Tag: tarlac
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115 Tarlac residents complete DTI food processing training
TARLAC CITY — A total of 115 residents of San Manuel, Tarlac completed the food processing training of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Resource person Arceli Oriondo demonstrated the process of making carioca balls, puto, and kutsinta as well as tocino, longganisa, and siomai. DTI OIC-Provincial Director Florencia Balilo disclosed that about 38…
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875 workers rescued in Tarlac POGO raid
TARLAC– Authorities rescued 875 Filipino and foreign workers during a raid at a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) in Tarlac on Wednesday morning. Operatives of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) and various units of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Northern Luzon Command implemented two search warrants issued by the Malolos, Bulacan Regional…
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6K troops to join PH Army’s 1st ‘combined arms drill’
MANILA – Over 6,000 soldiers will join the Philippine Army (PA)’s first-ever “combined arms training exercise” (CATEX) “Katihan” this March which would highlight the service’s shift from internal security to territorial defense operations. “The large-scale exercise will effectively test the Army’s capability to move, maneuver, and sustain large-scale forces during combat operations,” PA spokesperson Col.…
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3rd Mech, stakeholders extend aid to IPs in Tarlac
TARLAC CITY — 3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion (3rd Mech Bn) and its stakeholders extended aid to a total of 350 Indigenous Peoples (IPs) at Barangay Maamot in San Jose, Tarlac. Recipients were from the Sitios of Cabuyao, Lilay, Papaya, Tangan-tangan and Tudek. 3rd Mech Bn Commander Lieutenant Colonel Jeszer Bautista said the outreach program is…
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DAR, Army partner to boost productivity of Tarlac farmers
TARLAC CITY — Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) partnered with the Philippine Army to boost the income of farmers in Tarlac. This is part of the Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty program which intends to contribute to the effort of the national government in addressing hunger, poverty and food security through synergy and convergence. Under the…
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PDEA nabs 3 soldiers in drug sting
TARLAC – Three active enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) were arrested and yielded around Php 340,000.00 worth of shabu following a buy-bust operation in Barangay Anupul, Bamban town on Sunday night (February 4). Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Tarlac reported that the said three soldiers are considered high-value- targets because they…
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BCDA sets transfer of PAF facilities to New Clark City
TARLAC– The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is moving forward with the Php 4.24 billion project to transfer the Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) housing facilities from the Air Force City in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga to an 85-hectare property in New Clark City, Tarlac. BCDA President and Chief Executive Officer Engr. Joshua M. Bingcang…
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DA helps farmers hit by armyworm infestation in N. Ecija, Tarlac
MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified its efforts to deal with armyworm infestation by providing aid to affected onion farmers in several towns in Nueva Ecija and Tarlac. DA Regional Field Office III Bureau of Plant Industry director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said 366 hectares out of the 10,217 hectares of farm lands…
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Army spearheads 15-day ‘train-for-work’ program for Central Luzon’s unemployed
DAGUPAN CITY– The 702nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army together with the Career Builders Skills Training and Assessment Center, Inc. (CBSTACI) has recently launched a 15-day train-for-work program for residents of Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bataan, and Zambales. The program, which started on January 9 at Camp Lt. Tito B Abat in Manaoag, Pangasinan is under…
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BCDA, Decathlon partner to get Aetas into the workplace
CLARK FREEPORT–Three Aeta women from Barangay Sapang Bato in Pampanga and Sitio Kalangitan in Tarlac were recently hired as sales representatives of one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers, Decathlon, at their concept store in SM Clark, Pampanga. This forms part of Bases Conversion and Development Authority’s (BCDA) and Decathlon Philippines’ corporate inclusion program,…
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Training-to-work program to benefit soldier dependents, GIDA residents in North Luzon
DAGUPAN CITY – At least 100 military dependents and individuals in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) in Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bataan and Zambales are the first target beneficiaries of the training-to-work program of the Philippine Army 702nd Infantry Brigade and the Career Builders Skills Training and Assessment Center Inc. (CBSTACI). This is after the Philippine…
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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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DHSUD, BCDA eye .5M housing units in New Clark City under PBBM’s ‘Pambansang Pabahay’
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) are eyeing township developments composed of 500,000 housing units inside the sprawling New Clark City in Tarlac. This, after DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar, BCDA Chairman Delfin Lorenzana, and BCDA President and Chief Executive Officer Engr. Joshua Bingcang…
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