SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has named eight appointees to the board of directors of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) ahead of the reported reorganization next month in the policy-making body that manages this free port and special economic zone.
SAN FELIPE, Zambales—“Doon kayo kay Santa Claus [Go sit near Santa Claus].”
BOTOLAN, Zambales—The local government unit (LGU) here will fully support a government project for the free birth registration of members of the indigenous Ayta tribe, as well as those living in marginalized upland communities, who don’t have financial means to register with local authorities.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Seaport revenues here rose by 14 percent year-on-year to P1.14 billion in January to September, according to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
IBA, Zambales—Technological inputs are the only hope for local agriculture to rise above marginal production and introduce a paradigm shift that will attract younger generations to farming and fishing.
IBA, Zambales—For one day each year, senior citizens in this province get the recognition they deserve when the provincial government lavish upon them a birthday treat like no other.
IBA, Zambales—The local tourism industry in Zambales is making a huge rebound with visitor arrivals in the first half of 2022 reaching a total of 520,291 in what could be part of the “revenge travel” phenomenon as travelers made up for lost vacations during the pandemic.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in this free port foiled an attempt to smuggle some P46.28 million worth of cigarettes into the country when it seized a container brought in from Singapore on Thursday.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Rolen Paulino Sr. has clarified that the graft case against him and several Olongapo City officials before the Sandiganbayan has just been revived after being dismissed three years ago.
OLONGAPO CITY—The Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Rolen Paulino Sr. and some officials of the Olongapo City local government after it found probable cause for alleged violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, as amended.
BOTOLAN, Zambales—A program initiated by the local government unit (LGU) in this town has effectively reduced the price of rice sold to residents to less than P20 per kilogram.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Local government units (LGU) affected by the operation of the Subic Bay Special Economic and Freeport Zone got an early windfall last week when they received revenue shares totaling P180.67 million from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—With its accessibility, clean natural environment and effective health safety protocols, the Subic Bay Freeport Zone has remained the biggest tourism attraction in Central Luzon, continuing to draw millions of visitors despite the lingering Covid-19 pandemic.
SAN NARCISO, Zambales—Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., who has declared education as one of his administration’s priorities, vowed full support for the development of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) as the country’s premier maritime school during graduation rites here on Thursday.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has inaugurated a P24.7-million fire station designed to modernize the operations of the agency’s corps of elite firefighters and further upgrade capacity for emergency response.
Subic Bay Freeport—Nidec Subic Philippines Corp., a Japanese firm manufacturing speed reducer gears for robotic applications, is set to undertake a P4-billion expansion program here in the next three years.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Three government agencies and two private organizations formed a partnership here to intensify protection efforts for sea turtles and regenerate coral reefs to save the marine environment in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
IBA, Zambales—Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. and political allies under his homegrown Sulong Zambales Party (SZP) handily won the local elections here on Monday, defeating foes from rival camps and taking most key positions in the province with overwhelming majority votes.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Newly installed chairman and administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Rolen Paulino Sr. earned dismay from residents of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone after opening one gate at the perimeter fence separating this free port from Olongapo City and giving the keys thereto to local government officials.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina), the government agency responsible for the development of the maritime industry, is looking to establish a satellite office in this free port to serve the big number of seafarers in the Zambales-Bataan area and nearby parts of Luzon.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Newly-installed Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Rolen Paulino Sr. on Thursday outlined the policy thrust of his administration to make the Subic Bay Freeport Zone more conducive to investment and business following two years of economic slowdown under the Covid-19 pandemic.
IBA, Zambales—Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. has ordered local health officials here to further step up the pace of vaccination in Zambales and hasten the province’s return to normalcy in face of the waning Covid-19 pandemic.
Subic Bay Freeport—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is not divulging details of the impending takeover of the Hanjin shipyard here by American investment management company Cerberus Capital.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A new chairman and administrator has taken over the helm of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) following the resignation on Tuesday of Wilma T. Eisma, the agency’s first woman head and chief executive.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Lawyer Wilma T. Eisma, the first woman to head the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), resigned her position as SBMA chief on Monday, citing health and family reasons.
Subic Bay Freeport—After capping 2021 with an 8-percent growth in revenue despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) posted an income of P387 million last January, the highest ever recorded by the Subic agency.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The al fresco cafés and open-air restaurants that happily thrive here are symbolic of how the Subic Bay Freeport coped with the economic challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sidelined for a while when the entire Luzon was placed on lockdown in three instances in March to May 2020, these businesses soon rebounded to gain customers in the most difficult of times, and, in the months to come, become the most telling signs that Subic was successfully winning the war against the virus.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Subic sparked strong interest among businessmen and venture capitalists during a trade mission conducted by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) until last week in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Subic Bay Freeport—After flying home overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and other returning Filipinos via this free port for almost nine months, flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) landed its last “Bayanihan” repatriation flight here on Tuesday.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Just like the rest of the country, the Subic Bay Freeport Zone is now recording a downtrend in the number of active Covid-19 cases, with numbers plunging to zero on February 9 after a steep spike in mid-January.
