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Sorry kaayo nga naibog mo sa akong mga gikaon. Unsaon ta man nga naa man jud na diri nga mga pagkaon. Inato ra man gani ning mga pagkaona. Ug karong adlawa mao ra ni akong gikaon:

Pamahaw:  puto maya, pilit nga puwa; manggang hinog ug sekwate
Paniudto:    kinilaw nga imbaw; imbaw nga gisabwan, gibutangan og luy-a ug spring onions; fried
                   bangus nga gi marinate gabii; sinugbang nukos gibutangag daghang panakot ang tiyan
Panihapon: ginamos nga tagum-tagum (kuyug sa uban); sinugba nga tawong gi salad, una (sauce)
                   sa ginamos ug sukang Pinakurat ang gitimpla; hinilisang baboy (chicharon); saging
                   tundan

Quote from: benelynne on July 04, 2009, 11:09:43 AM
Koddi, bilib ko nimo, Bay. Mahimo sa kinulokoy, pwede pud sa soliloquy. Bitaw, unsa'y imong kurso natiwas Bay? Murag linya pud nimo ang linguistics. Daghan kaayong salamat sa imong pag-ambit, nitaas-taas na gyud ang akong listahan. Basta kay ug matibuok ko na kini, padad-an ta ka ug kopya.

Agriculture, Law ug Media Management ang akong mga courses, Bay Ben. Naa pud koy mga short-term courses nga nahuman (Photography, Science Journalism, Development Communication, etc.). Kanang akong gugma sa pinulongang Binisaya namatuto (nurtured) lang na sukad sa bata pa ko kay Bisaya magazine man maoy among tigbasa sa balay, hinulaman sa silingan. Dili man mga professionals ang akong mga ginikanan, so wala miy stock of books sa balay. My first job even before I graduated from college was to translate agri-research-based information into Binisaya. It was very difficult considering that I had to deal with technical terms like parts of a plant and cultural practices in crop and livestock production.  It is observed that the truly (and more complete) Binisaya words are now spoken only among the fisherfolk, farmers and carpenters. Since I am associated with a heritage center, this will be part of our future research project, a lexicon of terms used exclusively by these groups.         

Quote from: Candijaynon on July 04, 2009, 04:55:52 PM
Yes Sir Koddi, TB name lng naho ang Candijaynon. Unsa diay imo course nga nahuman sa ViSCA ang wat year ka nigraduate? Ako kay Food Tech, batch 1995 ko nigraduate. Taga bbudik jud diay ta noh!

Early '80s ko mi graduate, Plant Protection. Si Venice G ka day? Brayt diay ka kay FoodTech gud. Gamay ray mo graduate ana nga course kay lisud. And I am sure nakatrabaho ka dayon kay kulang man og food tech professionals.

Quote from: Candijaynon on July 04, 2009, 05:15:02 PM
1995 ko nigraduate, Food Tech aho course.

He he he, you must have seen me in person kay 1994 man ko mi resign didto. 

Did you know, ang Bohol (Causeway, Dauis) supplies kinaldero nga inun-onang tulingan, pinauga, didto sa Cagayan de Oro public market basta ting season aning isdaa? Direct route from Tagbilaran to CDO.

Labor-intensive, pero sigurado nga negosyo basta naa kay direct buyers:

1. tangad supply para sa mga lechonanan ug mga retaurants
2. achara supply sa mga restaurants ug barbekyuhan
3. pinutos nga suka, toyo ug sili para pud sa mga barbekyuhan
4. puso supply for restaurants and barbekyuhan
5. chopped jackfruit (dabong) for supermarkets and restaurants
6. supply of hinawob nga dahon sa saging for native restaurants

In the US avocado is classified as a vegetable.

Attention Candijaynon (TB name ni niya, dili generic nga taga Candijay): diri na lang ta magkinumustahay kay pareha man ta og alma mater.

Humbang nangka, gitunoan siyempre, with a lot of achuete and luy-a, and a few pieces of buwad pinikas; tinuwang isda; labtingaw nga tamarong

But here in the Philippines, if a girl is "donselya", it means that she is a virgin, intact. Donselya here is strictly feminine. There is no donselyo to mean a virgin male.

Naa na ni siya nga business within Baguio City's tourist destinations. Klase-klase ang rates, mas mahal ang magdeposito.  Ang nagbantay magbaligya pud og tissue and alcohol.

Quote from: ms da binsi on July 04, 2009, 01:20:19 AM


Kodz, naunhan jud ko nimo! I was thinking about this business long time ago. Gahapon when i went to the park, i used their restroom ug gahud pagka limpyo! naka hunahuna jud ko nga kanus-a pa man tawon naay ing-ani sa atoa labi na sa mga bus terminal?

Dili sa terminal ms d kay mag otro otro ang mga regulasyon diha. Domain man gud nang mga terminal sa municipal or city government. Adto sa tourist's route jud, labi na duol og tourist destination. Then, kon naa na, pahibaw-on ang mga tour operators aron maapil sa ilang itinerary ang pee break on the way to their other destinations.

Quote from: david on July 03, 2009, 11:59:32 PM
palit yuta himoong cementeryo, kanang dapit sa baryo nga yuta kay medyo barato

Daghan kaayo requirements ang pag establish og sementeryo. Dili basta-basta maka lubong bisan asa outside sa established cemetery in every town. Kanang 150,000 upat ra na ka nitso paabangan.

A small but very clean pay toilet along the tourists' route. That is what is lacking here in Bohol.
Dali ra na mabawi sa 150,000 tourists sa tag-piso.

Sigi lang ta'g hisgut-hisgot dinhi, pero wala lang nato mahibaw-i nga gikan diay ta sa managsamang tunghaan. To start the discussion, these are the schools that I went to:

Visayas State College of Agriculture (now Visayas State University) (completed course)
Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa) (completed short course)
University of the Philippines in Los Baños (completed short courses)
Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (lacks thesis)
University of San Carlos (two years)
University of San Jose Recoletos (completed course)
Mater Dei College (a few subjects)

Ayaw katingala sa taas nga lista kay nag transfer-transfer man ko, depende kon asa ko nag work.

