Corregidor News – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Corregidor News

This subcategory is about news from Corregidor and related matters.

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Zg341. (-008) this is going to be a floating bar at Baloy Beach; it was the only one this year. It wrecked after this picture, was rebuilt, opened but was closed soon because of the coming rainy season or perhaps other reasons.

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Zg340. (-007) this is at the entrance to Barretto, coming from Olongapo; left is Abra Street. A Philippine Navy truck stalled and another arrived and the cargo was shifted. They are most likely on their way to the Philippine Navy Training Center in San Antonio, Zambales, our former San Miguel Navy Communication Station.

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Zg339. (-006) is a Baloy Long Beach Map (Part of Bo. Barretto) from a web page, I forget which one; date unknown.

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Zg338. (-005) is a May 2011 Barrio Barretto Tourist Map from a web page, I forget which one.

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Zg337. (-004) is an EZ map of the Central Business District in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone area (SBFZ), the former Subic Bay Naval Base.

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Zg335. (-002) is an EZ map of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone area (SBFZ) , the former Subic Bay Naval Base.

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Zg342. (-009) we are at the mouth of the Matain River flowing into Subic Bay at low tide. The concrete dolphins are the Dizon Port where copper/gold ore was loaded onto ships when the Dizon Mine was still operating. It closed in 1996 or 97 due to rain causing landslide in the open pit mine.

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Aguinaldo Proclamation of Independence Document Restoration The Gen. MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk sent out this request on the 27th June 2023. Hey everybody, Last spring, the MacArthur Memorial’s Aguinaldo Proclamation of Independence took second place in the Virginia Association of Museums contest for a restoration grant. Since then, we have been raising money for the […]

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Zg327. For large groups visiting Corregidor Island, at least for this one. It departed from the terminal ESPLANADE SEASIDE TERMINAL, SEASIDE BLVD., MALL OF ASIA COMPLEX. This is right beside Vikings Restaurant.

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Zg331. It seems some military visitors organized their own Corregidor visit (April 2023) and tight up their special crafts to the famous Lorcha Dock were Gen. MacArthur departed from in March 1942 with a heavy heart for Australia to organize his return to the Philippines and the defeat of Japan per repeated orders of President […]