Sharing here a footage I took while flying on a domestic flight from Manila to Daraga Bicol International Airport serving the city of Legazpi and the province of Albay. This is also our express intent of saying, we are returning to Youtube after a long, long vacation. The video is […]
This is another heads up post for those following our Fernandez and Hernandez genealogy. #FernandezHernandezCalabanga, #GenealogyCalabanga, #FamilyTreeCalabanga I am sharing the last names or family names or surnames only of the brave men and women who found good loving partners out of the men and women from the Fernandez and […]
Ciriaco Hernandez was the eldest son of eight siblings (but there could be more) in his branch of the clan on the 5th generation of the forked branch of the Fernandezes. This is based from available data, with the ‘1st’ generation pegged on the year of 1784. #FernandezHernandezCalabanga, #FamilyTreeCalabanga, #GenealogyCalabanga […]
IZZY AND HER MOM, IN OUR MINDS AND PRAYERS FERNANDEZ / HERNANDEZ GENEALOGY OF CALABANGA. The ninth generation baby in the family will be born on March 16th, 2025 carrying the Hernandez clan bloodline. #FernandezHernandezCalabanga, #FamilyTreeCalabanga, #GenealogyCalabanga A baby girl nicknamed IZZY (for Isabelle Mei) to her new parents, IS […]
FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ Post 3: On March 14th, 1919, RUFINA (pinang or pining) HERNANDEZ was born to the couple Ciriaco and Demetria Hernandez. She was on the 6th generation (based on our sourced start data of 1784, which could change, as research progress onward) baptized on March 29th of the same […]
FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ Post 2: On March 11, 1869, Eulogio, one of the scions of the #FernandezHernandezCalabanga clan was born in the vast town of Quipayo, in the village somewhere within the current territory around barangay San Jose (now Pagatpat). In some baptismal records during that era, the place was also […]
FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ POST 1: For years now, I have been mining on the discovery, research and documentation on the family tree of the biggest clan in Calabanga, the Fernandezes. Today, Feb. 29, exactly 220 years ago, was born ‘PF’ one of the pillar patriarch of the family. His parents were: […]
Watch here the 2024 Fluvial Procession of the venerated images of the Virgin of Peñafrancia and the El Divino Rostro. The nine-day novenas at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist which began right after the Traslacion Procession of Friday of last week, culminates after two o’clock mass […]
Watch here the 2024 Traslacion Procession of the venerated images of the Virgin of Penafrancia and the El Divino Rostro. But first, below, is the coverage of the first procession of the early morning. The Transfer of Ina to the Old Shrine and celebration of the Feast of the Divino […]
The sixth choice cut feature about the Catholic image of Peñafrancia and surrounding stories, myths and secrets gets online on the 29th of August 2024, via our Youtube channel. This choice cut presentation, culled from the long form narrative which included the September 1972 fluvial disaster had been in the […]
Watch the fifth instalment, choice cut, Peñafrancia Fluvial Colgante Bridge Downfall Fatalities and the New Beginnings, from the full-streamed Peñafrancia Fluvial Colgante Bridge Disaster in-focus main feature. The Part 5 excerpt continue the long form narrative culled from the re-streamed joint and collaborative project by the Red Monkey Talks and […]
The fourth part excerpt, from the full-streamed Peñafrancia Fluvial Colgante Bridge Disaster in-focus main feature. The choice cut excerpt continue with the Sorrows and Pains of the Colgante Bridge Downfall (Part 4). From the re-streamed joint and collaborative project by the Red Monkey Talks and the Cbanga360 inMotion channels.
Sharing here the third part excerpt, from the full-streamed Peñafrancia Fluvial Colgante Bridge Disaster in-focus main feature. The choice cut excerpt tackles the Colgante Bridge Downfall during the Penafrancia Fluvial Procession (Part 3). From the re-streamed joint and collaborative project by the Red Monkey Talks and the Cbanga360 inMotion channels.
