For the second-straight time, San Carlos City in Negros Occidental bagged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Clean Tourist City badge. The Western Visayas city announced on November 28 its repeat achievement as the recipient of the “ASEAN Clean Tourist City” award that is given to encourage nation-members to be competitive in their tourism […]
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PHL, Amanpulo Resort win Premier Diving destination accolades at World Travel Awards in Oman
The Philippines continues to make waves as a global diving destination, after bagging diving honors at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman. Winning WTA’s 2019 World’s Leading Dive Destination award for the first time, the Philippines bested eight other global dive destinations, namely, Azores […]
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Baguio City gets ASEAN stamp of approval as Clean Tourist City awardee
Baguio, dubbed the City of Pines in the Cordillera Region of Luzon, added another item to its credentials as an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Clean Tourist City award recipient. The new award tags the city with the ASEAN stamp of approval valid from 2020 to 2022. After being hailed in 2017 as a […]
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Iloilo named ASEAN Clean Tourist City Awardee
Iloilo City on the island of Panay bagged the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Award for the Philippines
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Michelle Dee showcases Filipino color and fashion at Miss World pageant in London
Miss World Philippines 2019 Michelle Dee flaunted Filipino fashion when she arrived in London for the Miss World competition. The country’s pageant representative left the country on November 20 wearing a pink suit and arrived in England’s capital in her suit bearing the colors of the Philippine national flag. Dee’s suit, designed by Nono Palmos, […]
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La Madre Filipina pre-war statue reinstalled at Manila’s historic Jones Bridge
A pair of La Madre Filipina (The Filipino Mother) pre-war statues have been reinstalled, as promised, by the inauguration of the picture-perfect revitalized Jones Bridge in Manila held November 24, a hundred years after the historic bridge was originally commissioned in 1919. The highlight of the Jones Bridge inauguration ceremony led to the introduction of […]
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Binondo’s Grand Café 1919 rises from bank ruins, showcases Old Manila heritage
Binondo’s heritage district received a shot in the arm as one of its heritage buildings breathed new life and has been reborn as the Grand Café 1919. The old, abandoned, and derelict building of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) – the oldest foreign bank in the Philippines – transformed into a gem that has […]
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Pampanga transforms PHL’s biggest ferris wheel into giant Christmas lantern
Pampanga, known as a culinary hotbed and renowned as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines, has turned the country’s biggest ferris wheel into a giant “Parol” – the dazzling handcrafted Christmas lantern symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. The Kampapangan Giant Parol Lantern, which was incorporated into the national costume of reigning MIss Universe Catriona Gray, […]
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Rizal’s Flordeliz Mabao brings home Miss Scuba International 2nd Runner-up in Malaysia
Miss Philippines Flordeliz Mabao of Taytay, Rizal gracefully raised the Philippine colors in international beauty pageantry after winning the Miss Scuba International 2019 Second Runner-up title in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The Filipina beauty shined among candidates from all over the world and was hailed as one of the pageant’s top 3 winners in the coronation […]
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Parangal Dance Company celebrates 455th Manila-Acapulco galleon trade anniversary in Mexico
The Parangal Dance Company of California is set to represent the Philippines in the celebration of the 455th anniversary of the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade. The 2-day event slated on November 20 to 21 will serve as the dance company’s debut performance in Mexico. “We were invited po as cultural ambassadors by the organizers here in […]
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Nueva Ecija’s Dancel Jan Mendoza wins Mister Continental International Title in Malaysia
Mr. Philippines Dancel Jan Mendoza from Nueva Ecija successfully raised the Philippine flag in Malaysia after winning the Mister Continental International 2019 crown. The Novo Ecijano pageant titleholder shined among all the candidates from all over the world and won not just the pageant title but also the four major awards of Mister Photogenic, Best […]
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2019 foreign tourist arrivals soars to 6.16 million, up 14 percent from last year
Foreign tourist arrivals in the Philippines has reached a record 6-million-plus mark in the first nine months of the year, registering a 14%+ improvement on last year’s numbers. The 3rd Quarter Tourist Arrival Data from the Department of Tourism are looking very good with foreign arrivals numbering 6,161,503 from January to September, a 14.37 percent […]
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