By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC, Zambales — Officials of Barangay Cawag in this town have asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for the speedy review and approval of the power supply agreement (PSA) for the long-delayed coal-fired thermal power project proposed for construction in their village by the Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. (RP Energy). In… Read More Residents prod ERC on $1.2-B Subic coal plant project
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A Korean-led company has received approval from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) for the development of a P3.6-billion golf course and hotel and leisure facilities complex in the Subic Bay Freeport. DM Leisure Corporation, a group headed by Hana Tour Philippines president Byung Cheol Kim, has committed… Read More Korean firm to put up P3.6-B golf course-leisure park in Subic Freeport
By HENRY EMPEÑO SANTA CRUZ, Zambales — Heavy rains and mining woes are back with a vengeance in this town. As rainwater flowed down slopes mined for nickel, siltation resulted in lower areas like farms, fishponds and even residential areas. According to Dr. Benito Molino, chairman of the Concerned Citizens of Santa Cruz (CCOS), at… Read More Sta. Cruz folks decry nickel mining anew
By PATRICK ROXAS | The Manila Times SOME 2,557 “endo” or contractual workers referred for regularization by 17 manpower service providers here were recently absorbed by their respective companies in compliance with the Department of Labor and Employment order, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority’s (SBMA) Labor Department said in a report. A memo received by SBMA… Read More Subic firms absorb 2,557 ‘endo’ workers
By CARRIE T. ASPA | San Marcelino, Zambales WITH total prizes amounting to P1 million, the 18 barangays comprising this farming and mining town are scrambling to be named the best practitioner in solid waste management here. To successfully do that, however, the barangays have to accumulate at least 1,020 points during the one-year contest… Read More San Marcelino villages compete for best solid waste program
By HENRY EMPEÑO SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — The Philippine Navy (PN )received on Tuesday its first surveillance dirigible, a lighter-than-air craft that will be used as a radar platform to bolster government capacity in monitoring the country’s maritime domain. The equipment was deployed at the Leovigildo Gantioqui Naval Station in this town, which hosts the… Read More Philippine Navy gets first surveillance blimp
OLONGAPO CITY — The city government has begun implementing an anti-smoking drive here which has generated both applause and criticism from residents because of the strict policy prohibiting people from lighting up in public places. Under City Ordinance No. 19, which was passed recently, smoking in enclosed or partially-enclosed public places, work places, and public… Read More Olongapo implements smoking ban
Story and photos by Henry Empeño TEN units of the iconic Philippine jeepney rumbled out of the popular Camayan Beach Resort/Ocean Adventure theme park here on August 20, heading out for hitherto parts unknown. It was a perfect day for a tour: the sun was out after weeks of intermittent rain, and Subic was crawling… Read More The Amazing Jeepney Race takes off in Subic
THE PDP-Laban bandwagon is gaining more steam. Just this month, members of the Zambales provincial council, as well as those of a dominant local political party, joined the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) as the ruling national party continued sweeping in adherents nationwide. On August 1, hundreds of members of the Sulong Zambales Party… Read More Ruling PDP-Laban party snags more members in Zambales
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has greenlighted the takeover by a new company of the debt-ridden property previously leased out to the Lyceum of Subic Bay, Inc. (LSBI), saying the agreement provided for a “win-win” solution for the Subic agency to collect more than P31 million in… Read More SBMA okays ‘win-win’ deal for Subic school takeover
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