Mindanao Saga: Return to the Land of Promise (2011 Year Ender)

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Mindanao—the second largest island in, down south of the republic…very far yet so close to my heart. For most of the urbanites, it is a place that most should avoid because of adjectives associated with it: war-torn, poverty-stricken and home of the “terrorists.” Indeed, the notion of the island has ...

Bukidnon Provincial Capitol: Heritage, Governance and Cool Mountain Air

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  Bukidnon Provincial Capitol Bukidnon Provincial Capitol stands majestically in front of a wide football field, backed up by pine-covered hills, misty after rains. While we look to Luzon and Visayas for anything colonial heritage structures, Mindanao has handful of them as well. In Northern Mindanao, we thought that most civic ...

How to Get In and Out of NAIA Terminal 4 (Old Domestic Airport)

Manila Domestic Terminal, now NAIA Terminal 4 Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) of Manila’s Terminal 4 is better known to locals as “Domestic Airport” or “Domestic Terminal.” It is located at the end of Runway 13. Back in the 1990s, it served majority of Philippine Airlines’ domestic flights. Then after the ...

Camposanto de San Joaquin Iloilo

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Because its the Halloween season or nearing Todos Los Santos, I'll be featuring several Spanish era cemeteries of the province of Iloilo within this week. Known for their unique camposantos, construction and baroque features, these has stood the test of time and an addition to the heritage sites that manifested ...

King Faisal Mosque of MSU

King Faisal Mosque in Mindanao State University Eid’ Mubarak to all our Muslim brethren! For Maranaos and Filipinos alike, Marawi City is the center of education, especially when it deals with Bangsamoro culture and Islamic studies (with numerous madrasahs in the area). Green domes and spires In the sprawling Mindanao State University ...

Musuan Peak: Volcano in the Campus Backyard

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Musuan Peak and Fulbright Kiosk of Central Mindanao University. Click the photo to view more images of CMU and Musuan Peak Bukidnon’s landscape is just simply marvelous. Expanse of hills blanketed in agricultural plantations, bordered with pine trees and towering mountain ranges. One can simply think whether we are still ...

Talicud Island: The Virgin Emerald and Pearl of Davao Gulf

Talicud Island. Click here or the photo to view more photos While a lot of sun worshipers who head to Davao would think of neighboring Samal Island, most people haven’t seen the virginal beauty of Talicud Island—a pearl and emerald floating on Davao Gulf. Virginal in the sense that despite ...

Kabu: The Melancholic Story of Tugaya’s King of Brass

Kabu - Tugaya's King of Brass The town of Tugaya in Lanao Del Sur province is known as the center of Maranao craftsmanship. Majority of the people in the town are engaged in arts and craft industry, particularly creating intricate wood carvings such as baul and debakan drums that are ...

How to Get in and Out of the New Bacolod-Silay Airport

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Barely several months after the opening of the new Iloilo Airport in June 2007, the City of Smiles has also opened the newest gateway to Sugarlandia of the Philippines itself--Bacolod Silay Airport. In January 2008, the old Singcang Airport in Bacolod City has ceased operations and transfered to the new ...