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Piyestahan, fiesta! by marinduquegov on May 25, 2012Fiesta buntings. In Marinduque, each barangay celebrates its own fiesta on the feast of its adopted patron saint. Sports (inter-barangay Paliga in basketball for example) and cultural activities ranging from amateur singing contests to beauty pageant...
JR LABRADOR's stellar collegiate career by marinduquegov on May 22, 2012Recent visitor to his hometown of Boac, Marinduque is JR Labrador of Brgy. Amoingon where his family lives. (My relatives, their house is just a stone’s throw away from my beach house). But little is known about “JR”, what good things have happ...
MORIONES RUN (Takbo para sa Beatico) in Boac, April 5 by marinduquegov on Mar 28, 2012For the benefit of indigent members of the flock, ”MORIONES RUN – TAKBO PARA SA BEATICO” will be held in Boac, Marinduque on MaundyThursday, April 5, 2012. Assembly is at 5:00 am at the Boac Covered Court. This fun run offers the following priz...
Cong. Velasco inaugurates Boac Riverside Multi-Purpose Covered Court by marinduquegov on Feb 23, 2012Marinduque Congressman Lord Allan Velasco and Boac Mayor Roberto M. Madla recently inaugurated the Riverside Multi-Purpose Covered Court located in Brgy. Poras. The day's highlight was a friendly basketball match between Team Velasco composed friends...
PBB's The Great Marinduque Adventure! by marinduquegov on Feb 9, 2012Many Marinduquenos were glued to their seats last night watching the first part of Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited Season 4's special feature with the housemates, "The Great Marinduque Adventure". Kuya: "Anong alam mo tungkol sa Marinduque?" (What d...
Colors of Bila-Bila Festival 2011 in Boac by marinduquegov on Dec 11, 2011A beaming Mayor Roberto M. Madla waves his hand to the crowd atop the municipal government float bedecked with flowers.Boac's answer to the street-dancing festival craze as a way to attract tourists and spur more business growth in this capital town...
389th Founding Anniversary of Boac today by marinduquegov on Dec 7, 2011The capital town of Boac celebrates its 389th Founding Anniversary today, December 8th., the Fest of the Immaculate Conception. Boac derived its name from “biak”, divided or separated from end to end, referring to the river running from the easte...
Remembering Bonifacio: The spirit of Hermenegildo Flores isn't far behind by marinduquegov on Nov 29, 2011"Andres Bonifacio" by Raymond C. Go of Boac, Marinduque was Grand Prize Winner of the Bonifacio Centennial Art Competition (1997). It hangs on display at the Bonifacio Trial House in Maragondon, Cavite.The Tagalog poet Hermenegildo Flores who spent t...
Hidden Falls in Marinduque by marinduquegov on Nov 23, 2011Hinulugan Falls in Torrijos, Marinduque is located between Brgy. Sabong and Sitio Kitay. It has a small rock cave at the side of the raven where water also enters. More hidden falls could be found in the central Marinduque area, Magdumog-dumog Falls...
Boac's Laban and "Cuchera" to Toronto and Stockholm by marinduquegov on Oct 26, 2011Joseph Israel Laban is a journalist and an independent film-maker from Boac, Marinduque. His film, "Cuchera" that starred Maria Isabel Lopez, is about drug mules, couriers and their recruiters involved in drug transshipment operation between Manila a...
