Inday Charity & Inday Rufing: The first time

Wake-uppers:

Scene: ‘You know you're a Boholano if?!?’ trends worldwide on Facebook to all Boholanos around the world who have Facebook account. Other hottest fanpages on  Facebook are ‘Taga- UB ka kung…’, ‘Taga-Calape ka kung??,’ ‘Nka skwela kag HNU Highschool kung’?, ‘Taga VDT-ALC ka kung....’, ‘Taga-WISDOM ka kung....’, ‘Nakatungha ka sa Grace Christian School kung???’, ‘Tatak Sevillahanon ka kung?’ and  ‘Nakaskwela ka sa Bohol High kung?’.

Donna Cardino

Seen: Miss Mandaue 2011 Donna Cardino, who is a Boholana, was chosen as one of the official candidates of Miss World Philippines 2011. Miss Cory Quirino, pageant director of Miss World Philippines 2011 revealed the 25 official candidates this year. News reports added that starting August 10, 2011, the candidates will undergo series of trainings like personality development, catwalk modeling and language lessons. Miss World PH will be held on September 18, 2011 and will be aired by GMA 7.

Seen: The 20 runners from Bohol who will join the Duyog Mindanao 2011- Promoting Civil Society Participation in Sustained Peacebuilding for Sustainable Peace in Mindanao, an epic Run for Peace on August 21-30, 2011.  They will gather to run for promoting peace in the region. The 451.9 km. run fest will start in Zamboanga City then pass through the towns of Ipil-Pagadian City, and end in Cotabato City for 10 days.  The Duyog Mindanao campaign contributed to changing the public “mood” in favor of dialogue as a viable process in resolving the causes of conflict in Mindanao. Bringing the statement, “Going the Extra Mile for Peace in Mindanao,” the Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel for talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), together with 500 bikers and peace advocates, will gather to pedal a 36-km route for promoting peace in the region. The GPH peace panel initiated the event to gain heightened support from the public on the Mindanao peace process.

Scene: Catch Rivermaya with Paolo Valenciano, son of Gary V, who will be performing on August 20 in Pinoy Youth Leaders’ Convention (LeadCon) organized by the Kabayanihan Foundation (KF) / Team Pinoy Inc. (TPI) and the National Youth Commission (NYC) on August 20-21 at the CPG Sports Complex. Other guests are Noel Cabangon, presidential nephew Kiko Aquino Dee, COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza and NYC Chair Leon Flores. Interested Boholano youth participants can call or text Joss Leano at 0917-842-7111 or call SK Provincial Office at (038) 411-5914 and look for Jejoma Asoy and Phoebe Lungay.  For SK chairmen and councilors, they should coordinate with their respective SK municipal federated presidents.

Seen:  My heart goes out to this young daughter of a prominent family in the province. Her best friend, who is making takip, can’t help but shed tears of her situation now that she’s having a stork visit.  Her parents don’t know yet of their daughter’s situation. Tabang mga langit!

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Edward Guyano aka Inday Charity

Full of love.

That sums up the current state of Rizalino Torralba aka Inday Rufing and Edward Guyano aka Inday Charity.

They claimed that they have many men in their lives including their own sons--Edward’s Eduneil and Rizalino’s Ralph Andrew. Women envy them for they can easily get who and what they want. Boy, boys, boys! Although they are openly gay in the society, once upon a time they were raped by women (‘di sila talo’ but these women got them by hook or by crook). In fact, their sons were product of an incident when they were drunk and women took advantage of their innocence.

Inday Charity and Inday Rufing are two lovable characters who tickle our funny bones. Layo na pud ilang naabtan including the rainbow in the sky.  From factory worker to salesman,  Inday Charity is in the spotlight hosting his program on dyTR’s 911 FM whose signature is ‘Hello mga friends naminaw mo sa True Radio. Bye mga friends kay muadto pa ko sa pantalan mamaligya og tangkong’. On the other hand, Inday Rufing, who is a teacher by profession, is hosting his program on dyRD’s Kiss FM whose famous punchline is ‘Babush, ginamush, tugnush, dugush, mungush!’

Rizalino Torralba aka Inday Rufing

There is no boredom with these two comediennes. Their first time experiences were unforgettable, a baptism of fire. However, when I asked them about their last time adventures, only Inday Charity answered the questions. Inday Rufing’s a no show.  “I don’t believe for the last time because there’s always a first time, kuha mo? You are fired! Ha, ha, ha” said Inday Rufing.