Sharing here the excerpt, from the full-streamed Peñafrancia Fluvial Colgante Bridge Disaster in-focus main feature. The choice cut excerpt tackles the Penafrancia Fluvial Shadow of Disaster on Colgante (Part 2). Part 2 and portion of the long form video, the first outing of the Red Monkey Talks Show. Advisory: this […]
Sharing here the Pre Program and Timer Countdown (Part 1), the first choice cut, excerpt, from the full-streamed Peñafrancia Fluvial Colgante Bridge Disaster in-focus main feature. Advisory: This is a late posting.
This is Cbanga360 teaser advisory for the upcoming Livestream of “The Penafrancia Fluvial Colgante Bridge Tragedy of September 16, 1972.” Final schedule of re-stream on October 25, 2023 at 2:00PM Manila time. Advisory: This is a late posting only. Below is a #short version of the teaser:
Teaser preview of Peñafrancia Fluvial Colgante Bridge Tragedy of September 16, 1972 in Naga City. This is a short teaser of the (upcoming) in-focus, long form discussion of the tragedy that happened during a religious celebration in Naga City, Philippines. Advisory: This is a late reference posting.
This is our road tour from Barangay Sibao up to the town center of Calabanga on-board the ubiquitous Pinoy Jeepney. From Sibao resort, our tour traversed the road artery passing through several of the upland and rural barangays which include Sibao, Fabrica and Bigaas. Navigating these areas meant going through […]
Sharing this much watched ‘WHAT IS A WOMAN’ documentary of conservative YT channel Daily Wire. On June 1, 2023, the documentary movie starring Matt Walsh of ‘What is a Woman’ was posted online via Twitter. In the first few hours of publication, the movie hit the proverbial stumbling block of […]
On the road now by Barangay Manguiring meant almost done with the round trip touring of this route (Poblacion-Binanuanan-Harubay-Comaguingking-Camuning) that all began by the vicinity of the Porta Mariae of La Porteria church grounds. The quick trip exposed us to sun and rain and sun. But mostly, rain which was […]
✅ This is a complimentary teaser for the premier of our Road Tour Calabanga, the third video on the return trip covering the section of Barangay Harubay to Barangay Manguiring. The link and video below: This #short video was culled from our visit to the town of Siruma and Barangay […]
This is definitely the third part of our quirky, jittery, jiggly Road Tour Calabanga from Barangay Harubay to Barangay Manguiring via Camuning road, down the slopes of Mt. Isarog, in the province of Camarines Sur. Note that along the way, we sprinkled a few notes on elevation (in meter), including […]
This is the second part of our road tour, visit and experience the bumpy ride by bike up the slopes of dormant volcano Mt. Isarog. This video starts from the barangay center of Binanuaanan Pequeno up the long and bumpy Binanuanan Grande road. The road network is a continuing road […]
A quirky, jittery, jiggly on-board-a-bike Road Tour Calabanga from Town Center (Poblacion) to Barangay Binanuaanan Pequeño, up the knee of dormant volcano Mount Isarog, in the province of Camarines Sur. Along the way, we sprinkled a few notes on elevation (in meter), including coordinates and ID’d landmarks. Another Cbanga360 inMotion […]
We are almost done with Sabang! After the road tour, two #short #shorts feature, one semi-finale long feature, and now we drop this fifth, a long form video, about the ‘Laments of Small Fisherman of San Miguel Bay’ or ‘Ang Hinagpis ng Mangingisda ng San Miguel Bay.’ [ Advanced Note: […]
Watch this fourth post, a #short about Sabang and the ‘Super Kids sa Pagbade.’ Our simple tribute to these bunch of young souls who sit side by side with their parents and relatives in processing fish for eventual drying, because of their love of family. They were happy sharing helping […]
This is the third video post about Sabang and the fisher folks in this shoreline village of Calabanga. It all began first with a short road tour, then a #short #shorts about the women fish workers. Below is the third yet: Watch this Exclusive Reaction Report on ‘Ang Pagawaan ng […]
This road tour takes us to the rich fishing bay area of Calabanga. All roads, it seems, lead to Barangay Sabang from the town’s poblacion. From business district 1 of the town, taking either the route from San Antonio, San Pablo or Del Carmen, towards barangay San Roque, the wheel […]
Here’s a video feature of ‘YUMMY TAKOYAKI HIT IN CALABANGA’ but only in Barangay Sta. Salud and near Hinulid Shrine. This hot copy of the original Japanese takoyaki is a sure hit to tourists, visitors and locals dropping by the shrine. We were assured that the family is earning enough […]