Naa pay daghan kaayo ana Renz. There is a very comprehensive book entitled "Diccionario de Español en la Lengua Tagala" that presents how Spanish words have been assimilated into the local language or evolved from its original meaning. Like ante para de ojos - nahimong "antyohos" or "antipara"; la mesa - lamesa; como esta - kumusta, etc.

Quote from: fdaray on July 03, 2009, 07:58:22 AM
Bohol produced  the first law bar topnotcher from Divine Word College, Oscar Glovasa.

Yes, Divine Word College produced the first locally-educated bar topnotcher. Ka-batch sila ni Jose Mesina. That makes two bar topnotchers from DWC in a year.

Quote from: Candijaynon on July 03, 2009, 03:02:24 PM
Hello Sir Koddi Prodente! Ask lng ko kung sa ViSCA ka nagcollege kay namention man gud nimo ang state college sa Leyte. Ako sa ViSCA pud ko naggraduate.

Yes! Pero dugay na kaayo, wa pa tingali ka matawo. First editor ko sa Amaranth and founding member of ViSCA Polyphonics. Plant Protection akong major. Ikaw, Candi, when man ka mi graduate sa VSU? Unsa nga course?

likos - to surround, envelop, embrace

amihanan - north, northern

kaagni - from "agni", to convince

kapasikaran - basis

ituboy - to nominate

lindog - trunk of a tree, or column (newspaper)

ambungan - goodlooking, handsome; "ambong" - to look beautiful; Ambong man pud diay tan-awon ang mga gidayandayan sa plaza.

banog - hawk

bilahan - the area near the the "b*lat", he he he.

binuhagay - from "buhagay" - to flow in torrents; also poetic "Mibuhagay sa iyang baba ang mga mabulukong pulong sa gugma".

buaw - (no direct translation); more than the usual, in excess of the ordinary, like "buaw mokaon"

katap - to spread (people, information)

kinampay - purple yam

kinuptanan - souvenir, more of a treasured item between two persons (friends or lovers) 

duyog - to accompany (music), to sympathize (miduyog sa kasubo), to go with (miduyog sa panahon) 

habig - to separate a throng to give way for somebody to pass through

hapat: hagpat? - to separate the leaves from the peduncle/midrib ("hagpata ang kamunggay")

hapat: apat? - no direct translation; an expression of mild disgust over a wasted opportunity or effort ("Apat kay mangadto ta, wa hinoon ta modayon. Makakaon unta ta'g humba.")

hapyod - to use the palm of the hand to press lightly the hair, fiber, or creased clothing

himungaan - mother hen; also " munga' "

hugpa - to attack as in disease or epidemic

lanoyon -

nangalimyon - to emit scent

panginda - frustration in soliloquy?

ping-it - to grimace in pain

salga - to fire a gun

saling-it -

sunoy - rooster

tabisay - to salivate

tahas - task, mission

tingusbawan - inspiration? the reason for being, the reason why one aspires for something; "Mga tingusbawan sa kinabuhi."

tipig - to store (for future use)

tubay - to respond, to discuss, to get involved. "Wala no ka motubay sa iyang gipanulti."

Sikat si kanhi mayor sa Antequera, kanhi provincial board member ug karon chief of staff ni Congressman Edgar Chatto nga si Isabelito (Tatay Billy to everyone) Tongco tungod sa iyang balak nga "Gugmang Binukotan" nga iyang ibalak kon naay mga koronasyon nga tambongan. 

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on July 03, 2009, 09:37:13 PM
Florencio "Inciong" Garay congressmas sa Surigao del Sur,negosyante sa Mangangoy sikat ni siya kay daghan ni ug business sa Mindanao.Kagikan niya isla sa Pangangan,Calape,Bohol. Mouli gyud ni siya ug feasta sa Birhen sa Philomena kara agusto 10.

Ang origin sa mga Garay mao ang bukid sa Barangay Canmanoc sa Loon. Midaghan ni sila sa Pangangan, hangtud nga mas popular nga gikan sila niining maong isla, kay wala na may nahibilin sa Canmanoc. Lunlon man nag negosyo sa Mindanao ug didto nangadato. Dihay chain of botika sa Manila ug Tagbilaran kaniadto nga ginganlan og Canlobo Drugs (for Canmanoc, Loon, Bohol), ang tag-iya Garay. Misulod man og politika (midagan pagka congressman), nahurot ang kwarta. Wala nay Canlobo Drugs. Maapil unta to nako siyag mention diri, pero wa man ma Congressman, he he he.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 03, 2009, 07:59:07 PM
Wa man ko kadungog og Englis nga apelyido sa Bohol. Ingles tingali ni. Akong nahibaw-an nga Englis kay baranggay man na sa Cebu City.

You are right, the correct name is Judge Gabriel Ingles (Ing-les not Ing-gels). He was my dean at the USC College of Law.

Sa mga sabungan, "pago" or "gi-pago" means one absconds or flees with all the money (bets), when in fact it means "I pay" from the word "pagar" (to pay). 

Quote from: janjan on July 01, 2009, 04:00:54 PM
si malou sombrio anak man na sa ahong ig-agaw apo man na sija sa tag-ija sa Super Five

Guldameer "Malou" Labastilla Sombrio, apo ni Nicolas Labastilla (owner sa Super Five and former konsehal sa Loon) is representing the Bohol Sangguniang Kabataan in this month's search for Miss Bohol Sandugo, while Miss UB Mylene Pedroso will compete in the Miss Bohol International, also this month. Good luck to the both of them!

Did "Mampor" really exist?

