SBMA releases ₱158.9M revenue shares to eight (8) contiguous LGUs

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has released a total of ₱158.9 million in revenue shares to eight local government units (LGUs) contiguous to the Subic Bay Freeport for the second semester of 2025. The amount is 10.99 percent higher than the ₱143.17 million distributed during the same period last year.

SBMA Chairman and Administrator Eduardo Jose L. Aliño said the revenue-sharing scheme is based on 50 percent population, 25 percent land area, and 25 percent equal sharing among the LGUs to ensure a fair distribution of funds.

Olongapo City received the largest share at ₱36.73 million, followed by Subic, Zambales with ₱23.95 million; Dinalupihan, Bataan with ₱19.99 million; San Marcelino, Zambales with ₱19.14 million; Hermosa, Bataan with ₱17.06 million; Castillejos, Zambales with ₱14.44 million; Morong, Bataan with ₱14.09 million; and San Antonio, Zambales with ₱13.5 million.

Aliño said the revenue shares are intended to help LGUs fund programs on disaster response, health and safety, peace and order, livelihood generation, education, tourism, infrastructure, and social services.

In August 2025, SBMA released ₱197.85 million for the first semester, bringing the total LGU shares for 2025 to ₱356.74 million, sourced from the five-percent tax paid by business locators in the Freeport.