MARDI GRAS 2014

Olongapo Mayor Rolen C. Paulino (4th frm R), with Metro-Olongapo Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MOCCI) President Ruben de Guzman (3rd frm R), Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Director Cynthia Paulino (middle) offers a toast at the opening of Mardi Gras 2014. The three-night event on Oct. 23-25, attracted both local and foreign tourists, providing a well -deserved respite from the brouhaha and alternative to lost opportunities to the economy suffered by the city due to a male homosexual’s death that is being blamed to a US marine soldier and blown out of proportion by media that fed on the noisy pocket protests of leftist and homosexual groups, prompting US Authorities to cancel liberty of some 5,000 sailors and marines. SubicBayNews photo by Vic Lenin G. Vizcocho IV