Kota Island

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Kota Island: Know your Philippine features at the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) Kota is a Philippine word for a “Fort” and is internationally known as “Loaita Island”. Kota Island size is approximately 6.45 hectares. It is located 22 miles southeast of Pag-asa. It fringes the Laoita bank and reef. Its calcarenite outcrop is visible along … Read more

Ayungin Shoal

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Ayungin Shoal: Know your Philippine features at the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) Ayungin Shoal is located nearest to Mischief Reef. It is a typical reef lying underwater and is now being manned by a military contingent based and established in the area. Their shelter shelter is the grounded BRP Sierra Madre, A Philippine naval vessel, … Read more

Patag Island

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Patag Island: Know your Philippine features at the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) Patag literally means “flat”. Patag Island has an area of 5,700 square meters and is about 6 (11.11 kilometers) nautical miles north of Lawak Island. It is an example of a cay. It changes shape seasonally. The sand build up will depend largely … Read more

Parola Island

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Parola Island: Know your Philippine features at the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) Parola literally means lighthouse. Parola Island, which is also known as Northeast Cay, is the third largest Philippine-occupied island at the Kalayaan Island Group. Parola Island is about 12.7 hectares. It is 1.75 miles (2.87 kilometers) north of Vietnamese-occupied Southwest Cay, and they … Read more

The Magallanes Monument

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The Magallanes Monument (Monumento de Magallanes) Erected in 1848, the Monumento de Magallanes was an iconic monument that honored navigator and explorer, Ferdinand Magellan. It was originally planned to be built in Cebu but was later on decided that placing it in the nation’s captial would give more justice to the said special monument. It … Read more