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Tweet The fishermen and municipal workers and families that live on Pag-asa Island form the most isolated civilian community in the Republic of the Philippines. The island, the largest of eight (8) Philippine occupied coral outcroppings in the Municipality of Kalayaan, is approximately 509 kilometers northwest of Puerto Princessa and 828 kilometers southwest of Metro Manila. Once [...] Tweet As of writing, the Pag-asa Elementary School is not yet under the administration of the Department of Education. Reportedly the DepEd is only providing technical assistance at this point, because the Municipal government of Kalayaan is still working to fulfill the following requirements: 1. Formal turnover of a one hectare plot of land for the [...] Tweet The most important school in the Republic of the Philippines has been established on the Kalayaan Island Group: The Palawan Elementary School.
The photo above was taken from an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which posted the following caption for it: PAG-ASA CLASS OF 2012 The Philippine flag flies in the breeze as [...] Tweet Timawa.net/forum discussion: http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=27691.0 The Spratly / Kalayaan Island Group issue made its way to Philippine consciousness in 1995 when China built a hitherto unoccupied submerged atoll appropriately called “Mischief Reef”. The following New York Times story was one of the articles that heralded the event to the world: New York Times archive The reef is part [...] |
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