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US Brand Motor Oil launches Recycled Motor Oil in the Philippines

Travelling does not only involve travel by plane, but for most us who would like to to getaway in the nearby tourist destination like Subic, Ilocos, Bicol Region, we might want to take our car with us. And travelling by car entails a lot of preparations. The used to be BLOWBAG which means Brakes, Lights, Oil, Water, Battery, Air, Gasoline is now upgraded to BLOWBAGETS – Brakes, Lights, Oil, Water, Battery, Air, Gasoline, Early warning device, Tools and Self.

In our car’s engine, oil play a very important role. The US brand Valvoline has introduced the very first Recycled Motor Oil in the industry. This also another first in the region since among the ASIAN countries they have chosen to launch it in the Philippines. We asked Mr. Gil Mariano, the Country Manager of Ashland the reason behind it and he simply said that the Philippines is the most environmentally-conscious country among its neighbors.

Ashland Inc is aleading automobile and motor oil manufacturer in the US and today they launched Valvoline NextGen motor oil, a new line of premium brand oil with environmental benefits.

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Spending Holy Week in the City

I guess almost a hundred percent of the people in the Metro Manila went out of town for the Holy Week break. To unwind probably, to go swimming, to commemorate the holy days. Or simply to getaway the from the city.

I would also do the same the past several years, but this time I chose to stay home. I want to experience how it is when all the vehicles in the metro head to the freeway; NLEX to the North and SLEX to the South.

So on Saturday afternoon, I walked around from my place up to Ayala Avenue to take some photos and to check how the streets of the busiest city in Metro Manila look like.

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Tune Hotel Opens Ermita branch

Launched in December of 2011, Tune Hotels is now fulfilling its promise to open its branches to the Philippines. The first branched was opened during the Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark and very recently, the next branch was opened in Ermita Manila. The Angeles branch
is a 165 room hotel.

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Mind Museum Philippines Soon To Open at The Fort


There is a educational center opening up at The Fort in two weeks time. The Mind Museum at Taguig was just an idea in 2006 but it was immediately started in 2007. The 12.5ksqM land area of thrilling exploration is a PhP1B project that is fully funded by private & corporate donors from sponsors, family and individual donors.

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South West Air Corporation opens flights to Masbate, Virac & Legazpi

I was casually browsing Facebook for some streaming updates from different pages I am subscribed when I stumble upon this very familiar Bicolano terminology – Bicol Air Express. No,  I am not talking about the favorite chili-rich dish in Bicol, it is a local airline which was launched in December.

BICOL AIR EXPRESS now can fly you from Legazpi to Virac in Cataduanes and in Masbate. South West Air Corporation makes a breakthrough in the airline industry as they finally started serving tourist who want to visit the island provinces of Bicol Region.

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Tune Hotels to open in the Philippines

Global hotel chain, Tune Hotels open its doors in the Philippines. Graced by no less than Mark Lankester, Group Chief Executive Officer, Tune hotels made their way to announce their entry to the Philippines.


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Happy 16th Anniversary Enchanted Kingdom!

Enchanted Kingdom, the country’s first and only world-class theme park is celebrating its 16th year of bringing MAGIC to families and friends. Happy 16th Birthday EK!

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Lunch Break at Antonio’s Grill with Ford Fiesta S

Last Friday, on a suppose to be busy day for the Metro the guys at Ford Philippines invited us for a Lunch Break to Tagaytay to get a hands-on experience on the all-new Ford Fiesta S. We all converged to Ford at Fort Bonifacio at 10:00AM, five of us bloggers were greeted by five different colors of Fiesta S. DigitalSpidey was privileged to take the wheel of the Chilli Orange. (This color is only available on the 1.6 5-door top-of-the-line model.)  Read the rest of this entry »

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Cebu Pacific seat sale from Clark at Php799

The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB) slashes fares from Clark to Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau and Bangkok in a seat sale from now until May 9, 2011 or until seats last. This is for travel from July 1 to September 30, 2011.
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Cheapest fares to Cebu & Davao from SEAir

South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) recently announced that it will launch its first domestic jet services from Manila to Cebu on July 1, 2011 and Manila to Davao on July 2 as part of the SEAIR-Tiger Airways Partner Airline Programme.

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