My college professor in Spanish was surnamed Faelnar.  Kon amo siyang libakon, mag-conjugate dayon mi . . . Faelno, Faelnas, Faelna, Faelnamos, Faelnais, Faelnan.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on July 01, 2009, 03:23:22 PM
Barrow bitaw siguro ning spooting kay hilig man ning bisaya gud ug pananglitan unya mahug nga mahimo na nuong words.Like anang moingon ug Panahon pa ni Mampor.Kinsa man na si Mampor hehhehe.Ang meaning sa panahon ni Mampor is karaan na. Kanang moingon murag si Sputnik.Matingaa na raman ta kinsa si Sputnik unja diay first earth orbiting satelite man diay na. Naay pay usa moingon ug na Skylab kono means naliso ang turnilyo or nabuang. Kay pag lunch ba to sa skylab daghan nabuang abi ug mahug sa earth ang skylab mao daghan gikabuhi.

Nice, nice, nice nga paghinumdum sa mga events ug pag-associate sa mga words. Tinuod jud na Raqz. In Baybay, Leyte ang "billion" or "bilyon" means "bu****", kanang magyawyaw siya rang usa, unya hangad langit, morag nag-ihap sa mga bituon. "Pagka bilyon baya anang tawhana", means "Pagka bu**** baya . . . "   

Taud-taod na nga adunay baligyang soursop juice in tetrapack diri sa Pilipinas.

Loon produced four bar topnotchers: Fermin Mesina and Natalio Castillo, third; Emmanuel Ferandos, sixth (or fifth?); and Jose Mesina (DWC-Tagbilaran), 11th.

Some people from TubagBohol may want to see Luisa after the grand reunion with her relatives. Coincidentally, July is TBTK month. Mag-una-una na unya si Luisa sa Tigum Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan.

Quote from: taga tigbao on July 02, 2009, 12:51:18 PM
Budhi - duha ang gamit aning pulunga sigon sa among gamit sa among lugar. una, nagkahulugan kini sa konsensiya sa tawo. ikaduha, ang partraydor o pagtalikod sa kanhi mo mga kauban kanimo.

The first sense is actually Tinagalog. "Tanlag" ang Binisaya ani. 

Sa una, bisag moskitero lang, ok na. Karon, mangita nag aircon.

Quote from: Ricky Caluen on July 01, 2009, 12:43:51 AM
Hi, Luisa. I hope you will be successful in your search for relatives in Dimiao. I have been doing some search of my own myself....pertaining to the Basa side of my family in Guindulman.

Hello, Ricky! Welcome to Tubag Bohol. Luisa's mom and aunt have spoken to each other already, at least via mobile phone.

Sa Dimiao mismo merong high-end resort. I forgot the name though, but it's very easy to locate because it is the only one in the highway barangay of Balbalan (what a name! In the dialect it means a place where the "manananggals wait for their prey). Well, we must not judge (the beauty of) a barangay by its name.     

Quote from: taga tigbao on June 29, 2009, 08:56:32 PM
hala ang southern leyte kay boholano ra gihapon ang inistoryahan oi. ang leyte kaha maoy waray, ang eastern leyte ra pud kay ang northern part of leyte kay cebuano man.

Western and nortwestern Leyte, Sinugbuanon ang inistoryahan, ug ang tibuok Southen Leyte (mas Bol-anon pa paminawon). The island of Biliran northwest of Leyte, which is now a province, sagul ang sinultihan. Inig sulod sa Biliran town, waray-waray; next town, Naval, the capital, Sinugbuanon, hangtud patuyok sa isla, then Cabucgayan, waraywaray na , except one barangay (Bunga), nga Sinugbuanon jud bisag 1 km lang from the town proper. The rest, waraywaray na, except the island town of Maripipi.  The Warays though fully understand the conversational Sinugbuanon (they call us "kana").  Even in Samar, naay mga lungsod nga Sinugbuanon ang estorya, like the island town of Sto Niño nga gitaliwad-an sa mga isla sa Leyte, Samar ug Masbate ug sa Bicol area.   

Quote from: Bambi on June 30, 2009, 05:40:22 AM
Perting daghanang gwafa ug gwapo diha sa Loon.  Nabihag intawon pod ang ahong heart sa taga diha.  My  College gf from Loon was our Miss UB Personality, former Miss E. Dospueblos married to Mr. Curambao.  Now she has 6 kids but still sexy and a beautiful lady.

Tinuy-od ka Bambi? Trato diay mo ni Inday Eufronia kaniadto? So, gipadungog diay ka niya sa iyang mananoy nga pag-awit sa "Historia de un Amor?" Ha ha ha!  Sexy ug gwapa bitaw siya gihapon hangtud karon.  Nakabalita ka nga nasunog ilang balay not too long ago? Wa gyuy nahipos.

Ubay-ubay na pud bitaw nga taga Loon na Miss UB: Dospueblos, Miñoza, Vallesteros, Cajegas, Pedroso, etc.  Ms. UB HSchool: Cajegas, Gencianos, Sombrio, etc. 

Good luck to Miss Mylene Abitona Pedroso!

Nagkaon ko'g Chocnut!

Kanang "spooting", unsa may etymology ana?

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 30, 2009, 09:47:02 AM
Morag late 60s pa man tingali nang "uyab". Tungod tingali na sa westerns nga salida nga daghang "kayboy" ug kabayo. Mohangos ang kabayo sa pagpunayng iniktin, unya mao na, ang "kabayo" gi-short-cut unya gibali, nahimong "uyab".   

Tungod ba kaha kay mokabayo ka sa imong uyab? ha ha ha!

Kanus-a gisugdan paggamit ang "uyab"? Sa una kay "trato" man na.

Miabot na man ta'g sisi ani, oy. Nagsugod ta'g balibanog (soursop). Diha pa to'y gi-mention si Raqz Proud Boholana nga pangpurga sa bitok. Mao ni naka interesting dinhi kay mag-abtanay ang mga hisgutanan, ma sisi man o ma bitok.   

Quote from: statesville on June 29, 2009, 10:04:02 AM
Koddi Prudente, pangagda sad kono dinha. bisan allergic kog shellfish mag-andam lang kog antihistamine 

Dali mangaon ta. Dia koy daghang klase sa bulad. Daghang klase sa ginamos. Itlog maalat. Bahala'g di na ta makaihi. Inom lang ta'g daghang tubig.

