Bicol
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The storm, known locally as Kristine, had dumped one month's worth of rain over 24 hours in Bicol, Ana Claren, a forecaster at the state weather bureau in Manila, told BBC News.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024
One of the region's most popular beach destinations, Cebu saw more than 1 million domestic and foreign travellers last year, while Bicol in the central Philippines saw nearly 5 million, according to the tourism department.
From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2023
Sixteen of the 25 deaths were reported in Northern Mindanao region in the south, while 12 of the 26 missing are from the eastern Bicol region, the council added.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
Mary Joy Mandane-Ortiz, a professor of mechanical engineering at Bicol University College of Engineering, said the idea had been "really effective".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2022
He returned to the Laguna de Bay to pacify the villagers, and penetrated as far as Camarines Norte to explore the Bicol River.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
External appearance is more strictly regarded among the Bisayans than by the Bicols and Tagalogs.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
The civilized natives live almost solely on its coasts, and there are also Bisayans who differ in speech and manners from the Bicols in about the same degree that the latter do from the Tagalogs.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
Among the Tagalogs, Bicols, and Visayans, the word is not used to designate a night-appearing demon or monster.
From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill
The Bicols are found only in this district and in a few islands lying immediately in front of it.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
There are Tagalogs, Visayans, Bicols, Pampangans, Ilokanos, Cagayanes, etc., etc., to say nothing of the wild people themselves, all speaking different languages; but these can not be said to form one people.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
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