Various tourist destinations from Luzon to Mindanao were featured in the recent 2007 Visayas-Mindanao Travel Show held at the Trade Hall of SM City in Cebu.
Hotels and resorts in Philippine premier tourist spots from the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon to Caraga in Mindanao joined the travel exhibit that ran from March 16 to 18 in SM. Other show participants include local tourism offices, travel operators, and transportation companies. Continue reading
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Located in the interior portion of the village of Gabi in Cordova in Mactan island, Cordova Bay town homes are built at par with houses in middle-end subdivisions elsewhere in Cebu but sold at lower cost.
The total area of Cordova Bay Townhomes is also smaller compared to other subdivisions in Lapu-Lapu City and in other areas of Cebu.
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The Sinulog grand mardi gras is under way and if you’re not in Cebu City, you’re missing an explosion of colors, dances and Sto. Niño devotion. The city center is packed with people: devotees carrying their own Sto. Niño images, tourists lugging around cameras, teeners riddled with henna tattoos and just about every one else.
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The solemn procession and high mass scheduled this year on January 20 is the religious highlight of the Sinulog, Cebu’s celebration of the feast of the Holy Child Jesus.
During the procession, an of the Sto. Niño is brought out of Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño and placed on top of a carriage that will take it around downtown Cebu City. The image is a replica of the statue left behind by Portuguese and Spanish explorers in 1521 and found preserved in a burned wooden box in 1565.
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