Media Category: Subic Bay Freeport Zone

The former US Subic Bay Naval Base became the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Nov. 1992

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Zg356. (-055 to 060) are shots of the Barrio Barretto Beach in Olongapo and Subic Bay. We are catching views of the Redondo Peninsular, the former Hanjin Shipyard, which is now a Philippine Naval Base and the rest is managed by US investors. We see Grande Island which used to be the U.S. Army Fort […]

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Zg355. (-053) is a sign of the Subic Runex Group gathered here at the Arizona Hotel, Barretto, Olongapo City for their annual meeting. They said most of them stayed about a week. I never heard of them or could find them in the www. Most of them are US Vets. The Arizona Hotel was our […]

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Zg354. (-051 to 052) are pictures of a bridge over the Matain River and a road to it from Subic Town. It is located about 4 km up-river from the National Highway, about the area of Baloy Beach. There is road construction going on; on this side of the bridge proclaiming to be a By-Pass […]

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Zg353. (-049 and 050) are pictures of the entrance to Baloy Beach; an area next to the entrance road has been cleared for a development. There were big trees but they got cut. Rumor has it; a McDonald is going to rise here.

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Zg352. (-048) is a nice picture of the whole length of the Barrio Barretto Beach from a restaurant, hotel, called Harleys which is located at the entrance road to Baloy Beach. It is run by a Brit and many International tourists like to hang out here with this nice view!

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Zg349. (-035 to 039) are views/ is a view of Barrio Barretto Beach (officially now called: Barangay Barretto). It is a nice day and it is low tide, we see the remnants of the Navy cargo pier of 1945. The Barretto area in 1945 had become a Naval Supply Depot perhaps almost to 1959. Before […]

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Zg348. (-020 to 034) are views/ is a view of Olongapo City, Subic Bay Freeport Zone area (SBFZ), the former Subic Bay Naval Base and the bay of Subic Bay. The 7 maps in front of the album may be helpful to you, to orient yourself.

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Zg347. (-020 to 034) are views/ is a view of Olongapo City, Subic Bay Freeport Zone area (SBFZ), the former Subic Bay Naval Base and the bay of Subic Bay. The 7 maps in front of the album may be helpful to you, to orient yourself.

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Zg346. (-020 to 034) are views/ is a view of Olongapo City, Subic Bay Freeport Zone area (SBFZ), the former Subic Bay Naval Base and the bay of Subic Bay. The 7 maps in front of the album may be helpful to you, to orient yourself.

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Zg345. (-018 and 019) are/ is a view of the former main gate bridge of the former Subic Bay Naval Base being replaced. Work has been going on over 3 years now. The new Chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) apparently reorganized the effort and it seems that progress is being made. On […]

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