Location: Olongapo City Hall, Rizal Avenue, Olongapo
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1966
Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)
Marker text:
CITY OF OLONGAPO
SUBIC BAY, ZAMBALES BECAME A U.S. NAVAL STATION, 1901. DESIGNATED AS A MILITARY RESERVATION WAS THE ADJACENT LAND FROM WHERE A PORTION OF THE AREA GREW THE COMMUNITY OF OLONGAPO AND ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. NAVY OFFICIALS. ADMINISTRATION OF OLONGAPO WAS TURNED OVER TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 7, 1959. BY VIRTUE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 366, OLONGAPO BECAME A MUNICIPALITY AND ITS LOCAL OFFICIALS APPOINTED.
THE DESIRE AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE CITIZENS OF OLONGAPO LED BY MAYOR JAMES L. GORDON BECAME A FULFILLMENT WHEN CONGRESSMAN RAMON MAGSASAYSAY, JR. SPONSORED H.B. NO. 983 CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF OLONGAPO INTO A CITY. APPROVED BY PRESIDENT FERDINAND E. MARCOS, JUNE 1, 1966 AS REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4645, AND THE INCUMBENT ELECTIVE OFFICIALS AS THE FIRST CITY OFFICIALS
JAMES L. GORDON
MAYOR
JAIME GUEVARA
VICE-MAYOR
COUNCILORS
REMIGIO TIERRO
ALFREDO DE PERIO, JR.
MARCIANO SOLIS
FLORO CRUZ
CORNELIO O. CARDENAS
LEONORO PARDO
AGUSTIN ELANE
HECTOR RUIZ (APPOINTED)
VICE MACARIO MACARAEG (DECEASED)
