• SBMA okays P4.48-B new investments, P555-M expansion projects in 1st half

    By HENRY EMPEÑO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) approved new investment projects worth P4.48 billion in the first half of this year, eclipsing by 42% last year’s new…

  • Zambales crafts peace and order, public safety plan

    By CARMELA JANE F. VILLAR | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE (PIA) — Members of the Zambales Provincial Peace and Order Council convened for the drafting of a plan that will address gaps on peace…

  • More business seen with launch of Subic aircraft MRO facility

    More business seen with launch of Subic aircraft MRO facility

    By HENRY EMPEÑO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is now expecting more business at the Subic airport with the opening here on Monday of a facility targeting Asia-Pacific…

  • Gunman in Sytin killing pleads guilty

    OLONGAPO CITY — The self-confessed gunman in the killing of businessman Dominic Sytin last year has pleaded guilty to murder and frustrated murder charges before the court, staying true to his allegation that the…

  • Rundy Ebdane elected LMP president; Misola NMYL chairman

    By CARRIE T. ASPA | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Iba town local government chief executive Jun Rundstedt Ebdane was elected president of the Zambales chapter of the League of Municipalities of the Philippine (LMP)…

  • Chinese arrested in Subic for carnapping

    By HENRY EMPEÑO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A Chinese national was detained here by authorities after he and another compatriot seized a vehicle at knifepoint from a Filipino driver along the Subic Freeport…

  • SBMA releases P203.14-million revenue shares to neighboring LGUs

    By NING DIMAANO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) distributed checks amounting to a total P203.14 million to adjacent local government units (LGUs) that benefit from the semi-annual revenue shares…

  • Incursion of ‘Chinese vessel’ on Subic Bay alarms netizens

    By CARRIE T. ASPA | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A leisure yacht mistakenly identified in an online news site as a “Chinese vessel” that allegedly entered Subic Bay without notice raised concerns among netizens…

  • SBMA: Chinese project for Subic islands shelved

    SBMA: Chinese project for Subic islands shelved

    By HENRY EMPEÑO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) yesterday confirmed the existence of a proposal by a Chinese-controlled company to operate the Grande and Chiquita Islands here on…