By CARRIE T. ASPA | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — It’s not the first flying school to operate out of the Subic Bay Freeport, but the First Aviation Academy (FAA) expects to take the lead in developing world-class Filipino aviation professionals. The P150-million aviation school was launched on March 21 by MacroAsia Corp., a leader in aviation… Read More First Aviation Academy opens in Subic Bay Freeport
By JONAS REYES | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Datian Subic Shoes, Inc., manufacturer of popular shoe brands like Vans and Keds, has committed $6 million to expand its multimillion-dollar operations here in the Subic Bay Freeport. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma welcomed Datian’s expansion project, saying the company plans… Read More Subic shoe manufacturer to expand operations
Street dancers in their colorful costumes perform during the parade at the Suman Ibos Festival held in the town of Castillejos, Zambales on Sunday, March 17. Suman ibos is a local rice cake, which is one of the products showcased during the two-day farmers and fisherfolk celebration. An elderly woman rides a festival float laden… Read More LOOK: Suman Ibos Festival
Bikers participating in a mountain bike race dubbed ”The Wilfren & Paulo Ride in Peace, Leg 3 MTB Challenge 2019” push their pedals as they negotiate the rough and dusty road in Sitio Casagatan, Barangay Looc, Zambales Sunday morning (Mar. 17). Joined by more than 50 cyclists, the race is an annual tribute to two… Read More LOOK: Zambales mountain bike race
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Several road rehabilitation projects are now being implemented by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) under a P530-million infrastructure program to repair U.S. Navy-era roads and related public works structures in this former military facility. Following the completion early this year of the P9.3-million El Kabayo road rehabilitation project, the Subic… Read More P530-M Subic Freeport road rehab underway
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma urged local and international businessmen to invest in port development projects here, pointing out that Subic port facilities won’t be enough in the near future as port operations here continue to grow. Eisma made the appeal… Read More SBMA calls for more port dev’t projects
BABY STEPS: Newly-hatched Olive Ridley sea turtles take their first awkward steps in the sand and then rush headlong into the welcoming sea moments after their release at the Boardwalk Park in the Subic Bay Freeport last Thursday. A total of 38 hatchlings, the last batch of some 100 turtle eggs that hatched in the area… Read More Look: Pawikan hatchlings released at Subic’s Boardwalk Beach
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Subic technology firm Sanyo Denki Philippines, Inc. has opened a research and development facility here to serve as the hub of product development for the company’s three design units. The firm, which is located at the Japanese-owned Subic Techno Park here, inaugurated the Sanyo Denki Technology Center (SDP-TC) last week, an… Read More Japanese technology firm opens Subic R&D center
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A Filipino boatbuilder based in this free port is making a name in the shipbuilding industry by manufacturing high-speed patrol craft and gunboats for the Philippine defense establishment. Safehull Marine Technologies, Inc., which occupies a factory and warehouse here at Subic’s Global Industrial Park, is producing high-speed… Read More Subic firm builds gunboats for PH coastal defense
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — With a seven-year high investment figure of P29.6 billion, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Wednesday announced a record-breaking corporate performance last year in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma declared in her State of the Freeport Address (SOFA) on Wednesday that the agency hit the… Read More SBMA bares record-breaking 2018 corporate performance
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