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799:(AFAB) one day earlier on June 29, the zone used the logo of PEZA. This logo was primarily used before the conversion to Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) from the creation of BEPZ on November 20, 1972 until October 23, 2009, and secondarily when AFAB partially operated and managed the zone for eight months along with PEZA and the subsequent abolishment of BEPZ/BEZ from October 23, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Despite the conversion to FAB on October 23, 2009, full turnover of the zone from PEZA to AFAB on June 29, 2010, and abolishment of BEPZ/BEZ on June 30, 2010, there are still traces and references of BEPZ/BEZ still left, such as on some signages found on Mariveles Zigzag Road and on a welcome sign located after the zone's another sign with a guard house along Roman Superhighway. This logo was also used on stickers to enter the zone's premises until FAB started to issue its own sticker which succeeded the BEZ sticker and administration building in 2011 and 2012, respectively. 885: 644: 784: 196: 807:
partnership, and red and blue are reminiscent of national pride, with red exudes determination, passion and strength, and blue depicts stability and depth. This logo is currently used on the freeport zone's administration building since 2012. The logo's blue and red colors also reflect that the zone was inherited from BEPZ/BEZ/PEZA, with BEPZ/BEZ being the zone's former name and PEZA as its operator until the full turnover of operations and management of the zone to AFAB on June 29, 2010 leading to the abolishment of BEPZ/BEZ the following day on June 30.
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the said highway. The BEZ sticker is still effective until FAB started to issue its own sticker in 2011 which succeeded the former. FAB initially had 39 enterprises and 12,777 workers by the time of conversion of the zone from BEZ to FAB and turnover of the zone's operations and management from PEZA to AFAB which inherited from its predecessor BEZ.
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The first logo as FAB, used from AFAB's creation in October 23, 2009 to June 2014, featured a phoenix symbol and AFAB text on a red rectangle. The phoenix symbolizes the full turnover of the zone from PEZA to AFAB on June 29, 2010 after eight months of AFAB's partial and simultaneously operations and
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Despite the full turnover of the zone from PEZA to AFAB, there are still traces and references of BEPZ/BEZ and PEZA still left that were not yet removed, such as on some signages found on Mariveles Zigzag Road and on a newer welcome sign located after the zone's another sign with a guard house along
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In early 1972, three congressmen — Roman, Roces, and Sarmiento - sponsored the bill to convert the free trade zone authority into government corporation. This would grant the power of a corporation combined with the coercive strength of the Philippine Government to move the project ahead, especially
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The second and current logo of FAB, used since April 2011, features the FAB in blue text with red and blue swirl or spiral on the upper-right of the text, and the text "Freeport Area of Bataan" below. The swirl or spiral of the logo symbolizes growth, swirl's interlocking parts represents trade and
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with PhP 43.68 billion income, topping all other freeports in the country. The various products produced are leather goods, electronic components, textile, sports and outdoor apparels, formed rubber and plastic products, medical personal protective equipment, fabricated metals, animal feeds, marine
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However, in the 90s to 2000s BEPZ (now renamed as Bataan Economic Zone or BEZ after the enactment of Republic Act 7916 in February 1995) stagnated and declined after it was outcompeted by two newly formed freeport zones from the remnants of American bases in nearby Clark and Subic Bay. RA 7916 also
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When President Marcos declared the establishment of BEPZ in Mariveles in order to hasten the hope for an industrialized Philippines, NASSCO inhabitants were requested to move out from the zone where they had been living for over 20 years and transfer to other parts of the municipality but they were
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During the eight-month simultaneous operation and management of PEZA and AFAB over the zone, the question "Are you ready for the FAB?" is printed on signboards posted in various parts of Bataan, referring to the preparation for the turnover of the zone's full operations and management from PEZA to
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FAB issues its sticker to enter the zone's premises since 2011 which succeeded the BEZ sticker that were produced until 2010 while PEZA had still remaining programs and plans on the zone and has been in use until 2011 or the first few months of AFAB's full operations and management over the zone.
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The Philippine Congress then passed the Freeport Area of Bataan Act (Republic Act 9728), which was enacted into law on October 23, 2009. This Act converted BEZ into FAB, and created AFAB which started to partially operate and manage the zone in conjunction with PEZA from October 2009 to June 29,
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Currently there are already 17 approved expansion areas. Their declared economic activities include light and medium industrial, power generation, port services, agri-industrial, commercial, tourism, MICE activities, and BPO/IT in eight (8) different municipalities and the capital city of the
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Logo as Bataan Export Processing Zone/Bataan Economic Zone (November 20, 1972–October 23, 2009 (primary logo before the zone's conversion to FAB), June 30, 2010 (secondary logo when AFAB partially operated and managed the zone for eight months along with PEZA and the subsequent abolishment of
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has a total land area of 153.9 km or 1,742.48 hectares (4,305.8 acres) representing 12% of the total land area of Bataan. Of this, about 35% consist of the pastureland, 4.6% of forestland, 3.8% agricultural lands and the remaining 6% for residential and industrial use. It is home to a
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which made the red part of the BEPZ/BEZ/PEZA logo became all blue as one of the projects of AFAB made during its first few months of operation and management over the zone and then the said logo was next to be removed by placing a cement on a part of the building where the logo is in 2012.
