• Subic port okays resumption of ship-to-ship LNG transfer

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport SUBIC port authorities have allowed the resumption of ship-to-ship transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) here, but the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said ship crews won’t…

  • Subic, Clark to lead sports tourism revival 

    Subic, Clark to lead sports tourism revival 

    DESPITE the inactive sports scenario in the first half of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, moves are underway to revive the sector with the opening of the nominations for the 4th Philippine Sports…

  • Subic drug busts yield P8.2 million; 6 Chinese, 3 others arrested

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport  LAW enforcement agencies pounced on suspects in the illegal drug trade in a series of operations here since Wednesday, arresting six Chinese nationals and three others and…

  • SBMA blasts disinformation on gov’t plan for return of OFW’s via Subic

    SBMA blasts disinformation on gov’t plan for return of OFW’s via Subic

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) bristled at claims that it is withholding information about a government plan to bring home repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) through…

  • Strict border controls back in Zambales

    By CARRIE T. ASPA | Iba, Zambales FOLLOWING a resurgence in the number of Covid-19 infections among residents of Zambales last week, Gov. Hermogenes E. Ebdane Jr. has ordered local government units and authorities…

  • SBMA warns vs travel, exposure to visitors

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport SUBIC Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma warned against travel to other places and accepting visitors from areas with raging Covid-19 infections, as…

  • Tourism leads business revival in Subic Bay Freeport

    Story and Photos by HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport TOURISM is breathing life back into this free port, as businesses make the painful transition to the “new normal” after a long hiatus since…

  • ZPPO, DILG, LGUs team up for ‘Disiplina Muna’ program

    IBA, Zambales — The Zambales Police Provincial Office (ZPPO) has teamed up with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Zambales and local government units (LGUs) in fostering discipline as a means…

  • SBMA: 1st confirmed Covid-19 cases traced to outside contacts

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport AFTER being free of Covid-19 infection under four months of quarantine restrictions, the Subic Bay Freeport reported its first positive cases on Tuesday, just two weeks after…