Bicol Voyager TV - Roaming Rome

08/04/2024

Yung naFake news po ng Eclipse today.

FYI Wala pong Solar Eclipse ng Gabi 😭 (11PM)
at sa America lang po sya makikita 😓

04/02/2024

"Kamao ni Mayon"

Parang pagtindig ng Kamao ng Mayon Volcano ang usok na lumabas Dito Ngayong hapon (02/04/24)

Tarantadong Kalbo

11/06/2023

First Converge FunTourismo - Wheels and Wonders Bike Event in 3rd District of Camarines Sur.
(Camaligan - Canaman - Magarao - Bombon - Calabanga)

Another Pioneering event by SIKAT - Camaligan

Sponsored by Converge FiberX & Riley's Bike Shop - Pili Camarines Sur

20/04/2023

Partial Solar Eclipse
April 20, 2023
Post Peak : 1:04PM
Xiaomi Mi 11T
f/1.75 1/11905 ISO 63
Natural Filter: clouds
Slight enhancement via Lightroom
Location: Camaligan River Park
Camarines Sur, Philippines

29/03/2023

EGGCITING EASTER! 📅✝️⛪️
Have an Eastercation in and be thrilled with fun activities.
🥚Egg Coloring
🥚Egg and Spoon Race
🥚Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt
And some snacks to complete the day!
Open for all kids out there for only Php849 per pax.
Reservation period: March 25 to April 8, 2023
Activity date and time: April 9, 2023, 10:00 am
Registration at 9:30am.



Reserve now!
Click the link to register: https://forms.gle/ciDwcnvjw251C22e7

19/02/2023

Cessna Plane Crash Site found on the slope of Mayon Volcano
Screencaps from video posted by Joey Sarte Salceda

29/08/2022

"Mayon and Magayon"
📍Mirisbiris Garden and Nature Center

03/07/2022

Mayon on a Sunday afternoon ⛅

31/03/2022

K-Pop for the night with soothing barbecue scent on our clothes 🇰🇷

07/03/2022

Looking back to breakthrough discovery of the recent eruption of Mt. Isarog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyiQ8tx7S1U&t=1186s

Discussion about Evidence of Mt. Isarog Eruption with the geologists for Partido State University.

01/03/2022

Summer is here Let's have a Happy Camping at the tropical rainforest of Mirisbiris Garden and Nature Center 🏕️

24/02/2022

Who is Roaming Rome?

12/02/2022

Farm + Food + Family + Fun at Seventy-Six Farm

Weekends and Holidays are for Family, so if you are looking for a place that you can get a breath-taking view of Mayon volcano, where your kids can explore and learn about the animal kingdom, where you can order affordable and delectable food and where you can find your fantasy heroes and true to life heroes the likes of Sir Tiagee Arienda 👏 Go nowhere but in Seventy Six Farm.

They just put up hearts shape and flower designs to give you spots for a valentine's souvenir photo.

Alot of new animals, fish and birds will inspire your kids curiosity.

The restaurant has homie menu that will make you stay and fill your stomachs while kids are mingling with their new found animal friends.

Seventy Six Farm can be found at Sitio Israel Barangay Arimbay Legazpi City, Albay.

Tara weekend na, Tara Valentine's na!
Tara Seventy Six Farm na!

06/02/2022

As majestic as always 🗻
Gayon! Mayon!

01/02/2022

The school with pink star supports VP Leni Robredo

01/02/2022

Welcome Year of the water Tiger 🐯
Happy Lunar Year Everyone! 🎆

26/01/2022

Join Mirisbiris Garden and Nature Center in providing local employment and protecting the rainforest.
Visit the Mirisbiris Forest soon! 🌳🐦🦋

Hello everyone!

For us to keep Mirisbiris Forest clean and safe, we will be collecting 50 pesos starting February 1, 2022 at the forest kiosk, the collected fees will help us provide jobs to our local staff and support our advocacy in protecting the forest.

