San Remigio Beach Club "rainy days" promo continues

DO YOU want to get wet? Do you enjoy singing and dancing in the rain? Then why not pack your bags, jump into your vehicle and do just that -- all out with your family and friends in the amazing San Remigio Beach Club!

San Remigio Beach Club remains a breath-taking paradise of sandy beaches and pure pleasure. It caters its guests with high regard and serves only the best services. Not to mention its apparent taste for delectable food.

Pinoy art rocks!

AFTER checking out the National Museum of Singapore, the museum across the street known as Singapore Art Museum (SAM) was next. Quite convenient.

Astoria Plaza: Redefining urban hotel experience

IF you're a traveler who appreciates true style and individuality, then Astoria Plaza wouldn't be a disappointment.

Tucked in a strategic area in bustling Ortigas Center is a hotel where elegance and good service abound. Astoria's restrained modern elegance sweeps all the way from the lobby, to its coffee shop and function rooms, up to its guest rooms.

Kaldereta, a slow cooking comforting dish

DEFINITELY, a Spanish-influenced dish, Kaldereta (or Caldereta) is a very flavorful dish that is basically made up of tomato sauce or paste, potatoes, onions, bell peppers and onions.

Nat’l lymphatic filariasis elimination forum set in Oro

THE Coalition for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis-Philippines (CELF-Philippines) Inc. will be holding the 3rd National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Forum on September 1 to 2 at the Dynasty Court Hotel.

The forum will focus on the theme "Expanding Partnerships towards Integrated Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis and Control of other Neglected Tropical Diseases." 

Double celebration at the Divine Mercy on September 8

THE Tripartite Management of the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Divine Mercy will hold a double celebration on September 8 at the Divine Mercy Shrine in Ulaliman, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental.   The double celebration is the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the third anniversary of the declaration of the Divine Mercy Hills as an Archdiocesan Shrine.  

A look at Thailand's countryside (Part 2)

Farm Chokchai

I HAVE never equated Thailand with farms (although I know that fruit orchards abound), much less with a model of a farm. It had always been temples, shopping, beaches, food, even elephants, and all else that spells exotic! What a pleasant change it was then, when the itinerary for our media group invited by Cebu Pacific Air to Bangkok, included a foray into Farm Chokchai, about two hours away from the city. Our schedule was prepared by Dave de Jesus, the marketing rep of the Tourism Authority of Thailand in the Philippines, who knows Thailand like the back of his hand.

Utzurrum: How was your club induction?

IT TAKES a special brand of visionary talent to be able to transform horizons and sculpt landscapes, as only an architect can! Recently, a group, called the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) Region District C1 (UAP-RD-C1) held its annual joint Induction of officers and new members at the Cebu Country Club. UAP-RD-C1 is composed of seven UAP chapters from Central Visayas, namely: Cebu, Dumaguete, Rajah Humabon, Bohol, Datu Lapu-lapu, Sugbo and Cebu-Leon Kilat.

Fetalvero: Color-coded emotions

UPON close observation, our outdoor plants that are not directly under the heat of the sun tend to position their branches and leaves where they can get some sunlight.

If I may use this analogy, the same is true with people. Human beings tend to navigate toward people with a wholesome personality; those whose face always light up with joy and excitement.

The adventure's mission

I WOULDN'T blame you if you have a love-hate relationship with the outdoors. It’s beautiful, yes, but at the same time, you can hardly imagine yourself staying in the woods for more than 15 minutes.

Literatus: Tasty dish and the risk you know

WHEN I was barely a grader in a public school somewhere in the province of Zamboanga Del Norte, I heard this talk about this food additive we used to call Vetsin. Someone in town supposedly dissolved a small pack of it, and placed a No. 2 iron nail into the solution. After two days, the rumor claimed, the iron nail dissolved totally. (Someone may have stolen the iron nail to play a prank. I don’t know.)

Smart rocks Oro with raffles, dance contest

SMART Telecommunications rocked the Atrium of Limketkai Center last Sunday through its “Smart Day Big Time Pa-Premyo” that coincided with the Bonggang Sayawan sa Kabataan Northern Mindanao grand finals.

All-4-One and Color Me Badd to relive MJ

All-4-One and Color Me Badd are set to electrify the Filipino fans with the greatest hits of The King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

These award-winning American Bands will mount a back-to-back concert at the Araneta Coliseum on September 7, at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu on September 9 and in Limketkai Atrium in Cagayan de Oro on September 10.

Dorothy Perkins opens

AT THE newly-opened Dorothy Perkins shop at Abreeza Mall, Dabawenyos have lots to dish. The store was cool: bright motif, spacious, organized, and attractive pieces on the glass windows.

Make Your Own Havaianas at Abreeza

EVERY fashionable jetsetter knows that staying stylish while in transit is just as important as getting to one’s destination.

