SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), in collaboration with the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), conducted today a bloodletting project that aimed to collect some 300 bags of whole blood donations to help patients in need of blood. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the project is part of… Read More SBMA conducts blood donation drive
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Bangkok-based Mahanakorn Partners Group Co., Ltd. will be undertaking feasibility studies of major infrastructure projects to be built here under the government’s transportation infrastructure development program. The Thai holding company with interests in business consulting, legal and trade finance, as well as property management and development, signed… Read More Bangkok firm to study viability of major infra projects for Subic Freeport
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Billionaire businessman Lucio Tan is setting his sights on Subic Bay, arriving here over the weekend for an ocular inspection of the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA). Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma, who welcomed the mogul at the tarmac last Sunday, said… Read More Lucio Tan eyes Subic flying school
By HENRY EMPEÑO MASINLOC, Zambales — The parents of missing University of the Philippines (UP) student Karen Empeño have renewed the call to convict retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, who was tagged in the forced disappearance of their daughter 11 years ago in Hagonoy, Bulacan. In a statement released on Tuesday, two days before the… Read More Missing UP student’s kin press for Palparan conviction
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Ad Summit Pilipinas, the country’s biggest advertising and marketing event, will be staged at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center (SBECC ) in this free port on March 7 to 10, marking yet another return here of this biennial gathering of industry practitioners. Organizers from the Association… Read More Ad Summit back to Subic Bay for third time
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A band struck up festive music while employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) waved flaglets here on Saturday as the Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica slipped into the dock for what is seen to be the first of a series of port calls here. The Italian-flagged… Read More Subic Freeport welcomes maiden cruise ship visit
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) recently released a total of P147 million representing revenue shares to eight local government units (LGUs) adjacent to the Subic Bay Freeport. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the revenue shares were given to help finance development projects in health, education, peace and order,… Read More SBMA releases P147-million LGU shares
Story and Photos by HENRY EMPEÑO BOTOLAN, Zambales — What would it take to keep a promise? And what would it take to tell its story? Three weeks ago, I joined close to a hundred volunteers to the old Ayta village of Villar in the foothills of Mount Pinatubo for an extraordinary mission: to bring… Read More The Great Pinatubo Chickenjoy Run
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — With cruise ship visits, national conferences, sports competitions, and festivals among the 18 major events slated here this year, the tourism outlook in the Subic Bay Freeport is expected to be nothing short of spectacular. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said that… Read More ‘Spectacular’ year seen for Subic tourism
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) threw its full support to the government’s anti-smuggling campaign by signing a cooperation agreement with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to improve the latter’s capability in flushing out illegal activities in the Port of Subic. SBMA Chairperson and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma… Read More SBMA, BOC close ranks to beat smuggling
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