Statue of St John the Baptist, Church of St. John, Igbaras, Iloilo

To all our friends from around the world it’s June 24th and the feast of St John the Baptist. Continue Reading

Well, scenery pictures don’t seem of any interest. So, because we concentrate on churches here are some of my favorite pictures from the 20 churches we have visited. You pick the ones you’d like to see featured in our proposed calendar for 2013.

For your troubles, we’ll send you a copy of our e-book – either Volume 1 or Volume 2 – your choice. Simply nominate at least one photo by sending us a comment at the bottom of this page and we’ll send you a link to download the book of your choice.

Let’s see just how many books we can give away!

Here are the 20 candidates for the 2013 calendar.

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We’re having a contest and everyone wins!

We have a selection of potential calendar pictures in the section titled: Calendar Pictures? and will provide everyone who votes for their favorite photo, by sending us a note through the ‘comment’ form at the bottom of the page, with a free copy of Volume 1 of  The Historic Churches of Panay Island, Philippines.

Don’t miss this chance to get your free copy today!

We have today, added a pictorial map of the region to help you find the churches or other locations featured in the articles.

The maps are presently placed at the bottom of each article, we will reposition them for easier referrence over time…

Here is an example:

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Along the Antique Coast

We are adding a new feature today. In our travels through Panay Island we are lucky to see some wonderful churches and equally nice scenery. We’re trying to indentify some of the better photos we have captured that could be classified as “calendar pictures”. We have added some and more will be added as we travel through the provinces. Lets us know which ones are your favorites and we’ll include them in our eventual calendar…to view the candidates click here

FOR EVERYONE WHO SENDS US  A CALENDAR PHOTO NOMINATION BASED ON THE PHOTOS SHOWN IN THE CALENDAR PICTURES PAGE, WE WILL SEND YOU A COMPLIMENTARY COPY OF VOLUME 1 OF OUR SERIES OF E-BOOKS ON THE HISTORIC CHURCHES OF PANAY ISLAND. THERE IS A LIMIT OF ONE E-BOOK PER E-MAIL ADDRESS.

We had a wonderful chance to see it last night. The skies in our area of the Philippines were clear as a bell and we had a great time watching the Super Moon.

The Super Moon over Iloilo - May 6, 2012

What is a Super Moon? Continue Reading

I spotted this sign on my travels in the past couple of weeks up in the area of Dingle and Dumangas and thought it might be of some interest to someone who is a nurse or has just graduated and is looking to improve his/her status in life – pass it on if you wish…

All of us at HistoricPhilippines.com wish all our friends around the world a Blessed and Happy Easter and thank you for your support.

We look forward to your visits and continuing support in the future.

You may have noticed that we are starting a new feature on the site this week. The Thought of the Week… You’ll find it in the sidebar on the right. It may or  may not necessarily be religiously oriented.

We hope that it will always be thought provoking, but you should also know that it may occasionally be controversial. 

If we feel that something has to be said on one topic or another then we will say it.  Be assured, however, that it is definitely never intended nor meant to offend anyone.

We’re adding it to spur some ‘intelligent discussion’ and as always we welcome your comments whether in support or not, so please don’t hesitate to let us know what you’re thinking.

Holy week starts with Palm Sunday, in just a few days. We encourage you to anticipate the last minute rush of demand and download your free copy of   our Visita Iglesias presentation.

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Wow, we’ve just updated: Interesting People and Things. And we’ve added a new section to the On the Road Again series about Guimaras Island. We’ve included some of the fun things we saw on that trip to Guimaras Island. Check it out and enjoy!

a secluded cove on Guimaras Island where you can really relax...

 Just click On The Road Again and look for the Guimaras Island tab…or  click on Interesting People Places and Things and look for the Interesting People and Places tab…

Is there a place or some people or things you’d want us to see and report on? Let us know, we’ll do our best to help! It doesn’t necessarily have t0 be a church either, if it interests you just tell us about it and we’ll try our best to get it done. It might be Guimaras Island again or elsewhere in Iloilo City proper or even ‘up country’ in Roxas or somewhere else the only limit is your memories of home…

Use the comments form below to let us know what you’d like to see and experience at home in Philippines…