Quote from: buwadsanga on June 29, 2009, 08:36:59 AM
kanang sisi ug dagko pana mao banay oyster?

Yes, sisi is oyster.  Pero usahay malibog ang uban, kay ang dagko ana tawgon nila og talaba, which is Tinagalog na. 

Quote from: agungal on June 29, 2009, 01:28:11 PM
Ang 181 sailors mga bakakon ha ha ha.

Ha ha ha! Tingali'g absent pag survey.

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 28, 2009, 09:46:12 PM

kadaghan gud ana Koddi oi! hahahh

mura naman na ug lasang imong gi hinganlan!

pangitaon na dayun ang isda kay di na makita!

wahahahhahah

Mao man jud nang law-oy miss dabs, daghag sagol.  Usually ang law-oy walay subak, pero kon gusto ka, pwede. Ug aron makit-an pa ang imong isda taliwa sa kalasangan,  itunton lang ni og nylon, ha ha ha. Ug di ba isulod sa strainer ug ituslo sa sabaw inig bukal. Pagkahasol baya, pero mahimo. Happy law-oying!

The current (2008) Miss UB is Mylene A. Pedroso, who is incidentally a contestant in the coming Miss Bohol International to coincide with the 2009 Tigum Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan. Mylene, a working student at UB's Office of the Registrar, is a very good singer; in fact she accepts singing engagements para makasapi alang sa iyang pag-eskwela. Buotan ni nga bata; brayt and good leader pud. Taga Barangay Canmanoc in Loon town. Grand prize winner pud ni siya sa search for 2007 ICM Calendar Girl, besting 11 other girls of the month; first RU sa Miss Loon 2007; ug one of the 14 qualifiers from Bohol of the soon-to-be aired Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition. Ang iyang partner nga Mr. UB, surnamed Roslinda, taga Loon pud (Sandingan Island).   

Quote from: slackware on September 22, 2007, 12:21:44 AM
kato jud year 2001 or 2002 kay 2 ka book Ms. UB personality nidaug! hahahahahahahah!

It happened earlier nga duha ang Ms. UB. Late 70s man tingali to. One was Engineering lass Ma. Antoinette Miñoza (now Recamadas) of Loon, who is now principal of University of Bohol - Loon campus. The other one was a Tirol (Mutya? Lea?) who represented the UB Day High School.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on June 28, 2009, 06:02:39 AM
oo i blender una usa i mix sa gatas,pwede pud ug i mashed lang kung gusto ka nga naay daghan chunk.

Kumut-kumuta lang kay aron naa pay mga tibug-ol tibug-ol. Makakuha pud ang acid sa mga buling og dead cells sa kamot, ha ha ha!

Ok ra ang celebration, pero di matawag nga bongga gyud, considering the financial limitations.

Itlog maalat wedges topped with diced red tomato and sliced spring onions, gilibotan og Hunt's pork and beans.

Sikwa nang imong gisagol sa kamunggay. Pun-i pag daghan sama sa kamote, tambaliyong, alugbati, kalbasa, tawong, tangad ug uban pa aron law-oy na.

Paniudto: kan-on ra ug itlog maalat
Panihapon: bulad ug kamatis, ginisang paliya gibutangan og gamay nga corn starch aron lapot. wala palat-a aron kagumkum gihapon.

Mga brayt ra ba nang mga Ayuban. Matud pa ni Inday, "Ma Ayuban nahon".

Pinyato!

There will be no adjudicators from Guinness who will witness the unrolling of the saguran nga kapin 1.7 km na as of yesterday (kay didto man ko). But credible adjudicators (local and national) will bear witness to the event that will be fully documented. DTI said that it would cost about 4,500 pounds to import a London-based Guinness adjudicator.   

Regarding the phrase "pillaging Muslims", historians, like James Warren, clarify that this group actually consisted of different independent groups called Illanon, Tiron/Tirones (probably the origin of the word "Tirong") Iranon, Magindanaw, Laot, etc. They were not Muslims. The Spaniards called these groups Moros, after the dark-skinned Moors of a certain region in Spain.  They were the reason why there are hundred of watchtowers and church fortresses all over the country, among them the Castillo de San Vicente, more popularly called Punta Cruz Watchtower.   

Muchas Gracias, Gracie7y. Nanlimbawot na sab akong tanang balhibo pagkadungog nako sa kanta inubanan sa lyrics. Great song jud. Grabe ka powerful ang mga images. Ang kanta mora'g nagbasul sa katawhan, mitiyabaw sa kasakit, kay wala na ang atong kanhi paraiso.

Thanks, Renz. Actually, kining tiguwang na ta, daghan na ta'g bation. Daghan na pud og maintenance medicines. The smaller the tablet, the more expensive.

Can somebody post Earth Song here, both video and lyrics? The first time I heard it with a copy of the lyrics on hand, I cried.

Kalipay jud nako nang makalibang jud ko kada buntag. That would mean nga hapsay ang akong bilogical clock. Kon dili gani, mag-alindasay na ko tibuok adlaw. 

Coincidentally, even if I am from western Bohol, both Sir Yink and Bert Cagande are my close friends. Muzta mo tanan!

Naay abogado nga Ayuban sa Tagbilaran. Naay magtutudlo nga Castor Ayuban sa Alicia National High School. Ang mga Ayuban paryente pud og mga Gundaya. Usa ka pamilya sa Gundaya nga taga Alicia ang akong mga kaila.

Nalingaw jud ko ani nga thread, labi na ang pagsinubay ni Inday Bulak ug ang iyang uyoan nga si Tiyo Aduy. Saksak sinagol jud ang kalat (katag) ug angkan (kaliwat), ha ha ha!

Apas-sumpay kabahin sa history sa Loon, gi contribute ni KP sa Wikipedia:

The year of Loon's founding as a community has not been ascertained due to the dearth of official documents. The earliest year to reckon is 1610 when a nucleus Christian community in the coastal village of Napo allegedly resulted from the ministering activities of the Jesuit friars who came to the Philippines more than 85 years earlier.

