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Save the Virgin Pleasure

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photo courtesy of my brother       This is Quinamanukan island which is located southeast of the municipality of Vinzons, Camarines Norte. According to a website I read, this island was dubbed as the Virgin Pleasure. Why Virgin Pleasure? Maybe because it hadn't been discovered completely by unscrupulous people who thinks that it is their duty to destroy our beaches. The island is like Boracay. However, there is something that sets it apart. This hadn't been turned to a commercial area and it is not inhabited by people.        The Quinamanukan island is also considered to be a "Marine Sanctuary". It is home for many coral reefs and a variety of fishes. However, the coral reefs are being destroyed and fishes are being caught. According to a friend who did some diving while we were in the island, the coral reefs are slowly dying because people keeps on disturbing it.        What can be don...