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Ammonite Fossils in the Philippines Gone, but never forgotten. This sea dweller disappeared almost at the same time when dinosaurs went extinct. For today’s Discover Geology, the National Museum Bicol features fossils of an extinct squid-like sea creature from Bicol— the shelled cephalopods called ammonites. Ammonites were predatory marine animals from the Class Cephalopoda having … Read more

El Deposito San Juan Opened in 2019, El Deposito is one of the oldest underground reservoirs in the world. Located in San Juan, it was built in 1882 to supply water to Manila’s residents. During the American and Japanese occupations, it was used as an armory and, in later years, as a sanatorium for tuberculosis … Read more

Celebrate the Sea PROCLAMATION NO. 1512 PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2008 AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER AS “CELEBRATE THE SEA” MONTH, AND THE SECOND SATURDAY OF JUNE AS “CELEBRATE THE SEA” DAY and designate the whale shark (Butanding) as the icon for marine protection and conservation. For this month of June, let’s Celebrate The Sea! … Read more

As we culminate the Month of the Ocean this May 2022, the National Museum of the Philippines features the Bohol Nudibranch (Discodoris boholiensis) locally called Hilahila. The Hilahila (Bohol Nudibranch) belongs to the large sea slug family of Discodoridae named after Bohol island where the species was discovered and identified. They occur in the rubbles … Read more

The Beginnings of Bohol’s Capital To end this year’s National Heritage Month, here’s a special feature about the beginnings of Bohol’s capital, the City of Tagbilaran. Between 1751 to 1754, Fr. Pedro Murillo Velarde, a Spanish Jesuit priest, and cartographer wrote about Tagbilaran and described it as a “new village”. Established by the Jesuits first … Read more