BOTOLAN, Zambales — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Zambales conducted a tree-planting activity at Sitio Panayunan in Barangay Danacbunga here on October 28, planting mangrove saplings along the shoreline to help care for the environment. DILG Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad said the project was part of their human resource… Read More DILG-Zambales plants mangrove saplings in Botolan
By HENRY EMPEÑO | October 29, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Good things sometimes come in unexpected ways. Take the case of the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) for example. At a time when international air passenger traffic was down by 60 percent and airport revenues by 66 percent because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the… Read More DEFYING THE DOWNTURN: Subic air terminal thrives with new-found revenue stream
By HENRY EMPEÑO | October 21, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — While operations of some companies here contracted from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, not a few others not only continued with their usual business but even expanded operations as new opportunities presented themselves under the new normal. Last Friday, Taiwanese investors here inaugurated… Read More Subic firms open P72-M trade complex and PHL’s first 7-11 drive-thru
By HENRY EMPEÑO | October 18, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — You really can’t take your eyes off that giant lighted pineapple display at the Subic Bay Yacht Club when you pass along Rizal Highway, Subic’s main stretch of malls and restaurants that takes you from the end of Tipo Road from Manila to Kalaklaan… Read More Hawaiian-themed Christmas displays lift Subic spirit
By HENRY EMPEÑO | October 18, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) and a Taiwanese manufacturer in this free port gave medical equipment and supplies to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Friday, boosting the agency’s capacity in the fight against Covid-19. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T.… Read More TECO, Taiwan firm gift SBMA with 5 oxygen concentrators, 100,000 facemasks
MANILA | October 15, 2021 – In celebration of National Mental Health Week, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) launched Lusog-Isip – the country’s first mobile application for mental health and self-care. Lusog-Isip aims to expand access to culturally adapted, evidence-based tools and interventions on mental… Read More USAID, DOH launch Philippines’ first mobile app for mental health
MANILA | October 14, 2021 — The U.S. military turned over four ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) worth Php200 million ($4 million) to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) during a ceremony at the Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on October 13. These platforms will provide additional capabilities in unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR),… Read More U.S. military delivers advanced unmanned aerial system to Philippine Air Force
By HENRY EMPEÑO | October 15, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Some P15-milion worth of fresh vegetables shipped from China were confiscated here on Thursday for violation of import regulations on fresh produce.The shipment was initially flagged on October 13 by authorities here for non-compliance with the approved sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance (SPS-IC) on… Read More P15-M fresh veggies shipment from China seized in Subic
By HENRY EMPEÑO | 14 October 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — After an intensified vaccine rollout in the last three months, about 70 percent of employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) are now fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19). SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said on Thursday that a… Read More 70% of SBMA workers now fully vaccinated
By JONAS REYES | October 12, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will also require a sports bubble set-up for the Filipino Basketball League (Filbasket), an upcoming amateur basketball confederation, which is awaiting approval for its inaugural play-off here. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the “bubble’ concept,… Read More Subic Bay sets up ‘bubble’ for FilBasket launch
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