Tubbataha reef now at rank number 5, down from number 4... Mayon Volcano eased down 3 notches to 12th place... … View Post »

They say that if you were not able to visit Ka Luie Resto in Palawan, your travel to the place is not complete... Serving native/local resourced gourmet in a setting of a nipa hut (hut made from bamboo, woods and nipa leaves)... Meals are reasonable priced and service is good and the food is fabolous... Must try is their "Special of the day", good for two (2) person, consist of 3 main dishes, 2 side dishes and a dessert... … View Post »

Palawan is not only blessed with nature ' s wonder but also with talented people... Yesterday, the first full-length tagalog animated movie, Urduja, was shown in Metro Manila... Various movie critics acclaimed that the animation was world-class ... … View Post »

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Pilandok: World ' s Smallest Hoofed Mammal South of Palawan, lies the Balabac Island, home of the world ' s smallest hoofed mammal - the Philippine mouse deer... Contrary to its name, pilandok is not a member of the deer family... It belongs to the family Tragulidae in the mammalian order Artiodactyla... The male species has no antlers like those of a real deer... … View Post »

Palawan peacock pheasants can be found only on the island of Palawan... The rest of the head, underparts, and flight feathers are black... Its back, rump and tail are black with rusty brown spots... It also has two to three spurs on each leg... He bobs his head with a small piece of food in his beak... The male will drop the food in sight of the female and if she takes the food, the male will make a lateral posture that best shows off all the ocelli on the tail and tail coverts... A conservation initiative proposed by The World Conservation Union, Birdlife International, and the Species Survival Commission recommends that people should conduct surveys to identify suitable habitat, particularly in the south part of the island... If suitable sites are found, they should be proposed for protection status... … View Post »

My father raised ducks and native chicken as sideline for rice farming and as farmer-partner of a certain research institution... I cant remember exactly when, but one day, my father was so mad at to something... He then sets a trap... True enough the next morning, in the trap was this creature like a big cat... A distinguishing characteristic are ears lined with white fur and long, white whiskers reaching to as much the length of its head... It can suspend itself by curling its strong tail around branches... The Palawan Bearcat inhabits thick vegetation in the lowland forests of Palawan... They camouflage themselves in dense vegetation at the canopy of trees preventing easy discovery... … View Post »

W hen I was a kid, grandma, a full, truly-blooded Cuyonon, shared a story... Uko, as I imagined it, as delicately described by grandma, is hairy (like gorilla) but longer hair in the head, bit short than average human (below 5), big head, head leaning-forward, no clothing, can speak and understand little of Cuyonon, eat raw and cooked fish and sea shells... They lived in cave-like rocks near the beach (eastern part of Lucbuan)... The cave has stone table and bench... One day, male Uko dived for clam... From that day on they (people of Lucbuan) never saw an Uko again... … View Post »