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	Sorsogon City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sorsogon City is a 5th class city in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines.
		It was formed by merging the former towns of Bacon and Sorsogon in 2000.
		Sorsogon City was created by virtue of Republic Act 8806 which was enacted on August 16, 2000 and ratified in December 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sorsogon_City (296 words)

	Official Website of Sorsogon Tourism, Come to Sorsogon, the Whale Shark capital of the World and a visitor-friendly ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sorsogon is located at the southernmost tip of Luzon, approximately 600 kilometers from Manila and a total land area of 214,444 hectares or 2,141.44 square kilometers with a stretch of 336 kilometers coastline.
		Sorsogon became a province, separate from the Province of Albay to which it was formerly attached, in 1894.
		Ignorant of the Iberian tongue, and fearful of the white men with the funny hats and bushy countenances, the native, thinking that the strangers were asking for directions, simply pointed at the river and said, “Solsogon”, meaning, trace the river upstream to a native village beyond.
	sorsogontourism.com (938 words)

	General Information About Sorsogon Province, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sorsogon is among the provinces of region V or Bicol Region.
		According to the record of NSO, as of year 2000, the total population of Sorsogon is 650,535 or 13.88% of the total population of Bicol Region.
		Sorsogon City which is the Capital City has the most number of population of 92,512 among its municipalities.
	www.pinoysites.org /phil1329.htm (142 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sorsogon offers the visitor a wide variety of diversions from scuba diving to snorkeling, sport fishing, swimming, boating, island hopping, mountain climbing, biking, hiking, spelunking, or just simply touching base with nature.
		The province of Sorsogon on the north extends westward from 124° to 123° longitude and on the north-south axis from 120° to 130° north latitude.
		Forming a triangle shape, it is bounded on the north by the province of Albay and Albay Gulf, on the south by Samar and San Bernardino strait; on the east by the Pacific Ocean, and on the west by Burias Island and Ticao Pass.
	www.wowphilippines.com.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=31 (409 words)

	NSCB-RD5 - Overview of the Region >Sorsogon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sorsogon has 14 municipalities, one city and 541 barangays with two congressional districts.
		Sorsogon was the fastest growing province in the region with an average annual growth rate of 2.04 percent between 1995 and 2000.
		The province of Sorsogon connects Bicol Region and the rest of Luzon to the Visayas and Mindanao areas through the ferry service in Matnog.
	www.nscb.gov.ph /ru5/overview/sorsogon.html (238 words)

	Infocity - Asian City Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The cities of Calapan, Muñoz, Panabo, Ligao and Candon submitted proposals for the development of a sanitary landfill, while the cities of Bayawan and Samal are pursuing the development of a new water source to supply the increasing needs of the city’s residents.
		Sorsogon City’s proposal is for the construction of a new slaughterhouse, while Naga would like to build wastewater treatment facilities for their slaughterhouse and public market.
		A City Economic Housing project was submitted by the City of San Fernando, LU, and last but not least, is Tuguegarao City with their proposal for the development of a new commercial center in the city.
	www.infocity.org /default_xml.asp (606 words)

	Local Government Unit: Sorsogon (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sorsogons story began with the formation of the Philippine Archipelago, with its present shape and characteristics — all 7,107 islands, stretching 1,208 miles from north to south — adorning the sparkling waters of the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.
		When Sorsogon became a province independent of Albay on October 17, 1894, it had only fourteen towns which were formerly organized under Albay: Bacon, Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Casiguran, Castilla, Donsol, Gubat, Irosin, Juban, Magallanes, Matnog, Pilar, and Sorsogon, the capital town of the province.
		Sorsogon as the rest of the Philippines, having been under a succession of western colonial powers as well as rich commercial interaction with its Asian neighbors, adopted several forms of religion.
	elgu2.ncc.gov.ph.cob-web.org:8888 /ppdo-sor (1059 words)

	Saving Sorsogon
		Sorsogon is surrounded by water — Burias and Ticao Passes on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the East, the San Bernardino Strait on the south, and the Albay Gulf on the north.
		Sorsogon, however, is one of the farthest provinces from Manila.
		Still, to reach Sorsogon, tourists have to take either a tiring 10-hour drive by private car or 12-hour ride by public transport, or a costly P6,000-plane ride to Legazpi and then another hour's drive to Sorsogon.
	www.pcij.org /imag/Environment/sorsogon2.html (1140 words)

