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The Philippines’ medical tourism industry is expected to grow in the coming years as more foreign patients are flying in to take advantage of the country’s affordable but high-quality health care services.

This was among the remarks made by Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Joseph Ace Durano during a speech he delivered at the the 4th World Health Tourism Congress (WHTC) which was held Saturday, March 28, at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza.

TotalMED signed a MOA with National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM), a pioneer in providing Natural and Oriental Medicine education in North America The two companies will form the International College of Integrative Medicine (ICIM Philippines).

The Subic Bay Freeport Zone earned $997.84 million from exports last year, the highest recorded overseas sales in six years, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) reported yesterday.

In a report, SBMA said the 2008 figures slightly higher than the 2007 exports despite the slowdown in global consumer demand.

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Despite forecasts of an even grimmer economic picture this year as a compounded result of the global financial crisis in 2007, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said it is optimistic of continued growth in “anchor industries” to keep the Subic Bay Freeport afloat even in turbulent waters.

SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza said on Monday that the agency expects modest growth in Subic’s tourism, manufacturing and maritime sectors as these “are likely to defy the global slowdown due to their firm foothold in the market.”

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Lito Atienza yesterday directed officials of the DENR and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) that no trees should be cut in the construction of the US$ 120 million Ocean 9 Casino and Hotel in Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ).

He also told the project proponent Grand Utopia to redesign the structure to accommodate the trees in the area.

Investment and employment figures in this free port continued to soar in 2008 despite a slowing global economy, as the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) approved a total of 185 new investment projects last year and increased the Subic workforce by 13,321 more workers.

Yearend reports from the SBMA Business Group indicated that investment projects grew by six percent last year, or from a total of 175 in 2007 to 185 in 2008. This brought a total of 1,147 approved projects in Subic as of the yearend with cumulative committed investments worth $5.75 billion.

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A Filipino-Korean tour operator is adding more chartered flights at the Subic Bay International Airport to boost the growing tourism industry here.

Hanafil Golf and Tour, Inc. said it was seeking to expand flights to Subic, which has become a favorite destination of Korean tourists, following the success of its recently launched junket flights.

Dr. Noah McKay’s eureka moment came with a big splash on a white sandy beach in Mazatlán in the winter of 1989.

Three months before, newly married and in the fifth year of his growing medical practice, he had suddenly contracted a rare cardiac infection and been hospitalized for heart failure. He left the hospital an invalid facing a life expectancy of just 24 months. His chances for a full recovery were less than one in four.

Makati City, acknowledged as the country’s premier financial district, now wants to be known as a health and wellness center.

The city launched Friday a program promoting medical tourism.

Mayor Jejomar Binay said the Medical Tourism Makati program aimed to encourage locals, foreigners and overseas Filipino workers to avail of the affordable products and services of the city’s world-class hospitals; spas; cosmetic, dental and eye centers.