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Max Limpag

Max Limpag is a journalist, blogger, and developer based in Cebu. He started as a reporter covering City Hall in 1996. He has written on technology for various print and digital publications since 1999 and twice won the Philippine Blog Awards for technology and sports. He co-founded the new media start-up InnoPub Media.

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itel offers consumers ‘good phones at low prices’

by Max Limpag on January 13, 2020 9:15 pm on January 13, 2020

Make quality phones and sell them at low prices, that’s the business model of itel as it moves to grab a bigger share of the…

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Cisco highlights disaster response, management solution

by Max Limpag on January 8, 2020 3:35 pm on January 8, 2020

Drawing from lessons its TacOps response team learned during Typhoon Yolanda, Cisco has made available a response and management solution that taps its various technologies…

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Safe refillable LPG canisters launched in Cebu

by Max Limpag on December 18, 2019 9:45 am on December 18, 2019

A company has introduced in Cebu a refillable aluminum LPG canister that is government-certified as safe to use. The Gaz Lite Mate, a 230-gram version…

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Jessica Sanchez returns to Cebu for 1st major concert

by Max Limpag on November 16, 2019 2:28 am on November 16, 2019

American Idol singing sensation Jessica Sanchez is returning to Cebu with her first major concert here on November 29 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel…

2021 EVENTS. Officials announce the official activities for the 500th anniversary of the Christianization in the Philippines. Present during the press conference in Oakridge Business Park are (from left) Fr. Mhar Vincent Balili; Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles, who is also the CBCP president; Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, designer Kenneth Cobonpue, who heads the Visayas Quincentennial Committee; and Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Midyphil Billones.
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Cebu Archdiocese, CBCP to focus on first baptism, spread of faith in 2021 celebration

by Max Limpag on November 14, 2019 1:23 am on November 14, 2019

The baptism of Cebuanos led by Rajah Humabon will be the focus of the Archdiocese of Cebu and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines…

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Lapulapu statue implicated in deaths of Opon mayors

by Max Limpag on November 12, 2019 3:15 pm on November 12, 2019

In the old town center of Opon, the old name of Lapu-Lapu City when it was still a municipality, stands a statue of Lapulapu carrying…

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Marica! Bisaya words in use when Magellan was in Cebu

by Max Limpag on November 6, 2019 3:15 pm on November 6, 2019

I’ve long been curious about the word marica, which I first heard when I relocated to Cebu more than 20 years ago. I never heard…

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Magellan’s Cross offers indulgence to Catholic faithful

by Max Limpag on November 4, 2019 4:18 pm on November 4, 2019

Augustinian friar Santos Gomez Marañon, who served as bishop of Cebu from 1829 to 1840, granted the Magellan’s Cross plenary indulgence to those who pray…

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In Oslob, Fr. Bermejo looks out to sea he protected in his lifetime

by Max Limpag on November 2, 2019 11:08 pm on November 2, 2019

Just outside the compound of the Inmaculada Concepcion parish church in Oslob, southern Cebu, stands a forlorn statue of a slightly hunched priest holding a…

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You think you’re kinky? Wait till you read about sexual practices of ancient Cebuanos

by Max Limpag on October 17, 2019 9:36 pm on October 17, 2019

(WARNING: this article tackles a mature subject in graphic fashion) These people go naked, Italian scholar Antonio Pigafetta wrote in his account of the Armada…

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Kim Chiu diplomacy

by Max Limpag on September 22, 2019 11:59 pm on September 22, 2019

It all started when Vladimir, our tour guide in Davao City, sang a Kim Chiu song over the bus PA system. We were headed to…

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Is the original really encased inside Magellan’s Cross?

by Max Limpag on August 24, 2019 12:14 pm on August 24, 2019

No, according to several historians. The panel placed at the foot of the cross makes two astonishing claims: that it contains the original Magellan’s Cross…

MCIA PROMO. Unveiling the grand prize for the Shop and Win raffle promo in Terminal 2 of the Mactan Cebu International Airport are (from left) Royal Air Marketing Manager Joanna Marie Garcia, Royal Air VP Commercial Margarita Obejas, Standard Insurance Marketing Manager Anna Lisa Opay, Standard Insurance Vice President Joy Alampay, GMCAC Chief Commercial Advisor Ravishankar Saravu, Global Star Owner and President Edward Onglatco, Global Star General Manager Ritchell Selma, Global Star Sales & Marketing Manager Aimee Ting, and GMCAC Deputy Chief Commercial Officer Ma. Cristina Angan.
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MCIA raffles off plane tickets, Mercedes-Benz

by Max Limpag on July 3, 2019 10:55 pm on July 3, 2019

Travelers who shop and dine at the Mactan Cebu International Airport will get the chance to win a Mercedes-Benz A Class A180 2019 model and…

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Marco Polo features Flavors of Mindanao in Independencia culinary festival

by Max Limpag on June 9, 2019 10:17 pm on June 9, 2019

From durian rice cakes to fish stewed in turmeric to slow-cooked beef in burnt coconut broth, an interesting and delicious range of dishes with Moro…

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Tap social media, digital tools to grow your business, Facebook tells Cebu companies

by Max Limpag on June 2, 2019 11:50 pm on June 2, 2019

Businesses that embrace technology and social media grow at incredible rates, according to an official of Facebook Philippines. With platforms like Facebook, there has never…

1521Feature

Is Colon really the oldest street in the Philippines?

by Max Limpag on May 18, 2019 9:52 pm on May 18, 2019

No, writes Dr. Resil Mojares in Integracion/Internacion: The Urbanization of Cebu in Archival Records of the Spanish Colonial Period. There were already streets even before…

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Are you #Ready2Go? Travel the Philippines with 2Go Travel, 2Go Supercat

by Max Limpag on April 30, 2019 12:12 pm on April 30, 2019

With the Philippines being an archipelago, going around the different destinations by ship is often the best and most scenic way to get anywhere. In…

EventsFeatureSports

Naga City hosts inaugural Sun Life 5150 Triathlon Cebu

by Max Limpag on April 27, 2019 1:00 pm on April 27, 2019

Cebu is the “crown jewel in Asia” when it comes to triathlons, a race organizer said Friday. That is the reason why when Sun Life…

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Hunat Sugbo returns for 9th year; organizers move to cut down trash

by Max Limpag on April 25, 2019 10:28 am on April 25, 2019

A fun run started by a hotel to call for justice in the killing of its top official is now on its 9th year. Hunat…

Mactan Cebu Airport Village
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MCIA to build Airport Village ‘to improve travel experience’

by Max Limpag on March 15, 2019 10:56 pm on March 15, 2019

It takes a village to welcome home or send off a Filipino traveler and authorities at the Mactan Cebu International Airport want to create the…

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