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The country’s abaca output in the first five months of the year rose by 4.3 percent to 32,725.28 metric tons (MT), from last year’s 31,363.67 MT, data from the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority

The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks Sound familiar? That's the newspaper headline Satoshi Nakamoto encoded into the genesis block. This small statement demonstrates the

Now a hotel, Villa Angela was the former residence of the Philippines' 6th president ELPIDIO QUIRINO. Tom Cruise stayed here while shooting "the 4th of July". My bestest did say his PA is more handsome

Taken in Sabang, Northern Philippines, in 2015. The sun was still high up as arriving early will guarantee us seeing its' gorgeous sunset. Sabang is less than an hour drive from Vigan, the capital. As

This challenge30 is getting serious @dragosrua. But since our house have got no internet for 24 hours from this morning, I can be forgiven for being delayed or perhaps not. The whole day errands With my

We saw this view on our way home from an early sightseeing in Vigan, the capital of Ilocos Sur Province. This is after 7 AM when I took these shots. Although I had to confirm from my niece that it's not

The bonsai stand. One of my brothers was into bonsai and have won  bonsai competitions in our province. This is a remnant to one of his bonsai. I must say that he did very well in turning it to this!

Let’s keep it simple this time.  Discourse on human rights has about reached fever pitch when people began to notice an all-too-common occurrence during anti-drugs police operations: the suspect

We’ve all heard of haunted houses. But haunted speeches? “My life—as an artist, at least—can be charted as precisely as a fever: the highs and lows, the very definite cycles.” - Truman Capote  The