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 Panay - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Panay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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.
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 panay gulf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Panay Gulf is an extension of the Sulu Sea, reaching between the islands of Panay and Negros.
The gulf contains the island-province of Guimaras and extends into the Santa Ana Bay between Panay and Guimaras and into Gumarias Strait, between Guimaras and Negros.
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.
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 Encyclopedia: Leyte Gulf
Leyte Gulf is the body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, adjoining the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean.
The gulf is bounded on the north by the island of Samar, which is separated from Leyte on the west by the narrow San Juanico Strait, and on the south by Mindanao, separated from Leyte by the Surigao Strait.
Dinagat Island partly encloses the gulf to the southeast, and the small Homonhon Island (notable as the first landfall of Ferdinand Magellan after crossing the Pacific), sits astride the eastern entrance to the gulf.
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 antique province info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antique is in Panay Island, derived from the Spanish panhay ("This is bread"), in western Visayas.
It is bounded by Aklan on the north and northeast, by Capiz and Iloilo on the east, by Cuyo East Pass on the west, and by Panay Gulf on the south
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.
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 Article on Culture and Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antique, on the western side of Panay, is an elongated stretch of land that occupies the entire west coast fronting the China and Sulu Seas (MDPP, Antique, 1986-1992).
It is bordered by the provinces of Capiz on the north, 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, 1986-1992).
The island of Guimaras, formerly a sub-province of Iloilo, is situated southeast of Panay Island and northwest of the island of Negros.
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 Comments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Antique is a long stretch of land, shaped like a seahorse, located at the western border of Panay Island.
It is bounded on the north and northwest by Aklan, on the east by Iloilo and Capiz, on the west by the Pass of Cuyo East and on the south by the Gulf of Panay.
Agriculture is the major industry in the province and rice is the primary crop.
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 GlobalPinoy, Travel - Iloilo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Surrounded by Capiz on the north, Guimaras Strait on the south, Panay Gulf and Iloilo Strait on the east and Antique on the west.
Fishing is also an important industry, with Panay Gulf and Iloilo Strait as major fishing grounds that produce grouper, sea bass, tuna, blue marlin, prawn, milkfish and shrimps.
La Villa De Arevalo, Iloilo City - The seat of the Alcaldia of Panay; first Spanish settlement in Panay to be attacked in 1588 by the English privateer Sir Thomas Cavendish, third circumnavigator of the world.
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 GlobalPinoy, Travel - Guimaras
Guimaras is an island province located mid-way the islands of Panay and Negros.
Bordered by Iloilo City in the north, Bacolod in the east, Panay in the west and Panay Sea in the south.
The Guimaras Strait, Iloilo Strait, Panay Gulf and Visayan Sea serves as major fishing grounds teeming with shrimps, mackerel, cavalas, moonfish, round scad, anchovies, slipmounths, groupers and sardines.
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Located southwest of Panay Island and northwest of Negros Island, it has a land area of 604.65 sq.
The major ones are Guimaras Strait, Iloilo Strait, Panay Gulf and Visayan Sea.
Fishing activities are concentrated in waters surrounding the island especially in San Antonio, Igdarapdap, Tando, Capay, Igang and round the offshore islet of Guiwanon, Luisan and Panobolon in Nueva Valencia; Lawi, Morobuan and Alegria in Jordan and Sto.
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 Panay Gulf -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Panay Gulf is an extension of the (Click link for more info and facts about Sulu Sea) Sulu Sea, reaching between the islands of (Click link for more info and facts about Panay) Panay and (A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)) Negros.
The (An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay) gulf contains the island-province of (Click link for more info and facts about Guimaras) Guimaras and extends into the Santa Ana Bay between Panay and Guimaras and into Gumarias Strait, between Guimaras and Negros.
Guimaras Strait connects Panay Gulf with the (Click link for more info and facts about Visayan Sea) Visayan Sea.
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 Diocese of San Jose de Antique
Antique, one of four provinces comprising the island of Panay is a narrow slice of land on the entire western coast of the island.
It is bounded on the north by Aklan, on the east by Capiz and Iloilo, on the south by Panay Gulf and on the west by the Cuyo Pass.
Historically the island of Panay is remembered as the place where Datu Sumakwel, a datu from Borneo, settled in the thirteenth century.
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 Iloilo Province, Region 6, Philippines
Iloilo is on southern Panay Island in western Visayas.
It is bounded on the north by Capiz, on the east by the Visayan Sea and Guimaras Strait, on the west by Antique, and on the south by Panay Gulf and Iloilo Strait.
The ten Bornean datus who purchased Panay in 1212 from Negrito Chief Marikudo for a gold salakot (hat) and a golden necklace are said to have landed near the Siwaragan River in what is now San Joaquin, Iloilo.
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 Municipality of San Joaquin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Municipality of San Joaquin is located in the southern tip of the island of Panay specifically in the Province of Iloilo.
It is overshadowed by a chain of mountain ranges in the northwestern part and overlooks the sea on the southeastern portion.
Its borders are defined by the Municipality of Sibalom, Province of Antique on the north, Panay Gulf on the south, the Municipality of Miag-ao, Province of Iloilo on the east and the Municipalities of Tobias Fornier, Hamtic and Anini-y, Province of Antique on the west.
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 Iloilo on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
309,505), capital of Iloilo prov., SE Panay, the Philippines, on Iloilo Strait of Panay Gulf.
With a fine harbor sheltered by Guimaras island, it is the principal port on Panay, with both interisland and overseas shipping.
Iloilo is also a busy commercial center, with some manufacturing.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Iloilo.asp   (257 words)

