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  Encyclopedia: Daraga, Albay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Daraga is a 1st class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines.
Guinobatan is a municipality in the province of Albay in the Philippines.
Jovellar is a municipality in Albay province, Philippines.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Daraga,-Albay   (453 words)

  
 Albay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albay is also the region's principal transshipment point with its ports: Tabaco International, Legazpi National, Pio Duran Provincial, and the Pantao Regional Port (under construction in 2003).
Most of Albay is located on mainland Bicol Peninsula and it has four major islands to the east: Rapu-Rapu, Batan (part of Rapu-Rapu), Cagraray (part of Bacacay), and San Miguel (part of Tabaco City).
Albay and its surrounding areas were known as Ibalon when Juan de Salcedo and 120 soldiers explored it in 1573.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albay   (801 words)

  
 Welcome to My City of Legazpi
Albay Province, a group of 17 municipalities and the chartered city-Legazpi is 556 km.
Lying at the southern tip of Luzon, Albay is strategically the growth center of business and trade activities, mobility and travel to and from Luzon mainland in the north and Visayas and Mindanao in the south; and to the other provinces of Bicol region.
Domingo; on the east by the Albay Gulf and the Municipality of Manito, Albay; on the west by the Municipalitiy of Daraga, Albay; and on the south by the Municipalities of Pilar and Castilla, Sorsogon.
www.angelfire.com /ar/Arimado/page2.html   (3478 words)

  
 Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines - Cagsawa Rural Bank, Inc.
Daraga, Albay is located at the intersection of two National Roads, one being the Manila South Road, which enters the municipality centrally from the West and then traverse the center of the Municipality South from the Province of Sorsogon.
Daraga is bounded on the North by the Mayon Volcano, the Province of Sorsogon on the South, on the East by Legazpi City, and Camalig, Albay on the West.
The gradual and steady economic growth of Daraga, Albay despite of the frequent eruption of the Mayon Volcano is evident not only in the increasing number of business and industrial establishments but also in the continued rise of revenues.
www.rbap.org /article/articleprint/551/-1/88   (525 words)

  
 Albay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The province of Albay is located between the provinces of Camarines...
P is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon.
Albay | Camarines Norte | Camarines Sur | Catanduanes | Masbate | Sorsogon
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 Albay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Daraga town was incorporated into Legazpi in 1892 until 1922.
Albay town was separated from Cagsawa in 1818, renamed Legazpi on September 22, 1856 and became a city in 1892.
Legazpi City was dissolved by the Americans in 1900 and merged with Daraga and the Albay district into a single municipality called Albay.
philippines-archipelago.com /places/prov05.htm   (791 words)

  
 :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
By A. Albay — Spanish for “by the bay” — is located right in the heart of the Bicol region and is home to the legendary Ibalon people and the awesome Mayon Volcano that is at once a provident deity and a wrathful destroyer.
The province of Albay is located between the provinces of Camarines Sur on the north and Sorsogon on the south.
It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the northeast by the Lagonoy gulf, and on the west and southwest by the Burais Pass.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/09/08/TOUR2004090817966.html   (1283 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > Local candidates in Daraga wage heated word war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Daraga, Albay—Reelectionist Mayor Gerry Jaucian of the Lakas-Christian and Muslim Democrats called on his opponent to focus on issues instead of accusing him of committing graft.
He failed to carry out the computerization of the local government and construction of new bus terminal for Daraga, which he promised to do so before he won in 2001 local election.
Jaucian admitted he failed to fulfill his campaign promises because when he was elected, it turned out that the local government did not have enough money to start the projects.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/apr/26/yehey/prov/20040426pro7.html   (632 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bicolano (Albay)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is spoken along the Rinconada (Buhi, Camarines Sur) and Daraga corridor, which is one of the most progrssive corridor areas in the region.
Sur) and Libon, Polangui, Oas, Guinobatan, Camalig, and Daraga (in Albay), and the cities of Iriga (in Cam.
The region is actually sandwhiched by the "Naga-Central Bikol" speakers of Naga City and Legazpi City, the two main cities in the Bikol region, where the language spoken is the so-called "standard Bikol," used in the Church liturgy, deliberations in the government offices, and during official gatherings.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bicolano-%28Albay%29   (234 words)

