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	Panay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Panay is an island in the Philippines located in the Visayas.
		Panay is located southeast of the island of Mindoro and northwest of Negros, separated by Guimaras Strait.
		Panay is the location of the famous legend of Maragtas, which chronicled the arrival of the Malay race to the Philippine islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Panay (404 words)

	Panay incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat Panay while she was anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing on December 12, 1937.
		A flat-bottomed craft built in Shanghai specifically for river duty, Panay served as part of the U.S. Navy's Yangtze Patrol in the Asiatic Fleet, which was responsible for patrolling the Yangtze River to protect American lives and property.
		Panay evacuated the remaining Americans from the city on December 11, bringing the number of people aboard to five officers, fifty-four enlisted men, four U.S. embassy staff, and ten civilians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Panay_incident (2041 words)

	USS Panay I
		The first Panay was laid down for the Spanish Navy in 1884 by Cavite Navy Yard; completed in 1885, purchased by the U.S. Army upon American occupation of the Philippines, and transferred to the Navy in 1899.
		Throughout the Philippine Insurrection, Panay served on blockade and patrol duty, intercepting contraband and aiding the Army on Mindanao, Leyte, Cebu, Samar, and Negros.
		Panay served as a yard craft at Olongapo and Cavite and as a ferryboat between Cavite and Manila in the years that followed, even after she was struck from the Navy List 19 June 1914.
	www.multied.com /Navy/gunboat/panayI.html (127 words)

	Panay and Iloilo: The Allure of A Dowager
		Panay it is said was ruled by two legal codes, the Maragtas, promulgated by Datu Sumakwel ca.
		Panay, with the capital at Iloilo remained one political entity until the provinces of Capiz and Antique were established, in 1716 and 1798 (or 96) respectively.
		Panay's coast was subject to frequent slave raids and so a number of watchtowers were built to protect the coastal settlements.
	www.admu.edu.ph /offices/mirlab/panublion/panay.html (1643 words)

	Encyclopedia: USS Panay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The first Panay was originally a Spanish gunboat in the Philippines, purchased in 1899 after the American occupation, and in various service until 1914, and sold in 1920.
		The second Panay (PR-5) was a river gunboat launched in 1927, and serving on the Yangtze in China until being sunk by the Japanese in the 1937 Panay incident.
		The second USS Panay (PR–5) of the United States Navy was a river gunboat that served on the Yangtze Patrol in China until lost in the Panay incident of 1937.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Panay (403 words)

	USS Panay II
		Built for duty in the Asiatic Fleet on the Yangtze Patrol, Panay had as her primary mission the protection of American lives and property frequently threatened in the disturbances the 1920's and 30's brought to China struggling to modernize, to create a strong central government, and, later, to meet Japanese aggression.
		Throughout Panay's service, navigation on the Yangtze was constantly menaced by bandits and eoldier outlaws of various stripes, and Panay and her sisters provided the protection necessary for American shipping and nationals, as other foreign forces did for their citizens.
		Knowing of the presence of Panay and the merchantmen, the Navy requested verification of the order, which was received before the attack began about 1327 that dav and continued until Panay sank at 1554.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/patrol/panayII.html (339 words)

	Encyclopedia: Panay incident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The island lent its name to the United States gunboat USS Panay, which was sunk in 1937 by the Japanese in the Panay incident.
		The Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the USS Panay, a US Navy gunboat anchored in the Yangtze river outside of Nanjing on December 12, 1937, before the United States had entered World War II.
		Panay evacuated the remaining Americans from the city on December 11, bringing the number of people on board to five officers, fifty-four enlisted men, four U.S. embassy staff, and ten civilians.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Panay-incident (638 words)

	"Best Friend" located Long Distance - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		Panay was on her way from Miami on Nov. 22 to her new home in Washington, when she stopped at a McDonald's parking lot near Sebastian for a short break.
		Panay said she didn't think she would have found the cat if it had been lost anywhere else along the interstate.
		Panay drove 15 hours, with a five-hour break to sleep, from Washington, D.C., to pick up her rescued feline, and started her drive back north only after a short stop to thank the Humane Society staff for their assistance in finding Dolce and caring for her.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=9842 (809 words)

	Asiatour.com / Philippines / Western Visayas / Panay / The Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Panay is one of the economically better developed islands of the archipelago.
		Even in the early Malay times, Panay was divided into three administrative areas: the southern plain (Irongiron, later Iloilo), the western mountain range (Hamtik, later Antique, a name chosen by the Spanish obviously for its similar sound to the native’s name), and the northern hills (Capiz).
		The most spectacular operation of the NPA on Panay was the blasting of several bridges in the outskirts of Iloilo in January, 1987.
	www.asiatour.com /philippines/e-15wevi/ep-wev11_a.htm (941 words)

