Tag: CAPAS
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Ethnobotanical learning hub to boost agri dev’t in Tarlac, Pampanga
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has teamed up with Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office 3 (Central Luzon) and the Pampanga State Agricultural University (PSAU) to establish a 10-hectare ethnobotanical learning facility in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac. The move is an effort to scale up the capacities of local farmers and…
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AARM 2024: Camaraderie Beyond the Range
Shooters from Singapore and Malaysian armies share a light moment during the 32nd ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet (AARM) held at the PA Marksmanship Training Facility, Camp O’Donnell, Capas, Tarlac,. Shooting teams from the 10 ASEAN armies gathered here not just to compete but to forge bonds that transcend borders. 📸 PA AARM 2024 PR and…
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Statement on the Angeles RTC decision dismissing MCWMC’s complaint against CDC, BCDA
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) lauds the Angeles City Regional Trial Court Branch 114 for dismissing the complaint seeking to include an automatic renewal clause to the 25-year Contract for Services over the 100-hectare Kalangitan sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac between Metro Clark Waste Management Corp. (MCWMC) and Clark Development Corp. (CDC). In…
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PH to host 32nd ASEAN armies’ shooting tilt
The Philippine Army (PA) is all set to host the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Armies Rifles Meet (AARM) slated from Nov. 12 to 23, 2024. This came after Tuesday’s comprehensive inspection of facilities at Camp O’Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, which will be the venue of the competition, by representatives of the participating nations,…
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Tarlac LGUs support redevelopment plans for Kalangitan landfill, 30k jobs expected
Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and Chief Executive Officer Joshua M. Bingcang meets officials from the Provincial Government of Tarlac to discuss the impending expiration of the contract for the operations of the Kalangitan sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac. BCDA photo Concerned local government units (LGUs) in Tarlac have expressed support for the…
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No looming garbage crisis in Luzon–Lorenzana
TARLAC–Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Chairman Delfin N. Lorenzana allayed fears of a looming garbage crisis in Central Luzon, pointing out the presence of three operational facilities that may serve as alternatives once the contract for the operations of the Kalangitan sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac expires. During an interview with Net25, Chairman Lorenzana…
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Kalangitan landfill closure ‘a huge problem’; Subic seeks options
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — With the planned closure this October of its waste depository in Capas, Tarlac, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is now looking for options on how to dispose of tons and tons of garbage generated daily by industrial and commercial establishments here. Amethya dela Llana, manager of the SBMA Ecology Center,…
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BCDA eye landfill site as world class resort area
BCDA eye landfill site as world class resort area Yes folks, the leadership of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the agency in charge of leasing government lands that is being promoted as New Clark City is determined to terminate the contract of the Metro Clark Waste Management (MCWM), operator of the Kalangitan landfill…
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8 bayan at Freeport zone sa Zambales apektado ng napipintong krisis sa basura
ZAMBALES— Apektado ang malawak na bilang ng mga lokalidad sa Gitna at Hilagang Luson kabilang na ang walong (8) munisipalidad ng lalawigang Zambales sa planong pagpapasara ng sanitary landfill sa Capas, Tarlac. Ayon sa mga datos na nakalap ng Ang Pahayagan, planong ipasara ang Kalangitan sanitary landfill ng Metro Clark Waste Management Corp. (MCWMC) kapag…
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Death March Marker
Pagpupugay at pagkilala sa dakilang sakripisyo ng mga beterano ng Bataan Death March, ang pinakamatinding pangyayari noong panahon ng ikalawang digmaan pandaigdig kung saan mahigit kumulang 75,000 sundalong Pilipino at Amerikano ang naglakad mula Bataan patungong Capas, Tarlac.
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BCDA inks deal with Zenmov, MC Metro for smart transport system in Clark dev’ts
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) signed a memorandum of agreement with Japan-based Zenmov, Inc. and Philippine-based MC Metro Transport Operation, Inc. for a demonstration of an energy-efficient and smart public transportation system that will run within New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac and the rest of Clark Special Economic Zone. Under this two-year demonstration…
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BCDA eyes low-carbon district cooling technology for New Clark City
TARLAC — The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has partnered with global leaders United District Energy International L.L.C. (UDEI) and Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) to explore low-carbon district cooling technologies that will make energy consumption in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac greener and more efficient. During its business mission in Tokyo in September, BCDA…
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PH’s Hot Air Balloon Festival To Stage A Comeback In New Clark City in 2024
MANILA– The Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta (PIHABF), the country’s only airshow experience, will officially be back in the skies from February 16-18, 2024. The three-day event will be held at a new venue: New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac. After a three-year hiatus during the pandemic, “A Weekend of Everything that Flies” will…
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BCDA, DOST vow cooperation for the completion of virology institute
NEW CLARK CITY- Stressing the urgent need for a national virology center, the heads of Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have agreed to work together for the smooth and immediate completion of the five-hectare Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) in New Clark City…
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UP breaks ground for future campus in New Clark City
CAPAS, Tarlac–The University of the Philippines (UP), in partnership with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), has commenced the construction of its first campus in New Clark City. Located in a 3.4-hectare plot within New Clark City, the new campus broke ground last December 5,…
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