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Samar province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Samar, formerly Western Samar, is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Bordering the province to the north is Northern Samar and to the east is Eastern Samar. Samar is connected to Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge, which spans the San Juanico Strait, the narrowest strait in the country. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samar_province   (233 words)

About Culture and Arts It is composed of six provinces namely: Samar (25 towns with Catbalogan as capital), Northern Samar (24 towns with Catarman as capital), Leyte (41 towns with Tacloban as the capital), Southern Leyte (18 towns with Maasin as the capital) and Biliran (8 towns with Naval as the capital). Third is Northern Samar with 454,195 with a population density of 129.8 p/sq.km. Fourth is Eastern Samar with a population of 362,324 and a density of 83.5 p/sq.km. www.ncca.gov.ph /about_cultarts/comarticles.php?artcl_Id=249   (1037 words)

samar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Samar is one of the three provinces that comprise the Samar Island (the third largest island in the country). It is bounded in the east by Eastern Samar; on the north by Northern Samar; on the south by the Leyte Gulf and on the west by the Samar Sea. Samar is considered the fishing bed of the region. www2.mozcom.com /~nscbru8/samar.htm   (209 words)

Bumming around in Basey: An eco-tourism experience Basey is a third-class municipality whose glory days date back to colonial times when it was the population and trading center of the island. The Church of Basey was built in 1864 beside a watchtower that was built a decade earlier. Such is the fiesta in the poor and sleepy town of Basey – it is unreasonably extravagant but it gives the migrant Basaynons a sense of belonging, a reason to return to their roots. gina.ph /CyberDyaryo/features/cd1999_1007_005.htm   (1242 words)

Tacloban City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tacloban is located on Cancabato Bay, in the San Juanico Strait which divides the islands of Leyte and Samar. The longest bridge in the Philippines connects Tacloban to the third largest island of the Philippines, Samar. A day before the festival is held, a ceremony is conducted wherein the image housed in the church is exchanged with that of the image of the Child Jesus belonging to the coastal municipality of Basey, Samar in a fluvial procession. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tacloban_City   (739 words)

Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Basey Samar, about 45 minutes away from Tacloban City by land transportation; plus a 2-hour pumpboat ride to the cave. April to July are the best months to visit Western Samar, when the climate is ideal for both trips to the beach and treks inland.Topography: The physical environ-ment of Samar includes almost every kind of topography: mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, plains, coasts and islands. Later, it was declared a separate province, but in 1735, Samar and Leyte were united into one province with Carigara, in Leyte, as the capital. www.geocities.com /dj_hightekh/catbalogan_history.htm   (2636 words)

Western Samar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Dapdap, a barrio of Taragnan is on the western coast of Samar island, facing Maqueda Bay. The Jesuits did not build a stone church in Calbayog., Ceded to the Franciscans with the rest of western Samar in 1768, Calbayog was attended to by Franciscans who resided in the neighboring towns. By decree of Saint Pope Pius X the island provinces of Samar and Leyted were erected as the Diocese of Calbayog, separated from Cebu on April 10, 1910, Then in 1914 the Franciscans ceded parish administration to the secular clergy. www.admu.edu.ph /offices/mirlab/panublion/r8_westsamar.html   (2076 words)

PIA News Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) The Basey Mayor lauded the efforts of DA and BFAR to establish the mariculture zone which, he said, responds to government's poverty alleviation thrust. Basey, Samar is less than an hour's bus ride from Tacloban City, the Regional Center of Eastern Visayas. As mariculture zone, Basey is expected to culture and, eventually, become a prime source of varied marine resources such as seaweed, mussels or tahong, coral reefs and an assortment of edible fish, Sarmiento further added. www.pia.gov.ph /news.asp?fi=p031211.htm&no=3   (324 words)

Municipality of Balangkayan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) The administrative map of the Province of Eastern Samar, however, states that the municipality has only 20, 700 hectares of land, which is based on the 1980 Cadastral Survey, a subject of controversy and disputes in this municipality and some other Eastern Samar municipalities. The municipality of Balangkayan is one of the 23 municipalities of Eastern Samar located on the south central part of the province. It is bounded of the north by the municipality of Maydolong, its eastern faces the Philippine Sea on its west is the municipality of Basey, Samar and on its south the municipality of Llorente. www.balangkayan-esamar.gov.ph /index.php?cat1=20   (367 words)

