Barrio Barretto – Page 14 – Philippine-Sailor

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Barrio Barretto was the sleepy beach area of Olongapo City but now it has developed in important international tourist area.

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Zg157. (-Pictures # 00 & 01). Google maps of the demolished area.

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Zg156. (-Pictures # 00 & 01). Google maps of the demolished area.

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Zg139. The show of the Miss Beach Bash competition is about to begin, the judges are seated.

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Zg138. The Commander of VFW Post 11447 is giving the opening remarks for the Miss Beach Bash competition.

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Zg137. The judges’ tables for the Miss Beach Bash competition, the two important players for this event have a discussion.

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Zg136. Three shipmates, we were stationed together in the Pearl Harbor Navy Diving School in the first half of the 1980s decade. It was moving from the Sub-Base to Fort Island then.

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Zg135. The Beach Bash stage! At the left edge of the picture we can see Grande Island, the former Fort Wint.

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Zg140. This is the opening move for the Miss Beach Bash competition; all the contestants are on the stage and do a short dance routine.

Zf533. This is the concrete embankment wall along the National Highway to Zambales. It is just short of the entrance to the Baloy Long Beach. Recently someone painted graffiti on the wall about American Imperialism. It seems shortly thereafter, someone or the authorities painted over it and got rid of that foul graffiti. Thanks, great […]

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Zo956. The Philippines was the host country in for the 2019 South East Asia Games. The games were conducted in several different venues including Subic Bay. This Subic Gym building is located along the Aguinaldo St., our sailor’s former Liberty Route to the main gate. It was built by the new Management, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) after the Subic Bal Naval Base was returned to the Philippine Authority. This building is located on the Remy Sports Field and was renovated for these 2019 Games.