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Archive for the ‘Subic’ Category

7 new investors sign with SBDMC

The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) over the weekend said that seven new Taiwanese companies has pledge to locate in Subic Bay Freeport.

MECO identified the new investors as Bidderford Subic Inc., screw-manufacturer Cano Subic Corp., electronics assembler Misung Subic Bay Inc., industrial bolts, nuts...

BoC, LTO, PASG-TFS on the hunt for high end cars from Subic

The Bureau of Customs will be blacklisting some 200 high end cars and sport utility vehicles which were allegedly discovered missing in a warehouse inside Subic Bay Freeport.

BoC recently asked the help of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in its efforts to recover the what...

SBMA to tackle water condition in Subic this month

In an effort to balance tourism, business while protecting Mother Nature, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority will be hosting the first Subic Bay Water Summit to address one of its natural asset-the waters of Subic Bay.

Subic bay has been subjected to various strains brought...

Noynoy holds wide margin in latest Pulse Asia survey

BY ROMMEL C. LONTAYAO Reporter, The Manila Times

Less than five months before the elections, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd continued to lead other presidential candidates by a sizeable margin, pollster Pulse Asia reported Tuesday.

Aquino of the Liberal Party was favored by 45 percent of the...

SBMA cops pay respect to fallen comrades

About 300 law enforcers of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) gave their final respects to two fallen comrades who were killed early this month by an alleged security aide of Vice-Mayor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu of Maguindanao.

With the SBMA brass band leading the way, officers...

Bus coop holds strike versus Hanjin

Some 50 bus operators, drivers and conductor, transporting workers to and from Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Phils. Inc., held a transport strike Saturday to denounce what they call unfair practice of the Korean ship building giant.

The Zambales Operators Drivers Cooperative Association (Zamodca) said that...

Brgy. East Bajac Bajac grabs award for Gapo

The local government of Olongapo City announced Thursday that one of its barangay won the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentive Award for the highly urbanized cities category.

Cited for the award was Barangay East Bajc Bajac headed by barangay captain Filipina Tablan.

The lupong tagapamayapa is a function of...

SBMA to close down Kalaklan bridge in Feb

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority reported Thursday that it will be starting the construction of a new bridge to replace the old Kalaklan bridge which was built by the Americans in 1960’s.

The Kalaklan bridge will be close down to all vehicular traffic on February 15...

City council cited by DILG

It seems like the local government of Olongapo has the habit of winning awards, this after the city council bagged the search for Outstanding Sanggunian for the highly urbanized cities in Region 3.

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) OIC Dir. Dennis Villasenor said that...

2M devotees join procession for Black Nazarene

Hundreds of thousands of people prayed for relief from natural disasters Saturday in a barefoot religious procession across the capital of the mainly Roman Catholic Philippines. The annual festival centers on a black icon of a cross-bearing Jesus Christ, which many Filipinos believe can perform...

Olongapo bags another presidential award

The city of Olongapo topped the recently concluded search for the 2009 Child Friendly Cities and municipalities.

Olongapo won the search in the highly urbanized city category, regional level.

The annual search for child-friendly cities and municipalities started in 1998  which aims to institutionalize a child-friendly...

Updated: 2 SBMA police officer shot dead by bodyguard of Mangudadato’s

Two police officers from the Law Enforcement Department (LED) of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) died Monday afternoon after being shot by a bodyguard of Buluan Vice Mayor Datu Ismael “Toto” Mangudadatu.

The Victims were identified as Cerifino Abadia, 60 and a certain Sgt. SPO4...

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