Gerry's posts with tag: tacloban
 Ever seen how the binagol delicacy is made? I happened to be with ABS-CBN's Marc Logan when he did a TV feature interview and shoot on how this delicacy has put Dagami on the dessert map. View the photos and read more at http://gerryruiz.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/binagol/
 The Fiesta Fever has descended upon Tacloban! With a lot of towns in Leyte having celebrated their fiestas last May, the Pintados-Kasadyaan fired their opening salvo for the month-long celebration of Tacloban City's fiesta with the grand opening of the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival Park at RTR Plaza. The activities will culminate on June 30. View/read more at http://gerryruiz.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/fiesta-fever/
 On hot, summer days one may see birds, specially the Philippine Maya, wallowing around in bare, dusty, sandy patches in the yard. More...
 R. Zamora Linmark of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (06/27/2006) has cited Marianne Villanueva as “one of the most important Filipino short-story writers working in the English language today.” Read more...
 Even for a native Taclobanon, viewing Tacloban City above for the first time can be a bit disorienting. View more aerial shots of Tacloban City.
 Driving 56km south of Tacloban City for about an hour’s time, one reaches the quiet and rural barangay of Villa Imelda and the famous Lake Bito.
There used to be crocodiles in the lake. Read/view more photos...
 It seems this much-awaited development is finally going to happen. After being on the drawing board for about 10 years now, the rehabilitation of the DZR Airport now seems to be preparing for final take off! So, without further ado, here’s a peek on the preliminary studies of the proposed new Tacloban DZR Airport Terminal Building. Read more...
 My post on the current Robinson’s Mall development as well as on Gaisano Tacloban’s plans has generated a lot of interest from this blog’s readers. Naturally, our kababayans, specially those currently based in faraway places are just too eager to hear “development” news from home.
I also learned that there are still those who are unaware of the operation of the new Tacloban Bus Terminal located at Brgy. Abucay, Tacloban City which has rerouted city-bound public transpo traffic coming from all over the region. Read/view more...
 Here's my update on Tacloban's mall aspiration. Pix taken Sat, March 01, 2008. Click here
 I’ve been able to edit additional photos taken of Hinunangan, Southern Leyte, specifically those taken at Tahusan Beach and, yes, at San Pablo and San Pedro Islands. So here's Part II of Scenic Hinunangan...
Please bear with me if I’m unable to post any update here for the next couple of days. But I promise when I come back, I’ll have some surprise photos for everyone - glimpses of Beijing!  Hang in there!
|  | Here are the updated photos we took of the Odyssey Waves: The 4th Eastern Samar Surfing Crown ‘07 held October 8-10, 2007 in Calicoan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
Calicoan Island - avidly being promoted as the next surfing capital of the Philippines - had its “most important event” of the year which drew local surfing enthusiasts from as far as Baler, Quezon and La Union and, of course, saw the participation of the best surfers from Eastern Samar.
More photos at
http://gerryruiz.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/the-best-of-calicoan-surfing-crown-07/ |
 Upon my arrival in Tacloban from Baguio and Metro-Manila, I was off again to Biliran. View my latest photos here.
Photos taken of the Tacloban Pintados-Leyte Kasadyaan Festival 2007 - one of the highlights of the annual fiesta celebration of Tacloban City. Taken June 29, 2007, Tacloban City, Philippines. Pintados'07-DVD-DivX.mpeg (61.4 MB)
Philippine scenes by gerryruiz gdruiz_images-640X490-2240000.mpg (26.3 MB)
 For those interested, here's Part IV of our LNLS '67 Pag-Kirigta Kita! reunion, the "Post-reunion Blues: At Rafael Farm." We just couldn’t let it go. The reunion was officially over… but, no we still had to see each other one more time… (we still did meet several times days later, AFTER the Rafael Farm get together!)
Here are the photos of the early evening rendezvous at Rafael Farm in Babatngon, Leyte. Click here . Happy New Year to all!
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