THE Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco) had secured P18 billion in investment pledges since 2023, its president and CEO Gil Taway IV said at the “Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon” program on Tuesday.
The sectors which have expressed interest in doing business at Apeco are from renewable energy, defense, tourism, agri-processing, cold storage and skills training. Taway said he is also looking forward to a lease agreement in the Singapore-based Pacific Impact’s 25-megawatt solar energy project. The renewable energy developer has utility-scale clean energy projects across Southeast Asia. Apeco is likewise in talks with Amerasia International Terminal Services Inc. which plans to expand warehousing and logistics facilities in Casiguran, as well as a United States defense logistics company. Apeco does not compete with other Philippine ecozones, Taway said, adding that it serves as “a complementary hub that provides resilience and redundancy because of our strategic location on the Eastern Pacific Seaboard.” In the 2026 General Appropriations Act, Apeco received an allocation of P381.54 million, up 49 percent from its 2025 budget of P256.02 million.
