By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport A 500-bed facility for the treatment and monitoring of patients infected with the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was opened here on Wednesday to increase the country’s healthcare system surge capacity and allow hospitals In Metro Manila to care for more patients with medium to severe symptoms. The “We… Read More Gov’t opens mega Covid-19 treatment facility in Subic Freeport
By SAM LAGRONE / USNI A U.S. carrier strike group and amphibious ready group are in the South China Sea as tensions increase between Manila and Beijing over a Chinese maritime militia incursion into the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, the Navy announced on Friday. The Theodore Roosevelt CSG and the Makin Island ARG – with… Read More U.S. carrier strike group, amphibious warships massed in South China Sea as regional tensions simmer
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A popular gym and fitness center here was temporarily closed down by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) early this week for violation of health protocols against the spread of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19). SBMA Deputy Administrator for Health and Safety Ronnie Yambao said the Victory Gym and Athletic Club… Read More SBMA shuts down gym for breach of health protocols
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Iba, Zambales THE Zambales provincial government has put into effect stricter border controls with the adoption of a travel management system to properly monitor the movement of people and help arrest further transmission of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the province. Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. said the province is now… Read More Zambales further tightens border entry with S-PaSS travel management system
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport WORKERS in the Subic Bay area who lost their jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic may now use an information and support system launched by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to help locate prospective employers or upgrade skills to gain re-employment. This is the SBMA… Read More SBMA opens help desk for displaced workers
By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport SUBIC Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma on Wednesday allayed fears by Subic Bay Freeport stakeholders that the government’s 500-bed Covid-19 isolation facility at the former Cubi Hospital complex here might expose more local residents and workers to the dreaded virus. Eisma, who visited… Read More SBMA allays fears over new Subic Covid-19 isolation facility
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