Pagburnayan Pottery Makers of Vigan, Ilocos Sur

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Hand-crafted Earthenware or clay pots and jars are mostly used for pottery and decorative ornaments featured in many landscaping displays. Depending on the creators, they could be tough and almost unbreakable even if you slam one down on any flat surface.

Well, that's what the potter did while showing us some of his creations. He just slammed one down the table to show us how unbreakable his works are. But that was just a small pot that fits on the palm of your hand, I'm just not so sure about the bigger pots if they too will be left without any signs of damage. As you would know, the bigger they are, the harder they will "break" or am I just convincing myself that there might be a breaking point to everything.

But who would want to break masterpieces? Of course you'll take good care of them. And as most of them ports are laid down on the ground themselves, these Earthenware pots kiss the Earth making it a harmonious existence.

Our trip to a couple of Pagburnayan Pottery makers was most definitely worth the addition to our travel itinerary. We were in luck because we got to interview two of the elders from the Go clan.

The two visits was with my photographer friends while we covered the Miss Tourism Philippines 2017 candidates tour of Ilocos Sur. The first one was by ourselves during our free time on our first day in Vigan, and the second was with the ladies.

AdX: Full Disclosure - AdCreate Society’s 6th Annual Advertising Conference

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DOE: Power Restoration in Quake-hit Areas on Schedule

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Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi assured today that the rehabilitation of power facilities in Region 8 and Bohol damaged by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake last July 6 is continuing and is on schedule.

He said, that the “Build-back Better Principle” is being applied by industry participants to ensure that the facilities will be more “disaster-resilient.”

As of 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, the DOE consolidated report stated that Leyte and Samar received 94.5 megawatts (MW) of power.

The power distribution for the Leyte-Samar area are as follows:

·         Ormoc-Baybay with 16.9 MW;

·         Southern Leyte at 9.4 MW;

·         Northern Leyte and Biliran at 18.6 MW;

·         Samar at 5.9 MW,

·         Tacloban City and Palo at 22.6 MW;

·         Northern Samar and Calbayog City at 13.2MW; and

·         Eastern Samar at 8.0MW.

Bohol, on their end, received 39.2 MW, which included its own power generation that reached 10.5 MW.

The available supply came from Energy Development Corporation's Kananga Geothermal Power Plant with 120.9 MW, Bohol generations at 10.5MW and Cebu shares of 10.9 MW.

The severely damaged Ormoc Substation can now accommodate 128.3 MW electricity supply to the city and municipal centers and most of the barangays in the affected provinces.