Tourism in Samar Among the nature’s jewels which enchantingly lure tourists and local folks includes unexplored mountains and caves which are inhabited by exotic wildlife, pristine shores rimmed by unspoiled coral reefs, cloud-hidden lakes of blue surrounded by multi-colored flowers and beautiful beaches and waterfalls nestled beside a mountain. The first ever to be established in the province of Samar, this museum is one of the vital contributions of Christ the King College in preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Filipino people. The S-shaped structure on the Samar side had to be adopted to make use of the importance of the existing islet, the Cabalauan islet that lies in the middle of the San Juanico Strait between the two island provinces of Samar and Leyte. www.samar.lgu-ph.com /tourism.htm   (2084 words)

Global Nation | INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) A festive air once again pervaded the air of Basey, Samar, as the people celebrated on Sept. 28 the 11th Banigan-Kawayan Festival, a tribute to two of their sources of livelihood-mat weaving and bamboo craft. For over a decade now, the people of Basey have been celebrating the Banigan-Kawayan Festival not only to add color to the festivities in honor of their patron saint, St. Michael the Archangel, but also as a reminder that the woven mat or "banig" and "kawayan" or bamboo have been part of their lives. So proud are the "Basaynons" or Basey residents of their "banig" that, during the Banigan-Kawayan Festival in 2000, hundreds of residents lined up along the main streets of the town proper, carrying woven mats placed next to one another. www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_phe/2004/nov/03-01.htm   (809 words)

MUNICIPALITY OF BASEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)           Basey is located at the Southwestern part of Samar. It is practically near the commercial/industrial center of Region VIII, the City of Tacloban which was once a daughter barrio of Basey, with an approximate distance of 28 kilometers through Maharlika Highway and 20 minutes pumpboat ride across the San Pedro Bay. Rita and Pinabacdao of the same province in the North, Borongan, Maydolong and Marabut in the East, and San Pedro Bay on the South which separates it from Tacloban City but is linked through the famous Marcos Bridge. elgu.ncc.gov.ph /ecommunity/basey-wsamar   (164 words)

kalayaancente.net_Towards Social Justice for Overseas Filipinos Basey has been pinpointed as a major staging ground of the NPA, which was organized in Samar in 1971 by several students and local residents. There are several guerrilla fronts operating in Samar and Leyte, all of them led by veteran guerrillas and cadres of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). The Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MWSDO) of Basey reported its personnel are now attending to some 2,000 residents from the interior barangays of the town who abandoned their houses and farms for fear of being caught in the crossfire. www.kalayaancentre.net /content/HRWatch/2005/July/Samarjuly_05.html   (527 words)

[No title] Active operations were immediately begun, both at Basey and Balangiga; small expeditions were sent out almost daily to clear the country of General Vicente Lukbam's guerrillas, who usually operated in small, roving bands. As a result of the continual harassing by the marines along the southern coast of Samar, the insurgents fell back from that region and occupied their fortified defenses on the Sohoton cliffs, along the Sohoton River. In a communication dated December 5, 1901, Major Waller refers to General Smith's desire that the marines make the march from Basey across the island of Samar to Hernani, for the purpose of selecting a route for for a telegraph wire to connect the east and west coasts. www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/samar.txt   (2185 words)

Leyte: Tacloban   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Located on the western coast and facing Basey on Samar Island, Tacloban, lso called Cancabatoc and Casiromlan although presently Leyte’s capital, was for many centuries a visita of Palo. Niño, celebrated in January, the ivory image is brought to the town of Basey. Then on the feast day, it is brought by a fluvial procession, lead by Basey’s town mayor, to a special dock near the Tacloban church from which the image is transported to its altar. www.admu.edu.ph /offices/mirlab/panublion/r8_tacloban.html   (295 words)

G.R. No. L-31911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) The appellants were arrested on December 12, 1968 and were brought to Basey, Samar, where they were investigated by the Chief of Police. The inconsistencies in Melchor's testimony, such as the time he was released from the cemetery as compared to the hour the autopsies were conducted, is a minor detail that does not affect his basic credibility, but on the contrary, enhances it for it belies that his version of the incident has been concocted or rehearsed. The trial Court neither erred in giving credence and weight to the testimony of the Chief of Police of Basey, Samar, to the effect that he had investigated appellant Cipring de la Cruz and had reduced it to writing, but that the latter changed his mind and refused to sign it two days later. www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1979/jul1979/gr_l_31911_1979.html   (3295 words)

EVISNet Local News - LSDE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) BASEY, Samar - This municipality under the leadership of Mayor Vicente Labuac is now planning to develop Mount Danglay as a pilgrimage site. “Basey is generally under political stability with the municipal and barangay officials together with different sectors here working harmoniously to attain a vision for a better and peaceful living,” he stressed. The province of Samar, it was learned, will take center stage in Intramuros on November 23, in which the four top towns of Marabut, Basey, Calbiga and San Jorge will be given a chance to present and market their own “sports and adventure” packages. www.evis.net.ph /lsde/archives/2005/November/15a.htm   (558 words)

:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) SPO4 Manuel Arteche, Basey (Samar) assistant police chief, identified the victim as PO1 Leo Elemento, 47, married, member of the Marabut (Samar) municipal police office. The revolver was issued to Jail Guard Eugenio Merida of the Samar subprovincial jail. Initial reports indicated that the inmate and some jail guards had just come out of a karaoke bar in the town proper of Basey and were on their way to the subprovincial jail when the shooting incident occured. www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/08/08/PROV2004080815776.html   (195 words)

Bulatlat - The Philippines's alternative weekly newsmagazine A sleepy town in Samar is currently at the receiving end of intensified offensive military operations, driving more than 2,000 people, including women and children, from their homes and sources of livelihood. TACLOBAN CITY – The town of Basey in Samar, located 40 kms from this city, is known for its banig (sleeping mat) made from a plant called tikog. Jovito Palparan, recently admitted that there are ongoing military operations in Basey which explains the bombings and intermittent firing of automatic rifles. www.bulatlat.com /news/5-26/5-26-refugees_printer.html   (642 words)

STOP THE REIGN OF TERROR IN SAMAR! : QC IMC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Under Palparan, the 46th Infantry Battalion has based itself in Basey, Western Samar, indiscriminately firing in the villagers and causing more than 2000 rural residents to flee to Basey town center, where they are refugees in the Basey Municipal Gymnasium. The same pattern is emerging in Samar today with the rapid rise in the numbers of people tortured or simply assassinated, including activist leaders of legal, unarmed progressive organizations. The reign of terror in Samar also brings back to life the dark days of the Marcos dictatorship, which raised its mailed fist over both the armed rebellion and legal dissent throughout the country and island. qc.indymedia.org /print.php?id=4574   (605 words)

Trivializing an important topic - Topic Powered by Groupee Community On 28 September 1901, a group of Filipinos on the island of Samar wiped out a company of the 9th Infantry at Balangiga. The execution of eleven Filipinos at Basey on 19 and 20 January 1902 is a story in itself. One outcome of the severities on Samar then was the later Pulahanes campaign later. forums.military.com /groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/8971910006/m/3381907696   (738 words)

Tacloban City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) It is the center of commerce, tourism, education, culture, and government in the region, and home to approximately 200,000 people (2004 estimate). The city developed from a small fishing village, a barrio of Basey, Samar. The longest bridge in the Philippines connects the city to the third biggest island of the Philippines, Samar. www.objectsspace.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Tacloban_City   (546 words)

Bulatlat.com The Basey MPOC meeting was called in the wake of complaints brought to the office of the Municipal Council of Basey by farmers over alleged military abuses during military operations in their villages. The fact-finding mission was held Aug. 20 in the interior barrios (villages) of Basey. Bulao, Basey Samar, said his daughters were alone in their house around 10:30 a.m. www.bulatlat.com /news/4-30/4-30-samar2.html   (1180 words)

08/14/01 -- Protecting biodiversity in the Philippines A new conservation to protect biodiversity on Samar Island in the Philippines was launched last week. Samar Island is listed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as one of the top 200 endangered spaces in the world. "This biodiversity conservation project in Samar island is a good opportunity for UNDP to help alleviate poverty in forest-edge communities and at the same time ease the pressures on and threats to natural habitats and resources that these same people depend on for their subsistence," said Ricarda Rieger, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative. forests.org /archive/asia/prbiinph.htm   (504 words)

More villagers flee homes in Samar reb areas - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) BASEY, Samar-Three hundred more families arrived here, fleeing from massive military operations in the interior villages, even as some the earlier evacuees agreed to go back to their homes. Mabini and Manlilinab are two of the most interior barangays of Basey, 40 km from the regional capital of Tacloban City. She said that while they were fleeing their homes, they heard a big blast that sounded like a bomb had been dropped somewhere close to their village. news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=44431   (448 words)

trexplore the adventure Home to a sturdy and fun-loving race of people proud of their rich history and culture.Come and experience Samar Island, dance the kuratsa, savor our seafoods, follow the forest trails, explore the secrets of our caves, comb our beaches, take a refreshing dip in our falls. Trexpore: The Adventure began with a group of adventurous friends who were united in their love of nature and their vision to help preserve the environment by utilizing its eco-tourism potential. To provide quality exploration and tour services, and be a partner in progress of Samar, helping preserve the environment by utilizing its eco-tourism potential, thereby also providing livelihood opportunities and improving the quality of life of Samareños. bonifaciojoni.blogspot.com   (836 words)

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