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	samar island
		The Samar island have 3 provinces, and the name of the province are:
		The Island of Samar is divided into 3 provinces- belonging to Eastern Visaya:
		is the second biggest island in the Visayas!
	home.online.no /~erfalch/samarisland.htm

	Samar (island) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samar lies southeast of the Bicol Peninsula on Luzon, the country's largest island; the
		Samar is the easternmost island in the Visayas.
		The gulf opens out into the Philippine Sea, found to the east of Samar and is part of the Pacific Ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samar

	MSN Encarta - Philippines
		Palawan Island is believed to be the first Philippine island to have been settled by people who migrated from the Southeast Asian mainland during prehistoric times.
		The Philippines includes more than 7,100 islands, but most of the land area is shared among the 11 largest islands.
		The Philippines can be divided into three geographic areas: the northern islands of Luzon and Mindoro, the central islands of the Visayan Islands (Visayas) and Palawan, and the southern islands of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761558570

	samar province info
		Samar is the third largest island of the Philippines archipelago, and the Samar Province is also the largest of the three Samar provinces.
		Samar province, before Western Samar occupies the southwestern part of Samar Island in the eastern Visaya.
		Samar Island page - The page for all 3 province´s
	home.online.no /~erfalch/samarwesterna.htm

	SAMAR Philippines
		Like a tiny colony of cottages of nipa huts, the beach resort is nestled south of San Antonio town proper on the northwestern side of Samar Island, just off San Bernardino Strait that separates Luzon and Samar.
		Samar may be reached overland via the pan Philippine Highway which connects the key cities of the Samar provinces.
		The Island of Dalupiri, (San Antonio) is known for boat building and the quality and design of the local boats are extremely good, these boats connect all the island in the area cheaply and quickly allowing for island hopping opportunities that don't exist in other places.
	www.bartssubic.com /barts/SAMAR.htm

	SAMAR ISLAND CONNECTIONS
		hi joy, im from california, my name is Norm,are there alot of people living on samar island...
		hello Steve, I visited Northern Samar in september and I found an internetcafe in Catarman.
		Can anybody update me re what internet services / speeds / suppliers are available in Samar.
	groups.msn.com /SAMARISLANDCONNECTIONS

	SAMAR 2002 - A murderous bus trip to Calbayog
		We were in the city of Calbayog, a very clean and kind small town on Samar Island.
		Jenney was already there and advised me strongly to visit this island on the nothern top of Cebu Island.
		SAMAR 2002 - A murderous bus trip to Calbayog
	www.single-adventure-tours.com /calbayog.html

	Luzon
		Off the southeast tip of Bicol is Samar island, separated by San Bernardino Strait.
		The island of Luzon is 104,688 square kilometers in land area, making it the largest among the country's islands.
		The island group of Luzon encompasses Luzon island itself, plus the Batanes and Babuyan groups of islands to the north, and the islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque, Masbate, Romblon, Mindoro, and Palawan in the south.
	united-states.asinah.net /american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/lu/luzon.html

	The Provincial Profile of Eastern Samar
		Samar was the first island cited by intrepid European discoverer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.
		Eastern Samar, along with the other Samar provinces, was once part of the province of Cebu, until they were included in the newly created province of Leyte in 1735.
		In Balangiga, popular folklore recounts how a Moro Sultan traveled all the way to Samar in search of the famed beauty Layong Uray, whom he brought back to Mindanao to be his queen.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/esamar.htm

	naval
		The Leyte Gulf campaign has been well documented in other books about the Pacific war, so Hornfischer focuses most of his attention on one particular engagement off Samar Island.
		The events of the book take place during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which stands as the largest naval engagement in world history, and was fought between the Japanese and American navies in the vicinity of the Philippines as General Douglas McArthur's forces were invading to take the archipelago back from the Japanese.
		There, a small task force of American escort carriers and destroyers (the "Tin Cans" of the title), held off a far superior enemy fleet of battleships and cruisers with a combination of near-suicidal bravery and spectacular seamanship coupled with a healthy dose of sheer good fortune.
	naval.idoneos.com

	Philippines Travel - Samar Island
		The province of Eastern Samar is one of the last frontiers of the Philippines and can be found on Samar, the second largest island in the Visayas.
		Eastern Samar is also home of several endangered creatures like the Philippine Eagle (the second largest eagle in the world), the Philippine Cockatoo, the Tarsier (usually only known on the island of Bohol), and the Flying Lemur.
		Within an hour boat ride from Borongan are Ando Island, Monbon Island and Divinubo Island.Regular boats to Ando leave from Sabang, and to Divinubo from Cabong or Lalawigan (depending on the tide).
	www.philippinestravelreport.com /samar_philippines

