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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A shipment containing meat products from China, whose hog livestock is being devastated by African swine fever (ASF), was intercepted here recently, the head of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said Tuesday, May 4.

A plan to expand the capacity of the Subic Freeport Expressway (SFEX) by building new expressway lanes, bridges, and tunnel has been finalized

MANILA, Philippines — In a bid to challenge China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea, a US Navy warship sailed near Manila-claimed Scarborough Shoal.

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairperson and administrator Wilma T. Eisma said Thursday this was the result of her presentation of the investment and business opportunities here during the recent Philippine Investment Forum held in Taipei, Taiwan.

Chinese businesses are still in the running to take over a Subic Bay shipyard and could soon also control nearly 2 square miles of what was once America’s largest air base in the Philippines, according to local media reports.