Here are the 2012 Philippine Holidays released by Malacanang Palace under Presidential Proclamation 295: Regular Holidays New Year’s Day – January 1 (Sunday) Maundy Thursday- April 5 Good Friday – April 6 Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Monday) Labor Day -May 1 (Tuesday) Independence Day – June 12 (Tuesday) National Heroes Day – August [...]
Local tourist guides and mounted policemen here are now ready for the expected increase of visitors to the centuries-old mummy caves and Mount Pulag, the country’s second tallest mountain. This was learned from Mayor Faustino Aquisio who said that the celebration of the town’s 111th anniversary on November 25 will signal the season of the [...]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is appealing to texters here in Western Visayas to support the Puerto Princessa Underground River (PPUR) in Palawan to be included in one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. Artem Collacion of the DENR regional office 6, said that the PPUR is the longest underground [...]
Here’s the list of declared 2011 Regular Holidays, Special Non-Working Holidays and Special Holidays so you can plan your travels ahead. Regular Holidays January 1 – New Year’s Day April 9 – Day of Valour (Araw ng Kagitingan) April 21 – Maundy Thursday
The rates of hotels here in Iloilo city have now started to jock up because of the forthcoming Dinagyang Festival 2011 highlights.
The season of the Dinagyang Festival, the country’s best tourism event, officially kicked off Monday highlighted with the ‘Pamukaw’ spearheaded by the Association of Tribes in Iloilo (ATI).
Cultural and religious festivals honoring Sr. Sto Niño are the biggest come-on for foreign tourists whose number is on the rise in Western Visayas every January, a report from the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) here said.
“Biyahe Ta Mindanao” (Let’s Travel Mindanao), a brainchild of the Mindanao Tourism Council (MinTC) and Davao Council of Travel and Tours and Allied Agencies (DCTTAA), heightened its promotion with government tourism officers, tour operators and travel agencies and some members of the media by cruising Mindanao island.
President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III on Friday declared September 10 as a regular non-working holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Fitr (feast of Ramadhan). Executive Secretary Paquito “Jojo” Ochoa Jr. said President Aquino issued Proclamation no. 26 declaring September 10 as a holiday to mark Eid’l Fitr or the end of Ramadhan.
Admitting the fledging local tourism industry needs help, new Butuan City Mayor vowed to rescue it by focusing more on the historic Balangay boats’ feat while trying hard to make Butuan as “haven of historical tourism” “Yes we are determined to develop our local tourism anchor in the historic feat of our Balangay boats” says [...]
