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NAVAL FROM THE AIR. An aerial photo of Naval, with part of the Biliran Strait at the center and part of northwestern Leyte at the top. This was taken by the webmaster from the window of a Philippine Air Lines flight from Manila around mid-morning of July 27, 2008.
On April 27, 2006, Fuji TV, Japan's largest TV station, presented a documentary feature story about Leyte, its jeepney-making industry, and the work of Prof. Rolando O. Borrinaga, webmaster of this website, in its "World Caravan" program. The seven-minute feature was woven around a “thank you” letter to Professor Borrinaga, written by a Japanese student of Tokyo International University, who expressed her gratitude for the positive impact on her life of the study tour she had joined, which he had coordinated. The feature has now been posted in two parts in youtube.com, which you can access using the links above. Sorry, but the language of the entire program is Japanese.
Lecture at the Symposium on Biliran History and Culture, which preceded the book launching of Leyte-Samar Shadows: Essays on the History of Eastern Visayas at the New Audio Visual Room, Andaya Building at the Naval Institute of Technology, October 3, 2008.
Paper presented at the Historical Lecture on Naval Pueblo Day, Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall, Naval, Biliran Province, September 26, 2007.
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Welcome to the homepage of Naval, the capital town of Biliran Province in the Leyte-Samar (Eastern Visayas) region of the Philippines. We tread the less beaten path by presenting the unique history and culture of a remote provincial town rather than the usual beaches and nature sights. Through this corner of cyberspace, we hope Navalians in diaspora could bond with their cultural roots and find links with fellow Navalians and their kin in other parts of the country and around the world. Stay around, and have a wonderful time! |
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| John Donne's Meditation 17: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...." |
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Heritage of Naval
Election in 1928
(The "bolo punch" inventor)
Formation Team
INQUIRER articles since 1999)
of The Biliran Clarion issues)