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A Philippine Community Sees Life-saving Payoffs from Restoring Its Mangroves
A Philippine Community Sees Life-saving Payoffs from Restoring Its Mangroves
The initial 50 hectares has expanded to 220 hectares (544 acres), thanks to both ongoing planting efforts and natural reforestation. The Kalibo mangrove is considered a major tourist attraction; in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the mangrove forest registered 38,455 foreign and local tourists, and the Kalibo Save the Mangrove Association (KASAMA), founded by the planters, has received several national awards.
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Published at 2020-11-23 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Communities, Environment, Fauna and flora, Stories
Tags: Aklan, DENR, Kalibo, Program, Project, fishing, forest, illegal, mangrove, typhoon
My Vow for Undang
My Vow for Undang
It was November 5, 1984. Typhoon Undang hit Aklan, inflicting massive damage. Within a few hours, all the houses in my neighborhood, except those made of concrete, were wiped out. Our kitchen toppled to the ground, and my family, together with about five other neighbors, reverted to half-cooked rice and canned sardines for dinner that night. It was the scariest day I remember while living in Aklan.
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Published at 2018-12-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: People
Tags: Aklan, typhoons
Aklanon
Aklanon
The province of Aklan in the northern part of Panay Island (Western Visayas Region) is home to the Aklanons. They speak Akeanon and Ibayjanon, languages that are mutually intelligible with Hiligaynon.
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Published at 2018-03-01 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Aklan, Panay
Boracay Island
Boracay Island
Boracay is a tropical island surrounded by stunning white sand beaches and clear blue waters located about an hour's flight from Cebu or Manila just off the larger Philippines island of Panay.

For beach connoisseurs, Boracay competes with the best beaches in more popular destinations such as the Caribbean and the South Pacific as well as neighboring Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Published at 2016-08-17 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary, Travel
Tags: Aklan, Boracay, Panay