Filinvest starts work on Il Corso in Cebu
Imagine a strip of land dotted with retail shops, boutiques, bars, cafes and restaurants. Shaded walkways and landscaped gardens allow people to walk along the…
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Just Wine Cebu serves affordable, quality wines
It goes by Just Wine but don’t let the seeming simplicity of the name deceive you. Cebu’s newest wine and tapas bar is cozy and…
Sinulog 2014 mobile web guide now available
It’s less than three months to the Sinulog 2014 celebration in Cebu and accommodations along and near the procession and parade routes are fast filling…
Blue Bell Ice Cream introduces products in Cebu
One thing I’m looking forward to this week is Saturday’s Discover Blue Bell Ice Cream event that will serve to introduce the brand in Cebu….
Around Argao in a day
Argao’s pueblo was patterned after Spain’s blueprint for its settlements in the colonies, which specified a church-rectory-municipal hall-plaza-complex and with the natives living nearby or “bajo el sonido de la campana (under the sound of the bell).”
Kalanggaman Island boasts of powder fine sand, clean sea
Around 400 foreign tourists in a cruise ship that stopped by Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte were so blown away they stayed for 12 hours….
Kawasan Falls perfect balm to summer heat
If you’ve ever been caught in a cloudburst, when huge drops of rain suddenly fall on you, multiply that feeling a thousand times and you…
Cebu heritage walk showcases island’s history
What tourists should include in their Cebu to do list is go on a heritage walk. Cebu City’s downtown area is a heritage belt of…
Hale Manna: House of Good Energy
Nature never travels in a straight line and at Hale Manna, which is Hawaiian for House of Good Energy, great pains are taken to ensure…
Cebuanos go on Visita Iglesia or beach trips during Holy Week
For Christian Catholics in Cebu, the Holy Week celebration entails a long break from work. In keeping with the solemnity of the week, many Catholics…
Centuries-old churches in southern Cebu
Centuries-old churches of various architectural influences that were built during the Spanish occupation of Cebu can be found along the entire stretch of the mainland…
Cebu City's heritage of churches
Cebu is an architectural feast of Spanish period churches in the styles of late Baroque, neoclassical, Greco-Roman, and Gothic or a combination of their elements….
Sinulog 2012 depicts Cebu as 'City of Culture'
A retracing of Cebu’s journey through the years, the people and countries it interacted with, and their influences on the island’s values and beliefs will…
BPI museum traces history of banking in Philippines
Ever wondered how and when banking started in the Philippines? The oldest bank in the country, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), tells the story…
280-year-old Jesuit house in Cebu
In the hustle and bustle of Cebu City are houses so old, they’ve stood for about 300 years. One of these structures is located between…