Bol-anon

I took the time to search for all working official websites of the various Bohol towns or municipalities and ended up with the following list. Some of the websites are clearly still being constructed but a few are quite well developed. All except one are using gov.ph domains. Batuan is still using a .com domain. Anda - http://anda-bohol.gov.ph/ Antequera - http://antequera-bohol.gov.ph/ Baclayon - http://www.baclayon.gov.ph/ Batuan - http://www.lgubatuanbohol.com/ Bien Unido - http://www.bienunido.gov.ph/ Calape - http://calape-bohol.gov.ph/ Carmen - http://www.carmen-bohol.gov.ph/ Catigbian - http://www.catigbian.gov.ph/ Cortes - http://www.cortes.gov.ph/ Dimiao - http://www.dimiao.gov.ph/ Guindulman - http://www.guindulman.gov.ph/ Inabanga - http://www.inabanga.gov.ph Jagna - http://www.jagna.gov.ph/ Loboc - http://www.lobocbohol.gov.ph/ Loon - http://www.loon.gov.ph/ Mabini - http://www.mabini.gov.ph/ Maribojoc - http://www.maribojoc.gov.ph/ Pres. Carlos P. Garcia - http://www.carlo...

Finding a the phone number of a friend or an establishment in Bohol used to be a hassle. Each of the telephone companies operating in Bohol has their own directory. Someone looking for a phone number usually ended up checking all the available directories. Now, thanks to BoholDirectory.info , it is already very easy to find phone numbers of friends and acquaintances in Bohol. In fact, the site is very helpful to people searching for someone in Bohol or planning trips or vacations to the province. Just by searching, one can immediately get the telephone numbers of the taxi company in Bohol, some van-for-rent establishments, pension houses, hotels and resorts, and many others. Isn't that a great thing? Try the site out to better appreciate it.

This page requires a higher version browser Here is another report on Panglao, one of the best tourist attractions of the province of Bohol. Marjorie Gorospe of Inquirer.net explores the island and discovers locals (Bol-anons) and tourists savoring the peace and quite of the island laced by beautiful white-sand beaches.

Association of Young Boholanos in Metro Manila Bohol Association of Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants Bohol Provincial Government Loboc Childrens Choir Municipality of Jagna Municipality of Loboc Municipality of Trinidad Philippine Tarsier Foundation, Inc. Tagbilaran City Government Related Links: Bohol Hotels and Resorts Airlines/Shipping Companies to Bohol Bohol Newspapers Bohol Blogs

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Sometimes, when we are too close to something, we fail to see its beauty. This is probably the reason why there are still many Boholanos, especially those living at the coastal areas, who have yet to visit the viewing deck of the Chocolate Hills in Carmen, Bohol, or even the new one in Sagbayan, Bohol. Because we know it is just nearby, we sort of miss out on how extraordinary the thing is. It is exactly the same with the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Baclayon, Bohol, the second oldest stone Church in the Philippines. I don't think many really appreciate its place in the history of our country. Baclayon is a municipality which is 6 kilometers east of Tagbilaran City. It is Bohol's oldest municipality and the mother of 3 other municipalities, namely, Alburquerqe, Balilihan and Sikatuna. In Cebuano, "baclayon" means the distance that one needs to walk. This is probably the reason why the town was so named as it is located at the coast of Bohol sever...

Before we had the likes of Cesar Montano, Luke Mijares, Giselle Sanchez, no other Boholano had made such a big name in the entertainment industry than Yoyoy Villame. Who would not have heard and laughed at the songs like Magellan, Butse Kik, Philippine Geography and Mag-exercise Tayo Tuwing Umaga? His music earned him the title as the Philippine's "King of Novelty Songs". Born Roman Tesorio Villame on November 18, 1932, he was a native of Calape, a municipality north of Tagbilaran. It is said that he was at one time a jeepney driver here in Manila, at another time an army draftee, before he went back to Bohol to become a bus driver. In fact, I grew up hearing stories about him from common folks. According to them, Yoyoy used to be a driver of Bohol Land which for a long time was the only bus company operating in the province. Yoyoy never allowed his work to discourage him from his music. Instead, he formed a rondalla combo with his fellow drivers, until his bosses in the...