Sharing A special video of a vendor befriended in happenstance while at the Hinulid Shrine/ Santo Entierro of my hometown Calabanga. This a salute to a hardworking dedicated family man for his untiring effort. Many more like him are laboring on the streets of Calabanga and all over the world […]
We focus our camera to our home turf here with the first featured post on Road Tour Calabanga: From Barangay San Pablo (Poblacion) to Bgay Sta. Salud, the home of the famous and many attribute as the miraculous Amang Hinulid or Santo Entierro. The Hinulid church which pious and religious […]
This is the third and final instalment spotlighting Road Tour Camarines Sur. This update covers the short distance starting from Barangay San Jose of capital town Pili ending at the front porch of SM City, at the heart of central business district 3 of Naga city. Can’t help noticing the […]
This is the second part spotlighting Road Tour Camarines Sur. This second update covers the short distance starting from Barangay Sta. Teresita of Baao municipality ending at a portion of Barangay San Jose of capital town Pili. It also covers a short distance of the Pan Philippine Highway passing thru […]
This is the first part of Road Tour spotlighting Camarines Sur. This portion covers the short distance starting from Barangay Agos ending at Bgy. Sta. Teresita of Baao town. Barangay Agos is the first barangay after crossing over the province of Camarines Sur from Albay’s Barangay Agos of Polangui town! […]
Watch this continuing edition of Road Tour Albay. This portion covers the short distance starting from Barangay Tuburan of Ligao City up until Barangay Agos, Polangui town. Agos is the last barangay of Polangui and the Province of Albay before crossing the provincial boundary and entering Barangay Agos of Bato […]
Watch this continuing edition of Road Tour Albay. This portion covers the short distance starting from Barangay Lower Malabog of Daraga town up until Barangay Tuburan, Poblacion, City of Ligao. We take note of road traffic and road condition, too. Another Cbanga360 inMotion project under the Experience Bicol 2.0 Series.
In our staycation, my brother showcased a helpful tool in grooming his roosters. My brother Benny is an aficionado at raising chickens. On this special video feature he shares his own DIY at taking care of and grooming roosters. Another Cbanga360 inMotion project for Experience Bicol 2.0 series.
In one of our sortie around the public market of Calabanga, the fruit vendor gamely showed his skill in peeling pineapples. Due to his brisk start and movements, we could hardly capture when he start the routine. At the time we filmed this short video, he has sold about half […]
We continue the Road Tour Albay series with a short public utlity van ride from the central bus terminal in Legazpi fronting The SM City and passing through small through-streets navigating several private subdivisions and barangay roads way past the bustling town of Daraga Albay. Notable on this road tour […]
In our recent trip to Albay province, we passed by the iconic Mayon volcano. Thanks to the by-pass or diversion road that sliced through a good part of the town of Camalig, affording us a longer and front seat view of the most active volcano of the Philippines. The thoroughfare […]
At the Calabanga public fish market, a vendor gamely demoed for our camera ‘How to Debone a Milkfish’ shared here as a #short #shorts feature. At the back-end of this video (editing), we had a good time tracking and masking this video from start to finish. Much later will post […]
Sharing this quick tour of the thriving street food business in the commercial district in the town of Calabanga. The short strip bordering the main street of Barangay Del Carmen is host to a busy location for small business owners catering street food to aficionados and residents of the town. […]
The same before and even now. This is how sand is being sifted or sieved for small construction works in our place. My brothers Bobby and Benny show us ‘How to sift or sieve sand #short”. Walang pagbabago mula noon hanggang ngayon. Ganito magsala o magsigsig ng buhangin para sa […]
Really tastes good. Got to watch this ‘Masarap Saging na Saba Pinakro.’ This is a #short #shorts form video from a much longer how-to cooking of Pinakro using ripening or soon to ripe Saba banana. Much earlier posted were #shorts and long form video of my bro Bobby on harvesting […]
Watch this “Bigatin Puso at Saging na Saba’ or ‘Really Heavy Harvest of Heart and Fruit of Saba Banana.’ Literally, the harvest of one bunch of matured and ripening Saba banana was a surprise. This is a long form video after having first posted two quick #shorts harvesting the heart […]
