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Topic: Tiwi, Albay

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Albay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jovellar is a municipality in Albay province, Philippines.
		It is bounded by Lagonoy Gulf and the province of Camarines Sur in the northwest, the Pacific Ocean in the east, the Province of Sorsogon in the south, and the Burias Pass in the southeast.
		Albay is a major supplier of geothermal energy to the Luzon Grid with its Tiwi Geothermal Plant in Tiwi, Albay with an energy generating capacity of 330 megawatts and the Bacon-Manito (BacMan) Geothermal Plant at the boundaries of Manito, Albay and Bacon, Sorsogon with an energy generating capacity of 210 megawatts.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Albay (4890 words)

	Sun.Star Manila - Our Town: Tiwi, Albay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Originally named "Tigbi" by the Spanish Franciscan friars in 1658, Tiwi is a gem of a town, which was once a barrio of Malinao, Albay before it formally became a town in 1696.
		In its early stages, Tiwi had some 1,105 houses, a parish church, a community-funded primary school and a cemetery outside the town proper.
		Built in 1829, the existing Tiwi parish church under the patronage of St. Lawrence stands today as the center of pilgrimage along with the Joraon parish church which houses the Nuestra Señora de Salvacion.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/man/2003/11/29/life/our.town.tiwi.albay.html (936 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)

	Basic Facts-Albay Province
		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 Burias Pass.
		Although a civil government was established in Albay on April 26, 1901, Colonel Harry H. Bandholtz, Commanding Officer of the constabulary in the Bicol region, attested that Simeon Ola, with a thousand of men, continued to defy American authority after the capture of Belarmino in 1901.
		All of the municipalities and city of the and cities of the province are energized for a 100% electrification coverage.
	www.wowbicol.com /basic_facts_albay.htm (1213 words)

	goBicol.com - Online Community for Bicolanos : bicol mail, bicol express, bicol news, Bicol region Philippines
		The film is produced by Erkan Albay, Erol Altunbay, Zafer Koc, Nore Maatala and Brahm Shah; Erkan Albay, a Turk residing in Belgium, was chosen as the...
		Reports from the Albay provincial police office said when the divers approached the pick-up boat, Morales was seen beginning to submerge, his floating...
		Finally, in 1818, a combined fleet from Albay province and Camarines, commanded by a retired captain of the Spanish navy, routed a large Moro pirate fleet...
	www.gobicol.com /index.cfm?action=directory.sub_category&category_id=52 (425 words)

	PhilCentral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Albay has a land area of 2,552.6 square kilometers, consisting of 14 towns, and a population of 904,382.
		It is bounded by Lagonoy Gulf and the province of Camarines Sur on the northeast, the Pacific Ocean on the east, the province of Sorsogon on the south, and the Burias Pass on the southeast.
		Albay is a major supplier of geothermal energy to the Luzon Grid with its Tiwi Geothermal Plant in Tiwi.
	www.philcentral.com /7028/17732.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (1022 words)

	Albay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The province of Albay is located between the provinces of Camarines...
		Albay has a land area of 2,552.6 sq.kms.
		P is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Albay (1126 words)

	Welcome to Pesocard.Com - Always There For You! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Found along the shores of Buthan beach at Sto Domingo, Albay, this galleon relic was wrecked by a strong typhoon on its way to Acapulco and crushed on the reefs of Albay Gulf.
		It nestles on the eastern slopes of Mt Mayon at an altitude of 2,700 ft. An excellent summer resort with almost similar temperature with that of Baguio at 28°C. It is popularly known as "heaven on earth" because of the hanging clouds and the pleasant climate where cool and invigorating air could be experienced.
		Another natural phenomena in Tiwi besides the road to Joroan is this tiered waterfalls set on a beateous mountainside.
	www.pesocard.com /provinces/region5/albay/travel.html (1266 words)

	Albay -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Albay is subdivided into 15 (Click link for more info and facts about municipalities) municipalities and 3 (Click link for more info and facts about cities) cities.
		Three of them, Tiwi, Daraga, and (Click link for more info and facts about Legazpi City) Legazpi City are classified as 1st class cities/municipalities.
		Albay and its surrounding areas were known as Ibalon when (Click link for more info and facts about Juan de Salcedo) Juan de Salcedo and 120 soldiers explored it in 1573.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/albay.htm (957 words)

