Dinagyang, Pattaraday Festivals are Philippines’ Hall of Fame Awardees for ATOP best tourism practices
Posted on October 6, 2008 - Filed Under News | 5 Comments
ILOILO CITY, Oct. 6 (PNA)-–Iloilo City’s Dinagyang Festival and Santiago City of Isabela’s Pattaraday Festival were recognized as Hall of Fame awardees for best tourism practices in the Philippines under the component and chartered cities categories respectively by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) during its 9th national convention that culminated here [...]
Read More..>>Lumad Basakanon prepares for Sinulog 2009
Posted on September 23, 2008 - Filed Under Events, Festivals, News | 3 Comments
Back to back Sinulog Free Interpretation Champion group Lumad Basakanon is now on high gears as it prepares to return to the Sinulog 2009 Streetdance competition.
Read More..>>October 1 declared as Ramadan Eid’l Fitr Holiday
Posted on September 22, 2008 - Filed Under News | 3 Comments
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has signed the Presidential Proclamation 1625, declaring October 1 as a regular holiday in the observance of the last day of the Muslim month of Ramadan known as Eidl’l Fitr or the Hari Raya Puasa.
“In order to bring the religious and cultural significance of Eid’l Fitr to the fore of [...]
SEAIR buy 1 take 10 airline Promo to Boracay!
Posted on September 12, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
SEAIR BRINGS BACK ITS “BUY 1 TAKE 10″ PROMO
AT THE 19th PHILIPPINE TRAVEL MART
Calling all travel enthusiasts! South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) will once again offer its best-selling “Buy 1 Take 10″ promo at the 19th Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) on Sept. 12 to 14 at the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall.
First Masskara Festival Music found!
Posted on September 8, 2008 - Filed Under Festivals, News | 8 Comments
This is the first Masskara Festival ever used. Imagine 29 years ago, the masks then were made of papier mache, costumes were more simpler but colourful. Choreography wasn’t as complicated as today’s.
Sine time immemorial, I have been seeing newspapers, magazines and even TV shows describing Masskara as a festival where locals garbed in colourful [...]
Former Grandslam Champion Tribu Bola-Bola returns to Dinagyang 2009
Posted on September 5, 2008 - Filed Under Festivals, Food trip, News, Random Thoughts | 9 Comments
Tribu Bola-Bola of Iloilo National High School will be seeing action again during the Iloilo Dinagyang 2009. This news was confirmed recently in an e-mail by Dinagyang Foundation Chairman Ben Jimena. In fact they are also scheduled to join the Dinagyang Consensus Forum on Sunday September 21.
Tribu Bola Bola has been for their quick split-second [...]
23rd Negros Trade Fair coming soon!
Posted on September 4, 2008 - Filed Under Events, News | Leave a Comment
The Association of Negros Producers (ANP), those men and women behind the Negros Showroom in Bacolod City is once again holding the annual Negros Trade Fair 2008.
This year’s event slated September 30 to October 5 the the Rockwell Tent has the theme “With the times.” The organizers are inviting everybody to see [...]
Masskara 2008 draws 33 contingents
Posted on September 3, 2008 - Filed Under Events, Festivals, News | 4 Comments
The Masskara 2008 celebration has attracted 33 groups to sign up for this year’s street dance competition.
This information was relayed by a staff from the Masskara Organizing Committee. According to them, 11 contingents will be performing for the School Category slated October 16. The remaining 22 groups will fight it out on October 17 [...]
