A bill seeking the establishment of the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport or the "Bulacan Ecozone" is up for plenary deliberations in the Senate. Sen. Grace Poe on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 sponsors a bill that would establish the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone...
Senators on Wednesday, January 31 renewed the push for the creation of a special economic zone in the province of Bulacan. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said he believes the creation of the Bualacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (BACSEZFA) would entice...
Malacañang stood by the decision of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to veto House Bill 7575, saying the Chief Executive's move was within the bounds of the Constitution. Communications Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (RTVM Screenshot) Communications Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the proposed Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport had carried substantial fiscal risks to the government. In an interview with ANC on Wednesday, July 6, Diokno affirmed former Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III’s call to the...
Incoming Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri assured today July 4 that the Senate would try give priority to correcting deficiencies pointed out by Malacanang on the vetoed Bulacan airport and economic zone bill. "Remember that ecozones are considered local bills and therefore must emanate from the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will fully support the bill to create the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport once Congress fixes the "defects" in the proposed measure, Malacañang said. Communications Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (PTV/RTVM Screenshot)...
Incoming Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri tonight (July 2) said the veto by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, of the Bulacan Airport Special Economic Zone and Freeport bill is "unfortunate." Zubiri stressed that he respects the veto powers of the President under the Philippine Constitution. "I...
Malacañang clarified that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. fully supports the creation of the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport, and his decision to veto the proposed measure was to cure the defects found in it. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (PCOO Photo)...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Sunday, July 3 joined other lawmakers in saying that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decisioin to veto the proposed Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport as “unfortunate” but vowed to re-file the measure in the 19th Congress....
Senator Imee Marcos said she doesn’t take it personally when President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. decided to veto the bill that would have established the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport. “Trabaho lang, walang personalan at walang kapatiran (It’s just work,...
