Sto. Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum
by Jhaypee Guia on July 13, 2012Sto. Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum is a museum that contains a chapel preserving the replica of Sto. Niño de Leyte. There are ecclesiastical antiques and art collections assembled by native daughter Mrs. Imelda Marcos. There are also some decorative arts from France, Italy, and Germany.
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Sangyaw Festival
by Jhaypee Guia on July 13, 2012Sangyaw is an archaic Waray word which means to herald the news. The Sangyaw Festival was created by the former First Lady Imelda Marcos in the 80s. The festival has been revived in 2008 by her nephew and current city Mayor Alfred Romualdez.
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Ormoc City, Leyte
by Jhaypee Guia on July 13, 2012Ormoc is a bustling city that just keeps on growing, thanks in part to its vast natural resources, access to geothermal energy and its hardworking people. Ormoc continues to be a leading, progressive city in the south.
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Lake Danao: A Guitar-shaped Lake of Leyte
by Jhaypee Guia on July 13, 2012The lake covers an area of 148 hectares (370 acres). It is situated in the 2,193 hectares (5,420 acres) Lake Danao National Park, which also includes the Amandiwin mountain range. The lake is 18 kilometers (11 mi) northeast of Ormoc City, half an hour drive along the San Pablo-Tongonan and Milagro-Lake Danao roads.
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Go Across the San Juanico Bridge
by Jhaypee Guia on July 13, 2012The San Juanico Bridge, part of the Pan-Philippine Highway, stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines. Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrete piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design.
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