	Manila Bulletin Online
		It is for this reason that the City Road Map puts great premium on upgrading and raising the competence and standards of governance practice of all officials and staff in City Hall and in every barangay of the city.
		Some 90% of households in the city should be active members of citizensâ groups (whether an NGO or a PO), which are positively engaged with City Hall in the pursuit of at least a few of the action programs in the Sorsogon City Road Map.
		In the Sorsogon City Road Map, it means that at least two thirds of households shall have moved beyond the poverty line by 2015.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2006/10/09/OPED2006100976586.html (586 words)

	SorsogonWeb® \| Province of Sorsogon \| Philippines \| Portal Website of Sorsogueños
		Sorsogon occupies the southernmost tip of the Bicol Region.
		Sorsogon Bay nearly cuts the province in half, leaving a narrow offshoot of land where the municipality of Sorsogon, the capital of the province, is situated.
		Bacon is in Sorsogon, while Manito is part of Albay province.
	www.sorsogonweb.com (568 words)

	Welcome to My Home Page
		It was ceded to the province of Sorsogon, excluding the town of Prieto Diaz (formerly called Montupar).
		Before the province of Sorsogon was formed, together with the town of Prieto Diaz, five big towns of Albay were lost because of the disastrous eruption of Mayon Volcano on Februaty 1.
		On the south, another land mass which is occupied by the province of Sorsogon.
	www.angelfire.com /ar/Arimado (2599 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| REGIONS
		BAGUIO CITY: The treasure hunt in Baguio for the recovery of the “Yamashita Gold” must stop because the city’s forest reserves, watersheds and parks are not spared, a councilor here said Monday.
		SORSOGON CITY: The chairman of the Bayan Muna municipal chapter in Irosin, Sorsogon, was killed by an unidentified gunman Monday morning.
		SORSOGON CITY: To augment local funds for the rehabilitation of the fishing industry in Sorsogon, the provincial government is demanding a share from the P10.7 million fine imposed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on an Australian-owned mining firm in nearby Rapu-rapu Island, allegedly for violation of environmental laws.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/feb/01/yehey/prov/mainpro.html (487 words)

	Press Releases: Southeast Asia: Typhoon Xangsane - Sep 2006, Philippines: PGMA calls for national unity, cooperation to ...
		SORSOGON CITY -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called on the people Saturday (Sept. 30) to unite and do their share in the massive national effort to recover from the widespread devastation left by Typhoon "Milenyo" across the country.
		The President said she decided to visit Sorsogon because for three days after "Milenyo" pummeled the country she had not heard about the situation in the province from local government officials.
		Upon arrival at the Legaspi airport, the President had a private meeting with local officials, after which she boarded a helicopter for Sorsogon City for an aerial assessment of the extent of the typhoon damage in the province.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6U73SG?OpenDocument (607 words)

	Bicol Business Directory
		The boundaries of the Region were clearly delineated in a decree issued by Spanish Governor General Narciso de Claveria on October 19,1836, fixing the territorial limits between Ambos Camarines underwent a series of divisions and fusions until 1919 when the Philippine Legislature enacted Act.
		Sorsogon which used to be part of Albay beacame a province in 1894.
		The Bicol region is composed of four contiguous provinces: ALBAY, CAMARINES SUR, CAMARINES NORTE, and SORSOGON; two island provinces of CATANDUANES and MASBATE and seven cities namely Legazpi City, Naga City, Iriga City, Tabaco City, Ligao City, Sorsogon City and Masbate City.
	www.bicolbusinessdirectory.com /bicol-info.php (1331 words)

