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Araw ng Dabaw 2013

Araw ng Dabaw 2013

by Xtian Mack on March 8, 2013
This year's Araw ng Dabaw celebration promises to be a grand spectacle of life and progress as Davaoenos everywhere break into dance, pageantry and merriment throughout this very progressive city. Araw ng Dabaw, or Day of Davao, is the festival held every March 16, Davao's cityhood day and features a bewildring array of exciting and colorful events all throughout the weeks leading to the main event.
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Philippine Cosplay Convention

Philippine Cosplay Convention

by Xtian Mack on March 7, 2013
Vigattin Tourism brings you a special coverage of the Philippine Cosplay Convention 2013 at Robinsons Place Manila Midtown Atrium last March 2-3, 2013.
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Vigattin Radio on Ethical Hacking

Vigattin Radio on Ethical Hacking

by Angel Bonifacio on March 2, 2013
It's the first Saturday of March 2013 and we have five guests in our Vigattin Radio Program. With a common background in web security and ethical hacking, these five guys with high calibre profiles gathered in this week's episode.
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Karanowan Fish-tival

Karanowan Fish-tival

by Xtian Mack on March 1, 2013
Of all the many amazing places that can be found in the Philippines, the province of Camarines Sur is one of the fastest-rising tourist centers in the country, with many local attractions that draw in visitors from near and far, and also with colorful festivals that embody the unique and vibrant culture that the Bicolanos have possessed throughout the ages. The Karanowan Fish-tival is such an event that showcases the Bicolanos' devotion to its local produce as well as a thanksgiving to the many blessing that have been endowed to them by nature.
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Harana Festival (Karantahan nin Pagranga)

Harana Festival (Karantahan nin Pagranga)

by Xtian Mack on March 1, 2013
The province of Camarines Sur is an emerging tourist center for the Bicol region, with many local attractions that draw in visitors from near and far, with colorful festivals that embody the unique and vibrant culture that the Bicolanos have possessed throughout the ages. One such festival is the colorful Harana Festival.
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Makati Celebrates Caracol Festival 2013

Makati Celebrates Caracol Festival 2013

by Xtian Mack on March 1, 2013
Although more known as the premier business district of the Philippines, Makati plays host to the lively merrymaking of the Caracol Festival at the newly-opened Circuit Makati in Barangay Carmona. Although various events and performances were held during the weeks leading to the event, the grand celebration and parade was held last February 24.
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Nightlife in Cebu

Nightlife in Cebu

by Angel Bonifacio on February 28, 2013
After an exhausting first day in Cebu, we decided to cruise around town and look for clubs where we can dance our stress away. The taxi driver told us that Mango Avenue's nightlife is perky and upbeat. Clubs lined up the road, with blaring sounds and blinding neon lights. I smelled FUN!
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Lakwatsa Restolounge

Lakwatsa Restolounge

by Angel Bonifacio on February 28, 2013
Friday night, before our scheduled flight to Manila, we joined the fellowship dinner with PSITE at Lakwatsa Restolounge in Mandaue. This dinner is sponsored by Ng Khai Corp.
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Remembering EDSA:  People Power I Celebration 2013

Remembering EDSA: People Power I Celebration 2013

by Xtian Mack on February 26, 2013
The 27th Anniversary of People Power I that shocked the world with the overthrow of the long dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos in February 1986 was celebrated in a grand fashion at the Edsa People Power Monument. The rites held last Monday were led by no less than the President of the Philippines himself, President Ninoy Aquino, son of the heroes of the "Bloodless Revolution," Ninoy and Cory Aquino.
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Panagbenga 2013

Panagbenga 2013

by Xtian Mack on February 26, 2013
The 18th annual celebration of the Baguio Flower Festival, popularly known as the Panagbenga Festival, was celebrated in full earnest by the people of Baguio and were hosts to thousands of visitors local and foreign alike. The Panagbenga Festival is a month-long annual flower festival in Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines. Panagbenga is thought to be a Malayo-Polynesian word of origin, meaning "season of blooming."
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