On the other hand, You are still FREE to access the facilities at the visitor center, nursery and the garden (upper part of Mirisbiris).

See you soon here at Mirisbiris!

28/11/2021

If you missed eating at Granny's Grub of LOLA Sayong Eco-SurFarm of Gubat, Sorsogon. Don't worry!

You can take home their food delights now, just visit their booth at FARMSkuhan Tourism Fair at Ayala Malls Legazpi until Nov. 30, 2021.

28/11/2021

Mirisbiris Garden showcases the healthy food, Plantita passion and hearty snacks at Farmskuhan Tourism Fair at Ayala Malls Legazpi from Nov. 26 to 30, 2021. Here are what you can avail at our booth:
☑️ You can buy your favorite Mirisbiris goodies
☑️ You can get our affordable plant sales
☑️ You can book your stay and tours on the spot
☑️ You can avail our STAYCATION PROMO and get as much as 1 NIGHT stay absolutely FREE*
What are you waiting for!? Come and visit Mirisbiris Garden booth soon.

16/11/2021

Bird watching inside the forest of Mirisbiris Garden and Nature Center is life changing experience! 🔭🦜🦉

Us parents and our kids learned alot on how to spot the birds, where they stay and what are their favourite food.

Thanks to our binocular and Philippine birds guidebook we were able to name some of the birds inside the big patch of greens in Brgy. Salvacion Sto. Domingo, Albay, they are Rough Crested Malkuha, Black naped oriole, Pied Trillers, Pied fantail, Philippine Frogmouth and Philippine coucal.

Garden staff also said that there are resident Philippine hanging parrots and grass owl in the area.

If you are looking for a learning experience and a place to bring your kids outdoors, Visit Mirisbiris Garden!

06/11/2021

Join us this Sunday at 7pm (11.7.7 PM) as we officially launch the beta version of our mobile app and website for Philippine Seed Savers and their best sustainable practices that double as climate action.



Click the invite link to join the most awaited launching event of Bicol Umalohokan.
https://fb.me/e/52Gwrz9ya

02/11/2021

Updated Bicol Travel Requirements for Fully Vaccinated Individuals as of Nov. 1, 2021.

Albay : RT-PCR/Antigen Test + Albay Get pass
Camarines Sur : RT-PCR/Antigen Test + Travel Pass
Camarines Norte : RT-PCR/Antigen Test + Travel Pass
Catanduanes : RT-PCR/Antigen Test + SPASS (APOR ONLY)
Masbate : Vaccination Card + SPASS
Sorsogon : RT-PCR/Antigen Test + Travel Pass

Legazpi : RT-PCR/Antigen Test + Albay Get pass
Naga City : Vaccination Card + Travel Pass

29/10/2021

Mayaman naman tayo sa karanasan sa natural na pagsasaka. Kaya mas kikita ang mga maliliit na mga magsasaka kung ang Organic Agriculture Act ang bibigyang priyoridad ng pamahalaan. - Ronald Labrador
https://youtu.be/xkF0f_-NF7w

Ronald Labrador, who oversees the trial farm at TABI Farm, urges the government to focus on Organic Agriculture Act if it wants to reach the smallholder farm...

09/10/2021

What is Bicol Umalohokan all about? Find out in this video:

27/09/2021

Sa kabila ng pandemya, ang industriya ng turismo ay nagdulot ng ibat Ibang kwento, may mga kwento ng kabayanihan, kwento ng pagkabigo, kwento ng pag asa, kwento ng pagbangon.

Sa mga uring manggagawa ng turismo at mga nagmamahal sa industriya, naway maalala natin ang ating mga pinagdaanan at gawin itong inspirasyon upang bumangon tayo ng sabay sabay at magkakasama!

Maligayang Araw ng Turismo!

25/09/2021

Mark your calendar for YCCShareResponsibly BICOL : World Tourism Day 2021 and don't miss this chance to learn from the sharings of our invited Speakers and Partners!

