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  • Had they been from Capiz or had they been reared on aswang stories from their “yayas” (nannies) and grandmothers, they would know that the Philippine aswang is not repelled by a crucifix or garlic, which only works for vampires from Transylvania.

    Of Aswangs, Garlic and Cultural Diversity « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009

  • And round Capiz-shell place mats by Kim Seybert come in black, orange, green or blue ombré ($65; neimanmarcus. com).

    Fashion: Made in The Shade 2008

  • When it comes to seafood, a place in Philippines in Capiz offers a variety of fresh, seafoods like “diwal” shellfish, shrimps, prawn,and “alimango” a fat kind of crab which have fat arms and has more delicious “aligi” that hard delicious yellow part inside its body, and have heavenly taste of white meat.

    Crab vs. Mink « I HEART BACON 2005

  • Capiz, and there were two camps there, O'Donnell and Cabanatuan, and tens of thousands of men died there.

    We Band of Angels:; The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese 1999

  • Training for the villagers of Capiz included clean water usage, community organizing, how to choose an appropriate technology, site selection, and building and maintenance of the tanks.

    60. Inexpensive blood-screening for HIV 1992

  • In the Philippines, in the province of Capiz, 90% of the people have no access to safe, reliable water.

    60. Inexpensive blood-screening for HIV 1992

  • But the captain assured us that everything was ship-shape and that this was the nearest point of approach to Capiz, a town of considerable importance on the island of Panay, where a body of troops was to embark for home.

    An Epoch in History P. H. Eley

  • Those found on Sibuyan island, in Capiz province, are considered the best, being the smallest and stoutest.

    Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

  • As we at Capiz were protected by a company of the Sixth Infantry and one of the Tenth Cavalry, and the Islands were theoretically at peace, we were not very much alarmed by this.

    A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

  • Capiz, a seaport town on the opposite side of the island, to assist from the land side a small force of Americans besieged there by the natives, while the gunboat Utica was to steam around the northeastern promontory of the island and cooperate from the water side of the town, in its relief.

    Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

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