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The Capuchin Retreat Center provides guests with a time and place of serenity and quiet withdrawal from the busy noise of everyday life. The Center is a perfect venue for a spiritual get-away that helps people encounter their truest self and gain a fresh perspective of God’s presence and action …
Read More »Pinoy Money Saving Tips
Good ideas for frugality. Saving money is very essential and we all know that. It is like going on a healthy diet, giving you an assurance or peace of mind yet for some people saving money is really difficult to do. In times like this, all we have to do …
Read More »Dengue Hemmoragic Fever, Symptoms and Prevention
One of the major health problems during rainy seasons is the incidence of Dengue Hemmoragic Fever. DENGUE is an acute infectious disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti, a day-biting mosquito which lays eggs in clear and stagnant water found in flower vases, cans, rain barrels, old rubber tires or any containers …
Read More »Bagoong Balayan (Anchovy Sauce)
The town of Balayan is best known for parada ng lechon and its product, Bagoong Balayan or anchovy sauce. Bagoong Balayan or anchovy sauce is indeed a growing industry in the town. Right now, there are many backyard producers of anchovy sauce, making it a profitable business in the area. …
Read More »A PLACE CALLED MATUKO
Matuko. “Weird or funny name?” but for me this is one of the beautiful places here in Batangas. The picture of this place is still fresh in my mind, a picture saved in my memory though it has been five years ago since I last visited or shall I say …
Read More »Back to School Money Saving Tips for Batanguenos
Classes for this year are a bit early. In fact, public schools in the counrty will start their classes on the first day of June. At this time parents are probably busying themselves on buying school stuffs like uniform, shoes, bags, notebook etc. And long queue of people on bookstores …
Read More »Himno ng Batangan (Batangan Hymn)
I think I was only on the fourth grade when this Himno ng Batangan was first introduced to us. I could still vividly remember my music teacher when she was teaching us this song for a contest. This Himno ng Batangan was so new (and so as the beat) to …
Read More »April 5, Feast Day of St. Vincent Ferrer, the Patron Saint of the Builders (Maligayang Kapistahan sa mga taga- Banay Banay Lipa City!)
On Sunday, April 5, 2009 will be the feast day of San Vicente Ferrer. And here in Batangas, St. Vincent Ferrer Parish at Banay-Banay, Lipa City is known to be frequently visited by those sick old and young devotees from different parts of the Batangas and nearby provinces. Inside this …
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