By NING DIMAANO | Subic Bay Freeport DESPITE the global economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) still gave out revenue shares amounting to more than P154 million for the first semester to eight neighboring communities. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma handed over the checks to officials… Read More SBMA releases P154.87-million LGU shares
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport FIVE Filipino seafarers disembarked from their ship here on Thursday, kick-starting what is expected to be a regular crew-change operation that would help decongest Manila port of ships awaiting their turn to let off crewmen with expired contracts and take in fresh ones. The operation, which is an… Read More Subic Freeport begins crew-change operations
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Masinloc, Zambales LOCAL authorities on Monday, Sept. 7 lifted the lockdown that has paralyzed Barangay Bani here in the last three weeks, finally easing travel in and out of the coal-plant community that became the epicentre of the biggest new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Zambales to date. Masinloc town mayor… Read More Masinloc lockdown lifted as Covid-19 cases wane
MANILA – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has recently activated new “Free Wi-Fi for All” access points in hospitals and schools around Zambales as part of a program to make the province a showcase for connectivity in the “new normal”. In a statement on Sept. 3, the DICT said a total of… Read More Gov’t to showcase Zambales for ICT initiatives
By NING DIMAANO | Subic Bay Freeport STAKEHOLDERS in the Subic Bay Freeport and nearby communities gave their full support to a Philippine Red Cross (PRC) project to donate blood, which has become “dangerously running out” during the Covid-19 pandemic. Employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) led the groups of blood donors in… Read More Freeport stakeholders join Red Cross blood drive
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Masinloc, Zambales DAYS after new coronavirus (Covid-19) infections spiralled into more than 200 cases at the coal plant here, Masinloc, which has become the Covid-19 epicenter in Zambales, mercifully began counting its blessings in the form of recoveries from the dreaded disease. According to regular situation updates posted by local government… Read More Covid-stricken Masinloc begins counting recoveries
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