Watch this #short #shorts ‘Ang Bigat na Ani ng Saging na Saba.’ Literally, the harvest of one bunch of matured and ripening Saba banana was a surprise. Watch this #short and find out the real weight of that bundle of manibalang na saba which ripens in a few days after […]
Watch this #short #shorts ‘Harvesting Heart of Saba Banana’ or Pag ani ng puso ng saging na Saba. While staying in my sister’s home in Legazpi City, had a chance of taking a video as my brother Bob reached out to get the heart of Saba banana. Puso ng Saba […]
The thing with a Youtube video, whether long form or timelapse, I had experienced low visibility and views. The case is true with this video below: It only gained a low view count, and as of this posting, is less than a hundred. But shortened video and posted as #short, […]
Watch this #short #shorts ‘Planting Rice is Always Fun.’ When I was little, a song about planting rice runs with a line that says: Planting rice is never fun or Magtanim (ng palay) ay ‘di biro. Watching farmers plant rice briskly and quick was fun to watch. What is not […]
This is Part 2- Road Tour of thoroughfares in Albay province. We take note of road traffic and road condition, too. This portion covers the section of Pan Philippine Hi-way that connects the towns of Oas, Ligao, Guinobatan, Camalig and Daraga. Plus catch a quick glimpse of Mount Mayon along […]
Watch this Road Tour Inspection of thoroughfares less travelled in Albay province. We take note of road traffic and road condition, too. This portion covers the coastal road Bicol 638 serving the towns of Oas, Libon and Polangui. The ride starts from the exit of access road of Victoria Bay […]
Want to find out which is mightier between Mahogany Tree and Balete Tree? Watch this #short #shorts to find out. This video is part of our Cbang360 inMotion project on Experience Bicol Series (EB2.0)
This is a short video of kids, probably siblings or related, having total fun in their own simple way in the shoreline of Victoria Bay Resort in Oas, Albay province. Masayang ibinabahagi ang maikling bidyu na ito, ng mga batang naglilikot at naghaharutan sa baybayin ng Victoria Bay Resort. [ […]
This is like redundancy posting. It is because the first #short video intended to be really short was wrongly edited but posted on the YT channel. The corrected version is shared below: The first video posted intended to be #short was not working due to some error in video editing, […]
Ano ang kaganapan sa lungsod ng Naga ng Hunyo 30, 2022? Nagparamdam ang mga aktibista at inihayag ang mga isyu at pinagdaraanan ng ordinaryong mamamayan kabilang na ang nakaraang eleksyon at mga usaping pangkabuhayan at panglipunan. Sa kabilang banda, ang pulis ay nagpatuloy sa paglatag ng libreng videoke, libreng masahe, […]
Watch this short walking tour of Victoria Bay Resort in the town of Oas in Albay province. Talagang lakaran lang at medyo usyusuhann ang ginawa natin dito. Maliit lang ang complex ngunit puno ng mga panauhin at turista ang lugar. Halos lahat ng cottages ay okupado. Panoorin ang pag-ikot natin […]
Happy to share the lasting glimpse of sunset at Victoria Bay Resort for the day. The short clip of the setting sun is at the town of Oas in Albay. At the brink of forgetting the sunset which is a must when on a beach, but in the end, I […]
Masayang ibinabahagi ang maikling bidyu na ito, ng mga batang naglilikot at naghaharutan sa baybayin ng Victoria Bay Resort. A short video of kids, probably siblings or related, having total fun in their own simple way in the shoreline of Victoria Bay Resort in Oas, Albay province. [ This video […]
Matapos mailathala ang piling-piling mag maikling bidyu nakuha sa pagbisita Sawangan Park street food, pinagtagpi-tagpi ito ang naging kabuuan ng obra. Ang Sawangan Park ay nasa tabing dagat na binabaybay ng Legazpi boulevard sa lungsod ng Legazpi, lalawigan ng Albay. [ This video is part of our Experience Bicol Series […]
Patunay na gagawin ng isang ina ang lahat buhayin at mabigyan ng magandang kinabukasan ang mga anak. Maikli ngunit malaman na pahayag ng isang pursigidong ina ng tahanan nag titinda ng pagkain sa may Sawangan Park, Legazpi boulevard ng Legazpi City. Part of our series on Experience Bicol project 2022. […]
Presenting here, a featured mash-up clips ng mga Eksenang Street Food At Iba Pa sa may Embarcadero at Legazpi boulevard. Part of our series on Experience Bicol project 2022. [ This video is part of our Experience Bicol Series 2022 (EB2.0) ]
