Stable employment awaits Abucay folks

STABLE employment awaits residents of Abucay, Bataan particularly those young generation looking for good-paying jobs in their locality. The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan’s (AFAB) lays a good fortune for local residents following the approval of the municipal government of Abucay for the Authority to put up area for expansion program. Engr. Ernesto […]

Expanded testing isinagawa sa FAB

Nagsagawa ng ikalawang expanded testing sa Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) sa pangunguna ng Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) katuwang ang iba’t-ibang health offices nitong Agosto 31, 2020. Araw ng mga Bayani nang gawin ang aktibidad sa pangunguna ng mahigit 10 swabbers mula sa Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU), Department of […]

Afab profiles displaced workers for livelihood training

MORE than 1,000 workers of Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) are expected to avail of a livelihood training program after being displaced by the pandemic to guide them in finding other options to earn a living. Last August 20, some 20 FAB workers attended a pre-livelihood training orientation initiated by the regional Technical Education and […]

Gov. Abet co-hosts Rektang Konek, Aksyon Agad

In an episode of Rektang Konek, Aksyon Agad recorded at the AFAB Administration Building last March 10, Gov. Abet Garcia, as co-host of PBGEN Rhodel Sermonia and Atty. Bruce Rivera, emphasized that there are a lot of job opportunities in the province and that Bataan aims to have the highest per capita income in the […]

Gov. Abet: JIPCO is not anti-labor

Governor Abet S. Garcia yesterday, March 10, showed his support during the launching of Joint Industrial Peace Concern Office (JIPCO) at the AFAB Administration Building which aims to harmonize capital and labor relationship and maintain peace and order in industrial zones in Central Luzon. “Ang JIPCO ay hindi anti-labor, ang gusto nga natin may trabaho […]

AFAB BOD elects new chairman

Pursuant to the recently legislated Republic Act No. 11453, otherwise known as an “Act Further Strengthening the Powers and Functions of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB)”, the AFAB Board of Directors (BOD) has elected Atty. Pablo M. Gancayco as the new Chairman during a board meeting last Friday, March 6, 2020. […]

SP awaits decision on Bagac land mess

THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan under Vice Gov. Cris Garcia is still awaiting the decision of Bataan provincial government’s legal department on the boundary dispute between Barangay Quinawan in Bagac and Barangay Biaan in Mariveles. IGREG REFRACCION The almost seven decades land dispute came to fore recently amidst planned development of lands for the expansion of the […]

AFAB among P390B foreign investment beneficiaries

THE Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) is one of the beneficiaries of foreign investment pledges worth P390 billion in 2019, according to report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The investment pledges were also lodged at the Board of Investment, Clark Development Corp., Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), Subic Bay Metropolitan […]

AFAB expansion leads industrialization of Bataan

The fortified powers and expanded area of jurisdiction of the territorial operations of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) under Republic Act 11453 is one of the best options for the province near the roadway of industrialization. Engineer Ricardo C. Herrera, Bataan provincial assessor, cited the significant outcome of President Duterte’s approval […]

AFAB inventory of workers

THE Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) in Mariveles, Bataan has required multi-national companies and registered enterprises to submit company protocols and the inventory of personnel who went out of the country and returned to the Philippines within the period of December 2019 up to present. Engr. Emmanuel Pineda, AFAB chairman and administrator, […]