Going from cebu to Marcelo Mabini Bohol

Cebu to Ubay,Bohol

para sa mga bol-anon Kon naa ka sa cebu adto ka sa Pier 1 sakay ka sa G and N shipping lines

12 noon mularga moabot sa ubay 4pm..unya sakay ka ug bus going to Tagbikaran City, unya stop ka sa La union para sa mabini. unya sakay nasad ka habalhabal to marcelo. he he

Former President Corazon Aquino, people power icon, passes away

MANILA, Philippines - Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, icon of people power in the Philippines and around the world, passed away at 3:18 a.m. Saturday, her son, Senator Benigno Aquino III, said. The official cause of death was cardiorespiratory arrest.

The 76-year-old Aquino was diagnosed with colon cancer in March of last year and was treated with chemotherapy. Last May, she underwent surgery to remove parts of her colon and was brought to the Makati Medical Center in June due to loss of appetite. She never left the hospital, as her declining condition sparked a wave of emotion in the country and prompted the widespread appearance of yellow ribbons - on trees, car antennas, and even the Web.

“She would have wanted us to thank each and everyone of you for all your continued love and support. It was her wish for all of us to pray for one another and for our country,” Senator Aquino said. “Hinihiling ng aming pamilya ng kaunting panahon para makasama ang aming ina.”

He added that other details will be announced later in the day.

Dressed in her signature yellow, Mrs. Aquino rallied the middle class in a series of protests culminating in the 1986 people power revolt that toppled the 20-year regime of strongman Ferdinand Marcos and swept her to the presidency.

She blamed the Marcos government for the assassination of her husband, opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., who was gunned down at the Manila airport upon returning from exile in 1983.

The former housewife reluctantly took over as Marcos’ main challenger, becoming an international icon of democracy after her victory sparked a wave of pro-democracy movements around the world. Time Magazine named Mrs. Aquino its Woman of the Year in 1986.

Tumultuous presidency

Adopting a policy of national reconciliation, Mrs. Aquino freed more than 500 political prisoners, including some of the top leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines, when she became president.

She oversaw the writing of a new constitution through a commission that hammered out a new charter. The 1987 constitution replaced the Martial Law-era 1973 Constitution and restored democratic institutions such as free elections, the bicameral congress and an independent Supreme Court that were absent during Marcos’ rule. To prevent a reprise of Marcos’ one-man rule, the new charter set term limits on elected officials, including six years for the presidency.

The economy started to recover from the slump when she assumed office, with the gross domestic product rising progressively and reaching 6.7 percent two years later. However, the contraction of the US economy in 1991, along with a series of coup attempts against her and 10-12 hours of blackouts during her last few years, crippled the Philippine economy.

Critics have also claimed that she fell short of the promise of social and economic reforms, refusing to write off the country’s massive foreign debt which many of her supporters hoped would follow the ouster of Marcos.

But supporters point out that Mrs. Aquino also pushed for labor-intensive projects and started the trend of setting targets for the reduction of poverty and unemployment in the country.

Former presidents Corazon Aquino, center, Fidel Ramos, left, and Joseph Estrada, right, release doves on Feb. 22, 1999 in Quezon City to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the ‘People Power’ revolution that ousted the 20-year-rule of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos. AP-Bullit Marquez

Solita Collas Monsod, who served as Socioeconomic Planning Secretary during Mrs. Aquino’s term, said that although the former president was landed, one of her landmark programs was the passage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

The first three years of her administration were tumultuous, with restive soldiers and Marcos loyalists mounting a series of violent coup attempts against her. Mrs. Aquino survived all of them, holding office until 1992. She then campaigned for Fidel Ramos, a key figure in the People Power Revolution, whose presidential victory is widely credited to Aquino’s endorsement.

In an article commemorating the 20th anniversary of the people power revolt on the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism website, Aquino was quoted as saying, “I don’t know how they will judge [my presidency], but I just hope that they will realize that it was not an easy thing restoring democracy after a dictatorship. Also being the first woman president certainly had its problems and then we were dealing with a very strong military that were spoiled during the Marcos dictatorship.”

Influential figure

After her presidency, Mrs. Aquino retired to private life. She took an active interest in painting, with flowers and women as subjects, and joined various art exhibits to raise funds for her advocacies: the Senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Foundation, PinoyMe, ASA Foundation, and People Power People.

But she remained an influential figure in Philippine politics, lending her presence to political causes that needed her iconic stature.

In January 2001, she participated in the second EDSA Revolution that brought down the popularly elected President Joseph Estrada, who was accused of plunder, and installing his vice president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo into power.

In 2005, Mrs. Aquino supported the group of cabinet secretaries that resigned in the wake of the “Hello Garci” wire-tapping scandal, and joined opposition figures in calling for the resignation of Arroyo over allegations of vote-rigging in the 2004 presidential elections.

She remained active in social and political causes in recent years, publicly supporting Marine Col. Ariel Querubin during a stand-off at the Marine headquarters in 2006 and NBN-ZTE whistleblower Jun Lozada last year.

Mrs. Aquino has expressed regrets for supporting EDSA II due to the controversies hounding the Arroyo administration, and apologized publicly to Estrada.

In an interview last year for Newsmakers on GMA7, Mrs. Aquino said about her illness: “I used to think all of us have certain quotas for suffering and I felt I had filled up my quota, e hindi pala ganun e (it’s not like that).

“Of course who wants to get sick? But if that’s my fate, so be it… I don’t want to live for such a long time. Sabi ko nga, 75 na ako, tama na iyon (I have said, I’m 75, that’s enough).” - With reports from Sophia Dedace, Andreo Calonzo, Aie Balagtas See, Ruby Anne M. Rubio and Cheryl M. Arcibal GMANews.TV

Highlights of the Philippine Islands

During the reign of the late and largely unlamented Ferdinand Marcos, the moneyed classes prospered while the ordinary people languished in poverty.

