Wow Bicol

Brief History

Bicol is one of the 17 regions here in the Philippines. Its regional center is Legazpi. It has 6 provinces, 7 cities, 107 municipalities and 3,577 barangay’s. It is composed of four provinces in the Bicol Peninsula, the southeastern end of Luzon Island, and two island-provinces adjacent to the peninsula.

ECONOMY

Bicol has a big amount of rich flat land, and agriculture is the biggest component of the economy with close to 50% depends to their livelihood on the industry. Coconuts, abaca, banana, coffee and jackfruit are the top five permanent crops of Bicol. Rice and maize are the seasonal crops of the region. Agriculture and fishing are the major factors in the province's economy.

DELICIOUS DELICACY

Bicol has many delicacies that they can proudly present. One of these is the Ginataang gabi or Laing. A delicious and creamy and very spicy dish. It is made out of dried leaves of gabi, coconuts, onion, garlic, ginger, dried fish and siling labuyo. Pinakrong Batag also one of the foods of Bicol which is made out of banana, kinunot made out of stingray meat and malunggay and coconut milk, bicol express it is the most popular dish of Bicol which is made out of stewed pork, coconut milk, and chilies.

TOURIST SPOT

Bicol can offer the best nature experience. One can enjoy white sand beaches, explore mysterious caves, hike thru mountains and volcanoes and visit cultural sites. If you are looking for a place to go with a variety of activities to enjoy, then Bicol is the place for you. Some of these places are Mt. Mayon in its amazing nature masterpiece and it’s perfectly cone shaped. Cagsawa Ruins a memorial for a tragic past, Tiwi Hot Springs National Park it is for harnessing nature for energy, its hot waters are believed to have medicinal properties. Hayop-hayopan Caves it is a cave that whistles.it means blow-blow. And lastly the Busay falls a cascading wonder. It is the highest water falls of the Philipines

PRODUCTS

Bicol has there native products. These products are exported in other countries for their progress. They have the Pili Nuts, mats, buri bags and slippers that made out of fibers of abbaca. Also they have lambanog.

Laguna, Philippines

Brief History

Laguna is one of the largest provinces of the Philippines. It is found in Calabarzon region of Luzon. The capital of this province is the Santa Cruz. Laguna came from the Spanish word “lago” which means “lake” or “lagoon”. This province where Jose Rizal was born and they considered that this place is the Country’s national hero. It has 26 municipalities and 674 barangay’s

TOURIST SPOT

This province has many good places where you can relax and have bonding with your families with its beautiful views. One of these is the Rizal Shrine in Calamba City; it features the house of our national hero Jose Rizal. The Pagsanjan Falls which is also called Magdapio Falls. Mt. Makiling where you can find many hot springs such as: Hidden Valley Springs in Calauan, Crocodile Lake Springs, it is the City of springs, and also they have 8 mountains and 7 lakes that you will enjoy with its amazing views.

CHURCHES

Laguna has different magnificient churches. St. John the Baptist Church it is one of the oldest church here in Laguna where Jose Rizal baptized. St. Polycarp Church is a catholic church. Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic Church, St. Gregory Church, St. James the Apostle Church, San Pedro De Alcantara Church which is also known as the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Turumba, Sto. Rosario Parish Church, Immaculate Conception Parish Church, and St. Paul the First Hermit Cathedral.

RESOURCES

Laguna has mineral re sources like clay, basalt glass and jasper. This province also has natural resources. Its forest has planted of rattan, bamboo, and different kind of trees. It has wide fields and vested forest where they can plant rice, fruits, vegetables, coconuts, and exotic or ornamental flowers. And their greatest natural resources are water.

DELICIOUS DELICACY

Laguna has different delicacies that you will enjoy. They have the buko pie, it is usually made out of young coconut; kesong puti which is made out of carabao milk and it is very nutritious. Buko pie and kesong puti are some of the best food in Laguna.

Catanduanes, Philippines

CATANDUANES

It is an Island province of the Philippines. Virac is the capital of this Province. It has 11 municipalities and 315 barangays. Catanduanes came from the word “tandu” Which means a native beetle and “samdong” tree. It is recognized as a separate and independent province from Albay. Many people find Catanduanes as a peaceful and sacured.

