Damage to the fragile corals of the section of the Tubbataha Reef where the United States Navy minesweeper USS Guardian ran aground Thursday has worsened with two-thirds of the 68-meter long ship sitting on...
Earthquakes Early this morning at 05:45 AM an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 shook Davao del Sur. Until now 2 aftershocks of magnitudes 2.4 and 3.5 followed. The impact of these quakes is less of physical...
Habagat is the usually gently blowing south-west monsoon. This wind is blowing from June through October. Here in Camiguin we like the Habagat season. There is sunny weather and a breeze from the sea...
Illegal logging and legal over-logging are one of the big problems in the Philippines. Before a tree is cut, it has three extremely important tasks: transform CO2 into wood and oxygene, secure the slope...
Two fishermen were killed and seven others were injured when their fishing boat was hit by lighting in the Pacific Ocean near Burdeos town on Polillo island in northern Quezon on Monday. Photo courtesy of...
Most of the people living in the Visayas remember Typhoon Frank / Fengshen in June 2008. The central Visayas, especially Panay, got heavily touched by this Category 3 typhoon. See the track below and...
It’s really more fun in the Philippines. (Sorry, brown-out just at this moment, I’ll continue later. Tomorrow maybe!) Beautiful Papayas grow in our garden. We don’t know where they come from, but the 3...
“Tridacna crocea” is one of the giant clams growing in the waters around Camiguin island. The giant clams nursery at Kabila White Beach in Cantaan is breeding this astonishing clam in basins and protect...
Free-diving is diving down without the use of heavy scuba equipment. Just by holding your breath. With special training and preparation nearly everybody can learn how to hold his breath. And it doesn’t take long....
During years Bohol Tarsiers were held in captivity by restaurants and tour operators along the Loboc river. This natural drama is now finally finished. There are now only two sites where you can see...
Over a year ago, during the wet winter 2010/2011, a landslide happened in Cortes in extreme south-west Bohol. This landslide interrupted the national highway. This landslide was so big that stabilization and removing work...
The local press reported that two children died and nine other persons were hospitalized in the town of Jomalig, Quezon, on Wednesday after eating toxic puffer fish for lunch. Puffer fish, also known as Fugu,...
Several of our friends having dive bases in Anda, Leyte and Boracay report a dramatic increase of the population of Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci). The adult crown-of-thorns is a carnivorous predator that usually preys on...
TheProvincial Council of Zamboanga del Sur has issued a resolution expressing its willingness to host a nuclear power plant in the area because it will lower the price of electricity there while assuring its...
The diplomatic climate between China and the Philippines is again a rather high pressure area. Two views: The Philippines say the PCG vessel, carrying Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) personnel, was deployed...
Camiguin is reviving their Mangroves around the port village of Benoni. The plan to give the shores back to nature and promote their natural protection by mangroves had gone to execution phase already last...
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake jolted the provinces of Masbate, Albay and Sorsogon this morning at 07:06 morning. The earthquake of tectonic origin was felt in Masbate with intensity VI, Intensity IV in Irosin, Sorsogon;...
At two hectares, the ancestral domain of the Ati community in Boracay is probably the smallest in the Philippines. The Boracay property sits on a largely undeveloped cove on the southeastern part of the...
The number of Dengue cases decreased by 60% in January 2012, the Department of Health (DOH) informed Thursday. In their report, the DOH said there were 4,753 dengue cases reported in different sentinel hospitals...
We recently wrote that Camiguin is developing smoothly. (Please see here ) There are new resorts and new restaurants. There might soon be a new airline connection from Manila. And there are two new...
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