CDC's 13th President

sa CDC dahil malaki ang pagkakaiba nito sa pamamalakad sa Philippine National Police.

Halos 37 years si Gearlan sa PNP service, kaya naman maraming nagtatanong kung papaano nito mapapatakbo ng mahusay ang CDC dahil ang alam nito ay PNP organization.

Kaya naman kamakailan ipinahayag nito na kumuha siya ng Business Management Course sa Asian Institute of Management (AIM). Ang layunin niya noon ay makahanap ng maganda-gandang trabaho hindi puro sa PNP na lang.

Sa pag-upo niya ng mahigit isang linggo, ang una nitong proyekto ay Php 1.5 bilyon halaga na proyekto upang makapag-generate ng more jobs sa mga kababayan natin lalo na iyong nawalan ng trabaho sa retrement ng ilang kumpanya.

Ang kanyang vision ay "working hard" sa Asean Pacific upang makapag-generate ng more investments at himukin ang ibang bansa na mag-invest sa Clark, ayon pa kay Gearlan.

Ipinahayag pa ni Gearlan ang plano nitong Mass Trail Transit na aabot ito ng 10 hanggang 15 taon para maging "materialize" ito.

Kanyang binalaan ang mga CDC officers at personnel na "no corruption sa Clark Freeport dahil hindi ito mangingiming tanggalin sa serbisyo kaagad agad. Iyan ang General. Di po ba...

Marami pang plano si Gearlan sa CDC upang mapaganda nito...

Kaya naman ang tanong ng iba. Kaya ni Gearlan patakbuhin ang CDC dahil siya galing PNP???

Ang sabi ko naman, Abangan po natin ang mga malaking plano ni Gearlan sa CDC.

THE THIRTEENTH (13th) President of the state-owned Clark Development Corporation (CDC) may weave wonders, if not miracles, during his tenur e.

Given the helm recently, Manuel R. Gaerlan hit the ground running, so to speak, and at top speed.

Already, he seemed to have a grip on the firm's business activities and operations, including meeting the representatives of locators inside the Freeport Zone, local government units officials, media, partner agencies and other groups from the public and private sector.

This president comes academically equipped with a post graduate degree in Master of Management at the Asian Institute of Management (with distinction) and as Class Valedictorian at the Philippine Military Academy in 1985 and has served in battle where he was given the Bronze Cross Medal and Wounded Personnel Medal of Purple Heart.

For CDC, President Gaerlan introduces the 'economic reset, rebound and recover' scheme to make his firm more profitable, steady and consistent contributor to the national coffers.

For all his efforts, President Gaerlan deserves a Garland of admiration and respect of all the stakeholders of Clark Development Cor por at i on.

The new prexy aims to make his firm globally competitive

but starting to excel in Asia first.

Per the press listing given this writer, CDC aims to me the Freeport a modern and sustainable aerotropolis and preferred meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) and tourism destination in the Asia Pacific region by year 2030.

This aim is not farfetched and is achievable given the motivation and determination of the men and women of CDC and the Freeport Zone led by President Manuel R. Gaerlan.