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Bolinao Page (468 words) |
 | The town is famous for its two lighthouses:1) The Cape Bolinao Lighthouse in Barangay Patar is the tallest in the country second to the Cape Bojeador Lighthouse in Ilocos Norte. |
| There is also the Port Bolinao Lighthouse in Guigui-wanen in Barangay Luciente I; both structures serve as crucial warning beacons to ships against storms and treacherous reefs. |
| The Cape Bolinao Lighthouse at Patar rises majestically 351 feet above sea level atop Punta Piedra Point, a towering hill of solid rock which is the sharp point of Cape Bolinao itself. |
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PBS - Bill Moyers Reports: Earth on Edge - Coastal Ecosystems (841 words) |
| Bolinao municipality lies on the tip of a peninsula on the western coast of the Philippines. |
| Many of Bolinao's fishers use dynamite and cyanide to catch fish, practices that were destroying the reef and preventing it from regenerating. |
| Bolinao offers a lesson in how to successfully develop a community's support in defense of the ecosystems on which the community depends. |
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