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==Trader wants north-south railway link extended to Clark==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/07/08/airport-workers-sacked-352646
*Thursday, July 10, 2014 (Date Published)
:By Reynaldo G. Navales
ANGELES CITY -- A tycoon has asked the government to extend the P271 billion North-South Commuter Railway linking Calamba, Laguna in the south and Malolos, Bulacan in the north, to Clark Freeport.
Businessman Rene Romero said the project, which is declared the biggest Public Private Partnership (PPP) "depicts an unwarranted disregard and invalidation of North Luzon’s role in the country's economic growth."
Romero asked the Regional Development Council (RDC) to pass a resolution requesting the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) to consider the railway link to the Freeport and Clark International Airport (CRK).
"The big ticket project palpable omission of Clark in the northern link are both disheartening and perplexing when we note that no less than aviation industry savants, economic development experts, architects and planners of global repute and even government executives and legislator acknowledge and enthuse over the Clark International Airport’s globally-acclaimed aviation facilities and its expansive area conducive for aeronautical and logistics hub development," Romero stated in his letter dated July 1, 2014 to RDC Central Luzon Chairman Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado.
"Bakit hanggang sa Malolos lang yung railway? Ang laki ng development sa Clark Freeport at Clark International Airport ngayon," Romero said.
Romero, RDC 3 private sector representative for trade and industry and vice-chairman of the Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Incorporated (PamCham), added that the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) conceptualized the Clark Green City, a massive and comprehensive development plan capitalizing on the economic expediencies of Clark, Subic, and Region 3.
He also urged the national government to be prudent on spending the tax-payers’ money.
The people were already dismayed by controversies on Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), according to Romero.
PamCham, which is advocating for the decongestion of Metro Manila for the country’s sake, is an organization of prominent and credible businessmen and government leaders pronouncing Clark and Subic as drivers of growth, he said.
Clark airport’s full utilization and development has been predicted by economists and urban planners and developers.
The Freeport Area of Bataan and other investment areas in Central Luzon will ensure the free flow of passengers and goods to and from the Metro Manila, Romero added.
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) acknowledged the advantages and potentials of Clark as an economic driver in the North, the trader stressed.
“I believe that for our country to fully realize inclusive growth and sustain its economic gains achieved thus far, the fair and equitable distribution of development and investments in the countryside must be seriously considered and implemented,” Romero said in his letter to Alvarado.
“I also exhort our government agencies to recognize and acknowledge the economic contributions of urban growth centers outside the imperial Metro Manila because the Philippines, after all, is comprised of 17 regions and its economy is congruently propelled and impelled by regional growth, he added.
==Airport workers sacked==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/07/08/airport-workers-sacked-352646
*Wednesday, July 9, 2014 (Date Published)
:By Reynaldo G. Navales
CLARK FREEPORT -- Seven contractual employees working at Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) were sacked after they were found involved in the illegal collection of travel tax from passengers.
The workers, whose names were withheld, belonged to the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (Tieza), Miascor Ground Handling, and McKleene janitorial services.
CIAC officials dismissed the three Tieza workers, three Miascor workers and a McKleene janitor after they were allegedly caught conniving and exacting discounted travel tax of P1,200 from some passengers.
The CIAC management immediately ordered an investigation to establish the extent of the scam.
TIEZA has set the travel tax at P1,620 per passenger, the CIAC stated.
CIAC president and CEO Victor Jose Luciano said the access passes of two other erring employees have been revoked pending the investigation.
The PNP-Aviation Security Group (PNP-AVSEGroup) is handling the ongoing investigation, said Luciano.
He also clarified that "there is no such discount being offered at the Clark airport. The travel tax of P1,620 is being collected by Tieza (formerly Philippine Tourism Authority) from Filipinos travelling abroad."
Luciano had earlier recommended to Tieza and Miascor to investigate such illegal activities after he received reports that some of their personnel were allegedly involved in the travel tax scam.
