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(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that six officers of the Bureau of Customs assigned at the Port of Subic have been relieved of their posts and “recalled” to the BOC main office as the probe on alleged sugar smuggling continues. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced this on Wednesday, August 24, saying that the six BOC officers have been transferred to the office of the acting Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon while awaiting the result of […]
(Eagle News) — Over 9,000 Filipinos have returned to the Philippines via the newly reopened Subic airport, the Bureau of Immigration said. According to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, based on information from BI-Clark International Airport (CIA) head supervisor Maan Krista Lapid-Legaspi, 9,111 passengers arrived in the country through the airport since the same reopened in July to service special commercial flights from abroad after a decade of halted service. “Our immigration officers in Clark are […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration announced its return to the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA), a decade after it withdrew its presence there when international flights stopped. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the bureau went back to the former US naval base on Wednesday when a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight carrying 309 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Saudi Arabia landed at the airport. That marked the first time an […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Friday, July 3, said it seized over P93 million worth of smuggled cigarettes at the Port of Subic. The bureau said the shipment–composed of three 40-foot containers–were declared as LED lights. The 3100 cigarette cases estimated at P93,090,000 were discovered after an X-ray and a physical examination of the containers. District collector Maritess Martin has issued a warrant of seizure and detention, while the consignee is subject […]
(Eagle News) — “Subic is ready for the 30th South East Asian Games,” said Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma who led the symbolic lighting of the SEA Games cauldron on Monday. SBMA Senior Deputy Administrator Ramon Agregado, manager of the SEA Games Subic Cluster, said a total of eight venues were prepared for the 17 games to be held in Subic The sports events to be held in Subic […]
(Eagle News) — Subic Bay Freeport is now all ready to host all of the 17 games slated to be held here as one of the major venues for the 30th South East Asian Games (SEA Games 2019) from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11. Subic, which is considered the triathlon capital of the Philippines, will host 17 out of the 56 sports up for competition in the games. On Friday, one of the events […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday, Aug. 12, clarified the reported Chinese vessel that docked in Subic was just a yacht. Lorenzana said this was upon verification by the Coast Guard and the Philippine National Police maritime unit. He said authorities found the yacht was owned by a businessman based in Subic. “It has been bought and converted into a motor yacht. It caters to tourists that are already in Subic,” Lorenzana said. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News)—–A Department of Justice panel of prosecutors has ordered Dennis Sytin to answer the complaint filed against him and several others in connection with the death of his brother, businessman Dominic, and the injuries sustained by another. Apart from Sytin, also ordered to appear before the DOJ headquarters on April 1 were Edgardo Luib and Oliver Fuentes alias Ryan Rementilla. “You are hereby warned that failure on your part to comply with this subpoena shall […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Dec. 20, gave the assurance the four Chinese nationals who were recently convicted for operating a floating shabu laboratory in Subic will not be given special treatment. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, however, also assured the families of Win Fai Lo, Kam Wah Kwok, Shu Fook Leung and Kwok Tung Chan they “will be given proper treatment in prison, and they will be humanely treated in accordance with […]
(Eagle News) — Four Hong Kong nationals were found guilty for illegal drug possession for a 2016 drug case in Subic Bay and were sentenced to life imprisonment. The Olongapo City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 74 found the accused Win Fai Lo, Shu Fook Leung, Kam Wah Kwok and Kwok Tung Chan guilty on the charge of possession of illegal drugs. They were apprehended in July 2016 by the Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Sept. 1, visited the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Escort Flotilla Four as it docked at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Olongapo. The fleet — composed of Japanese Ship (JS) Kaga (DDH-184) with five SH-60K patrol helicopters, an Akizuki-class destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD-117), and a Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD-105) — is in the country for a five-day goodwill visit. The President was accorded foyer honors upon his arrival. The […]
Ni Aileen Joy Montemayor Eagle News Service OLONGAPO CITY, Zambales (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng Lingap ang mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Olongapo City, Subic, San Marcelino at San Felipe, Zambales bilang paggunita nila sa kanilang ika-104 na anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag nito sa Pilipinas at sa ika-50 taong anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag sa Kanluran. Sa nasabing lingap ay namahagi sila ng bigas at pagkain sa mga kababayan natin na nasalanta ng nagdaang bagyo at ang […]
