Philippine Army Reservist & Bethel Church Gift Giving

December 21, 2009 activities of Gordon Straight Ticket Team  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAifokUJ_7M

Brgy. Consultation (Barretto) and Banicain Xmas Party

December 21 Activities of Gordon Straight Ticket Team ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsOQlo3avC8

Olongapo City Local Development Council Planning session

Discussion and approval of 2010 Annual Investment Plan held at FMA Hall Olongapo City. Chaired by Mayor Bong Gordon with reports from CPDO Engr Marivic Nierras and Budget Officer Bebeth Marzan. In attendance are the 17 barangay chairmen, NGOs and the City Council

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF8pvnDMHFg

Olongapo City 50th Anniversary

Re-enactment of the turn-over ceremony which happend December 7, 1959 at Rizal Triangle Olongapo City when the American government turned over the control of Olongapo to the Philippine Government

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238gC7J5XyI

Olongapo City Scouting Jamboree

Olongapo Scouting - challenge valley, obstacle course, parent and son activity and lots of fun and thrill during 40th anniversary jamboree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3le8BjiLVHA

Olongapo Scouting - parent and son activity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndli2HDe9II

Olongapo Scouting obstacle course

Olongapo Scouting - challenge valley during 40th anniversary jamboree


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J23pGjUAAe4



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvkFEsOG4wQ

Olongapo City Scouting - mountain climbing and rappelling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlP-idLDtvw

Olongapo City History

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuOTe7Sin8I

Olongapo a New City

James L. Gordon worked hard for self determination of Olongapo residents and he got it first through the relinquishment of Olongapo by the US government to the Philippine government then by his efforts for city status for Olongapo. His political battles earned for him many enemies who were after self aggrandizement. He fought to retain the power utility and the telephone system which some local politicians wanted to sell to private entities at a bargain. He reiterated his Filipino Citizenship which his political rivals questioned. He was entitled to claim American citizenship being the son of a retired US soldier. Yet he opted to remain Filipino.

In February 20, 1967, he was assassinated at City Hall, only eight and a half months after Olongapo became a city.

Gordons widow Amelia was elected Mayor in the next election. Like her husband, Mayor Amelia worked hard at social amelioration. She invited a Battalion Combat Team from Pampanga to carve out a residential area in the hilly Gordon Heights for homeless families. The BCT came with their bulldozers and pay loaders and the area was soon subdivided for distribution.

Richard J. Gordon was elected Mayor in 1980. He worked for recognition of Olongapo as Highly Urbanized City, a separate entity from the province of Zambales. This recognition was won by Olongapo on December 07, 1983.

During the 1987 election Kate H. Gordon was elected Representative of the First District of Zambales. This made a formidable partnership that worked for the advancement of the interests of Olongapo residents.

The presence of the US Navy in Olongapo for 91 years brought gainful employment for residents. One serious social disadvantage, however, was the proliferation of the sex trade as US Navy on rest and recreation made Olongapo a stopover area. In the efforts to neutralize this, particularly the salacious name of Sin City that the city had been getting, many measures were taken. Rules of hygiene, sanitation, propriety and grooming were strictly implemented. Efforts were made to turn the city into a Festival City, a Scene City, a Mardi Gras City, with wholesome fun encouraged. Olongapo music was at its best.

The even tenor of life in the city was disrupted by the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo on June 15, 1991. With the entire city covered in volcanic ash from 18 to 24 inches, life became a daily struggle. No water, no electricity, rare transportation, demolished structures, food shortage were only some of the trials experienced by Olongapo residents for some weeks. Native resiliency in the face of disaster came to the fore however, and the city was back to normal in less than a month.

In the national scene, however, legislators were working to free the country from any foreign military presence. On September 16, 1991 the Philippine Senate voted to reject the Treaty of 

Friendship, Cooperation and Security, thus effectively terminating the stay of US military bases in the Philippines and prohibiting the establishment of any other foreign military presence in the country.

