RP Consulate in Manado Participates in Indonesia’s Scuba World Records Anniversary Celebration

1 September 2010 - The Philippine Consulate General in Manado participated in the 1 st Anniversary Celebration of Guinness World Records for the Largest Scuba Diving Lesson and Most People Scuba Diving Simultaneously in Manado City on August 16. The event was held in Malalayang Beach and participated by around 300 professional and amateur divers, 25 of whom are from different countries.

12-year-old becomes youngest to win Palanca award

Drama was relatively absent during the 60th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Unlike last year, there were no mentions of the National Artist awards, no potshots aimed at the President, or fashionably late entrances by massacre-movie directors.

Guardians of the reef

Your home is a 15- by 12-metre box on stilts, sitting on a sandbar in the middle of the wide blue ocean, with no running water and just a few hoursâ worth of generator power each day. You get around .....

Matanglawin: Deadly animals

What would you do if some of the deadliest animals are living in the same island as you? Kuya Kim ventures out on one of the most dangerous and daring adventures of his life as he goes head to head with some of the most venomous snakes on both land and sea, snails that can eat goldfish alive and even crocodiles that can only be found in the Philippines.

By Grace Sucgang, ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs

What would you do if some of the deadliest animals are living in the same island as you?