Visayas

Santo Niño de Cebú -- the capital of the island of its name and of those called Visayas, and the residence of the most excellent and illustrious bishop, to whose authority and vigilance are submitted all matters relating to the spiritual part -- has about eighteen or twenty pupils, counting seminarists and collegiates.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Emma Helen Blair 1884

Movement (STSCM) pointed out that the Visayas is the epicenter of global marine shorefish diversity with the "richest concentration of marine life in the entire planet."

Bulatlat 2008

Movement (STSCM) pointed out that the Visayas is the epicenter of global marine shorefish diversity with the "richest concentration of marine life in the entire planet."

Bulatlat 2008

Hernandez said that unlike Luzon and the Visayas which is always ravaged by typhoons which destroy agricultural areas, Mindanao enjoys a relatively typhoon-free climate as it is located outside the typhoon belt and enjoys a fair tropical climate, which translate to rich agricultural production.

PinoyPress 2009

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Emma Helen Blair 1884

In the early months of 1900, U.S. forces pushed into southern Luzon and the Visayas Islands.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

In recent years, fishermen from far distances in Visayas are arriving in Taytay's waters to capitalize on stocks that are either low to nonexistent in their own municipalities.

Coleen Jose: Fishing for Survival: How a Global Market Is Shaping One Island Community Coleen Jose 2011

Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are the Philippine's three major regions, which consist of 7,100 islands, with Palawan in western Visayas.

Coleen Jose: Fishing for Survival: How a Global Market Is Shaping One Island Community Coleen Jose 2011

As far as I know, our Student Organization is the first Civilian (Non-religious) Organization in the Philippines (or at least in the Visayas and the Mindanao) to sponsor a Mass said in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

Filipino University Student Organization Sponsors Usus Antiquior Mass 2009

In the early months of 1900, U.S. forces pushed into southern Luzon and the Visayas Islands.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011