REGISTER NOW on www.solesearchingsoul.com/yccshareresponsibly

11/08/2021

"RD Herbie is taking Tourism by a storm"

A rockstar entrance paves way to the regional director in Bicol region. He took office recently at the regional tourism office with the one only Department of tourism secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat.

Netizens witness that the Charismatic politician receives giggle, cheers, thousands of greetings, well wishers and post went viral on the different tourism and media pages upon his assumption as Bicol top tourism executive.

26/07/2021

Thank you for bringing the first Olympic Gold Medal for the Philippines Hidyln Diaz 🏋️‍♀️🥇

05/07/2021

Symmetry - Craft x Nature 🌊

Siama Surf is a boutique resort of the multi awarded designer Milo Naval, his designs are known to combine the symmetry of nature and rustic touch of native materials.

The resort is located at the Sorsogon surf beach in Gubat, a go to place to feel the rustic beach vibe down south.

The estate has a minimalist infinity pool, 4 spacious rooms, elegant veranda, native inspired bar and restaurant and breathtaking view of Gubat Bay.

For reservations visit their page Siama Surf and present RT-PCR Test results upon check in.

29/06/2021

𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗢 𝗣. 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
Javier Leonardo V. Rugeria and Ivy Jasmin O. Torres

Pedro Paulo Songco Santos was born on June 29, 1889 in Porac, Pampanga. He was the 31st bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Caceres and was named and ordained the first archbishop of Caceres following its elevation into a metropolitan archdiocese in 1951.

In June 1900, at age 11, Santos studied at the Ateneo de Manila for two years and then later attended the Central Seminary of Saint Francis Xavier. Shortly before turning 24, on March 15, 1913, he was ordained to the priesthood by Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty. His first assignment was in his home province of Pampanga, where he was assigned as assistant parish priest in Mexico. He was also appointed chaplain and then later parish priest in Calulut, San Fernando.

In 1919, Santos established Bacolor Catholic School, a parochial school whose administration was later turned over to the Benedictine Sisters from St. Scholastica’s College in Manila; it was renamed into St. Mary’s Academy. He was also appointed parish priest in Angeles, where he established catechetical centers and encouraged his parishioners to join in retreats. He also initiated fundraising programs, the restoration of the Benedictine Sisters’ old convent, the fostering of the Solidarity of Children and even the publication of a newsletter, "Ing Cuyog" (The Echo). In 1933, he co-founded with philanthropist Don Juan D. Nepomuceno the Holy Angel College (now university), the largest university in Central Luzon at present and whose four ionic pillars in its facade resemble those at the Ateneo de Naga.

On August 15, 1938, Santos was ordained Bishop of Nueva Caceres by Pope Pius XI. Upon his arrival in Naga, he observed that the highly secular public school system instituted by the Americans was already well in place in the region. Writing on November 3, 1939 to John F. Hurley, S.J., his “padrino” and the superior of the Jesuit mission in the Philippines, Santos (1939) related that his diocese, which included the six Bikol provinces only had three Catholic educational centers for girls namely the Colegio de Santa Isabel in Naga, St. Agnes Academy in Legazpi, and the then-nascent Colegio de la Milagrosa in Sorsogon (now St. Louise de Marillac College of Sorsogon), and two Catholic schools for boys, including the Camarines Sur Catholic Academy in Naga, a school of 560 pupils.

Having seen the dire need for Catholic education in his diocese, Santos envisioned establishing schools in different Bikol towns to strengthen Catholic instruction and the spiritual formation of its students. It was for this reason that, in 1939, he requested that the Jesuits take over the administration of the Camarines Sur Catholic Academy, which then became a Jesuit college and was named Ateneo de Naga.

Domingo Abella (1954, 233) notes in "Bicol Annals" that the bishop was also behind the foundation of several Catholic schools in Kabikolan such as the Augustianan-run Santa Monica Academy, now the La Consolacion College of Baao (1940), the Liceo de Albay, now the Divine Word College of Legazpi (1946), and several parochial schools including the Naga Parochial School (1947). Not only did Santos play a role in the establishment of these schools. He brought to his diocese several religious orders—the Jesuits, the Augustinian nuns, Dominican nuns, and the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary—to administer these schools and to provide the Bikolano youth Catholic education. (Abella 1954, 234).

