January 9, 2018
| Business | Developments
By: Henry Empeño SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – A native Olongapeño has taken over the highest executive position at the Subic Bay Marine Exploratorium Inc. (SBMEI), which operates the popular Ocean Adventure theme park and Camayan Beach Resort in this free port. Robert Ianne Gonzaga, formerly the firm’s communication director, was elected president of the company Read More
January 5, 2018
| Business | Developments | Hanjin | Korean
Subic-based Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction – Philippines made waves once more with the successful keel laying for two tankers at the company’s 326-hectare Subic shipyard last December 18, 2017.
December 28, 2017
| Developments
by: Danessa Rivera MANILA, Philippines — The power generating unit of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has invested P3.5 billion for its two power projects currently under development, company officials said. Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) president and CEO Rogelio Singson said the company has poured in billions of pesos for the immediate construction of its two Read More
December 21, 2017
| Airport | BCDA | Clark | Developments
MANILA, Philippines – The transformation of Metro Manila’s second airport, Clark International Airport, into a major Asian gateway has started with work finally beginning on a new terminal. The Clark International Airport Expansion project formally kicked off with a groundbreaking and capsule-laying ceremony at the airport grounds in Pampanga on Wednesday, December 20. It was Read More
December 6, 2017
| Developments | Environment
Local fishermen have disputed claims by leaders of some activist groups in Central Luzon that the ship-to-ship transfer (STS) operations of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Subic Bay endanger fisher folk in the area and that locals were not consulted about the project before its approval by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). Resty del Read More