By RUFFIE CRUZ | Iba, Zambales  While seniors are held to be the most vulnerable to infection by the new coronavirus (Covid-19), two senior citizens in Zambales and Olongapo City just proved that they can overcome the dreaded disease. And two others are, hopefully, on the way to recovery, too. According to Zambales Provincial Health… Read More 2 seniors recover from Covid-19; 2 others coping

By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport  Two care and isolation facilities designed in readiness for a possible surge in the number of new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases will be ready here by next week, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said on Wednesday, April 8, as it received more supplies and equipment to fight the… Read More SBMA readies Covid-19 ‘surge facilities’ in Subic Freeport

By CARRIE T. ASPA | Iba, Zambales Responding to the governor’s call for preparedness, local government units (LGUs) in the 13 towns of Zambales are setting up local quarantine facilities and border disinfection units to strengthen local capacity to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. said 15 quarantine… Read More Zambales puts up more quarantine, disinfection facilities

By HENRY EMPEÑO |  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT (April 1) — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Wednesday reached out for help from Olongapo City and other areas to trace the contacts of a government diver stationed in this Freeport who recently tested positive for new coronavirus (Covid-19) infection. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T.… Read More SBMA seeks help to trace Covid-positive patient’s contacts in Olongapo

By HENRY EMPEÑO | Subic Bay Freeport  The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Monday, March 30, took over a six-storey hotel building here for conversion into a care and isolation facility for patients under monitoring for new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma inspected the former Leciel Hotel here… Read More SBMA takes over hotel for conversion into Covid-19 isolation facility

By HENRY EMPEÑO |  The Zambales provincial government has put in place a six-point action plan that emphasized preparedness and capability-building rather than isolation to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease (Covid19). Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. ordered what he called an intensified strategy of emergency response following confirmation by the Department of Health… Read More Zambales stresses preparedness, capacity-building in battling Covid-19

By RUFFIE CRUZ | Zambales Provincial Health Officer Noel C. Bueno said that there is yet no full local transmission of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the province despite the findings that the first Covid-19 fatality in the province did not have any travel history or exposure. Dr. Bueno told Headline Zambales on Sunday,… Read More PHO: ‘No full local transmission in Zambales yet’

By RUFFIE CRUZ | Castillejos, Zambales The first death in Zambales due to infection of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was confirmed here today, March 29, by Castillejos town mayor Eleanor D. Dominguez. The casualty, identified as a 90-year-old Filipino male, died at the ACE Medical Center (Baypointe Hospital) in the Subic Bay Freeport while… Read More Zambales posts 1st Covid-19 death; victim had no history of travel

By RUFFIE CRUZ | San Marcelino, Zambales The Zambales Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Covid-19 has placed the entire province under total lockdown on Saturday, March 28, after three confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection were reported in two towns and one city. According to PNP Provincial Director PCol. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr., who also… Read More Zambales placed under total lockdown

By ANSBERT B. JOAQUIN | Olongapo City (Updated March 28, 2020 / 1:55 pm) WHILE countries all over the world race against time to find an antidote to the highly infectious Covid-19, anti-viral vaccines that could be a game-changer in the fight against this deadly disease may just be in our neighborhood. The first one… Read More A Covid-19 cure may just be right under our noses