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TAGALOG NEWS: 2 KUWEBA SA SOCCKSARGEN REGION BALAK GAWING ECO-TOURISM SITES
Wednesday 6th of February 2013
LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb 6 (PIA) -- Isinusulong ngayon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources 12 at ilang mga lokal na pamahalaan na gawin ding ecotourism sites at isama sa Regional Eco-tourism and Development Plan ang dalawang kuweba sa Rehiyon.
Tinukoy ng DENR 12 ang mga yungib na ang Kofnit Cave sa Sitio Lembila, Barangay Lamfugon sa bayan ng Lake Sebu sa South Cotabato at ang Tenobak Cave sa Barangay Keytodac sa bayan ng Lebak sa Sultan Kudarat.
Ayon kay Lake Sebu Municipal Tourism Officer Thelma Arcallo, kung bubuksan ang Kofnit Cave sa turismo malakin...
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19Sep2012DIADI, Nueva Vizcaya, Sept 19(PIA) -- A power firm in Cagayan Valley has poured in financial support to help in the overall development and improvement of the Lower Magat Eco-Tourism Park(LMETP) in Barangay San Luis here. Dr. Benjamin Daquioag, LMETP project manager, said SN Aboitiz Power-Magat(SNAP-Magat) has given funds for the establishment of several cottages such as the four cottages housing the billeting office and souvenir cottages, amounting to P1.4 million, in front of the LMETP. SNAP...
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30May2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 30 (PIA) -- Local tri-media practitioners recently joined the Panay River Cruise sponsored by the Roxas City government to tour mediamen around the city’s newest eco-tourism attraction. The late afternoon activity started at the back of the Roxas City public plaza towards Barangay Barra passing through Barangays 6, 7, Punta Tabuc, Cagay, and Dayao. Roxas City Vice-Mayor Ronnie Dadivas oriented the participants on the developments, which were put in place, and on the ...
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25May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 25 (PIA) --- A battalion of the Philippine Army here recently led a trek to the Mt. Kanla-on National Park in an effort to promote eco-tourism for Canlaon City’s natural treasure. The climb up the Kanlaon Volcano is in line with the 11th Infantry “Lapu-Lapu” Battalion’s (11IB) aim of assisting its stakeholder partners in their development initiatives. The Canlaon City government has been embarking in an eco-tourism campaign for trekkers of Mt. Kanlaon with emphasi...
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15May2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, May 15 (PIA) -- The provincial legislative body has recently approved a resolution supporting the immediate passage of Senate Bill No. 1358 entitled “An Act Declaring the Province of Palawan as the Ecological Tourism Capital of the Philippines and Other Purposes.” The resolution was authored by provincial board member Gil P. Acosta who said that all the board members are one and united in supporting senator Loren Legarda’s bill. To preserve the existing e...
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12May2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 12 (PIA) -- Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Northern Mindanao continue to benefit from the entrepreneurial assistance extended by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and its Accredited Co-Partners (ACP). Among the beneficiaries of this assistance is Gemma Lumantas, a former OFW who worked as a nurse in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for nine years. When Lumantas returned to the country, she decided to go into business and opened a cake business in O...
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11May2012This story shall be accounted to Apipa P. Bagumbaran By Apipa Bagumbaran CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 11 (PIA) -- Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Northern Mindanao continue to benefit from the entrepreneurial assistance extended by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and its Accredited Co-Partners (ACP). Among the beneficiaries of this assistance is Gemma Lumantas, a former OFW who worked as a nurse in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for nine years. When Lumantas returned t...
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10May2012LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS, Bulacan, Mayo 10 (PIA) -- Hinimok kamakailan ni Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) Chief Operating Officer Mark Lapid ang lokal ng pamahalaan ng Bulacan na tapusin sa lalong madaling panahon ang pagsasakatuparan ng Angat Water Park Eco-Tourism Project sa Sitio Pugpog, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Angat. Sa isinagawang groundbreaking ceremony at pagpirma ng memorandum of agreement sa pagitan ng lokal na pamahalaan at ng TIEZA, sinabi ni Lapid na handa ang kanila...
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09May2012BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occ., May 9 (PIA6) -- The 3rd Taklas Dagnas (Climb-Clean) sa Patag, an environmental awareness, interaction and clean-up drive of the Northern Negros Forest Reserve (NNFR) or the Northern Negros Natural Park (NNNP), will be launched May 10 and will continue until May 13, 2012 at Brgy. Patag, Silay City. The NNNP is haven of the largest forested area in Negros Island and is home to many rare, endemic and endangered flora and fauna. It is also the site of major tourist att...
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23Apr2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Abril 23 (PIA) -- Kinumpirma ni Sorsogon Provincial Tourism Officer Cris Racelis na nakapagrehistro ang lalawigan ng Sorsogon ng 132,696 na mga turista noong nakaraang taon. Aniya, 21,000 ng bilang na ito ay mga banyagang turista habang ang natirang bilang ay pawang mga lokal na turista. Ang karamihan sa mga turistang dumayo sa lalawigan ay naitala sa panahon nitong bakasyon. Ayon kay Racelis kung ikukumpara ito noong 2010 kung saan nakapagtala ang lalawigan ng 101,000 na...
