Time is Platinum. "Late comers will be left behind." August 23‚ 2006 Last August 23‚ 4:30 PM at IIT guardhouse time‚ we departed from MSU-IIT campus to start our most awaited trip to Cebu City via a Rural Transit bus that transported us to the pier in Cagayan de Oro‚ where we aboard Trans Asia 1. Dinner was served before departure and at exactly 8:30 PM‚ the ship left the port. We’re together with the BS Economics and BS Physics students in the Economy A section of the ship (third floor) while
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Spanish colonization The invasion of the Filipinos by Spain did not begin in earnest until 1564‚ when another expedition from New Spain‚ commanded by Miguel López de Legaspi‚ arrived. Permanent Spanish settlement was not established until 1565 when an expedition led by Miguel López de Legazpi‚ the first Governor-General of the Philippines‚ arrived in Cebu from New Spain. Spanish leadership was soon established over many small independent communities that previously had known no central rule. Six
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TOUR CEBU-BOHOL TRIP A few months ago‚ on September 25 to 30‚ 2010‚ we‚ the students of the STI College of Cotabato‚ had an educational tour of Cebu and Bohol‚ both of which are major tourist spots of the country. The given activity was prepared and realized with the purpose of exposing us to two of the most visited places in the Philippines—to let us experience and see for ourselves the feel of the dynamic tourism there and to know about the current trends regarding the field of hotel and
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The history of the Philippines is believed to have begun with the arrival of the first humans via land bridges at least 30‚000 years ago.[1] The first recorded visit from the West is the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan‚ who sighted Samar on March 16‚ 1521 and landed on Homonhon Island southeast of Samar the next day. Before Magellan arrived‚ Negrito tribes roamed the isles‚ but they were later supplanted by Austronesians. These groups then stratified into: hunter-gatherer tribes‚ warrior-societies
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expedition led by Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan‚ which first sighted the mountains of Samar at dawn on 16 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ making landfall the following day at the small‚ uninhabited island of Homonhon at the mouth of the Leyte Gulf.[1] Magellan had abandoned his Portuguese citizenship and became a Spanish subject prior to his contract with Spain. On Easter Sunday‚ 31 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ at Masao‚ Butuan‚ (now in Agusan Del Norte)‚ he solemnly planted a cross on the summit of
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and around the world; do not have any inkling or idea about. One of which‚ was the world-famous and historical conquest simply alluded to as the “Legazpi expedition”. This long and winding voyage had begun to sail going to the Philippine Islands on 1521‚ November the twenty-first. Well‚ the Legazpi expedition was the fiftieth expedition commissioned by the government of Spain. It had sailed along the vastness of the seas‚ for days and nights‚ just to reach the beautiful and culturally-rich island
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kilometers east of Mactan Island. It is considered a major tourist destination in Cebu‚ known for its wildlife sanctuary and marine treasures. Bird watching from November to March might just give you the chance to see thousands of migratory birds making their way from Australia or New Zealand. Either way you look‚ whether up in the sky or down in the deep blue waters‚ you’re definitely bound to see something spectacular. Places to stay are not a problem. You’re in close proximity to Mactan Island and all
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TOP TOURIST SPOT IN THE PHILIPPINES BORACAY – Malay ‚ Aklan Philippines Tourism came to the island beginning in about the 1970s. The name Boracay is attributed to different origins. One story says that it is derived from the local word "borac" which means white cotton with characteristics close to the color and texture of Boracay’s white sugary and powdery sand. Another credits the name to local words "bora‚" meaning bubbles‚ and "bocay‚" meaning white. Yet another version dating back to the Spanish
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SPANISH PERIOD East Meets West Making the food more palatable to the most discriminating medieval tastes triggered the search of spices of all sorts. • Pepper‚ Cinnamon‚ Cloves‚ Nutmeg‚ Ginger *These spices are indigenous to the east. By means of these spices‚ the bland taste of meat and fish is accented‚ while preserving them‚ in the absence of refrigerator. Pepper - one of the most expensive spices. It is expensive that it could even buy a land‚ pay taxes‚ liberate a city and even play dowries
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956-2682. • • • TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 Foreword to the Second Edition Willa J. Tanabe Rethinldng Magellan and Rediscovering the Philippines Belinda A Aquino 6 10 13 A Brief Philippine Prehistory Wilhelm G. Solheim II The Philippines Before 1521 A.D.
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