The vision of a new Olongapo became even more defined with the ingenious design of Mayor Richard Gordon to put up thought provoking and highly-motivating slogans all around the city. Phrases like What Post OptionsThis Country Needs is Not a Change of Men but a Change in Men, Shared Vision, Shared Struggles, Shared Triumphs, Olongapo A City with Integrity, Character, Dignity and Pride, among other inspiring credos spelled the difference on how the city was painstakingly transformed into a highly-unified and forward-looking metropolis. These deeply ingrained values helped create a very disciplined and committed breed of achievers so characteristically Olongapo.

Olongapo City Beauties at Mardigras 2009

Action at RM DRIVE during the first day of Olongapo City Mardigras 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZzomoXUM1w

OLONGAPO CITY FLAG CEREMONY, LAKBAY ARAL -
  BOHOL CITY WITH MAYOR IN BOHOL,
  VICE MAYOR and CITY COUNCILORS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqr-0zaJHDs

PLDT InnoLab - Olongapo City Subic Bay Freeport - Trendsetter

PLDT SMART Innovation Laboratory in Olongapo City Subic Bay - Fully Loaded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNMq8hLY0Lw

INAUGURATION AND BLESSING OF ASPHALT OVERLAY

CORAL ST., BRGY. KALAKLAN, 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyhz6K5Etx4

OLONGAPO CITY FLAG CEREMONY, 
RICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, 

RED CROSS WINNER, DONATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppdMAg-4vJ8

SBMA-Olongapo-Red Cross rescue team are heroes in Pangasinan

Susan Enriquez of GMA7 NEWS embedded with SBMA-Olongapo-Red Cross rescue team giving report of on-going rescue operation at Pangasinan

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Subic Chamber Donations to Olongapo flood victims

Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce donated 27 boxes of food and cloth items to the victims of recent flooding in Olongapo City.

SBFCC under the leadership of their current president, Professor Danny Piano in four occasions delivered relief goods to Botolan flood victims and recently, truckloads of goods worth half million pesos turned over to the Philippine National Red Cross to help our countrymen in Metro Manila.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LOySQRIZig

ICT SubicBay 2009

Audio Visual Presentation, Subic Bay ICT Council, SBMA, BOZE-DO-IT Bataan Olongapo Zambales Educational Development for Information Technology


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMr-ZCsNknk

Olongapo Flooded

Olongapo City declares state of calamity over floods


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Olongapo declares state of calamity

The Olongapo City council, after the state of the city report of CDCC Chairman and Mayor Bong Gordon yesterday at their regular session passed a resolution declaring a state of calamity.

In his report, the mayor stated that 15 out of 17 barangays are flooded and 90 percent of the city's roads affected. (read www.sangunian.com for more details)

Monsoon rains submerge Botolan anew, cut link to South Zambales

Ninety percent of Botolan, Zambales is was submerged in floodwater as monsoon rains enhanced by the tailend of Typhoon Labuyo battered the whole province, doubling the effect of the onslaught of tropical storm Kiko that hit the town almost a month ago.

Latest report from the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) revealed that nonstop rains that started 12 noon Sept 7 brought floodwaters reaching as high as six feet damaging a total of 1,197 houses and displacing some 2,000 families.

The national highway along Barangay Carael linking South Zambales to the North was also closed to traffic anew as the approaches to the newly constructed steel bridge were damaged by strong currents of floodwaters expanding as wide as 5 kilometers and depth of 2 feet.

The Bailey Type Bridge had just undergone repairs yesterday to avoid further damage but raging waters destroyed even the "Gabion mattress" or concreted boulders the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had placed to reinforce the bridge's shoulders, according to DPWH District Engineer Hercules Manlicmot.

Relief operations and emergency assistance by the PDCC, the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), Provincial Social Welfare and development Office (PSWDO), Philippine National Police Zambales Provincial Office (PNP-ZPO), and the 24th IB of the Philippine Army are on-going as of press time and is personally supervised by Governor Amor D. Deloso.

In an interview, Governor Deloso has announced his plan to call into a summit the Olongapo City Government and concerned national agencies to discuss massive dredging and desilting operations in the province to clear waterways and avoid aggravating the now escalating disaster. (PIA-Zambales)

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Villages in Zambales, Pampanga remain flooded

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090909-224401/3-dead-3-missing-due-to-heavy-rains

In Zambales, 16 villages in the municipalities of San Felipe, San Marcelino and Botolan were reported to be flooded while 15 other villages were under water in Olongapo City, Rabonza said.

