Facilities in Region 3

1. FACILITIES
• Region III is an important trading center and
transportation terminal for products. Land
travel is facilitated by a network of well-paved
and extensive highways and roads linking all
municipalities within the region. There are
two international airports in the region: Clark
International Airport (now Diosdado
Macapagal International Airport) and Subic
International Airport. Port facilities facilitate
trade with other areas in the Asia-Pacific
region such as Hongkong, China, Taiwan,
Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

2. • Central Luzon is well provided with
communication facilities. Its provinces have
adequate supply of electricity and potable
water.
Big markets, recreational facilities, and
educational and financial institutions service
the needs of the populace.

3. LAND USE AND FORESTRY
• Region III covers a total land area of 2,147,036 hectares. Of
this, 1,204,649 hectares are alienable & disposable lands
(A&D) and 942,387 hectares are forest lands. Forty-one
percent (41%) of the A&D lands are agricultural plains, with
rice as the major crop. The region also produces corn,
banana, fruits, and vegetables.
• Forest land comprises 43.89% of the region’s total land
area. Based on the 2011 Philippine Forestry Statistics, the
region has a total forest cover of 589,495 hectares, mostly
concentrated in the provinces of Aurora and Zambales.
• As of 2012, a total of 120 Community-Based Forest
Management (CBFM) Agreements have been issued by the
DENR in Region 3 placing under community stewardship
66,822.63 hectares of forestland, benefitting 120 people’s
organizations and 10,454 households.

4. • The CBFM is a government strategy which “gives the
management of forests back to the people.” It offers
long-term security of tenure to partner-communities
and promotes an integrated approach to sustainable
forest resource management.
• The Region also implements the National Greening
Program (NGP), a flagship program of President
Benigno S. Aquino III which aims to plant 1.5 billion
trees in 1.5 million hectares of denuded areas in the
country from 2011-2016.
• In 2012 alone, Region 3 was able to rehabilitate 15,751
hectares of open and denuded lands through massive
tree planting involving business and industry groups,
socio-civic and people’s organizations, academe and
other government agencies, including media and faith-
based organizations.

5. Land Management Service
• Promoting Social Equity by Giving Public
Agricultural Lands to the Rural Masses
• Introduction of Cadastral Survey
- cadastral surveying, a public land survey that
covers an extensive area, usually an entire
municipality, subdividing the same into
parcels for purposes of public land distribution

6. • Amendment of Act 926
• Enactment of Commonwealth Act No. 141
• Post war efforts to fast track land distribution
• Devolution of functions

7. Improved Basic Education
Achievement Rates
1. Provision of educational facilities that include
classrooms with the attendant facilities,
textbooks, computer sets at the elementary and
secondary levels.
2. Skills Training cum Classroom Construction
3. Financial assistance and scholarship to deserving
poor students.
4. Early childhood care and development.
5. Elementary Science and Math Centers Project.

8. Relevant Technical-Vocational
Education and Training Programs
(TVET)
1. Intensified Social Marketing and Advocacy Program of
TVET at the enterprise and community level
2. Strict implementation of the TESDA Quality Monitoring
System
3. Re-design of TVET scholarship programs for efficiency
and relevance
4. Development of practical and relevant training
modules for more effective results based on TVET
graduates’ employability
5. Annual tracking of TVET Program graduates and
evaluation for its continuing relevance and flexibility
in the local and global labor market

9. Improved Access to Health Services
1. Establishment of Botica ng Barangay and
expansion of the service outlets of Gamot na
Mabisa at Abot- Mabisa at Abot-Kaya (GMA
50) Kaya (GMA 50).
2. Monitoring and Testing of Water Potability.