Church records, however, show that the first parish priest, also a Jesuit, was installed in 1753. The Recollect priests took over the administration of the local church in the late 1760s, but it was only in around 1855 when the imposing stone church of the Our Lady of Light (Birhen sa Kasilak) was completed.

Since 1753, more than 70 priests had served the parish. Today, Loon has five Catholic parishes, the last one (Parish of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage) having been established on November 19, 2000.

A 200-year gap exists between the emergence (in historical records) of the community in Napo in 1610 and the installation of Tomas Sevilla in 1810 as Loon’s first town executive. Then addressed as ‘cabeza de barangay’, the municipal mayor was called ‘capitan’ and ‘presidente municipal’ in the ensuing years.

Thirty-two mayors had served the municipality, excluding the incumbent, mayor, Dr. Lloyd Peter M. Lopez. At least three town heads served for more than one term, namely, Vivencio Nazareno (1916-22 and 1928-31); Geronimo Lituañas (appointed, 1946-47 and elected, 1948-51); and Wilfredo Caresosa (1980-86 and 1988-98).

Loon always figures prominently in the political history of the province. Towards the end of the 19th century when the Americans first set foot on Bohol and were met by resistant forces of the local guerrillas opposed to another foreign dominion, Loon was the first town burned by the aggressors in an effort to subdue the reluctant natives.

Just before the century ended, Mariano Sumatra, a.k.a. Mariano “Anoy” Datahan, a native of Barangay Canhangdon Occidental, founded the Eskaya community in Bayabas, Guindulman which later spread to Taytay, Duero. Although not a cultural minority group, the Eskaya has its own system of doing things including the use of an alphabet mostly consisting of symbols representing nature and parts of the human body.

In about 1900, when enmity towards the foreigners subsided, an American engineer visited Loon and described it as a fertile plateau planted with coconut, corn and tobacco, and a progressive town of 16,000 people. He wrote about the imposing structures of the town like the church and convent, stone stairway or Inang-angan, and wharf; children going to school; an affluent community with well-kept environs; and a spring flowing from a cave on the northern edge of the town, after which the name Loon (from ‘nag-loon’, or the merging of freshwater and saltwater) was coined.

In 1903, the first official count of inhabitants was conducted nationwide. Loon’s population was described as fairly large at 18,114 residents. At that time, no other Bohol municipality, including Tagbilaran, registered more than 10,000 residents.

On September 27, 1942, amid the raging US-Japan war, the Moalong River that dissects the municipality into the northern and southern parts, became mute witness to the most successful ambush mounted against the Japanese imperial forces by the Boholano guerrillas led by Vicente T. Cubero, a.k.a. Captain Francisco Salazar. Considered the hero of the Battle of Moalong, Salazar claimed to have his family roots in Barangay Pondol. It was Juan ‘Aning’ Relampagos, a former member of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFE), who brought Salazar to Bohol. Relampagos disguised himself as a trader sailing between Mindanao and the Visayan islands. He met Salazar while plying his goods in the southern towns of Leyte. Relampagos later became municipal mayor and member of the provincial board. The war exploits of Cubero are described in the book entitled "Boholano Guerrillas in Action" that was written by Pio B. Ferandos, former Cebu RTC judge and Loon mayor.

In the years following the Second World War, prominent Loonanons became active participants in charting the development of the province and the country as well. Among them are Natalio P. Castillo, Executive Secretary to Pres. Carlos P. Garcia and member of the House of Representatives; Ramon Lapez, another House member; Ricardo Miranda, governor of the then only Davao province; Fermin Mesina, commercial attaché to Japan and Vietnam; Purisimo R. Castillo, commercial attaché to Spain; Rene Lopez Relampagos, Bohol’s youngest governor; current Budget Undersecretary Mario Relampagos; and Romulo L. Neri, former Secretary of Economic Planning and Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) who is currently the president of the Social Security System (SSS).

Historical timeline

September 8, 1597 (unconfirmed) - the image of the Our Lady of Light was reportedly enthroned in a church in Butuan, Agusan del Norte before it was brought to Bohol, away from the marauding Moro bandits. In 1610 (unconfirmed), Fray Pedro Lopez, SJ and company allegedly brought the Kasilak image to Loon where it was warmly received and enthroned.

June 22, 1753 - establishment of Loon as a Spanish mission or "visita"; founding of the Parroquia de la Nuestra Señora de la Luz or Our Lady of Light Parish with Fray Manuel de Elizalde, a Jesuit, as the first parish priest.

1768 - the Jesuits ceded administration of the parish to the Recollects. Years later, the image of the Kasilak was permanently enthroned in the present church of Loon which was completed in around 1855.

1810 - assumption into office of Tomas Sevilla, the first town mayor, then called ‘cabeza de barangay’. He served for 15 years.

1855 - completion of the construction of the Our Lady of Light (Birhen sa Kasilak) Church

About 1899-1900 - the burning of Loon by the Americans to subdue the alleged remaining members of an anti-American movement in Bohol.

March 14, 1900 - Major H.C. Hale and the B and C companies of the 44th Volunteer Infantry sailed for Bohol from Iloilo aboard the transport Elcano. With them was George Percival Scriven, who was particularly interested in the establishment of a Loon-Argao cable communications linkage, which was later accomplished.

April 2, 1900 - George Percival Scriven, in his diary, wrote that Loon was a fertile plateau planted with coconut, corn and tobacco, and a progressive town of 16,000 people. He took note of the imposing structures of the town like the church and convent, stone stairway or Inang-angan, and wharf; children going to school; an affluent community with well-kept environs; and a spring flowing from a cave on the northern edge of the town, after which the name Loon was coined.

1903 - the first official count of inhabitants was conducted nationwide. Loon’s population was described as fairly large at 18,114 residents. At that time, no other Bohol municipality, including Tagbilaran, registered more than 10,000 residents.

