Balik Cebu for visitors

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/04/2017

ABOUT 500 balikbayans, mostly from the US, can expect a warm welcome in Cebu for the Fiesta Señor and Sinulog activities this month. “Balikbayans look forward to the same thing every year. There are a lot of…

MAO BA?

Editorial 01/02/2017

TOUGH MEATBALLS A party hostess was her usual generous self, serving her friend’s son with food that she cooked on the buffet table. The hostess then asked the boy about his opinion of the food and he…

PLDT Global empowers overseas Filipino workers

PR 12/06/2016

PLDT Global participated in the 6th OFW and Family Summit last November 15. Amil Azurin, vice president and head of Global Solutions for PLDT Global, shared how its digital solutions, SmartLife Global, Smart World Store and Juana…

A tempered Sinulog celebration

Stephen D. Capillas 08/11/2016

I don’t know if it was this year or last year when a female netizen, a Balikbayan I think, posted a complaint on her Facebook page about the traffic congestion caused by one of the Sinulog events,…

Tour packages prepared for Sinulog, IEC tourists

Vanessa Claire Lucero 01/14/2016

More than 30 tour operators have been accredited to offer tour packages to visitors expected to arrive for the Sinulog Festival and the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC). Rowena Lu Y. Montecillo, Department of Tourism (DOT) regional director,…

Welcome for balikbayans starts

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/09/2015

The annual red carpet welcome for returning Filipinos was officially launched yesterday with the opening of the Balik Cebu booth at the ground floor of Ayala Center Cebu. “We will once again have a welcome dinner for…

Why balikbayan boxes from US may not arrive in time for Christmas

12/21/2014

If your relatives in Southern California shipped your balikbayan box before Halloween, their cargo forwarder probably had assured them the box would make it by Christmas. If they shipped your box in September, your chances would be…

Balik Balay campaign raises P1M

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/20/2014

A “bahay kubo” was unveiled and carried on stage in a Sinulog welcome party for balikbayans,where P1 million in donations was raised to build bamboo cottages for typhoon Yolanda victims in north Cebu. Over 300 guests attended…

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