President Marcos Jr. recently appointed former Orani town mayor Efren Pascual, Jr. as a director of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) which oversees the Freeport Area of Bataan in the sprawing former Bataan Economic Zone.

Pascual’s appointment to the AFAB post was endorsed by Bataan Gov. Jose Enrique Garcia III and Bataan 2nd Dist. Rep. Albert Garcia.

The Bataan Export Processing Zone was established during the time of then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. during which time Efren Pascual, Sr. was governor of Bataan province.

The late Bataan congressman and governor Enrique “Tet” Garcia, the province’s political partriarch, passed House Bill converting the export processing zone to Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), now a magnet for investment in this part of Central Luzon.

AFAB Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Mohammed Hussein Pangandaman, an ally of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., warmly welcomed Pascual

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