SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A mass testing program to detect new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections in the greater Subic Bay Freeport area is expected to begin here early next month under a partnership between the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the… Read More SBMA, Red Cross set Subic Covid-19 mass testing in early May
Story and Photos by HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A Japanese company that manufactures cooling fans for mechanical ventilators and other critical medical equipment now finds its hands tied by limitations under the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Officials of Sanyo Denki Philippines, Inc. (SDPI) said that despite greater demand for cooling fans… Read More Subic firm production of ventilator parts hampered by ECQ
By ANSBERT B. JOAQUIN and RUFFIE CRUZ OLONGAPO CITY (April 22) — A Filipino-owned company based in the Subic Bay Freeport has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to produce a cure for the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19). As announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the President will give a P10-million reward to any person who… Read More Anti-viral drug maker accepts Duterte challenge for Covid-19 cure, waives P10M reward
By ANSBERT B. JOAQUIN | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT (April 21) – Business owners in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone have called on the government to intervene and provide financial assistance for them to survive the current crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Danny Piano, president of the Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of… Read More Subic Freeport locators press for government relief
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport AFTER setting up two surge facilities here in the fight against the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is now eyeing a mass-testing facility in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to heighten the community’s response to the pandemic. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T.… Read More SBMA eyeing Covid-19 mass testing center in Subic Freeport
By RUFFIE NYHL CRUZ | As informal workers struggle to survive the adverse economic effects of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), a tricycle driver in San Marcelino, Zambales returned P25,000 to a Korean national who accidentally left his wallet inside his cab. Romy Jimenez, 61, said that he will never covet someone else’s money even… Read More Honest trike driver returns P25,000 despite lockdown woes
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Sta. Cruz, Zambales Not a few Zambales residents locked in by the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) are heading back to their hometown on foot, their stories tugging at the heartstrings of those monitoring their difficult journey back home. Braving the long passage and eschewing personal safety, at least 10 bands… Read More HAVE FEET, WILL WALK: Jobless workers hoof it home to escape hunger amid lockdown
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 15 (PIA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has partnered with the Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in protecting consumers buying emergency medical supplies at this time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This is pursuant to Republic Act 7581 otherwise known as the Price… Read More DTI, Police enforce Price Act in Central Luzon
By ANSBERT JOAQUIN | Subic Bay Freeport Subic Bay Freeport officials yesterday, April 14, closed down a duty-free shop here after learning that a lady medical worker, whose swab test later resulted in positive, violated protocol and went shopping there on April 13. Her swab test result came out the following day. In adherence to… Read More Subic duty-free shop closed after shopper tests positive
By ANSBERT JOAQUIN | Olongapo City Former Zambales Governor Vicente P. Magsaysay passed away on April 13, Monday, at the Baypointe Hospital in the Subic Bay Freeport, his family confirmed. He was 80 years old. Reports said that the former governor, known to many as “Govic” or “Vicmag,” was in his residence at Cubi Point… Read More VicMag succumbs to heart attack
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