Media Category: Subic Bay

This category encompass, the former Subic Bay Naval Base,-Naval Station,-Naval Air Station Cubi Point, the former Olongapo Naval Station,-the prewar Olongapo Town and the present Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).

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Zf492. Images # 078, 079 & 081 are about a unique place, it is called: “CMC Double Suds Bar and Grill & Car Wash”. It is located at a grand beach area called Pundaquit which is part of San Antonio, Zambales where our San Miguel Communication Station used to be, now a Philippine Navy Training […]

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Zf491. Picture 073 is special to me for two reasons; these are massive pilings holding up a concrete deck. I believe that was where the 1945 Navy Supply Depot Pier connected to the shore. The other thing that fascinates me about this picture is that about a decade or so ago people were able to […]

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Zf490. 067. This picture is again a symbol of what is happening to many areas in Subic Bay and the Philippines. This is the entrance to barangay (barrio or village) Barretto, left is a new gas station, just opened. We see the bridge over Maquinaya River, this area, before WWII, now Barrio Barretto, was a […]

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Zf489. Images 060, 064 & 065 show the Barretto Beach, the mouth of the Matain River at Baloy Long Beach, which is part of Barretto and the new and first high rise of Barretto, the Central Park Hotel. Notice the parking area in front, and I know in the basement and the alley at one […]

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Zf485. 023 to 026. This is one of 4 images of a new road going to Kalaklan Ridge from Gordon Heights with the public electric gang; they are replacing the electric wires on Kalaklan Ridge, I was very surprised to see this regular Ford Pick-up coming up the ridge on this unexpected route.

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Zf484. 017 This is one random shot of the Subic Bay area in the Oct.-Dec. 2021 time frame. This is one of 4 images, as I walked along the Barretto Beach, passed that Rocky Point, to this point, beachside of a popular Pup, “Harleys” run by a Brit. and rewarded myself with a beer and […]

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Zf483. 015 This is one random shot of the Subic Bay area in the Oct.-Dec. 2021 time frame. This is one of 4 images, as I walked along the Barretto Beach, passed that Rocky Point, to this point, beachside of a popular Pup, “Harleys” run by a Brit. and rewarded myself with a beer and […]

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Zf482. 013 This is one random shot of the Subic Bay area in the Oct.-Dec. 2021 time frame. This is a group of young Filipinos enjoying life on the Baloy Long Beach, Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City on the shores of Subic Bay. They were happy to let me take their picture, as usual, most […]

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Zf481. 004 This is one random shot of the Subic Bay area in the Oct.-Dec. 2021 time frame. This is an important item; the Sit n Bull Restaurant in Barangay Barretto moved, it is now along the National Highway, next to the entrance of Dell Pilar Street and in the same complex where the Dryden […]

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Zf486. 029 to 035. This is one of 6 images of the former US Naval Base Subic Bay which is now the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ). They were shot from the 7th Floor of the new SM (ShoeMart) Mall across the drainage river from the SBFZ. The first picture is of the main gate […]

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