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Sinulog 2016 social media photo contest offers phones, other fantastic prizes
Get a chance to phones and other fantastic prizes when you download the Sinulog Guide app to your Android and iOS phone devices and tag your Sinulog 2016-related photos with #SmartSinulog, #PLDTHOME, and #HomeXSinulog2016.
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PLDT rolls out free 1Gbps WiFi connectivity along Sinulog route, grandstand
Starting last January 11 and until the Sinulog grand parade on Sunday, January 17, people will be able to connect to free WiFi with a 1Gbps bandwidth along the Sinulog route and in the Cebu City Sports Center Grandstand. The 1Gbps free WiFi coverage will extend until the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) from January 24…
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Sinulog 2016 tip: Stay online for 3 days for only P50
If you’re lucky to be in Cebu for the country’s biggest festival, stay online and share your experience by enrolling into Smart’s Big Bytes 50. For just P50, you get 350 MB for surfing and access to your favorite apps and 600MB for your choice of videos and music in the extensive catalogue of Fox,…
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Cebu News Digest for Jan. 13, 2016: Liquor banned on Sinulog parade route; ‘arrogant driver’ fined P6,000; family caught with P2M shabu
Stores along the Sinulog grand parade route were reminded not to allow parking nor sell liquor in Sunday’s activity. Councilor Dave Tumulak met with business owners to remind them of the guidelines on the selling of alcohol and parking. Last year, images of drunk revelers who slept on the streets led to calls for the…
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Smart, InnoPub release handy guide to Sinulog 2016
Get a handy guide to everything Sinulog–from religious activities to festive parties, through the 2016 Sinulog Guide, made possible through the collaboration of mobile leader Smart Communications (Smart), Cebu-based new media startup InnoPub Media, and the Sinulog Foundation, Inc.
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Air Asia lines up discounts, freebies, perks for Sinulog passengers
Get a taste of local goodness from Air Asia Philippines and partner establishments when you fly Air Asia to Cebu for the Sinulog 2016 Festival. Air Asia passengers from January 12-16, 2016 will receive a Red Hot AirAsia Sinulog Kit with discounts and freebies and lots of perks from the following Air Asia partner establishments:…
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7 ways to level up your Sinulog experience with the Smart Life
Headed to Cebu for the Sinulog Festival? You are in for the most awesome experiences with your barkada as Smart, the country’s mobile services leader, gives you many ways to enjoy the Philippines’ grandest and most colorful celebration!
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Facebook post leads to taxi driver’s suspension; 5T cops to secure Sinulog, IEC; PNP orders transfer of 3 chiefs in Cebu
Taxi driver accused of demanding P2,000 from passenger. A viral post over Facebook led to the suspension of a taxi driver, who allegedly demanded P2,000 from a passenger whose child vomited inside his cab.
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Smart, MyPhone launch P888 Android unit to boost smartphone use among Filipinos
For a one-time payment of just P888, people can now get a smartphone prepaid kit with a Smart Prepaid Sim packed with Free 100MB in connectivity valid for 30 days for 12 months as well as a load rebate of P30 for an accumulated top-up of P100 every month for 12 months.
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Cebu News Digest for Jan. 11, 2016: Transformations, ‘fresh ideas’ win big in Sinulog Sa Kabataan; City to go after smokers, litterbugs during Sinulog; City Hall has unspent billions
Cebu City Hall reminded the public not to litter and to avoid smoking in public spaces during the week-long Sinulog Celebration. Cebu City Environmental and Sanitation Enforcement Team chief Grace Luardo said their office will implement the law strictly and catch those who violate the provisions.
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Ambient noise? Think ambient news!
UV radiation levels will be high, the smartwatch we have been testing warned at noon of Sinulog Sa Kabataan Sa Lalawigan last Saturday. The data was processed by AccuWeather and detected by the weather app integrated into my wife’s phone and from there, pushed into the smartwatch she was wearing.
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Air Asia makes Sinulog 2016 more festive for passengers
Fly Air Asia to Cebu from January 12 to 16, 2016 and experience your best Sinulog Festival yet. Passengers bound for Cebu on these dates will receive an Air Asia Red Hot Sinulog Kit containing discount coupons and freebies from partner establishments, schedule of activities, and festival tips.
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Cebu News Digest for Jan. 8, 2016: Labella to limit bleachers along Carousel route; Duterte visits Cebu, tells Cebuanos to look at his deeds, not words
Acting Cebu City Mayor Edgar Labella says they will implement changes for this year’s Sinulog celebration to make it safer. The City will also form a Task Force Carousel to make sure the changes are implemented.
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Marco Polo presents Sinulog feast in Sugbusog 2016: Seafood Edition
From lechon to tinola, talong salad to fish kinilaw, ginabot to crispy fish bihod, escabeche to kalderetang kanding, the Sugbusog 2016: Seafood Edition at Marco Polo Plaza Cebu’s Café Marco is all the Cebuano dishes you love and more, prepared the five-star way.
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Alcatel Flash unveils ergonomically designed ‘Perfect In Hand’ Flash 2 phone
The Alcatel Flash 2 has a 5.5-inch screen, runs on an Android Octa-core 1.4 GHz and with a Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery, perfect for users who want to make the most out of the Android experience. This phone is a real eye-candy with its volcanic ash color.
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Cebu News Digest for Jan. 7, 2016: Thousands join Walk With Jesus to mark start of Fiesta Señor; ‘desperate love’ led to baby’s kidnapping; budget war continues in Cebu City Council
The religious celebration of the Fiesta Señor started early this morning with a penitential walk by Sto. Niño devotees from the Fuente Osmeña rotunda to the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño.
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Festival revelry continues with Sinulog 2016 parties
Heard about the ban on the Sinulog 2016 street parties? Never fear! Sinulog Festival party scenes continue with these big ticket dance and music parties happening in various places in the metro. Have your pick of the coolest and wildest gatherings in town. Here are the popular Sinulog 2016 parties already with permits from the…
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PLDT HOME, Smart allow sharing of DSL monthly data allocation with mobile phones
PLDT and Smart Communications, the country’s leading telecommunications and digital services providers, have come together to offer the Philippines’ first data plan that enables subscribers to a home DSL service to share their data allocation with mobile phones of family members.
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Cebu News Digest for Jan. 6, 2016: Tip leads to arrest of woman accused of stealing baby; organizers appeal for decency in Sinulog; police finalizes IEC security plans
THE woman accused of abducting a newborn baby from Vicente Sotto Memorial Hospital has been found, thanks to a Facebook post by photojournalist Alan Tangcawan.
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Cebu News Digest for Jan. 5, 2016: Fake nurse steals baby; Cebu City forced to re-enact budget after impasse; tension breaks out in talk between UP, fire victims
A woman posing as a member of the staff of the snatched two-day old Prince Nino Celadenia inside the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center yesterday