New Autism Society Philippines (ASP) Tagbilaran Chapter launched

Members of the newly-installed ASP Tagbilaran Chapter (Photo by Darlene Sanguenza-Cano)

Autism Society Philippines (ASP) - Tagbilaran Chapter, a first of its kind in Bohol, was formally launched on December 30, 2016 at Reyna’s Haven and Garden in Tagbilaran City.

The ASP-Tagbilaran Chapter founding officers, inducted by Barangay Cogon Chairman Nicanor Besas, are: Darlene Sangueza-Cano, President; Luis Lanzaderas, Vice President; Mildred Patac, Secretary; Cherry May Odal, Treasurer; Angelita Ayco, Auditor; Ana Marie Dajao and Marites Siga, Press Relation Officers; and Teodoro Dano, Jr. and Alex Oclarit, Sergeants-at-Arms.

Happy New Year 2016!

(99 kms, 99 quips) Eastbound: Roadside Ruminations

On November 27-30, I took part in the Bohol Climate Walk 2015, a 99-100 kilometer walk from Tagbilaran to Anda, to call for 100% clean energy in Bohol and the world and in solidarity with the People’s Pilgrimage to the Paris climate talks. (Two climate walkers have shared their stories, this past two Sundays.)

I made a similar trip by car, in 2007, which I wrote about in LifestyleBohol (“Go East! Chronicles of a Road Trip East of Bohol and Back”, 6 May 2007). While one was a leisurely holiday trip, this journey on-foot I made so I can keep living (and spending my holidays) in our island paradise of Bohol and elsewhere in our common home, the Earth – a meditation of sorts, each step a prayer, treading musings. Meaningful, mundane, riddled with expletives.

Happy Christmas!

Tindogi Tagbilaran holds Inter-School Young Leaders' Forum

The youth taking a stand against illegal drugs. | Inter-School Young Leaders' Forum organized by Tindogi Tagbilaran | 9 December 2015 Holy Spirit School, Tagbilaran City

9 December 2015 - Tindogi Tagbilaran, in just one of its initial initiatives to empower the youth of this city, organized an Inter-School Young Leaders' Forum at the Holy Spirit School Auditorium, this city.

Tindogi Tagbilaran is a people-powered campaign to gain back the integrity & dignity of Tagbilaran City, and make it once again a safe, peaceful, happy and livable city.

Eco-advocates walk 99kms from Tagbilaran to Anda for 100% clean energy

27 November 2015 – 16 environmental activists are going east-bound today – on-foot – covering the
99-kilometer coastal highway from Tagbilaran to Anda to echo the global call of the people’s pilgrimage for 100% clean energy.

The 3-day pilgrimage dubbed Bagtas Lunhaw: Bohol Climate Walk 2015 will begin in Kilometer 0 at the Tagbilaran Plaza Rizal on November 27 at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. They will have a sleepover stop in Loay on the first day, and in Garcia Hernandez on Day 2, November 28. Midday breaks are pinned in Dimiao and Duero, on the 1st and 2nd day, respectively. Brown bag sessions on climate crisis, the climate talks and papal encyclical Laudato Si will be held along the way.

Boholanos join People’s Pilgrimage for Climate Justice

Tagbilaran City – Some 20 Boholano environmental activists are taking a 99-kilometer journey on foot, from Tagbilaran City to Anda, Bohol on the November 27-29, 2015 to call for 100% Clean Energy and walk in solidarity with the People's Pilgrimage to the Paris climate talks.

The pilgrimage which the group calls Bagtas Lunhaw: Bohol Climate Walk 2015, will begin in Kilometer 0 at the Tagbilaran Plaza Rizal on November 27 at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. They will have a sleepover stop in Loay on the first day, and in Garcia Hernandez on Day 2, November 28. Midday breaks are pinned in Dimiao and Duero, on the 1st and 2nd day, respectively. Brown bag sessions on climate crisis, the climate talks and papal encyclical Laudato Si will be held along the way.

The School as a Canvas

Baji artist April Aquino conceptualized this wall's design

On November 7, 2015, the school buildings of Ubujan Elementary School in Tagbilaran became a canvas for a mural project initiated by its school principal Mrs. Evangeline I. Canda.

In an effort to bring more inspiration into the school environment, and inspired by a recent visit to a school in Negros festooned with wall paintings, Mrs. Canda sought out local artists to help bring into fruition her vision of a similar splash of color and creativity into her school. This is, in addition to existing school improvement programs in Ubujan Elementary School (ES) such as Bio or Green Parks, Gulayan sa Paaralan, Waste Segregation and the like.

Linog 10.15.2013 We Remember

Remember the fallen.
Remember the fear.
Remember the grief.
Remember the heartache.

Remember faith.
Remember strength.
Remember kinship.
Remember resilience.

Remember relief.
Remember gratitude.
Remember grace.
Remember love.

Boholanos as Filipino Americans

October is Filipino American History Month or Filipino American Heritage Month.

#FAHM2015 is the hashtag campaign in social media sites.

We saw one post in Facebook sharing this KVIE documentary on Little Manila.

Blood Moon

A fuzzy blood moon photo, but it's there. Missed the moonrise, this was taken around midnight of the 28th, in Siquijor.

Facebook exploded with photos of the blood moon over the weekend.

Apparently, Tagbilaran and Bohol had great blood moon sightings. And there's that haze that amplified the reddish hue. The total lunar eclipse comes quite rarely, this won't happen again for another 18 years. We wonder what FB or the social media would be like by then. Scary thought.

We hope you enjoyed the lunar phenomenon and had your rose quartz energized.