Grand Reunion of former Subic Naval Base Workers

[1] Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino (3rd from left), assisted by Architect Antonio Balde, inserts some memorabilia into a time capsule for a commemorative marker honoring former employees in the defunct Subic Bay Naval Base. Witnessing the event are SBMA Chairman Roberto V. Garcia, (2nd from left), SBMA Director Cynthia Paulino, and Roberto Flores, co-chairman of the base workers’ grand reunion committee.

[2] SBMA Chairman Roberto V. Garcia leads the ground-breaking ceremony for a commemorative marker honoring former employees in the defunct Subic Bay Naval Base, now the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The ceremony kicked off a week-long grand reunion of former base workers in Subic, which marked the first commemoration of the “Former US Naval Base Workers’ Week” set by the Olongapo City council for the third week of March.

(photos by Jun Dumaguing)