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    • US donates 100 ventilators for PHL Covid-19 response

      MANILA — The United States donated 100 new, state-of-the-art ventilators and associated supplies to the Philippines to assist its fight against COVID-19.  U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, and Department of Health…

    • SBMA firemen wage another battle vs. Covid-19

      SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — From putting out blazes, catching snakes and stray animals, and responding to disasters, the SBMA Fire Department has now switched mostly to fighting an unusual enemy that could not be…

    • Masinloc coal plant reeling from Covid-19 outbreak

      By HENRY EMPEÑO | Masinloc, Zambales THIS town in the northern part of Zambales took the threat of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) seriously. Putting up checkpoints, imposing curfew, requiring quarantine and travel passes,…

    • SBMA offers isolation facility as 43 port workers test Covid-positive

      By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has offered the use of its community isolation facility at the Subic gymnasium here, as more workers at the Subic container…

    • SBMA orders mass testing of Subic port terminal workers

      By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport CLOSE to 250 workers of the Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC), operator of the new container terminal here, were tested on Monday, Aug. 17, for new…

    • DOTr holds dry run to test Subic crew-change protocols

      By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) conducted a dry run on Friday, August 14, of the point-to-point embarkation and debarkation of seafarers in preparation for the proposed activation…

    • SBMA to cancel work permit of Chinese Covid-19 patient

      By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said it will cancel the special work permit given to a Chinese national who was recently confined in a hospital here…

    • Zambales fisherman feared missing off Bajo de Masinloc

      MANILA – One of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)’s search-and-rescue vessels, the BRP Malabrigo (MRRV-4402), was deployed on August 1 to look for a fisherman who went missing off the vicinity of Bajo de…

    • Zambales supports Subic crew-change hub plan

      By CARRIE T. ASPA | Subic Bay Freeport THE provincial government of Zambales have approved in principle a national government undertaking to activate the Subic Bay Freeport Zone as a crew change hub for…