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2 unusual facts about Balete, Aklan


Balete

Balete, Aklan, a municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines

Jose Borromeo Legaspi Memorial National High School

Jose Borromeo Legaspi Memorial National High School (JBLMNHS) is a public secondary school located in Barangay Aranas, Balete, Aklan, Philippines.


Balete

Balete tree, a tree in the Philippines related to the banyan.

Balete, Batangas, a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines

Balete people

The Balete people, traditionally called the Bamalete, or baMalete, are a Southern African Tswana people of Nguni descent.

Balete are settled in Southern Botswana villages that include Ramotswa, Gabane, Otse and Mogobane.

Black Scorpion Arnis

Capt. Teodosio organized and founded Black Scorpion Arnis International in his hometown of Balete, Aklan, Philippines in 1969, and was formalized and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Trade and Industry on November 10, 1982.

Jose Borromeo Legaspi Memorial National High School

Other students come from neighbouring villages and towns such as Cortes, Guanko, Oquendo, Morales in Balete, and Lalab in Batan.

Legazpi

Jose Borromeo Legaspi Memorial National High School, a public secondary school located in Aklan, Philippines.

Sam Butcher

He privately funded the purchase of land on an island near Manila (Sampaguita Gardens in Aklan), and built a resort.

Shrewlike rat

Incisors are described as needle-like and mandibles as delicate (Nowak, 1999; Balete et al., 2007).

Strong Republic Nautical Highway

The SRNH segment between Manila and Iloilo runs by road to Batangas City, by ferry to Calapan, by road to Roxas, Oriental Mindoro, by ferry to Caticlan (gateway to Boracay, located in Malay, Aklan) and onwards by road to Iloilo City.

The Rosales Saga

The object that connects and binds these families is the “giant Balete tree" located at the plaza of Rosales town.


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