Subic Bay – Page 80 – 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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Zo967. This is location 3 on the map and in this picture, we see items 3 and 2 (in that order) of the video. The Chequers Suites is completed and is operating and it is item 3 in the video. Next to it, to its right, is the Reviera Condo and Hotel being build.

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Zo966. This is location 3 on the map and in this picture, it is item 2 in the video. I just copied the Reviera Condo and Hotel view from their promotion sign. We can see the actual construction just behind the promotion sign, I think they are already at their planed top floor.

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Zo965. This is location 3 on the map and this picture shows 3 completed hotels from left to right. Mango Valley, Grand Hoyah and the Horizon Hotel. To the right is the new Reviera Condo and Hotel, item 2 of 4 in the video.

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Zo964. This is item 2 on the map. In the video it is not counted but was shown briefly. This steel structure is new and is being worked on. What is interesting here, is that here was a massive construction going on before, maybe 5 to 10 years ago and it was supposed to be a large High-rise, a Korean investment, buy in and we build. The 1/2 length of this large block, the concrete foundation was completed but then went broke.

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Zo956. The Philippines was the host country in for the 2019 South East Asia Games. The games were conducted in several different venues including Subic Bay. This Subic Gym building is located along the Aguinaldo St., our sailor’s former Liberty Route to the main gate. It was built by the new Management, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) after the Subic Bal Naval Base was returned to the Philippine Authority. This building is located on the Remy Sports Field and was renovated for these 2019 Games.

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Zo954. Last year, perhaps Sep. or October 2019 Shoe Mart Malls (SM) opened a new and large mall next to the Marikit Park. That is the location of the old Olongapo Hospital which was several post WWII Quonset Buildings. It was also the sight of the Olongapo City Convention Center. It is about 1 block towards the former U.S. Naval Base from the Olongapo City APO Circle.

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Zo853. Barrio Barretto has now a Highrise, maybe 10 floors. It is called Central Park Reef Hotel. This is the bottom floor, Lobby, Bar, Restaurant and Pool Floor. It opened in 2019; because of the China Virus, it may be temporarily closed right now.

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Zo960. This new hotel Dennito in Barrio Barretto is located on the grounds of the former Marmont Hotel, only one of three new entities now, of and on the former Marmont Hotel grounds. My friend Carlito reports that our VFW 11447 Post is moving here into the Baker’s place. The old VFW location suffered problems because of the National Highway widening project, the front of building had to go. A conflict arose as to who pays for that.

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Zo959. This is a current picture of the former Subic Bay Naval Base main gate bridge. The former Base is now called the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) and it is administered by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). The bridge has been secured for vehicle traffic a few years now and a plan to replace it is in the works. It seems the virus pandemic from Red China has slowed down the project. This picture is from the First SM Mall, they have parking on the upper floors. We see the Main Gate vehicle guard shack and I marked in some other landmarks for your orientation. If you look closely, you also can see the Philippine Flag, where ours and theirs flew jointly in the past.

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Zo958. This is a current picture of the former Subic Bay Naval Base main gate bridge. The former Base is now called the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) and it is administered by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). The bridge has been secured for vehicle traffic a few years now and a plan to replace it is in the works. It seems the virus pandemic from Red China has slowed down the project. At right is the first SM Mall built on the former Olongapo City Lot 21 and then the Olongapo City Mall.