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17Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 17 (PIA6) -- Mountain trekkers, nature lovers, and environmentalists, particularly those advocating for watershed protection will again be communing in the mountains of the Tigum-Aganan watershed area. The province of Iloilo, in cooperation with the local governments of Alimodian and Maasin, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Eagle Cross, Incorporated will embark on Baklay Bukid-Amlig Suba from April 19-21, in celebration of Earth Day. Baklay Buk...
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16Apr2012NAVAL, Biliran, April 16 (PIA) -- A soaring eco-tourism in the municipality of Cabucgayan is invisioned by all concerned agency officials who attended and witnessed the turnover and groundbreaking ceremonies of three infrastructure projects on Thursday (April 12) in Brgy. Balaquid, Cabucgayan, Biliran. Brgy. Balaquid now enjoys a .5129 kilometer (km) concrete farm-to-market road leading to Kasabangan Falls, a .5169 km communal irrigation system (CIS). Soon to start is a P2,706,854-worth...
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29Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, March 29 (PIA) -- The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) of Cagayan included the various small water impounding projects (SWIPs) as part of the eco-tourism areas to boost the government’s “It’s more fun in the Philippines campaign.” Dr. Mildred Abella, provincial agriculturist, said majority of the 27 SWIP project are likewise into its development as agro-forestry park to add value to the areas. This after the Department of Agriculture Region 2 provi...
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22Mar2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, March 22 (PIA) -- Capitalizing on the province’s vast resource, Bulacan is set to launch a water park, which caters to a variety of extreme sports, in Angat next month. The three-hectare environmental water sports complex located in Brgy. Sta Cruz, Angat will be known as “Ganda Ko’y Silayan: Angat Water Park” which will include amenities such as water skiing, jet skiing, boating, kayaking, zipline, wakeboarding, floating restaurants, and...
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26Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Peb 23 (PIA) -- Ang mga tigtampo sa turismo (tourism stakeholders) sa lungsod sa Batuan, Bohol mipailawom sa usa ka ‘eco-tourism orientation’ niadtong Pebrero 20-21 nga gihimo didto sa Balay sa Humay. Ang pagbansay-bansay gidumala sa Batuan Colleges inabagan sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Bohol nga mituki sa mga bag-ong nahipno nga mga ecotourism sites ug destinations sa Bohol lakip na ang mga inputs sa katak...
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26Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The German Technical Cooperation or Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) lends to Bohol the technical expertise of Nanda Ritsma, a Dutch national who has been assisting eco-tourism projects in Netherlands and in Bhutan where she worked for the tourism value chain in the Himalayas in the last six years. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Provincial Director Maria Elena Arbon presented Ritsma at the tourism core group meeti...
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26Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Bohol provincial information center and Batuan Colleges conducted a two-day Eco-Tourism Orientation Seminar and Bohol Eco-Tourism Situationer workshop on February 20 to 21 at the Balay sa Humay to tourism stakeholders of Batuan, Bohol. Participants to the workshop included 14 tourism officers, hotel and restaurant management students as well as the pool of local tour guides based at the Balay sa Humay rice ...
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22Feb2012The 454 Aeta families at the Nabuclod Settlement in Floridablanca, Pampanga have been awardees of Certificates of Ancestral Domain Titles (CADT) since 2006. They are now recognized as owners of the land they occupy. These families also decide their own priorities for development through the formulation of their Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP). This plan is also a ready reference for collaboration with development partners. Part of this dev...
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01Feb2012EL NIDO, Palawan, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The collection of Eco-Tourism Development Fee (ETDF) in El Nido supports environmental protection, tourism development, thus ensuring that the beautiful sceneries the visitors admire and enjoy remain the same, if not, even further improved. El Nido Mayor Edna Gacot-Lim said this in yesterday's interview where some walk-in foreign tourists resort to renting tents with all pension houses and inns fully booked until end of February. Lim said the E...
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25Jan2012PANGASINAN, Jan. 25 (PIA) – The Protected Areas, Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Service has strengthened its efforts to protect and conserve caves and cave resources in the region. This will be done thru partnerships with local government units and non-government organizations, according to Policarpio Najera, OIC-Regional Director of PAWCZMS. The said the office has recently forged a memorandum of mgreement with LGU Mabini here to co-manage the natural wonders, he said. The wester...
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24Jan2012ILOILO CITY, Jan 24 (PIA6) – For Vice Mayor Jose Bermudo of Maasin, Iloilo, his place may not be as abundant in resources as those they visited in Mindanao, but he said the localities in the Tigum-Aganan are also potentialeco-tourism destinations. Bermudo, together with the other members of the Tigum-Aganam Watershed Management Board (TAWMB), visited Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park in Malaybalay and the Dahilayan Adventure Park in Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon, and the Mapawa Nature P...
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20Jan2012DAGUPAN CITY—They had everything that they needed to live—a house, a close family, a source of livelihood and a community that could nurture them in the only way that most of them knew. They had everything—yet, they had nothing. For some of the 70 families in Dagupan City, living in the dumpsite has been the only way of life that they knew. To them, the then hundred meters wide and thrice long pile of garbage that usually reached as high as a bus was a source of ...
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