by Jehusaphat Mortega | Dec 3, 2021
December 2, 2021- On the second day of Advent, Thursday, the Local Government Unit of Magallanes hosted its Christmas Lighting Ceremony at the Magallanes Seaside Park and Children’s Playground in Brgy. Binisitahan Norte, Magallanes, Sorsogon. Changing the usual...
by Zhanneta Arambulo | Feb 26, 2018
Public markets are the ultimate small business incubator. From your casual, one-day a week flea market vendor to your serious, seven-day a week market hall vendor, public markets are wonderful places for people. Typically, markets work as entry points for new...
by Zhanneta Arambulo | Feb 21, 2018
In the 19th century towards the end of the Spanish colonization, the Spanish Government undertook a massive project of constructing lighthouses to light the seas, to protect the increasing maritime trade in the Philippines during that time, where the country was...
by Magayagayang Magallanes | Nov 27, 2017
Olena Kulikova, a Russian visitor, described it as a “beautiful place on earth.” After emerging from a dive into one of its marine reserves protected by local laws, Boylan Preston, a Peace Corps volunteer from Ann Arbor, Michigan, a professional diver exclaimed: “You...
by Magayagayang Magallanes | Nov 27, 2017
While Miguel Lopez de Legaspi was still in Cebu, he wrote King Philip II in 1567 requesting for religious to be sent to the Philippines. In reply to such letter, the King ordered the Provincial of the Order of St. Augustine in New Spain (Mexico) to dispatch...
by Magayagayang Magallanes | Nov 20, 2017
The founding of Magallanes abounds within conflicting versions. One version says that it started with a Spanish settlement somewhere at Gibalon while another version claims at Caditaan but within the provincial jurisdiction of Nueva Caceres. It later became part of...