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Senate lauds SBMA Chief for new policies in the Freeport

Deputy Majority Floor Leader Senator Joseph Victor ‘JV’ Ejercito during the latest senate budget hearing on Thursday publicly congratulated Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Chairman and Administrator Jonathan Tan for introducing new policies that will shape a brighter and more vibrant future for the free port.

𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐽𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑝ℎ 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 ‘𝐽𝑉’ 𝐸𝑗𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑜 (2𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡) 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑐 𝐵𝑎𝑦 𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑆𝐵𝑀𝐴) 𝐽𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝐷. 𝑇𝑎𝑛 (2𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡) 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑆𝐵𝑀𝐴 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐴𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑦. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 (𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐴𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑦. 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑑𝑜 (𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡).

Ejercito particularly cited the land auditing and repossession of properties of erring locators.

“Congratulations on your efforts to steer Subic Bay Freeport into becoming an active catalyst for economic growth and development. I am confident that Subic will soon regain its once brilliant past!” Sen. Ejercito said.

Since Chairman Tan assumed office, he has been working on various initiatives which include the audit and repossession of erring locators. Aside from this, he is also keen on implementing a streamlined business process in compliance with the Ease of Doing Business Act to attract more investors, increase revenues and generate more employment. He has also ordered the strict monitoring of illegal trade and the conduct of anti-smuggling activities.

Tan assumed office in May this year and has been working with an open door policy since then. His office warmly welcomes locators with various concerns and finds resolutions to them.

Tan is extremely keen in going after landbankers and erring locators. He also introduced the EASE OF DOING BUSINESS in the freeport to bring more investors in.

Chairman Tan expressed his sincere gratitude to the Senate particularly to Sen. Ejercito for acknowledging the effort his administration has initiated. Tan promises a more dynamic and investor-friendly SBMA in the days to come.

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