Recent Posts
Journey to Samal
Return To Blog Listing
Samal Island, Island Garden City of Samal news, photos, information and opinion. Includes an updated list of resorts on Samal Island with contact information.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'history'
Shaving on Samal
I don’t know if this classifies as a hobby, since it is also part of my daily grooming…but shaving took a change for me about 4 years ago. I got interested in the straight blade, I believe because I wanted to try to shave more precisely ...
Samal Island
As I was working on another article it occurred to me, as it often does, that I never quite know how to refer to this little island off the coast of Davao. Seems my preference is Samal Island. I’m not sure if I prefer that because it’s a ...
Samal Casino Resort To Reopen?
It appears that discussion has at least started towards the re-opening of the Samal Casino Resort on the Island Garden City of Samal. The casino/resort was last open in 2000, closing down for lack of business and funding. Several attempts have been m...
Remembering Gabriel V. Custodio
Some of you may remember last year when I bought a painting that was signed “Custodio’s - Art - Philippines ‘47″. I did my best to research the name Custodio, and found out that Gabriel Custodio was in fact an artist that very...
The History of Samal Island
In the early Spanish regime, during the reign of Don Jose Uyanguren of Davao City , a certain Island within the DAVAO Gulf was named “ SAMAL” in recognition to the settlers who migrated from Jolo and Basilan called the “ISLAMIC TRIBAL GROUP” ...
Manny wins!!
ROUND 1: And we’re off! ROUND 1: Oscar dishing out his jab. De La Hoya pressing forward. ROUND 1: De La Hoya looks gigantic in front of Pacquiao. PacMan looks like a boy. ROUND 1: De la Hoya doles out his jab. Pacquiao picking his spots. ...
