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PAL offers promo fares to celebrate Boeing 777 arrival

By Cebu Network Friday November 20, 2009

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PAL offers promo fares to celebrate Boeing 777 arrival

Philippine Airlines celebrates the arrival this month of its new Boeing 777-300ER by offering discounted fares of P777 from Manila to destinations in Luzon and the Visayas and vice versa.

Trips from Manila to eight Mindanao areas as well as return trips cost P1,777 one way per person.

Fares at P777 are for trips from Manila to Laoag, Legaspi, and Punta Princesa in Luzon and to Cebu, Bacolod, Iloilo, Kalibo, Tagbilaran, Tacloban, Dumaguete, and Roxas in the Visayas. Return trips cost the same. The price is also P777 for trips between Cebu and Davao.

Flights from Manila to Davao, Cagayan, Cotabato, Dipolog, General Santos, Zamboanga, Ozamis, and Butuan in Mindanao are priced at P1,777 for one way and vice versa.

Where to watch Pacquiao vs. Cotto fight

By Cebu Network Saturday November 14, 2009

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Everyone in Cebu is raring to watch Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao’s Sunday bout with Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto for the latter’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) 145-pound welterweight title.

Of course, the best way to watch this anticipated title fight dubbed by philboxing.com as the “most exciting…in 40 years” — if you don’t have the means to do it ringside — is through live telecast uninterrupted by advertisements.

Skycable offers an uninterrupted viewing of the “Firepower: Pacman vs. Cotto” through pay-per-view subscription.

If you want to watch it with other Pacquiao fanatics, the following establishments offer live showing of the bout:

The Observer picks Lighthouse as best place to eat Filipino food

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The Lighthouse Restaurant in Gaisano Country Mall in Cebu City was picked as the best place to eat Filipino cuisine in an article first published in the Guardian.co.uk website and later printed on the Recipes and Features section of the Sept. 13 issue of The Observer.
In the article “The 50 best things to eat in [...]

Ayala shops open early to serve coffee, breakfast

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If you ever find yourselves hungry and in the vicinity of Ayala Center Cebu early in the morning like we did, don’t fret. Some shops in The Terraces in Ayala Cebu open at 7 a.m. to serve coffee and breakfast.
Choose from any of the following establishments — Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Gloria Jeans, Seattle’s [...]

Gelatissimo has best gelato in Cebu

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Ever since Gelatissimo came to Cebu, gelato has become my favorite dessert. And I’m not satisfied with just one scoop.
Gelatissimo’s two-scoop serving of gelato at 150 pesos is just about enough to satisfy my craving for this frozen Italian treat. The nearest comparison to gelato in popular dessert is ice cream, though the two couldn’t [...]

Chops, fish and chips for lunch at TGI Friday’s

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Menu prices at TGI Friday’s in The Terraces in Ayala Center Cebu are a bit expensive but the establishment makes up for this in its hefty food servings.
My friend and I had trouble finishing our order of pork chops, which came with TGI’s original Jack Daniel sauce and served with either mashed potatoes or rice [...]