40 years after escaping Marcos’s martial rule, a Zambaleño recalls the horrors—and eventual redemption By HENRY EMPEÑO | September 26, 2021 MASINLOC, Zambales — On May 30, 1981, a native son of this town left home to become one of the first Filipinos to be granted political asylum by the government of Canada. It was… Read More A VICTIM REMEMBERS
By JENA RAJNI EMPEÑO | September 23, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — With more and more people opting to travel abroad for work, business or pleasure, it’s reassuring to know that they can get right here in Subic the “yellow cards” that are practically a necessity for international travel during the Covid-19 pandemic. Subic Bay… Read More ‘Yellow cards’ now available in Subic Freeport
By NING DIMAANO | Sept. 22, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — An expanded vaccination program and conscientious adherence to health safety protocols will make it possible for the tourism industry in Subic to recover early despite the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. These are the pre-conditions set by Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma… Read More Eisma: Vaccine drive, strict protocols to revive Subic tourism
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), SaferKids PH, and member agencies of the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP), will conduct an online webinar to promote child online safety on September 22 and 24, 2021. The webinar entitled, “Digital Safety and Wellbeing of… Read More DSWD, anti-child pornography council advocate for online child safety in upcoming webinar
MANILA | September 21, 2021 — The United States partnered with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility to deliver an additional 2,582,190 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to help end COVID-19. The vaccines, delivered in separate shipments on September 19 and 20, were part of the… Read More U.S. sends 2.58 million more Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to the Philippines
By HENRY EMPEÑO | September 20, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – More workers from various locator companies in this free port have gotten vaccinated in the past week, as the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) intensified its vaccine rollout in an effort to promote workplace safety and increase economic productivity here. SBMA Chairman and Administrator… Read More SBMA ramps up vax rollout for essential workers
By HENRY EMPEÑO | September 19, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Aside from health problems among people and adverse effects on livelihood and business activities, the Covid-19 pandemic is also taking a heavy toll on the environment here, particularly the waters of Subic Bay which is important to both maritime trade and tourism. In last… Read More Covid-19 pandemic also exacts toll on Subic Bay
By NING DIMAANO | September 18, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — More than 200 volunteers from locator companies, community groups and departments of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) fanned out to eight points along the shoreline here on Friday to collect mostly plastic wastes and other debris that were washed ashore after the recent… Read More Volunteers clear Subic beaches of plastic wastes, storm debris
By HENRY EMPEÑO | September 11, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Still facing an array of court cases meant to stop the implementation of charges for municipal services given to businesses and residents here, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is nevertheless optimistic it will see these legal impediments fall one by one following a… Read More SBMA: More dominoes to fall after favorable CUSA decision
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A week-long program comprising of onshore, offshore and underwater cleanup, as well as a lecture series on waste management, has been set by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) for next week to drum up support for coastal environment protection in these times of the Covid-19 pandemic. SBMA Chairman and Administrator… Read More SBMA sets coastal cleanup program Sept. 13-17
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