SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — From putting out blazes, catching snakes and stray animals, and responding to disasters, the SBMA Fire Department has now switched mostly to fighting an unusual enemy that could not be seen: Covid-19. While fighting with sprayers carried on backpacks to disinfect facilities had not diminished the team’s fire suppression capacity, it… Read More SBMA firemen wage another battle vs. Covid-19

By HENRY EMPEÑO | Masinloc, Zambales THIS town in the northern part of Zambales took the threat of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) seriously. Putting up checkpoints, imposing curfew, requiring quarantine and travel passes, and even setting up market schedules, Masinloc successfully kept he virus at bay even when border controls somewhat eased when the… Read More Masinloc coal plant reeling from Covid-19 outbreak

By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has offered the use of its community isolation facility at the Subic gymnasium here, as more workers at the Subic container terminal tested positive of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in a mass testing held on Monday, Aug. 17, on orders of… Read More SBMA offers isolation facility as 43 port workers test Covid-positive