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Sports activities to greet summer tourists in Subic

Sport will be one of the attraction in this freeport this summer as several sport festival lined were lined up by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.

According to Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) deputy administrator for business Raul Marcelo, sports festival will start this month as ...

New Seniors 20% discount to benefit 5M elderly Pinoys

Filipino senior citizens can now stretch their cash a tad further. A 250 peso meal, for example, at any restaurant would now cost them only P200.

The signing into law of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 (ESCA), or Republic Act No. 994...

Pinay American skater excels in Vancouver Olympics

After the success of JR Celski at the Olympic speed skating event, a Filipino American woman competed in the figure skating pairs competition in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics .

Amanda Evora with partner Mark Ladwig didn’t win a medal but came up with personal bests in...

SBMA all set for Mini Olympics

Schedule of activities for the SBMA 2010 Mini Olympics

Day 1 (February 17)

TIME ACTIVITY VENUE

6:00 – 6:30 ASSEMBLY TIME IN FRONT OF BLDG. 229

6:30 – 7:30 PARADE -DO-

7:30...

Agency’s to promote Subic as retirement heaven

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) and the Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce recently singed a memorandum of agreement in an effort to market Subic as a retirement heaven.

The agreement was signed last week by PRA chairman Edgar Aglipay, SBMA...

A councilor runs for president

If you can’t believe a president of the Philippines is running for Congress to represent a medium-size district at the end of her term, try reflecting on a city councilor from Central Luzon aspiring to become president of the Republic. Councilor John Carlos “JC” de...

Update: Kalaklan bridge open until June

The Kalaklan bridge will be open until June 2010.

This was the announcement of SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza in a recent statement.

Arreza further explained that the bridge will continue to be open to light vehicles and pedestrians, in response to appeals made by the city government...

Opinion: Ang Pagbabalik Ng Lawin

Contributed by Archie Macapantay

On Sunday, February 7, 2010, a front page article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer entitled “This Stateside Macapagal is campaigning for Aquino” came out regarding former Olongapo City Mayor, Teddy Macapagal, who came out of political retirement to campaign for...

Town mayor’s sis arrested for qualified theft

OLONGAPO City: The sister of Castillejos town Mayor Wilma Billman and 5 other employees of the Zambales Electric Cooperative II (ZAMECO II) were arrested by Operatives of the Zambales Criminal Investigation and Detection Team in an entrapment operation Friday morning.

CIDT provincial chief, Police Chief Inspector  Rogelio...

Gapo student place 8th in recent nursing exam

A student from RMTU-Mondrium Aura College placed 8th overall during the recent Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE).

Richard Domondon led 9 other students from Aura who passed the recent NLE.

Among those who also passed were Jazzel Bacles,  Larry De Guzman, Ricahrd Esposo,  Jerome Foo, Jancis Flores, ...

Delay in construction of bridge to hurt businesses more

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority said yesterday that delaying the Kalaklan bridge construction would result in more damage to local business than if the project were not implemented right away.

This was the statement of SBMA administrator Armand Arreza after local businessmen proposed that the construction...

Subic Freeport to expand beyond fenced area

SUBIC BAY Freeport: The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority announced that it will be pushing out prospective investments outside the secured fence of the Freeport to spread development in nearby areas.

“We expect a jump in investments this year, but most of these will no longer be...

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