The former US Subic Bay Naval Base became the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Nov. 1992
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 […]
Read MoreZg355. (-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 […]
Read MoreZg354. (-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 […]
Read MoreZg349. (-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 […]
Read MoreZg345. (-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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