The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has released ₱218.12 million in revenue shares to eight local government units (LGUs) contiguous to the Subic Bay Freeport.

SBMA Chairman and Administrator Eduardo Jose L. Aliño said the ₱218,115,671.26 released on July 21, 2026, represents the LGUs’ revenue shares for the first semester of 2026, marking a 10.24-percent increase from the same period last year.

The recipient LGUs are Olongapo City and the municipalities of Subic, San Marcelino, Castillejos, and San Antonio in Zambales, and Dinalupihan, Hermosa, and Morong in Bataan.

Olongapo received the largest allocation at ₱50.42 million, followed by Subic, Zambales with ₱32.87 million. The other allocations were Dinalupihan (₱27.44 million), San Marcelino (₱26.27 million), Hermosa (₱23.42 million), Castillejos (₱19.82 million), Morong (₱19.34 million), and San Antonio (₱18.53 million).

The LGU shares come from the five-percent corporate taxes paid by Subic Bay Freeport locators and are distributed based on population (50 percent), land area (25 percent), and equal sharing (25 percent).

The distribution was led by OIC-Deputy Administrator for Finance Editha Marzal and the SBMA finance team. The allocations also included the 10-percent retention withheld during the first semester 2024 distribution, Marzal said.

Under Republic Act No. 9400, which amended RA 7227 or the Bases Conversion and Development Act of 1992, SBMA is mandated to allocate two percent of the five percent gross income earned for LGU shares.