The Pearl of Lao Tzu, also known as the Pearl of Allah, is the world’s largest pearl, measuring 9.45 inches in diameter and weighing 6.4 kilograms. It was found by a Filipino diver off the coast of Palawan in 1934 in the cockles of a giant Tridacna gigas clam.
Australia’s Queensland Tourism, has picked a Filipino, Rafael Deausen, in its shortlist of candidates for the World’s Best Job. The job basically entails writing a weekly blog - uploading video diaries and photos - about the sights and activities at the Great Barrier Reef.
The caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef will also get to sample [...]
The 2009 Strawberry Festival in La Trinidad, Benguet will start on March 8 to 23. This year’s theme is “Sustaining Our Gains and Looking Beyond.”
The Bohol provincial council has finally taken action to protect its most priced attraction, the tarsiers, through an ordinance that allows the viewing of these unique creatures only at the Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary in Corella, Bohol.