FOLK FESTVALS

Catanduanes celebrated their folk festival as part of the religious rituals. They learned it from the Spanish Colonozation. These festivals are: Dinahit Festival, it is a festival of pandan and it is celebrated every April. Dinahit is a native sailing vessel. There are activities in this festival such as: street dancing, beauty pageant, and different races like carabao and boat race. Calvary, they celebrated during Holy Week, Kangharong, is a native depiction of nativity, Pantomina, it is a purely a native dance, Padayao sa Tinampo, it is also a native dance presented in street dancing. And lastly the Sugbo festival, it is celebrated every May to promote the tiger grass.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Catanduanes is one of the beautiful provinces in the Philippines. It has good spot where can tourist visit. This included the Puraran Beach; it is a majestic beach because of its whitesand and clean water. And also this is the site of surfing. Mamangal Beach, it is also like the puraran beach, the sands also are white and it has cool and sandy trees. Toytoy Beach it is good for picnic happenings. Igang Beach it has beautiful coral reefs, also white and clean beach. Suboc Beach it has amazing view. Dororian Resort it has natural cascading water. Maribina Waterfalls ideal for picnics, hiking, diving, and swimming. Nahulugan Falls it is surrounded by the forest. Marilima Beach is good for spear fishing.

CATANDUANE’S PRODUCT

Catanduanes is has their products that can proudly present. They use to export these products to other countries to earn money for their living. One of these is the pili nut it is nutritious and delicious. People make this as a chocolate. They have abbaca and lasa. Native products are made out of abaca like bags, lamps and many more.

Cebu

Brief History

Cebu is a province, consisting 128 islands, including the Cebu Island. Cebu is well wide because it has 225 kilometers from north to south and it is surrounded by little islands. Cebu City is the capital of Cebu; it is the oldest city of the Philippines. It has 3 independent cities, 6 component cities, 44 municipalities, and several barangays.

CLIMATE

Though Cebu has two different seasons, Dry and Wet, rainfall is not usually high. The wet season usually comes from June to December, while Dry season comes from January until May. Rainfall is highest in June and July. Cebu’s temperature sometimes, can reach a high, about 36 degree Celsius from March to May, to as low as 18 degrees at the mountains during the cooler season from October to January. Cebu averages 70%-80% humidity.

Geographic Feature

The landmarks of Cebu are very traditional and famous. Cebu is known for their great landmarks. These are some of the landmarks of Cebu: Cebu Heritage Monument, Magellans’ Cross, Fort San Pedro, Lapu- Lapu Shrine, Magellan shrine, Cebu Taoist Temle and Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.

FESTIVALS

Cebu is known as the “Island of Festival” due to the popularity and the number of festivals celebrated throughout the province. These are some of the festivals of Cebu: Sinulog, is a religious festival celebrated every third Sunday of January to honor their Patron Saint, Señor Santo Niño de Cebu; Paskuhan, is a Christmas celebration during the month of December; Kadaugan Sa Mactan, held in Punta Engaño during April 27; Virgin of the Rule Fiesta, to honor their saint, Lapu-Lapu. Despite of the number of municipalities in Cebu, only four municipalities have no festivals.

Baguio City

Brief History

Baguio City is one of the beautiful cities of the Philippines. This city became the summer capital of the Philippines. It is a highly urbanized city of the Philippines. Baguio came from the word “bagiw” in Ibaloi. This city has 129 barangays.

ECONOMY

Baguio City has a good economy. It has more or less 8 universities and colleges where many students are studying here in Baguio and some of these students are foreigner. They are the good producer of agriculture and mining. Visitors are come to shop here in Baguio because of its cheap prices of the product but these products have a high quality. This city is the home of most profitable best investments areas. They have the major products which are vegetables, fruits and handmade products such as: brooms, baskets and many more.

FESTIVALS

Provinces and cities have their different amazing festivals that can proudly present and Baguio City has also their festivals. The most popular festival in this city is the Panagbenga Festival where many provinces are competing. It is held during the month of February. It is a flower festival and they called “season of blooming”. Also they have the Chinese New Year also in the month of February. It is very important to Chinese and people of Baguio considered it as one of their festivals to show respect.

CULTURE

Baguio has their traditional culture. Some of the population of this city re came from different countries and they contributed diversity of Baguio’s colorful culture. Artists are visiting the Baguio to establish their work especially in Cordillera Region. Some active youths are having their animations and digital arts. They have different language such as: English, Tagalog, Pangasinan, Ifugao, Ilocno, Kapampangan, Kankana-ey, Chinese and Korean. Because, recently many tourist are staying here for the rest of their lives.