	Milenyo's Fury, Sorsogon, Philippines
		Among the most affected barangays in Sorsogon City are the Sirangan, were almost of the houses are washed out to the sea, Barangay Talisay, Sampaloc and Bulabog, but the entire City is devastated.i just say to myselfthis is Sisang part II.
		Now, the people of Sorsogon learned the Disaster Preparedness so the moment PAGASA announces that there’s a storm coming, immediately they evacuated in a safer place.this is the reason why typhoon milenyo failed to claim more lives among the Sorsoganons.
		As of now, Sorsogon City (in particular) is jolted by a nightmare, but the Sorsoganons will pick up the pieces and will rise up once again and fulfill the vision of Mayor Sally A. Lee that Sorsoson will be a “Dream City”.
	www.traveljournals.net /stories/16591.html (1331 words)

	Protestors want Lafayette out of Albay
		Mayor Benito Doma of Prieto Diaz, who initiated the move together with Sorsogon City Mayor Sally Lee, said a bigger "fluvial protest" was being worked out to reiterate their opposition to the continued operations of the Australian-based multinational.
		Last Wednesday, protesters, led by Doma and Sorsogon City Mayor Sally Lee, staged a "fluvial rally" assailing the mining firm for the toxic contamination that caused fish kills and triggered a fish scare in Albay and Sorsogon.
		LPI executives said they were supporting an investigation of the cause of the contamination of bodies of water in Sorsogon in a gesture of transparency in the firm's operations.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press870.htm (1630 words)

	G.R. No. 157004
		The original City Board of Canvassers of Sorsogon City is hereby directed to transmit to the new Board all COMELEC forms and documents used in the canvassing including the Board’s copies of all election returns canvassed in the May 14, 2001 Elections in Sorsogon City.
		The New City Board of Canvassers of Sorsogon City constituted by said Resolution is hereby ORDERED to convene immediately, prepare a new Statement of Votes excluding the election returns from Precinct No. 28A[2], Bucalbucalan, Sorsogon City, and on the basis of the new Statement of Votes, proclaim the winning candidate for mayor of Sorsogon City.
		The original City Board of Canvassers is directed to transmit to the new City Board of Canvassers the COMELEC documents they used in their canvass.
	www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri2003/jul2003/gr_157004_2003.html (2127 words)

	Mayon
		CITY OF SAN FERNANDO--The threat of lahar (volcanic mudflows) still hangs over three Central Luzon provinces around Mt. Pinatubo, and it is best for residents to exercise vigilance for their safety, especially during prolonged rains, the country's chief volcanologist has advised.
		SORSOGON CITY—The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology here lost some P1.1 million worth of vital assets when robbers took several units of monitoring equipment in one of its monitoring sites around the Bulusan Volcano last Sunday, a Phivolcs official said.
		SORSOGON CITY -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology here lost to thieves a P1.1 million worth of equipment installed in one of its monitoring sites around Bulusan Volcano, a Phivolcs official said.
	www.inquirer.net /specialfeatures/mayon (217 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| REGIONS > Some fishes from Sorsogon are unfit for human consumption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		SORSOGON CITY: Government experts have declared unfit for human consumption various commercial fish species that are abundant in fishing grounds that separate Sorsogon province from an Albay island town where a multinational firm runs gold mining operations.
		The toxic waste spillage worried officials here and in the province, considering that Rapu-Rapu is very much closer than the Albay mainland to this city and to other coastal municipalities in the northeastern section of the province.
		This means that the ill-effect of the mining operations would be felt first in Sorsogon before it reaches the Albay mainland, he noted.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/dec/15/yehey/prov/20051215pro9.html (544 words)

	Bulatlat - The Philippines's alternative weekly magazine
		In a recently-passed resolution, the Sorsogon provincial board stated that the political killings in the said province have already reached “horrific proportions” and that it has “sent fear” among Sorsogueños, “whose character were inherently God-fearing and peace-loving and has been subsequently besmirched.”
		On Nov. 18, 2005 Ricardo “Ding” Uy, chairman of Bayan Muna’s Sorsogon City chapter and president of Sorsogon Independent Media Reporters Inc was shot dead inside his rice mill.
		In a statement, Bayan Muna Sorsogon condemns the brutal killing of Neal Futalan and all the victims of human rights violation in the province.
	www.bulatlat.com /news/6-16/6-16-sorsogon.htm (404 words)

