By CARRIE T. ASPA | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is set to repossess the popular marine theme park Ocean Adventure and related facilities due to multiple contract violations and failure to fulfill development commitments. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the agency on Friday served a… Read More SBMA to foreclose Ocean Adventure Park
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Despite gloomy skies and intermittent showers, newsmen covering the Subic B ay Freeport Zone merrily finished various fun competitions in the 2019 SBMA Medialympics, the first media sports festival to be organized by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). The two-day event held at the Moonbay Marina Water Park on September… Read More Newsmen bond, play hard in 1st SBMA Medialympics
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) took exception to the reported delay in the processing of business permits here and stressed that it has put in place various measures to improve locator services in line with President Duterte’s directive to simplify business procedures and expedite transactions. SBMA… Read More SBMA: Measures for ‘ease of doing business’ already in place
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Five senior officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) heaved a collective sigh of relief here after the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed for lack of merit a complaint filed against them two years ago by former SBMA chair Martin Diño. In a decision approved by… Read More Ombudsman junks Diño complaint against 5 senior SBMA officials
OLONGAPO CITY — Filipino retail giant SM will open today (September 13) its second mall in this city, promising to provide innovative and stylish shopping experience to residents of Olongapo, the nearby provinces of Zambales and Bataan, and other areas in Central Luzon. The four-level SM City Olongapo Central, which is located at the heart… Read More SM opens second mall in Olongapo, donates schoolhouse to Kalalake ES
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The total active workforce in this premier economic zone swelled back to more than 135,000 just six months after the closure of the Hanjin shipyard here early this year that caused massive manpower cutback. Figures from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) showed a total of 135,224… Read More Subic Freeport workforce back to 135,000 despite Hanjin closure
By CARRIE T. ASPA | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Taiwanese investors have expressed confidence on the business outlook at the Subic Bay Freeport with the opening here last week of semi-conductor and electronics trader Yubantec, the latest Taiwanese company to locate in this free port. Dr. Chin Der Ou, chairman of Subic Bay Development and… Read More Taiwanese traders bullish on Subic Freeport
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) approved new investment projects worth P4.48 billion in the first half of this year, eclipsing by 42% last year’s new investments record of P3.15 billion for the same period. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said a total of 77… Read More SBMA okays P4.48-B new investments, P555-M expansion projects in 1st half
By CARMELA JANE F. VILLAR | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE (PIA) — Members of the Zambales Provincial Peace and Order Council convened for the drafting of a plan that will address gaps on peace and order and public safety. The 2020-2022 Peace and Order and Public Safety (POPS) Plan sought to improve the quality of… Read More Zambales crafts peace and order, public safety plan
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