The Subic Bulletin

RP Energy Lies Again!

2011-12-23T06:00:00.000+08:00

As reported in the Subic Bulletin, the ever elusive executives from RP Energy made claims on the September 12 meeting with Locators that prior to any excavation or land works they placed silt curtains along the shoreline to prevent damage to the Subic Bay, however photos uncovered by The Subic Bulletin clearly shows landworks on the RP Energy site underway with no curtains in the water

RP Energy Executives in Hiding - SBMA Wants Out.

2011-12-12T06:00:00.000+08:00

Comment on from a reader on: "RP Energy Violates & Defies Our Community." Ray Cunningham and RP Energy, these gutless cowards, hide behind the skirts of their attorneys to avoid honest discourse. Their slogan is "profit over people!" We are the 99%! THE SUBIC BULLETIN: I think we were all surprised when the RP Energy executives failed to keep their promise of facing the locators of Subic

Subic Container Port's Chicken-Egg Problem

2011-12-10T06:00:00.000+08:00

Comment from a reader: SBMA Chairman Garcia describes the lack of business at, and resultant lack of revenue from, Subic's container port as a chicken-egg problem--the problem being how to encourage shipping lines to stop at Subic when a lack of cargo to load and discharge at Subic discourges them from stopping at Subic. It is a chicken-egg problem because the ostensible reason for the lack of

RP Energy Violates and Defies Our Community

2011-12-09T09:28:00.001+08:00

It’s no surprise that the big firms behind the coal fired power plant in Subic think that they can railroad the Subic Communities but does Ray Cunningham from RP Energy also think we are stupid? His latest statement that there is only minor opposition to the Coal Fired Power Plant is absurd and if that was the case why is he afraid to face the community? This week SBMA organized a series of

Pumping Water Kills the Bay

2011-10-17T11:47:00.000+08:00

Question from a reader:I have two queries regarding the claim reported in the article "Subic Bay, Soon to be a Dead Bay?" that discharging water circulated through the power plant would be akin to flushing Subic Bay with distilled water, with negative effects on marine life in the Bay: 1) Every time it rains over the Bay, the Bay is flushed with distilled water. How would this be any different?2)

Subic Bay - soon to be DEAD BAY?

2011-09-26T06:00:00.000+08:00

We read with interest the letter of response written by SBMA Chairman Bobby Garcia to Alex Hermoso regarding the RP Energy funded Coal Fired Power Plant planned for Redondo peninsula. If you haven't yet read it CLICK HERE to view it. In his letter Chairman Garcia says: “...Rest assured, the SBMA is very much aware of the opposition mounted by the various stakeholders to the project. In

Kalayaan no Longer Secure

2011-09-23T06:00:00.000+08:00

Comment from a reader: When Kalaklan bridge was closed for one year during construction of new bridge, SBMA decided to open up passage through Kalayaan subdivision. We were told this was temporary untill the new bridge will open. As of Sept 2011 the passage for anyone is still open, there are some signs that you can not enter east+west Kalayaan, but no guards or checks. I think this contradict

Monkeys Attracted to the Rubbish

2011-09-18T06:00:00.009+08:00

Comment from a Reader: Yes, the monkeys were here before all of us and we should be pleased that Subic Bay is one of the few places where wild monkeys can still be seen in the Philippines (but we have the Americans to thank for that). And I agree that there is an issue, but the issue is with the humans and not the monkeys. The principal problem, as I see it, is with domestic rubbish (garbage)

Is Kite Power the Answer

2011-09-16T06:00:00.001+08:00

Comment from a reader: A solution to the problem of air pollution from the coal fired power plant lies just offshore from the site of the new power plant on Redondo Peninsula--in the deep, slow moving tidal currents coursing through the entrance of Subic Bay. Minesto, a Swedish firm, has developed a new method--a sea kite--for harnessing the energy of tidal currents. Go to:http://

How did a Power Plant end up in a PROTECTED AREA?

2011-09-14T06:00:00.001+08:00

At Mondays meeting between PR Energy representatives and Subic Freeport locators, representatives repeatedly stated that Redondo Penninsula was zoned industrial by SBMA, but when did that happen? In 2000 SBMA created a master plan for Subic Bay which focused activities in the Freeport of Tourism and Light industry. The Redondo Penninsula was declared as a protected buffer zone to protect the

Terrorized by Monkeys in Your Own Home

2011-09-04T06:00:00.009+08:00

Question from a reader: I am sure many living at the various Heights in Subic have the same problem as we have.This morning a metal screen on the patio door was 'smashed' by the MONKEYS, it was scratched and destroyed. Increasingly they are causing more and more damage.Folks are saying that if they leave a window open the monkeys get into the house and cause huge damage, disruption and smash

SPED School May Drag Down The Gifted Children

2011-09-02T06:00:00.001+08:00

Comments from a reader: I don't believe the call for an SBMA investigation into SPED will go anywhere, as I suspect the children of influential base officials are enrolled there. A couple of points to consider: Does the Tagalog requirement mean that some of the classes are taught in that language? Foreign students who will later attend high school and college outside of the Philippines need

