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Archive for January, 2007

Change of venue for the Feast of the Black Nazarene.

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

On Monday January 8, 2007 at around 5.30 pm the statue of the Black Nazarene will be taken to the Quirino Grandstand where it will be exposed to the public for an overnight vigil. Fireworks will mark the arrival of the statue in Rizal Park. This will be followed by a candlelight ceremony led by [...]

Hala Bira! Iloilo Dinagyang Festival Na!

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Men painted in back, dressed in colorful bahag, chanting “Hala Bira!” and “Viava Señor Santo Niño!”, and dancing to the hypnotic beat of the drums all day long. This is the typical scene that you get to see during the annual Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. This grand event is held every 4th Sunday of [...]

Pampanga’s pride

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Pampanga’s pride is indeed its heritage and cuisine. Here are some of the places you might want to try out while you are there: In Everybody’s Cafe, Kapampangan food is available everyday in their turo-turo style display. Try out the pako salad, calderetang baka, morcon, chicharon bulaklak, tortang bangus, inihaw na hito or bulalo soup. [...]

We’re giving away free World Pyro Olympics tickets

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

In the spirit of the new year and to celebrate 2007, we’d like to thank all our avid readers and fellow bloggers a Happy New Year. We were too busy during the recent holidays that we haven’t really came up with some promos so we’d like to catch up, if it’s okay with you. We’re [...]

Things to do in Pagudpud

Monday, January 1st, 2007

Visiting Pagudpud does not necessarily mean that you should include three items in your itinerary such as “swim, swim and swim”. There are a lot of places that you could go to in Pagudpud aside from the beach in Barangay Saud. But before going down to the list, I suggest that you bring or hire [...]