Miss World Denmark is half-Boholana

With three Filipina beauties – Philippine bet Gwen Ruais, former Pinoy Big Brother housemate Fil-Canadian Riza Santos for Canada, and Fil-Danish Maya Celeste Padillo Olesen representing Denmark – vying for this year’s Miss World title come November 6th in London, Filipinos all over are bursting with pride.

We, Bol-anon’s, on the other hand, have something to be doubly proud of. One of the three Pinay Miss World hopefuls, Miss World Denmark 2011 Maya Celeste Padillo Olesen, is not only half-Pinay – she is half-Boholana.

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Today is Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Day

The late Pres. Carlos P. Garcia, the 8th President of the Philippines, is without a doubt Bohol’s most illustrious son.

R.A. 7448, in April of 1992, declared the 4th of November each year to be a special non-working holiday in the whole of Boholandia to commemorate the anniversary of the late Pres. Carlos P. Garcia. But with close inspection to the law, it didn’t in fact name November 4 as Carlos P. Garcia Day, only that it a special non-working holiday. It did however ‘designate’ Nov. 2-6 as Carlos P. Garcia Week.

But of course by all intents and purpose, today is Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Day.

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Photos: Kalag-kalag

There’s no Halloween in Bohol. Kalag-kalag, that’s what we have.  These are only a few scenes from the Dampas Catholic Cemetery in Dampas, Tagbilaran City.

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Loboc Children’s Choir is 3rd best Children’s Choir at the 2011 Tolosa Chorale Competition

Today, our Facebook news feed was flooded with status messages of congratulations and felicitations to Bohol’s beloved Loboc Children Choir after the official announcement from the Loboc Children’s Choir – Europe Tour 2011 Facebook fan page: The Loboc Children’s Choir received 3RD PRIZE in the Children’s Choir Category of the Tolosa Choral Contest!

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