Children’s playground and adopted sons and daughters

There is one thing that Puerto Galera does not have and that is a public children’s playground. It is really a shame that a first class municipality does not have a place and facility for young kids to play and have fun at.

A group of foreign residents and Filipinos made it their project to put up a children’s playground at Plaza Iluminada in Poblacion (town center).

A Facebook group (Puerto Galera Children’s Playground) has been setup where members can discuss and be updated on what is happening with the project.

If you wish to contribute in the realization of this project, please join our Facebook group and say hello. You may also email us at info@puertodegalera.com – thank you.

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Congratulations to Arcobaleno Pizzeria located at Minolo, San Isidro for winning our survey for the Best Pizza Restaurant for the year 2018.

There are 16 Italian-managed pizza restaurants and Claudio Orsini takes the cake as netizens continue to pour in kudos affirming the well-deserved win of Arcobaleno.

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Mr. J brought us to a new bar and we were surprised that there is now gay (homosexual) entertainment in Sabang. The comedic performance that lasted for more than 1 hour was well-received by a jam-packed crowd of Korean and Chinese tourists.

Mr. J told us that he introduced this novelty to bring something new to the Sabang nightlife. So far, the crowd seems to be loving it.

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The Fortnightly will be nominating several long-time foreign residents to be adopted sons of Puerto Galera.

One criteria for becoming an adopted son is a certification from the Barangay Captain of the nominee’s good moral character. The nominee must also have contributed to the community “in aspects of economic, education, health, environment, social and cultural.”

The Fortnightly is appealing to the local authorities not to be miserly in recognizing the many contributions of many foreigners who have been outstanding members of the community. There are many foreigners in Puerto Galera who deserve to be made as adopted sons or daughters of Puerto Galera. Asking for money from them has become customary – but the way we thank them is largely superficial. More often than not, we take them for granted – demanding favors as if they are obligated to us. Yet all of us agree that without them our tourism could have never taken off (and continue to flourish thanks to their continuous promotion of Puerto Galera abroad).

Less than 30 have been accorded adopted sons and daughters status. Among them are as follows: Fr. Erwin Thiel, Tony Taylor, Petra Aliño, Leandro V. Locsin, Cecilia Yulo Locsin, Estella Zamora, Jaime Zobel, Bea Zobel, Yves Berset, Angelita Zaballa, Xavier Reumaux, Allan Nash, David Austin, Michael Waeber, Chuck Driver, Luis Y. Locsin, Leandro Y. Locsin Jr., Santanina Rasul, Thomas Zudrell and Hubert d’Aboville.