The scam was uncovered when three passengers of a Cebu Pacific flight filed complaints on April 22, 2014 about airport employees offering travel tax discounts.
"We are warning personnel working at the Clark airport to refrain from engaging in any illegal activities because these will not be tolerated and the guilty one will be punished," Luciano said.
He even urged passengers to report irregularities and illegal activities inside the aviation complex.
"We assure our passengers that we will exert all efforts to address their concerns and weed out the erring employees in the process," Luciano said.
==Guv to cops: Beat the criminals’ lawyers==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/07/07/guv-cops-beat-criminals-lawyers-352436
*Tuesday, July 8, 2014 (Date Published)
:(Aurora Catu/Pampanga PIO)
CLARK FREEPORT -- Governor Lilia Pineda challenged the graduating class of Pampanga police officers to apply the knowledge and skills they gained in their Criminal Investigation Course (CIC), during the closing ceremony held at Fontana in Clark Freeport, over the weekend.
“Reinforce crime investigation and defeat the lawyers of the criminals who deserve to be in jail,” she told the CIC class 247 -14.
She deemed it necessary to equip the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) with the expertise in criminal investigation to avoid instances that the law offenders are able to escape from criminal charges because of weak investigation.
“We hope and expect that you will apply what you have learned the moment you return to your respective stations,” Police Superintendent Ricardo Pangan Jr., deputy provincial director for operations, said.
The governor also viewed crime investigation as one of the most dangerous jobs of a police officer.
"I know, you are ready and happy to serve your country and its people that it would be an honor for you to risk even your life on service," she ended.
Class topnotcher was Police Officer 2 Jeremy Agustin of the Regional Public Safety Battalion 3, Camp Olivas.
Also gracing the event were course director Superintendent Raul Apostol Valencia, Pampanga PPO OIC Senior Superintendent Marlon Madrid, Superintendent Henry Flores and Chief Inspector Romeo Balubal, together with health department regional director Leonita Gorgolon, Department of Interior and Local Government regional director Florinda Dijan and provincial director Myrvi Fabia, Board Member Ricardo Yabut and ABC President Jerome Tubig.
==Pampanga, Tarlac local leaders express support for Clark Green City==
*Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=2431404279034
*Monday, July 7, 2014
:By Rosa Bianca R. Pamintuan (CLJD/RBRP-PIA 3)
CLARK FREEPORT, July 7 (PIA) -- Several local leaders in Pampanga and Tarlac have openly expressed support to the establishment of the Clark Green City (CGC) of Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), which is touted as the country’s next metropolis.
Among the supporters include governors, mayors, and members of the House of Representatives, who recently passed a resolution favorably endorsing such endeavor.
“CGC involves the development of some 36,000 hectares of land at the heart of Central Luzon or approximately half the size of Metro Manila. Based on the masterplan which was recently approved by the National Economic and Development Authority Board, it shall have five districts namely government, central business, academic, agri-forestry research and development, and wellness and eco-tourism,” BCDA President and Chief Executive Officer Arnel Paciano Casanova said.
University of the Philippines became the first tenant of its academic district.
“CGC will revolutionize the way Filipinos live, the way they do business, and even the way they spend their leisure time. It would become a portal to the world economy of the country’s next generation of global citizens,” Casanova pointed out.
It shall likewise pave the way for the transformation of the towns of Porac in Pampanga and Capas and Bamban in Tarlac into thriving cities.
BCDA would begin this year the first phase by developing 1,321 hectares.
At full development, CGC would contribute approximately P1.57 trillion per year to the economy and will generate 925,000 jobs.
==Cop falls prey to Akyat Bahay gang==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/07/06/cop-falls-prey-akyat-bahay-gang-352254
*Sunday, July 6, 2014
:By Ric Sapnu
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga -- The Akyat Bahay gang robbed the boarding house of a police officer in Barangay Sto. Domingo, Angeles City and carted away his issued firearms and personal belongings over the weekend.
