Tagbilaran Bohol’s Sandugo Festival 2008 Schedule

The province of Bohol, known for its majestic chocolate hills and the cute and cuddly tarsier is once again hold its annual Sandugo Festival 2008. Sandugo Festival is a commemoration of Bohol’s local chieftain Datu Sikatuna’s allegiance to the Spanish Crown. The treaty was marked by a blood compact between the local chieftain Datu Sikatuna and the Spanish conqueror Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.

Murcia Mudpack Festival 2008 schedule

Mambukal Mountain Resort in Murcia Negros Occidental Philippines known for their seven waterfalls, swimming pools, the Japanese built bath house, and the sulphur springs, will once again host the annual celebration of the Mudpack Festival 2008.

The Mudpack Festival is an annual celebration held on the weekend nearest June 24th. This year’s Mambukal Resort Mudpack Festival will be held on June 21-22, 2008 at the Mambukal Resort premises in Murcia Negros Occidental Philippines.

The annual celebration of the Mudpack Festival reminds us that our existence as human beings started from dust, and from dust we will all return at the end of our life.

Muelle Loney: Iloilo’s once gateway to wealth and treasures

When travelling from Iloilo to Bacolod (or vice versa), one cannot just simply set foot at the port without passing by Muelle Loney. The port of Iloilo was opened to international trade in the year 1855. During its heyday, goods from other towns as well as from neighboring Negros Occidental are sent to Iloilo first before it gets exported to other countries.

It was during this time that money, wealth, and treasures literally and figuratively flows into the port of Iloilo. Its residents would build palatial mansions for the family especially along the Area of Jaro.

And the man who brought the riches of sugar industry to the region is the British Vice Consul Nicholas Loney. Because of his great contribution to the rise of sugar industry, he was named as the Father of the Philippine Sugar Industry.

And because of all his great deeds, that long stretch of road along the port of Iloilo is named after him. The long and narrow road leading to the port of Iloilo will forever be remembers as Muelle Loney.

And even after the downfall of the sugar industry, the diversification of the businesses in Iloilo and the movement of several sugar barons and influential families to other lands, Muelle Loney still stands witness to Iloilo’s once grand and illustrious past.