Media Category: Barrio Barretto

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

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This is a marked-up Google Earth image showing the area between the Matain River Bridge and the Baloy Beach entrance, a new large project has started and others are in progress or are finished.

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This is a view of the new Subic Municipality entrance gate. There was one for Olongapo but it got removed. That Matain River and bridge is the boundary between the Subic Municipality and Olongapo City.

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Zc723. (180901 Raft Race, Driftwood Beach, Bo. Barretto 07). After the rafts reach the beach again, other team members help and carry the raft to the finish line. In back we see the first High Rise in Barretto being worked on.

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Zc725. 180901 Raft Race, Driftwood Beach, Bo. Barretto 15. Here are some of the rafts sitting at Driftwood Beach, the managing tent and the many participant and spectators.

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Zc724. (180901 Raft Race, Driftwood Beach, Bo. Barretto 13). This is a view in the other direction, where the walls are is a private Beach, for sale now. Then comes Sierra Beach and Christian Skipper Beach; more room to expand.

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Zc966. This is the Naval Station Subic Bay Supply Annex in 1950; it is at the Maquinaya Valley Beach. This is where the barangay (we still prefer to say Barrio) Barretto has been established and it is the place I call home now. We know it was established in 1945 here and I assume that in the early 1950s the supply annex was moved to the Naval Station Subic Bay proper. This picture was provided by Bert Caloud in 2015.

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Zc498. On the next day, the 25th July, I checked the roads of Bo. Barretto, this is one of nine images, (refers to the album), we are looking at Jolo Street, the one I live on, when it intersects with the Rizal Street.

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Zc497. On the next day, the 25th July, I checked the roads of Bo. Barretto, this is one of nine images, (refers to the album), Rizal St. crosses the Maquinaya River about 50 meters ahead.

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Zc496. On the next day, the 25th July, I checked the roads of Bo. Barretto, this is one of nine images (refers to the album), one of the side streets of Rizal Street got muddy.

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Zc495. Back in Barretto I wanted to drink a beer and I discovered that our VFW 11447 also got flooded and it was closed to clean up. That is our VFW Post across the street.

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