	Panay Gulf
		Panay Gulf is an extension of the Sulu Sea, reaching between the islands of Panay and Negros.
		Guimaras Strait connects Panay Gulf with the Visayan Sea[?].
		Iloilo City[?] is the busiest port on the gulf, which is a major route used by ships plying the areas between Iloilo City, Bacolod City[?], and Zamboanga further to the south.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Panay_Gulf.html (103 words)

	Japanese attack USS Panay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Panay was used to evacuate American officials and civilians from the embassy when they were attacked by Japanese warplanes on Dec. 11, 1937.
		Communications to the Panay on Dec. 11 indicated that Chinese troops were fleeing the capital and that a Japanese takeover of the entire country could not be far off.
		Secretary of State Cordell Hull denounced the sinking of the Panay as the handiwork of "wild and half-insane" Japanese admirals and generals.
	aia.lackland.af.mil /homepages/pa/spokesman/Mar05/atc12.cfm (1413 words)

	Hiligaynon: Panay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The island of Panay has a land mass of approximately 11500 square kilometers and thus is the largest island of the center of the Philippine archipelago known as the Visayas (Bisaya).
		Panay is divided into the administrative provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo.
		Panay is known for its textile industry with h igh quality garments made of various fibres (jusi, pinya, sinamay).
	www.copewithcytokines.de /NAGATUON/cope.cgi?007040 (253 words)

	Panay
		Throughout Panay’s service, navigation on the Yangtze was constantly menaced by bandits and soldier outlaws of various stripes, and Panay and her sisters provided the protection necessary for American shipping and nationals, as other foreign forces did for their citizens.
		They came on board 11 December and Panay moved upriver to avoid becoming involved in the fighting around the doomed capital.
		Knowing of the presence of Panay and the merchantmen, the Navy requested verification of the order, which was received before the attack began about 1327 that day and continued until Panay sank at 1554.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p1/panay-ii.htm (422 words)

	Ibajay Homepage
		Its borders are defined by the province of Capiz on the north, the province of Antique on the West, Panay Gulf and Iloilo Strait on the south and southeast, and the Visayan Sea and Guimaras Island on the east (MDPP), Iloilo, 1996-1992).
		The island of Guimaras formerly a sub-province of Iloilo, is situated southeast of Panay Island and northwest of the island of Negros.
		A semi-legendary or folk historical piece of oral literature commonly known to the folks of Panay, narrates that during the 13th century, a group of 10 brave Bornean datus headed by Datu Puti, came to Panay Island with their families and slaves to escape the oppressive rule of Sultan Makatunaw.
	www.geocities.com /si-agnon/karay-a.html (4198 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Panay
		Panay, island, central Philippines, the northernmost of the Visayan Islands, between Negros and Mindoro islands.
		1938: Japan : United States and the Panay Incident.
		At the beginning of 1938, Japan, after six months of her undeclared war on China, had won a series of impressive military victories which had put vast stretches of territory in northern and central China into her hands and had given her control over China's principal ports, railways, and sources...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Panay.html (130 words)

	Maragtas Foreword
		Maragtas was written by Pedro Alcantara Monteclaro in 1907 as a collection of the legends of the island of Panay in the Philippines.
		“Maragtas or (history) of Panay Island from the first inhabitants, until the arrival of the Borneans from which the Bisayans are descended, to the arrival of the Spaniards”.
		A pre-Spanish history of the Island of Panay, translated for the Research Commission from the vernacular version of Pedro Monteclaro, Philippine Executive Commission, Department of Education, Health and Public Welfare, Manila, typewritten, by Manuel Carreon, 1943.
	www.mts.net /~pmorrow/marfore.htm (1013 words)

	yehey! News
		The Panay Power Barges 103, 104, and Panay Diesel Power Plant were used to supply power to different electric cooperatives in the two islands.
		The island's installed dependable capacity was 64 MW generated from Panay Power Barges 103, 104 and Panay Diesel Power Plant while the off-peak demand was 73 MW and peak demand was 106 MW.
		Panay is projected to be hardest hit by any power crisis since it is at the end of the transmission line from the Tongonan geothermal fields in Leyte.
	www.yehey.com /news/print.aspx?a=58559 (724 words)

