• SBMA renews Subicwater franchise

    SBMA renews Subicwater franchise

    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and Subic Water and Sewerage Co., Inc. (Subicwater) have extended the franchise agreement (FA) for the operation of the water supply and sewerage systems…

  • Botolan LGU assists teacher-examinees

    Botolan LGU assists teacher-examinees

    BOTOLAN, Zambales — Ninety-five examinees for the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) received cash assistance from the local government unit of Botolan, Zambales, as they prepared for the big day on March 23. Mayor…

  • Subic’s strategic Grande Island eyed as military post

    Subic’s strategic Grande Island eyed as military post

    By Henry Empeño | March 20, 2025 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — An American-era island-fortress here which had since been developed into a popular tourism destination is being eyed by the Department of Defense (DND)…

  • Comelec: Barangay, SK execs allowed to join midterm polls campaign

    Comelec: Barangay, SK execs allowed to join midterm polls campaign

    By Ferdinand Patinio | March 21, 2025, 6:47 pm MANILA – All elected barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials are allowed to join political and campaign activities in the May 12 midterm polls. In…

  • 51% of Filipinos agree former Pres. Duterte should be held liable for killings

    51% of Filipinos agree former Pres. Duterte should be held liable for killings

    MANILA (PIA | March 20, 2025) — More than half of Filipinos believe that former President Rodrigo Duterte should answer for the killings related to his war on drugs, results of a commissioned survey…

  • 6 foreigners, 2 Filipinos with POGO ties nabbed in Subic Freeport

    6 foreigners, 2 Filipinos with POGO ties nabbed in Subic Freeport

    By Henry Empeño | March 20, 2025 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Authorities arrested on Wednesday, March 19, five Chinese nationals, one Cambodian national, and two Filipinos for suspected illegal activities related to Philippine Offshore…

  • SBMA breaks ground for P1.1-B workers’ dorm project

    SBMA breaks ground for P1.1-B workers’ dorm project

    By Henry Empeño | March 20, 2025 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The long-time dream of a housing project for workers in the Subic Bay Freeport is expected to be realized soon, as the Subic…

  • Ayta leaders press for return of ancestral lands

    Ayta leaders press for return of ancestral lands

    BOTOLAN, Zambales — Leaders from indigenous people’s communities here in Botolan are calling for the return of their Ayta ancestral lands located in the upland barangays of Belbel, Burgos, Moraza, and Villar. The Local…

  • Heightened media literacy, fact-checking urged amid slew of online misinformation

    Heightened media literacy, fact-checking urged amid slew of online misinformation

    By Marie Joy S. Carbungco | March 18, 2025 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PIA) – With misinformation surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into the war on drugs spreading rapidly online, experts…