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unusual facts about Kalibo, Aklan



Balete

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

Banga, Aklan

Devotees practise the 14 Stations of the Cross, pray the rosary, and light candles at each stop while climbing towards the peak where a 40m cross, sometimes lighted, is visible from due north to Kalibo and the nearby sea.

DYIN

Bombo Radyo Kalibo airs everyday from 4:50 in the morning to 09:00 in the evening, except Holy Week of each year where it signs-off from Maundy Thursday until Black Saturday, and resumes broadcasting on Easter Sunday.

General Santos International Airport

With the 48-hour shutdown of Davao International Airport on June 2 - June 3, 2013 due to an accident involving a Cebu Pacific aircraft from Manila, General Santos International Airport handled most of the diverted flights from Davao for the stranded passengers going to and coming from Manila, Cebu, Zamboanga and Kalibo cities.

Legazpi

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

Pulong Buhangin National High School

Francisco Bautista won the first place in editorial writing - Filipino in the S.Y. 2005-2006 National Schools Press Conference held at Kalibo, Aklan province, he also won first in radio broadcasting group contest and a special award in technical application in the said contest.

Sam Butcher

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

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.


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