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==[[Marinduque News]]==
==[[Marinduque News]]==
'''Palawan, Mindoro diving sites listed among world's best '''
'''Marinduque and US rotary clubs to sponsor water project'''
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=795638&publicationSubCategoryId=200
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=2171334296744
* April 10, 2012 01:01 PM
*Friday 13th of April 2012
:by  Juancho Mahusay
:by  Mayda Lagran




CALAPAN CITY, Philippines  – Two tourist destinations in Region 4B or MIMAROPA (Mindoro-Marinduque-Romblon-Palawan) have been listed  among the world’s  best diving sites,  the travel news website  of the Cable News  Network (CNN) said.
BOAC, Marinduque, April 13 (PIA) -- A Rotary club from Marinduque and one from Connecticut, United States have teamed up to provide a continuous potable water system for the residents of a barangay.  


The CNN’s list of best dive sites in the world ranked the Tubbataha reef, located southeast of Palawan, eighth and “The Canyons” in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro 45th among the top diving sites.
The Rotary Club of Marinduque North RI District 2820 has partnered with the Rotary Club of West Hartford, Connecticut to give Barangay Isok I in Boac a 24-hour potable water system.  


According to the CNN  website, a diver  will have a  “super-size dive experience at Tubbataha, where everything comes in giant form.”  It also said  that Tubbataha’s allure lies in its waters that  are “exceptionally clean, so the marine life lives much longer, making it grow to silly proportions.”
The club from Connecticut has allotted P1.15 million for the water project.  


“Expect kaleidoscopic colors combined with guitar sharks, black tip reef sharks, nurse sharks, gliding blue-spotted lagoon rays, unicorns, boxfish, scorpion fish and more,” the CNN said.
The team is now in the process of water source testing and targets to finish installation three months from now.  


Tubbataha is located 181 kilometers southeast of Puerto Princesa City in Palawan Province. The reef is made up of two coral atolls divided by an eight-kilometer wide channel.  Its diving area has a depth of five to 60 meters.
Once completed, the water tank will contain 25,000 litters of water, which can sufficiently supply the needs of residents, commercial establishments and schools in the said area. The water facilities to be installed can provide round-the-clock service, unlike previous systems that have limited time or duration of water supply.  


Tubbataha is also part of the Tubbataha National Marine Park, which was established on August 11, 1988 and was declared a “World Heritage Site” by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in December 1993.  The marine park  is under protective management by the Department of National  Defense (DND) and under the technical supervision by the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) and Department of Environment and  Natural Resources (DENR).
Randy O. Ayala, president of Rotary Club of Marinduque North and project coordinator, facilitated the link for project funding, through Oscar Sto. Domingo, who served as Project Contact of Rotary Club of West Hartford, Connecticut, USA.  


Meanwhile, “The Canyons” made it to the CNN’s list for being a “first-rate dive site.”
The barangay, headed by Capt. Agustin Manzo pledged P100,000 as counterpart support for labor services.  


“Schools of spotted and ribbon sweetlips, shiny trevallies and weird-looking batfish make up the scene at this first-rate dive site. There’s also an explosion of coral and plant life including beautiful delicate gorgonian sea fans and hollow barrel sponges; look inside for critters lurking within,” the website said .
Ayala expressed fulfillment in serving the community and appreciates the effort and financial assistance given by the funding group. He also volunteered to help the barangay in establishing a community group that will maintain and sustain the water facilities to be installed.
He also said that Rotary Club can provide other livelihood projects for the barangay, but said the proposal must be initiated and led by barangay officials.  


The Canyons was  rated as a five-star diving site and located at the northeast of Escarceo Point, some five- minute boat ride  from Brgy. Sabang.
Rotarians’ initiative and concern surprisingly are all that the barangay people needs to quench their thirst not only for water but solution to their perennial basic problem that by June is expected to be eradicated. (LBR/MNL-PIA4B Marinduque)
 
With a depth of up to 30 meters or about 95 feet to a maximum of 200 feet, The Canyons’ area was designated as a “Man and Biosphere Reserve” of  UNESCO  in 1973.


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