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I know I haven’t updated this blog for a few days and I haven’t reciprocated all drops from Entrecard but for a good reason. I’ve been visiting my parents and my sister in Bicol and it was a short break too from internet.

Many many thanks to all of you who supported our campaign for more votes. Mayon Volcano jumped from 8th place to 4th place and I hope you could all blog about this and request your readers to vote for Mayon Volcano, Palawan Subterranean River, Chocolate Hills and the Tubbataha Reef.

Although a pint of me is bisaya, I am one Uragon by heart, body and soul. I was born and raised in Bicol and went to school at the foot of this magnificent wonder of nature, the Mayon Volcano. I still remember the eathquakes and Mayon eruptions.

Lawrence Casiraya INQUIRER.net PASAY CITY, Philippines – The province of Albay is using short messaging system (SMS) to monitor natural disasters and provide early warning issuances to constituents. The provincial government has partnered with service provider Smart, providing SIM (subscriber identification module) cards to some 15,000 local government officials.

My father said my grandparents used to make pilgrimages to this shrine. We were in the area so we decided to drop by.

Why are we poor? A 29-year old man from Legazpi City Albay just stabbed his 4-month old baby to death. The man, whom I will not identify here, killed his son out of desperation. Reports say, the man became totally depressed because he can’t seem to get the money to feed his kid.

VS. Sulpicio Lines filed Tuesday a civil case against Del Monte Philippines for its alleged failure to declare as toxic the chemical endosulfan that was loaded into the ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars. With separate cases against the Board of Marine Inquiry and PAGASA, Sulpicio Lines has now filed three different suits in less than a month.

Barely three weeks after the negligent grounding of the Sulpicio Lines ferry at the height of typhoon Frank, a cascade of adverse effects has surfaced adding more injury and pain to untold number of... To UP Ibalon alumni: Meet in this weblog special people who miss you !

In Albay, a staggering 200,000 people (40,000 families) have been evacuated as a result of this week’s typhoon Frank. The national unemployment rate has reached 8% and inflation rate is about to... To UP Ibalon alumni: Meet in this weblog special people who miss you !

In the most recent Google Earth update last month, several towns and one city in the province of Albay now have high-resolution satellite imagery. These newly high-res areas include Ligao City, Guinobatan, Oas, Libon, Tiwi, Manito, Jovellar and Malinao. Camalig is also on high resolution but is partly hidden by clouds.