Author: Marlen Limpag
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With several of its new projects starting or about to start soon, Filinvest is selling its few remaining condo units in the company’s resort-themed communities in Cebu and Cagayan de Oro under an express move-in promotions. Prospective buyers will only have to pay five percent of the contract price of any unit at Amalfi and…
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To help enterprises expand their market and increase engagement with customers, leading telecommunications and multimedia company PLDT has come up with the #MyNumber service. The PLDT #MyNumber solution simplifies a company’s hotline system to a single number combination of four to eight digits beginning with the hash sign (#), said Marc Frederick Roxas, category head…
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Taft Properties has partnered with top Asia property developer Hongkong Land to transform a 20-hectare waterfront property along the Mactan Channel in Mandaue City into the world-class lifestyle destination Mandani Bay. Taft Properties president and chief operations officer Christopher Narciso said the mixed-use township will involve 20 towers, a grand harbor and boardwalk, as well…
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Infused with cloves, cinnamon, a hint of of ginger and cardamom or a mix of cream cheese, salted caramel, blended oatmeal cookies or even honey, lemon juice, rosemary and fig syrup, your regular coffee, smoothie, or cocktail become so much more at Cebu’s new lifestyle destination Morals & Malice. The lounge Morals and bar Malice…
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So impressed by the warm Cebuanos and their hospitable nature during his first visit in 2014, new Radisson Blu Cebu general manager Laurent Boisdron said he seized the opportunity when the post became available early this year. “The timing was perfect when I arrived in March. I witnessed the launch of direct flights from Los…
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To give its employees not just the best jobs but their “best lives,” Alliance Software launched the Live IT campaign that allows them to tap their individual passions while they pursue careers in the IT industry. The Live IT initiative, made up of programs for workers that focus on health and wellness, work fun, corporate…
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US-based corporation Concentrix will start business process outsourcing operations in Megaworld’s The Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City by the second half of 2016, executives from both companies announced yesterday, April 27. The outsourcing company will occupy the entire 2,600 square meters of office space on the second floor of Tower 3 at 8 Newtown Boulevard,…
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East met West in a delightful evening of food, music, and fashion as Marco Polo Ortigas held its first ever opera gala dinner “Silken Voices, Silken Roads” that commemorated the journey of hotel icon, Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo. Marco Polo’s journey took him from Venice to such countries as Burma, India, Tibet, the…
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Being one of the many hangouts that dot the long stretch of Rizal Boulevard in Dumaguete City, the Spanish tapas bar Allegre is an easy a spot to overlook. If we hadn’t gotten that invitation to try it out on our last night there, we would have missed the authentic Spanish dishes and great cocktails…
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How does Coca-Cola fresh off the bottling line taste like? Sweet and fizzy and suffused with the joy of new discovery. In reality, it may very well have tasted like the bottle of Coke you buy from the neighborhood store. When you’re drinking it in a huge, cold place as machineries whir and soda bottles…
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Hazelnut, creme brulee, sandwiches, cakes,and martinis all come infused with cacao in culinary creations served at the Lobby Lounge of Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa as it presents Mugnâ, a series of events that seeks to highlight the best of Cebuano creativity. Exquisite jewelry pieces that feature unique South Sea pearls and signature couture by…
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Marco Polo Plaza Cebu‘s popular culinary event “Sabores de España, Viva Madrid!” returns with a smorgasbord of Spanish flavors that Cebuanos have come to love. Spanish tapas or appetizers like the croquetas de bacalao, croquetas de jamon, almendras picantes or spicy almonds, soups like sopa de mariscos and sopa gallega, main dishes like robo de…
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A regular climb to Aguinid Falls in Samboan, Cebu entails going up the pathway created by the flowing water as it makes its way down from the fifth level to the sea. Beyond the fifth tier, however, the falls go up three levels more. There, beyond the reach of the regular climbers, nature is raw,…
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Cebu welcomed the first Emirates flight from Dubai on Wednesday, March 30, at the international airport in Mactan as part of the airline company’s circular service in the Philippines that involves a stopover in Clark. Emirates’s Dubai-Cebu-Clark-Dubai route began operating daily starting with the inaugural flight that arrived at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA)…
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There we were, frozen and shivering on a long line that snaked around a lonely bus stop in a cold mountain spot in Hong Kong, and there was no bus. A digital sign gave a countdown of the 15-minute interval before the next one comes. It was an eternity of waiting. A thick fog had…
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Dolphins! They swam beside our boat as we neared Pescador Island off Moalboal for a day out snorkeling and enjoying the much better preserved underwater marine life in the southern town known for its long strip of white sand beach.
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Travel to another country can be intimidating but our recent trip to Hong Kong was smooth all throughout, thanks in large part to a complimentary two-night stay at Gateway of the Marco Polo chain of hotels in Hong Kong.
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Creating the Philippine Roadmap for Startups allowed stakeholders to identify the unique advantages and challenges of Filipino founders and how to further hone the ecosystem to support digital innovations, an official of the Department of Science and Technology said.
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Being an AirBNB host is a great way to earn money, make friends, and get to meet people from different countries. Cristina Hoffman, who has listed her family’s Villa Busay in Jardin de Busay with AirBNB, said all her guests have so far been wonderful. Hoffman was among those who shared their experiences as hosts…
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SilkAir celebrates the 50-year milestone of Singapore Airlines (SIA) with great fares and special perks for travel from the Philippines to over 50 destinations around the world. The regional wing of Singapore Airlines is set to hold the SilkAir Travel Fair from February 19-21, 2016 at Ayala Center Cebu with all-inclusive round trip promo fares…