Posts Tagged ‘Palawan’


Palawan River Tops New Wonders Search

January 4th, 2009

As of December 24, the live ranking in the website of the New7Wonders showed the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River is currently at the number 1 spot, followed by Ha Long Bay of Vietnam, Tubbataha Reef also located in Palawan, Cox’s Bazar Beach in Bangladesh, Chocolate Hills in Bohol, Al-hasa Oasis in Saudi Arabia, Ganges River in Bangladesh and India, Sundarbans Forest in the border of Bangladesh and India, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam and the Fansipan Mountain also in Vietnam.


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 [...]


Baybayin - The Ancient Script of the Philippines

May 21st, 2008

The word baybayin is a very old Tagalog term that refers to all the letters used in writing a language, that is to say, an “alphabet.” It is from the root baybáy meaning, “spell.” Early Spanish accounts usually called the baybayin “Tagalog letters” or “Tagalog writing.” And, as mentioned earlier, the Visayans called it “Moro writing” because it was imported from Manila, which was one of the ports where many products from Muslim traders entered what are now known as the Philippine islands…


Philippine Eagle

November 3rd, 2007

She soars high above, with her mighty wings gliding with grace and steadiness. There is no beauty like the Philippine Eagle in the sky.
Also known as the monkey-eating eagle, this endangered bird is one of the largest in the world. Given the scientific name Pithecophaga jefferyi, it is found only in the Philippines and lives [...]


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