2011 Sinulog Festival is A Big Success despite of Heavy Rains
Despite of heavy rains sprinkle all over the skies, it did not stop the Cebuanos celebrating their annual Sinulog Festival for 2011. There were still many people who joined the celebration including the Philippine President and some TV personalities.
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Bantayan Island, Cebu, Philippines
Bantayan Island is a semi-little secret island of paradise and one of the 15 islands clustered off in the northwest tip of Cebu. If you want to breathe fresh air and stay away from the heavy traffic in the city, Bantayan Island is a perfect place for you. Everyone can get there around via motorbikes with less traffic. Aside from that, this place is also known for its powder white sands, crystal clear water, especially along the southwest coast and a low-key, laid-back resort with very friendly people around there.
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Cebu’s Marco Polo Plaza Hotel
Marco Polo Plaza is a 5-star hotel which is located at an altitude of 600 feet in Nivel Hills Cebu, Philippines. The hotel is very accommodating and easily reachable within 25 minutes from the Mactan International Airport by riding your private vehicle. It only takes 10 minutes from the business and commercial centers of Cebu City.
With its first-class accommodations, unmatched restaurant cuisine and top quality facilities, Marco Polo Plaza guarantees that every visit is going to be a timeless experience. Enjoy the new colors, aromas, and tastes at Marco Polo Plaza’s reputable cuisine outlets: Café Marco and El Viento. The cuisines served in these restaurants comprise Mediterranean, South-East Asian, Western, and Filipino.
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Malapascua Island, Cebu
Malapascua is a tiny island which found in the northernmost part of Cebu. The island is approximately about 2.5 kilometers long and 1km wide covered by the insular barangay of Logon (part of the Daanbantayan municipality), with eight hamlets. It only took 45 minutes pumboat ride away from Maya. You can get to Maya easily by taking a 4-hour trip by bus or mini-van from the North Bus terminal in Cebu City. Maya is some 145 kilometers away from the city via narrow and winding road passing through scenic landscapes along the way.
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Via Crusis in Cebu
As a Lenten season is fast approaching, Via Crusis is one way to repent ourselves. It is a Lenten movement happens every April 1 where devotees from Cebu City and its neighboring cities and towns do their penitential procession through cities the Station of the Cross built on 12 hectares of rolling hills. Via Crusis is a Latin for The Way of the Cross, or sometimes called The Way of Sorrows refers to the portrayal of the passion of the Christ and the devotion commemorating it. The life-size statues of the 14 Stations of the Cross have been patterned after the Way of the Cross in Lourdes, France.
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Gorres faces ex-champ on his next foe
Z “the dream” GORRES is in a hurry to break into the bantamweight division and ALA promotions is more than happy to get him tough foes.
In Gorres’ debut as a bantamweight, he will be up against former International Boxing Federation mini-flyweight titleholder Roberto Carlos “Mako” Leyva for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental bantamweight crown on March 14 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City.
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Team Cebu nails third in the Philippine Olympic Festival-bound Team
The Philippine Olympic Festival bound Team Cebu City Football finished third in the Pintaflores Football Festival in San Carlos City. A third-place finish may be a respectable achievement, but coach Mario Ceniza says they still have a lot of work to do if they are to compete with the traditional powerhouse Iloilo in the POF later this year in Cagayan de Oro City. Not all members of POf-Tcc joined the San Carlos City event, while Iloilo sent its full squad and eventually defeated the Host Team, 4-1 to rule the event.
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