By KATIE NELSON, 402nd AFSB Public Affairs Office / March 16, 2022 SUBIC BAY, Philippines — Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division drew equipment from Army Prepositioned Stock-3, also known as APS afloat, for use during Salaknib 22, which kicked off March 5. Salaknib is an annual bilateral exercise led… Read More U.S. Army prepositioned equipment to be used in Salaknib 22 exercise
IBA, Zambales — Barangay San Agustin emerged as the top performing Lupong Tagapamaya (LT) in this municipality in an assessment conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Iba Field Office and the Municipal Awards Committee (MAC). The assessment was made on March 10 at the municipal hall among the municipality’s 14… Read More San Agustin is top Lupong Tagapamayapa of Iba
BOTOLAN, Zambales — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Botolan Field Office introduced the Sustainable Development Goals-Family-based Actions for Children and their Environs Project (SDG-FACEs) project to stakeholders and implementers here in preparation for its launch in the municipality this year. Municipal Local Government Operations Officer Shieralyn B. Esteban introduced the project… Read More DILG Botolan set to launch SDG- FACEs project
By HENRY EMPEÑO | March 9, 2022 IBA, Zambales — Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. has ordered local health officials here to further step up the pace of vaccination in Zambales and hasten the province’s return to normalcy in face of the waning Covid-19 pandemic. Ebdane said on Wednesday that the Zambales Provincial Health Office (PHO),… Read More Zambales intensifies vaxx drive to reach 80% target
By HENRY EMPEÑO | March 8, 2022 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is not divulging details of the impending takeover of the Hanjin shipyard here by American investment management company Cerberus Capital. This despite the reported announcement by newly-installed SBMA Chairman and Administrator Rolen Paulino Sr. on Monday about the… Read More SBMA mum over Hanjin takeover
MANILA, March 7, 2022 — On March 5, the annual Philippine Army-led, U.S. Army Pacific-sponsored bilateral exercise Salaknib 2022 held its opening ceremony at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija. The exercise is designed to enhance U.S. and Philippine Army capacity and interoperability across the spectrum of military operations, while also strengthening the ties between the two… Read More U.S. Army Pacific partners with Philippine Army for Salaknib 2022
MANILA, March 7, 2022 — the United States, in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, delivered today its largest single-day shipment yet of 3,999,060 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its continuing worldwide effort to combat COVID-19 and its commitment to partner with the Philippine government to… Read More U.S. marks latest donation of nearly 4 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed its December 2020 ruling against a nickel mining firm in Central Luzon, turning down its plea for a court order to press its rights over a contested area covered by its agreement with the government. In a February 22 resolution released on Thursday, the CA’s Sixth Division… Read More Acoje residents win; CA junks ZMDC plea on rights to Zambales land
BOTOLAN, Zambales — Barangay Taugtog emerged as the winner among the 31 barangays in this municipality during the search for the top performing Lupong Tagapamayapa (LT) for this year’s Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards (LTIA). Taugtog garnered an average score of 90.77% during the assessment conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)… Read More Brgy. Taugtog wins as Botolan’s top Lupong Tagapamapayapa for 2022
MANILA, March 4, 2022 — The U.S. Peace Corps recently partnered with local health officials and the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) ReachHealth project to vaccinate more than 10,600 Filipinos at mass vaccination clinics in Quezon City and Caloocan City. Amid the Omicron surge in January and February, doctors and nurses from the… Read More U.S. Peace Corps partners with DOH, USAID to vaccinate over 10,000 Filipinos in NCR
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