In a report here, Senior Superintendent Eden Ugale, Angeles City police chief, said Police Officer-1 Richard Labasan, presently assigned at the Angeles City Public Safety Company reported that his boarding house was ransacked by unidentified robbers.
The victim attended an earthquake drill at the Camp Tomas Pepito Angeles City and when he returned to his boarding house, he discovered that the main door was forcibly opened and his personal belongings were disarrayed.
Labasan then noticed that his .9mm Glock caliber pistol with magazines, wrist watch, Nokia cellular phone and P2,500 cash were missing.
Ugale has instructed his men to dig deeper into the alleged robbery.
==AUFMC inaugurates new cardio imaging system==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/07/05/aufmc-inaugurates-new-cardio-imaging-system-352072
*Saturday, July 5, 2014
:By Reynaldo G. Navales
ANGELES CITY -- The Angeles University Foundation Medical Center (AUFMC) in collaboration with HB Calleja National Heart Institute, blessed and inaugurated the newly acquired GE Innova 2100 IQ (Optima Edition) Cardiovascular Imaging System for the AUFMC Catheterization Laboratory last June 11 in Angeles City.
The event was led by AUFMC president and CEO Atty. Gabriel Martin L. Angeles, HB Calleja, NHI president and CEO Dr. Jan Denton Chua, AUFMC Medical Director Dr. Ma. Lourdes G. Lagunilla, Cardiovascular Institute Director Dr. Edgardo S. Timbol, Section of Cardiology Training Officer Dr. Gabriel Jocson III and Invasive Cardiology Division Chief Dr. Angelito Medina.
The GE Innova 2100 IQ Optima Edition features the combination of excellent image quality with dose efficiency thereby achieving the best images for every procedure with minimal radiation exposure, which ensures safety of both health care personnel and patients.
The first and only fully operational catheterization laboratory in Central Luzon and north of Metro Manila which opened in 2010, the AUFMC Catheterization Laboratory is a highly specialized unit which enables certified specialists to perform complex cardiac procedures such as angioplasty, angiogram, percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy for mitral valve stenosis, hemodynamic studies, percutaneous occlusion of congenital heart defects, automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, intra-aortic balloon pump insertion, coiling of cerebral aneurysms, embolization of bleeding vessels, transarterial hepatic chemoembolization for liver tumors, among other interventional cardiology and radiologic procedures.
==Apparel manufacturing firm extends lease in Clark, eyes expansion of operations==
*Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=2431404279637
*Friday, July 4, 2014
:By Rosa Bianca R. Pamintuan
CLARK FREEPORT, July 4 (PIA) -- Apparel manufacturing firm L&T International Group Philippines Inc. (LTIGPI) recently signed a 25-year extended lease agreement with Clark Development Corporation (CDC), pouring in an estimated $6.5 million worth of investments as it eyes expanded operations in the Freeport.
“Under the agreement, LTIGPI shall construct six 70,000-square meter buildings in its expansion area,” CDC President Arthur Tugade said.
Over 5,000 careers shall be generated upon completion of expansion by 2020.
LTIGPI is one of the outsourced manufacturers of Ralph Lauren, Nautica, and Victoria’s Secret.
==Angeles council to treasurer: Release P1,000 allowance of policemen==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/07/02/angeles-council-treasurer-release-p1000-allowance-policemen-351555
*Thursday, July 3, 2014 (Date Published)
:By Reynaldo G. Navales
ANGELES CITY -- Members of the city council here have asked the city treasurer's office to release the P1,000 allowance given to each personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) assigned in this city.
This was gleaned in a resolution the city council passed on Tuesday supporting the appeal of the policemen, jail officers, and firemen to the Commission on Audit (COA) to release their monthly allowances.
In her privilege speech, Vice Mayor Vicky Vega Cabigting said that since January this year, the allowances were "put on hold" by the City Government.