A big part of enjoying your trip, whether for leisure or work, has to do with making sure one looks and feels comfortable yet chic for any and every occasion.

Sharing the blessings

THE first Filipina Muslim to win the prestigious Zonta International Young Women for Public Affairs (YWPA) Award is donating part of her US$4,000 prize money to uplift the lives of poor Muslim women and children in Mindanao through education.

Centering on life itself

IT’S easy to lose track of the essentials.

Most especially when things like keeping a routine or the necessities to survive, squeeze out every zest of vibrancy in one’s being.

Espina: Chicago! Chicago!

THE ambiance, the music and the attires had it all during the recent Cathay Pacific “Goodbye, Camilla and Hello, Maggie!” dinner bash, with its special feature of its newest destination, Chicago.

Monday Steak Out at Pops Restobar

GOOGLE "steak and eggs" and it's kind of amazing what doesn't pop up. I was expecting hundreds of crazy renditions of this gluttonous classic meal considering that nowadays, it’s the age of the culinary feat. But most of them were (still) shockingly traditional.

Mount Sabrina: A touch of class

FANCY yourself atop a hill on a clear night with the view of the city skyline to your left and gleaming bay to your right on a moonlit night.

Celebrating vibrant colors of Kadayawan

ABREEZA Mall brought Davao and the Kadayawan Festival to full bloom with "Color Me Kadayawan!" the mall's signature celebration of the much-awaited festival of abundance. A month-long line-up of activities at Abreeza Mall was carefully put together to ensure a Kadayawan experience like no other.

Wanted Heroes

IN today’s age when Hollywood is bombarding us with films about superheroes and the like, one cannot help but consider (seriously or not) questions like, “What if these kinds of people (or robots) did exist today?”

Neri: The Garbo sa Sugbo Awards

THE celebration of the 442nd founding anniversary of Cebu Province was a glittering affair which commenced at the entrance of the Capitol Bldg. where the guests were welcomed in style, and ended up at the social hall where Governor Gwen Garcia (in a chic off-the-shoulder teal gown) honored the men and women chosen for the Garbo Sa Sugbo Awards. Special guest was Sen. Jinggoy Estrada.

Costanilla: Ensuring a successful Press Freedom Month

SEVERAL activities have already been lined up by three media clubs here in marking another year of the Press Freedom Month starting this Thursday, Sept. 1. The Sugboanong Komentaristang Nagpakabana led by dyRB broadcaster Rey Batiquin, the Cebu Tri-Media Association Inc. headed by Edcel Luces also of dyRB and the Cebu Association of Media Practitioners Inc. (Camp), chaired by this writer, are on top of the preparations to ensure a successful and more meaningful month-long observance.

Swiss precision

MAKATI Shangri-La, Manila continues to delight well-traveled gourmands with authentic culinary offerings. In commemoration of Swiss National Day, the hotel recently held Swiss Made, a celebration of Switzerland’s food, craftsmanship and tradition.

The Museo Ning Angeles

GETTING acquainted with events that have happened -- whether recent or ancient past -- is one step further in getting to know ourselves and from where we are coming. It is the history of our public lives that could help unify us, having discovered we have common backgrounds. It could also encourages critical dialogue about the importance of what went before, since occasions that have transpired are but markers rather than fixed timelines.

As hospital bills rise, folks turn to PhilHealth

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- It would cost thousands of pesos for a dengue patient to fully recover.

For one, confining a dengue victim to a hospital for several days or even weeks is necessary. In some cases that the patient needs blood transfusion, hospital bills and treatment expenses soar higher.

Abodes with a view

THE name says it all: Panorama, a small Banilad hillside boutique enclave that has been “cut” to ensure that each piece of lot, each abode would have a view of either mountain, city or sea under the wide expanse of sky.

Martin Leyson Qua of Marvel Communities Management Inc. says that the company hired Palafox Associates, the Philippines’ premier urban planning design team, to carve out the less that a hectare lot into 27 residential lots, with more than half of the area as open space. This design team has come up with a well-planned community with house lots designed individually to maximize privacy, ventilation and view.

Singlestalk: Then and now

Darwin John Moises and Michelle Mendez-Palmares

MICHELLE (M): If there are two groups of people who are similar and yet sometimes so different, chances are it is a parent and a child. Though born to these people who raised and nurtured us, we can be so unlike them and even contradictory to one another.

Luab: The diamonds which friendship brings

I TURNED 75 recently and I feel so blessed that God has granted me the grace to enjoy the every day happenings that come my way; the joys and the pains, the hurts and the love but best of all the true friends who have joined me in my journey in this world.

Last week was a week of partying with close friends. Turning 75 after my hospital stint is a boon from heaven. Being basically independent, I insisted on not being a burden to any one except of course to my caregiver.