Hanjin Subic shipyard gets 1st order.
The operation of Hanjin Shipping Company Limited (HJS) in Subic Bay Freeport has started to receive initial orders of four 4,300 ton container ships worth $250 million for delivery to France's CMA CGM by end of 2007. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) administrator Armand Arreza said the...

Eugene woman recalls facets of life at wartime.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Even among those who grew up during the historic years of World War II, Becky Kaiser had a childhood like few others in her generation. She grew up in Grand Coulee, Wash., where her grandfather built one of the great...

Taiwan firm in Subic offers cheaper power rate.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Taiwan Cogeneration Corp. has offered to sell between P3.50- P3.60 per kilowatt-hour to Subic Bay Freeport, making the Freeport zone with the lowest power cost in Luzon, once its $400 million 300-megawatt power plant project in Subic goes on stream. This was...

Hanjin Shipping to build $1-B shipyard at Subic.
Hanjin Shipping, one of the largest shipping companies in South Korea, finally made official its plan to build the countryas biggest shipyard here which is estimated to cost US$ 1 billion in committed investment. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Feliciano G. Salonga said yesterday that the...

Iran, RP forge joint venture for $100-M petrochem project; To pursue expanded trade and investments.
Byline: DAVID CAGAHASTIAN Iran has forged a $100-million joint venture agreement with the Philippines in the petrochemicals sector which will be its first major investment in the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced yesterday. DFA Undersecretary for Administration Franklin Ebdalin welcomed the $100-million...

Garcia cites Cebu's edge as a top investment area.
Byline: MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR. CEBU CITY - Citing the many advantages of Cebu, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia urged yesterday foreign and domestic investors to pour in more investments in the province. During her speech that opened yesterday the InTourPreneur 2006 of the Cebu Chamber of...

National Day of Iran.
IRAN celebrates its National Day today. Formerly known as Persia, the country is located in southwestern Asia, from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, the junction of cultural, intellectual, and pontifical influences from the East and West. The Philippines and Iran have supported each otheras concerns...

Exports outside of 11 sectors in Plan to get incentives.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILESMAGKILAT The Board of Investments may still grant limited incentives to other exports outside of the 11 sectors identified in the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) but may not grant incentives to Cellular Mobile Telephone System (CMTS). This developed as the BoI...

Roh starts state visit to RP Wednesday.
Byline: DAVID CAGAHASTIAN South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun will begin a three-day official state visit to the Philippines tomorrow to follow up on the $1.59 billion worth of agreements signed between the Philippines and South Korea during President Arroyoas visit to that country last month. ...

RP-Korea relations.
Byline: Ignacio R. Bunye CONTRARY to reports which appeared in a morning daily (not the Bulletin) the President correctly addressed South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun during a dinner last Friday tendered in honor of visiting Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan. In welcoming her South Korean dinner...