SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Hundreds of former volunteers and current employees and officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority recalled the hardship they overcame in building the first Philippine free port, and renewed their commitment for a sustainable and more progressive Subic.
In a ceremony graciously attended by former heads of the agency, participants and guests in the culminating activity of the month-long SBMA 25th Anniversary Celebration remembered momentous events since Subic Bay Freeport was established in 1992.
Foremost, among the images evoked here was the historic time when the Stars and Stripes was lowered for the last time in this former American military base, and an enormous 20-by-40-foot Philippine banner was raised.
