A Day in a Life in Olongapo, Part 1

By Buraot

It was November 1996. The APEC Summit was being held in Subic Bay, Philippines.

It was a time for the country to show off its newly established Subic Bay after the former bases were left by the...

To the dogs

The Point is

Election season sparks everything, it make big bucks for company engaged in advertising, creates temporary job for our residents, start word war III, this is also the time when politiko’s spend plenty of money, literally.

Ride a jeep and see the huge billboards,...

Opinion: Ang Pagbabalik Ng Lawin

Contributed by Archie Macapantay

On Sunday, February 7, 2010, a front page article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer entitled “This Stateside Macapagal is campaigning for Aquino” came out regarding former Olongapo City Mayor, Teddy Macapagal, who came out of political retirement to campaign for...

Maya? Pabalik? Tengku!

He has been around since I was a kid, his smile and antics I can still remember, he makes me smile whenever i imagine his face and he reminds me that im from Olongapo city.

I remember his famous line “maya? balik?” which he would say...