Last July 17, 2007, the New 7 Wonders of the World were announced during the Official Declaration in Lisbon, Portugal. The list included the Chichen Itza of Mexico, the Christ Redeemer of Brazil, the Colosseum of Italy, the Taj Mahal of India, the Great Wall of China, the Petra of Jordan, and the Machu Picchu of Peru. Now, after the resounding success of the search for the new 7 wonders of the world, the organizers, the New7Wonders Foundation, is now conducting a second campaign, this time for the new 7 wonders of nature. Qualified to be nominated are all natural sites, natural monuments and landscape. Of course, one of the nominees from the Philippines is our very own Chocolate Hills. It is described at new7wonders.com as: "... an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills, all about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 sq km The hills are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry seaso...

On my posts about the white beaches in Candabong, Anda, Bohol, someone commented (I think it was Amadeo) that we should not only be writing about the sights and wonders of Bohol, we should also write about its people, the Bol-anons. I could not agree more. Despite some bad incidents that you read in the newspapers once in a while, I truly believe that we, the people in and from the province. are really great friendly people. I'm sure that many people who have visited the province can attest to this. I got all the more convinced of this when I decided to scour YouTube for videos about Bohol and by Bol-anons. I loved what I saw, especially the videos on the famous Loboc Children's Choir which I have yet to see live. Really makes you proud to be Bol-anon. But I was struck by one video posted by Manuel Viloria of viloria.com . Where else do you get such warm welcome like this one by Mang Medik at one of the floating restaurants at the Loboc River in Loboc, Bohol. A familiar song ...

The City of Tagbilaran prides itself of being a city of friendship. This claim is based on the historic blood compact between Rajah Sikatuna and the Miguel Lopez de Legaspi. The agreement between the Spanish conquistador and a native chieftain has been described as one of the first, if not the first, treaty between the east and the west. This tradition of hospitality and friendship continues as the city gives warm welcome to visitors and tourists especially through its port. We got to observe this hospitality when the ship we were taking to Dipolog City made a stop at the Port of Tagbilaran on - what better day - Good Friday. One would think that, considering that it was Good Friday, there would be little activity at the port. Wrong. The first to greet us was the the pilot boat which met our ship to "deliver" a pilot who will assist in steering and docking. The boat's approach provided brief entertainment to us passengers who have been watching the sea for around a day a...

I remember several years back, when my sisters and I were still students at the universities here in Manila, our parents decided to come here from Bohol for the Christmas season. On Christmas eve, just as we always did before, we prepared for noche buena . Then, at around 10pm, our father and mother started dressing up to attend the midnight mass. We were not exactly sure at that time if they did celebrate midnight masses on Christmas at the church a few blocks away. By then, firecrackers were already exploding on the streets one after another. Still, we could not help but really go to church that time. Imagine all the firecrackers exploding, the smoke, tires burning on the streets, and there we were, one big family trying to reach the church. When we got there we learned, the church was closed. The midnight mass on Christmas eve is just one of the things I miss about Christmas in Bohol. In Manga (a district of Tagbilaran City), where I attended many midnight masses as a child, we alwa...

I am sure this will sound like a high school report but am sure not too many people are aware of these facts, even Boholanos. I got these from the official website of the Province of Bohol and I would assume reliable, except of course that some of the data are not quite up-to-date. Bohol is located at 803 km. south of Manila and 79 km. southeast of Cebu . It is part Region VII or the Central Visayas Region. Its capital is Tagbilaran City , its lone city. It has 47 municipalities and 1,109 barangays. The province has a population of 1,139,130 (as of 2000) occupying a land area of 4,117.26 sq. kilometers. Its population speak a Boholano variant of the Cebuano language and most, with 93 percent literacy rate, can understand English and Tagalog. The province has an estimated labor force of 404,000 (as of 1996). The province’s climate is generally fair with average temperature at 29 degrees Celsius. It has estimated 256,400 hectares of arable land. Based on Departmen...