Arreza ready for House or Senate probe

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) administrator Armand Arreza said he is ready to face any inquiry by the Senate or the House of Representatives to present proof that he did not receive a P26.9-million salary in 2009. Arreza, who has refuted recent news reports that placed him as the highest-paid government official in the country, [...]

Arreza refutes CoA report on fat pay check

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) administrator Armand Arreza yesterday refuted the inaccuracy on the report made by the Commission on Audit (CoA) making him the highest earning government official with P26.865 million annual salary. Arreza who showed his pay check voucher to media in a press conference here said, “my monthly [...]

Hanjin shipyard workers cautioned on malaria

Subic Freeport authorities reiterated yesterday its warning on possible malaria outbreak with the onset of rainy season urging thousands of workers of Hanjin shipyard at the Redondo Peninsula and residents in nearby communities to take preventive measures against the mosquito-borne infectious disease which is endemic in that particular area. The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) [...]

Subic Freeport profits hit P3.5-B in six months

SUBIC Bay Freeport, one of the top income earning economic and Freeport zones in the country, collected P3.5 billion revenues derived from various government taxes in the first six months of the year. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority said that the combined collection of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) [...]

Subic tax revenues hit P2.2 billion, up by 21 percent in 6 months

SUBIC BAY Freeport has remained one of the top revenue-earning freeport and economic zones in the country with P2.2 billion tax collection during the first six months, up by 21 percent year-on-year.