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Bulacan

Location and boundaries

• Strategically located about 27.5 kilometers from
  Manila, the province lies in the southern part of
  Central Luzon
• Bulacan is bounded in the north by Nueva Ecija,
  in the west by Pampanga, in the south by Manila,
  and in the east by Aurora and Quezon Province.

Infrastructure facilities

• Telecomm
  • Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
    (PLDT) with 11,929 sub-stations within
    the province
  • Digitel, Datelcom, Radiocity and Smart Communications
• Economic zones
  • The province has 16 industrial estates

Cost of Doing Business

Power

Name of company	Particulars	<300kw (in US$)	>300kw (in US$)
MERALCO	Residential
	Basic Rate (Energy Charge)	0.06/kw	0.07/kw
	Commercial/Industrial
	Energy Charge	0.06/kw	0.05/kw

• Water

  Classification	Minimum charge (in US$)	Commodity charges (in US$)
  	(10 cu.m.)	11-20 cu.m.	21-30 cu.m.	31-40 cu.m.	41-50 cu.m.
  Residential	3.00	0.32	0.37	0.42	0.49
  Commercial	6.00	0.65	0.74	0.85	0.98
  Industrial	9.00	0.97	1.10	1.27	1.47

Potential investment areas

• Agriculture/agro-forestry
• Computer industry
• Dock yard operation
• Electronics industry
• Engineering products
• Forest based-furniture and furnishing
• Frozen and processed foods
• Gifts and houseware
• Infrastructure
• Light manufacturing industries
• Livestock and poultry
• Marble industry
• Marine-aqua culture
• Processing and cold storage of marine-aqua products, fruits, vegetables and
• livestock products
• Public utilities
• Pyrotechnics
• Rubber products
• Tourism

Incentives

Registered enterprises with not less than $1 million
capitalization can avail of:

• Full exemption from payments of mayor's permit,
  business,
• building, sanitary, electrical, and occupancy fees,
  and location clearance for three years.
• Exemption from payment of business tax for three
  years
• Exemption from payment of real property tax for three years
• Exemption from tax on transfer of real property
  ownership for three years
• Exemption from franchise tax for two years
• Exemption from Amusement tax for three years
• Exemption from Land Tax for 15 years for commercial
  tree plantation
• Exemption from Land Tax for 10 years for fruit-bearing
  tree plantation

Incentives granted to existing enterprises shall apply only to additional capitalization of $1 million and not to previous investments.

Major tourist attractions

• Biak na Bato: site of the founding of the Biak na Bato Republic; site for hiking, cave visiting, swimming, picnic
  and bird watching.
• Butterfly haven: showcases the various species of butterflies.
• Barasoain Church: site of the first Philippine Republic
  and a former prison camp of the Spaniards. This features the Historical Museum which houses religious artifacts.