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Initorio heads TIEZA Bataan

CAPITOL COMPOUND – In his short message during this morning’s flag raising ceremony, Gov. Albert S. Garcia announced a couple of developments considered as milestones in the achievement of the province’s mission, that is to provide a better quality of life for all. First is the establishment...

Modern building rises in FAB

MARIVELES, Bataan - An eight-storey modern building is now nearing completion in a strategic place inside the Freeport Area of Bataan. Grand Innovasia Concepts Corporation (GICC) Director, retired Navy Capt. Benjamin Tancio told 1Bataan.com that their new building called GICC 1 will serve as their main...

Township project at FAB mulled

BALANGA CITY, Bataan -  Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia is seeking for a private partner in the formulation of a development plan  for a township project  in the periphery of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), one of the fastest growing freeports  and economic zones in the country. The development of...

Paulo Tibig takes oath as AFAB director

BALANGA CITY, Bataan - Paulo Tibig, a multi-awarded Bataeño businessman and most sought after speaker nowadays, earning the monicker, “The Entre Champ,” recently took his oath at Malacanang as one of the reinstated Board of Directors of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB)...

House committee approves Garcia’s economic House Bills

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Bataan 2nd District Congressman Jose Enrique “Joet” Garcia’s economic House Bill has been approved on its first reading at the committee level at the House of Representatives last week. In his Facebook page post it reads, “Cong Joet Garcia has successfully lobbied for...

FAB, a magnet for development

BALANGA CITY, Bataan - Responding to an invitation from MinebeaMitsumi Inc. of Japan, Governor Albert S. Garcia, together with AFAB Chairman, Emmanuel Pineda, Provincial Information Office Head, Geoffrey Loyola went on an official business trip in its headquarters in Tokyo and Karuizawa plant from August 28-30. MinebeaMitsumi Inc.,...

P 350 M hotel resort to rise at Mt. Samat Shrine

PILAR, Bataan – Mayor Alice D. Pizarro has revealed the plan of a Metro Manila-based businessman to build a leisure-type hotel worth P 350 million in a 3.5-hectare site at Mt. Samat National Shrine in the upland village of Liyang, this town. Mayor Pizarro explained the construction of a...

AFAB offers best set of incentives for locators

MARIVELES, Bataan – In his message during the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) officials and four (4) new Chinese investors, with Beijing Skytrust and GICC leading the effort to attract more foreign investors,...

AFAB welcomes new group of Chinese investors

MARIVELES, Bataan - Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) Chairman and Administrator Emmanuel Pineda joined top officials of Grand Innovasia Concept Corporation (GICC) in the Memorandum of Understanding signing with Tianhexin Investment Group. The AFAB signed MOU with Skytrust Investing Management (Group) Co. Ltd. represented by...

FAB locators urged to tap EU GSP+; AFAB paves way for info campaign

Contributed by Carissa Caraig, AFAB MARIVELES, Bataan – The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) encourages the registered locators of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) to maximize the competitive advantages that the European Union Generalized System of Preferences Plus (EU GSP+) offers, noting that...