1914 - completion of the construction of the Gabaldon Building, the main structure of Catagbacan Elementary School, now Loon North Central Elementary School.

1915 - completion of the Gabaldon Building of the Loon (now Loon South) Central Elementary School.

1929 - completion of the American-style public plaza that features a monument dedicated to the national hero, the only Rizal monument topped by a replica of the Statue of Liberty; and a fountain that depicts the legend of Tubig-Loon.

June 1942 - arrival of Captain Francisco Salazar in Bohol (Catagbacan) from Mindanao via Leyte.

September 27, 1942 - Battle of Moalong, now jointly commemorated annually, since 2001, with the Municipal Day of Prayer for World Peace.

1946 - opening of Loon Institute (Rafael Palma College Branch), the town's first secondary school.

1948 - founding of Sacred Heart Academy, first sectarian high school, by Msgr. Felix Zafra.

1952 - establishment of the Loon Municipal Library during the incumbency of Mayor Juan ‘Aning’ M. Relampagos.

January 28, 1958 - Fr. Gorgonio C. Pueblos started serving the Mary Help of Christians (Auxilium Christianorum) Parish as its first parish priest.

1968 - Typhoon Reming destroyed most houses and damaged agricultural crops and livestock. It also destroyed the old municipal building, then used as Loon Central Annex in Moto Norte.

December 13, 1975 - energization of Loon by the Bohol Electric Cooperative (Boheco I); prior to this electric power was already available from the local power plant established by the municipal government in about 1968.

March 28-29, 1977 - The Loon Youth Team grabbed the grand championship of the first-ever Provincial Kabataang Barangay Sportsfest basketball finals that was participated in by all 47 municipalities previously competing in inter-town elimination rounds.

1979 - Loon hosted the annual National Science and Technology Fair which was participated in by high school students who won in the science fair (investigative projects) and quiz competitions in their respective regions.

February 20, 1988 - Canonical erection of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila Parish. Its first parish priest, Fr. Bernardito T. Getigan officially reported on May 12, 1988.

June 8, 1988 - the Loon Waterworks System received the Gawad Galing Pook for 1997-98.

December 15, 1990 - establishment of the Holy Cross Parish with Fr. Gaudioso C. Zamora as first parish priest.

September 2000 - the SidlaKasilak or Festival of Lights was mounted for the first time, with sectoral representatives each bearing a decorated lantern that they floated on the pond below the fountain at the Loon Public Plaza. Sixty-seven teachers, each representing a barangay, also brought beautifully adorned and lighted baskets.

November 19, 2000 - establishment of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish in Barangay Cuasi. Fr. Blair Lope M. Sabaricos, a Loonanon, was the first chaplain.

June 22, 2002 - Opening of the Loon South High School in Barangay Cuasi, the seventh secondary school in the town.

2002 - The Province of Bohol was conferred a Gawad Galing Pook for its coastal resource management program that includes the institutionalization of the Coastal Law Enforcement Council (CLEC). At that time, the CLEC of the First District was chaired by Mayor Cesar Tomas "Yul" M. Lopez, MD. Loon's efforts in enhancing heritage, culture and the arts also contributed much to another Galing Pook award received by the Province in recognition of its cultural renaissance program as a means to strengthen local governance.

2003 - Mayor Yul Lopez was conferred the Local Government Leadership Award as Outstanding Municipal Mayor of the Philippines, so far the first and only town mayor awardee from Bohol. The award was conferred on him by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University and other reputable institutions on the basis of his exemplary achievements and leadership in local governance.

August 30 - September 8, 2005 - PaghiuSadya 2005, first global homecoming of Loonanons.

December 18, 2005 - inauguration of the 11.8-million-peso modular steel bridge on Tajang Pass which was constructed under the President's Bridge Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Austrian government.

January 2007 - diarrhea outbreak in Loon, caused by Shigella flexneri, a water-borne bacterium. The epidemic claimed the lives of at least 11, mostly children.

June 2007 - dengue outbreak that left at least three children dead.

November 22, 2007 - the Commission on Audit conferred on the Local Government Unit the following four recognitions: first Municipality in the entire country to implement the electronic New Government Accounting System (e-NGAS), LGU with the shortest e-NGAS roll-out period; LGU with the most updated budget reports; and LGU with the most updated financial statements.

November 27, 2007 - a storm surge heavily damaged the causeway on Tajang Pass and Tulay, the fish port in Napo.

December 15-16, 2007 - The first Loon Creative Industry Festival was launched. According to Mr. Blair Panong, DTI - Bohol representative, Loon is the first LGU in the entire country to have sponsored an activity of such kind.

February 25-29, 2008 - In celebration of National Arts Month, the Local Government Unit mounted an exhibit on the works of Loonanon artists, particularly in the fields of painting, sculpture, literary arts, mat-weaving, film and television, photography, music, theater, and fashion.

Unom na diay ang imong apo Sir Yink? Hain na man tong akong gihimo-an og talent piece nga nag eskwela sa Ateneo?

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on June 27, 2009, 11:03:39 AM
Kanang amahong baw nagkahimamat ba kaha mi ana.Permi man hisgotan ang amahong diri sa T.B siguro mao nay gitawag namo ug sisi nga mopilit sa payaw.

Hamis ug uniform ang porma sa kabhang sa amahong. Gamson bitaw na siya, deep orange ang iyang kolor, hasta ang ona'. Matang sa oyster man nang sisi. Yes, kanang mopilit sa payaw, hasta pud nang mopilit sa poste sa pantalan. Kon modagko morag bato ang porma, nagka lain-lain lang. Naa koy ginamos nga sisi diri. Hung-on lang kon gigutom, iparis og bahaw.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on June 27, 2009, 11:12:36 AM
Na kinahakugan ug dahon sa kamunggay ahong anak.Tagsa tagsaon gud na nija ug kuha kung naa pay mamilit sa plato nga kamunggay.Motunlob man gani ni ug ginamos aw kusog jud mokaon ug ginamos ug nokos. Mao ni si Melissa akong youngest sa pagkakaron kusog mokaon ug kamunggay.

