BOTOLAN, Zambales —The local arm of various government agencies and local government units have organized an inter-agency collaborative project to bring essential government services closer to the people in remote areas here. Spearheaded by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and in collaboration with the Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed… Read More ‘Serbisyo Caravan’ set for remote areas in Botolan
SAN NARCISO, Zambales — The local government unit (LGU) of San Narciso has launched “Balay Silangan”, the first drug rehabilitation facility in the province. In a meeting on November 26 for the town’s public order and safety cluster for the fourth quarter of 2020, the LGU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Philippine… Read More San Narciso opens ‘Balay Silangan’ rehab center; Masinloc gives full support to anti-drug war
IBA, Zambales — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Zambales headed by Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad initiated the conduct of an online orientation to revitalize Project Monitoring Committees of local government units (LGUs) in the province. The zoom meeting on “Strengthening of Project Monitoring Committees (PMCs) in Local Government Units”… Read More DILG revitalizes Zambales PMCs
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport MORE job openings are being offered in the Subic Bay Freeport as businesses begin to bounce back from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing relief to unemployed workers and residents sidelined by quarantine lockdowns and the resulting business slowdown. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator… Read More More jobs out as Subic firms rebound from pandemic
NEW SUBIC TUNNEL. Public Works Secretary Mark Villar (second left), along with NLEX Corp. VP for Tollway Development and Engineering Nemesio Castillo, NLEX Corp. COO Raul Ignacio, and DPWH Region 3 Director Roseller Tolentino, inspects the on-going construction of a new tunnel along the Subic Bay Freeport Expressway on Wednesday, Nov. 25. The expressway expansion… Read More LOOK: Sec. Villar inspects Subic Expressway project
Subic volunteers also honored for ‘showing the way forward’ By NING DIMAANO | Subic Bay Freeport SERVICE and excellence on the job took center stage here as the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) honored volunteers, employees and stakeholders during the agency’s simple 28th founding anniversary ceremony last Tuesday. In his speech at the Volunteers Park… Read More Service, excellence cited in 28th SBMA anniversary rites
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has deployed its humanitarian vessel M/V Amazing Grace to the island province of Catanduanes to provide badly needed relief and assistance to survivors of Typhoon Rolly (international name Goni). Senator Richard Gordon, who is also PRC chairman, sent off the Red Cross relief… Read More Red Cross sends ‘ship of hope’ to Catanduanes
MANILA — U.S. National Security Advisor (NSA) Robert C. O’Brien visited the Philippines on Monday, Nov. 23, to affirm the strength of the U.S.-Philippines alliance and the depth of the broader bilateral relationship. O’Brien met with Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr., Secretary of Finance Carlos “Sonny” Dominguez, National Security… Read More US security adviser affirms US-PHL alliance
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Iba, Zambales HUNDREDS of families fled from flood-prone and low-lying areas in the province on Wednesday, Nov. 11, as Typhoon Ulysses made its exit over Zambales after wreaking havoc in Southern Luzon and parts of Metro Manila early Wednesday. The Zambales Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (ZPDRRMC) said a… Read More 537 families evacuate as ‘Ulysses’ exits over Zambales
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport A TOTAL of 37 ships had successfully changed their crew in the Subic Bay Freeport in the two months that the government’s crew-change program began operations here to enable stranded seafarers to either take badly-needed rest or renew work aboard commercial vessels. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T.… Read More 37 ships changed crew in Subic Freeport in 2 months
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