Cebuana Espinosa makes Pintaflores net semifinals

John Carlo Villaruel 11/03/2016

CEBUANA netter Hannah Espinosa made a strong impact on her return to the court after five months of absence as she barged into the semifinal round of the Palawan Pawnshop – Palawan Express Pera Padala (PPS-PEPP) Pintaflores…

DoubleDragon eyes hotel expansion in Cebu City

PR 10/23/2016

A JINJIANG Inn Hotel will soon rise in Cebu City as DoubleDragon Properties Corp. (DD) through its subsidiary, Hotel of Asia Inc., plans to double its Jinjiang Inn Hotel rooms from 1,000 to 2,000 by 2020 and…

GLOWING REVIEWS

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/22/2016

International spotlight was on Cebu this week as the island and its airport were recently recognized as among the best in the world. Condé Nast Traveler named Cebu as the fifth best island in the world, up…

Palawan’s pearl could be world’s largest

08/25/2016

A 34-kilogram pearl that was once cloaked in a modest home in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, could be the largest pearl in the world. Aileen Cynthia Amurao, a tourism officer at the province, discovered the gleaming pearl enshrined…

Coast Guard gets multi-role response vessel from Japan

08/19/2016

The Philippine Coast Guard received its first multi-role response vessel from Japan in South Harbor in Manila on Thursday. Tubbataha, the 44-meter vessel, was named after the PCG lighthouse at the Tubbataha Marine National Park in Palawan.…

Tourism exec welcomes news Cebu may host Miss U-related events

Carmel Loise Matus 07/29/2016

THE Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) was elated by the news that Cebu was named among the six places being considered to host Miss Universe-related events outside Metro Manila. Rowena Montecillo, regional director of DOT-7,…

Tourism chief: Duterte okays proposal to hold Miss U in PH

07/16/2016

If plan pushes through, Miss U segments will be held in Cebu, Palawan and Boracay  President Rodrigo Duterte has “approved in principle” the proposal to hold the next Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines, according to the…

Typhoon in Palawan; Water Expo in Spain

Jaime Picornell 07/09/2016

IN JUNE 2008 Philippine Airlines (PAL) took a group of Cebu media to Puerto Princesa in Palawan to inaugurate service from Cebu. We were escorted by PAL’s Vice President for Communications Rolly Estabillo and PAL’s Mactan Airport…

Jail escapee caught aboard plane in Mactan

Norman V. Mendoza 12/18/2015

He almost got away. A jail escapee from Masbate province was arrested  aboard a plane that was set to depart for El Nido, Palawan last Wednesday. Edgar Estonilo Jr., 47, was spotted  at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport…

Pagasa steps up monitoring in wake of Yolanda

Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2015

TWO years after supertyphoon Yolanda devastated the Visayas, the state weather bureau Pagasa said it had stepped up its capabilities to release more detailed weather advisories. Pagasa-Central Visayas weather specialist Jhomer Eclarino said their updates now  include…

IS CAMOTES READY?

Boboi Costas 10/26/2015

  Official cites need to build more rooms, improve accessibility Camotes Islands in north Cebu got a special boost when it was mentioned in the Conde Nast Traveler Magazine’s 2015 annual reader’s poll. It suggested that visitors…

Company sets aside P1.2B for Mactan resort’s expansion

Aileen Garcia-Yap 09/18/2015

The Uy-led Philippine BXT Corp. has allocated P1.2 billion for the expansion of JPark Island Resort and Waterpark Cebu in Mactan. The company is also setting aside P1 billion for each facility envisioned to rise in Bohol,…

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