TOP PHOTO: Governor-elect Jun Ebdane with family after his proclamation as winner. Left to right: Former 2nd District Rep. Jun Omar Ebdane, Gov. Ebdane, Mrs. Alma Ebdane and granddaughter, grandson, Iba Mayor Jun Rundstedt Ebdane, Mrs. Daisy Ebdane By HENRY EMPEÑO | IBA, Zambales — The ballots shook even the bedrock of political power in… Read More May 13 polls shake Zambales power bases
ZAMBALES, REGION III Partial, unofficial results aggregated from Comelec data as of May 14, 2019, 9:22 PM and from 100% of Election Returns GOVERNOR 1 EBDANE, JUN (PDPLBN) 151,667 2 DELOSO, AMOR (MKMAZA) 128,692 VICE GOVERNOR 1 KHONGHUN, JAY (PDPLBN) 181,402 2 MAGSAYSAY, ANGEL (PFP) 92,364 PROVINCIAL BOARD MEMBER FIRST PROVDIST, ZAMBALES, REGION… Read More ZAMBALES 2019 Election Results
Statement of Journalists and Media Organizations on List of Alleged “Narco Politicians” / 7 March 2019 WE, JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, express grave concern about the likely breach of professional ethics and adverse legal implications of the publication and broadcast of the Duterte Administration’s list of public officials allegedly involved in the illegal-drugs trade. The… Read More Media Statement: Gov’t, media can’t play fast, loose with due process and rule of law
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – One of the biggest suppliers of used heavy machinery from Japan has partnered with a company inside this free port to provide trucks and heavy equipment that could power up development in the countryside. Japanese used machinery supplier AA Japan formally joined Filanka Subic Corporation here to open a $15-million investment… Read More Top Japanese used vehicle supplier partners with Subic trader
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A group of upland farmers has helped the government in bringing back trees in a portion of grassland ecosystem in Zambales using cost-efficient way and by enhancing the establishment of second-growth forest, environment officials here revealed. Arthur Salazar, deputy director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office, said the Malatapi Community Livelihood Center, Incorporated (MCLCI) in Candelaria, Zambales,… Read More Upland farmers use cost-efficient technology to reforest grassland area in Zambales
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has given the green light to Grab Philippines, thereby allowing the operation in this free port of Southeast Asia’s leading Internet-based ride-hailing and booking company. Grab would initially field 120 taxi units for commuters in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. SBMA… Read More SBMA greenlights Grab operation in Subic Freeport
Photo by JUN DUMAGUING | Amphibious armored vehicles (AAV) are parked at the beach in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone upon their arrival on Sunday, September 30, for Exercise Kamandag, a bilateral exercise between armed forces of the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America, which formally started at the Subic Bay… Read More KAMANDAG 2018
By CARRIE ASPA | CASTILLEJOS, Zambales —The rains did not stop volunteers from planting trees at a prospective eco-tourism park here in Barangay Balaybay under a project organized by the Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc., the developer of a 2×300 megawatt coal-fired power plant in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Around 80 volunteers from RP Energy,… Read More Volunteers plant trees in future Castillejos eco-park
By HENRY EMPEÑO | SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma has refuted allegations of graft and misconduct filed before the Office of the Ombudsman, saying there is no conflict of interest on her part in representing the agency in a joint venture with a business locator… Read More SBMA chief refutes graft complaint
By HENRY EMPEÑO SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority’s resolve to go after stale debts and past-due accounts of business locators in the Subic Bay Freeport is handsomely paying off in millions of fresh funds for the State-owned agency. Figures from the SBMA Finance Group indicated that the agency collected a total… Read More SBMA goes after debtor-firms, collects P148M
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