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Balangay is still a work in progress, as every pop-up is, but even in its stumbling youth, you can see where Villarias’s restaurant might find itself one day on the continuum of Philippine ...
Showcased at SMX’s Booth 248 Aisle A are the books from TIPC members/partners Atma Prema Publishing, Kasingkasing Press, Southern Voices, Isang Balangay Media Productions, Aklat Alamid, Aklat ...
BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Philippines — On Dec. 17 last year, two wooden boats docked at the port of nearby Nasipit town, in Agusan del Norte province, the modern gateway for goods and ...
At some other point on Butuan Balangay’s 15-month journey, the 83-year-old Fidel Ramos managed to board and sail on it. But to date Isabel Torre is its oldest passenger.
SM Aura is transforming into a literary wonderland with the first-ever SM Book Nook Reading Festival on January 31, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM. This free event invites book lovers of all ages ...
Balangay romance: Love blooms at sea for mountain lover, prof By: Jeffrey M. Tupas - @inquirerdotnet Inquirer Mindanao / 01:02 AM May 29, 2011 ...
He noted that the ‘balangay,’ known as the Butuan boat, was the first-ever wooden watercraft to be excavated in Southeast Asia demonstrating early Filipino boat-building genius and seamanship ...
A Philippine official said on Friday that he would sail a replica of a balangay — the country’s oldest known boat — across the disputed South China Sea all the way to China, in what was ...
The biggest balangay ever found At 25 meters long—more than the length of two city buses laid end-to-end— Butuan's "mother boat" is the biggest balangay ever found. Discovered in 2013, the immense ...
IF ONE the objectives of the Balangay voyagers from the Philippines is to create solidarity across the waters of South-East Asia, they certainly achieved this during Hari Raya Aidilfitri when they ...