NEWS AROUND SUBIC BAY

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Senator Richard Gordon has called on the Subic Bay Freeport business community to support his proposal to establish an investment corridor in Central Luzon that will encourage more business and livelihood activities and spur further development in the area.

By the time he was exiled to Hawaii by a popular uprising in 1986, former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos had reportedly amassed a fortune of $5-10 billion, despite earning an official annual salary of just $13,500.

Over 5,000 single parent living in the city will now have new privileges after local legislators passed a resolution giving them discounts on basic goods and medicine to help them lessen financial constrain.