Subic Bay – Page 79 – Philippine-Sailor

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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Zd896. This is one of 5 images of the grave/tomb site of Ernest J. Gaines, a legend in Subic Bay. These pictures were shot on the 31st of Jan 2021. The grave plaque is removed; the tomb was entered and closed again. So, most likely the story, the previous lady told me, is true that the remains were brought to Ilo Ilo. The man in the picture helped me find the tomb. He said that one time he and others stopped people monkeying around on the tomb. As you can see houses have been built all around the tomb now, since the opening of the Hanjin Ship Yard Road, many people have settled here.

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Zd895. This is one of the first ladies I asked about the tomb site. She told me that the remains of Ernest J. Gaines have been removed and were brought to Ilo Ilo. She also said, that she has a pictures of his bones in her home across the bay in Matain Village. Where I found her was the wrong spot and I continued the search.

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Zd894. This is my GPS track on Google Earth of my walk in the former Gains Beach area to find the Tomb of Ernest J. Gaines again.

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Zd893. This is the grave/tomb plaque of Ernest J. Gaines on the 23rd of June in 2012; I went by his tomb again and it seems his grave plaque got cleaned up or was replaced.

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Zd892. This is one of three pictures of Ernest J. Gaines Tomb in the Gains Beach area on Redondo Peninsular in Subic Bay on the 4th of Aug. 2006. Very few people were residing there then but my hiking partners and I wanted to see the tomb.

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Zo963. A map of the present Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ), the area of the Naval Station of the former Subic Bay Naval Base. It is marked up for your orientation!

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Zo962. This Aurora Pavilion is progressing rather slowly, I think they are constructing 2 years already. They had a big crane, maybe they don’t need it any more. For your orientation, to the photographer’s right is the Tappan Park, across the street to the right of the project is the compound with the Subic Bay Chapel.

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Zo970. This is another view of the Majestic Bay project, item 4 in the video and it is located at Triboa Bay, next to the former Naval Air Station Cubi Point. This must be a Condo project. The APEC meeting of 1996 was held here and President Ramos was the Philippine President then. On this side of Triboa Bay, for the APEC meeting, 20 or so villas were built, one for each Head of State of the APEC member countries. These villas are now leased out. The actual APEC meeting was held in the famous Cubi Point Officer Club.

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Zo969. This is the Majestic Bay project, item 4 in the video and it is located at Triboa Bay, next to the former Naval Air Station Cubi Point. This must be a Condo project. The APEC meeting of 1996 was held here and President Ramos was the Philippine President then. In the next picture was also President Clinton, our president then. On this side of Triboa Bay, for the APEC meeting, 20 or so villas were built, one for each Head of State of the APEC member countries. These villas are now leased out. The actual APEC meeting was held in the famous Cubi Point Officer Club.

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Zo968. The video presenter is on his way to his item 4 in his video, the Majestic Bay project at Triboa Bay. He drives by the Ayala, Harbor Point Mall.
I’m one of those persons who appreciates all the new malls in Subic Bay, when we run this place, we did not have them. I know my family members enjoy the malls; they are great places to hang out. And if you want to by something, it is right there.