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The Bangkal Trees after One Year
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007It is very heartwarming to see that the tiny little cutlings last year has now grown into 6++ feet tall Bangkal Trees.Mabuhay Pidjangas and sponsors for this very valuable project.Here’s Manong Fred (MFARMC PRO) and I giving our thumb’s up for the Tree…
Tagbuyawan + Tambulayag - MAMATPA Paradise
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Tambulayag view.Tambulayag beach.Tambulayag beach rock. (We can name it in Minainit too… suggestions please!)A Mamatpa-hired tree planter. Background: Tambulayag.Lake Mainit side. The sun was already high hence bad angle for the lens. But Pastor Case…
Janitor Fish as Animal Feeds
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Pati man badja Laguna Lake nagkaguliyang na nan inin Janitor Fish.Here’s one of the solutions the folks of Laguna has identified: Janitor Fish as Animal Feed.Marikina City also developed their solutions. Click here.Post: Zimm (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com…
Citizens Speak: PREVENT JANITOR FISH, SAVE Lake Mainit
Monday, August 6th, 2007Open letter to the Officials and Leaders of the Municipalities surrounding Lake MainitThe Mayors, Vice Mayors and Sanguniang Bayan Members of the Municipalities of Mainit, Alegria, Kitcharao, Santiago, Tubay, and Jabonga:Dear Sirs and Madams,We, the ci…
We have a NEW HOTEL in Lake Mainit!!!
Monday, June 25th, 2007Almont Lake Resort (Lake Mainit)San Roque, Kitcharao, Agusan del NorteP1,300 per room (airconditioned) good for 2 persons. With hot and cold shower. Restaurant with 100 pax capacity function room for seminars and trainings. Soon to be available: Floati…
Missing: Large Lake in Southern Chile
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Reuters - Wed Jun 20, 6:45 PM ETA general view of a dried lake in Magallanes, south of Santiago, June 20, …
Siana, Mainit, Surigao del Norte
Monday, June 4th, 2007Here’s a glimpse of Barangay Siana, the former site of the once glorious Gold Mine called Surigao Consolidated, Inc (SURICON).I am so glad that this river, Siana River, which flows directly to Mainit Lake, looks very clean now. When we used to swim her…
Pangisda: LAJA
Saturday, May 26th, 2007Laja– amora nan pokot na porma nan muskitero (mosquito-net), pan-Pidjanga sanan Tilapia.Pidjanga notes: Break anay kita sa election hu.I’ve given up to temptation. I just got a whole set of lake fishing gears… one fishing pumpboat (10-15 seater with…
Lake Mainit Sunset
Sunday, May 20th, 2007Photo: John Mark Libarnes (www.surigaoislands.com)Post: Zimm (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com)Crossposting: http://www.bisayabloggers.com/; http://www.insidecaraga.uk/
Any news about the DRILLINGS in Brgy Tapian?
Saturday, May 5th, 2007Last year, 30 March 2006, I blogged about Mindoro Resources Ltd (Mindorel) and it’s plan to start drilling operations in Brgy. Tapian and Brgy. San Francisco in Mainit. A month earlier than that post, Monyx, shared with me links to Mindorel’s shots of…
A letter from a La Salle Brother
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007Dear Sir/Ma’am,My Brothers and I were on our way home from a short vacation in Siargao mid-April 2007, when we passed by Lake Maiinit for a second time (the first time was three days earlier on our way to Surigao City hehehe). Yes, it was my first time…
An Ato Danaw (Our Lake)
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Photo credits: Monyx Libarnes, Joy Mosad, Ann GatpolintanPost: Zimm (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com)Crossposting: www.bisayabloggers.com; www.insidecaraga.uk
WANTED: Web Designer
Friday, April 27th, 2007The Lake Mainit FOCAS Management Committee (LM-FMC) of the Lake Mainit Development Alliance in cooperation with the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP) is inviting all interested webpage designer to submit website proposal. The f…
Lake Geneva (SWI) vs Lake Mainit (PHI)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Lake GENEVA (Lac Leman)Geneva, SWITZERLANDWatershed Area : 7,975 square kilometersLake Surface : 582 square kilometersShoreline : 73 km.Maximum Depth : 310 m.Mean Depth : 154.4 m.Volume : 89 cu.km.Outlet of the Lake : Rhone RiverSource: http://en.wikip…
NGO promotes microfinancing for OFWs in Mainit
Monday, April 16th, 2007I stumbled over the web a blog entry about Matin-ao (Mainit’s largest barangay in terms of population). The blogger is Genevieve (http://gendegen.blogspot.com), a Filipina working for a US-based research organization called IPA (Innovations for Poverty…
Lake Mainit - Jabonga View
Friday, April 6th, 2007I have never been to that side of Lake Mainit. Last December 2006, had it not for the continuous rain, my family would have gone isle hopping around the lake and took photos of the untapped eco-tourism potential of Lake Mainit. This year, when we go ho…
LMDA leads Partnership for Lake Mainit
Thursday, April 5th, 2007The Lake Mainit Focal Community Assistance Scheme (FOCAS) Cluster successfully conducted the Súgat-Tagbô sa Danaw, the Lake Mainit FOCAS Road Show activity which commemorated the 20th Year Anniversary Celebration of the Philippines-Australia Communit…
Vivipara mainitensis
Friday, February 2nd, 2007Is Vivipara mainitensis the common Lake Mainit shell kayambuway (kambuay)? UMich’s Online Filipiniana (click source here) features this shell in one of its books by Faustino “Philippine Land Shells”.Basin isab amo ini an igi.
Lake Mainit at Pixelarium
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007Found this at the top 30 google search results for Lake Mainit. I left a comment on Jimmy’s blog telling him that Lake Mainit is shared by both Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte provinces.
The Lake
Saturday, June 19th, 1993For: www.mainit.orgBy: Jesus Roland GatpolintanJune 1993There is somethingIn the lakeThat beckons me backWhere it all started.The thrill that strokes my spineIn scaling the marshThe soft sighs I heaveAs a green garter snakeCrosses a narrow pathThe allu…
An Danaw
Wednesday, August 19th, 1992For: www.mainit.orgBy: Jesus Roland Gatpolintan1992Nangahaylot an mga tayubtubNagkamang an santamariyaKay taghiluan an danawNangamatay an mga pijanga. Mag-santelmo pag utroSa sirin nan ako mga damgoKay namadhan an danawTagsujop nan imo kauhaw. Malad-an…