Wow! Future Miss Pangangan, Miss Calape, ug Miss Bohol Sandugo!

Quote from: Mari on June 26, 2009, 09:41:03 PM

Kuya abi nako Barry Manilow ka

Actually, sa elementary ug high school pa tong Michael Jackson nako. I remember, kon manaygon ko, ako ra usa, ipakanta jud nila nako tong "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" with matching sayaw. Daghan gud ko'g dinaygunan adto.  In College, mga Bread, Styx, Peter Frampton, etc. tong akong gipangkanta until I settled for Nonoy Zuñiga who became popular starting 1980. So, ako ang na Nonoy Zuñiga of our school, wa juy lain mo dare og kanta sa iyang mga kanta kay hagit ma compare, he he. Your Kuya Gwargz was the Barry Manilow, although he sang MJ's "She's Out of My Life" during a Miss V pageant at the amphitheater. The rest: Dindo A (Frank Sinatra), Mando G (Martin Nievera), Junny M (Marco Sison) and Jolli G (Basil Valdez). Respetohay mi, iyahay og artist, way mokanta sa signature songs sa uban. Haay, those were the days nga giharian sa mga Bol-anon ang kanta-kanta didto niadtong halayong dapit diin kita nagtungha.   

Really? Mokaon imong anak og kamunggay jud? I remember long time ago, namalit mi og frozen kamunggay sa Manila Mart didto sa Wash., DC kay among isagol sa monggos. Wala nay haros-haros, kay itaktak ra sa kaldero, mangatagak na ang mga dahon. Pero ang nakaparat kay pag-ukay, nagay-ot jud tanan. Wala nay tibuok dahon sa kamunggay, mora'g na osterize. Lami man gihapon kay gisubakan man namo og buwad pinikas.   

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on June 26, 2009, 11:19:39 PM
Aw pangpurga diay pud ang karnaba.Mao diay di ko bitokon sa una kay kusog ko mokaon ana pero akong mga ig agaw mga bitokon jud.Ang tapurok sa hunasan may gitambal adto baw mao mao siguro nay gitawag nila ug amahong.

Lahi nang tapurok, Raqz. Linginin ang iyang kabhang, naay mga sungay-sungay sa gawas. Linginon pud iyang unod, flat, pero morag daghan nga layers, gakulongkulong ang sidsid. Ang amahong mora-mora og tahong (green mussels) pero brown ang iyang kabhang.

Try the ultimate: fruit salad ice candy, pagka lami jud Inday Raquel! Daghana ang gatas.

Nagka skin disease man kuno na siya. Kana bang mamuti ang panit. Sa diri pa na sa ato, ingnon bitaw dayon na nga nakahulam sa sabon sa tiaw.

pamahaw: salted egg with balbangaang kamatis, sekwate

Quote from: ligiah on June 26, 2009, 06:05:25 PM
makasamad tuod iyang mga pulong... pero makanuka ang kamatuoran...

I like this line! Expand this into poetry.

Modesty aside, I was the best moonwalker while I was in college.  Earlier, when I was younger, people would cry when I sang "Ben" during programs. In high school I also sang "One Day in Your Life" in public. MJ was indeed one great influence in my aborted musical career.

Nakalimtan nako ang ponkan . . . busa, pun-i:

"Itlog mo 'noy, orange, juicy fruit, max, snow bear, mineral, mani, ponkan, mansanas!" (Repeat 3x, paspasa pa gyud) 

. . . yeah, dancing memories jud! As in.

Quote from: raldampong on June 26, 2009, 05:55:25 AM
Yes Mam dabinsi, Romy Susara is one of our best director in Philippines Film Industry, He visit me along with Amay Bisaya and friends like Dick israel, He still directing some TV flicks, Ads.

Dili na active sa film directing si Romy Suzara. Amay Visaya is also history. Ang midagsang karon mao ang mga independent film directors like Adolfo Alix, Rico Ilarde, Brillante Mendoza (Best Director in the recent Cannes Film Festival for "Kinatay"), ug uban pa nga nakasulod na sa mainstream film production.

Quote from: Aaron on June 26, 2009, 04:03:05 AM
daghan sad bayang gwapa at gwapo sa amoa sa mabini usa naku dun,

Maka gwapa jud tingali ning mga mudcrabs (alimango). Daghan man ni kaayo sa Mabini.   Labi na nang aligi . . . wow kalami!

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on June 24, 2009, 01:14:38 AM
. . .  Miss Eastern Samar.

Correction:  Miss Northern Samar diay to si Joan Roferos Uy whose parents are Loonanon.

Tinuod. Kadaghanan sa iyang gipamahayag, bisan kon puno sa kantalita, mao ang mapait nga kamatuoran.  Kon naa lang untay Nasty nga dili mahadlok mamatay human sudyaan ang atong mga opisyales sa ilang mga kakuwangan.

Kabahin sa edukasyon, nganong pugson man gyud ta pagTinagalog nga mas importante man nga mamaster nato ang Ininglis kay mao ra ni ang atong advantage sa global employment, of course along with our work attitudes and skills. Korea, Thailand and China are catching up on their English proficiency.

Quote from: Mari on May 10, 2008, 10:55:17 PM
paryente pa man daw na namo ingon akong papa...mao tingali napiskan sad ko sa iyang pagkahilig sa arts

Tinuod jud kana. Very artistic kini si Inday Mari. Maayo sab kaayo mosayaw! Lupigon tang tanan.

Duero is touted to be the emerging vegetable basket of Bohol. Did it really emerge as such?

. . . intawon pagka luoy. Wala maabti ni Santino.

Paniudto: rice, chicken in tomato soup, escabeche isdang dagku, beefsteak pinoy style, chopsuey with a lot of button mushrooms and squid strips, lumpa shanghai, dagku kaayo nga lukon, mangga ug saging, coke.  Daghang salamat Mayor Jono Jumamoy for sponsoring our lunch at Inabanga Cultural Center where we witnessed the ongoing loomweaving of the world's longest (more than 1.6.km) saguran fabric, to be adjudicated on June 29, pista sa Inabanga.   