  
 Panay Gulf - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Panay Gulf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Panay Gulf - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Panay Gulf.
Here you will find more informations about Panay Gulf.
The orginal Panay Gulf article can be editet
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 Archdiocese of Jaro
The new diocese then included the entire island of Panay (today's Capiz, Aklan, Iloilo and Antique provinces), Negros Island, Romblon and Palawan in the Visayas: Jolo, Zamboanga, Cotabato and Davao on the island of Mindanao.
The province of Iloilo occupies the southeastern portion of Panay Island in the region known as Western Visayas or Region VI, one of the richest regions in the country.
It is separated from Guimaras Island by the Iloilo Strait, and is bounded on the north by the province of Capiz, on the west by Antique, on the east by Guimaras Strait and on the south by Panay Gulf.
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 Welcome to Pesocard.Com - Always There For You!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
City, on the east by Bacolod, Panay on the west and on the south by Panay Sea.
located southeast of Panay and northwest of Negros in Western Visayas.
It is 1-5 nautical miles and separated by Iloilo Strait from mainland Panay.
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 WOW Philippines :: News Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Espousing the theme “Enriched Cultural Heritage: Pillar of Peace, Unity, and Progress,” the week-long celebration will also highlight the collective endeavor of the San Joaquinhons to work for a better community, particularly by keeping alive their traditions and reclaiming their culture in the light of unceasing globalization.
In addition, the festivities will feature the famous pasungay (bullfights) held every year by the hillside of San Joaquin and other rituals and festivals observed in the town, which is along the coastline of the Panay Gulf.
Headed by Datu Puti, these Borneans bartered with Negrito or Ati chieftain Marikudo of the original Panay inhabitants for the lowlands with one golden salakot and a long gold necklace called manangyad.
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 MISSION REPORT: 16 December 1944   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Contacted fighters at 0845 off Negros and proceeded on to orbit point, arriving at 0940.
At 1025, sighted at P-47 on fire circling over Panay Gulf, close to the rescue ship.
Captain Wientjes landed five minutes after the survivor, First Lieutenant Howard C. Neumann, 39th Fighter Squadron, had ditched his ship, and took him aboard.
www.pbyrescue.com /Rescues/16dec44.htm   (148 words)

  
 Delsan Transport Lines Inc vs CA : 127897 : November 15, 2001 : J. De Leon, Jr : Second Division
  Unfortunately, the vessel sank in the early morning of August 16, 1986 near Panay Gulf in the Visayas taking with it the entire cargo of fuel oil.
Hence, our ruling on the presentation of the insurance policy in the said case of Home Insurance Corporation is not applicable to the case at bar.
  In contrast, there is no doubt that the cargo of industrial fuel oil belonging to Caltex, in the case at bar, was lost while on board petitioner’s vessel, MT Maysun, which sank while in transit in the vicinity of Panay Gulf and Cuyo East Pass in the early morning of August 16, 1986.
www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/2001/nov2001/127897.htm   (2231 words)

  
 Philippines-Central Part: North & West Bohol, South Sibuyan, Visayan, Camotes Sea, Leyte Gulf, Panay, Masbate, Samar, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Towns and Provinces - Pandan Antique Site Directory!
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ANTIQUE History Historians have it that 10 Bornean datus headed by Datu Puti, along with their followers, left Borneo to escape persecution by the rajah of the House of Sri-Vijaya and landed in the island of Panay, then ruled by the Ati King, Marikudo...
Map of Panay Island - Pandan Antique Homepage
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