Manafacturers Need to be More Socially Responsible

2011-08-30T06:00:00.005+08:00

Two weeks ago, The Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce President came out with a statement that businesses were divided over the construction of the Coal Fired Power Planet, however the explanation for any businesses to want such a plant was that manufacturers needed more cheap electricity. If this is the case then maybe heavy manufacturing does not belong in Subic, which is a top tourist

Rally Today in Olongapo

2011-08-29T14:07:00.000+08:00

While the Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce seems no longer interested in the fight against the Coal Fired Power Plant in Subic Bay describing it as a "lost fight" many others have reaffirmed their commitment to stopping this project which has no local support at all. OLONGAPO CITY – Residents of this city are poised to hold a huge rally today, August 29, to oppose the construction of

Industrial Sabotage Robs Kalayaan Residents of Cable TV

2011-08-28T06:00:00.003+08:00

Over the last week the services of Freeport Cable have been off more than on. Following the cutting of the FCI CATV feeder cable to Kalayaan FCI spent thousands of dollars to replace cables that had been deliberately cut. If that wasn't bad enough as soon as the cables were replaced, new cable cuts were made, one even quite close to the LED outpost. Its hard to imagine why someone would want to

Will LGU's get dirty DENR to pull the ECC

2011-08-17T06:00:00.005+08:00

A week or two ago it was all over the TV that the local DENR officials were caught red handed taking bribes to issues ECC clearances. Yet what has the government done to investigate the dirtiest of all ECCs, the coal fired power plant that is being thrust upon our community? Local Government officials are declaring objection almost on a daily basis but it seems the payoffs were too high up the

SPED School Racist and Nepotistic!

2011-08-15T09:14:00.000+08:00

We have received several complaints from parents who applied to have their children admitted to the SPED school in Kalayaan. For those that don’t know SPED is a government funded elementary school for gifted children, that is children with above average intelligence. As class sizes are kept to a minimum, limited slots are available so children are put through an “entrance exam” and evaluation,

High Fuel Prices Inside the Freeport

2011-08-13T06:00:00.001+08:00

Comment from a reader on gas prices in Subic: What happened to the idea that gas should be cheaper on SBMA due to its status as a freeport zone. Lately, gas at the Total, Petron and Bloom stations has averaged two pesos per liter higher than stations in Olongapo and Barretto, and up to three pesos more than outlets on Clark. Only Subic Gas at the Kalaklan Gate has, so far, stayed out of the

Is Club Morocco to blame for the mudslide?

2011-08-12T06:00:00.005+08:00

Comment from a reader: In regards to the recent tragic mudslides destroying more than 100 houses in Baragay Asinan near Subic Town: Mayor Jefferson Khonghun said "officials would also investigate whether a nearby upscale residential complex might have built a canal diverting rainwater toward the village...". The only upscale development in that area is Santa Lucia Realty's Club Morocco

Why can't SBMA run a set of traffic lights?

2011-08-10T06:00:00.000+08:00

We recieved the photo below from a reader who was informing us that trees were blocking the view of the new traffic lights at the Kalaklan Lighthouse Bridge, however after only a couple of days the traffic lights were no longer working. Are the lights to suffer the same fate as the lights at Royal shopping mall and remain blacked out? One of the nice things about Clark Freeport Zone is that the

Provincial Government Slams Coal Plant Project

2011-08-09T06:00:00.009+08:00

A RESOLUTION STRONGLY OPPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COAL-FIRED THERMAL POWER PLANT PROJECT AT SITIO NAGLATORE, BRGY. CAWAG, SUBIC, ZAMBALES WHEREAS, the provincial and municipal officials including the people of Zambales and Olongapo City in general were not properly consulted and informed prior to the issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) by the

What is the answer Solar, Wind, Hydro, Thorium!

2011-08-06T06:00:00.002+08:00

Regarding the following question from a reader: "After reading the article by Robert Gonzaga in the Inquier.net which says.. " build a coal fired power plant in Sitio Naglatore in Subic Town which is inside Subic Bay Freeport". Is this accurate? Last time I looked Subic Town was not inside the Freeport. I agree with the board not to allow a coal fired plant to be built. On so many levels it

Format of The Subic Bulletin

2011-08-03T06:00:00.002+08:00

We have recieved an over whelming number of emails and many of them request us to change slightly the format of the Bulletin. Traditionally we stored peoples comments and ran then as a new story each day. One of the reasons for this was to try and ensure there was something new to read every morning with your coffee, but the downside to this was that it takes a lot more work to write something

WHY DONT YOU GET IT - WE DONT WANT COAL

2011-08-01T12:48:00.002+08:00

We Must STOP THE COAL FIRED POWER project in Subic Bay.Here is some powerful information on the negative effects of the Coal Fired Power plant in Masinloc. Excerpts: The Hazardous Masinloc Coal-Fired Power Plant (NGO Forum).Coal is the dirtiest, most carbon intensive of all fossil fuels, emitting 29 percent more carbon per unit of energy than oil and 80 percent more than gas. It is one of the

More Money To Be Made Running SBMA

2010-04-28T06:01:00.001+08:00

Comment from a reader on "Dick Would Be Better"Oldog agrees with the writer, "Dick would be better" it is a case of lesser of the two evils, a bit of a stretch but never the less it is impossible to be honest and straight in this culture, Dick and the Gordon's run Olongapo City far better than most cities of comparable size. The writer is wrong about the status situation with Dick, much more