Save my Bay PHOTO CONTEST

Contest Mechanics

The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers.

• Photos must have been taken during the competition period.
• Participants may use any DSLR or Digital Camera.
• Creative effects done within the camera at the time of exposure e.g. multiple exposures, flash fill, lighting, filtration, etc. are allowed.
• 5 entries are to be submitted “of the camera” per participants, only soft copy are allowed to be submitted.
• The competition will be held on September 25, 2010 from 6am to 11am with in the boardwalk up to Lighthouse Marina Resort coast line

Registration

• Registration fee Php300 (part of the proceeds will go to Ocean Conservancy)
• Loot bags will be given away on the competition.
• Participants can register at the event proper or for pre-registration call/txt 0932-376-6800 look for David.

Submission of Entries

All entries should be submitted on or before 12 noon of the said event. 5 soft copy from each photographers Memory cards are to be submitted at the registration booth.

Prizes at Stake

1st - An overnight stay at an Aqua Suite at Lighthouse Marina Resort with breakfast and dinner

2nd – 2 hour sunset cruise over Subic Bay

3rd – Dinner for Two worth Php 2,000 at Sands Restaurant

Main Judge of the competition will be Jo Avila ( a renowned Photographer ), apart from judging the photo Jo Avila will hand pic a few photos and will work his post process magic, photos will be shown on the awarding night.

Awarding

It will be held the night of September 25, 2010 at 7 pm, venue will be at The Lighthouse Marina Resort

All entries become the property of Subictimes.com & Lighthouse Marina Resort, which will have the right to reproduce, exhibit, or publish the images for promotional purposes, indicating/acknowledging the photographer. Subictimes.com and Lighthouse Marina Resort may display the prints in a public venue, or publish them for the purpose of promoting International Coastal Cleanup, without any financial compensation to the photographers.

Save our rivers... Save Subic Bay

• Ed Piano

  TMAC posted this in Yahoo Answers... Its a wake-up call
  
  "I find Olongapo, a boring city.
  For a city that prides itself on tourism, you see garbage and human waste dumped into the rivers and Ocean... the same Rivers and Ocean that they fish out of and expect the tourist to go swim and scuba diving in..."
  
  To be brutally frank about it... the above statement is TRUE.
  
  And we are not doing anything substantial about it. Panay palabas at propaganda lang, walang tunay na nagkakaisang pagkilos.
  
  Everyone should be involved, it will take a lot of hardwork, money and political will to accomplish this.... but we can not continue to look the other way... if we love our children and grandchildren and care for the future... WE MUST ACT NOW!!!

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• Ed Piano

  I hope that when the PHP90M dredging/vactor equipments arrive next month, that it be the symbol of our unified action to start a concerted effort to stop and eventually reverse the deterioration of our waterways.
  
  The Subic Bay Waterways Council should be immediately convened and plan of action and strategies to save our rivers and Subic Bay be in place.
  
  The next election should focus its efforts on stopping the trash from reaching our waterways... and put an end to the usual trash political gimmickry.

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• Sharon M Abbah

  I totally agree with what you said Sir Ed. Our local government and NGO's should work together in order to help our City's major problem [i.e. basura, employment, out of school youth projects. and to have information/knowledge on whats really happening in our hometown and what our local politician is doing about it.

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• Steven Rolan

  I agree.. Dapat mag simula sa taas pababa ang pag babago. Mag sisimula sa mamayan ng olongapoi mag mula sa namumuno at matatanda para tuluran at maisagawa ang nararapat para sa ating lunsod. Ang isang magulang na pabaya sa kaniyang sarili na may masamang gawain at ang kanilang sarili ay di maayos ay mahihirapan mag disiplina ng kanyang anak..

Save the Trees in SUBIC BAY: SOS from the Philippines

This group is scheduled to be archived... so for posterity, i'm copying it here

An Inquirer report said it best "...another case of a foreigner trying to trample on our laws and our government allows them to do it"

Should the government allow these foreigners to cut down 360 trees(60-100 yrs old) in Subic to pave the way for a Casino - this is literally GAMBLING with the local and global ENVIRONMENT!

Let's show them that the world has eyes, and that there are people and organizations that will NOT ALLOW environmental degradation ANYWHERE on this planet.

Please post your SUBIC PHOTOS here to remind everyone of what can be lost. Don't forget to tag your friends!

Cheers!

Cec Phils We invite you to nominate individuals or organizations whose efforts to protect the environment and the people's rights are a good example for others.

Acceptance of nominations for the Gawad Bayani ng Kalikasan 2011 is open until midnight of July 15, 2011. Guidelines, awards requirements and nominations forms are available for download at http://www.cecphils.org/gawad-bayani-ng-kalikasan.

