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Scuba diving 101 |
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By Lea Manto-Beltran
Photos by Ferdinand Sotelo
VERDE ISLAND sea passage, between
the provinces of Mindoro and Batangas, has been identified as the
“center of the center” of the world’s marine shorefish
diversity by Kent Carpenter, global marine species coordinator for
the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources, and Victor Springer of the Smithsonian Institute, as
reported by Agence France Presse recently.
“This area can be considered
the marine counterpart to the Amazon River basin,” says Carpenter,
co-author of the study, which put the passage at the peak of the
“Coral Triangle” that spans the Sulawesi and the Sulu Seas in
southern Philippines and nearby Indonesia.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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The magic of
underwater adventure
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Can anybody be a scuba diver?
According to Peter Tay, general manager of Marco Vincent Dive Center
in Puerto Galera: “Anyone who is in good health and reasonably fit
with water confidence can learn to scuba dive.
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Let’s help clean
our beaches
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OVER a hundred volunteers flocked
to the shores of Peninsula and Terrazas de Punta Fuego in Nasugbu,
Batangas, for a unique Earth Day celebration.
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Fastfood takes on
a healthier twist
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BROADCAST executive Amy Uy left
her high-paying job in one of the country’s largest networks to be
an entrepreneur.
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Explore Southeast
Asia with your palate
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The most promising young chefs
come together in one of the best restaurants in the metro to bring
to life some of the best dishes representative of Southeast Asian
countries as revealed...
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Reinventing
hospital food
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IT is a ubiquitous element in
many hospital rooms: a stack of trays of food left uneaten by the
hallway. Hospital food has the reputation of being unpalatable,
bland and tasteless.
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Bands, bodies and
beach volley in Boracay
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SUN worshippers will be glad to
know that Nestea Beach 2007 is more than just a summer sporting
spectacle. It’s an event that also showcases the most sizzling
beach parties at the hippest places...
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Female alcoholics
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WHEN we talk about alcoholics,
what immediately comes in mind is a guy making a fool of himself in
public. Or a violent drunk who is causing some sort of disturbance.
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