• Ad Summit back to Subic Bay for third time

    By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT –  Ad Summit Pilipinas, the country’s biggest advertising and marketing event, will be staged at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center (SBECC ) in this free port…

  • Subic Freeport welcomes maiden cruise ship visit

    By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A band struck up festive music while employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) waved flaglets here on Saturday as the Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica…

  • SBMA releases P147-million LGU shares

    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) recently released a total of P147 million representing revenue shares to eight local government units (LGUs) adjacent to the Subic Bay Freeport. SBMA Chairman and…

  • The Great Pinatubo Chickenjoy Run

    The Great Pinatubo Chickenjoy Run

    Story and Photos by HENRY EMPEÑO  BOTOLAN, Zambales — What would it take to keep a promise? And what would it take to tell its story? Three weeks ago, I joined close to a…

  • ‘Spectacular’ year seen for Subic tourism

    ‘Spectacular’ year seen for Subic tourism

    By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — With cruise ship visits, national conferences, sports competitions, and festivals among the 18 major events slated here this year, the tourism outlook in the Subic Bay Freeport…

  • SBMA, BOC close ranks to beat smuggling

    By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) threw its full support to the government’s anti-smuggling campaign by signing a cooperation agreement with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to…

  • SBMA bullish on new investments

    By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is optimistic of sustained investment growth in the Subic Bay Freeport this year following a record of P2.54 billion in total…

  • Hanjin delivers first Subic-made 20,600TEU-class container ship

    Hanjin delivers first Subic-made 20,600TEU-class container ship

    Story and Photos by HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines (HHIC-Phil) marked another milestone here on Thursday by unveiling the CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery,…

  • SBMA eyes regular passport processing, consular office in Subic

    By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — To fully realize the status of the Subic Bay Freeport as a port of entry, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is seeking the regularization of passport…