Also in Olongapo City, seven families (or 52 persons) were affected by landslides in four areas of the city, the NDCC added.

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Heavy rains plaguing the western section of the country has affected 70,000 residents in Olongapo City in Zambales, leading to suspension of classes in schools at all levels.

Olangapo Mayor James “Bong" Gordon Jr. said he suspended classes Tuesday in the entire city after a river that passes through it overflowed, aggravated by high tides, causing neck-deep floods in at least six villages.

Some residents were forced to move to the second floor of their houses, while others were evacuated to the Olongapo City National High School.

Residents of neighboring Botolan town, also in Zambales, were forced to flee their homes after a number of rivers nearby also overflowed. The inclement weather has also damaged three bridges, isolating half of Botolan’s population.

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority has deployed rescue teams to assist residents.

The incessant rains, attributed by weather forecasters to the southwest monsoon, closed portions of the national highway connecting Central Luzon to Cagayan Valley region on Monday night.

Sections of the highway in Santa Fe town in Nueva Vizcaya and Carranglan town in Nueva Ecija were closed due to mud and other sediment left by floods.

Chief Superintendent Roberto Damian, Cagayan Valley police regional director, said a team of engineers from the Department of Public Works and Highways has already cleared the road for motorists.

In Manila, afternoon classes in elementary and high school in five villages in Malabon were also suspended Tuesday due to floods. Mark Merueñas, GMANews.TV

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ABS CBN NEWS VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRil9sjdgjE

Courtesy of : ABS-CBN , TV PatroL WorLd .... FLOOD on BOTOLAN , Zambalez and OLONGAPO

Olongapo City Flood 08SEP09 

This was brought by the enhanced Southwest Monsoon which was, itself, enhanced by the Tropical Storm 13W/Dujuan and an active LPA NW of Olongapo City.  

BlackDangeros (2 months ago) 0  

Reply I Miss olongapo im from there new cabalan there a live... :D... i hope my lola its ok.... TheRenegadeAssassin (3 weeks ago) 0  

Reply That's funny, my wife and I have a place in in the Foresty in Old Cabalan. What people need to know is that this is normal every year in downtown Ologapo. Especially in the market area. 32baller (2 months ago) 0  

Reply dapat ang sakayan ng victory liner nasa old cabalan malapit sa dam. para hindi matraffic sa rizal ave. masyadong malaki para sa makitid na daan.maswerte parin ang mga taga gapo kumpara sa iba. jlagardejr (2 months ago) 

Reply This issue was floated a lot of years ago but I don't know what the status is. Victory Liner and Saulog Transit ought to think about this but the question remains that are we willing to spend few pesos more to go to Old Cabalan (especially from the folks West and South of Old Cabalan) just to get to ride the bus to the destination? cutechel95 (2 months ago) 0  

Reply thank you for sharing this video ramil123451 (3 months ago) 0 

Reply maybe ibalic na ang us military para gumanda uli ang olongapo.... jlagardejr (2 months ago) 

Reply this is not the answer to the matter. In fact sa US din may ganitong mga pangyayari din and they are already a First World Country. It's a matter of Strong Political Will and the population's willingness to do there part. rattlecode (3 months ago) 0  

Reply Huh, That time I just left gapo more than a week. What a mess, pero na miss ko ang baha. Parte na yan ng buhay ng tga Olongapo, since i was a child I have some few memories ng baha. jlagardejr (2 months ago) 

Reply That's true, nagkataon talaga na unusual yung rains na dala ng wx systems ngayong taon na ito. sayang walang record about the mean rainfall sa Olongapo City. And it happened twice in one day.  

Olongapo 1980 Bumpy ride along Magsaysay Drive, shot on super 8 Ektachrome film.  

MT PINATUBO DAMAGES AROUND SUBIC BAY AREA MT PINATUBO ERUPTION JUNE 1991