By HENRY EMPEÑO | 21 July 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Two returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) unexpectedly felt labor pain while in a quarantine hotel here and gave birth days after arrival from Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the new mothers were among the… Read More 2 OFWs give birth while in Subic quarantine
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has prohibited bikers from using the New Container Terminal (NCT) road here in a move to maintain safety at the thoroughfare used mainly by cargo trucks.SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma announced this policy following consultation with cycling groups in the Subic Bay Freeport… Read More SBMA bans bikers at container terminal road, issues rules for road safety
MANILA — The United States delivered a total of 3,240,850 one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the Philippines on July 16 and 17 as part of its worldwide effort to help end Covid-19, the U.S. embassy in Manila announced on July 19. This was the first time the Philippines has received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine,… Read More U.S. gives more than 3.2 million J&J vaccines to the Philippines
MANILA — U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) John Law officially turned over 420 intensive care unit (ICU) beds to the Philippine government on July 15. The beds, valued at Php23.9 million ($498,000), were turned over to Philippine Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III at the Department of Health compound. The donation,… Read More U.S. delivers P24-M ICU beds to support Philippine Covid-19 response
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in the Port of Subic on Monday seized 12 container vans loaded with fresh onions with an estimated market value of P24 million. Subic Customs collector Marites Martin said the cargo arrived in Subic from China and were consigned to two port users: Thousand Sunny, which… Read More P24-M onion shipment seized in Subic
MANILA — Save Philippine Seas (SPS) and the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines announced Agusan del Norte-based Team Salom as the winners of this year’s Haquathon 2.0, a regional hackathon for tech-based solutions to save our seas. Team Salom led the charge among participating teams of innovators from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam who… Read More Philippine team wins regional marine hackathon
By HENRY EMPEÑO | July 10, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Filipino drone and flying car enthusiast Earnest “Kyxz” Mendiola set a new world record in hoverboard flight here on Saturday, beating the previous farthest hoverboard flight by more than 600 meters. With a hoverboard that used a portable radio frequency controller similar to flying… Read More Pinoy breaks world record for hoverboard flight
By RANDELL JAN PALATAN | AYEJ.org IBA, Zambales — According to Climate Central, an organization of leading scientists and journalists, rising sea levels could displace 300 million by 2050. Filipinos living in the lowlands and coastal areas including Zambales are included in this number. Before this can ever happen, community leaders are taking two steps… Read More To address rising sea levels, former priest starts eco-village in Zambales
By HENRY EMPEÑO | July 7, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – After being diverted to Clark on its first attempt on Monday, the Philippine Airlines (PAL) successfully landed a flight here on Wednesday to bring home the second batch of Filipino migrant workers that it would ferry to Subic from the Middle East this month. … Read More PAL makes 2nd OFW flight to Subic
By HENRY EMPEÑO | July 6, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Strong tailwinds encountered by a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight over the Subic Bay Freeport prevented the landing here on Monday of the first batch of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) arriving under a government program to bring home workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Subic Bay… Read More Strong wind diverts first Subic OFW flight to Clark
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