  
 Albay < Provinces < Philippines < Southeast Asia < Asia < : news feed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Rapu Rapu project, located in the province of Albay, Philippines, is a polymetallic mining project which a group of companies including Lafayette Mining...
to the mine by the Catholic church, the governor of Albay province, Fernando Gonzalez...
Dorion, PCSP chairman, said that the province of Sorsogon along with Camarines Sur and Albay are among...
schema-root.org /region/asia/southeast_asia/philippines/provinces/albay   (465 words)

  
 Province of Albay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
About 538 kilometers southeast of Manila, the lush province of Albay sands out as the most unique, famed by the province's main attraction, the picture perfect Mayon Volcano, one of the world's magnificent mountains.
Albay also takes pride in other diverse attractions such as clear waterfalls, meandering rivers, spectacular ancient cave network and lush underwater world.
Deep in the heart of Bicol is the Province of Albay.
www.wowbicol.com /albay.htm   (250 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > Suspected NPA rebels kill 3 escorts of Albay mayor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Suspected members of the New People’s Army abducted and shot dead three bodyguards of an Albay town mayor, who was oddly only robbed and left beaten by the assailants in Albay province.
Some two and a half hours later, the bodies of the three were discovered sprawled at the middle of the road in Barangay San Vicente, Ligao City, with gunshot wounds in different parts of the body.
Albay police investigators recovered 18 spent shells from M-14 and M-16 assault rifles and a pair of handcuffs at the crime scene.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/aug/06/yehey/prov/20050806pro1.html   (330 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > ‘Restore destroyed Legazpi landmarks’   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1818, Sawangan, then already known as the town of Albay, was made the capital of Partido de Ibalon (which subsequently became Albay province).
By Royal Decree of September 22, 1856, and inaugurated on October 23, 1856, the name of Albay (Albay Viejo and Albay Nuevo together) was changed to Legazpi to perpetuate the me­mory of the Adelantado Don Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.
In l922, the town of Daraga was separated from Legazpi by Philippine Legislature Act No.3247 of December 3, 1925 the Municipio de Albay was changed to Municipio de Legazpi.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/jan/18/yehey/prov/20040118pro9.html   (966 words)

  
 NSCB-RU5 - Overview of the Region >Albay >Attractions
Dominating the entire province of Albay, it is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines and dubbed as the "world's nearly perfect cone".
Located in Daraga, Albay, only the belfry remains prominent, a mute testimony of Mayon's fiery temper.
Located at Busay, Daraga, Albay, close to Cagsawa Ruins Park, the cultural development of the region are exhibited distinctly.
www.nscb.gov.ph /ru5/overview/albay/attractions.html   (578 words)

  
 Local Government Unit: Local Government of Daraga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
My administration strongly believes that the development of Daraga will not occur in isolation of, but in accordance with, other factors that will highly influence the extent and direction of our development efforts.
One is the nationally conceived project of relocating the existing airport in Legazpi to Barangay Alobo, Daraga.
The other is the relocation of the present PNR terminal in Legazpi to Daraga.
www.daraga.gov.ph /index.php?id1=3&id2=1   (319 words)

  
 NSCB-RU5 - Overview of the Region >Albay >Accomodations
Albay is accessible by plane, bus and train from Manila and by bus and boat from other key cities in Visayas and Mindanao.
BY AIR Albay can be reached by plane through the Legazpi airport.
From Manila, the flying time to Legazpi City is 55 minutes, being served daily by Philippine Airlines, using BAC 737 jet.
www.nscb.gov.ph /ru5/overview/albay/accomo.html   (212 words)

  
 Daraga Town, Albay Province, Region 5, Philippines
In 1818, a government of the town of Daraga was formally organized headed by Venancio Espiritu Solomon as its first "Capitan".
In 1916, Daraga has lost its autonomy for the first time when a law was enacted making Daraga, Albay and Legaspi the "Municipio de Albay".
Again, on December 15, 1948, Daraga was made as one of the districts of Legaspi city.
oasis.fortunecity.com /acapulco/215/region5/albay/daraga.htm   (355 words)

  
 FOURTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
was born on Oct 19 1892 in Albay.
Don Juan JAUCIAN was born on May 6 1878 in Daraga, Albay.
He was buried on Jun 7 1956 in Daraga, Albay.
home.att.net /~ca-roco5/d190.htm   (89 words)

