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Sorsogon fishing town stages Paraw Festival
PILAR,
Sorsogon, Oct. 5 (PNA) – Pilar in Sorsogon is gifted with a rich
fishing ground and through a yearly week-long staging of modern rituals
in expression of gratitude to the gods of the ocean, the ongoing Paraw
Festival came into being here. [ Read More ]
CEB starts Manila-Busuanga service Oct. 6
MANILA,
Oct. 5 (PNA) -- Cebu Pacific (CEB), the country’s leading domestic
airline, starts its direct Manila-Busuanga (Palawan) daily on October
6, 2008. [ Read More ]
British group bats for preservation of Leyte's underwater paradise
MANILA,
Oct. 5 (PNA) -- "I haven't seen anything like it in the world," said
James Adair, on the wealth of marine life that includes tiny seahorses,
trigger fish, pipefish, frogfish, napoleon wrasse, gigantic whale
sharks, barracudas, carpet sharks, and white tips, and astonishing
coral formations of Sogod Bay in Leyte. [ Read More ]
Pearl Farm: The south’s jewel resort
MANILA,
Oct. 4 (PNA)-- Pearl Farm Beach Resort which lies in a secluded cove on
palm-fringed Samal Island (now known as the Island Garden City of
Samal) off the coast of Davao City, is one of the country’s up market
today. [ Read More ]
Local villagers to handle management and protection of biggest bats in the world
BACON,
Sorsogon, Oct. 4 (PNA) – The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)
Energy Development Corporation (EDC) based here is set to turn over the
management of BacMan Eco - Tourism Park and the protection of world’s
biggest bats. [ Read More ]
PGMA confident Bacolod will soon become a tourist and call center destination in Negros
BACOLOD
CITY, Oct. 4 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo predicted that
Bacolod will soon become "a tourism and call center destination"
despite the presence of people with "ideological nonsense" in Negros
Occidental province. [ Read More ]
Iloilo showcases tourist destinations and festivals in ‘Tumandok Festival’
ILOILO
CITY, Oct. 3 (PNA) – Residents here are given the opportunity to see
and witness the potential tourist destinations and festivals of the
different municipalities and component city of the province of Iloilo
through the four-day staging of the ‘Tumandok Festival’ that kicked off
Monday. [ Read More ]
DOT urges stakeholders to protect tourism environment from global warming
BORACAY
ISLAND, Aklan, Oct. 3 (PNA)- The Department of Tourism (DOT) has
started a nationwide campaign among the tourism stakeholders in the
country against the affects of the global warming. [ Read More ]
RP-Finland air services agreement fruitful
MANILA, Oct. 3 (PNA) -– The Air Service Agreement (ASA) between the governments of the Philippines and Finland was fruitful. [ Read More ]
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River no. 1
MANILA, Oct 2 (PNA) - After dropping down to top 20 last month, the
Philippines' four candidates for the New 7 Wonders of Nature are
currently showing a strong presence, landing on the top 11 live online
ranking of 77 nominees from around the globe. [ Read More ]
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