Here’s a featured video snap of Kapeng Oragon sa Bicol Expresso right at Sawangan Park Street food plaza located by Legazpi boulevard of Legazpi City. Part of our series on Experience Bicol project 2022. A longer video will get posted much later. [ This video is part of our Experience […]
Sharing a featured video snap of Lomi Overload VS. Lugaw Special at Sawangan Park street food by Legazpi boulevard of Legazpi City. Part of our series on Experience Bicol project 2022. A longer video will get posted much later. [ This video is part of our Experience Bicol Series 2022 […]
Sharing a featured snap of Japanese cake street food scene in Sawangan Park of Legazpi City. This video is part of our series on Experience Bicol project 2022. Please take not, a longer video will get posted much later.
Watch this timelapse of Bicol’s pride in Albay province, Mayon volcano or Mt. Mayon. This video is part of our series on Experience Bicol 2022 ( EB 2.0 )
One way for a senior citizen to avoid pneumococcal disease is getting the neccessary vaccination. This is the prime drive of the Department of Health (DOH) by encouraging those with age between 60 and 65 to visit the nearest government health facilities for free pneumococcal vaccine. The call was made […]
It’s official, Poe seeks SCOTP reversal of Comelec DQ verdict. Yes the camp of Senator Grace Poe on Monday asked the Supreme Court of the Philippines (SCOTP) to stop the decision of the Commission on Elections that disqualified her to run in the 2016 presidential polls. Counsel George Garcia, filed […]
There are similarities between the cities of Davao and Puerto Princesa. Both have large land area than any of the cities one can locate in the country. Same cities are outside of Metro Manila. Before, respective residents claim either of the two LGUs was the biggest in the Philippines in terms of territory covered. Checking their websites and Wikipedia recently, it seems that has been settled.
LEGAZPI CITY, June 14 (PNA) — Chief Supt. Victor P. Deona, Bicol Regional Police Office director, sacked 28 chiefs of police and an intelligence officer in Bicol after they failed to pass the performance target set for them. Deona announced in a press conference Friday that the officers removed from […]
Many of us are up and about busy of things mundane other than politics after the tiring electoral exercise just concluded last month. But guess what, the move to split the province of Camarines Sur into two is not resting in the dust bin. In fact, the spirit behind the […]
Survivors of super typhoon Haiyan (local Yolanda) in Samar and Leyte who were left homeless and have no place to stay are accepted with pleasure in the province of Albay. They can permanently resettle in the province and start a new life of their own or stay for a year, […]
The Wuhan doctor who was first to disclose and blew the whistle on the discovery of the novel coronavirus is now infected by #2019nCoV. This we can relate even as the same doctor was subsequently punished by Chinese authorities for divulging his pioneer discovery. Opthalmologist Li Wenliang at the Wuhan […]
Harvard Med School study urges need for younger women for regular mammogram. More than two-thirds of breast cancer deaths occurred in younger women who do not have regular mammograms, a U.S. study said Monday, refuting a 2009 recommendation that discouraged routine screenings for women under 50 and recommends only biennial […]
MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of CAMARINES SUR – THIRD LEGDIST ROBREDO, LENI (LP) 123,843 Proclaimed Winner VILLAFUERTE, NELLY (NPC) 35,160 FAUSTO, CHARINA INDEPENDENT 2,296 ARCILLA, OSCAR JR. (PDP) 640 MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of CAMARINES SUR – FIFTH LEGDIST FORTUNO, SAL (LP) 85,914 Proclaimed Winner ALFELOR, FELIX JR. (NPC) 45,217 […]
The Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Friday (October 12, 2012), released a complete list of blacklisted Philippine agents and freight forwarders doing business in the country and elsewhere. The agency was effectively warning Overseas Foreign Workers and their consignees in the country […]
When I was little, I would perch on the verandah of my grandma’s house, check out and admire the cluster of dangling yellow-greenish fruits from the branches of the much popularly referred to as the balimbing tree. A few more years when I was able to grasp on branches and […]
Sunday, September 17, 1972. At a distance, yesterday, the Colgante bridge looked beautiful, with colorful buntings and lighted with different colored bulbs. As the day’s sun descended, the bridge’s silhuette on the Naga river provided a lovely backdrop for the still unfolding culmination of the Peñafrancia religious festivities.
