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                    [ArticleID] => 1942326
                    [Title] => SBMA: Projects for Subic isles put on hold
                    [Summary] => The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has placed on hold the proposal of a Chinese-owned company to develop and operate two strategically located islands at the mouth of Subic Bay.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-08-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1165072
                    [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr.
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/08/10/gen4-sbma-fb-page_2019-08-10_21-47-59387_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1510319
                    [Title] => Philippines, Australia hold naval drill in West Philippine Sea
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippine Navy (PN) on Sunday conducted a joint naval drill with its Australian counterpart in the West Philippine Sea, which was aimed at avoiding an unplanned sea encounter.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-13 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357315 [Title] => Olongapo resorts back in business [Summary] => OLONGAPO CITY — It’s back in business for beach resort owners and hotel operators here following the intensive cleanup of an oil slick last month that contaminated the city’s coastline, adversely affected the local tourism industry and threatened marine life.

According to Carlitos Baloy, chairman of Barangay Barretto where most of the affected beach resorts are located, Subic Bay has now been restored to its pristine state prior to the oil spill.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 355351 [Title] => Calimlim: No second oil spill in Subic Bay [Summary] => SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Contrary to reports, there was no second oil spill off the coast of Grande Island in Subic Bay, an executive of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said yesterday.

Nevertheless, SBMA senior deputy administrator Jose Calimlim said their oil skimmers are ready for any eventuality.

"The report of another oil slick was a false alarm. What we saw was debris that may have drifted (there) because of the strong current," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306793 [Title] => Mirant Philippines lights up Subic’s Grande Island [Summary] => SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Mirant Philippines has lighted up Grande Island following a switch-on ceremony led by Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Feliciano Salonga and Administrator Armand Arreza.

"This ceremony highlights the commitments not only of the private sector, but the government sector in the development of this part of the Philippines. It is indeed gratifying that we are viewing today a step forward by providing power to a facility that will give comfort and pleasure to many of our visitors," Salonga said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303386 [Title] => Mirant vows continued presence in RP [Summary] => Pagbilao, Quezon – Newly-appointed Mirant Philippines Corp. president JR Harris has committed to continue the company’s long-term relationship with the Philippine government.

In a press briefing here over the weekend, Harris said as evidence to this commitment, Mirant Philippines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Mirant Corp., has recently completed the construction of a 2.5- kilometer submarine cable connecting the main Subic Bay Freeport to near by Grande Island.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266708 [Title] => SBMA earns P40M annually from privatized power system [Summary] => SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Aside from having one of the lowest electric power rates in the country, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is earning big money from the privatization of the power supply system here in the Freeport.

Just recently, Subic Enerzone, operator of the power supply system here, handed over to SBMA Administrator Alfredo C. Antonio a P40 million check representing its payment this year for the lease of power supply facilities in Subic.
[DatePublished] => 2004-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266419 [Title] => Major components of P350-M Subic power system rehab completed [Summary] => Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Administrator Alfredo C. Antonio yesterday announced the completion of major works for the P350-million project to rehabilitate and upgrade the freeports’ supply system facilities which was installed when Subic was still an American naval base.

Antonio said the upgrading is a major component of the power supply privatization project of Subic Enerzone, a consortium of Aboitiz Equity Venture and Mirant Philippines, which has taken the more than 40-year-old power supply system here in Subic.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203809 [Title] => Karakoa takes helm in Subic [Summary] => SUBIC Bay – A big afternoon windshift enabled Karakoa to grab the lead after two more races Thursday in the 11th President’s Cup Regatta.

Karakoa, with helmsman Steve Benjamin’s guidance, made it to the finish line in the Open Division’s fourth race — an eight-nautical mile windward-leeward course, in one hour, 18 minutes and 22 seconds.

Ray Ordoveza’s crew made it just as the 18-knot westerly winds coming from Grande Island’s direction died down and an easterly breeze from the beaches of Barreto started picking up.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191580 [Title] => SBMA investments jump 51% in 2002 [Summary] => The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority posted a 51-percent increase in committed investments last year. SBMA chairman Felicito C. Payumo said yesterday. Payumo said approved investments last year reached P2.5 billion, 51 percent higher than the P1.6 billion approved in 2001.

According to Payumo, the increase "makes a significant mark in the freeport’s reputation of being at the forefront of development." Payumo said he is optimistic that more investors will be attracted to invest in the Subic Freeport.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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