NEWS AROUND SUBIC BAY

Subic Bay Freeport — With a workforce of 126,000 employees, this premier Freeport is known to be the biggest employing economic zone in the country. Along with the number of workers, discrimination among members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community has been a part of the equation.

A JAPANESE anti-submarine destroyer arrived in the Philippines on Monday for a two-day goodwill visit, which demonstrates blossoming military relations between the two nations.

An anti-submarine destroyer from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)