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Bicolano Actors
Bikol or Bicol usually refers to: * Bicol Region, administrative region of the Philippines Bikol or Bicol may also refer to: Languages and people * Bikol languages, the languages spoken in the Bicol region in the Philippines ** Albay Bikol language, a language of Bicol ** Central Bikol language, a language of Bicol ** Pandan Bikol language, a language of Bicol ** Rinconada Bikol language, a language of Bicol * Bicolano people, the ethnic group Political parties * Ako Bicol, a political party in the Philippines Food * Bicol express, a popular Filipino dish Hubs of transportation * Bicol International Airport, an airport in Albay province * Bicol Isarog Transport System, a Philippine bus company Water bodies * Bicol River, the eighth largest river in the Philippines Newspaper * Bicol Standard, a newspaper in Bicol Region Educational institutions * Central Bicol State University of Agriculture, the regional center for higher learning in agriculture in the Bicol Region * Bicol U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol Region
The Bicol Region, designated as Region V, is an administrative region of the Philippines. It comprises six Provinces of the Philippines, provinces, four on the Bicol Peninsula (the luzon#Southeastern Luzon, southeastern end of Luzon): Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon, and two off the shore: Catanduanes and Masbate. The regional center is Legazpi, Albay, Legazpi, the most populous city in the region and has one Cities of the Philippines, independent component city, the pilgrim city of Naga, Camarines Sur, Naga. The region is bounded by Lamon Bay to the north, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Sibuyan Sea and Ragay Gulf to the west. The northernmost provinces, Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, are bordered to the west by the province of Quezon in the Calabarzon region. Geography The Bicol Region comprises the southern part of Luzon, the largest island in the Philippine archipelago. The total land area is 5.9% of the total land area of the country. Arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol Isarog Transport System
Bicol Isarog Transport System, Inc. (BITSI, also known as simply Bicol Isarog) is a Philippine bus company based in Quezon City. Bicol Isarog, along with 6 sister bus lines, operates routes that primarily serves the Bicol Region, as well as Samar Province and Leyte Province. Overview Bicol Isarog Transport System Inc. was formally incorporated in the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2011. The company has then been operating the Penafrancia, RSL bus transport and Isarog Lines to include several more bus routes which makes BITSI the leading bus company in the south of Luzon. With the recent partnership with VSPintados, the company now even expands its services bringing people safer in the Eastern Visayas region particularly in Calbayog, Catbalogan, Tacloban, Ormoc and Maasin. Fleet Current Del Monte Motor Works * ''Del Monte Motor Works DM10 Sleeper bus body'' ** Hyundai Aero Space LS * ''Del Monte Motor Works DM16 S1 Sleeper bus body'' ** Hino RM2PSS * ''Del M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol Natural Park
The Bicol Natural Park is a List of protected areas of the Philippines, protected area of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region of southern Luzon. It straddles the mountainous border between the provinces of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur in the northern interior of the Bicol Peninsula. First declared as a national park covering on February 13, 1934, through Proclamation No. 657 of Governor General Frank Murphy, the Bicol National Park was later extended to its present area of through amendments made in Proclamation No. 655 signed by President Manuel Luis Quezon on December 23, 1940. The area was reclassified as a natural park on December 29, 2000, by virtue of Proclamation No. 43 by President Joseph Estrada. Geography The Bicol Natural Park spreads across the Camarines Norte municipalities of Basud, Camarines Norte, Basud and Mercedes, Camarines Norte, Mercedes, and the Camarines Sur municipalities of Sipocot, Camarines Sur, Sipocot and Lupi, Camarines Sur, Lupi. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol Volcanoes
The Bicol Volcanoes were a Filipino professional basketball team based in Legazpi, Albay. The team last competed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2023 to 2024. The team played its home games at Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and Albay Astrodome. The team was known as the Bicolandia Oragons during its final season. The team was founded as one of six expansion teams for the league's 2019–20 season. As of 2025, the Volcanoes/Oragons are only team in the league's history to be based in the Bicol Region. History Founded in 2019, the Bicol franchise joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as an expansion team for its 2019–20 season. The franchise was originally going to named the Albay Volcanoes, but changed its location identifier to Bicol to represent the entire region. Led by ex-PBA cager Ronjay Buenafe, the Volcanoes finished with a 16–14 record, clinching the eighth seed in the playoffs. Bicol faced the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytechnic State University Of Bicol
The Polytechnic State University of Bicol (PSUB) is a state university in Nabua, Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is mandated primarily to provide higher technological, professional and vocational instruction and training in fisheries, trade, as well as short term technical and vocational courses, as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary, and shall promote research in the exploration and conservation of natural resources in the province. Its main campus is located in Nabua, Camarines Sur. History Conception Polytechnic State University of Bicol was born out of the Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, popularly known as CSPC. CSPC was the brainchild of some prominent Nabueños who have long dreamt of having a community college in Nabua. Its establishment came into reality as a result of the feasibility study initiated by the defunct Bicol River Basin Development Program (BRBDP). Said undertaking is an inter-agency commitment with the aim of promoting a balance agro-industrial dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol University
