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Sunday, October 12th, 2008 • Cebu, Philippines

Argao’s Bugasok Falls

By Cebu Network
Published February 24th, 2008

BUGASOK FALLS. No trip to Argao in southern Cebu is complete without a visit to the majestic Bugasok Falls.

Suroy-Suroy Sugbo tours 15 northern towns

By Cebu Network
Published August 24th, 2007

Fifteen of Cebu’s northern towns will be the official stops in next week’s Suroy-Suroy Sugbo, a tourism project of Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia.
Dubbed the “Northern Escapade,” the tour will run from August 30 to September 1 and will start on Thursday next week with a visit to the town of Consolacion where participants will have [...]

Travel show features top Philippine destinations

By Cebu Network
Published March 21st, 2007

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 [...]

Cebu’s north reclamation area transformed for Asean summit

By Cebu Network
Published December 7th, 2006

The stretch of road at the north reclamation area in Mandaue City used to be dark and deserted, a place you do not pass, if you can help it. It was ablaze at 1 a.m. today, 3 days before the opening ceremonies for the Asean Leaders’ Summit in Cebu, with light from the huge illuminated [...]

Cebu’s historical Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño

By Cebu Network
Published July 8th, 2006

Its towering facade blends Muslim, Romanesque, and neo-classical architecture, this church of the Señor Santo Niño de Cebu–which translates literally as “holy child of Cebu.”
Cebu’s oldest Roman Catholic Church, the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, also still retains the original stone texture and natural color it had in 1735. (Click on photos to view larger [...]

San Juanico Bridge, country’s longest

By Cebu Network
Published June 18th, 2006

Built over the narrow San Juanico strait, the San Juanico Bridge–which is 2.16 kilometers long–still holds the record as the longest bridge in the Philippines.
The bridge connects Tacloban City on the Leyte side and the town of Sta. Rita on the Samar side. It crosses the San Juanico strait, reportedly the world’s narrowest since it’s [...]

Historic church of Balangiga in Eastern Samar

By Cebu Network
Published June 2nd, 2006

At first look, the structure looks like the other thousands of churches that dot this predominantly Catholic country. With one big difference: it is missing its original three bells.

Fort San Pedro

By Cebu Network
Published May 15th, 2006

A monument to Cebu’s turbulent past, the Fort San Pedro in Cebu City served different purposes at various times in the island’s history.

Battle of Mactan: history and myth

By Cebu Network
Published May 8th, 2006

There is a spot in Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan island that’s revered by islanders more than any other place. A marker says it was on that site that a man who had sought dominion over the island in the name of the Spanish king had died in the hands of the brave warrior chieftain Lapu-Lapu [...]

Magellan’s Cross

By Cebu Network
Published May 4th, 2006

Close to 500 years ago, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan planted a huge Christian cross in Sugbu (now Cebu) to celebrate the baptism into the Roman Catholic religion of island chief Rajah Humabon, his wife, and some 500 of their followers on April 21, 1521.
The 485-year-old cross, called Magellan’s Cross (click on photos to enlarge), now [...]