  
 Asia Leisure Escapes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Padang, Legazpi City is located along the Albay Gulf and is 45 minutes from Manila by plane.
Legazpi City is in Albay, south of Manila, one of the six provinces of the Bicol Region.
Just 15 minutes away is the Cagsawa Ruins in Daraga, Albay where during February 1814 volcano eruption, the church in the Cagsawa Town in Daraga was buried.
www.asialeisureescapes.com /pa_tourist.htm   (495 words)

  
 Asian Journal Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
With only 1,500 pesos in their pockets, the family of Jose Villanueva, 52, left Quezon City on April 26 and reached the town of Daraga in Albay province on Tuesday, more than four months after.
Stranded in Daraga, Albay due to heavy rains on Tuesday, the family was spotted by mediaman Darlan Barcelon of radio station dwZR while eating inside their padyak-cum-makeshift house units.
Albay Vice Governor James Calisin also helped with their medical checkup conducted by the Albay health office.
www.asianjournal.com /cgi-bin/view_info.cgi?code=00000811&category=HI   (802 words)

  
 People vs Magdato : 134122-27 : February 7, 2000 : Per Curiam : En Banc
The witness presented by the prosecution were Dr. Babelyn Lana of the Daraga Health Unit of Daraga, Albay, and CHERRY ANN.
She was a vendor who sold rice cakes and vegetables from morning till early evening in the market in Daraga, Albay (p.
Cherry Ann was examined by Dr. Babelyn Luna who found that her sex organ bore lacerations at the four o’clock and seven o’clock positions and that the lateral aspect of her labia minora was reddish upon examination (pp.
www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/2000/feb2000/134122_27.html   (3962 words)

  
 PHILIPPINES: A human rights worker killed in Albay
Joel B. Baclao was shot dead outside his house in Barangay Lacag, Daraga, Albay on 10 November 2004 by an unidentified man. Mr.
Baclao's family suspects that the victim might have been killed by a person linked to the military as the victim was a staunch opponent of military operations against rebels in Albay.
Baclao was a staunch opponent of military operations against rebels in Albay.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2004/881?print=yes   (895 words)

  
 baclao dead daraga albay by Philippine Website Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Barangay Lacag, Daraga, Albay on 10 November 2004 by an unidentified man....
Daraga, Albay to check on what their dogs were barking at.
His face was shattered and was dead on the spot.
www2.nfsp-philippines.org /pinoypedia/baclao-dead-daraga-albay/index.html   (355 words)

  
 :: Malaya - The National Newspaper ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He said he covered the three districts of the province and paid out protection money to the three congressmen of Albay, the local officials except for the provincial governor and the local police.
The total collection for the whole of Albay was between P2.5 million to P3 million a day or a total of P90 million a month.
Mayor admitted he did not have any "hard evidence" against the public officials that he named because his dealings with them were all through intermediaries and their bagmen.
www.malaya.com.ph /may31/news1.htm   (1933 words)

  
 Salalima vs. Guingona, Jr. : 117589-92 : May 22, 1996 : Davide, Jr., J. : En Banc
G to G-1) requesting the Albay Sangguniang Panlalawigan to hold a joint session with the former together with Mayor Corral and the Sangguniang Pambarangays of the concerned barangays, for the purpose of discussing the distribution or application of the NPC payments.
It is unmistakable from the foregoing provisions that the shares of Tiwi, Daraga, the concerned barangays and the national government in the payments made by NPC under the MOA, should be, as they are in fact, trust funds.
Therefore, the balance of P26,979,962.52 representing the collective shares of Tiwi and Daraga, the concerned barangays and the national government, cannot be appropriated nor disbursed by the Province for the payment of its own expenditures or contractual obligations.
www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/1996/may1996/117589_92.htm   (11903 words)

  
 2 soldiers, civilian slain in NPA attack in Albay - Sept. 15, 2003
DARAGA, Albay -- Two soldiers of the 901st Infantry Brigade based in Barangay Villahermosa in this town and a civilian were killed while four others were wounded in the latest attack by suspected communist New People's Army rebels on Friday afternoon.
Ocfemia also identified the civilians who are still critical at the BRTTH as Arnaldo Luna, a vendor and resident of Barangay San Ramon, this town, Jesus Florencio from Abucay, Pilar, Sorsogon, Arnold Llona and Domingo Friolo both residents of Barangay Mayon, this town.
Responding Daraga town police led by Senior Superintendent Genesius Molto recovered 18 empty shells of 9mm and a slug of a.45-caliber pistol from the crime scene.
www.inq7.net /reg/2003/sep/15/reg_3-1.htm   (444 words)

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