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COPS ON COSPLAY AT OLONGAPO MARDI GRAS

STORY AND PHOTOS BY PERCY ROXAS Olongapo City — They used to be on the sidelines, keeping the peace, ensuring everyone is safe and everything is in order during the city’s major annual tourism draw, the Olongapo Mardi Gras. But…

Toy Kingdom offers Boo-tiful Costumes and Spooky Fun

Toy Kingdom, the country’s favorite toy and costume store, invites everyone this Halloween with its frightfully fun 2025 Halloween Collection—with scary suits, spooky hats, magical dresses, and more spellbinding surprises. Everything kids need to dress up, stand out, and trick-or-treat…

SBMA employees, freeport workers given orientation on gov’t housing program

Subic Bay Freeport – Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) employees and other Freeport workers were given an orientation on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program recently.  The orientation was held at the Subic Bay Exhibition…

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Join Our Christmas Countdown: Share Your Celebrations!

We here in the Freeport Insider are Christmasholics, to say. So we begin the countdown to Christmas, to lift our spirits, to strengthen our souls, despite the typhoons and earthquakes. And all because we are Pinoys who love our Christmas…

Angered by corruption? Tie a white ribbon starting October 12

Kaya Natin Movement for Good Governance Executive Director Lugie Lipumano-Garcia, Olongapo’s very own former city councilor, is calling on citizens to display white ribbons starting Sunday, October 12, to show their fight against corruption in government. Lipumano-Garcia said the white…

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SM supports Olongapo’s Tree planting activity

In an effort to promote environmental sustainability and combat climate change, the City Agriculture Office successfully spearheaded a massive tree planting activity held on June 27, 2025 at Blk 27 Ext. Waterdam Road Sitio Banca-Bancaan Brgy. Gordon Heights. The event…