Banagan (Panulirus versicolor)(Painted Spiny Lobster) This year’s first Marine Monday series, National Museum Bohol is featuring a species of crustacean inhabiting seas around Bohol, the Painted Spiny Lobster (Panulirus versicolor) locally called Banagan. The Painted Spiny Lobster is one of the several species under the family of PalinuridaeLatrielle and a member of the crustacean class of aquatic… Read More »
Philippines Mobile Internet Speed (Download Speed) Philippines mobile internet speed compared to some of the fastest mobile internets in the world 1. United Arab Emirates – 170.30 Mbps 2. South Korea – 166.70 Mbps 3. Qatar – 159.66 Mbps 4. China – 148.12 Mbps 5. Australia – 113.16 Mbps … 110. Philippines – 18.48 Mbps Source: @news5ph… Read More »
Daygon Let us look back at a beautiful tradition that we share with the rest of the Christian world. In Bohol, the practice is called Pagpanaygon, Daygon being the local word for “praise”. It traces its origins to the Nativity plays of medieval Europe, community pageantry that portrays the events leading to and around the birth of… Read More »
Kagwang (Philippine Flying Lemur) Kagwang (Cynocephalus volans) or Philippine Flying Lemur Kagwang or the Philippine Flying Lemur (Cynocephalus volans), an endemic species which exists in the faunal region of Mindanao and the Visayas, particularly in the island of Bohol. The Philippine Flying Lemur is a timid and gentle night creature of the Philippine forests. It spends most… Read More »
Lambay (Blue Swimming Crab – Portunus armatus) The Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus armatus), locally known in Bohol as Lambay is a marine invertebrate that we often see but know little about. The Blue Swimming Crab is widely common and distributed in the coastal waters of the Philippines. It could be found in near-shore shelf areas at depths… Read More »