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 THE HEART OF BANANA:
A JOURNEY THROUGH AURORA
by: Jeho Bitancor
I had been to where I’ve always been. Only this time, a sunrise or “bukang
liwayway” is even more beautiful, more meaningful. |
 OLAGSTORIES: THE DEFORESTATION OF AURORA.
During the seventies to the present, the illegal and legal worst forest epidemic spread
its devastation to the towns of Dinalungan, Casiguran, and Dilasag. |
 OLAGSTORIES: AURORA'S VANISHING TREASURES.
The beauty and wonders of Aurora were almost too much to bear.Now these impressions no
longer languish. |
 NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN
DIBUT BAY, SAN LUIS AURORA
Over the last few years ASCOT has assisted the LGUs and communities with coral
reef surveys. |
 OLAGSTORIES: MCC CLASS OF
52. We were the few surviving members of Class
52, first graduates of MCHS. Having graduated
fifty years ago where the Korean War ended in a draw, we had returned in our golden
years—with the world once again in brink of war, this time, with terrorism. |
 APOCALYPSE THEN
In 1976, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola went to Baler to shoot sequences from the
Vietnam War movie Apocalypse Now. His wife Eleonor kept a diary throughout the making of
the movie which was eventually published in 1979. |
 AFTEREFFECTS OF OVERFISHING
IN THE LITTORAL OF AURORA
Out favorite Poppo is back with another story. In this one he's commenting on the
state of the provincial waters. |
 SURVIVING BALER
Here's what those peeps at the Tourism Office would not tell you. A
rough guide to Baler's beach strip, the town nightlife hub and red light district. Check
out the scores from Tita Gudings' to AMCO. |
 AN ARTERY OF SPIRIT
Olin waxing poetic about his favorite sport. When
I'm away from the ocean, I get nervous. When passing a flagpole, I must check the
direction of the wind. My hair is almost bleached and my skin is burnished brown. |
 TRIP TO DIKASALARIN
On March 15, 2001, hundreds of city slickers and nature trippers
visited Baler and hiked their collective asses to Dikasalarin and revealed a long kept
secret paradise. Here's the BB account. |
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Visit this BatangBaler website and discover Poppo Olag. A Baler native who have been to
most places on Earth - including the South Pole - but still remains enchanted with his
native land.Click the following topics for a quick link to the differrent Olag Stories.
Aurora,
Province
of Enchantment
Finally It Was Over
Putok sa
Dikaloyungan
The Outer
Banks of
Baler
Reminiscences
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