… Read More DA flags 59 container vans in Subic amid smuggling concerns
By E. H. Edejer | June 28, 2029 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Zambales have partnered for a bamboo nursery project here to promote wider propagation and cultivation of this resilient and important forest resource. The two agencies jointly inaugurated the… Read More SBMA, DTI-Zambales set up Subic bamboo nursery
THE United States government, through the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and the Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) have signed an agreement for technical assistance in the construction of the Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas (SCMB) Railway. The U.S. Embassy in Manila said in a statement that USTDA Acting Director Thomas R. Hardy and DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon… Read More US, Philippines sign deal for Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas railway
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