Story and Photos by JENA RAJNI EMPEÑO-MIGUEL | September 9, 2025 OLONGAPO CITY — The world’s biggest traveling book sale has finally arrived in this city. Big Bad Wolf Books is bringing over one million brand-new titles to the SMX Convention Center Olongapo from September 19 to 28, marking the city’s first-ever taste of the… Read More Into the Wolf’s Den: ‘Big Bad Wolf’ brings 1 million books to Olongapo
By ALEX GALANG CASTILLEJOS, Zambales — Farmers in this town won’t have to worry anymore about milling and drying their rice harvest with the inauguration here on September 5 of a new rice processing system (RPS-I) facility from the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech). The facility was secured by the Castillejos local… Read More New Philmech rice mill launched in Castillejos
MANILA (September 7, 2025) – The third and final tranche of toll rate adjustments for the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) will begin on Sept. 9. The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has authorized the additional 64 centavos per kilometer for Class 1 vehicles (cars, jeepneys, vans, pickups and motorcycles); PHP1.29 per kilometer for Class 2 (larger sports utility vehicles… Read More Final tranche of SCTEX toll rate hike starts Sept 9
BOTOLAN, Zambales — Mariel Abuan from Brgy. Danacbunga in Botolan made Zambales proud recently by bringing home a bronze medal from the Malaysia Open Athletics Championships 2025. Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. congratulated Abuan on behalf of Zambaleños upon her return from the competition. According to a Sept. 5 news bulletin from the Philippine Embassy in… Read More Zambaleña shines in Malaysia Open Athletics
By E.H. Edejer | September 6, 2025 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Around 300 workers from a manufacturing company in this free port availed of low-cost rice on Thursday, Sept. 4, the second time that Subic wage-earners benefited under the government’s expanded “Benteng Bigas Meron (BBM) Na” program. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in… Read More More Subic workers benefit from ‘Benteng Bigas’ program
By Reia G. Pabelonia | September 5, 2025 IBA, Zambales (PIA) — A total of 111 small-scale fisherfolk from the Central Luzon’s Zambales and Bataan provinces have completed a training on safety, survival, and security while at sea. Designed to strengthen preparedness and resilience, the “Basic Safety, Survival, and Security at Sea” training was conducted… Read More 111 Central Luzon fishers finish training on sea safety, survival
By Reia G. Pabelonia | September 5, 2025 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE (PIA) —The Department of Tourism (DOT) Region III, in partnership with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), will convene stakeholders for the 3rd Central Luzon Sustainable Tourism Summit. Set for September 10–12, 2025 at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center, the three-day gathering… Read More DOT, SBMA gather stakeholders for 2025 Sustainable Tourism Summit
By Camille N. Gavino | September 4, 2025 SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ (PIA) — A total of 194 farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) and local government units (LGUs) in Central Luzon received agricultural machinery under the second phase of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program. Led by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development… Read More 194 farmers coops, LGUs in Central Luzon receive farm machinery
By Henry Empeño / September 3, 2025 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Drydock Corporation (SDC), the primary maintenance provider for Philippine Navy vessel repairs under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, is now undertaking critical repair and maintenance here of the Philippine Navy’s lead offshore patrol vessel, as well as two key naval… Read More SubicDock repairs BRP Gregorio del Pilar, 2 key US Navy ships
MANILA — AirAsia Philippines welcomes the “BER months” or start of the Christmas celebration in the country with its highly anticipated P1SO Sale, coinciding with the much-anticipated reopening of its Cebu hub, widening domestic and international connectivity from the Queen City of the South. From 3 to 14 September 2025, guests can book through MOVE app from as… Read More AirAsia Philippines kicks off Cebu hub launch with P1SO Sale
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