NEWS AROUND SUBIC BAY

OLONGAPO CITY—Hindi na umabot pa ng 24 oras sa ospital ang jeepney driver na si G. Dionisio Villegas, 61, residente ng Brgy. Kalaklan Olongapo City makaraang sumalpok ang minamaneho nitong jeep sa isang company vehicle Martes ng Hapon sa harap ng Marikit Park, Rizal Avenue Olongapo City.

The Philippine Coastal Storage and Pipeline Corporation (PCSPC), which operates the fuel depot here and the fuel pipeline linking Subic to Clark Freeport, has expanded its operations here with the inauguration of three new 180,000 barrel fuel storage tanks and two tank-truck loading racks on Friday. The groundbreaking ceremony at the Maritan Hill expansion site was attended by top officials from the PCSPC, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), and the Aboitiz Construction Group, Inc., which fabricated the new storage tanks.

Good news kept coming out of the Subic Bay Freeport in the first half of this year, as the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority reported continuing growth in revenue, dividends, investments, exports and tourism. In a report to President Rodrigo Duterte, who is set to make his first State of the Nation Address on July 24, the SBMA indicated increases in all aspects of its performance from January to May this year, said SBMA Administrator Wilma Eisma.