Inday Charity confessed he was almost raped by gangsters. But now, “Wala na! Ha, ha, ha! Kay ako na ang mangrape! Ha, ha, ha, ha!” “Feel nako kanunay ko gi-harass Ha, ha, ha, ha” revealed Inday Rufing.

Meanwhile, here’s an “uncensored-honest to goodness” sexy talk with Bohol’s popular and hot DJs:

The first time they...

• WATCHED A MOVIE WITH SOMEONE
Inday Charity: It was in 1996 with a very special friend.
Inday Rufing:  Ngitngit di ai nang sinehan. bantog rah gdala ko Jun2x didto. Anyway that was my most memorable experience I ever spent.

• HEARD A NICE MUSIC
Inday Charity: I like OPM. When I was 14, I became a fan of Freddie Aguilar and Asin. (Singing the first paragraph of “Kapaligiran”: Wala ka bang napapansin….)
Inday Rufing: Since birth! Ha, ha, ha, ha!

• FELT BEAUTIFUL (Gibati og kaanyag)
Inday Charity: When I was in second year high school. I felt that I was different from other boys. Rainbow na jud akong makit-an sa mga colors! He, he, he, he!
Inday Rufing: When I joined Miss Gay for the first time and being crowned. (She is using the name Inday Ruffing because she looks like Ruffa Gutierrez-LPU)

• KISSED SOMEBODY… ANYBODY
Inday Charity: My first kiss was with a girl. I had a girlfriend when I was in third year high school. Nanguyab jud ko para matabunan akong pagka-Inday Charity Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Inday Rufing: Gilamian, bantog ra dli musugot si mama, lami man di ai.. kissi ko veh (Laughs and Laughs.)

• SAID "I LOVE YOU" TO SOMEBODY... ANYBODY
Inday Charity: It was the same girl. I told her “I love you babe!” Nanindog jud akong balhibo! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Inday Rufing: To my crush.

• PRAYED REALLY HARD
Inday Charity: I believe in prayers! When I was in Zamboanga City, gipit ko kayo kay walay job. I prayed for the Lord’s blessings nga naa lang untay trabaho para nako. I was kneeling while praying inside the church. When I went home, my Auntie told me that there was a job offered to me. God answers my prayers.
Inday Rufing: During LET exams, prayed to pass the board examination.

• FELT REALLY, REALLY SCARED
Inday Charity: When I was 14 years old! I saw someone killed infront of me! Perting kuyawa nako adto nga incident! (Demonstrating his fear)
Inday Rufing: Mikurog ang akong lawas pati ang kalag.

• FELT DESPERATE
Inday Charity: Pagbuwag namo sa akong first boyfriend! Hahahaha Desperado jud ko! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Inday Rufing: When someone and love one will pass away. Cry cry ko ana!

• BETRAYED SOMEBODY... ANYBODY
Inday Charity: If this is betrayal, Nga wala nako pakasli ang akong girlfriend na nabuntisan.
Indya Rufing: When someone feels insecure to me as being beautiful.  Ang masuya ma-dead. Nasuya ka wa? Ayaw pamakak! (Laughs and Laughs.)

• SLEPT WITH SOMEBODY… ANYBODY
Inday Charity: When I was in third year high school. Grabeh to nga experience.
Inday Rufing: Of course my best friend. Naa pa di ai lain? My long long time and ultimate crush unya nakatog di ai ang bayot? (Laughs and Laughs.)

• WERE BROKEN-HEARTED
Inday Charity: When I was in fourth year high school. I had a crush sa usa sa pinakaguwapo nga guy sa school. Pero friend ra man ko para niya! Sakit jud sa heart! He, he he, he!
Inday Rufing:  I’m so lucky, never been broken hearted because I’m beautiful. Agoi, bikil jud! Ha,ha,ha,ha!

• WERE DRUNK
Inday Charity: Third year high school gihapon with friends. Wala mi musud og klase.
Inday Rufing:  Sorry guys I don’t drink only fresh milk that’s why I’m beautiful.

• WERE TURNED DOWN BY A GUY/GIRL
Inday Charity: Girl. Nanguyab ko niya. Giturned-down niya akong beauty! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Inday Rufing: Never! Ha, ha, ha, ha!

