Eisma Moves to DBP, Paulino Is Now SBMA Chairman & Administrator
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Former Olongapo City mayor Rolen Paulino Jr. is the new Chairman & Administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
He took his oath of office in Malacañang before Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Tuesday after having been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte.
One of the original SBMA volunteers when the Americans shut down their Naval Base in Subic in 1992, Paulino is now the eighth chairman and administrator, replacing Wilma T. Eisma who was also sworn-in by Medialdea on the same day as director of the Development Bank of the Philippines.
Paulino was first elected mayor of Olongapo City in 2013 and later on won another two successive terms. His son Rolen Jr., who is the incumbent mayor, succeeded him in 2019.
Meanwhile, also on Tuesday, former SBMA OIC Administrator Randy B. Escolango, Deputy Commissioner of the Insurance Commission (IC) since 2017, took his oath of office on his new role sa Undersecretary of Labor (story below).