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Feast of Flavors: the 16th Philippine Food Expo Returns this April 2024

The biggest and most comprehensive Filipino food and beverage show is back and is now all set to take place annually, making every year...

The Philippine International Furniture Show, and Interior & Design Manila 2024 opens in SMX Manila 

The highly anticipated Philippine International Furniture Show—held back-to-back with Interior & Design Manila—opened its doors at the SMX Convention Center Manila, Pasay City, beginning...

Enchanted Kingdom: Fostering tourism and world-class service excellence

Last January, the Department of Tourism recognized Enchanted Kingdom, the first and only world class theme park in the Philippines, for its valuable contribution...

A Founder’s Dream: Urban Farming and the SM Foundation

This Urban Farming initiative is led by the SM Foundation through its Kabalikat Sa Kabubuhayan on Sustainable Agriculture Program (KSK-SAP). It’s about uplifting the...

Philippines to join the largest international dive travel and tourism event in Singapore

The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines will once again promote the country’s amazing dive destinations to the international dive market at the largest and...

DOT Secretary Frasco: Thumbs up for highlight of authentic ecotourism in world’s first green travel mart

Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco has cited the forthcoming world’s first green travel mart, forum, and festival in the Philippines as a clear path in...

Megaworld Hotels and Resorts goes all out for Raising the Filipino Brand of Service Excellence

Without a doubt, the hotel industry is at the forefront of commercial trades with a high level of service and an eye for detail....

The Multi-universe of Gilda Cordero Fernando

In A Memoir Published In The Coffee-Table Book The Philippines: Spirit of Place (Department of Tourism, 1994), Gilda Cordero Fernando—short story writer, essayist, publisher, theater producer, collector of antiques (“with me you don’t say what’s new but what’s old”), visual artist with her own distinctive style, New Age guru and I don’t know what else—traced her roots to Pagsanjan, Laguna.

Indigenous peoples’ own story takes spotlight as NCIP unveils coffee table books

ABOVE PHOTO—PROJECT EPANAW. National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) executives alongside officials of partner agencies untie the ribbon for the coffee table books Pagkilala,...

SBMA temporarily opens Subic hotels to returning OFWs

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has opened several hotels here for the temporary accommodation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)...