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The PPUR poster boys on Palawan Island. Mabuhay!

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 00:00 | admin

Poster at a major junction in Puerto Princesa, featuring Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, Mayor Edward Hagedorn of Puerto Princesa City, Jean-Paul de la Fuente, New7Wonders Director, and Nardz Villafranca, Technical Coordinator of the PPUR campa

PPUR officially confirmed as one of the New7Wonders of Nature

Sun, 01/29/2012 - 11:23 | admin

Manila/Philippines, Zurich/Switzerland: Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) is now confirmed as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. Making the announcement in Manila, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, congratulated the people of the Philippines for supporting their national finalist in the global campaign.

Palawan Underground River officially one of the 7 New Wonders of Nature

Sun, 01/01/2012 - 00:00 | admin

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- The Puerto Princesa Underground River or the PPUR is now the second official winner of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

The confirmation of PPUR was made by Bernard Weber, President of the New 7 Wonders Foundation in a press conference held recently at the Heritage Hotel in Pasay City.

Filipinos fly flag in South China Sea

Mon, 07/18/2011 - 00:00 | admin

PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan - For the few dozen Filipinos living on a remote speck of land in the South China Sea, each day is a battle against loneliness but also a love affair with nature.
Contact with the outside world is limited and comforts are few for the residents of "Freedom" town, which exists mainly to raise the Philippine flag and fend off the other claimants to the Spratly islands.

Battle on paradise Philippine island

Mon, 03/07/2011 - 00:00 | admin

PUERTO PRINCESA - For tourists the Philippine island of Palawan seems like paradise, but for environment activists it feels more akin to a battlefield.
Murders and threats on what is promoted as the Southeast Asian nation's last ecological frontier are emblematic of a struggle across the country, where dozens of environment campaigners have been killed over the past decade.