By Buraot “Ganito pala sa Olongapo, parang war zone,”. This was the surprised remark from one of the media personnel from GMA-7 who witnessed what happened that fateful day in November 1996. All the action were going on inside the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) where the APEC forum was being held, so it only makes sense for all the media, local and international, to be there. Fortunately... 

By Buraot In just a matter of minutes, after that quick anesthesia-less operation and humiliation inside the operating room, I was in a wheelchair being pushed by that UP volunteer all the way to the x-ray room and unto my assigned room, which was the orthopedic ward. Weird. I don’t think I had any broken bone or whatever that needed me to be confined to that section. Unless some doctor thought a... 

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 Americans under piles of ashes brought by the Pinatubo eruption. It was also the time for then President Fidel Ramos to showcase his Medium Term Philippine Development Plan. It was Ramos’ Philippines... 

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, tarpaulin, banners and poster around the city, where is the “Bawal mag kalat sa olongapo” slogan when you need it. You’ll... 

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 Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino for President and Senator Mar Roxas for Vice President respectively. ... 

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 every time he doesn’t get any change (money) from people he ask for. In the growing and fast phase changes in Olongapo City, Daddy daddy’s popularity seemed...