• GOT REALLY, REALLY MAD
Inday Charity: When I was in College. I was asked to join a fraternity but I got really mad when I found out nga ila lang ko girecruit para bun-ogon lang!
Inday Rufing: Sa very demanding guy ... I hate it... muhatag man ko ayaw lang pugsa.

• GOT A GIFT FROM A FAN
Inday Charity: Yeah, reporter pa ko adto. A fan gave me bag and a tape recorder! Haba ng hair ko! Thank you to my sponsors!
Inday Rufing: Bouquet of flowers. Again buot pasabot ana gwapa jud ko....

•DATE WITH A FAN
Inday Charity: Last year. Sige hangyo nga magdate mi. Gitreat ko niya og lunch! Di ba, mingsamot taas akong hair ming-abot sa Chocolate Hills! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Inday Rufing: Never been date with a fan... Galing makidnap ko! Ambisyosa! Ha, ha, ha, ha!

• CRAZIEST THING DONE FOR SOMEONE
Inday Charity: Second Year College ko. My life had no focused at that time.
Inday Rufing: The craziest thing done I’ve for someone was I open my arms and legs.. Oi... bastos iyang hunahuna, what I mean is my life is open to everyone parang restaurant.

• FELL IN LOVE REALLY HARD
Inday Charity: Paghuman nako eskwela. It was in 1995.
Inday Rufing: Always na. Every day is lovely day!

• LOST SOMEBODY/SOMETHING PRECIOUS
Inday Charity: My mother last 2004. She died of pneumonia at 74. I really cried. Then in 2005, my father passed away. I love my parents. Close ko nila because I’m the youngest in the family. They knew and accepted me for what I am.
Inday Rufing: When my loved one was looking for another someone. Pero carry rah kay gwapa baya koh Ha, ha, ha, ha!

• CRIED REALLY HARD
Inday Charity: Pagkamatay sa akong parents. Then pagbuwag sa akong first boyfriend kay naminyo siya.
Inday Rufing: Ang wrinkles atimana... ambot ug nganu oi, gwapa man ghapon ko bsan ug masuko koh.. plastikan ang show.

• TOLD A LIE
Inday Charity: High School! You know Leo when you’re young you do a lot of crazy things! High school life jud!
Inday Rufing: Panagsa ra kung makahinumdum He, he, he, he!

• FELT REALLY TRIUMPHANT
Inday Charity: When I graduated in college and got a job! Naa nakay income then makahatag ko sa akong parents.
Inday Rufing: Many to thank God for the blessings.

• FELT SEXUALLY HARRASED WITH SOMEONE
Inday Charity: A friend invited me for a drinking spree sa Gallares Street. Abi nako siya lang usa pero naa man diay iyang mga barkada. Gisirad-an nila ang purtahan kay dili ko paulion. Nagdrama ko nga nahubog og mupalit og tea kay naglain akong tiyan. When I got the chance nga makagawas kay samangil ko kasukaon batsi dayon ko! Hahahaha Naka-sense jud ko nga ila kong i-gang rape! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Inday Rufing: Kanunay man Ha, ha, ha, ha! Mao bitaw gwapa ko... unsa may sah anang word nga gwapa?

• LOSE THEIR INNOCENCE
Inday Charity: When I was 15 sa school CR (followed by lusty laughter)
Inday Rufing: Wala jud ko anang butanga. Napugos ug gpugos ra jud ko... Sayanga oi wala nadayun! (Again, followed by lusty laughter)

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Where to find treasures in Bohol and other tidbits

Wake-uppers:

• Food for the soul:  A note on the bulletin board read:  “Don’t be totally, heavily worried about everything that’s going around you… that’s my job.”  Signed: God.

• Could it be true that this young socialite and a daughter of a wealthy family gets her heart broken into pieces after she found out that her boyfriend is having an affair with another, ehem, man? “She caught her boyfriend having a torrid kissing with a male common friend. She is crying every day and I pity her,” says VRS.  The “bromance” has been embraced by increasing numbers of men, much to the dismay of their wives and girlfriends.

• From Lady S: A young lawyer asked the respondent (who is charged with libel for his article printed in a local newspaper) if he is a member of the KBP.  The prosecutor told the lawyer that there’s no need for the respondent to answer her question. KBP is for radio announcers and has nothing to do with print, says an insider. Then, the young lawyer asked the respondent to divulge his sources; the prosecutor said that the respondent has the right not to divulge sources.

