• SBMA frontliners negative in rapid antibody tests

    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Close to a thousand frontline workers of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) tested negative in a rapid antibody test undertaken here on Saturday under a mass testing project sponsored…

  • 9 Covid-19 survivors, 120 other ‘negatives’ leave Zambales hospital

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | Iba, Zambales WITH A LOT of cheering and well wishes from frontline workers and provincial government officials, nine survivors of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 120 suspect cases who…

  • Zambales placed on modified ECQ

    By CARRIE ASPA | Iba, Zambales ZAMBALES and several neighboring provinces in Central Luzon were placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) on Friday, May 15, as the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management…

  • Ebdane calls for ECQ extension in Zambales

    By CARRIE T. ASPA | Iba, Zambales TAKING into consideration the continuing transmission of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and the risk of a second wave of infections, Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. requested for the…

  • LGUs urged to join SBMA-Red Cross mass testing program

    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has urged local government units (LGUs) adjacent to the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) to join its mass testing program to detect new coronavirus…

  • SBMA, Red Cross set Subic Covid-19 mass testing in early May

    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A mass testing program to detect new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections in the greater Subic Bay Freeport area is expected to begin here early next month under a partnership between…

  • Subic firm production of ventilator parts hampered by ECQ

    Story and Photos by HENRY EMPEÑO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A Japanese company that manufactures cooling fans for mechanical ventilators and other critical medical equipment now finds its hands tied by limitations under…

  • Anti-viral drug maker accepts Duterte challenge for Covid-19 cure, waives P10M reward

    By ANSBERT B. JOAQUIN and RUFFIE CRUZ OLONGAPO CITY  (April 22) — A Filipino-owned company based in the Subic Bay Freeport has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to produce a cure for the new…

  • Subic Freeport locators press for government relief

    Subic Freeport locators press for government relief

    By ANSBERT B. JOAQUIN | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT (April 21) – Business owners in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone have called on the government to intervene and provide financial assistance for them to survive…