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Background: The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was tasked with preparing the country for independence after a 10-year transition. In 1942 the islands fell under Japanese occupation during WWII, and US forces and Filipinos fought together during 1944-45 to regain control. On 4 July 1946 the Philippines attained their independence. The 21-year rule of Ferdinand MARCOS ended in 1986, when a widespread popular rebellion forced him into exile and installed Corazon AQUINO as president. Her presidency was hampered by several coup attempts, which prevented a return to full political stability and economic development. Fidel RAMOS was elected president in 1992 and his administration was marked by greater stability and progress on economic reforms. In 1992, the US closed its last military bases on the islands. Joseph ESTRADA was elected president in 1998, but was succeeded by his vice-president, Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, in January 2001 after ESTRADA's stormy impeachment trial on corruption charges broke down and widespread demonstrations led to his ouster. MACAPAGAL-ARROYO was elected to a six-year term in May 2004. The Philippine Government faces threats from armed communist insurgencies and from Muslim separatists in the south.




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Scuba Diving - LST Wreck in Subic Bay, Philippines I finally got the opportunity to scuba dive in the Philippines and the experience was mixed. The first site I dove was LST-959. We began the dive by going down to a depth of roughly 80 feet and proceeded to swim to the aft of the wreck. We then swam into a large opening at the back and went forward to the bow. It was pretty dark inside so I didn't really see much. Having a flashlight would have been really helpful in exploring the inside. Neverthless, it was fun to swim [View Full Entry]

IKU ZE - Kimberly Dupak | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 27th 2009 | 84 Views | [diary=448572]

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Scuba Diving - El Capitan / USS Majaba in Subic Bay, Philippines My second dive in Subic Bay was at El Capitan (also known as USS Majaba). This dive was much shallower than my first... aorund 15 feet at its shallowest point and 50 feet at its deepest. Unfortunately, the visibility wasn't nearly as good at my first dive. I pretty much spent this dive just trying not to get seperated from the rest of my dive group. I was at the back and didn't see much because of all the silt that they had kicked up. Nevertheless, diving is diving [View Full Entry]

IKU ZE - Kimberly Dupak | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 27th 2009 | 89 Views | [diary=448582]


By ritchie
September 4th 2009
Zoobic Asia » Philippines » Subic
Zoobic with family! Far from Manila but worth it :) [View Full Entry]

ritchie - ritchie ramos | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 4th 2009 | 90 Views | [diary=433811]

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Photos taken last November 8, 2007 I've heard about Subic Bay in my history class back in elementary school & have always been curious about it so I made sure I visited it. I went there with my bf, my uncle's driver drove us there. It was a 2 hour drive from Las Piñas, I was pleased to see an actual freeway in the Philippines. It was free of traffic, I almost thought I was somewhere else. We arrived at Zoobic Safari a few minutes after opening. There were only 2 other people there so far so we immediately jumped on [View Full Entry]

meesai - Catarina | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 13th 2009 | 270 Views | [diary=407945]

"Cute" snake
Aww what a cutie
Tigers resting under a shade

SUBIC FRIENDS Subic has been a memorable place for me, it is where I met and bonded with my various friends from the office, college school and to new found friends. I've been to Subic so many times and each time there is different experience to share and treasure. Just 1 1/2 hours from Manila via SCTEX there is no hassle on the road. Just be sure to watch your speed limit and abide by the traffic rules.They are very strict unlike in the Metro. There are many things to do in Subic upon arriving you can dine in for lunch [View Full Entry]

Mirachael - Raquel O Turda | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 14th 2009 | 283 Views | [diary=404439]

GOOD MORNING BREAKFAST
GO KARTS
ANVAYA COVE

By Maverick09
June 2nd 2009
Philippines Asia » Philippines » Subic
After a 13 hr flight and a 2 hr swine flu inspection in Japan we finally arrived in Manila late in the evening. The plans were to drop my mom off to her province of Pangasinan, a small fishing town 4hrs north of Manila. My stay @ Traders hotel was great,especially waking up to the sunrise view of Manila Bay. I found the staff at Trader's to be very accomodating and friendly, everyone from the security guard with his cool german shepard to the personal trainer at the gym. Please, also consider the Philippines is a developing country, so this [View Full Entry]

Maverick09 - Maverick Zagala | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 2nd 2009 | 76 Views | [diary=404443]

Pampano in glass
Swin flu inpection
Trader's Hotel

By GeekTrek
April 22nd 2009
Next Stop Tokyo Asia » Philippines » Subic
Subic Wrap up I spent the day walking around Subic town yesterday it was fascinating but sometimes its tiring being a tourist, everyone wants to sell you something and I found myself repeating Hindeh (No in Tagalog) far to often. In fact i think "no" is the first word I've had to learn in Mandarin, Thai, and Tagalog. After walking around the town I went and hung out at the beach as night passed on we noticed hundreds of little baby crabs coming out they are so tiny run very very fast and are almost translucent I didn't even notice they [View Full Entry]

GeekTrek - Geektrekker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 22nd 2009 | 162 Views | [diary=392914]

Floating paradise
Island
Beach

By GeekTrek
April 20th 2009
Ocean Adventure Asia » Philippines » Subic
Ocean Adventure Yesterday I spent the day at Ocean adventure in Subic Bay, it was really quite amazing, the atmosphere I found was far less commercial than Sea World it was more Marine Sanctuary and less commercial theme park than I remember Sea World being. That being said rescued animals who became to dependent on humans and couldn't be released into the wild were amazingly well trained, my only regret was for the second time on this trip I made the HUGE mistake of not checking my camera batteries before leaving the hotel. The day started off with a beautiful ride [View Full Entry]

GeekTrek - Geektrekker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 20th 2009 | 344 Views | [diary=392361]

Jump
Dolphin Surfing
Feeding

By GeekTrek
April 18th 2009
Subic Bay Asia » Philippines » Subic
Finally time for the beach, it is beautiful here even though it may be slightly too hot, ok more than slightly too hot :-). I'm on a resort Bay and even though there are not very many foreigners I have met a few nice locals, I'm supposed to go met them at the beach in a little while, which as you can see from my pictures is damn close. It is very beautiful here but after 3 weeks of typing that over and over it seems to slowly have lost some meaning,it will be nice to get home.. although i'm sure [View Full Entry]

GeekTrek - Geektrekker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 18th 2009 | 182 Views | [diary=391742]

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I don’t want to sound bitter but there were 9 people SUPPOSEDLY going to this trip, until everyone backed out and there were just two of us left. AM JUST KIDDING :) I actually just want to share the fun and experience ~ no hard feelings at all. The expected 1 ½ bus ride from Cubao Metro Manila to Olongapo City took us 3 hours; someone probably miscalculated (ehem!hehe). Olongapo City is quite organized, less dirty and well managed compared to Manila. Adjacent to the City was our main destination, the Subic Bay Freeport Zone which until 1992 was once the [View Full Entry]

TinNiE - Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness ~ | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 1st 2009 | 1014 Views | [diary=377836]

Our bus to Subic
Downtown Olongapo
Olongapo City


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