• New Hanjin rehabilitation receiver named

    By HENRY EMPEÑO | OLONGAPO CITY — The Regional Trial Court (RTC) in this city has appointed a new receiver to manage the properties of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Philippines (HHIC-Phil) while the…

  • Displaced Hanjin workers find new jobs in Subic fair

    By HENRY EMPEÑO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Close to a hundred workers who were laid off recently by the Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries Corporation-Philippines (HHIC-Phil) found new jobs here on Saturday during…

  • SBMA turns over P4.9-M community facilities to Subic Ayta tribe

    By CJ CAYLE SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­–– The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) recently turned over community facilities worth P4.9 million to the Pastolan Ayta tribe here as part of the agency’s commitment to…

  • Jobs fair set for displaced Hanjin workers

    By HENRY EMPEÑO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Hope appears in sight for former workers at the debt-ridden Hanjin shipyard, as various government agencies band together to provide new employment for the laid-off workers.…

  • SBMA chief cites ‘corps of heroes’

    By NING DIMAANO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma congratulated on Friday the finalists and winner of the agency’s 2018 Employee of the Year…

  • Labor group urges nationalization, workers’ control of Hanjin shipyard

    By HENRY EMPEÑO |  LABOR group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) has called for government takeover of the debt-ridden Hanjin shipyard in the Subic Bay Freeport in order to avert massive job displacement and…

  • Japanese firm launches new line of robotic parts in Subic Freeport

    By CARRIE T. ASPA  | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Six months after broaching the idea to SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma, Japanese precision-gear manufacturer Nidec-Shimpo Corporation formally launched its operations here on…

  • Hard-pressed at Hanjinville

    Former shipyard workers face uncertain times as Hanjin-Subic faces insolvency By HENRY EMPEÑO | CASTILLEJOS, Zambales — When South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co.-Philippines (HHIC-Phil) turned over a low-cost housing project…

  • Subic Enerzone donates emergency-response gears to SBMA

    By JONAS REYES |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Enerzone Corporation, operator of the power distribution facility in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, donated various emergency-response equipment to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority…