Bohol’s Pride Magazine printed 30 issues in the 1990s and these issues will be gradually published online. We are sure you remember many of these cover pages
(Shirley Ann Enerio – Camacho)
By the time you read this column, the Philippine media must be feasting on the biggest news of the week. It may eventually overshadow the controversial Mindanao Massacre. I could not even dare look at the video footages of the most heinous political crime committed ever as the newspaper accounts alone [...]
(Shirley Ann Enerio-Camacho)
Come November 14, 2009, win or lose, there is no doubt boxing international sensation our very own, Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio, has finally arrived. A pretty long stretch to go for a man of humble beginnings but who has extraordinary ability and prowess, great determination and loads of luck to be where he [...]
(Scott Allford/October 18, 2009)
If you live outside of the Philippines and you watch or read the news you may feel very justified in believing that the Philippines is a very dangerous country, savaged by typhoons, earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and terrorist attacks.
You may also be assured in your belief that it is a poor country with [...]
(Shirley Enerio-Camacho)
As we approach the eleventh month of the year, we seem to be facing gloom and doom despite the fact that December is upon us soon. It is supposed to be the merriest time of the year. Right here in America , much as we want [...]
Flower has the ability to exude fragrance in the aftermath of a soaking rain the same manner that carried are prompted to sing in the fiercest of storms.
Perhaps the symbolism was farthest of the mind of Mayor Anunciado Tuazon when she decided to christen Calape the
“ Town of Flowers”. When she was thrust into the [...]
If looking for a perfect beach, consider Panglao Island, a 30-minute drive from Tagbilaran City, or a 30-minute flight from Cebu. Its lone star facility is the Bohol Beach Club.
There are only 48 rooms ( circa February 1993 ) at the club (BBC), 40 of them set a short walk off the white beach front [...]
The town of Dauis is not only widely known for its tourist attractions but is also famous for its big-time business. The major ones are the fine jewelry-making and furniture-making.
Dauis has been dubbed as the center of jewelry-making in the province of Bohol. In fact, no other town in the province is into the trade [...]
During the later part of the Spanish occupation, a parochial friar consulted the people as to the site of the church he envisioned to construct. But the townspeople failed to meet a common judgment where it should rise.
Some wanted it in Mawi, while a number insisted in Langkis. To his dismay, Fray Lorenzo Fernandez ordered [...]
The little town of Tagbilaran City is giving indications that it has set sights on progress, looking forward on the day when it shall finally rise to the status of a giant in its own right.
Dauis is barely three kilometers from Tagbilaran reachable via either of two causeways. It is visible from the coast of [...]
Nowadays the meaning of the Bisayan word “Bathala” is God. It is the usual word used in poetic expression. But one hundred years or so age, “Bathala” was specific to the Santo Niño of Cebu .
In the province of Bohol the following towns has the Sto. Niño as it’s patron saint, they are: Anda, Bien [...]