By RUFFIE CRUZ (March 19) — The province of Zambales remains free from the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) despite the growing number of persons being monitored for possible infection, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) said in a report Thursday. A total of 78 persons under investigation (PUI) have been recorded in 10 towns and one… Read More Zambales remains Covid-19 free, but over 5,500 under monitoring
By RUFFIE CRUZ | San Marcelino, Zambales The suspension of public mass transportation facilities under the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine left a lot of workers walking or hitching a ride on their way back home. Ethel Romero, 34, a resident of Barangay Linasin in this town said she had to ride in an ambulance from… Read More Workers stranded by ECQ transport ban
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A total of 16 persons under investigation (PUI’s) have been reported in the Zambales-Olongapo City area, including the Subic Bay Freeport, since the global virus outbreak early last month, according to authorities as of Wednesday. The reports, which were posted on social media, indicated 11 PUI’s in… Read More 16 PUI’s reported in Zambales-Olongapo, but no confirmed cases
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will enforce restricted entry in all Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) gates as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a move that is, however, expected to cause some ramifications in the local economy. SBMA Chairman… Read More Restricted entry to Subic Freeport begins March 16
By HENRY EMPEÑO | IBA, Zambales — Zambales tourism is taking a backseat in this time of the new coronavirus. Last Tuesday, Zambales governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. announced the cancellation of the iconic Zambales Mango Festival, which takes pride in the locality’s claim to fame as the producer of the world’s sweetest mangoes. Two days… Read More Coronavirus threat cancels Zambales festivals
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT (March 13, 2020) — Managers of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), led by Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma and Senior Deputy Administration for Support Services Ramon Agregado, conduct a meeting au naturel at a wooded park near the SBMA office to stress the need for social distancing in face of… Read More LOOK: Meeting under the trees
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) approved on Tuesday a P5-million supplemental fund to sustain health safety measures here and make its health and safety personnel better-armed in the fight against the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19). SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the… Read More SBMA puts up P5-M supplemental fund vs Covid-19
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has added disinfection of offices and public areas to its arsenal of measures to keep the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) threat at bay. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the Subic agency has started disinfecting facilities and buildings on… Read More SBMA starts COVID-19 disinfection protocol
SBMA TO PRC: SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma (center) and Senior Deputy Administrator for Support Services Ramon O. Agregado present a P2-million donation from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority to the Philippine Red Cross Olongapo Chapter for its Blood Samaritan Program. Receiving the check are Chapter Administrator Wilma Feji (second left from… Read More LOOK: P2-M SBMA donation to Olongapo Red Cross
By DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MANILA, March 7 — The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that the previously-reported 5th case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the first case of local transmission in the country after verification with the Bureau of Immigration showed that the patient had no recent travel history. DOH also reported that the… Read More CODE RED: DOH confirms local transmission of COVID-19 in PH
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