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Bacolod MassKara Festival 2007 preparations on

bacolod masskara festival 2007BACOLOD CITY, — Preparations are underway for this year’s MassKara Festival  2007 in Bacolod City slated next month.

Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the festival will kick off on October 1 with daily activities and programs.

Its highlights will be on October 18 to 21.

Information dissemination and awareness about Bacolod’s tourism, economic and investment attractions and potentials, as well as the MassKara street dancing and other activities are being undertaken by the festival organizer, the Silver MassKara Festival Organization, Inc. (more…)

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Zamboanga City prepares for Philippine Travel Mart

zamboanga city philippines travel martZamboanga City – This city, now known as Asia’s Latin City, steps into high gear on preparations for the 2007 Philippine Travel Mart to be held in SM Megamall from September 7-9, 2007.

Organized by the Philippine Tour Operators (PHILTOA), Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation (PCVC), the 3-day event will feature tourism areas in the country. (more…)

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Billabong announces new sponsorship of Siargao “Cloud 9″ invitational

siargao surfing 2008 sponsored by billabongSURF Company Billabong announced that this year, it will secure sponsorship of the Billabong Cloud 9 invitational Philippine surfing at the island jewel of Siargao, Philippines in September.The three-year deal ensures that Billabong has naming rights sponsorship of the Philippine’s biggest surfing event until 2009.

Siargao’s ‘Cloud 9′, a powerful hollow right-hander, will provide an idyllic setting for the who’s who of world surfing, contestants coming from as far as Australia, Bali, Tahiti, Hawaii, Japan and the USA. (more…)

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Kadayawan Festival mixes up with sports and music

by Romy Sabaldan

kadayawan festival 2007Davao City — AS the dancers go back to the streets in the native Indak-Indak or the tip-toe and stamp-your-feet upbeat dances in the streets, the young and energetic boxes it up in the ring again while the reggae bands and the melodious M.O.R. regulars prepare their kind of music to spice up this year’s biggest festival in Davao City.

The culminating activities will be the most colorful fluvial parade at the historic Bankerohan river and the floral float parade around the city’s major thoroughfares on Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19, 2007. (more…)

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Pasaka Festival 2007 showcases Tanauan’s culture and heritage

The Pasaka Festival 2007 which runs August 1 to 15, is seen as another opportunity to showcase the rich cultural heritage of Tanauan, Leyte, where Tinikling, the national dance of the Philippines, is said to have originated.Tanauan Mayor Roque Tiu said that it is during the nightly activities which started yesterday when the various sectors of the municipality are able to show their unity in paying homage and thanksgiving to the town’s Patroness, Our Lady of the Assumption. (more…)

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North Americans coming to the Philippines for a Grand Tour

north american tourism attaches tour

The Philippines Department of Tourism and the Department of Foreign Affairs will host the Third Ambassadors/Consuls General and Tourism Attaches Tour (ACGTAT) from July 14-22, 2007.  A promotional program that highlights the Philippines as a wholesome, safe and attractive holiday destination, it encourages North Americans, their families and friends to visit and experience its culture and Filipino hospitality. (more…)

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