Subic bags PHL sports tourism ‘destination of the year’ award

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Subic Bay was named “Destination of the Year” for 2016 and 2017 by the Philippine Sports Tourism Awards (PSTA), a Cebu-based awards body that honors organizers and groups that help position the Philippines as a competitive sports tourism destination worldwide. PSTA chairman Charles Lim, who visited Subic last week, presented a […]

Subic workers, managers mark festive Labor Day

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — They ran, sang, danced and had fun together. On Labor Day, members of the Subic Bay Freeport workforce, as well as management personnel investor-firms here, made a collective effort to promote employees welfare and sound labor-management relations. With a whole-day program to bolster bonding among workers and employers, delegations from various […]

NGCP activates Overall Command Center 24/7 for the elections

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) activated the 24/7 operations of its Overall Command Center from May 12 to 14 successfully securing power transmission operations and facilities during the just concluded mid-term elections. NGCP Regional Corporate Communication Officer Fely Francisco said contingency plans were placed for the monitoring and quickly […]

Midterm elections in CL generally peaceful

Contributed by Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu, PIA CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Police Regional Office 3 declared that the conduct of the 2019 Midterm polls in Central Luzon was generally peaceful. “There were only three election-related incidents validated by us and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) since the start of the election period last […]

NGCP implements Bataan Grid Reinforcement Project

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – National Grid Corporation of the Philipinnes (NGCP) has successfully energized its expanded substation and transmission line which are components of the Bataan 230kV Grid Reinforcement Project. Components Hermosa-Bataan Combined Cycle Power Plant (BCCPP) Line 3, the BCCPP Substation Bay 81, and its associated equipment were recently energized in line with the […]

Garcias still rule in Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Garcia siblings still call the shots in Bataan province following a fresh mandate from its electorates in Monday’s mid-term election. Based on partial unofficial results, re-electionist Bataan Governor Albert Garcia (NUP) got an overwhelming 44,421 votes over opponent Ver Roque (PFP) with only 6,386 votes. Roque is former mayor of […]