"Samal" Blogs & Blog Posts

Filipino-Mexican ‘Idol’ runner-up Jessica Sanchez (Photo from her Twitter account) MANILA, Philippines— Despite plans of staying in the Philippines a week longer than the rest of the finalists, “American Idol” Season 11...

Samal Mariculture ParkSamal Mariculture Park is a 244-hectare fish caging facility aimed at providing alternative source of livelihood for the fisher folks in Samal. Established in August 2001, it is a 200 million pesos worth of aquaculture...

Caracoles Festival of SamalCaracoles Festival is one of, if not, the most grandiose and colorful celebrations in the Island Garden City of Samal celebrated every 28th and 29th of April. Caracoles, which means "seashells," is Samal's summer...

The WindvinderThis is the Windvinder - a small, unmanned experimental sailboat that was built to travel across the vast open seas, powered and steered by wind alone and driven by headwind through its propeller and tail fin that keeps the boat on...

Eleven yachts set sail from Samal to join the yearly Sail IndonesiaLast Thursday, September 6, 2012, eleven yachts sailed-off from the Holiday Oceanview Marina in Barangay Ilihan, Babak District of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) in Davao de...

Samal, Bataan recently gained so much popularity when American Idol finalist Jessica Sanchez made it into stardom whose mother hails from this town. A fourth class municipality in the province of...

Precious Garden of SamalPrecious Garden of Samal is a beautiful beachfront garden hotel and resort located in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS), an island surrounded by a coastline of pristine white sand beaches off the coast of Davao Cit...