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March 28th, 2013 at 07:49pm
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Business World Online PRESIDENT Benigno S.C. Aquino III has signed a new law declaring Biliran as a Tourism Development Area (TDA), paving the way for infrastructure improvements and more private sector involvement in the tourism sector. Republic Act (RA) 10409 identified several areas in Biliran province in the Visayas as TDAs, including Higatangan Island, Sambawan [...]
Continue Reading Aquino declares Biliran as tourism development area
Tags: Biliran, higatangan island, Mangrove area, Republic Act (RA) 10409, Sambawan Island, Tourism
By jalmz
March 16th, 2013 at 01:34am
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Biyahe ni Drew GMA News TV A “liger” is a cross between a male lion & a tigress—only 80 exist in the whole world, and one of them is in Biliran! There are 30 waterfalls in Biliran! Ulan-Ulan Falls charges just P10/adults, P5/kids. The 50-ft Tinago Falls charges P20/adults, P10/kids. A trip to Biliran is [...]
Continue Reading Biyahe ni Drew goes to Biliran
Tags: Agta Beach Resort, Biliran, Biyahe ni Drew, drew, Drew Arellano, replay, replay video, Sambawan Island, video
By jalmz
April 27th, 2012 at 02:45pm
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By: Rodrigo S. Victoria Photos by BiliranIsland.com NAVAL, Biliran (PIA) – As local and foreign tourists flock to famous beach resorts in the country to cool themselves this summer, a newly developed beach resort located southwest in the island municipality of Maripipi particularly in Sambawan islets is now open to tourists. Mayor Uldarico P. Macorol [...]
Continue Reading Sambawan beach resort in Maripipi now open to tourists
Tags: Maripipi, Mayor Uldarico P. Macorol, Nestor C. Macorol, Sambawan, Sambawan beach resort, Sambawan Island
By jalmz
November 6th, 2011 at 07:53pm
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By Jocelyn R. Uy Philippine Daily Inquirer 2:23 am | Sunday, November 6th, 2011 At least once a month, Fr. Tito Soquiño slips into a scuba diving suit and joins fellow priests as they take their mission from the pulpit to the sea. Down there, they scoop out trash, feed the fish and do what [...]
Continue Reading Priests take mission from pulpit to the depths
Tags: Biliran, Diving, Fr. Tito Soquiño, Sambawan Island, Scuba, Scuba Diving
By jalmz
October 28th, 2011 at 10:25am
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By: Flor Jackson NAVAL, Biliran – The SEA Knights, an organization of scuba divers from Cebu City, a good number of them are priests conducted an exploratory diving off the seas of Sambawan islet, in the island town of Maripipi recently. According to Rev. Fr. Tito Soquiño, president of SEA Knights in an interview with [...]
Continue Reading Feature: SEA knights identify potential dive site in Biliran
Tags: congressman Rogelio Espina, dive site, Fr. Soquiño, Sambawan Island, Sambawan islet
By jalmz
February 7th, 2011 at 03:59pm
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By Lanie Pitao-Tupaz NAVAL, Biliran – The stranded bottlenosed dolphin in the municipality of Almeria yesterday was found dead in the shores of Brgy. Jamorawon, municipality of Almeria, Biliran, this morning. The dead dolphin was already buried when Aileen Jornales, Aquacultural Technician II of the provincial government of Biliran came to the location. Jornales instructed [...]
Continue Reading Stranded dolphin dies in barangay shores of Almeria town
Tags: Almeria town, dolphin, Maripipi Island, Sambawan Island, Stranded
By jalmz
April 10th, 2010 at 11:53am
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BiliranIsland.com Staff Photos by zarahemla BiliranIsland.com First Posted 11:47:00 04/10/2010 The conversion of the municipal road in the island municipality of Maripipi into a national road recently through the enactment of R.A. 10018 AN ACT CONVERTING THE MARIPIPI ISLAND CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROAD IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARIPIPI, IN THE PROVINCE OF BILIRAN INTO A NATIONAL ROAD [...]
Continue Reading Feature: Widening the horizon for development
Tags: Biliran, CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROAD, DPWH, Engr. Virginia C. Sarabusing, island, Maripipi, Maripipinhons, Mayor Noel Albelda, Napo Beach Resort, R.A. 10018, Sambawan beach, Sambawan Island, Viga Spring Water
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