DELICIOUS DELICACY

Baguio City has also a good delicacy not only in the other places. One of these delicacies is the peanut brittle which is made out of peanut, sugar, and honey. Also they have the strawberry taho that you should try because it is good in taste. Sundot kulangot is also one; it is usually made out of calamay. And the most popular is the Benguet coffee; it is usually the native coffee of Cordillera province.

LANDMARKS AND ATTRACTIONS

Landmarks of Baguio City is tradional and cultured such as: Burnham Park which is the choice of tourist to visit; Baguio Cathedral a majestic church; Session Road it is the popular road of Baguio; Camp John Hay also called “little America”; The Mansion, Wright Park also called “pool of mines”; Mines View Park it has amazing view of Benguet’s gold copper mines and the Cordillera mountains; Baguio Botanical Garden also known as the Igorot’s Village; Philippine Military Academy, Kennon Road it has many beautiful pine trees, water falls and wild flowers; Mount Santo Tomas, Lourdes Grotto, Bell Church, Tam-awan Village a reconstructed village, Asin Hot Springs, Wood Carver’s Village, Easter Weaving Room and Balatoc Mines and Crosby Park.

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Aurora

Aurora is located in the Central Luzon region of the

Philippines. Baler is its capital. It was a part of Quezon province before 1979. Aurora was named after, Maria Aurora Aragon, the wife of the former president, Pres. Manuel L. Quezon.

THE PEOPLE OF AURORA AND ITS CULTURE

The people of Auora are Ilocano, kapampangan and most of them are tagalongs. There are also negritos, called, Dumagats. Most of them lived in hillsides or mountains. They usually survived from fishing and hunting.

AURORA’S Source of Income

Like the other provinces, Aurora, has a fine economy. They are proud to have lots of corn crops, rice, and other major agricultural crops. These crops are usually imported to other provinces as well as, to other countries.

GEOGRAPHY

Aurora is subdivided into 8 municipalities: Baler; Casiguran; Dilasag; Dinalungan; Dingalan; Dipaculao; Maria Aurora and; San Luis. Each municipality has several barangays to help the municipality improve. Despite the number of the municipalities that Aurora has, Aurora is still one of the best provinces of the Philippines.

Tourism and Adventure

Aurora is blessed with several tourist attractions. It has its share of historical sights, cultural and religious events, and nature areas and beaches. These are: Doña Aurora memorial shrine; Aurora Quezon Marker; Baler Catholic Church; Lt. Commander James Gilmore Marker; Lt. Commander James Gilmore Marker; Lt. Commander James Gilmore Marker; Quezon House; Quezon Memorial Park; Moro- Moro Zarsuela; Santo Entierro; Ermita Hill; Ampere Beach; Aniao Islets; Balete Park & Millenium Tree; Banju Springs; and many more.

When you are in Aurora, you can have fun by the adventures like: Snorkeling, you can enjoy the myriad forms of coral and undersea life; Scuba Diving, you can generally discover fine diving points on your own; Surfing, Aurora is known for surfers; Mountain Climbing and Nature Trekking, the province is a prime spot for mountain climbing and nature trekking.

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Puerto Galera

PUERTO GALERA

A small and peaceful municipality of northeast coast of Mindoro is very popular destination here in our country. People come here from all over the country for its wonderful beaches and fun water activities. The little town has always been a trading haven even during the pre-Spanish era of its history. It is more fun in Puerto Galera, Philippines.

Food

You will find several Filipino dishes being readily served on the island. The choices are practically limitless. Of course, you can also find Western dishes being served in resorts as well like: occasional hamburger and French fries; German, Italian, Swiss, Spanish, Italian and Austrian dishes; Asian delicacies like Chinese and Thai food.

Tourism and Adventures

There are actually many places that you can visit in Puerto Galera. First of all, you can visit White Beach and Sabang Beach. Many people flock to these resorts and beaches for some ocean fun. You can also visit the lush forests of the island and check out the water falls. The island also boasts of great diving spots with beautiful coral reefs.

Climate

Puerto Galera is known for its tropical climate and relatively high humidity. On the average, it has an annual humidity of 84.6%. One of the reasons, why the tourist are interested in puerto, it is because of the fine climate. There is no permanent dry season but the occasional typhoon that hits the province of Mindoro from July until mid-October brings heavy rainfall for three consecutive days followed by a couple of weeks of nice weather.

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Palawan, Philippines

Brief History

Palawan is paradise, sanctuary to an awesome variety of fauna and flora found nowhere else in the world. It is blessed with incredibly amazing landscapes that astound even the tourists. It is the largest province here in the Philippines. It is surrounded by many islands that composed of 1,768 islands.