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On November 20, 1972, the Bataan Export Processing Zone (BEPZ) became the first official economic zone in the Philippines through Presidential Decree 66. The BEPZ was one of the most progressive communities in Luzon during its first decade of operation. The area attracted over one hundred
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Prior to the creation of BEPZ, the area where the freeport zone is currently located was formerly part of barangay Camaya and barrio of NASSCO (National Shipyard and Steel Corporation) under the jurisdiction of municipality of Mariveles. Barangays Malaya and Maligaya, the two barangays of
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On late August 2010, to reflect the June 2010 full turnover of the zone's operations and management from PEZA to AFAB and the subsequent abolishment of BEPZ/BEZ two months earlier, AFAB removed the PEZA and BEZ name and logo on the zone's administration building and a welcome sign along
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2010. It is when the Bataan Export Processing Zone and Bataan Economic Zone names became the zone's secondary name until the abolishment of BEPZ/BEZ on June 30, 2010 resulting from the zone's full turnover of operations and management from PEZA to AFAB the day prior on June 29, 2010.
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province. Of which, ten (10) are now in development, and seven (7) are already operating. Six (6) of these expansion areas are located in Mariveles, while eleven are scattered in the towns of Bagac, Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Orani, Abucay, Pilar, and Limay, and in the City of Balanga.
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In 2012, the FAB registered the highest increase in employment generation among Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) after posting the highest growth rate, with PhP 390.6 million worth of investments, expanding by more than four times the PhP 86.0 million approved in 2011.
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Until the late 1960s, Mariveles was largely underdeveloped. It had a rickety road network, with businesses centered mostly on sari-sari stores catering to the everyday needs of community residents. Farming and fishing remained the community’s main source of income.
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When NASSCO complex was set up in 1950, families of the Nassco workers began to inhabit a large piece of land which had been used by the US Navy as a base. NASSCO told the workers to stay where they like. Therefore the NASSCO community was formed.
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Agricultural resources include rice, mangoes, legumes, vegetables and coffee. It also has aquatic resources like round scads, grouper, mussel, and abalone; mineral deposits of granite and basalt and forest products like vines and bamboo.
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and Subic Freeport. The value of exported products reached more than US$ 1.05-billion for the year 2023 from the 44 manufacturers operating in the freeport, employing roughly 40,000 personnels. In addition, in a report released by
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From November 8 to December 23, 2010, FAB held its first FAB Fair named "FAB Fair '10: FAB on the Rise!". FAB Fair succeeded BEZ Trade Fair as a result of the turnover of the zone's operations and management from PEZA to AFAB.
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its place in humanity’s darkest history and made this war-torn fishing village one of two starting points to a brutal, long march that saw thousands of Filipino soldiers and hundreds of their American counterparts killed.
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signed Republic Act 11453, amending the provisions of RA 9728, and further strengthening the powers and functions of AFAB, enabling the freeport to expand its operation anywhere within the province of Bataan.
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To put a halt to BEZ's decline and allow the zone to fulfill its original mandate to become a catalyst for progress and development in the region, Bataan 2nd District Congressman Albert S. Garcia and Senator
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management along with PEZA from October 23, 2009 and the subsequent abolishment of BEPZ/BEZ on June 30 - a rebirth of sorts. It was concurrently used with the 2011 FAB logo until the said month of 2014.
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The war changed the tempo of life in Mariveles, relegating it to an economy of subsistence, where farmers heavily depended on the yield of the land and catch from the sea for their existence.
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of Mariveles namely Barangays Maligaya (Pizarro) and Malaya (Quadro), with the latter hosts the freeport's parish church named Our Lady of the Fatima Chaplaincy which is under the
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On June 21, 1969, Congressman Pablo Roman, Sr. authored Republic Act 5490 designating Mariveles, Bataan as the first free trade zone in the Philippines. This created the
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dolls, as well as some of the dolls' clothes and accessories, were manufactured at the factory and subsequently dsitributed to various countries across the world.
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FAB held its first State of the Freeport Address (SOFA) at the Bataan Convention Center in October 23, 2018, coinciding with the freeport's 9th anniversary.
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BEPZ/BEZ), 2011 (stickers used to enter the zone's premises), 2012 (administration building), and present (overall usage/remaining traces left)).
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regarding the relocation of residents. The bill stalled in Congress due to the opposition of many members to the vested interests involved.
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Before the abolishment of BEPZ/BEZ on June 30, 2010 resulting from the full turnover of the zone's operations and management from
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established a wholly owned subsidiary called Mattel Philippines, Inc. within BEPZ to minimize expenses, notably in manufacturing.
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Currently, FAB is the third largest freeport zone in the country based in the number of investors and employment created, behind
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From November to December 2009, BEZ held its last BEZ Trade Fair as one of the remaining plans and programs of PEZA on the zone.
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FAB is also an emerging hub for fintech and blockchain businesses in the Philippines hosting a number of these companies.
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not given proper places nearby and they received no compensation. Housing in Mariveles thus became overcrowded.
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On October 2010, FAB launched its website as part of the first anniversary of conversion from BEPZ/BEZ to FAB.
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that are also under the jurisdiction of BEPZ, were formerly mountainous areas prior to the zone's creation.
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appointed Deogracias G.P. Custodio as the first AFAB chairman and administrator in March 4, 2010.
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authored a bill for the conversion of Bataan Economic Zone into a freeport and creation of the
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Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region
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1969–2009: Mariveles Free Trade Zone, and Bataan Export Processing Zone/Bataan Economic Zone
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led to the change from EPZA to Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
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First logo as Freeport Area of Bataan (October 23, 2009–June 2014).
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vessels, refined petroleum, petrochemicals and optical lenses. The
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Five months after AFAB's creation and conversion from BEZ to FAB,
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Freeport and special economic zone in Central Luzon, Philippines
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Diocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Nicholas de Tolentino Parish
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from June 21, 1969 to November 20, 1972, and primarily as
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from Dinalupihan to Mariveles. The primary host town
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FAB is located in a cove at the southern tip of the
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administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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