- Dinagat Islands
Dinagat Islands is an island group comprising a province in the Philippines, located on the south side of Leyte Gulf in the province of Surigao del Norte. Leyte is to the west, across Surigao Strait, and Mindanao is to the south. Dinagat is about 60 km from north to south. From wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinagat_Islands
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- Dinagat Isles Land Provincial Status
With a margin of only 6,914 votes coming from five towns in Dinagat Island bailiwick of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA), the "Yes" vote for Dinagat Island prevailed over a poorly promoted "No" vote in the December 2 referendum - Sun Star article.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2006/12/05/news/dinagat.isles.land.provincehood.status.html
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- The Fight for Dinagat's Last Rainforest
The northern tip of the Dinagat, specifically the mountain ranges of Redondo and Kambinliw are home to some of the most interesting and rarest plants and animals in the country.
Located in the town of Loreto, the rainforests of these mountains host 36 species of mammals, 63 species of reptiles and amphibians, and over 70 species of birds. All this biological wealth however is in danger of being lost forever to make way for the extraction of Dinagatís other more convenient wealthónamely the minerals contained in its mountains. Article from Haribon.
http://www.haribon.org.ph/index.php?q=node/view/39
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