Another worker dies in Hanjin

SUBIC BAY Freeport: Another accident inside the Korean owned ship building facility of Hanjin Heavy Industries Corporation claimed the life of a Filipino worker early Wednesday.

In a report from Hanjin submitted to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Soon Dong Yoon, the technical deputy general manager...

Graft charges against SBMA officials dropped

SUBIC BAY Freeport: The office of the Ombudsman for Luzon has cleared several senior officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority for graft charges filed by former operators of the Subic Bay Golf and Country Club Inc.

Deputy Ombudsman Mark Jalandoni dismissed the case file against...

Drowned foreigners found inside engine bay of USS New York

SUBIC BAY, Freeport: Divers here have recovered the body of the 2nd foreign diver who drowned while diving the USS New York Sunday afternoon.

Authorities identified the victims as Dive master Steven Brittain, 47 and Hong Kong resident Shun Chuen Tin, 30.

Tin’s body was recovered Monday...

Divers now on retrieval mode for lost companion inside USS New York

SUBIC BAY, Freeport: Divers here have located the two foreign divers who drowned inside a shipwreck site in Subic Bay Freeport.

Six divers from the Boardwalk dive shop inside Subic Bay Freeport located the two divers at around 5:30pm today  (Monday).

Although the drowned divers identified as...

2 foreign divers drown in Subic

SUBIC BAY, Philippines: Two foreign nationals allegedly drowned while scuba diving inside Subic Bay Freeport Sunday afternoon.

The two foreigners are now the subject of a search and rescue being conducted by divers from different dive shop in Olongapo City and Subic with the help of...

SBMA cites Subic college for training aid program

SUBIC Bay Freeport: The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) presented an award to a local college for providing  the agency different seminars and trainings for its employees.

SBMA recognized the efforts of Mondriaan Aura College, a Subic-based educational institution represented by Dr. Edgar Geniza, president of...

SBMA to finally open new Kalaklan Bridge

SUBIC BAY Freeport: The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority announced Thursday that it will formally open the newly built Kalaklan Bridge worth P200M to the public on July 11 after a brief delay.

The Kalaklan Bridge was schedule to open July 5 but was delayed due to...

DOLE region 3 spent P14M in livelihood assistance program

OLONGAPO City: The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-Region 3) spent some P14M for its livelihood program benefiting some 6883 individual in different provinces in Central Luzon in the first semester of this year.

This was reported by DOLE Region 3 Director...

A workers raises his poster during their protest against the management of Hanjin Shipyard in Subic Sunday. Workers in the area are complaining of alleged unsafe working condition inside the shipyard. Photo by Anthony Bayarong

Hanjin workers who are protesting unsafe working condition and labor malpractice clash with local police along the highway leading to Hanjin Subic Shipyard Sunday afternoon. Photo by Anthony Bayarong

Slideshow: Workers protest against Hanjin Shipyard Subic

Subic, Zambales: Some 500 workers from Hanjin Shipyard protested against alleged unfair labor practice and maltreatment of workers inside the shipyard Sunday.

The protest action in Subic was the end of a series of protest action against Hanjin Shipyard, the workers also trooped to the Korean Embassy and...

PLDT-Subictel employees plant fruit trees under CSR program

SUBIC BAY Freeport: Despite the rainy weather and muddy mountain pathways, employees of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Corp. – Subic Telephone Corp. (PLDT- Subictel) marched their way up Mount Sta. Rita here for their tree-planting activity.

They were joined by employees of other subsidiaries and affiliates of...