SUBIC Bay Freeport—The Subic Bay Freeport, long considered a go-to place for sporting events under a Covid-19 pandemic “bubble” setup, will host the 2022 National Age Group Triathlon (NAG-T) this Sunday.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—New investments and expansion projects in the services and manufacturing sectors here fueled a sturdy 2.31 percent increase in job generation last year, bringing the total number of work force in this Freeport to 142,177 by the yearend.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—For its Covid-19 safety protocols that brought about a safe environment for “bubble” events in the Subic Bay Freeport in the past two years, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) placed among the top 12 finalists in the award for “Best in Tourism Practice During the Pandemic.”
SUBIC, Zambales—Town and provincial government officials, along with officers of the Department of Health (DOH), on Wednesday broke ground for the P100-million Subic General Hospital project here envisioned to provide premier health care and medical services to local residents, as well as patients from surrounding communities in Zambales.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Eight local government units (LGUs) surrounding the Subic Bay Freeport will get next week their semi-annual share totaling P140.6 million from the proceeds of business operations in this special economic zone.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— Amid surging cases of Covid-19 since the holidays, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Monday began requiring vaccination cards from persons entering the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
Subic Bay Freeport—The port of Subic grossed a total of P65.73 million in the 16 months that it has joined the government’s crew-change program that seeks to enable the safe and speedy travel of Filipino and foreign seafarers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
IBA, Zambales — The province of Zambales reimposed strict border controls on Tuesday following a new surge in Covid-19 infections and after the National Capital Region (NCR) reverted to Alert Level 3, which places further restrictions on travel between zones of different health safety levels.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Tuesday sent an ultimatum to the farmers group Filipino Farmers Center Internazionale (FFCI), whose members have illegally occupied government-owned land along the northeast periphery of the Subic Bay free port.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Despite the lingering Covid-19 pandemic that has caused a slowdown of the local economy, business started to pick up in the Subic Bay Freeport this year with more than a hundred new investor firms committing some P16.67 billion in investments from January to December.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – While tradition calls for family members to get together during Christmas, the 11-man emergency response team sent by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to typhoon-hit Siargao will continue helping in clearing operations on the island this Yuletide.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—An 11-man rescue team from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) flew to Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte on Sunday to assist in emergency operations in areas devastated by Typhoon Odette.
Olive ridley hatchlings dash to the open sea when they were released by animal care technicians of Ocean Adventure Park at the Camayan Beach Resort in the Subic Bay Freeport on December 12.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Filipino contract workers in the island military outpost of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean can now come home via repatriation flights by Philippine Airlines (PAL) to Subic.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— Even as travel restrictions were imposed by some countries due to the emergence of the latest Covid-19 variant Omicron, the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will continue at the Subic airport here until the yearend, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) officials confirmed on Sunday.
IBA, Zambales — With barely three weeks before Christmas, local government units in Zambales began lighting up government buildings, parks and other public spaces to bring traditional Yuletide cheers to residents in what will be their second Christmastime under the Covid-19 pandemic.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Taking advantage of a declared holiday for an intensive national vaccine rollout, hundreds of residents from communities around the Subic Bay Freeport queued from early morning at the Ayala Mall Harbor Point here in the first day of the government’s three-day “Bayanihan Bakunahan” vaccination program.
Subic Bay Freeport—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday signed an agreement to put up a border control facility for the full inspection of fresh and frozen agri-fishery products entering the country through the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—New investment commitments approved by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in the third quarter of this year reached P16.2 billion, as Subic made a comeback as a preferred business destination following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions here.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A 209-hectare industrial park, the fourth of its kind in the Subic Bay Freeport, is now being developed by Taiwanese real-estate developer Xantheng Subic International Corp. (XSIC) for occupancy starting 2022.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The growing volume of containerized cargo trade in this free port has pushed the sea port income of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to more than P997 million in the first nine months of this year.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Authorities here will keep on enforcing health safety protocols in this free port, even when there is no longer any active Covid-19 case among residents, transient workers and employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Road construction and rehabilitation projects initiated by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) under an infrastructure program are now in full swing, with major segments expected for completion by the end of this year, officials said last Friday.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Good things sometimes come in unexpected ways. Take the case of the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA).
Subic Bay Freeport—While some companies here were forced to scale down their operations due to the pandemic, a number of firms continued with their usual business and had even managed to expand their operations.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—You really can’t take your eyes off that giant lighted pineapple display at the Subic Bay Yacht Club when you pass along Rizal Highway, Subic’s main stretch of malls and restaurants that takes you from the end of Tipo Road from Manila to Kalaklan Gate going to Zambales.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Some P15 million worth of fresh vegetables shipped from China were confiscated here on Thursday for violation of import regulations on fresh produce.
Subic Bay Freeport—After an intensified vaccine rollout in the last three months, about 70 percent of employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Still facing an array of court cases meant to stop the implementation of charges for municipal services given to businesses and residents here, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is nevertheless optimistic it will see these legal impediments fall one by one following a favorable decision from the High Tribunal recently.
