[talk-ph] what's up with Province of Dinagat Island?

It used to be a town now a province (2006) now a town again (Feb 2010)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinagat_Islands -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog:

[talk-ph] Mount Cabac

Hi all, Anybody knows Mount Cabac in southern Leyte ? I found it here : http://osm.org/go/4tROrp-?node=332020854layers=0B00FTFT Close to mactan, in the middle of the sea. That must be wrong, no? ( Google also situates it there ^_^ ) Cheers Totor

Re: [talk-ph] Mount Cabac

Looking at the original record in gns can give us some clue: Name (Gazetteer Order): Cabac, Mount (Unverified) === hmm probably non-existent Name (Reading Order): Mount Cabac Short Name: NULL Feature Designation:NULL DMS Lat:10° 17' 07 N === 10.2853 same with osm data

Re: [talk-ph] what's up with Province of Dinagat Island?

maning, don't mind the Inquirer news article headline. It's just Inquirer reporters being ignorant again. :-P Anyway, Shariff Kabunsuan and Dinagat Islands were provinces that were shot down by the Supreme Court. Dinagat Islands used to have a place=state node, but you, maning, deleted it

Re: [talk-ph] what's up with Province of Dinagat Island?

I see, thanks for refreshing my memory. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: maning, don't mind the Inquirer news article headline. It's just Inquirer reporters being ignorant again. :-P Anyway, Shariff Kabunsuan and Dinagat Islands were provinces that