	Samar Island WebLink Exchange, a tribute to my home town..... Calbayog City, Samar
		Samar Island WebLink Exchange, a tribute to my home town.....
		Shop with iGive and a percentage of the money you spend will go directly to Samar Island Charitable Programs.
		CLICK HERE FOR YOUR MESSAGES Check out greetings to relatives and friends in Samar Island!
	stkitts.globat.com /%7Eussecf.com/panawag.html

	Calbayog Mariculture Zone, Brgy. Malajog, Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines
		These photos were taken at the Marine Sea-Cage Farming location in Malajog, Calbayog City, Samar.
		VP Teofisto Guingona and Chairman JR Oben-This photo was taken during the official declaration of the Mariculture Zone in Malajog, Calbayog City.
	stkitts.globat.com /%7Eussecf.com/edith.html

	Samar Island Biodiversity Project
		The Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) is a year old, and so we give tribute to one lofty stride taken by Samarnons in the long and tough crusade to avert the assured demise of the last lowland rainforest in the country.
		The caravan was prompted by the deluge of mining applications in Samar island and the demand by San Jose Timber Co. to lift the logging moratorium in the island so it can resume its logging operations.
		NO to Mining� reverberated throughout the island of Samar on August 8 last year as thousands of Samare�os took to the road in Catbalogan in a rare grand show of unity to Save Samar Island�s environment.
	www.sibp.org.ph

	samar island map
		Here is all the maps on Samar island and the 3 province´s on the island
		You have to write below this particular map my e-mail adress: efalch@sn.no, and link my page to your page, then e-mail with your homepage adress, so i can link your page to my page!
	home.online.no /~erfalch/samarmap.htm

	Samar Island Biodiversity Project
		Samar Island -- the third largest island in the Philippine archipelago-- contains some of the country's largest extant, unfragmented tracts of lowland rainforest.
		The Samar Island Biodiversity Project (SIBP) aims to protect a representative sample of the biodiversity of the Philippine archipelago by expanding conservation coverage in the Eastern Visayas bio-geographic zone.
		This will be achieved through the establishment of the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP), a new protected area with an area of 347,000 hectares with a buffer zone of 123,000 hectares.
	www.pawb.gov.ph /programs/sibp.htm

	Japanese Peace Monument on Samar Island, PI
		The Japanese Peace Monument, located on the island of Samar, Philippines, is dedicated to peace and was put in place to honor all men, Japanese and American, who fought in the Battle Off Samar on 25 October 1944.
		It is the only monument in existence on the island of Samar which is dedicated to the namesake naval battle.
		It was erected by a lone Japanese survivor from one of the warships of Vice Admiral Kurita's Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force.
	www.bosamar.com /montpi.html

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		Cebu White Sands At Maribago Beach Mactan Island
	philippines.asinah.net

	The Diocese of Calbayog
		The Island of Samar is bounded on the north by San Bernardino Strait, on the west by the Samar Sea and San Juanico Strait, on the south by Leyte Gulf, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
		Samar was once one island province comprising one political unit, the whole island being the third largest in the archipelago.
		On April 10, 1910, Pope Pius X separated the island provinces of Samar and Leyte form the Diocese of Cebu, and erected the Diocese of Calbayog comprising both island provinces.
	www.cbcponline.net /calbayog (498 words)

	Naranjo Islands, Philippines - Introduction, Martin Palacio Properties
		It is bounded in the North by Sorsogon, Ticao Island in the West, mainland Northern Samar in the East, and Masbate in the South and Southwest.
		The Site I is the whole Medio Island located on the Northwest part of Sangputan Island or southwest from the mainland San Isidro Municipality, Northern Samar.
		The islands lie 12º 13' North, 124º 02' East in the east central periphery of the Philippine archipelago.
	www.palacioislands.netfirms.com (498 words)

	Fight continues to save Samar's forest - INQ7.net
		Then, on July 1, 2001, the Samar Island Biodiversity Project (SIBP) was launched by the DENR in the island, with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)-Global Environment Facility allocating $27 million for the eight-year project.
		The SINP covers 37 municipalities of the provinces of Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Samar and the island's lone city, Calbayog City.
		THE FIRST anniversary of the declaration of the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) as a protected area may have gone unnoticed, but the renewed call to protect the island's remaining natural resources still reverberates throughout the three Samar provinces.
	news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=8725 (1125 words)

