National hero Jose Rizal kept a diary of his activities during his exile in Dapitan City in 1896 and even after leaving the place for Manila, passing by several key places in the Visayas in early August of that year.
One destination that is slowly gaining popularity among local and foreign tourists is Kalanggaman Island in Palompon town, Leyte.
Cries resonated with the melodies as people sang in the valley where a small village used to be in La Libertad town in Negros Oriental.
For more than a year, Cristy Aba and her family have been living inside a tent in a school compound in Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental. Their house was destroyed on Feb. 6, 2012, when a devastating 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook seven towns and two cities in the province.