OLONGAPO CITY—Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. And in the fight against a resurgent Covid-19 virus, government officials in Zambales and this city are boosting their arsenal with anything from granular lockdowns and containment zones, entry restrictions and barangay checkpoints, enforced antigen testing at the border, and yes, red flags to mark areas with case spikes.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Thirteen cases of Covid-19 infection among vaccinated health frontliners of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) have suspended all face-to-face operations at the agency’s two medical units starting Sunday.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The vaccination program for the A4 priority group composed of frontline personnel in essential sectors and other economic frontline workers in the country started here last Tuesday with five employees of a manufacturing firm getting their first shot of Covid-19 vaccine.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Taking the cudgels for workers, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said it has suspended the operation of a company here for various labor violations and warned that it will suspend other entities if they fail to comply with labor laws and other government regulations on workers’ wages and benefits.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Two returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) unexpectedly felt labor pain while in a quarantine hotel here and gave birth days after arrival from Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated here on Monday a shipment of 12 container vans loaded with imported fresh onions worth P24 million.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—After being diverted to Clark on its first attempt on Monday, the Philippine Airlines (PAL) successfully landed a flight here on Wednesday to bring home the second batch of Filipino migrant workers that it would ferry to Subic from the Middle East this month.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Strong tailwinds encountered by a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight over the Subic Bay Freeport had prevented the landing here on Monday of the first batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) arriving under a government program to bring home workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
SUBIC Bay Freeport—Local cycling groups have agreed with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to enforce self-regulation and promote responsible biking in the free port a week after several bikers were injured in an unsanctioned race here.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Covid-19 testing facilities put up by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) here have played an important role in the continuing economic growth in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone despite the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic early last year.
IBA, Zambales—Slowly, safely, surely.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The long wait for the chance to enjoy beaches, parks, forest trails and other tourism sites in the Subic Bay Freeport is finally over after the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) allowed leisure travel here for persons of all ages—even for residents of the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring areas that just recently eased down to general community quarantine (GCQ).
SAN NARCISO, Zambales— A localized outbreak of Covid-19 has infected students and some administrative staff at the Philippine Merchant Maritime Academy (PMMA) here, leading local authorities to enforce a lockdown at the country’s premier state maritime school.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Tuesday began rolling out Covid-19 vaccines from the Department of Health (DOH) for the first three priority groups of recipients that include free port residents and workers, as well as SBMA employees.
PRESIDENT Duterte barred members of the Executive department from commenting about the country’s dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea, but his spokesman Harry Roque clarified on Tuesday that he and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) are exempted from the gag order.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Cargo container throughput from export and import transactions in the Subic Bay Freeport unexpectedly increased in the first quarter of this year, although fewer ships called here due to trade slowdown amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Subic Bay Freeport—Exports generated by Subic-based manufacturers and port users surged by 48 percent while imports grew 29 percent year-on-year in the first quarter despite less-than-ideal business conditions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) announced it has launched its own mobile community pantries.
CASTILLEJOS, Zambales—Eleven youth activists and a van driver who were arrested here on Labor Day on what was described as trumped-up violation of health protocols regained temporary liberty late Monday after spending three days and two nights in the custodial facility of the police office in this town.
Subic Bay Freeport—Buoyed by its core seaport operations, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) registered a total of P820.84 million in operating revenues in the first quarter, even as the agency’s other business units underperformed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Subic Bay Freeport Zone—Workers of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will now follow a new timetable, which would practically entail having half of them working in the office in the morning and the other half in the afternoon.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A 500-bed facility for the treatment and monitoring of patients infected with Covid-19 was opened here on Wednesday to increase the country’s healthcare system, surge capacity and allow hospitals in Metro Manila to care for more patients with medium to severe symptoms.
IBA, Zambales—Economic frontliners in Zambales are now getting the greatest number of infections from the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as they participate in various economic activities to earn a living during the pandemic.
IBA, Zambales—The Zambales provincial government has put into effect stricter border controls with the adoption of a travel management system to properly monitor the movement of people and help arrest further transmission of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the province.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT –Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma on Wednesday allayed fears by Subic Bay Freeport stakeholders that the government’s 500-bed Covid-19 isolation facility at the former Cubi Hospital complex here might expose more local residents and workers to the dreaded virus.
IBA, Zambales—Economic frontliners in Zambales are now getting the greatest number of infections from the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as they participate in various economic activities to earn a living during the pandemic.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A 500-bed facility for the treatment and monitoring of patients infected with Covid-19 was opened here on Wednesday to increase the country’s healthcare system, surge capacity and allow hospitals in Metro Manila to care for more patients with medium to severe symptoms.
IBA, Zambales—The Zambales provincial government has put into effect stricter border controls with the adoption of a travel management system to properly monitor the movement of people and help arrest further transmission of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the province.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT –Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma on Wednesday allayed fears by Subic Bay Freeport stakeholders that the government’s 500-bed Covid-19 isolation facility at the former Cubi Hospital complex here might expose more local residents and workers to the dreaded virus.
Subic Bay Freeport—Notwithstanding the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said it will pursue development goals this year and make good use of the evolving local and global economic situation.
