• USAID, DOH launch Philippines’ first mobile app for mental health

    MANILA | October 15, 2021 – In celebration of National Mental Health Week, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) launched Lusog-Isip – the country’s first…

  • U.S. military delivers advanced unmanned aerial system to Philippine Air Force

    MANILA | October 14, 2021 — The U.S. military turned over four ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) worth Php200 million ($4 million) to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) during a ceremony at the Clark…

  • P15-M fresh veggies shipment from China seized in Subic

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | October 15, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Some P15-milion worth of fresh vegetables shipped from China were confiscated here on Thursday for violation of import regulations on fresh produce.The shipment…

  • 70% of SBMA workers now fully vaccinated

    70% of SBMA workers now fully vaccinated

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | 14 October 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — After an intensified vaccine rollout in the last three months, about 70 percent of employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) are…

  • Subic Bay sets up ‘bubble’ for FilBasket launch

    By JONAS REYES | October 12, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will also require a sports bubble set-up for the Filipino Basketball League (Filbasket), an upcoming amateur basketball…

  • DILG Zambales preps LGUs for full devolution in 2022

    IBA, Zambales — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Zambales is paving the way for the full transfer of power and resources to local government units (LGUs), as mandated by the…

  • Subic Freeport to host Miss Philippines-World finals

    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Miss World Philippines coronation night will be held here on Sunday, October 3, at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center (SBECC) with full safety protocols following full endorsement…

  • A VICTIM REMEMBERS

    40 years after escaping Marcos’s martial rule, a Zambaleño recalls the horrors—and eventual redemption By HENRY EMPEÑO | September 26, 2021 MASINLOC, Zambales — On May 30, 1981, a native son of this town…

  • ‘Yellow cards’ now available in Subic Freeport

    By JENA RAJNI EMPEÑO | September 23, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — With more and more people opting to travel abroad for work, business or pleasure, it’s reassuring to know that they can get…