Archive for July, 2008
NAYONG PILIPINO AT CLARK, July 20 (PNA) — The Nayong Pilipino at the former Clark Expo Zone, which had its soft-opening in May this year, will focus on the pre-colonial and colonial aspects of Philippine history, according to its executive director Charito Planas.
This refers to the period before Spanish and American colonization in the 15th century, when indigenous Philippine homes and other cultural artifacts were barely influenced by foreign elements.
Thus, she said, there will be a fully-equipped mosque, which is to be supported by the Saudi Arabian embassy, with a Zamboanga-style vinta cruising an artificially-made rivulet to boot, to represent the country’s Islamic or Arabic heritage.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan, July 21 (PNA) — Balanga City has been included as one of the birdwatching sites in the country, City Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III announced Sunday. The mayor said that an inspection team arrived Friday in Balanga City and visited the seaside villages of Tortugas, Puerto Rivas Ibaba, and Sibacan.
The team was composed of officials from the Department of Tourism, tour operators and the Wild Birds Club of the Philippines. Stanie Soriano, manager of DOT’s Corporate Relations Department, said that their agency will include Balanga City in the first volume of their Birdwatching Guidebook.
“It will be a worldwide promotion that DOT will undertake and it will begin with the production of the guidebook to be out by September this year to show foreign tourists various birdwatching destinations in the Philippines, Balanga City included,” she said.
The Masskara Festival in Bacolod City Philippines has been known to attract thousands because of its colorful costumes and smiling masks. Every third weekend of October, hundreds of Bacole?os (people of Bacolod) troop to its main thoroughfares garbed in smiling masks and colorful costumes full of beads and sequins and the body, full of glitters. All of them sashay to the Latin beat.
Ahhh. The Latin beat. Those were the days when the Latin beat was in use. Gone are the days when the Trini Lopez Medley in the 80′s was used. The Gipsy Kings in the 90′s was the norm.
The Provincial Government of Cebu is all set to stage the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo. Now on its second year, the event is highlighted by festival performances, beauty pageant and trade fairs as part of the 439th founding anniversary of the Province of Cebu.
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