By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport  The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Monday, March 30, took over a six-storey hotel building here for conversion into a care and isolation facility for patients under monitoring for new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma inspected the former Leciel Hotel here… Read More SBMA takes over hotel for conversion into Covid-19 isolation facility

By HENRY EMPEÑO |  The Zambales provincial government has put in place a six-point action plan that emphasized preparedness and capability-building rather than isolation to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease (Covid19). Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. ordered what he called an intensified strategy of emergency response following confirmation by the Department of Health… Read More Zambales stresses preparedness, capacity-building in battling Covid-19

By RUFFIE CRUZ | Zambales Provincial Health Officer Noel C. Bueno said that there is yet no full local transmission of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the province despite the findings that the first Covid-19 fatality in the province did not have any travel history or exposure. Dr. Bueno told Headline Zambales on Sunday,… Read More PHO: ‘No full local transmission in Zambales yet’

By RUFFIE CRUZ | Castillejos, Zambales The first death in Zambales due to infection of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was confirmed here today, March 29, by Castillejos town mayor Eleanor D. Dominguez. The casualty, identified as a 90-year-old Filipino male, died at the ACE Medical Center (Baypointe Hospital) in the Subic Bay Freeport while… Read More Zambales posts 1st Covid-19 death; victim had no history of travel

By RUFFIE CRUZ | San Marcelino, Zambales The Zambales Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Covid-19 has placed the entire province under total lockdown on Saturday, March 28, after three confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection were reported in two towns and one city. According to PNP Provincial Director PCol. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr., who also… Read More Zambales placed under total lockdown

By ANSBERT B. JOAQUIN | Olongapo City (Updated March 28, 2020 / 1:55 pm) WHILE countries all over the world race against time to find an antidote to the highly infectious Covid-19, anti-viral vaccines that could be a game-changer in the fight against this deadly disease may just be in our neighborhood. The first one… Read More A Covid-19 cure may just be right under our noses

By RUFFIE CRUZ |March 26 Local doctors are appealing for donations from the public, as hospital supplies get depleted rapidly due to the growing number of patients treated for Covid-19. Dr. Kristeen Garcia, a resident at Bay-pointe Hospital and Medical Center here, told Headline Zambales that they are now out of face masks, disinfectants, vitamins,… Read More Local doctors appeal for help

By HENRY EMPEÑO with CARRIE T. ASPA and RUFFIE CRUZ | IBA, Zambales (March 26) — The provincial government announced today  the first positive case of new corona-virus (Covid-19) infection in Zam-bales amidst the growing number of persons under investigation (PUIs) in the past 10 days. In a statement released by the Zambales Public Health… Read More Zambales confirms 1st Covid-19 case as PUIs rise

By CARRIE T. ASPA |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT (March 24) — Doctors and other health workers in Subic Bay Freeport area on Tuesday learned how to take swabs of specimen from patients, as well as how to properly put on and take off masks, gloves and goggles after testing for the new coronavirus (Covid-19). They… Read More Subic health workers train for Covid-19 response