• Sta. Cruz buckles down vs rising ASF cases, Covid protocol violations

    STA. CRUZ, Zambales — Local officials here urged the public to practice more stringent health safety measures, as the municipality of Sta. Cruz faced rising cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) amid the on-going…

  • Zambales DILG, LGUs team up for locally-funded projects

    IBA, Zambales — Local government officials received a heads up on rules and guidelines governing the implementation of locally-funded projects which qualify for government subsidy. The provincial office of the Department of the Interior…

  • ‘SBMA logo’ appears in newest England crop circle

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport DID aliens find the logo design of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) too irresistible not to reproduce? This fantastic notion crops up as the social media…

  • SBMA releases P154.87-million LGU shares

    By NING DIMAANO | Subic Bay Freeport DESPITE the global economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) still gave out revenue shares amounting to more than P154 million…

  • Subic Freeport begins crew-change operations

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport FIVE Filipino seafarers disembarked from their ship here on Thursday, kick-starting what is expected to be a regular crew-change operation that would help decongest Manila port of…

  • Masinloc lockdown lifted as Covid-19 cases wane

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Masinloc, Zambales LOCAL authorities on Monday, Sept. 7 lifted the lockdown that has paralyzed Barangay Bani here in the last three weeks, finally easing travel in and out of the…

  • Gov’t to showcase Zambales for ICT initiatives

    MANILA – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has recently activated new “Free Wi-Fi for All” access points in hospitals and schools around Zambales as part of a program to make the…

  • Freeport stakeholders join Red Cross blood drive

    By NING DIMAANO | Subic Bay Freeport STAKEHOLDERS in the Subic Bay Freeport and nearby communities gave their full support to a Philippine Red Cross (PRC) project to donate blood, which has become “dangerously…

  • Covid-stricken Masinloc begins counting recoveries

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Masinloc, Zambales DAYS after new coronavirus (Covid-19) infections spiralled into more than 200 cases at the coal plant here, Masinloc, which has become the Covid-19 epicenter in Zambales, mercifully began…