Welcome to “Cuyo at Your Fingertips,” a hotlist on Cuyo Island, Philippines. The following links are a good starting point for understanding and appreciating Cuyo. This hotlist is part of two formats, the other is a Treasure Hunt. You can check on the Treasure Hunt or simply browse this list.

Many of the sites given here are also hotlists in case you need to do more searching. The sites in this hotlist have been grouped together into narrower categories to help you delve into the particular aspect of Cuyo you’re interested in.

Background

What’s in a Name?

How Cuyo Became “Cuyo”

History
Information on the Island
Discovering the Island
The Cuyonon — National Commission of Indigenous Peoples
Cuyonons in the Joshua Project
President Arroyo’s Remarks About the Cuyonon
Cuyonons Are of an Elite Class
The Cuyonon Language

Tourism

The Cuyo Map
The Cuyo Airport Map
The Cuyo Port — Philippine Ports Authority
Transportation — A Personal Travelogue
Travel by Sea — Ride the Montenegro Lines
Fly by Air — SeAir
Hotels in Cuyo
What to find in Cuyo
Beach-Hopping
The Cuyo Fort
The Cuyo Plaza –View It In v.mcomet.com

Culture

Who are the Cuyonon?: Ethnic Identity in the Modern Philippines –a journal article from Proquest accessible via the UP Main Library

The Cuyonon Way of Life
The Cuyonon from Another’s Eyes — A Personal Travelogue
Religion
Parish of Saint Augustine — The Cuyo Catholic Statistics from Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. Look at III. Northern District Parishes, #13.
The Cuyonon Version of the Rosary
Communication — A Proposal for Internet Access via Radio Browsing

The Arts

Cuyo Songs and Music — Research by Edna Imelda Fernandez Legazpi and Fe Tria Fernandez
The Cuyo March
The Cuyo Farmer’s Song — Cuyo Balitaw
Sayaw sa Cuyo
Cuyo Folk Dance

Government

The Municipalities of Cuyo
Magsaysay Municipality — Wikipedia
Cuyo Municipality — Wikipedia
The Official Website of the Municipality of Cuyo
Cuyo Zip Code

Economy

Seacology and Lato
Source of Livelihood

Where the Cuyonons Meet (Blogs, Bulletin Boards)

CuyoPress
Cuyo Friendster
UP Pahinungod in Cuyo — Guro sa Cuyo
Gaudencio Abordo Memorial National High School (Bisucay)
Palawan College of Arts and Trades
Saint Joseph Academy
Cuyo Photostream — Flickr Website
Magsaysay Photostream — Flickr Website

Ploning the Movie

“Ploning” Backgrounder
Dante Garcia, Director of Ploning
The “Ploning” Website
The Singers of “Ploning” — The Timbancaya Sisters
Judy Ann Santos on Cuyo and the Cuyonon
A Review

Amanpulo
Amanpulo History
The Official Website of Amapulo Resorts
Amanpulo, Pamalican Island
Travel Rates
Tourism Investments

Photo credit: “Cuyo Island Shores“

nndelatorre, c2008