• Neighbor LGUs to get P140.6-M shares from SBMA

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | January 25, 2022 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Eight local government units (LGUs) surrounding the Subic Bay Freeport will get next week their semi-annual share totaling P140.6 million from the proceeds…

  • SOWING SEEDS OF HOPE

    Volunteers of SM City Olongapo Downtown and SM City Olongapo Central, together with Barangay Pagasa chairman Rodolfo Catologan and members of PNP Olongapo Station 3, plant mangrove seedlings at the riverside of Barangay Pagasa.…

  • THE JOY OF GIVING

    Photos show the different faces of a happy giver. The smile, glow, and happiness are all apparent in the faces of volunteer employees of SM City Olongapo Downtown and SM City Olongapo Central as…

  • U.S. provides 2.7 million more Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to the Philippines

    MANILA | January 10, 2022—The United States, in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, donated an additional 2,703,870 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its…

  • SM ‘Bears of Joy’ campaign benefits kids of delivery riders, service personnel

    OLONGAPO CITY — Each year, more and more children are experiencing the joy of having a teddy bear. It’s a simple gesture, yet it has a big impact in child’s development. A teddy bear…

  • Subic Freeport now requires vaxx cards for entry

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | January 10, 2022 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Amid surging cases of Covid-19 since the holidays, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Monday began requiring vaccination cards from persons entering…

  • Subic earns P65.73M from crew-change program

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | January 8, 2022 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The port of Subic grossed a total of P65.73 million in the 16 months that it has joined the government’s crew-change program to…

  • Zambales borders tightened anew amid ‘Omicron’ surge

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | January 6, 2022 IBA, Zambales — The province of Zambales reimposed strict border controls on Tuesday following a new surge in Covid-19 infections and after the National Capital Region (NCR)…

  • SBMA serves ultimatum to illegal settlers

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | January 5, 2022 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Tuesday, January 4, sent an ultimatum to the farmers group Filipino Farmers Center Internazionale (FFCI) whose…