Japanese firm plans robotic-parts production in Subic
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A Japanese manufacturer of precision gears and other industrial automation solutions has proposed to setup a facility here to produce key components for industrial robots.
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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A Japanese manufacturer of precision gears and other industrial automation solutions has proposed to setup a facility here to produce key components for industrial robots.
Story and photos by Henry Empeño
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading Internet-based ride-hailing and booking company, is receiving positive feedback for its plan to expand operations into the Subic Bay Freeport.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Some P135.8 million worth of infrastructure projects designed to expand and further develop port facilities here will bring in bigger ships and boost the income of the Port of Subic upon their completion by next year.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A wet Sunday morning somewhat diminished the difficulty of the Ironman 70.3 on Sunday, catapulting Indonesian Andy Wibowo and Australian Brittany Campbell to the top of the men’s and women’s overall top age-group races, respectively.
Story and photos by Henry Empeño
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Authorities have suspended a subcontractor at the Hanjin shipyard in the Redondo Peninsula here after an accident last Saturday killed one worker and injured three others when they fell off a collapsed platform mounted at the side of a ship under construction.
BOTOLAN, Zambales—This town’s tourism industry is rising, literally from the ashes of Mount Pinatubo’s explosive eruption in June 1991.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—More international shipping companies are now using the Port of Subic as their shipping gateway, according to the top executive of Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC).
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—One Subic Power Generation Corp., a fully owned subsidiary of Phinma Energy Corp., has signed a 10-year lease extension agreement for the operation of the diesel-power plant here, a contract that will yield P750 million in lease and revenue shares to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Another family-oriented theme park was unveiled here by the Subic Bay Marine Exloratorium Inc. (SBMEI), operator of the popular tourist attraction Ocean Adventure Marine Park, in time for children’s summer entertainment and family outings.
IBA, Zambales—The senior citizens of Zambales never had it this good. Each month, they congregate in some barangay plaza for a joint birthday celebration, toast each other to long life and better health, partake of free food and drinks, courtesy of the local government, and bond and party like the old times.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—For all its intent to make the current tax system simpler, fairer and more efficient, the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act is perceived here as a threat to the tax-free regime enjoyed under the law by business locators at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Despite a nationwide drop in foreign investment pledges last year, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) maintained a steady economic growth in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone and even performed strongly in key financial operations like income generation and job creation in 2017.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— Anselmo Ramos, one of the world’s most-awarded advertising creative directors today, told industry practitioners here at the Ad Summit Pilipinas 2018 to trust their intuition or gut feel in creating outstanding advertising campaigns.
Story and photo by Henry Empeño | Correspondent
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—It’s sailing season on Subic Bay, but this year it would be for something far deeper.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Prestige and profit are expected to make the upcoming Ad Summit Pilipinas 2018 here a very welcome event for the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and tourism establishments in this free port.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Bangkok-based Mahanakorn Partners Group Co. Ltd. will be undertaking feasibility studies of major infrastructure projects to be built here under the government’s transportation-infrastructure development program.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Billionaire businessman Lucio Tan is setting his sights on Subic Bay, arriving here over the weekend for an ocular inspection of the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA).
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Ad Summit Pilipinas, the country’s biggest advertising and marketing event, will be staged at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center in this free port from March 7 to 10, marking the return here of this biennial gathering of industry practitioners.
MASINLOC, Zambales—The parents of missing University of the Philippines (UP) student Karen Empeño have renewed the call to convict retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, who was tagged in the forced disappearance of their daughter 11 years ago in Hagonoy, Bulacan.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has urged neighboring communities to help develop more industrial and commercial areas in their territory to extend the boundaries of the Subic Freeport so that they can gain bigger revenue shares from the Subic agency.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A band struck up festive music while employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) waved flaglets here last Saturday as the Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica slipped into the dock for what is seen to be the first of a series of port calls here.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—With cruise-ship visits, national conferences, sports competitions, and festivals among the 18 major events slated here this year, the tourism outlook in the Subic Bay Freeport is expected to be nothing short of spectacular.
Story and photos by Henry Empeño
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has approved plans to put up a new facility here for the proposed Customs Academy to help improve the proficiency of Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel and strengthen the freeport regime in this growing economic hub.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is optimistic of sustained investment growth in the Subic Bay Freeport this year following a record P2.54 billion in total fresh commitments generated here in 2017.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines Inc. (HHIC-Phil) marked another milestone here on Thursday by unveiling the CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery, the first 20,600 TEU container vessel built in Subic and one of the biggest ships ever built in the world.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—To fully realize the status of the Subic Bay Freeport as a port of entry, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is seeking the regularization of passport processing here, as well as the eventual establishment of a Philippine consular office to serve residents of the Subic Bay area and nearby communities.
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