This, after an Audit Observation Memorandum issued by the COA last January 9, 2014 which states that the granting of honoraria to officials and personnel of various National Government Agencies (NGAs) last year amounting to P6,194,000 was not reported to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The COA memorandum was received by the office of Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan last February 4, 2014.
According to COA, this is a violation of COA Circular Number 76-25 dated March 31, 1976 and 76-25 dated June 30, 1976 and 85-25E dated APril 25, 1985, thereby depleting the resources of the agency instead of utilizing them for the implementation of its priority programs.
The SP members asked Pamintuan and City Treasurer Julie G Quinsaat to immediately release the perk.
Cabigting and Councilor Maricel Morales said that financial aid to PNP, BJMP and BFP personnel were appropriated for the 2014 fiscal year.
Cabigting became emotional upon reading a text message sent to her by one of the police officers in this city.
The message read, "Not to add any drama maam, muna reiterate ku mu, I have wanted to be a police officer since anak ku and yes I see disappointments. Pero in the end we work so the Angelenos may sleep soundly, we work so the Angelenos may enjoy their Holidays, we run towards danger, we risk, our lives every time we put on our uniforms, we endeavor to settle disputes, we counsel, we comfort, we struggle to stay calm when surrounded with panic we struggle to remain strong amidst the horrors of what we witness."
"The emotional toll of being a police officer is tremendous that there is no room for weakness. Sabi da pin, if you cant take the heat, get out of the kitchen. And for the police officers who stay in the kitchen and take the heat not only of criminals but of civilians who look down on us, makalungkut, I admit there are police officers who are rotten apples but we can never generalize. So ing P1,000 a month does not even come close to what we need and what most of us deserve. We are being endowed with humility and in recognition of our roles as public safety providers and all that I have mentioned recognized as being part of our job, the allowances will still be highly appreciated," the police officer added.
As of July 2, Cabigting said the allowances are still on hold pending the requirement being requested by the Local Finance Committee.
The Angeles City Police Office, City Fire Department and the City District Jail were required to submit a justification, according to the official.
"We have been supporting our men and women in uniform for the past several years by giving them the extra perk for all their efforts fo the city even beyond the call of duty," Cabigting said.
The vice-mayor also made an assurance that the she and members of the city council will support PNP, BJMP, and BFP personnel who risk their to serve the people.
==Japanese tire maker to hire employees for Clark factory==
*Source: http://www.baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph/business.asp?mode=archives/2014/june/6-29-2014/bus1.txt
*Wednesday, July 2, 2014
:Rimaliza A. Opiña
Japan’s biggest tire-manufacturing company is hiring Filipino workers for its factory at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga.
A recruitment road show by Yokohama Tire Philippines (YTP) started in Baguio last Tuesday and Wednesday at the Baguio City School and Arts and Trade, with 50 applicants already screened for the pre-employment exam, final interview, and medical examination before they are sent to Pampanga for employee orientation.
YTP Human Resources Section Manager Egelberto Dolo said they are targeting to hire 5,000 employees until 2017 so the factory can meet its target of producing 50,000 tires every month. At present, the Clark factory has 2,290 employees, with 22,000 tires monthly production.
YTP also tied up with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for the hiring of certified technical-vocational graduates, whom they need mostly in their production department.
YTP offers a compensation package higher than industry standards with yearly increment and performance-based incentives.
Tesda Regional Director Francisco Jucar Jr. said this is the chance for Filipino graduates to show and apply their skills.
YTP is in need of production operators, quality assurance inspectors, production supervisors, electrical, mechanical, industrial, chemical, electronics and communications engineers, human resource specialists, and accountants.
For production operators, applicants should at least be high school graduates, but tech-voc graduates are preferred, and should be 20 to 30 years old. For those in the supervisory level, qualified are those who are at least 35 years old, graduate of engineering course, and preferably knowledgeable in mechatronics. 
For those who were not aware and failed to submit their applications, YTP is still accepting applications. Resumes may be submitted to recruitment@ytpi.com.
The Philippines is the first expansion area of the Yokohama Rubber Company.
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