	Tiwi steam plant rehab starts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		TIWI, Albay -- National Power Corp. (Napocor) started Wednesday the rehabilitation of its Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant complex in this town to restore its full electricity generation capacity.
		The project is expected to bring millions of pesos to this town, provide economic and livelihood assistance to residents and support to the projects of various local organizations.
		When it was still operating at full capacity, the Tiwi plant contributed four million pesos to this municipality in monthly royalty tax.
	money.inq7.net /topstories/printable_topstories.php?yyyy=2003&mon=06&dd=14&file=4 (209 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 Malilipot, Albay, its seven-tiered cascading falls are formed on natural pools in every base.
		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)

	Tiwi Landscape photo - elvin marcelo photos at pbase.com
		palagi kami sa tiwi yung dating hot spring na tinatawag nila na banyo at bago kami napunta doon para mag relax bumibili kami ng puto na galing sa bigas dahil masarap yun at yun ang ini snak namin habang naka check in kami sa banyo.
		Every Holy Week we are exploring the beauties of Albay.
		When we spend our vacation this year in Labnig, we went to Tiwi.
	www.pbase.com /digital_elf/image/23286959 (427 words)

	yehey! News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The comings and goings of energy officials and their United States counterparts since the early exploration of Tiwi, Albay's geothermal resources some 30 years ago had become routine and commonplace.
		However, a hydrothermal eruption occurred at the Naglagbong aqua pool sometime the 1980s that caused a vigorous venting of steam and boiling water that lifted the capping formations that were vital in keeping a lid on the boiling fluid and in maintaining its contact to the heat source.
		A fitting tribute to the people of Tiwi, the turnover coincided with the 30th year of geothermal development in this town at the southeastern tip of Albay.
	www.yehey.com /news/print.aspx?a=61133 (587 words)

	Steam-rich town revives park for eco-tourim - Nov. 13, 2003
		TIWI, Albay -- The unexpected demise of the Naglagbong Park (Nag Park) in Tiwi town, Albay province, sometime in the 1980s brought sadness to most people in the province, who believed they had seen the last of their town's tourist landmarks.
		In collaboration with the local government, Napocor and PGI harnessed what was left of the extant natural environment and constructed additional facilities in the park.
		The Nag Park also recreates for Tiwi a springboard for a broad range of eco-educational tourism activities, such as trekking, mountaineering, snorkeling and on-site learning of natural forces.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2003/nov/13/reg_8-1.htm (574 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		TIWI, Albay--The unexpected demise of the Naglagbong Park (Nag Park) in Tiwi town, Albay province, sometime in the 1980s brought sadness to most people in the province, who believed they had seen the last of their town's tourist landmarks.
		With steam as its "lifeblood," the park was then home to typical signs of geothermal power, such as hot springs, vents, boiling mud pools and silica sinter mounds.
		The project launch is a fitting tribute to the residents as it coincides with the 30th year of geothermal development in Tiwi.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_phe/2003/nov/19-03.htm (517 words)

	.::Bicol Mail Online::.
		Andrews said that in their 33 years of partnership with the Philippine Government, UPI has continuously supplied steam that provides fuel to the power plants in Tiwi, Albay and in Mak-Ban in Laguna, which are owned and operated by NPC.
		Electricity from the Tiwi and Mak-Ban facilities is supplied to the power grid of Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island, for residential, commercial and industrial uses.
		Some of these were the renovation of the Tiwi Rural Health Unit’s main building and laboratory and the development of the Naglagbong Geothermal People’s Park in the Tiwi area, which illustrates the environmental capability of geothermal operations with the surrounding ecosystem.
	www.bicolmail.com /issue/october7/pgi.html (450 words)

	AllRefer.com - Albay (Philippines Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Legaspi is the capital, chief port, and largest city.
		Albay's terrain is rugged, but its fertile volcanic soil and heavy rainfall favor farming, and the province is a major hemp-producing area.
		Major tourist attractions are the beautiful active volcano, Mt. Mayon (c.8000 ft/2,440 m), the church of Cagsawa, half-buried since an eruption of Mayon early in the 19th cent., and Tiwi Hot Springs.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Albay.html (192 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		Pursuing a vision of better education for the children in his town is a leap of faith for the Tiwi mayor; as he shared that designing and conceptualizing the project is not a spur-of-the moment decision; it has been a long process of preparation and re-thinking of goal-setting.
		Mayor Villanueva noted they are adopting a multi-pronged approach in the project’s implementation; in the sense that they are not only nurturing the pupil’s level of comprehension, but also taking care of the very basic concern of their nourishment.
		In advancing the project’s implementation, the Tiwi public schools are looking at the example set by their considered "Big Brother" of Naga, Camarines Sur through the initiatives of highly-regarded Naga Mayor Jesse Robredo.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/09/13/BSNS2005091344243.html (1058 words)