By the time the Diocese of Nueva Caceres was elevated into an metropolitan archdiocese, there were at least five (5) times as many Catholic schools as there were in 1938. From merely five educational centers as Santos (1939) described, there were at least 26 Catholic schools all over Bikol in 1951. These schools came to comprise the founding members of the Bicol Association of Catholic Schools (BACS), which first came together in Naga in the same year. José Factora an Atenean and a writer for the Blue and Gold, recalls that Santos celebrated the mass during the very first BACS meet, which was attended by hundreds, if not a thousand delegates from all member schools from all over Bikol. The bishop, Factora (1951, 3) writes, “was touched to the heart at seeing (sic) for the very first time all Catholic schools under his jurisdiction gathered together at Mass.”

Why did Santos lay Catholic education at the core of his episcopacy? He was convinced that if the Catholic faith is going to survive in the Philippines, it must be through catholic education as schools are way more important than churches. “A church without a school,” Santos (1948, 5) says, “is powerless.”

SOURCES

Abella, Domingo. 1954. Bikol Annals: A Collection of Vignettes of Philippine History, Vol. 1: The See of Nueva Caceres. Manila.

Factora, Jose. 1951. “The BACS,” Blue and Gold. Ateneo de Naga University Archives, Naga City.

Holy Angel University. History, https://www.hau.edu.ph/about/history.php. Accessed: June 28, 2021.

Hurley. John F. S.J. 1939. “Letter to James P. Sweeney, S.J., November 15, 1939.” Archives of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus (APP-SJ), Quezon City.

Madriaga, Mariano. 1957. “The Coat-of-Arms of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in the Philippines, Part I: The Metropolitan Sees, Philippine Studies: 5 (2), 177-189.

Phelan, John S.J. 1990. “Historical Preface,” Philippine Studies: 38 (4), 419-420.

Santos, Pedro P. 1939. “Letter to John F. Hurley, S.J. November 3, 1939.” Archives of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus (APP-SJ), Quezon City.

___. 1948. “Dialogue with the Bishop,” Blue & Gold. Ateneo de Naga University Archives, Naga City.

___. 7 September 1948. Message on the bicentennial of the foundation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, reprinted in "Ancilla Domini" The Official Publication of the RVM Generalate Area, Vo. 2, May 2017 - April 2018.

𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗢 𝗣. 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
Javier Leonardo V. Rugeria and Ivy Jasmin O. Torres

Pedro Paulo Songco Santos was born on June 29, 1889 in Porac, Pampanga. He was the 31st bishop of the Diocese of Caceres and was named and consecrated the first archbishop of Caceres following its elevation into a metropolitan archdiocese in 1951.

In June 1900, at age 11, Santos studied at the Ateneo de Manila for two years and then later attended the Central Seminary of Saint Francis Xavier. Shortly before turning 24, on March 15, 1913, he was ordained to the priesthood by Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty. His first assignment was in his home province of Pampanga, where he was assigned as assistant parish priest in Mexico. He was also appointed chaplain and then later parish priest in Calulut, San Fernando.

In 1919, Santos established Bacolor Catholic School, a parochial school whose administration was later turned over to the Benedictine Sisters from St. Scholastica’s College in Manila; it was renamed into St. Mary’s Academy. He was also appointed parish priest in Angeles, where he established catechetical centers and encouraged his parishioners to join in retreats. He also initiated fundraising programs, the restoration of the Benedictine Sisters’ old convent, the fostering of the Solidarity of Children and even the publication of a newsletter, "Ing Cuyog" (The Echo). In 1933, he co-founded with philanthropist Don Juan D. Nepomuceno the Holy Angel College (now university), the largest university in Central Luzon at present and whose four ionic pillars in its facade resemble those at the Ateneo de Naga.

