Category: Events
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Party your heart out for free in two major Sinulog Festival 2015 events – Life Dance and Sinulog Invasion. MyCebu.ph, in partnership with Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), is giving away a total of 10 tickets to these two epic parties. All you need to do to win a free ticket is like the MyCebu FB…
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Comedy Cebu, a newly-formed observational comedy group, will stage its debut show tomorrow, Friday, at 8:30 p.m. with a one-time only free admission show entitled “Laugh Trip #2 Queen City of the South: Cebu” at the Ibiza Beach Club in Mövenpick Hotel, Lapu-Lapu City. The show will feature some of the best stand-up comics not…
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This year’s first Suroy-Suroy Sugbo will head to Cebu attractions in the southern city of Carcar and towns of Barili, Moalboal, Alegria, Malabuyoc, Oslob, Boljoon, Dalaguete, and Argao. The Suroy-Suroy Sugbo Southern Getaway is a three-day, two-night trip that involves visits to heritage sites like ancestral homes and Spanish period structures as well as nature…
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One of the best things about the Fiesta Señor is the opening early in January of the Sinulog Trade Fair where you get to buy Cebuano specialty products without needing to travel far. This year, the Sinulog Trade Fair in SM City Cebu features popular local products like ukulele and guitars; accessories and home furnishings…
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Sinulog Festival fashion is still all about the Cut and Style Sinulog shirts that have become popular over the last few years, especially during the Grand Parade when thousands dance and party on Cebu City streets. This early, Islands Souvenirs is already offering the Cut and Style service to customers who buy its Sinulog t-shirts.…
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Sinulog is both festive and religious. It is the biggest religious gathering in Cebu; it is also its biggest party – on the street, in dance halls and open air locations. Revelry starts on the week leading to the grand parade and continues way into the early hours before dawn breaks each day. If you’re out…
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Two of the best choirs in the Philippines unite to present the popular English-language oratorio Handel’s Messiah in a Christmas concert in Cebu City on December 6, 2014. The New Life Sounds and Coro Cantabile will perform portions of the music of German-born classical composer George Frideric Handel for the benefit of sexually abused and…
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Out on the wide white sandy beach and under a clear starry sky, we lounged about on native handwoven mats, roasted marshmallows on a large open-air fire, and had our fill of drinks as the music played on. It was the exclusive preview of Bonfire Fridays, ongoing weekly up to December and set up at…
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Ipanema Selfeet Sunday is happening this October 12 in Cebu. Take an #ipanemaselfeet, upload to Facebook or Instagram, and not only do you get a discount on your next Ipanema purchase, you can win an overnight stay at Shangri-La Mactan. Visit Ayala Center Cebu for a Colorful Adventure with #ipanemaselfeet. With its stylishly chic and…
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Craving any of Cebu delicacies like the Argao torta, Bogo pintos, or Carcar chicharon? For the whole month of August, you don’t need to travel two to three hours to buy Cebu specialty products as countryside cottage industries have come to sell these in the ongoing Agro-Trade Fair 2014 at the Capitol compound along Osmeña…
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Many Cebuanos are well aware of the upcoming 445th Founding Anniversary of Cebu on August 6, 2014 as it has been declared a special holiday in the province. Beyond the fact that there is no work or classes on that day, what do we really know about this singular date in Cebu’s history and what…
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When it comes to the popular Havaianas flip-flops, the ongoing Make Your Own Havaianas (MYOH) 2014 event at Ayala Center Cebu is the highest expression of personality and creativity. For a price just marginally higher than in the stores, Havaianas lovers get to pick the sole, strap and pin combination that is exclusively their own…
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What does it mean to be a Tuburanon or native of Tuburan town in Cebu? The Tuburan National High School showed the audience in its Sinulog sa Kabataan-Lalawigan 2014 performance and won the top prize in the secondary division of the competition. Raul Dura, who received the trophy for Tuburan’s win, said they wanted to…
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Student dancers of Sinulog sa Kabataan-Lalawigan 2014 elementary division champion Talisay City Central School wore violet to portray sorrow over the tragedies that have befallen Cebu. But beyond recent calamities like super typhoon Yolanda, the earthquake and fire incidents, the Talisay school’s performance is also about the Cebu community “rising up” from all its troubles…
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This year’s Balik Cebu program that is among Sinulog 2014 activities will serve as the launching pad for a Balik Balay campaign that aims to help one of Yolanda-devastated communities in Pilar, Camotes. Balik Cebu committee members led by group chair, Tetta Baad, said their objective is to build 50 dwellings in the style of…
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Cebu beauty product manufacturer GT Cosmetics is sponsoring the Miss Cebu 2014 pageant that will be held as one of Sinulog Festival activities this January. Engr. Leonora B. Salvane, company chief operating officer, said they will also be picking a Miss GT from among the Miss Cebu 2014 finalists on pageant night slated this January…
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Cebu and Bohol will be among the ports of call of international cruise ships in 2014 and 2015, a statement from the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Central Visayas said. Despite the natural disasters and calamities faced by the Philippines in 2013, the most recent being the earthquake originating from Sagbayan, Bohol and super typhoon…
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AirAsia Zest opened its international route from Cebu to Kuala Lumpur with an inaugural flight that left the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) at 6 a.m. today, December 1, 2013. Company and airport executives, at the same time, welcomed the passengers of the first AirAsia Zest flight from Kuala Lumpur to Cebu that arrived at…
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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 11 connected buildings that can be found all throughout its length. The whole stretch has a view of the sea on one side. At the far end is built a…
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Aside from joining a worthwhile cause, participants of the 10th Moonwalk: A Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness this Saturday, Oct. 19, will be treated to a night of songs by Cebu’s home-grown talents. Child singer Patricia Izabel Chua will go first with two songs after a mini-documentary (Opaw) and an “infomercial” about breast cancer. She…