Ease of doing business attracts investors to Clark 3 wanted personalities nabbed in Pampanga
CLARK FREEPORT— The ease of doing businesses in Clark is attracting investors to this Fr eepor t .
Global Gateway Development Corporation (GGDC) Chief Investment Officer Evan McBride said that aside from its location, infrastructure and tax incentives, the Clark Freeport Zone managed by the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) has become an ideal destination for foreign investors because of what he noted as a “very transparent business process.”
“For an investor that is first coming in, we can attest to the ease of actually investing and doing business in the Freeport Zone versus going somewhere else in the Philippines,” McBride said in a briefing held in Clark, Pampanga.
“[There is] a very transparent lease process, very transparent business process, registration process, and we’ve been able to invest hundreds and millions of dollars over the last 10 years. It’s really a true partnership with the Philippines,” he said.
GGDC is behind the development of the 177hectare Clark Global City, formerly known as Global Gateway Clark. World-class infrastructure for businesses has already been constructed in some 50 hectares of the total area.
Access to quality infrastructure, according to McBride, is an important factor for investorsasthey aim to create a good workig environment for their employees.
CDC President and CEO Noel Manankil said that when locators apply in Clark, they only deal with one department. All investment processes, Manankil said, are also automated.
“In CDC, you’ll only talk to one face of government, which is one of the biggest factors especially for foreign investors,”Manankil said.
Manankil also cited the investment cilmate, availability of manpower, and surrounding communities as Clark’s value propositions. On infrastructure projects, he said P1 billion was spent for road expansions last year. This year, CDC earmarket P2 billion for road networks, a mass transit system, park improvements, and cultural investments.
On the leisure and tourism side, Widus International President and CEO Daesik Han encouraged more companies from the private sector to be part of the development in Clark, and in New Clark City, a flagship project of the Bases Conversion and Develompent Authority (BCDA).
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Three wanted personalities were nabbed by police authorities in a series of Manhunt Charlie operations conducted in Pampanga towns and city on Wednesday morning.
In Mabalacat City, a 19-year-old suspect wanted for perjury and offering of false testimony identified as Art Joseph Canlas was arrested by virtue of arrest warrant issued by Rochelle Santos Manuel, Presiding Judge of Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 2 in Angeles City.
Joint elements of Apalit Police Station in this province and Pilar Police Station in Bataan province likewise arrested one Virginia Pinlac, 34, in Barangay Sta. Rosa, Pilar, Bataan.
Pinlac was wanted for allegedly committing theft cases and was arrested by virtue of warrant of arrest issued by Judge Araceli R. Soñas-Crisostomo of Municipal Circuit Trial Court in Apalit and San Simon in this province with a recommended bail of P36,000.
Another manhunt operation was conducted by authorities of City of San Fernando police in Barangay San Pedro Cutud which led to the arrest of Jay-R Tongol, 29, and wanted for robbery of uninhabited place.
A bail of P36,000 was recommended on his arrest warrant issued by Richard G. Evangelista, Presiding Judge, 2nd Municipal Circuit Trial Court, MexicoSan Luis, Pampanga dated May 11, 2018.
Pampanga Police Provincial Office Director Senior Superintendent Nicolas Salvador said that the arrests of the wanted personalities are results of the continuous intensified manhunt operation implemented all over the province.
“These series of Manhunt Charlie accomplishments were the results of hard work and dedication by the police force in capturing wanted criminals and I commend the Chiefs of Police and personnel involved in the said successful operations,” Salvador said.