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hi again mr. manolo. yes i will look for your boo...

2006-07-24T01:42:00.000+08:00

hi again mr. manolo. yes i will look for your book in the bookstores soon and i'll make sure to put your whole name and occupation (architect and architectural historian) correctly. thank you very much for your permission and i'd get in touch with you again when the article sees print abroad (and also put in www.lighthousedigest.com) in august or september this year.

Karisma

by the way you may also want to use more informati...

2006-07-21T08:19:00.000+08:00

by the way you may also want to use more information pertaining to Malabrigo in my book, Lonely Sentinels of the sea: the spanish colonial lighthouses in the philippines. This is avaialble at most bookstores or if not at the UST Publishing house

manolo

sure but please correct my name, its Manuel Lopez ...

2006-07-21T08:17:00.000+08:00

sure but please correct my name, its Manuel Lopez del castillo-noche as my name is very long abbreviations of it or short cuts of it may be representing other people.

Thanks

manolo

Good day to you! I have read this beautiful essay ...

2006-07-19T00:15:00.000+08:00

Good day to you! I have read this beautiful essay in your blog . I have been assigned to write an article on Faro de Punta Malabrigo in Lobo, Batangas by Lighthouse Digest, an international publication based in Wells, Maine. May I ask your permission to put this paragraph in my article:

Manuel Del Castillo stated in his essay entitled “Lonely Sentinels of the Sea: The Spanish Colonial Lighthouses in the Philippines” that starting 1857, the Spanish Colonial Government constructed roughly 70 lighthouses all over the Philippines. Of these, only 22 are of major construction works. Malabrigo’s tower, pavilion and surrounding veranda were built of masonry. Decorative metal grills surround the fence, balconies and windows. Corrugated iron sheets cover the roof. Del Castillo profoundly shares, “Even with time and the elements acting against them, the beauty that the Spanish engineers erected on our soil cannot be erased. It is time that we, the inheritors of this patrimony should do what we can to ensure its survival for the next 100 years. For these lights not only lit the souls and imaginations of those who chanced upon them; they also guided a nation to progress.”

Thank you very much! I'm looking forward to your reply.

Sincerely,
Karisma Kasilag-Sison

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2006-07-05T22:16:00.000+08:00

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there is an exhibit on the colonial lighthouses at...

2006-05-11T16:27:00.000+08:00

there is an exhibit on the colonial lighthouses at Ayala Musuem beginning the 18th similarly a lecture on said topid will be presented at 4:00 pm you may want to attend this.

the nearest outside manila is Faro de Cabo Santiago in Calatagan, Batangas or Faro de Punta Malabrigo in Lobo Batangas. Further a field, there is Faro de Punta Capones on Capones Island in San Antonio, Zambales. Though the most visited and accessible if you are heading north is Faro de Cabo Bojeador in Burgos, Ilocos Norte. The country has numerous lighhtouses dotting our vast archipelago, some though are rather remote and difficult to reach. If you are interested in visiting those I mentioned you could contact the town hall for further dirctions.

enjoy

Hi...I've injoyed reading your reports very much a...

2006-05-06T11:03:00.000+08:00

Hi...
I've injoyed reading your reports very much and your photo's are great!
I'm Larry, an avid collector of lighthouse photography and scale replica's. My wife and I are visiting the Philippines May 8th thru May 25th 2006. Can you post some mapping, addresses, or accurate location discriptions of lighthouses outside of Manila or Davao? I'd love to visit some of them and get some new pictures and historical docs. Thanks, keep up the good work.