Calapan

[ kah-lah-pahn ]

noun

1. a seaport on NE Mindoro, in the central Philippines.

Example Sentences

Twelve parked cars were slightly damaged by the blast at Mr. Won’s Samgyeopsal Korean restaurant in the port city of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro province.

From Seattle Times

Search-and-rescue efforts were continuing after nightfall for the passengers and crew of the M/V Asia Philippines, an inter-island cargo and passenger vessel that came from nearby Calapan city in Oriental Mindoro province, the coast guard said.

From Washington Post

"Leni happens to encapsulate the values of the Church and that is why I am not afraid to show my face and support her," said Father Edwin Gariguez, while meeting with people in his diocese in Calapan, south of the capital, in a pink mask and pink shirt promoting Robredo.

From Reuters

Three hours before his fatal gun battle with MPs at Calapan's airfield, he said to the parish priest: "Bless me, Father, for I will die."

From Time Magazine Archive

Just two mornings before July 4, the first anniversary of Philippine independence, the citizens of Calapan, capital of Mindoro province, awoke to find their town invaded and occupied by local revolutionists.

From Time Magazine Archive