NICE PEOPLE

Here in the Philippines, Filipinos are known to be hospitable. They share the best of what they have. People here in Palawan are hospitable, they offers a variety accommodations. They are honest and genuine and also hardworking people where they love their work and being true to the visitors.

TOURIST SPOT

Palawan is a good place to visit and hangout because of its paradise wonder. We have the St. Paul National Park is Palawan's most popular attraction and covers 5,349 hectares of lush forest. , Tubbataha Reefs National Marine Park is the country's biggest marine habitat. It hosts giant manta rays and hundreds of reef fish species. We also have the Mt. St. Paul flows the Underground River, the deep recesses of the marble and limestone peaks and it is said to be the longest in the world. Beautiful caves like the Tabon Cave which is known as the habitation site in Southeast Asia We have also the Monkey Trail, a series of wooden paths that winds into the forest where monkeys, squirrels, and many species that found inside this park. The Park is inscribed in the World Heritage List. All this places have a breath taking views.

PRODUCTS

Every places has their different products and Palawan Has many Products that can be proudly present to the other people or country. They have souvenirs and handicrafts that you can share or you can make it a present to your friends or to you family. Banana or sometimes they called it saba, lemon that found in South Palawan and many more. Some of these products are exported in other countries

DELICIOUS DELICACY

One of the popular unique delicacies that people can enjoy in the Philippines is the local favorite called tamilok. Tamilok is a mollusk not a worm and this can be found in the mangrove of the trees.The experience of being able to have a taste of tamilok delicacy in Palawan is truly one of a kind and memorable because it has amazing taste. They also have the Suman y Cuyunon which is made out of purple rice, water, sugar, coconut milk, pandan leaves and lemon rind.

Suman y Cuyunon

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Nueva Ecija Philippines

Breif History

Nueva Ecija is one of the grateful provinces here in the Philippines. It is considered as one of the congressional district that has 5 cities and 27 municipalities. Palayan is the provincial capital while San Jose is the commercial and summer capital, respectively

PRODUCTS

Grain is one of the important products of Nueva Ecija.They have their different kinds of grains such as: angelica, triple2 and the grains planted in the mountains.They exported some of this to other countries. It is also important to us because it gives us our daily basic needs.

NATURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Pantabangan is one of the beautiful tourist attractions here in Nueva Ecija. This place has fresh air, clean sorrounding and breathtaking view. We also have the Minalungao River which is a clean wide river.

NOVO ECIJANOS

Novo Ecijanos are obedient and industrious. They obey the rules and regulations of their barangay’s. Ecijanos are also hardworking and lovable. Youths are showing their love for their family by saying “po” and “opo” for the olders and showing concerns to their nature.

DELICIOUS DELICACY

Nueva Ecija has also their proudly delicacies that can ecijanos present to other people. They have their "biko" which made out of sugar, malagkit and latik also, they have their delicious "pinakbet" which made out of different vegetables and bagoong.

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Nueva Vizcaya

Citrus capital of the philippines

DELICIOUS DELICACIES

Nueva Vizcaya has several delicacies that people of Nueva Vizcaya can proudly present to everyone. Novo Vizcayanoes are proud to present: bupis, it is made out of liver of pigs; Intunno nga Pinakbet, this food is grilled vegetables with bagoong; Dinengdeng, it is likely pinakbet, it has bagoong also; Palitaw, this consists of cornstarch, coconut and sugar.

HISTORICAL AND NATURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Nueva Vizcaya has several tourist attractions: Dalton Pass, this place was one of the places during the war of the World War II; Kirang Pass, this place has a breathtaking view of reforested mountains and hills; Mt. Pulag National Park, this place is located at Kayapa and Ambaguio; Capisaan Cave System, this is the fifth longest cave system in the country; Imugan Waterfalls, this is located at Sta. Fe, a 35- foot two- level falls.

NOVO VIZCAYANOES

Novo Vizcayanoes are very industrious and hardworking. Even youth, especially students are also willing to have jobs. The daughters of Nueva Vizcaya are very lovely. Every year, the judges feel dizzy, making such decisions in the pageant. Vizcayanoes are also active in several activities. The youths of Nueva Vizcaya are very polite because they still using “po” and “opo”.

PRODUCTS

Nueva Vizcaya is known for their products, such as, grains, onions, corns, etc. These products are very important to all Vizcayanoes because these give them their basic needs.

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