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Archive for June, 2009

MAROON and GREEN

On this day, I made a personal commitment to Manoy Rodel that I would help him gather articles, studies/researches, news reports, etc. on Global Warming for his advocacy.

The colors maroon and green have special touch in my heart (since they are my topmost favorite colors because of UP). Personally.

When I was still a student, I [...]

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Hindi lahat ng mga batang naka-bag ay pumapasok sa eskwelahan… KASI sa totoo lang, ang iba walang pamasahe papuntang eskwelahan;
Hindi lahat ng mga batang naka-bag ay pumapasok sa eskwelahan… KASI ang iba sa murang edad pa lang nila, sila ay nagtatrabaho na;
Hindi lahat ng batang naka-bag ay pumapasok sa eskwelahan…KASI ang iba, walang laman [...]

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SAMAR: the First Philippines

The natives (Samareños) of Suluan Island were the first group of people who warmly welcomed the Magellan fleet. The ‘first mass’, contrary to what is still contested in history, was not celebrated in Butuan nor in Limasawa (more properly ‘Mazawa’, in Bisayan ‘Ma[y] sawa’, which “denotes there is a snake”). It was [...]

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PIRATES IN SAMAR (1601-1850) (Part of Samar History Series)

KARAGAS: 3rd TYPE OF PIRATES IN SAMAR
Captive-taking in Samar between the years 1601-1850 wrought endless devastation, destruction and displacement to established pueblos. It was a major problem, aside from the insurmountable difficulties of geography and terrain, faced by the Samareños as well as the religious fathers who were taking ministry in the island.
The pirates were [...]

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WHERE WAS ISLA ENCANTADA? (Samar History Series)

MAGELLAN DISCOVERED SAMAR
On March 17 (dawn of 16th as chronicled by Pigafetta), 1521, some three hundred leagues from the Islas Ladrones (Mariana Islands) at 11 degrees latitude North, at the southern coast they sighted Samar. To the southeast was located the island of Humunhon which Pigafetta called ‘Humunu’ and Francisco Albo called it in his [...]

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WHY SAMAR HISTORY SERIES?

Allow me to post in this forum some of the researches I did for Samar. I will do this daily or successive, that’s why, the term ’series’.
I advise everyone not to quote anything that I presented in here since all these data need verification/validation/authentication from the historical body/ies. In order to organize all the data [...]

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