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)...

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.,...

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...

AFAB Registration, ImpEx, Workforce Control Processes now ISO certified

Contributed by Carissa Caraig, AFAB  MARIVELES, Bataan - Just six years after it started its operations, the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) has already established its management systems, assuring the registered locators, potential investors and key stakeholders of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB)...

AFAB, FAB locators support crisis-stricken Marawi City residents

Contributed by Carissa Caraig, AFAB  MARIVELES – The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), along with the registered locators of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), joined the government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in extending help and support to crisis-affected residents...

DOLE 3 orients FAB locators on amended rules

FREEPORT AREA OF BATAAN – Some 40 locators of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) were recently oriented on Department Order No. 174-17 by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Jerry Borja, DOLE 3 information office chief, said that DO 174-17, which supersedes DO 18-A...