SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – A total of 43 jobseekers were hired on-the-spot (HOTS) during the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)’s National Tourism Month Job Fair at the Harbor Point Ayala Mall here on Monday, September 16. 

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Eduardo Jose L. Aliño said that these 43 HOTS were among the 759 applicants who registered for the job fair.

Around 50 companies, mostly from the tourism sector of the Freeport, joined the job fair and announced some 2,600 job vacancies for jobseekers. 

Aliño expressed his gratitude to the participating companies, as well as government agencies such as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Zambales Field Office, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Olongapo, Olongapo City Government, and the Olongapo City Tourism Department for partnering with the SBMA to ensure the success of the project. 

The National Tourism Month Job Fair spearheaded by the SBMA Tourism Department is in collaboration with the SBMA Labor Department. 