	Albay - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Albay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Here you will find more informations about Albay.
		This active volcano is nearly perfectly-shaped and is considered by many to be more beautiful than Mt. Fuji in Japan.
		During the early 19th century, abaca hemp for shipping rope became a source of wealth.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Albay.html (758 words)

	Feb. 16: CONGRESS PROBES POWER PLANT’S TOXIC WASTE DUMPING IN BICOL COASTAL TOWNS : QC IMC
		The Geothermal Plant in Tiwi, Albay is a top-level government project which aims to enhance steam field capabilities.
		Tiwi is a coastal municipality predominantly inhabited by close to 50,000 farmers and fisherfolk.
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	qc.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=2625 (486 words)

	PHNO: Headline News Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Tiwi, Albay, June 8, 2000 - To mark 30 years of geothermal development in the country, state-firm National Power Corporation (NPC) and Philippine Geothermal Inc. (PGI), in partnership with the municipality of Tiwi in Albay, will launch the Naglabong Geothermal People's Park, or "Nag Park" tomorrow, Friday.
		The groundbreaking ceremony will be attended by local government officials led by Albay Gov. Al Francis Bichara, Tiwi Mayor Pat Gutierrez; NPC officials led by vice president Antonio Corpuz and plant manager Reynaldo Santiago; PGI officials headed by Pye, vice president for commercial affairs Luli Heras-de Leon and Tiwi asset manager Jens Pedersen.
		With an investment of $475 million in the Tiwi and Mak-Ban geothermal fields, PGI has partnered with NPC in delivering 15 percent of the power requirements in Luzon.
	www.newsflash.org /2000/06/tl/tl001098.htm (419 words)

	Gutierrez vs Comelec : 126298 : March 25, 1997 : J. Vitug : En Banc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the last concluded local elections of 08 May 1995, Patria Gutierrez and Naomi Corral ran for the position of Municipal Mayor of the Municipality of Tiwi, Albay.
		The case was initially heard before the RTC, Branch 15, of Tabaco, Albay.
		"The intervenor Vicente Tomas Vera, the duly elected Vice-Mayor of Tiwi, Albay who acted as Mayor after the death of Naomi C. Corral on April 6, 1996, and during the pendency of this protest is hereby ordered to vacate the position and surrender the same peacefully to the protestant Patria C.
	www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/1997/mar1997/126298.htm (1882 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		Lomibao identified the police commanders as Senior Inspector Oscar Regala of Tiwi, Albay and Police Inspector Armado MontaÃ±a of Tinambac, Camarines Sur.
		Lomibao said Regala and MontaÃ±a were relieved after a recent anti-gambling raid on Tiwi and Tinambac confirmed the resurgence of jueteng (numbers racket) operations in their areas.
		The PNP chief also gave a stern warning against the provincial police chiefs of Albay and Camarines Sur to take action against jueteng or suffer the fate of their subordinates.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=6039 (817 words)

	Bayan Muna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Reps. JOEL G. CASIÑO, SATUR C. Tiwi is a coastal municipality in the province of Albay located at the foot of Mt. Malinao, a dormant volcano, and stretching along the Lagonoy Gulf.
		A former source of energy, PGI officials said these wells no longer emit steam since the permeation of water caused the well to cool down, an indirect admission of the likelihood of seepage.
		Biyong is located in the middle of a densely populated area and near a community school.
	www.bayanmuna.net /legislation/reso/253.htm (667 words)

	NEDA body approves additional loans for rehab of Tiwi-Makban power plants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Official documents show that Tiwi and Makban will need P806.12 million and P699.4 million, respectively to fund the additional rehabilitation works which will include replacement and/or repair of equipment and materials.
		Due to wear and tear, the Tiwi plant is no longer generating electricity as per its installed capacity.
		For the period 1979-2002, Tiwi and Makban produced energy equivalent to 88,500 gigawatthours or 153 million barrels of oil.
	www.aseanenergy.org /information/news_service/2004/january/33rd_issue/news_21.htm (391 words)

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