	Panay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		During the "China Incident" airplanes from the Japanese Navy attacked and sank an American gunboat, the USS Panay.
		The survivors travelled Hohsien where they were picked up by the British gunboat HMS Bee and the Panay's sister ship USS Oahu, and taken to Shanghai where they boarded the USS Augusta Dec. 17 for the trip to the United States.
		Viewers could see the Panay bobbing about at anchor in the middle of the river, minding its own business with its colors in full view, while from almost directly overhead the sun shone down through a cloudless sky.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/panay.html (1324 words)

	Libertadnons On-Line: About Panay
		After some haggling, they succeeded in buying the island from the Negrito chieftain for one gold "sandok" and a gold necklace for his wife, thereby enabling Datu Sumakwel to establish a permanent settlement in the island they called Hamtic, which is now Malandog in the Municipality of Kamtic.
		The institution of American authority over the island and the restoration of peace and order in Panay led to the formation of a civil government on April 13, 1901.
		The other 2 peaks of Panay, Mt. Madia-as (Elevation 1,117 m) and Mt. Nangtud (Elevation 1,900 m) are found in the province of Antique.
	libertadnon.tripod.com /update.html (2659 words)

	NARA - Prologue - Prologue: Selected Articles
		Takeda informed the embassy staff that a special committee was being formed as requested by the ambassador to determine the intentions of the contributors.
		In a March 17 telegram to the State Department, Ambassador Grew forwarded several enclosures, including a copy of the proposed articles of incorporation for the Japan-America Trust, a proposed letter to the trustees from Grew, and a proposed letter to the contributors from the ambassador to be translated into Japanese.
		The press release clearly stated that the Panay contributions were in no way related to the official settlement between the two nations but that "the donors have simply sought to express their sympathy by a procedure which is common in Japanese custom."39
	www.archives.gov /publications/prologue/2001/summer/two-japans-2.html?template=print (2618 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Panay (PR-5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Named for a Philippine island, USS Panay was one of several vessels built for the Yangtze River patrol to protect U.S. interests during the Chinese civil war.
		Avoiding the sharp conflict in and around the capital, Panay and the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company tankers Mei Ping, Mei Hsia, and Mei An sailed upriver, notifying the local Japanese commander of their intention to do so.
		Panay was abandoned after an hour and sank at 1554 with the loss of 2 killed and 48 wounded.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_068500_usspanay.htm (240 words)

	Panay Hotels \| Panay Hotel Philippines Travel Network \| Panay Online Reservation \| Up to 85% Discount on Hotel Rates ...
		The Panay Island comprises the province of Antique, Capiz, Iloilo and Aklan.
		It consist of a narrow coastal plain, several valleys, and the steep slopes of rugged mountains to the east that separate the province from the rest of Panay.
		Capiz was a part of Aklan when this was organised as a sakop (political unit) of Panay by Bornean datus in 1213.
	www.hotelphilippines.biz /panay-hotels-travel (614 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Greater Negros-Panay rain forests (IM0114)
		The west coasts of Panay and Negros experience a dry season between November and February (Davis et al.
		Except for the eastern portion of Panay and much of Masbate, the islands generally are fairly rugged, with the highest elevation being 2,465 m Mt. Canlaon in north-central Negros.
		There are seventeen restricted-range bird species in the Negros and Panay EBA, six restricted-range species in Cebu (five additional species), and several others in the adjacent Secondary Areas.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0114_full.html (2069 words)

	Dec. 16 and Dec. 18, 1937 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		According to survivors, the Japanese attack on the Panay was not a simple case of Japanese aviators playing "drop-eye" from high in the misty sky, with the American gunboat as their cigar box.
		The sinking of the Panay in the Yangtze River create no such excitement at the capital as was occasioned by the blowing up of the battleship Maine, in Havana Harbor, on the night of February 15, 1898.
		As the Panay went to the bottom under Japanese fire, there was pending before the House a proposed constitutional amendment, which would take the war-making power from Congress, under certain circumstances, and submit the power to a referendum of the people.
	www.macalester.edu /courses/hist90/hearst8.html (427 words)

	USS Panay and the Panay Incident (Panay Attack) - Photos of Japanese Attack and Her Sinking
		There were two movie photographers on USS Panay at the time she was bombed: Norman Alley of Universal and Eric Mayell of Fox Movietone.
		Unfortunately, several of the bombs scored direct hits on the Panay and she was mortally wounded.
		USS Panay sank approximately 28 miles upriver from Nanking and, at the time of the attack, she had just evacuated the final US embassy staff (along with some other US civilians) from Nanking.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /Panay/Panay.htm (1181 words)

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