Despite the great distance, I still keep in touch with my homeland through online news. I have been an avid news reader since childhood. Sundays would be empty if I have not read the Bohol Chronicle, the premiere weekly (now semi-weekly) newspaper in the province.
And thanks to the internet, Bohol news is but a click away. Check out the links below to some of Bohol's local newspapers.
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Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
6.6.11
16.7.10
What's up with Bohol?
Photo: Dauis Church from bohol-philippines.com
What's up with Bohol?*
TRAVEL UPDATE By Marlinda Angbetic Tan (The Freeman)
Updated July 15, 2010 12:00 AM
I have just been to Bohol last weekend to attend the wedding of Enrico Miquiabas, a handsome young man teaching in an International School in Mainland China, to Austrian (of Italian descent) Maria Kattavenos who looks like a dark-haired Barbie doll. The wedding took place in the charming 16th century church of Our Lady of the Assumption Shrine in Dauis. There were over 20 Austrians who came all the way to Bohol for the wedding, while we were close to 50 from all over the Philippines representing the groom’s side.
21.2.10
A tale of two divergent tourism plans
Photo: Travelpod
A tale of two divergent tourism plans
OFF TANGENT By Aven Piramide (The Freeman)
Updated February 11, 2010 12:00 AM
In the last few months, I had been shuttling between Cebu and Bohol, on one hand and between Cebu and Southern Leyte, on the other hand. No matter how inconsequential my uneducated observation may be, I cannot help but note the wide gap in the development of the tourism industry between Bohol and Southern Leyte.
I noticed this distortion even from one simple indicator – sea travel. What may catch anyone’s attention is the fact that Bohol, my province of birth, is very much accessible compared to Southern Leyte, where we do a modest business. There are many seaports serving the Boholanos that anytime of the day this province can be reached from Cebu. The frequency of fast crafts servicing Tagbilaran is phenomenal. There are trips early morning, noontime, and evening, and in air conditioned comfort. Still, their percentage of passenger loads, travel season or not, appears to be satisfactorily high as to support the industry.
27.10.09
Vote for Efren Penaflorida as CNN Hero 2009
I have cast my vote for Efren Penaflorida, which I am proud to call my fellow Filipino, as my CNN Hero 2009. Please support Efren with your vote!
Click on the widget above and you will be led on to a CNN webpage showing all nominated heroes. Click on Efren's picture and you will be able to read on his heroic story that is very much worth reflecting on and emulating especially by our youth.
The Philippines national hero Jose Rizal described the youth as the hope of the fatherland. Efren's story makes you still believe in Rizal's words.
12.6.09
Dream House
I found my dream house! (although I must hasten to add it keeps on changing all the time) Anyway, I found this photo of a retired Boeing 727 converted into a hotel, nestled deep in a Costa Rican national park.
This plane will do well in my wife's hometown of Alicia. There is an elevated area there that can be seen from afar, which I imagine have great views of the sea and the town. Many people will be awed at the site of a plane protruding from a cliff! And how about from the cliffs in Dauis!
This plane will do well in my wife's hometown of Alicia. There is an elevated area there that can be seen from afar, which I imagine have great views of the sea and the town. Many people will be awed at the site of a plane protruding from a cliff! And how about from the cliffs in Dauis!
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