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Volunteers brainstorm on Sanrokan '06 preps

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“They may say I’m a dreamer but I am not the only one,” thus said the song in RDL-CLEAR website. Ten equally imaginative and pro-active volunteers gathered at Pearl’s Café in Ligaya, Odiongan, Romblon and went over the Sanrokan 2006 Concept Paper presented by Mrs. Luvie Fopalan Lumang, Over-all Program Coordinator of Sanrokan...    more

  

 

CONDEMNED AND NEGLECTED. A view from the harbor of Poctoy, Odiongan would give one a good look of the Human Settlement Building, the most imposing structure in town erected atop Kiwkiw Hills in Dapawan. According to the town's folks, several enchanting incidents happened  here since it was vacated.
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This month, we'll take you to the magnificent and elegant old houses of Looc, a town in Southwestern Tablas. For newcomers, these landmarks are not mere sites to behold but treasures to boast. It just needs patience to uncover the unsung heroes who once lived here as well as their stories.

  

Lady nurse now heads RDL-CLEAR

Linen drive gains strong support

Sespeñe assumes RSC Presidency

DepEd picks ONCES as among region's best schools

PSC calls another Romblomanon 'Queen of Track"
 

  
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Ang Tablas sa Plasa it Looc

San Agustin sa Bagoy

Buyawan sa Mata it Pawikan

Ang Estranghero kag ang Maluloy-on nga Romblomanon

Waya Gakatuyog ang Diyos
                                                             

Looc's Old Houses and Hermana Mayor

Of Trees and Kids 

Si Nene sa Bahay ni Kuya

Pasalubong Center: It's All About Romblon! 

On The Lighter Side: People · Places · Events
 

  
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     Miguel de Loarca, one of the Spanish soldiers who came to the Philippines with Legaspi is supposed to have been the first white man to visit the islands. He wrote of Simara, Banton, Donblon (Romblon) and Osigan (Tablas) in 1582 and estimated that there were about 850 people in these islands at that time.

 

Charter Change, Again?

     By Ramon M. Gutierrez


 "Mabakay Baga It Hinog"

     By Ish F. Fabicon


 Giving Back the Youths the  

     Rides to their Dreams

      By Errol S. Foja

  
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