Monthly Archives: November 2009

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.
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Where to watch Pacquiao vs. Cotto fight

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: Continue reading