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In April, 1904, at Talisay and Minglanilla (Cebú Is.), they succeeded in occupying the churches and property claimed by the friars, and refused to vacate them.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Thus the work here had been in a measure simplified, but complications that had arisen at Talisay, one of the largest and richest towns on the island, demanded a change of teachers and the writer was assigned to the place as superintendent.
An Epoch in History P. H. Eley
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For over a generation the Cebuános around Talisay, Minglanilla, and Talambau had sustained
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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_Marsedenia_, called in Bicol dialect _Payanguit_ and _Aringuit_, with which hemp can be dyed blue; the juice of the skin of a root, known in Bicol as _Morinda_, is used for dyeing hemp red; the sap of the _Talisay_ tree (_Terminalia mauritiana_) gives a black dye, and that of the _Calumpit_ tree (_Terminalia edulis_) is a good straw-coloured dye.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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The second column set out for Banadero on the twenty-ninth, waiting there till the following day, when the aforesaid column, having been joined by another, which came by the way of Mount Semgay, and by another small force which had come from Bayuyangan; all these forces having been joined together, they fell at the same time upon the ruins of Talisay, which had been taken from the insurgents last
Bamboo Tales J. Alexander [Illustrator] Mackay 1905
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That great bay is formed by the point of Siroma, and is seventy-six leguas round to the point of Talisay.
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Talisay agricultural officer Zenaida Macatangay said an initial investigation showed the deaths may have been caused by the temperature change as the rainy season set in last week after a scorching summer, which also depleted the lake's oxygen levels.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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"Many were sad and devastated because they invested a lot in these fish cages," Talisay Mayor Zenaida Mendoza told The Associated Press by telephone.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Police officer Mike Espina says 55-year-old Emmanuel Ponce shot his family Sunday in their affluent house in Talisay town in central Cebu province, but spared his favorite youngest daughter.
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Officials have banned the sale of the rotting fish, which are being buried by the truckload in Talisay and three other towns in Batangas province, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources official Rose del Mundo said Sunday.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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