• At the airport, this dashing lady instead of allowing her luggage for check-up, she told the officer on duty that there’s no need to check her things because she is the daughter of blah blah blah. “Unsa? Wala siya kuyapi?” commented the Bared other VRS, “feeling kinsa gud siya. She is not exempted even if she is the daughter of the president for security reasons.”

•Part-time model and student Bienna Ursula Bautista is keeping a busy schedule nowadays. We soon will be seeing Bienna in a Panglao Island Nature Resort and Spa commercial directed by Ted Ramasola, according to the reports from VRS.  Bienna has an appearance in the short film Erika which is for the Cinema Region.

   

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That speculation about a “treasure hunting” in Loboc Church turned out to be a dud. The local authorities in Loboc denied speculation of treasure hunting as the drilling operation is intended for the study of the bearing capacity of the ground where the church now stands. Some people are not convinced, though.

Sixty years after the Japanese Occupation, rumors of treasures left hidden in the Philippines still live. Almost everyone, including yours truly, is fascinated by the legendary tale of Japanese treasures. And the presence of Japanese and Korean folks swarming our country greatly fuels our strong belief of the hidden treasures. They are back to get the treasures!

I grew up listening to the stories of the legendary Yamashita treasure, said to be a collection of gold, jewels and precious artifacts. The treasure was named after Tomoyuki Yamashita, nicknamed the “Tiger of Malaya.”  History has it that Yamashita was a prominent Japanese general of the Imperial Army of Japan and is famous for his successful invasion of the Malayan British colonial region in south East Asia as well as Singapore. He was also one of the last commanding generals of Japan assigned in the Philippines before Japan’s imminent surrender to the liberating American forces in 1945.

There was a rumor that the late president Ferdinand Marcos had found the golden Budhha and other treasures. It was rumored that Marcos recovered $8 billion from a tunnel known as “Teresa 2″ in the Rizal province in 1960s.

Then, there was Rogelio Roxas who found the golden Budhha and thousands of gold bars in a tunnel near Baguio in 1971. Roxas claimed the Buddha he’d found had been solid gold with a cavity in the removable head that contained diamonds. However, Marcos allegedly stole the treasures and the golden Buddha was returned to Roxas by Marcos. In 1986, Roxas sued the Marcos estate for damages, but died from poisoning on the very day he was set to testify.

To this day, the tales of Yamashita treasures despite all the disappointments and dead-ends, fortune hunters remain undaunted. Many people, including Boholanos, continue to search for treasure sites.

Are there any gold or treasure in Bohol? Here are some “golden” stories in Bohol:

• In 1970s, the Mansasa seaside was very popular for antiques excavation. The folks discovered porcelains and chinaware.  History has it that the Mansasa seaside was an ancient Dapitan kingdom and known for ancient trade.

• The Botanical Gardens in Cabawan District which incorporates several caves, like Mesias Cave and Lahos-lahos Cave, rumored that it were supposedly filled with Japanese treasures. 

• In 1990s, a businesswoman and a who’s who financed the search for gold treasures somewhere in Taloto. Together with her brother, they hired gold experts from Cebu. They discovered chambers inside a tunnel and markings believed to have been left by the Japanese. There was a chamber that only a kid could go inside.  The kid saw swarm of scorpions around the chamber. The businesswoman and her brother decided to check the place the following day only to discover the scorpions were gone and so the experts.

• Gold treasures are buried in some areas in Poblacion 2 in Tagbilaran City. A prominent family became richer because of the treasures they found. 

• The irrigation projects in Pilar, San Miguel and Ubay are subjects of gold stories. The local folks believed that the site for the irrigation was chosen by Koreans as a camouflage to extract buried gold bars.  Later, the locals’ suspicions were proven correct, but the local folks were not smart enough. During the digging and excavation, the workers came across a layer of big round rocks. The Koreans acted as if fascinated by rocks and told the workers that the rocks are perfect for landscaping, hence was ordered to load the rocks on the dumptruck.  What the folks didn’t know was, the rocks were just frosting of the treasures. The gold bars were taken right under their noses.

• It took months to finish the bridge in Cortes and it was rumored that the project operators were looking for treasures. Large concentrations of buried treasures can be found in Loon, Tubigon, Sagbayan, Danao, Guindulman, San Miguel and Carmen.

