NEWS AROUND SUBIC BAY

Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino led the enforcement of the anti smoking ordinance recently passed by the city council in connection with Executive Order. 26 of President Rodrigo Duterte, which bans smoking in public places.

This week, U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) and members of the Philippine Coast Guard Special Operations Group (PCGSOG) participated in a combined information exchange and diving survey on the sunken vessel MV Captain Ufuk in Manila Bay’s South Harbor.

MARIVELES, Bataan—Renewable-energy developer New Generation Power Technology Corp. (NGPTC) has received the nod of regulators and the endorsement of authorities to build a 37-hectare, solar-power plant here at the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB).