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SBMA reiterates safety protocols as SBFZ posts first COVID positives

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) repeated its call for the strict observance of health safety measures in this Freeport...

Subic firms retrench workers due to COVID-19 losses

At least 20 companies in the Subic Bay Freeport have implemented retrenchment measures that affected close to 3,500 workers because of financial difficulties brought about by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

SBMA extends suspension of business fines, fees

In a memorandum issued on June 12, SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the Subic agency has extended the suspension of penalty payments until the end of June to further assist companies and other stakeholders in recovering from the lockdown.

50% of Subic Freeport firms now operational

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has approved the operation of close to 900 companies doing core business activities and providing essential services following the shift to general community quarantine (GCQ) on June 1.

SBMA shifts to modified ECQ status

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will be allowing more business operations in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) but will retain border controls and restrictions on non-essential activities as it joins neighboring communities in implementing modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until the end of this month.

SBMA frontliners negative in rapid antibody tests

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Close to a thousand frontline workers of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) tested negative in a rapid antibody test undertaken here on Saturday under a mass testing project sponsored by a business locator here in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Subic becomes next cruise ship playground in Asia with the visit of ‘Costa Atlantica’

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The cruise ships are coming to Subic Bay! Warmly welcomed by the Subic Bay community, the Italian-flagged cruise ship Costa Atlantica arrived here...

SBMA at 25: Celebrating the Past, Forging the Nation’s Future

It took a colossal force of nature to hasten the retreat of the United States military in 1991 from Subic Bay Naval Base, the...

SBMA recalls past struggles in building PHL’s first free port

Hundreds of former volunteers and current employees and officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Friday recalled the hardship they overcame in...