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Major Hubs 5 Major Destinations
Manila and Its Spokes
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Cebu and its Spokes
Laoag / Baguio and its Spokes
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Davao and its Spokes
Clark/Subic and its Spokes |
Others and its Spokes
Zamboanga
A GLIMPSE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
The city of
the Crescent and the Cross. After the defeat of the brave
warrior Tagal, Kudarat's brothers, in the famous battle in
the Dumanquillas Bay, Christian culture started to take root
in the peninsula. The marriage of these two cultures, Muslim
and Christian, is best exemplified in the landmark sculpture
of the Crescent and the Cross, which dominates the
provincial skyline.
Grand church and imposing mosques mingle in the town that is
known for speaking "Chabacano", a unique mixture of Spanish
and ethnic dialects. The early settlers of Zamboanga were
the Subanons, "people of the river", who set up a fishing
and trading village near the coast and called it Pagadian, a
corruption of the Maguindanao word "padian" or marketplace.
Often referred to as the Philippines' own "little
Hong-kong", Pagadian boasts of its idyllic islets and tribal
boathouse villages
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