Arreza refutes CoA report on fat pay check

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) administrator Armand Arreza yesterday refuted the inaccuracy on the report made by the Commission on Audit (CoA) making him the highest earning government official with P26.865 million annual salary. Arreza who showed his pay check voucher to media in a press conference here said, “my monthly [...]

Hanjin shipyard workers cautioned on malaria

Subic Freeport authorities reiterated yesterday its warning on possible malaria outbreak with the onset of rainy season urging thousands of workers of Hanjin shipyard at the Redondo Peninsula and residents in nearby communities to take preventive measures against the mosquito-borne infectious disease which is endemic in that particular area. The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) [...]

Cojuangco expands resort project in Subic, eyes take-over of Subic golf course

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Television and communications mogul Antonio “Tony Boy” Cojuangco is expanding a beach resort and hotel project, here with the infusion of P300 million fresh investments for site development. “The Nabasan area will be one of the next top destinations inside Subic Freeport,” Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Administrator Armand C. Arreza [...]

Top Asian Cruise Terminals choose Subic as prime destination

SINGAPORE – Subic Freeport has been chosen as the first and only destination in the Philippines for international luxury cruise ships as a new regular route is being mulled in the Asia-Pacific rim. The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has been invited to join as one of the founding members of the newly created Asia [...]

Subic Freeport profits hit P3.5-B in six months

SUBIC Bay Freeport, one of the top income earning economic and Freeport zones in the country, collected P3.5 billion revenues derived from various government taxes in the first six months of the year. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority said that the combined collection of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) [...]

BCDA speeds up debris-clearing on SCTEx

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is instituting immediate corrective measures to ensure the safety of the motorists following a landslide that occurred at the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx). In a statement, the BCDA said that landslide occurred along Barangay Pabanlag, Floridablanca, on September 8 at around 2 a.m. in the height of [...]

Subic Freeport to train Filipino workers for Guam military build-up

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Guam senators who met with officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Friday said Subic Bay would make an ideal training center for the thousands of Filipino workers needed in Guam, where the United States’ “greatest military build-up since the end of World War II” will be made. Senators Judith Guthertz [...]

Foreign guests on Green Industry confab to visit Subic, Clark

Foreign delegates of the three-day International Conference on Green Industry in Asia (ICGIA) will visit Subic Bay and Clark Freeport Zones showcasing how industry and nature are coexisting in these premier economic zones. But unlike any other regular international conference, the ICGIA is security demanding as some 4,200 policemen will be tapped to protect local [...]

Subic Aetas add technical know-how to jungle survival skills

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Their renowned jungle survival instincts made them masters of Subic Bay’s virgin forests. But realizing that the “outside” world is much bigger than their forest homes, Subic Bay’s indigenous people are now pursuing technical skills training to enable them to survive in the lowlands. Supported by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority [...]

Bechtel leases NCT-2 terminal for 4 years

THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has decided to just lease its New Container Terminal 2 (NCT-2) rather than put it up for bidding and risk another failed bid as a result of the current economic slump experienced worldwide. SBMA seaport department strategic planning head Lynette de la Cruz said they had decided to lease [...]

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