	Sorsogon Festivals (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is a province-wide festival, with the center of activities in Sorsogon City.
		Sorsogon City’s premier annual festival is the Pili Festival which also coincides with the City’s traditional patronal fiesta, June 28-29, in honor of its patron saints, St. Peter and St. Paul.
		The Festival showcases the Pili Tree, which is indigenous to Sorsogon, and known hereabouts as “The Majestic Tree” because of its many industrial, commercial, and nutritional uses – from its roots, trunk, branches, leaves, sap and fruit.
	www.sorsogontourism.com.cob-web.org:8888 /festivals.htm (830 words)

	Sorsogon
		This place at the southern tip of luzon recently made a huge break on the country’s falling tourism when hundreds of whale sharks were spotted congregating in the muddy...
		sorsogon hills valleys bulusan volcano hotspring lake mountains bacon santa magdalena beach shells spicy coco based chilli cuisine laing...
		As the result of an archeological excavation performed by Robert Fox at the Hacienda of Juan Escuetura in Bato, Sorsogon was assumed inhabited by prehistoric settlers.
	www.camperspoint.com /rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=72 (207 words)

	Sorsogon City Validation Workshop
		The CDS validation workshop in Sorsogon City was facilitated by Mr.
		In the meantime, the able staff of Mayor Lee initiated the program by presenting their CDS Plan to the participants that numbered to more than 40 representatives of local businesses and business groups, NGOs, provincial and national government agencies, the academe and religious institutions.
		The City Government of Sorsogon enjoys the firm support of the civil society by virtue of the tri-partite partnership that they formed with the various local groups.
	cdsea.org /CDSKnowledge/cds2_activities/validations_ws/sorsogon_vws.htm (138 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		BAGUIO CITY - The noted increase in dog-bite cases in Baguio in the past two years prompted a councilor to propose a policy seeking all dog owners, trainers or handlers to use a muzzle and leash on their dogs before allowing them in public places.
		A Batangas police and a mayorâs bodyguard were killed in a shootout in a club in Batangas City on Friday, DZMM reported.
		BAGUIO CITY - The New Peopleâs Army in the Mountain Province on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the killing of a paramilitary agent in Kiniway, Besao town on January 8.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=57616 (779 words)

	Sorsogon student leader buried - 8/14/06
		BULAN, SORSOGON -- Hundreds of youth and students in fl shirts braved heavy rains as a huge throng of mourners and supporters took Rei Mon Guran to his final resting place at the Bulan public cemetery here.
		Maridesa, a public school teacher, said her son would sometimes tell her through text messages that he had alighted in Sorsogon from a van he took in Legazpi on his way to Bulan as he had noticed “some friends” in the van.
		He believed he was being tailed so he would drop by Sorsogon City and tag along some friends to Bulan to ensure that they would not touch him, she said.
	services.inquirer.net /print/print.php?article_id=15117 (442 words)

	UPDATE from WCG PHILIPPINES
		BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The Cadumanian brethren in Rosario, La Union held its worship service Feb. 6 with the presence of the four newly-appointed assistants of area superintendent Jeremiah Ortiguero of Northern Luzon.
		OMMWA is a group of evangelical pastors in the province with a vision of uniting pastors achieve its common goal to preach the good news and reach out to the communities.
		Cebu City, Feb. 7 -- "Linda is now on her bed sleeping after 6 hours from the recovery room.
	www.wcg.org /ph/wcgphupd050211.htm (1366 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		After a message was delivered by the DILG secretary, there was a ceremonial turnover of a firetruck, for Sorsogon City.
		The signing of the "Pirma Kontra Droga’’ document was also done by Lina, Aglipay, Sorsogon Gov. Raul Lee, Sorsogon City Mayor Sally Lee, and Undersecretary Mario Espinosa.
		These are in Toledo City in Cebu, Tagbilaran City in Bohol, and the municipality of Vallehermoso in Negros Occidental.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/02/17/MAIN200402172553.html (572 words)

	Sorsogon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Region: Bicol Region (Region V) Capital: Sorsogon City
		Minorities in the province include Muslim immigrants from Mindanao, who engage in street vending and small shop businesses.
		This language has also become increasingly important as businesses such as call centers, and medical transcription demands prospective applicants knowledgeable in this language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sorsogon (603 words)

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