In one of our trip to Legaspi city this week, we chanced upon a government building where sacks full of rotten NFA rice were filed up near its entrance. Of course, it’s of no use holding up to those physical vestiges of ineptness and error of a government agency for such a long time. Go ahead, dump the rotten grains which anyway are not consumable anymore.
Do you know what local supermarkets do when fruits, vegetable, meat and many perishable items near its expiration date? When fresh and just off from its packing crates, these same food items are marked up that many can not buy enough because of the expensive price tacked on them. But […]
Lone Bicolano Casualty in Zamboanga Stand-off Flown Home. The fall out from the Zamboanga hostilities that pitted a group of Moro National Liberation front fighters against government military personnel became more real and touching to the family of one Bicolano soldier. To the family of Corporal Jesi Chris Reyeg, 33, […]
More than one hundred residents of barangay San Ramon of Rapu-rapu municipality suffers from chikungunya fever. The barangay, located in the almost isolated island of Batan in Albay province, has been reported infected with mosquito-borne disease known to have started to spread in the area in July. The fever brought […]
The capital town of Daet was the highest-earning municipal local government unit in Bicol for fiscal year 2009 based on the totals of income from local sources and external sources. Also interesting that of the 107 municipal LGUs of Bicol region, 22 received an IRA share for the fiscal year […]
Early photos of the successful attempt by the joint effort of organizers to set a world record for the biggest human no-smoking sign in the province of Albay staged at the school campus of the Bicol University in Legazpi city, June 28, 2013, Friday. Photo courtesy of Dr. Elnora Brocales. […]
Watch the 63rd Miss World Beauty Pageant 2013 Final Streaming Live here, direct from Bali, Indonesia. This feed courtesy of Miss World.
Malacanang has lauded two Filipinos who won in their respective “battles” Sunday and gave their countrymen reasons to smile in times of crisis. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte congratulated Miss Philippines Ariella Arida for her 3rd runner up finish in the just-concluded Miss Universe pageant held in Moscow, Russia and […]
BACOLOD CITY, Nov. 19 (PNA) — The state pension fund Government Service Insurance System is opening a window for emergency loans for its pensioners from the areas devastated by super typhoon “Yolanda,” including Negros Occidental, its chairman Daniel Lacson Jr. announced Tuesday. The EML for pensioners facility is being rushed […]
The domestic airport in Legazpi receives a boost from the provincial government of Albay with the allotment of P11 million for upgrading geared towards making the city a prospective gateway for chartered flights of foreign tourists. This was confirmed as the provincial legislature unanimously approved last week the allocation requested […]
A local electric cooperative serving one of the largest coverage areas in terms of consumers in the province of Camarines Sur gears for a whopping increase in power rate charges. The Camarines Sur II electric cooperative will arbitrarily increase its rates from P11.50 per kilowatt hour in November to P15.30/kwh […]
MANILA — This is never good news. And should never be taken too lightly. But read, Malacanang seems to have a different view. The prospect of the Philippine population reaching the 100-million mark presents both a challenge and an opportunity for the country, the palace said Sunday. More in the […]