Elon Musk Senior Manager for Government Affairs - Rebecca Hunter and Starlink Market Access Director Ryan Goodnight, meet Wednesday in Peninsula Hotel with Bataan Cong. Hoet Garcia, 2nd left; Gov. Abet Garcia, 2nd right; Authority of Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) Chairman Atty. Pablo Gancayco, right and AFAB Administrator Engr. Emmanuel Pineda, left.
A POSSIBLE partnership between American billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to boost the internet connection in Bataan and in the country is in the offing after Musk’s top managers and Bataan and Freeport Area top officials discussed Wednesday the Starlink satellite services here.
This was revealed by Bataan Congressman Joet Garcia who said that they had the chance to talk with Musk Senior Manager for Government Affairs – Rebecca Hunter and Starlink Market Access Director Ryan Goodnight, in Peninsula Hotel, Makati city. Congressman Garcia’s companion in the meeting was Gov. Abet Garcia, Authority of Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) Chairman Atty. Pablo Gancayco and AFAB Administrator Engr. Emmanuel Pineda.
“Nagkaroon tayo ng pagkakataon na makipagpulong sa mga kinatawan ng American aerospace at communications manufacturer na SpaceX o Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Ang SpaceX na itinatag ng enterpreneur at business magnate na si Elon Musk ay manufacturer ng mga launch vehicles, rocket engines, spacecrafts at ng Starlink communication satellites,” ( We have had the chance to meet the representatives of American aerospace and communications manufacturer SpaceX or Space Exploration Technologies Corp. founded by Entrepreneur and business magnate Elon Musk, manufacturer of launch vehicles, rocket engines and Starlink Communication satellites),” said Garcia.
The Bataan solon said they discussed Starlink internet services for Bataan with the possibility of partnership and will become locator in Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB).
Garcia added that the satellite internet constellation under SpaceX of Starlink services, will provide stable and faster internet connection to Bataan and the whole country as well. Aside from this, Garcia pointed out, they also discussed the Electric Vehicle Act which he himself was pushing as this has something to do with Tesla, owned also by Elon Musk.
“We are moving heaven and earth for this project and partnership for the betterment of Bataan,” added Garcia. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company’s Starlink satellite internet service had expanded coverage to Ukraine, providing the war-torn Ukraine government with an alternative secure communications uplink as Ukraine’s military continues to resist invading Russian forces.
Musk said in a tweet the relay towers that Starlink uses to provide Ukraine with internet coverage are likely stationed in neighboring countries, where Russian troops can’t target them.
According to Wikipedia, Musk has a net worth of 267.3 billion USD (2022).
