Clark Freeport Zone and the Metro Clark Area benefited from the sound economic programs of the Philippine government despite the financial crisis last year as the state-owned firm bucked the odds and turned the crisis into investment and development opportunities.
President Benigno Ricafort, during the 17th anniversary celebrations of Clark Development Corp. (CDC), said the economic programs of President Gloria Arroyo gave foreign and local investors, not only in Clark, but also in the entire country, the confidence in doing business in the Philippines.
Ricafort claims that with President Arroyo’s continued support from the investors, 175 contracts were formalized last year of which 71 are new connoting confidence in the existing business climate inside Clark Freeport Zone.
Ricafort added that among the biggest contracts in terms of investment include a diverse mixture of locators from different countries they are HLD Clark Steel Co., Inc. (China); Community Gaming and Amusement Network Inc. (Philippines), Australian International Training and Management Group Pty. Ltd (Australian), and Siccion Holdings, Inc. (Philippines) to name a few.
With these new investors, their total committed investments would amount to more than P5.9 billion with a minimum employment commitment of 2,700 for their first year of operations, not to mention the signing of agreement with a foreign semi-conductor firm on March 2010 that it would invest more or less P22 billion for the next five years, Ricafort said. –Mark Roxas, Manila Times
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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