• LGU execs support Eisma in SBMA row

    By HENRY EMPEÑO OLONGAPO CITY — Seven local chief executives in communities surrounding the Subic Bay Freeport have rallied around the administrator and chief executive officer of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in…

  • Ayta leader feted at Subic ecotourism fest

    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Ayta tribal elder Dominador Liwanag, more popularly known as Tata Kasoy, was presented with an Award and Certificate of Appreciation for his “lifetime work in preserving the rain forest and culture”…

  • SBMA directors reject controversial Diño order

    The SBMA directors frowned upon their chairman’s issuance of an administrative order creating an oversight task force under his office, and chided him for not consulting them before making decisions.

  • New Malacañang EO to resolve SBMA leadership row

    A new Executive Order will resolve the ongoing leadership row at the SBMA, a Malacañang official said in Thursday’s congressional inquiry into the splitting of the chairman-administrator position at the Subic agency.

  • House questions legality of EO splitting SBMA positions

    The House of Representatives has questioned the legality of EO 340 signed by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, which separated the power and functions of the administrator and chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.

  • Diño order reignites SBMA turf war

    An administrative order issued by Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Martin Diño has rekindled conflict between two of the highest positions in the agency.

  • Sampaloc Cove: Reclaiming Paradise

    Sampaloc Cove: Reclaiming Paradise

    The Sampaloc Cove community is now learning from new friends how to make the area more attractive to tourists, to develop a more sustainable system, and establish its place as a tourist paradise.

  • Pet ‘pawikan’ regains freedom after 8 years

    “George,” a male sea turtle that was first kept as a pet in Olongapo City, finally swam to freedom at the Camayan Beach Resort here on Tuesday after spending eight years of rehabilitation to…

  • Red Cross to offer vocational training to disaster victims at Subic center

    Gordon said the center is part of the recovery projects that Bahrain’s RCO had promised to fund to help improve the lives of victims of Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Yolanda, which devastated several…