Neri: In The Limelight
THE birthday dinner of Sun.Star chairman of the board Jesus “Sonny” Garcia at Cebu Country Club was a reunion of sorts for former Jaycee movers. It was a small group that wife Armi gathered to mark hubby’s red-letter day.
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Neri: Celebrations
WHEN philanthropist Felisa Y. Chiongbian turned all of 90 years old last April 22, her loving family honored her with a lunch celebration at the City Sports Club. It was a happy, happy affair with many of Tita Felisa’s beneficiaries in attendance. Her most distinguished guest was His Eminence...
Family fun in Singapore
SINGAPORE with its many faces is always a pleasure to visit. Not only is it squeaky clean and extensively green, the place has something for everyone. There are countless things to see, to admire, to marvel at, and to experience. In fact visitors cannot seem to keep up with Singapore. It is...
Neri: What’s up? What’s new?
ONGOING at the Northwing Atrium of SM City Cebu till May 10, is the exhibit dubbed “It’s More Fun in the Philippines with Lego at SM City.” The exhibit shows Philippine landmarks and icons in bricks and colors.
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Neri: People
Pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria celebrates 50 years of professional performances this year. Her first performance in Manila was on February 18, 1962, when she played the Schumann Piano Concerto with the Filipino Youth Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Luis Valencia at the Sta. Isabel College...
Neri: Around Town
THE dear old town has been sizzling even before the onset of summer...Events and activities galore...
It was truly a beautiful evening of music with world-renowned pianist Cecile Licad on centerstage at the Grand Ballroom of Marco Polo Plaza. As usual she awed her audience.
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Neri: HolyWeek Reflections
LITTLE thoughts from the little book called A Thought A Day assembled by a Father of the Society of St. Paul and published by St. Paul Publications.
All about prayers
Live the life of prayer; learn to bring everything, to change everything into prayer—pains and trials and...
Eve: Newsbits
CEBU City’s seventy five families of distinction were given recognition during the 75th Charter Anniversary of the City of Cebu. Venue was the Grand Ballroom of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel where family representatives (divided into five batches) took centerstage. Awards chairperson (for the...
Neri: Happy occasions
A “TWO-DAY GETAWAY” is on sked for women at the Redemptorist Retreat House (Holy Family) on March 30 (5 p.m.) to April 1 (8 a.m.); and for men on April 5 (9 a.m.) to April 7 (8 a.m.). Dubbed Refresh, the two-day getaway for the soul gives us the chance to “rediscover our true potential,...
Neri: What's up? What’s new?
ON SKED for March 19 is the conferment of the degree of Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) to Amparito Llamas Lhuillier by the University of San Jose-Recoletos. An active civic leader and philanthropist, Amparito has established the Amparito Llamas Lhuiller Educational Foundation (Allef) which...
Neri: Around Town
THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) sponsors regular product presentations to the movers in the travel industry. The latest one in our city was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu a few weeks ago. In the frontline were Phanon Kaributra, TAT executive director, ASEAN, South Asia and South...
Neri: Happy occasions
NOW on its 12th year, the 2012 Cebu Yearbook (a project of Sun.Star Publishing, Inc.) was launched at SM City Cebu with the opening of a photo exhibit. The photos on display concentrated on three themes: Celebrate Cebu, Timeless Cebu and Underwater.
The theme of this year’s issue is “...
Neri: A January Wedding
JUAN Enrico Quisumbing and Janeen Almendras began their life together on the first Thursday of the new year. They were wed during afternoon rites at the Sacred Heart Church with the blessings of their beloved parents, John and Lita (Canoy) Quisumbing, and Jerome and Riza (Gaviola) Almendras.
Neri: Celebrations
IT was definitely a glittering crystal affair... yes, I’m talking of the Crystal Ball celebrating the 15th year of Zee Lifestyle Magazine at the Radisson Blu Hotel. How time flies! It didn’t seem so long ago when Eva Gullas invited me to the launching of Zee.
The strictly formal party...
An Ilocos Interlude
WHEN Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia and Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos signed a sisterhood agreement between Cebu and Ilocos Norte, Cebu’s travel movers immediately showed interest in getting to know the province up north better so as to come up with a mutually beneficial tourism exchange program.
Neri: Filipinos abroad
FILIPINOS abroad always find time to welcome and interact with visiting relatives and friends. For them it is a way of touching base with the home land.
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Neri: Weddings
AN AFTERNOON wedding at the Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Ormoc united two of the city’s most prominent families. Julio Nicolas, son of Manuel Torres and Julia Martinez, took for his bride Maria Rita Blanca, daughter of Hermenegildo Serafica and Margarita Larrazabal Villoria. They said their...
Hospitality: The Hilton Way
CHICAGO is Cathay Pacific Airway’s new destination in the U.S.A. and to highlight this development, the airline invited its top travel agents in Cebu along with three of us lifestyle writers on a trip to the windy city. Tour leaders were CX Cebu manager Maggie Wong and passenger sales manager...
Neri: Celebrations
HE holiday mood lingers because Cebu’s biggest fiesta is just around the corner. The feast of the Sto. Niño will be celebrated this weekend with a procession on Saturday, Jan. 14 starting out at the Basilica Minore de Sto. Niño, passing through the city’s main thoroughfares. On Sunday the famed...
Chicago
CHICAGO has a special place in my heart. It was my destination on my very first trip to the USA when I was an impressionable 22-year old. I was there to train as a dietician in one of the biggest hospitals in the city. It was an unforgettable eight months in the land of milk and honey. Since...
Neri: Festivities galore
THE Bachelors-Femina Club of Cebu holds its traditional formal ball tonight. Highlight is the Rigodon de Honor to be led by the club’s Papas and Mamas - Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy and Mrs. Ellen Climaco, and Mr. Junjo Ferreros and Mrs. Christine Samonte.
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“Christmas on Safari...
Neri: Christmas in the air
IT'S the season for rejoicing and everyone seems to be in the mood for all kinds of celebrations. What’s more, Christmas trees are sprouting left and right, all over town.
The Waterfront hotels were among the earliest to welcome the holiday season.
Neri: Happy occasions
J CENTRE MALL opened on the very auspicious date of 11-11-11 at exactly 11 a.m. On the frontline was Justin Uy, president of Everjust Realty Development Corp., developer of the mall which is positioned as a “family mall.” Over 1000 guests attended the grand affair which started with a ribbon-...
Neri: Happy occasions
J CENTRE MALL opened on the very auspicious date of 11-11-11 at exactly 11 a.m. On the frontline was Justin Uy, president of Everjust Realty Development Corp., developer of the mall which is positioned as a “family mall.” Over 1000 guests attended the grand affair which started with a ribbon-...
Neri: Celebrations
THE happy holiday season is at hand but celebrations galore started way before this joyful month.
Over in Ormoc City, Sabin and Rosie Larrazabal celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with an elegant affair at the Rose Grand Ballroom of the family owned Sabin Resort Hotel. It was a...
