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Heidi Ganaden and her husband never thought they'd run a hotel by the beach in Siargao, an island known as the surfing capital of the Philippines. The two of them were working corporate jobs and ...

Siargao is a very different change of pace of life, right? I was in Manila for a year and I was in London before that, so big ...

Life has a way of leading us to unexpected places, and for 26-year-old Pat Poblete, that place was Siargao, a tropical island ...

Elaine Abonal, a mom and coach of her own surfing school, Surfista, is “livin’ la vida isla” (living the island life) together with her daughter and husband in Siargao. “I’ve been ...

He is currently in the process of setting up his villa, starting a small business and even planning to build a farm.

Bicol is hosting numerous exciting events this year to attract more tourists to the region, the Department of Tourism (DOT) ...

At least 1.6 million tourists visited the Caraga Region in 2024, according to officials from the Department of Tourism ...

A local surfer rides the waves at the popular Cloud 9 surfing site in General Luna, Siargao Island. (PNA file photo) BUTUAN ...