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 ==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
-'''OrMin Scholarship program still open'''
+'''Tubbataha Reef, The Canyons among world’s best dive sites'''
-*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=741334203552
+*Source: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/top-stories/21003-tubbataha-reef-the-canyons-among-worlds-best-dive-sites
-*Friday 13th of April 2012
+*Saturday, April 14, 2012
-:by Luis T. Cueto
+:by Jovee Marie N. Dela Cruz, Reporter
-CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Apr. 13 (PIA) -- The provincial government’s Oriental Mindoro Integrated Scholarship Program is still open for qualified applicants until today.
+DIVING is definitely more fun in the Philippines.
-Under the program, the provincial government will shoulder the expenses for tuition fees of qualified scholars. In order to qualify for the program, applicants must have the following qualifications: a) High School graduate with general average of 85% and above; b) A full-fledged Filipino citizen residing in the province; c) Applicants must not be more than 21 years old; and d) The income of parents must not exceed P150,000 yearly as reflected on their Income Tax Return (ITR) from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
+Palawan’s renowned Tubbataha Reef and Oriental Mindoro’s The Canyons were recently named among the best dive sites in the world.
-The examination will be held at Jose J. Leido, Jr. Memorial National High School (JJLJMNHS), Calapan City on April 18 at 9 a.m.
+Travel website www.cnngo.com named Tubbataha Reef as the eighth best dive site in the world in an article, titled Into the deep: World’s 50 best dive sites.
-For details regarding the program, please contact the Secretariat, Provincial Scholarship Committee, Governor’s Office-Integrated Scholarship Program Section, Provincial Capitol Compound, Calapan City at Telephone No. 043-2882184. (LBR/Louie T. Cueto/PIA-Calapan City)
+Written by Jade Bremner, the article noted that the water in the reef “is exceptionally clean,” among others.
+“Super-size your dive experience at Tubbataha where everything comes in giant form. The main advantage to diving at Tubbataha is that the water is exceptionally clean, so the marine life lives much longer, making it grow to silly proportions,” it said.
+“These two small atoll like reefs in the middle of the ocean offer an inner lagoon with overhangs, slopes, crevices and caves with more than 300 different types of coral and 379 species of fish,” it added.
+The dive site has a depth of five meters to 60 meters and has very clear visibility for a few meters. It is located 182 kilometers south of Puerto Princesa City, the province’s capital.
+“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 website said further.
+Likewise, The Canyons in Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro province is included in the list of the best dive sites.
+“Schools of spotted and ribbon sweetlips, shiny trevallies and weird-looking batfish make up the scene at this first-rate drift 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,” Bremner said in his report.
+The Canyons has a depth of up to 30 meters and visibility of 10 to 30 meters. It can be reached by a 30-minute boat ride from Puerto Galera.
+The top 10 best dive sites in the world are composed of Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island, Malaysia (1st); Yongala, Queensland, Australia (2nd); SS Thistlegorm, Red Sea, Egypt (3rd); Blue Corner Wall, Palau, Micronesia (4th); Richelieu Rock, near the Surin Islands, Thailand (5th); Gordon Rocks, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (6th); Great Blue Hole, Belize (7th); Tubbataha, Palawan, Philippines (8th); Big Brother, Red Sea, Egypt (9th); and Maaya Thila, Maldives (10th).
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