On August 15, 1938, Santos was ordained Bishop of Caceres by Pope Pius XII. Upon his arrival in Naga, he observed that the highly secular public school system instituted by the Americans was already well in place in the region. Writing on November 3, 1939 to John F. Hurley, S.J., his “padrino” and the superior of the Jesuit mission in the Philippines, Santos (1939) related that his diocese, which included the six Bikol provinces only had three Catholic educational centers for girls namely the Colegio de Santa Isabel in Naga, St. Agnes Academy in Legazpi, and the then-nascent Colegio de la Milagrosa in Sorsogon (now St. Louise de Marillac College of Sorsogon), and two Catholic schools for boys, including the Camarines Sur Catholic Academy in Naga, a school of 560 pupils.

Having seen the dire need for Catholic education in his diocese, Santos envisioned establishing schools in different Bikol towns to strengthen Catholic instruction and the spiritual formation of its students. It was for this reason that, in 1939, he requested that the Jesuits take over the administration of the Camarines Sur Catholic Academy, which then became a Jesuit college and was named Ateneo de Naga.

Domingo Abella (1954, 233) notes in "Bicol Annals" that the bishop was also behind the foundation of several Catholic schools in Kabikolan such as the Augustianan-run Santa Monica Academy, now the La Consolacion College of Baao (1940), the Liceo de Albay, now the Divine Word College of Legazpi (1946), and several parochial schools including the Naga Parochial School (1947). Not only did Santos play a role in the establishment of these schools. He brought to his diocese several religious orders—the Jesuits, the Augustinian nuns, Dominican nuns, and the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary—to administer these schools and to provide the Bikolano youth Catholic education (ibid, 234).

By the time the Caceres was elevated into an metropolitan archdiocese, there were at least five (5) times as many Catholic schools as there were in 1938. From merely five educational centers as Santos (1939) described, there were at least 26 Catholic schools all over Bikol in 1951. These schools came to comprise the founding members of the Bicol Association of Catholic Schools (BACS), which first came together in Naga in the same year. José Factora an Atenean and a writer for the Blue and Gold, recalls that Santos celebrated the mass during the very first BACS meet, which was attended by hundreds, if not a thousand delegates from all member schools from all over Bikol. The bishop, Factora (1951, 3) writes, “was touched to the heart at seeing (sic) for the very first time all Catholic schools under his jurisdiction gathered together at Mass.”

Why did Santos lay Catholic education at the core of his episcopacy? He was convinced that if the Catholic faith is going to survive in the Philippines, it must be through catholic education as schools are way more important than churches. “A church without a school,” Santos (1948a, 5) says, “is powerless.”

SOURCES

Abella, Domingo. 1954. Bikol Annals: A Collection of Vignettes of Philippine History, Vol. 1: The See of Nueva Caceres. Manila.

Factora, Jose. 1951. “The BACS,” Blue and Gold. Ateneo de Naga University Archives, Naga City.

Holy Angel University. History, https://www.hau.edu.ph/about/history.php. Accessed: June 28, 2021.

Hurley. John F. S.J. 1939. “Letter to James P. Sweeney, S.J., November 15, 1939.” Archives of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus (APP-SJ), Quezon City.

Madriaga, Mariano. 1957. “The Coat-of-Arms of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in the Philippines, Part I: The Metropolitan Sees, Philippine Studies: 5 (2), 177-189.

Phelan, John S.J. 1990. “Historical Preface,” Philippine Studies: 38 (4), 419-420.

Santos, Pedro P. 1939. “Letter to John F. Hurley, S.J. November 3, 1939.” Archives of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus (APP-SJ), Quezon City.

___. 1948a. “Dialogue with the Bishop,” Blue & Gold. Ateneo de Naga University Archives, Naga City.

___. 1948b. Message on the bicentennial of the foundation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, reprinted in "Ancilla Domini" The Official Publication of the RVM Generalate Area, Vo. 2, May 2017 - April 2018.