Even though "people power" brought about a change of government in 1986, many people complain that little has changed. The new airport terminal is named after the opposition leader who was assasinated on this very tarmac by Marcos' hitmen, but many people say that the new airport itself is an excellent example of the sort of nepotism and corruption that plagues the country.

Thankfully tourists in the Philippines are unlikely to be affected by this corruption, something which isn't true of every country.

Indeed, ordinary Filipinos have a touching and somewhat naive notion of how close the world might be to a massive outpouring of love and forgiveness at all levels, as illustrated by this mural of George Bush and Saddam Hussein.

Recent history, in particular the demise of Mr Hussein, dictates the need for updates to the mural, but the thought is certainly nice, and most people will find the locals friendly.

he biggest downside of learning to scuba dive, apart from the money it costs, is the time that it takes.

Normally I like to split my time in a country between underwater and above water pursuits, but I ended up spending almost all my time doing classwork, pool exercises and actual dives. This is the first trip I've made in several years where I didn't photograph a single butterfly, so you'll just have to get your lepidopteral fix from the butterflies of Vietnam page.

As you've seen, I did make time to visit the Chocolate Hills, and on the same day I visited the Tarsier Visitors' Center near the town of Corella, which is vaguely on the way to the Chocolate Hills anyway, though when I came to cross the Loboc River I discovered that the one and only bridge at Loboc itself was out of commission, which meant that I had to make a 10 or 15 kilometer long detour down to the coast road and then back inland.

It's possible to see tarsiers by taking a boat trip from Loboc, but these are illegally captured animals which are just used to extract tourist dollars without any concern for conservation. In contrast, the Tarsier Visitors' Center keeps these extraordinary little critters in a natural jungle habitat and has a breeding program to try to keep them on the right side of extinction. There are only around 1000 left on Bohol, which is a shame, since they've been around for approximately 45 million years.

Philippine tarsiers are certainly extraordinary animals and very photogenic, as you can see. They're one of the world's smallest primates, adults can easily fit on a person's hand, but they're able to jump a distance of three or four meters while moving from tree to tree. The strange pads you can see on their feet help them to hold on to branches, and some of their toes have sharp claws which are used for grooming. They're nocturnal and have the largest eyes of any mammal relative to their body size, but their eyes are so far forward that they must turn their heads to look around, something they've become very good at - their necks have developed in such a way that they can turn their heads a full 180 degrees!

It was cloudy so I wasn't very hopeful that I'd get much of a sunset, and so I made the mistake of ordering dinner at the restaurant on top of the viewing area. Sure enough, within a few minutes beautiful orange light fell on the hills and the sky turned all sorts of lurid colors and I was only halfway through eating. I finished up as quickly as I could, the sunlight was gone from the hills by that time but I was still able to get some shots of the colorful clouds.

Highlights of the Philippine Islands

The Philippine Islands have a lot of good scenery, and for me the show began before I even touched the ground, as my flight through Hong Kong flew near the infamous Mt Pinatubo. From the size of that crater you can get a pretty good idea of how massive the 1991 eruption was. It was still having a significant effect even when I visited in March of 2006, because the ash visible at the top left-hand corner of this photo is still getting washed further from the mountain every wet season, inundating farmland and even whole villages.
Technically speaking I wasn't even staying on Bohol, but rather on the much smaller Panglao Island, connected to the mainland near the main city of Tagbilaran by a one kilometer long causeway. This scene shows the shallow bay between the two islands, I assume that the thing at the front of the picture is a fish pen or perhaps (heaven forbid) a turtle pen, to keep the animals alive after being caught.
Technically speaking I wasn't even staying on Bohol, but rather on the much smaller Panglao Island, connected to the mainland near the main city of Tagbilaran by a one kilometer long causeway. This scene shows the shallow bay between the two islands, I assume that the thing at the front of the picture is a fish pen or perhaps (heaven forbid) a turtle pen, to keep the animals alive after being caught.

The fishermen aren't the only ones who might take a passing interest in you, though in this case I'm not sure if this water buffalo is more interested in me or that plant growing in its water hole.
The reef off Alona beach is certainly good enough to keep most people happy for an entire vacation, but there are even richer pickings at tiny Balicasag Island, about half an hour away by "bangka", the classic outrigger boat found all around the Philippines. The water here is very clear and there's both large and small marine life to marvel at.

Carlene Aguilar Is Hot Mama

Hot mama Carlene Aguilar is in FHM’s Sexiest Women in the World 2009 Top 20. The ex-girlfriend of actor Dennis Trillo and mother to their son Calix Andreas is a new entry in FHM. She was the cover girl last January 2009 and was noticed right away. Now she’s IN the top 20.

“I just want to experience how it is to pose on a cover of a magazine in a bikini. Iba pa rin pag nanganak na rin ang isang babae. I think kahit mom ka na, you should never stop being hot. taking care of your body shouldn’t end at motherhood.” - Carlene Aguilar

Janna Dominguez - Burning Love

Janna Dominguez (born Jamie Ann Quisumbing Angeles on March 11, 1990), is a Filipina actress host and comedienne who joined Pinoy Fear Factor as a Participante.
Janna’s biological mother left her and is now living in Japan. Her father married a 25-year-old woman who became her step-mother. Her father continues to work in a construction in Japan.
Napaka-blooming at napaka-sizzling ni Janna kung siya’y nag-iisa at may kasamang companion sa alinmang shows. Kung makikita ninyo siya as individual sa anumang pictorials, she’s hot talaga.