Bicol University (), also referred to by its acronym (BU or Bicol U), is a regional state, research and coeducational higher education institution in Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines, with external campuses scattered throughout the provinces of Albay and Sorsogon. BU is an ISO 9001:2008 certified public university. The university is partly subsidized by the Philippine government. Students of the university and its graduates are referred to as "''Mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'' ("Scholars of the Nation") but they are commonly called as Bueños. Students who wish to study in the university must pass the Bicol University College Entrance Test (BUCET). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the university implemented the Bicol University College Entrance Scoring System (BUCESS) for its admission of undergraduate students for academic years 2021-2022 and 2022–2023. History The Bicol University was founded on June 21, 1969, by virtue of Republic Act 5521 and was formally organized on September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Bicol State University Of Agriculture
The Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (), or simply referred to by its acronym CBSUA, is a state university in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, and is the regional center for higher learning in agriculture in the Bicol Region. Founded in 1918, the university is now SUC level IV and ISO 9001:2015 accredited. Its main campus is in the capital town of Pili, while its other campuses are located in Pasacao, Sipocot, and Calabanga. History 1918-1946 CBSUA was founded in 1918 as farm school under Director Francis B. Harrison and Superintendent George C. Kindley. It was an intermediate school offering agricultural courses for boys and was known as Camarines Agricultural School (CAS). In 1923, Victor Oblifis became the superintendent. CAS changed into a national secondary under the name Camarines Agricultural High School (CAHS). In 1928, William Pickell became superintendent, serving for two years. During this period, CAHS was changed to a provincial level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol Standard
''Bicol Standard'' is a weekly newspaper in the Bicol Region. It covers news from the provinces of Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Albay, Sorsogon and Masbate Masbate, officially the Province of Masbate (Masbateño language, Masbateño: ''Probinsya san Masbate''; ), is an island Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located near the midsection of the nation's archipelago. Its provi .... History Newspaper ''Bicol Standard'' was established in 1992 by longtime journalist Gil Basmayor, Jr. References External links * Weekly newspapers published in the Philippines Newspapers published in Luzon Newspapers established in 1992 Mass media in Albay Mass media in Camarines Norte Mass media in Camarines Sur Mass media in Catanduanes Mass media in Masbate Mass media in Sorsogon {{Philippines-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol River
The Bicol River is the eighth largest river in the Philippines in terms of drainage basin size with an estimated catchment area of . The river drains a large part of Bicol Peninsula of the southeastern part of the island of Luzon and passes through Camarines Sur province. The river starts from Lake Bato, above sea level, and flows downstream to its estuarine mouth at San Miguel Bay. It passes through Naga City, the alluvial and coastal plains of the vast Bicol Valley, an elongated, northwesterly trending depression in the Bicol Region, which contains alluvial plains to the coastal plain. Average slope within the river's drainage basin is 0.006%. The basin has an influence area of including its drainage basin. It lies between 13°0 to 14°N and 123°0 and 124°0 E. It is extensively a coastal flood plain. Geology and geomorphology The Bicol River is bounded on the northeast by the Bicol Cordillera, which consists of a chain of volcanic mountains including Mount Iriga, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol International Airport
Bicol International Airport , also referred by some sources as Southern Luzon International Airport, is an airport serving the vicinity of Legazpi, the capital city of Albay and the regional center of Bicol Region, in the Philippines. Dubbed as the Philippines' "Most Scenic Gateway", the airport is located in Daraga, a municipality adjacent to Legazpi City. The project is on a plateau from Mayon Volcano. It replaced the old Legazpi Airport, which is only from the BIA. First planned in 1996 and with initial construction beginning in 2008, the airport was finally inaugurated on October 7, 2021. It was designed to handle an estimated 2.2 million passengers every year. While the airport is billed as an international airport, it is classified as Class 1 principal domestic airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. History Planning Plans for an international airport in Legazpi started in 1996. In 1997, a study commissioned by the Japan International Cooperatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikol Languages
The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the southeastern part of Luzon, the neighboring island-province of Catanduanes, and the island of Burias in Masbate. Internal classification Ethnologue ''Ethnologue'' groups the languages of Bikol as follows: *Bikol **Coastal Bikol (Northern) *** Isarog Agta language *** Mount Iraya Agta language *** Central Bikol language ( ISO 639-3 bcl) **** Canaman dialect (standard) **** Naga City dialect ****Partido dialect ****Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon (TLS) dialect ****Daet dialect *** Southern Catanduanes Bikol language **Inland Bikol (Southern) *** Mount Iriga Agta language *** Albay Bikol languages ****Buhinon language ****Libon language ****West Miraya language ****East Miraya language *** Rinconada Bikol language ****Highland/Sinabukid dialect *****Agta variant *****Iriga variant (standard) ****Lakeside/Sinaranəw dialect *****Baao variant *****Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicol Express
Bicol express, known natively in Bikol as ''sinilihan'' (), is a popular Filipino dish which was popularized in the district of Malate, Manila, but made in traditional Bicolano style. It is a stew made from long chili peppers ('' siling haba'' in Tagalog'')'' or small chili peppers ('' siling labuyo'' in Tagalog), coconut milk/ coconut cream (''kakang gata'' in Tagalog), shrimp paste ('' bagoong alamang'' in Tagalog) or stockfish, onion, pork, ginger and garlic. The dish was termed by Laguna resident, Cely Kalaw, during a cooking competition in the 1970s in Malate, Manila. The name of the dish was inspired by the Bicol Express railway train (Philippine National Railways) that operated from Tutuban, Manila to Legazpi, Albay (regional center of the Bicol region). The widely-known name for this dish in the Bicol Region of the Philippines was identified as gulay na may lada, which is currently one of the vegetarian variants of the Bicol express dish. As time progressed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
