SBMA sends rescue team, gathers donation for ‘Odette’ emergency operations

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has fielded an 11-man rescue team to assist in emergency operations in areas devastated by Typhoon Odette. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the team enplaned early Sunday morning to Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte, where Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) first made landfall on Thursday, […]

MOA para sa P509-M agri border control facility sa Subic Freeport, pirmado na

Lumagda sa isang memorandum of agreement (MOA) ang Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) at ang Department of Agriculture (DA) para sa pagtatayo ng control facility para sa fresh at frozen agri-fishery commodities na pumapasok sa bansa sa pamamagitan ng Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ). Sina SBMA Chairman at Administrator Wilma T. Eisma at ang Kalihim […]

SBMA honors volunteers, outstanding workers in 29th founding rites

Officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) paid tribute on Wednesday to some 8,000 volunteers who worked without pay to kickstart operations here in early years of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Speaking during the 29th SBMA founding anniversary celebration, the agency’s Chief of Staff Vicente Evidente recalled that it became the special mission […]

Morong Ayta community gets P23,000 from SBMA recycling project

A total of 159 households belonging to the Magbukon Ayta community in Morong, Bataan received P23,000 worth of goods from the proceeds of a recycling project initiated by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) through its Ecology Center. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the donation included 15 sacks of premium rice, four […]

SBMA gets medical gear, supplies from TECO, Taiwan firm

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) received medical equipment and supplies from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) and a Taiwanese manufacturer here on Friday, boosting the agency’s capacity in the fight against Covid-19. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the donations consisted of five oxygen concentrators from TECO and 100,000 surgical […]

Subic firm donates vaccine fridge to SBMA

A business locator in this free port has donated a biomedical refrigerator to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in support of the agency’s vaccination program for workers, residents and other stakeholders here. SBMA Chairman Wilma T. Eisma said the donation from TeleEmpire Inc. will strengthen the capacity of the SBMA to pursue its vaccine […]

Subic Freeport to receive PAL flights with returning OFWs

The Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) will be accepting rerouted Philippine Airlines (PAL) flights for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) starting Monday, July 5, under a government program to facilitate the return of overseas Filipinos during the Covid-19 pandemic. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said six Philippine Airlines flights are expected to land at […]

SBMA community pantries lift others up

As the economic disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact vulnerable sectors in the Subic Bay area, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) responded by putting up local versions of the popular pandemic hunger-buster, the community pantry. In one project organized by employees of the SBMA Law Enforcement Department, the pantry moved from […]

SBMA adopts shift work to maintain safety, productivity

Employees of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will soon follow a two-shift work schedule designed to enhance health safety in the workplace while sustaining high level of output and efficiency despite the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the new timetable would have some employees working from 7:00 am […]

Subic mega facility for Covid-19 treatment and monitoring launched

Government officials on Wednesday (April 14) inaugurated a treatment and monitoring facility for patients infected with the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the former Cubi Hospital complex, a sprawling, gated compound deep in the forest of Ilanin East here. The “We Heal As One Center”, which was designed to increase the country’s healthcare system surge […]