Posts Tagged ‘bohol’


Asian nature sites dominate search for New 7 Wonders of Nature

June 11th, 2008

Nature sites in Asia - including four from the Philippines - continue to dominate the top 10 list in the ongoing search for the New Seven Wonders of Nature.
Rankings as of June 10 showed that nine of the 10 nature sites were from Asia led by Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay which currently occupies the top [...]


Chocolate Hills

May 15th, 2008

The Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills, all about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 sq km The hills are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, giving them the name ”Chocolate Hills.”…


Fil-Am captures Army’s ‘Soldier of the Year’ award

October 29th, 2007

NEW YORK–A soldier of Filipino descent emerged victorious at the recently concluded 2007 Best Warrior Competition held Oct. 1-5 at Fort Lee, Virginia and was declared the Department of Army’s Soldier of the Year.Spc. Heyz T. Seeker, who represented the US Army Special Operations Command, won the grueling competition after competing with 12 other soldiers [...]


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