The Philippines Today

Alicia Schist is Bohol’s oldest rock. ​Found in the mountains of southeastern Bohol, the Alicia Schist is a metamorphic rock formed during the Cretaceous Period or about 65 million years ago. It is highly chloritic and shows different lithologic variations. The rock is exposed in the towns of Ubay and in Alicia where it got … Read more

Meet ‘WAYI’, the Visayan leopard cat rescued from a market in Calinog, Iloilo. She was fostered at the Mariit Wildlife Center and Conservation Park in Lambunao. One of her foster pawrents said Wayi was about a month old when brought to the center, where she roamed freely instead of being caged. The pawrents took turns … Read more

Ramillete In Spanish, the term means “bunch” or “cluster”. A ramillete de flores means “bouquet of flowers”. In the Philippines, a ramillete has been associated with a type of ornamentation found in old Catholic altars flanking sacred images or ecclesiastical objects. These ornaments replicate flowers and are sometimes topped with candlestick holders. Regalado Trota Jose, … Read more

Butuan Ivory Seal (Selyong Garing ng Butuan) This was recovered in a prehistoric shell midden site dated back from the 10th to 13th centuries A.D. by pothunters in Ambangan, Libertad, Butuan City in the 1970s. According to Dr. Antoon Postma, the inscription is an ancient Javanese or stylized Kawi script referring to “But-ban” (Bautista 1990). … Read more