Miguel, Anak ni Joaquin:

Ang kanhi naglugitom mong panagway
Sa siyensiya kini giiway
Ang kanhi naghapla mo nga ilong
Sa teknolohiya kini gitarong
Apan mag-unsa man ang kaambongan
Kon naglimin ang kayugot sa dughan
Michael Jackson binuhat kang bulahan
Kay nagbilin ka'g kapanaminan sa tanan
Nga kon kausaban man ang atong ipabarog
Kinahanglang sa kaugalingon kini magsugod

(Background music: Man in the Mirror)

Na hala, i-apil na sa inyong listahan sa pamaliton ang sundang nga inyong dad-on sa 'merika. Tingali'g naay ganahan mopalit og sundang nga pangtuli. Kinahanglan pakapinan og palwa sa lubi kay adto man ita-on ang tumoy nga katli-on.

Bahin anang mansanas, nagbaha na kana diri sa Bohol, sa bisan asang public market. Isuroy man gani sa mga bus terminal. "Itlog mo 'noy, orange, juicy fruit, max, snow bear, mineral, mani, mansanas!" (Repeat 3x, paspasa) 

Quote from: fdaray on June 26, 2009, 12:00:48 PM
Ok lang sa mga seamen nga magcasual relationship sa ibang babae  basta dili kulangon ang support sa pamilya.

Ang asawa dili pwede mag casual relationship mentras wala sa ilang kiliran ang
bana kay basin unya ug moborot.

. . . ug sa mga isig ka lalaki pud matud pa sa ilang mga sugilanon samtang dugayng maglawig sa kadagatan.

If that is indeed Anda's public market today, I think the local officials need to work double time. It is an open market, there are no stalls to safekeep the goods. Too inviting for thieves and snatchers.  Also, Anda faces a vast sea, and when strong winds blow, plus rain, you could imagine how difficult it will be for both buyers and vendors. Quite a few markets in Bohol have been improved in structure and design, like those in Calape, Bilar, Catigbian, Tubigon, Guindulman, etc. It looks like Anda has a lot to catch up if it wants to increase its income from market collections. The town is also aiming to become the tourism hub of eastern Bohol, and a much improved market is a necessity.   

Aray!

I appreciate Maricar for standing up to what she believes in. That's my girl, way kahadlok sa mga intriga.

Kalain ba ana tan-awon. Pagkaon jud na? Sure ka? Adto na lang ko sa thread nga "Unsay Imong Gikaon Karon" ky daghan mas makagana nga pagkaon.

salad: salted egg, singkamas, green mango, ripe mango, ripe tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions, french dressing (nahutdan ko'g stock sa carrot, white onion ug mansanas)

The survey only confirms what we know of seamen from seamen themselves.

Quote from: Bambi on June 23, 2009, 10:01:11 PM
This is an additional acquisition and a yield of good return of our Bohol province.   Could be good if Mr. Pacman will open a boxing school in Bohol, isn't?  He will not remain young....so, a real Bol-anon boxer successor is a must.  No need of future adoption. 

Gawas sa General Santos, ang Bohol karon ang adunay mga maayong boksidor, some of them titleholders, like Banal of Corella, Nayre of Talibon and Bautista of Tagbilaran.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on June 20, 2009, 03:37:55 PM
Wala ko makaila ani nila jan kay storya ra may akong nadunggan gikan sa mga nag audition. tungod sa kadaghan wala pud sila mag-ilhanay.

Attention Janjan ug Swakee: One of the three Loonanons nga naapil sa 14 ka buok nga nakapasar sa Bohol auditions is the current Miss University of Bohol nga si Mylene A. Pedroso. (Ang current Mr. UB taga inyo pud. Roslinda ang apelyido, taga Sandingan.) Mylene was Miss Loon first runner-up in 2007. She was also 2007 Island City Mall Calendar Girl, besting 11 other girls of the month.  She is presently a second year working student at the Registrar's Office. Buotan ni nga bata. Class president ni siya pag high school. Gawas nga gwapa ug buotan, nindot ni siya'g tingog, as in tig-apil syag mga singing contests ug mo entertain sa mga public functions for a fee, panggastos sa pag-eskwela. Taga Taytay iyang mama, taga Canmanoc iyang papa, both upland barangays of Loon.

pamahaw: inun-onan
paniudto: sardinas giitlogan. or itlog nga gisardinasan?
panihapon: inun-onan, law-oy, fruit salad

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on June 24, 2009, 12:43:09 AM
naa koy ig-agaw nga lungay sa catagbacan koddi. nahimo gani to sa siya unang miss STA. gwapa jud nuon to siya.

Ah, so naay taga inyo nga naminyo ug nag stay na sa Catagbacan. Daghan jud bitaw maayog nawong diha sa Catagbacan, ma-babaye man o ma-lalaki. One of them na first runner-up sa Miss Bohol International, si Joan Roferos Uy, Pag-eskwela niya sa University of Eastern Philipines (sa Catarman, diin nag negosyo ang iyang parents), nahimo pud sya nga Miss UEP, and later Miss Eastern Samar. Last na tong Miss Cebu 2007 nga iyang giapilan, registered nurse na siya adto nga time. Karon, flight attendant na siya sa Qatar Airways.

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on June 24, 2009, 12:41:21 AM
kadungog namo aning mount carmel hill? gi-develop ni karon sa balilihan as tourist attraction.

Mao man tingali nang naay watchtower. Naglisud sila og restore kay wala silay source of coral stone, or at least mora-mora og coral stone para sa bungbong. I suggested to one SB member nga mopalit sila didto sa Panadtaran, Candijay kay nagpasad lang ang ilang mga bato nga lagpad, mora jud og tadtaran, mao tingali nga ginganlan ang baryo og Panadtaran.