THREE sports superstars who hailed from Olongapo City brought home gold and silver medals from the 2017 Southeast Asian Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 15 to 30. Filipino-American track and field athlete Eric Shauwn Brazas Cray emerged the men’s 400-meter hurdles champion in the 29th Southeast Asian Games after engaging Vietnamese challenger Quach Cong… Read More ‘Gapo natives shine in SEA Games

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is expected to complete the long-delayed connector road linking the provinces of Zambales and Tarlac by November. Public Works Secretary Mark A. Villar announced recently that the DPWH is targeting to finish the construction of the remaining 5-kilometer gap at the Zambales section of the 81-kilometer Capas-Botolan… Read More DPWH to complete Capas-Botolan Road in November

MEMBERS of the Concerned Citizens of Sta. Cruz, Zambales (CCOS) joined other groups in calling for the closure of mining companies in Zambales that violated environmental laws. In a protest rally staged at the gates of the Mines and Geoscience Bureau (MGB) in Quezon City on September 7, CCOS and other anti-mining groups like the… Read More Sta. Cruz folks join call to close erring mining firms

By JONAS REYES | Iba, Zambales THE provincial government has firmed up arrangements for the construction of a P1.2-billion capitol building inside a lot owned by the family of former Governor Vicente Magsaysay in Barangay Santo Rosario, this town. In an interview on September 10, Governor Amor Deloso revealed that the provincial government has already… Read More New P1.2-B capitol building set for construction