• In Talibon, treasure hunters found some objects with signs in it. An example is a curve arrow on the top of a hill and on its curved there is a rectangular shape carved in a big stone table. Sadly, the stone table is being broken by the local treasure hunters.

• In barangay Kauswagan in Trinidad, there are no gold treasures left by the Japanese. Like Anda, Kauswagan is a cradle of gold ores. Rumors of abandoned tunnels sprawling underneath the area of the centro of the barangay are the remnants of gold rush in Kauswagan in the 70’s. To this day, some residents are still digging for gold ores, making gold as the backyard industry in this barangay. Amidst the prize beneath its soils, residents are yet to realize the potential dangers of the tunnels that may collapse anytime. Several incidents of rice fields suddenly going dry n some areas, are suspected signs of these tunnels sipping water. 


•In Sierra Bullones, a group of Japanese and Koreans financed for a road project. The folks believed that they found underground chambers containing boxes of gold bullions. The foreigners left the place leaving their concrete houses and a building.

• There are treasures in Ubay in barangays La Suerte, Boyles and Buenavista. Some people had accidentally found the treasures. They had already begun the preliminary excavations and had found several stone markers. Unfortunately, they had to stop their excavations due to lack of resources.
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• In Maribojoc, treasures are buried in every nook and corner including inside the church. The hunters reached the site with sand until they reached the first hard lock which was composed of pile stones under the yellow clay. The last hard lock had black sand and they hit the big stone with an arrow pointing down. Also in Maribojoc, there was a digging done outside their kitchen. After a layer of soil, the diggers reached a layer of pearly white sand which went some meters underground. The site of the digging was about two (2) km from the nearest shorelines. Excitement filled the air, but after the layer of sand came a layer of water. The hunters then paid a digger to dive in the water to check the bottom. The digger resurfaced with face wrapped with fear and screamed because he touched a shiny convex object. When the hunters dove in, the object was no longer there. The only gain of the said digging was the sand which they used to make 300 hollow blacks and built the extension of the house.

 Before you launch your own hunt for treasures, here are some tips from yours truly:

• Keep these in mind: money, danger, con men and sharing with the man. 

•Check the veracity of the treasure maps. Don’t trust easily. Ask the experts.    

•Consult a psychic or mananambal for spiritual guidance. Most of the treasures are owned by the spirits and entities. They would ask for offering like pig, cow, eggs and wine, sometimes life, in exchange for the treasures. Stories like the Japanese soldiers killed people and had to be buried along with the treasures for a belief that their spirits would remain and watch the treasure forever. Anyone would attempt to excavate would end up a failure. Entities would always ask the hunters to keep the area clean while digging for treasures.

•Have safety measures. Dozens have died digging up roads, caves, riverbeds and mountainsides in a relentless pursuit of treasures.

•The Philippine government has strict and enforced guidelines. For treasure hunting within public lands – seventy-five percent (75%) to the government and twenty-five (25%) to the permit holder; for treasure hunting in private lands – thirty percent (30%) to the government and seventy percent (70%) to be shared by the permit holder and the landowner; and for shipwreck/sunken vessel recovery – fifty percent (50%) to the government and fifty percent (50%) to the permit holder.”

• Share the blessings!

If they only know that Bohol has its natural wonders and cultural treasures. But you know, the real treasure – of Bohol lies in its people. I know, I know, it sounds clichéd, right?


The Bohol Chronicle January 23, 2011 issue

Bien Unido: Bohol’s last frontier

While waiting for the van last Wednesday, I overheard two female students talking about their deans and teachers. Students are free to talk anything about their teachers with no fear and apprehension when they are outside the school.  The first student talked about a certain dean in a school who is facing “massive” protest from students and faculty because of “personality problem” and “extortion.” The other student made tsismis about their dean who is very miser (she’s making a tight-fist sign) that her maid has to borrow money from the neighborhood to buy soap for laundry and tinapa for meal.

On the two-hour trip, mi amiga para vivir De Ers and I heard (familiar) tsismis (the names are crystal clear you know) from other passengers, including:

• A Hunky Guy (HG) who loves to play basketball is head over heels with his girl friend (GF) who is hiding skeletons in her closet.  GF has other old rich guy (ORG) who is supporting her studies, bought her expensive jewelries, bags, watches and cars. However, the cars and the house were not put in her name. But lucky or unlucky, ORG has a lovechild with GF and ORG has to give financial support to the baby. Despite HG’s discoveries, he still madly inlove.