Members

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Lito Villanueva Ladao

Youth Network of Environmental Advocates (YNEA)

A youth organization founded to unite the youth sector and the young populace to endeavor to protect our environment. The group; which is primarily spearheaded by the Green Badge Circle (GBC) and its Auxiliary group (GBC-A), the Eagle Scout Association of the Philippines-Olongapo Council and the Local Scouting movement in Olongapo and Zambales; is an open youth organization, a non-profit, non-stock, non-political and non-sectarian organization having LOVE FOR ENVIRONMENT as the main requirement for membership.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=325811497410

YNEA Symposium on Climate Change and Global Warming

With the theme “Youth Acting Together to SAVE the Environment,” Olongapo’s Sangguniang Kabataan Federation and the Boy Scouts of the Philippines-Olongapo will jointly launch the re-organization of the Youth Network of Environmental Advocates (YNEA) in the city in a symposium set on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at Saint Joseph School’s Social Hall.

YNEA is an emerging youth organization basically focused on promoting environmental consciousness and youth involvement in mitigating the ill effects of climate change and global warming in support of the government’s environmental programs.

The objective is to organize one YNEA chapter in every Barangay, in every school and every College campus in Olongapo and the Subic Bay Freeport (SBF).

With the City’s advocacy to combat climate change and global warming, Mayor James “Bong” Gordon Jr. is encouraging the youth of the city’s 17 barangays to participate in this environmental endeavor.

YNEA aims to build a network of responsible young leaders who will VOICE-OUT the concerns of the YOUTH in general. The main objective is to educate the youth about their responsibility to protect the environment, build a strong foundation of young concerned citizens and eventually inspire and push the older populace to act on important environmental concerns

Youth Network of Environmental Advocates

Mayor Bong Gordon speaks before the guests and participants of the Youth Network of Environmental Advocates (YNEA). The two (2)-day symposium particularly tackled Climate Change & Global Warming on August 8, 2010 at the Saint Joseph High School.

2010 R - 47 - REQUESTING SBMA TO ASSIST BY WAY OF ALLOCATING FUNDS OR EQUIPMENT FOR THE DREDGING OF RIVERS SHARED BY OLONGAPO CITY AND SBF

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF OLONGAPO, HELD ON JUNE 23, 2010 AT THE CITY HALL.

PRESENT:

Hon. Cynthia G. Cajudo - - City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer

Hon. Gina Gulanes-Perez - - - City Councilor

Hon. John Carlos G. delos Reyes- - “ “

Hon. Rodel S. Cerezo- - - - “ “

Hon. Sarah Lugerna Lipumano-Garcia - “ “

Hon. Edwin J. Piano- - - “ “

Hon. Angelito W. Baloy- - - “ “

Hon. Aquilino Y. Cortez, Jr. - - - “ “

Hon. Anselmo A. Aquino - - - “ “

Hon. Elena C. Dabu - - “ “

Hon. Jonathan G. Manalo- - - “ “

Hon. Audie S. Sundiam- - - President, Liga ng mga Barangay

Hon. Cheenee F. Hoya- - - - SK Federation President

ABSENT:

None.

RESOLUTION NO. 47

(Series of 2010)

A RESOLUTION REQUESTING SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY TO ASSIST BY WAY OF ALLOCATING FUNDS OR EQUIPMENT FOR THE DREDGING OF RIVERS SHARED BY OLONGAPO CITY AND SUBIC BAY FREEPORT

WHEREAS, the city government recognized the clear and present danger brought about by clogged and polluted waterways and there is an urgent need to dredge and revive Olongapo waterways to prevent massive flooding, severely polluted beaches and scarcity of clean water both in the city and Subic Bay Freeport;

WHEREAS, the industrialization and reclamation by SBMA and its locators contributed in the clogging of river’s mouth and pollution of Subic Bay;

WHEREAS, the city government in its vigorous campaign to protect and maintain its rivers and channels through continuous implementation of dredging operations, sees the need for SBMA, who shared rivers and channels with Olongapo, to assist by way of allocating funds or equipments for the immediate de-clogging of rivers and channels shared by Olongapo City and Subic Bay Freeport;

NOW, THEREFORE, on motion of City Councilor Edwin J. Piano, with the unanimous accord of the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod present;

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session assembled, to request, as it hereby requests SBMA to Assist by way of Allocating Funds or Equipment for the Dredging of Rivers shared by Olongapo City and Subic Bay Freeport

Let copies of this Resolution be furnished to SBMA and DPWH for their information and record.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, June 23, 2010.

CYNTHIA G. CAJUDO

City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer

GINA GULANES-PEREZ JOHN CARLOS G. DELOS REYES

City Councilor City Councilor

RODEL S. CEREZO SARAH LUGERNA LIPUMANO-GARCIA

City Councilor City Councilor

EDWIN J. PIANO ANGELITO W. BALOY

City Councilor City Councilor

AQUILINO Y. CORTEZ, JR. ANSELMO A. AQUINO

City Councilor City Councilor

ELENA C. DABU JONATHAN G. MANALO

City Councilor City Councilor

AUDIE S. SUNDIAM CHEENEE F. HOYA

President, Liga ng mga Barangay SK Federation President

ATTEST:

ELFLIDA S. SALMON

Council Secretary

APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE CITY MAYOR ON ____________________.

JAMES GORDON, JR.

City Mayor

ATTEST:

DELFIN A. JUICO, JR.

Secretary to the City Mayor