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Cebu International Convention Center
April 19, 2014
The Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) (Wikipedia) originally began as an idea for a huge sports complex to be built in the reclamation area of Mandaue. That plan was scrapped... (read more)
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Pacific War Memorial Dome
April 9, 2014
Today, April 9, is a Philippine holiday named Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) also known as the Bataan and Corregidor Day. This day marks the Fall of Bataan in 1942 when American and Filipino troops surrendered to the invading Japanese forces during World War II. Inside the... (read more)
Kaybiang Tunnel
April 7, 2014
Before 2013, if you wanted to go to the beaches and coves of Nasugbu, Lian, and Calatagan in Batangas, the shortest route was through the popular tourist City of Tagaytay. And as anybody who have been to that city knows, Tagaytay on weekends is chocked with traffic. Fortunately, the Kaybiang... (read more)
Philippine Eagle Center
March 24, 2014
Appropriately set in the tropical rainforest area of the Malagos watershed reservation in the Baguio District of Davao City, the Philippine Eagle Center (official web page, Facebook page) is the main site dedicated to the conservation of the country’s national bird, the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) also known as haribon... (read more)
Caleruega
March 19, 2014
One of the crazily popular wedding venues near Metro Manila is Caleruega (Facebook page), specifically the Chapel of the Transfiguration whose facade (shown below) is a favorite among wedding photographers. (It’s also possible that they’re sick and tired of taking a photo this chapel already. Hehehe.) The picturesque... (read more)
Filipino Community Center in Seattle, WA
March 13, 2014
It’s been almost two years since I’ve last featured an overseas Filipino-related sight here in Vista Pinas, so I’m now featuring the Filipino Community Center (website) in Seattle, Washington in the United States. This is actually the second sight found in Seattle (the first one is the Dr. José Rizal... (read more)
