Solea Coast Resort Panglao: Salt & Sky Rooftop Lounge

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 06/20/2023

Panglao Island, Bohol – Up here, there is a 360-view of the island that can literally take your breath away.  Up here, there is an expansive view of Panglao’s coastal blue tapestry juxtaposed with an idyllic green…

Italian cuisine and French wine converge at Shangri-La Mactan’s Acqua restaurant

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 05/12/2023

There is a treasure trove of reasons why Shangri-La Mactan Island Resort and Spa has retained its position as a premier destination in the Cebu tourism map. One of these reasons presented itself one blissful night when…

Aeron Uy: Not your typical CEO son

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 04/12/2023

There is more to Aeron Uy than his famous last name that has since claimed domestic and international success in the dried fruit processing and exporting business.  As he made his way to the table where the…

Sinulog first timers look forward to Cebu’s food, festivities 

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 01/16/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — “Are we going to Bukilat Cave?” an enthusiastic Estelita Fernandez asked her companions while staring at the electronic billboard at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA).  The 65-year-old retired employee of a Sillicon…

Warm Cebuano welcome for 608 tourists, balikbayans

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 01/16/2020

  LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Six hundred eight tourists and balikbayans (returning residents) are expected to arrive in Cebu from four domestic and international flights today, January 16, to celebrate Sinulog. They will be welcomed with a…

Happy New Year and Viva Pit Señor!

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/28/2019

I learned about my twin pregnancy on 12/12/12.  It looks like the kind of date that an airline or an online shopping store will dive right in and execute a crazy sale blitz.  In my case, I…

Faces of Cebu: Rachel/Ramil shares about courage to accept who you are

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/15/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Rain drenched the makeshift stage made of plywood as six candidates, wearing long gowns and high heels, paraded their beauty in front of a crowd of less than a hundred people. It was…

FACES OF CEBU: Dodo Fineza, 58

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/14/2019

Taga Camiguin gyud among pamilya pero kadtong otso anyos ko, nakakita og trabaho akong Papa diri sa Cebu mao nga namalhin mi. Naa mi nagpuyo ron sa may Labangon. Baynte anyos nako kapin sauna pero wa pa…

The essence of pageantry

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/14/2019

Let us talk about beauty pageants and what it means to young women in this modern world.  When it is Miss Universe season, I drop off everything to focus on the competition. It has been the case…

Miss Universe: Steve Harvey was right; Philippines won national costume competition

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Miss Universe clarified in a tweet that Steve Harvey did not commit a mistake when he announced that the Philippines won in the national costume competition. Miss Universe, in its twitter handle @missuniverse,…

Miss South Africa is Miss Universe 2019

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/09/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe 2019 on Monday, December 9, 2019, Philippine time, at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Tunzi bested 89 other contenders for the crown in this…

The Philippines’ Gazini Ganados bows out of Miss Universe 2019

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/09/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—The Philippines’ journey in the Miss Universe 2019 ended when she was not called as one of Top 10 finalists on Monday, December 9, 2019, Philippine time.  Gazini Christiana Ganados, the beauty queen from Cebu…

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