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At least three global logistics firms are expected to invest billions of dollars to set up facilities in Clark and mark the area as a hub for Asian operations, the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) said Tuesday.

■ Hanna C. Lacsamana Baguio Councilor Jose Molintas is prepared to file a petition before the Supreme Court to declare Republic Act 11689 or the Revised Charter of the City of Baguio unconstitutional. The councilor insisted the city’s revised charter authored by Rep. Mark Go is unconstitutional due to lack of plebiscite, which he said

■ Hanna C. Lacsamana The city council has expressed reservations about the latest House bill filed by Baguio Rep. Marquez Go, which pertains to the segregation of the 13 barangays surrounding the Camp John Hay reservation that is under supervision of the Bases Conversion Development Authority. The segregation has been a long-time clamor of the

These measures dampened domestic consumption and production activities of major industries, it said.

Baguio City Rep. Mark Go on Oct. 26 filed House Bill 9428 that would seek to declare segregated parcels of land under the Camp John Hay reservation as alienable and disposable, allowing residents within the area to own titles to the occupied portions. Go said Camp John Hay, a former military base of the United

■ Jane B. Cadalig Baguio Rep. Mark Go has allayed the fears of the city councilors who expressed their opposition to the bill that sought to authorize the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) to sell portions of the economic zones of former military bases in the country. Go clarified he is not the main author

■ Jane B. Cadalig The city council has summoned officials of the Bases Conversion Development Authority and other government and city officials to shed light on the concern of Scout Barrio residents on the closed school in their barangay. Members of the Scout Barrio Neighborhood Association have asked the city council to help them clarify

VICE President Sara Duterte led government officials and lawmakers in giving a salute to the men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for their excellence, courage, dedication and love for country, and for serving as an inspiration to Filipinos.

THE Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will help the national government create a 30-year railway master plan for the Greater Capital Region (GCR). The plan can help increase railways and ease congestion in the GCR which covers the National Capital Region, Region III-Central Luzon, and Region IV-Calabarzon. A railway masterplan…

Baguio Rep. Mark Go has issued clarifications on the issues earlier raised at the city council regarding the city’s revised charter, specifically the provisions claimed to be with “gross errors”. Saying he did not evade the council’s invitation for him to appear before the members to clarify the provisions of the new charter, Go addressed