European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse City sight venturing Beyo Riri the main Galeo Longozo Quot Aims High Quot with delicious food Friendly people re list outside flit main Gate of Subic Bay naval facility is the Olon Gapo a City of about 310,000 people 1 ,.r>00 jeep Ives and 1,000 Tri cycles whose Economy thrives on the presence of the seventh Fleet. Present Day Olon Gapo owes much of its growth to the . Military presence. A from 1910 until 19f>9, it was administered in a . Naval Allicer who was advised by a town Council made up of prominent local residents. On dec Emler a l9f>9, mongato handed Over to the philippine government and designated a municipal it. It became a cite in 1900.getting around the cite is Lead in a dynamic populist government which has set various priorities to. Make the town As hospitable As possible to residents and visitors alike. Oily Hall is particularly proud. Of its refuse collection system that keeps the streets litter free and its transportation licensing system that guarantees sati Slac Lois service. A owners and Drivers of All jeep news and Tri cycles operating in Olon Gapo Are required to Register with Tilv i Lall. Drivers must Wear shirts with their names on the Back Collar and front pocket and have registration numbers painted on the body of the vehicle they Are driving. If for any reason a passenger has a complaint about service a claim can be filed at it i Lall by supplying either the Drivers name or the vehicle body number. Jeep evs in Olon Gapo Are color coded according to their routes a system that is being considered for use throughout . For example yellow jeep news will take you from thu front Gate to thu Sta. Rita District via rial a jeep Neys in the City of Olon Gapo Are color coded according to their routes. Enue. Although labelled on the Side with. N. At least one destination you will still need to know your Way around. The safest Way is to follow the color coding. Jeep news Are also a great was to mix with the local population and strike up some interesting conversations. Once Vou try them and get the system figured out Thev arc definitely the was to go nightspots m Magsaysay drive the Street outside the main Gate is the entertainment District of Olon Gapo. There arc enough discos and night clubs along this Street to keep Vou danc ing All night if you did t have. I a n. A Curlew. Flu hot City disco has a live band nightly and its neighbor at no. 1 Magsaysay Rock trax disco plans the latest selections. You can also c atch live bands at California Jam at no. 11 and Sierra disco a Little further Down the Road. Metallica disco rocks to heavy i Metal while billboard disco cashes in j on thu latest crae for a music. In Penthouse for a Cosie r venue or rolling Stone Lor Good old fashioned Rock. What a in a name Long Apo the name derives from the phrase Ulo no Apo Quot the head of the and As with most such names there is a colourful legend that goes with it. Predating the arrival of the Spanish Olon Gapo was a Small fishing Village headed by a Wise and benevolent Man that the villagers called a Apo a a term of respect reserved for chieftains and others of similar status. The villagers lived a contented life of fishing in Stubig As the Bay was then called foraging in the mountains and trading with the Small dark people of the Forest. This Tranquillity was soon shattered however by feuding and quarrelling among clans. Evil doers taking advantage of the disorder kidnapped the Apo and beheaded him leaving his headless body on the Beach to sow terror among the superstitious villagers. Nevertheless a Brave Village youth set out to find the Apo a head and return it for proper burial. He hacked his Way deep into the Jungle until to his horror he came upon the Apo a head impaled on a Bamboo pole. Removing the head from the pole the youth reverently carried it Back to the Village where he was greeted by children who proceeded him into the Village shouting Quot Ulo no apor the return of the Apo s head served to unify the warring clans and restore Harmony to the Village. In time the Village came to be known As Olon Gapo. t a i .0 h a ill
