Aldea del Sol houses in Lapu-Lapu, Mactan

By Cebu Network
Published September 25th, 2006

The Aldea del Sol subdivision is in the village of Bangkal in Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan island. It has two house models–Redwood and Daphne–that are of Spanish-inspired themes.

Filinvest Land Incorporated, which owns the subdivision, considers Aldea del Sol among its middle-income projects and the cost of the houses in the subdivision ranges from 1.5 million (close to $30,000 using May 2006 exchange rates) for the Redwood model to 3 million pesos for the Daphne model. (Contact us for additional information on modes of payments.)

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Asean Summit in December opportunity to showcase Cebu

By Cebu Network
Published September 24th, 2006

Cebuanos have been asked to cooperate to make the coming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in December not only a success but an event that will promote the island-paradise as a travel destination.

Ambassador Marciano Paynor, who is the secretary general of the summit’s national organizing committee, said in a media briefing last Friday that Cebuanos should “take advantage of the presence of some 2,500 foreign media representatives in December, by seeing to it that the delegates’ stay here is pleasant and memorable.”

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Swimming with the fishes in Alegre

By Cebu Network
Published September 24th, 2006

I swam with the fishes in Alegre. Literally. Try wading in the resort’s seas and they’d follow you around, circling your legs, perhaps hoping you’d throw them a morsel of bread.

The Alegre Beach Resort in Sogod in Cebu has declared its sea waters a marine sanctuary. A sign on the beach says fishing or capturing the friendly fish is prohibited.

Emboldened perhaps by the fact that they’re not harmed and that they’re fed by well-meaning beachgoers, fish congregate in the resort’s shallows. We had a blast watching them race for bed crumbs.

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