• A former youth leader is now showing his “rainbow” colors. He vehemently denied that he’s not baklush when he was in high school.  His peers suspected that he has a crush on a young (and guwapo) officer in his hometown. Surprise! Surprise! The townmates have learned that this baklush and the young officer are now living together in one roof. This is another case of the increasing “bromance” in the province!
  
• It's been raining hard these past few days. Then, there are bomb threats; carnapping and other sad news reported on TV and in broadsheets.

Anyway, stories like those didn’t dampen De Ers and my excitement for our “Bien Unido visit” in the northern Corregidor of Bohol.

Leave your notions about Bien Unido behind—the reality is far more intriguing. Bien Unido is Bohol’s last frontier and the home of the double barrier reef in Asia. I like the welcome note of Bien Unido in their website (www.bienunido.com):

You’ve seen the hills, the tarsier and even the python.. you’ve done the plunge, the beach, and the river cruise.

But you could never have the ultimate Bohol experience until you explored Bien Unido-Bohol’s Last Frontier.

Be captivated by its majestic natural wonders explored only by a few. Dive or snorkel and see the beauty of the world underneath the crystal clear waters.

 

Visit the underwater grottos and other spectacle in the Bien Unido double barrier reef-the only one in Asia.

Jetski, kayak or relax in the sand bars with ice cold drinks and wait for the migrating birds’ afternoon flight. And go back home sailing into Bien Unido’s infamous sunset that will make you fall in love.

Escape from the ordinary Bohol experience and let Bien Unido do it for you.

Visit us and find out that there is so much more to discover in Bohol…

Tranquil Bien Unido is culturally rich, endowed with natural beauty—utterly fascinating. People are coming because of the underwater attraction— the Bien Unido Double Barrier Reef. The dashing Mayor Niño Rey Boniel said the underwater attraction is first in Asia and 5th in the whole world. The Island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea has underwater grottos for tourism.

Mayor Boniel thought of installing 14-foot statues of Mother Mary and the Santo Niño, which were installed 60 feet below sea level, not just to boost its tourism industry but also one way of preserving the natural resources of the town.

“This is to discourage illegal fishing in the Danajon reef and to remind also of God's gift of nature and life and nobody can destroy it for the sake of the future generation,” said Mayor Boniel.  After they installed the statues, illegal fishing activities are no longer rampant and schools of fish are coming back. It also helps the tourism industry of this town.

“Divers can also pray underwater to have a moment of deeper reflection than those normally experienced, and be very thankful for safely guiding through all their diving adventures, because when in diving, one is immersed in another amazing world where everyone can really appreciate God's wonderful creation,” a statement from the mayor’s office of Bien Unido read.

To encourage more tourists, the LGU constructed a mini hotel, dive shop and other basic facilities. Visitors who plan to stay overnight or longer can stay at the Bien Unido Double Barrier Reef Dive Camp. Visitors can settle into clean and gracious rooms. There are drinks, gourmet meals and fabulous memories-in-the making with fellow travelers.

Several islets of Bien Unido have unadulterated nature. Sailing small banca, visitors can visit the islets with distinct ecologies.

The LGU is also offering seaweeds farm tour. Bien Unido prides itself as the Seaweed Capital of the Visayas. People can learn how seaweeds are planted, harvested and processed in the municipality’s 2,500 hectares farm. Bien Unido also offers technical assistance on seaweed health management and they can help develop a strategy to start a new seaweed farm.

All the while De Ers and I were there, we were amazed on coral gardens and sea life. With Mayor Boniel, the town’s vision to become a prime eco-cultural tourist destination and a balance agro-industrialized governed by God loving and socially, economically empowered community, is putting Bien Unido in the world map.

Mayor Boniel told us to stay overnight but we politely refused the offer because of our busy schedules. Some other time, we said.

The people of Bien Unido are a true delight, and always return our friendly curiosity in full.

Before we left, I asked Mayor Boniel if he is getting married this year. Again, Bared’s HulaHula Who 2011 is true—he has no plans to settle down yet this year. But that’s another interesting story, ayt?

(Note: For inquiries, call Leony at +639153229874or go to www.bienunido.com.)

The Bohol Chronicle, Jan. 30, 2011 issue

Mayor  Boniel with kids