By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — With a small army of workers and volunteers, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) expects the massive landside that killed one person at the Aparri Road here to be finally cleared by next week. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the agency’s technical group estimated… Read More SBMA to complete landslide clearing next Friday
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The second victim at the Aparri Road landslide was finally found last night, July 23, at about 9:30 p.m. The body was pinned under a fence and retrieval operation was completed only at 11:19 p.m. The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority has withheld the name of the fatality,… Read More Rescuers find body of Subic landslide victim
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — One person died while another one was reported missing after several landslides occurred in this Freeport and nearby Olongapo City as Tropical Depression Josie battered Central Luzon on Sunday. According to the Olongapo City Information Office, 35- year old Maria Veronica Rafael died when their house along… Read More 1 dead, 1 missing in Olongapo and Subic Freeport landslides
BY JONAS REYES | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is eyeing more visitors to the Subic Bay Freeport from Taiwan with the recent launch of direct flights to Taipei from the neighboring Clark Freeport in Pampanga. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma welcomed here on Friday several Chinese Taipei… Read More Subic Freeport woos Taiwanese tourists
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Subic plays host this weekend to Salomon X-trail, reputedly one of the toughest trail-running races in Asia today. The race, which is organized by Primer Group of Companies and Extribe, Inc., takes off on July 22 at the El Kabayo Stables here and is expected to take… Read More Salomon X-trail returns to Subic Freeport
By NING DIMAANO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has urged business locators here to invest more in technology to remain competitive, or simply be left behind. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said companies operating in the Subic Freeport have to strengthen their capacity to interconnect computing systems… Read More SBMA urges locators: ‘Connect, or go extinct!’
By RUBEN VELORIA | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Local chief executives in Zambales gave their collective nod to plans by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to extend the Subic Bay Special Economic and Freeport Zone to nearby communities in order to accommodate more investment projects. In a meeting with SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma… Read More Zambales mayors back SBMA expansion plan
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Top officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) have released information on their financial position and business interests in connection with the government’s transparency and accountability initiatives. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said 12 of the 15 SBMA directors had already signed a data… Read More SBMA bares SALN of top officials
By NING DIMAANO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) expects to continue attracting foreign direct investments and to generate more jobs this year, as it plans to expand into surrounding communities to accommodate major development projects. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said in a presentation at the recent… Read More SBMA sees rosy prospects for Subic investments, employment
By JONAS REYES | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The growing number of international cruise ships arriving in this premier Freeport is now spurring the growth of the local economy and opening up opportunities for other communities. On Tuesday, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma met with Mayor Estela Antipolo and… Read More SBMA eyes Zambales coves for cruise-ship holidays
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