	Culion news on Samar
		Catbalogan, Samar � The Samar Island Biodiversity Project (SIBP), a foreign-funded eight-year project of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently started the recruitment for the 17 slots Park Rangers that will police the newly proclaimed Samar Island Natural Park (SINP).
		Theresa Quimpo to prepare the Eco-tourism Feasibility Study of Pinipisakan Falls in Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas town as part of the Samar Island Biodiversity Project�s Samar Island Natural Park (SINP).
		It was learned that the Catbalogan-based Samar Island Biodiversity Project who is strongly pushing the Philippine largest park, the Samar Island Natural Park has also to submit their formal written comments on the report this week to the CESM who conducted the feasibility study.
	www.samarnews.com /News_clips/news11.htm (1125 words)

	FROGS.ORG: News
		Samar Island Biodiversity Project (SIBP) Manager Hermi-nigildo Jocson said recent satellite images showed that Samar's total forest cover has been reduced by 49,000 hectares to 311,000 hectares.
		After a strong lobbying by Samarenos for over a decade, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Presidential Proclamation No. 442 on Aug. 13, 2003 establishing the Samar Island Natural Park.
		Other objectives of the first phase of SIBP is to empower forest-edge communities in biodiver-sity conservation and forest resources management and improve their socioeconomic well-being, promote sustainable management and conservation of biodiversity in Samar island and to generate broad-based support and participation of the local government.
	www.frogs.org /news/article.asp?CategoryID=24&InfoResourceID=1894 (759 words)

	Info and facts on 'Samar (island)'
		Samar is the easternmost island in the Visayas.
		Samar is an island (A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water) in the Visayas (additional info and facts about Visayas), which is in the central Philippines (A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946).
		Samar lies southeast of the Bicol Peninsula (additional info and facts about Bicol Peninsula) on Luzon (The main island of the Philippines), the country's largest island; the San Bernardino Strait (additional info and facts about San Bernardino Strait) separates the two.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/samar_(island).htm (196 words)

	The Diocese of Calbayog
		The Island of Samar is bounded on the north by San Bernardino Strait, on the west by the Samar Sea and San Juanico Strait, on the south by Leyte Gulf, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
		Samar was once one island province comprising one political unit, the whole island being the third largest in the archipelago.
		On April 10, 1910, Pope Pius X separated the island provinces of Samar and Leyte form the Diocese of Cebu, and erected the Diocese of Calbayog comprising both island provinces.
	www.cbcponline.net /calbayog (196 words)

	The Diocese of Calbayog
		The Island of Samar is bounded on the north by San Bernardino Strait, on the west by the Samar Sea and San Juanico Strait, on the south by Leyte Gulf, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
		Samar was once one island province comprising one political unit, the whole island being the third largest in the archipelago.
		On April 10, 1910, Pope Pius X separated the island provinces of Samar and Leyte form the Diocese of Cebu, and erected the Diocese of Calbayog comprising both island provinces.
	www.cbcponline.net /calbayog (196 words)

	Fight continues to save Samar's forest - INQ7.net
		Then, on July 1, 2001, the Samar Island Biodiversity Project (SIBP) was launched by the DENR in the island, with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)-Global Environment Facility allocating $27 million for the eight-year project.
		THE FIRST anniversary of the declaration of the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) as a protected area may have gone unnoticed, but the renewed call to protect the island's remaining natural resources still reverberates throughout the three Samar provinces.
		Efforts to protect Samar island's remaining natural resources were started in the late 1980s, spearheaded by some homegrown environmentalists.
	news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=8725 (1125 words)

	The Diocese of Calbayog
		The Island of Samar is bounded on the north by San Bernardino Strait, on the west by the Samar Sea and San Juanico Strait, on the south by Leyte Gulf, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
		Samar was once one island province comprising one political unit, the whole island being the third largest in the archipelago.
		On April 10, 1910, Pope Pius X separated the island provinces of Samar and Leyte form the Diocese of Cebu, and erected the Diocese of Calbayog comprising both island provinces.
	www.cbcponline.net /calbayog (1125 words)

	The Diocese of Calbayog
		The Island of Samar is bounded on the north by San Bernardino Strait, on the west by the Samar Sea and San Juanico Strait, on the south by Leyte Gulf, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
		Samar was once one island province comprising one political unit, the whole island being the third largest in the archipelago.
		On April 10, 1910, Pope Pius X separated the island provinces of Samar and Leyte form the Diocese of Cebu, and erected the Diocese of Calbayog comprising both island provinces.
	www.cbcponline.net /calbayog (498 words)

	08/14/01 -- Protecting biodiversity in the Philippines
		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.
		A new conservation to protect biodiversity on Samar Island in the Philippines was launched last week.
	forests.org /archive/asia/prbiinph.htm (504 words)

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