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Big-time tubig. The kind that fills dams, powers turbines, and sends engineers into meetings.The kind with budget lines, blueprints, and board resolutions. But then—uwan. Daghan sila. Simple, soft, unbudgeted rain. Sometimes deluge, sometimes blessing. From the sky to the ground, it travels: from taligsik padung langit—droplets that seem to rise instead of fall—to actual falls, the kind we see rise in Kawasan. From dam to ditch, from reservoir to rusted pail, from the water d

Who says you need to go far to have a good weekend? In Hilongos, joy doesn’t always come from long drives or plane tickets. Sometimes, it’s just a short walk, a bike ride, or a quick ‘adto ta didto’ from home. Here are some simple, ordinary, but life-giving things we can all do without leaving town. 1. Manumbay Start the day by visiting friends, sibs, or mga relatives — whether in Santa Filomena or Santa Rita. Bring nothing but your smile and maybe a few pasalubong. In Hilong

Time na para makat-on atong mga kids sa mga Bisdak nga mga pulong mahitungod sa panahon.

Nindot makighimamat sa atong mga pets ug mga wild animals sa pinulongang Bisaya.

Dinhi atong kat-onan ang mga pang-kusina nga mga pulong - mga pagkaon o mga lamas.

Nindot tali makat-onan sa atong mga kids ang mga parte sa atong lawas sa pinulongang Bisdak.

Simpleng mga lihok sa bata o mga tawo nga angay makat-onan sa atong mga kids.

We start with simple numbers. Unsa sa English? Unsa sa Binisaya? Unsaon paggamit sa sentence? Makat-on ra unya 'ta.

A Morning Ritual There’s something about early mornings that feels incomplete without pandesal. It’s not grand or complicated. It’s warm,...

In the beginning, if you had nothing but your legs and your tsinelas, then you walked. Baktas, bay. Hilongos is flat enough for that —...

There is a special corner in Hilongos where mornings begin not with noise, but with steam from tin kettles and the soft clatter of cups...

At the heart of Hilongos stands a structure not easily missed—the kampanaryo, rising quietly beside the parish church, weathered by time...

Before the walkways were paved and the guards posted, Pantalan  in Hilongos was nothing more than a stretch of piled boulders — uneven,...

To those who know, or once woke up near sa ihawan  or abattoir  in Hilongos, you’ll remember this well: the sun barely rising, the clang...