CamSur welcomes tourists to Lago del Rey

by Isah V. Red
Now the no. 1 tourist destination in the Bicol Region, Pili, the capital town of Camarines Sur, or just CamSur as Gov. LRay Villafuerta wants his province to be known, welcomes guests to its new water sports complex called Lago del Rey (the king’s lake in English).

Korea meets the Philippines

by Mae Cabalida
I used to teach Korean kids, visit their houses and help them cross the bridge towards learning English through the academics we Filipinos got used to. Until I decided to move into a more corporate workplace which is a call center—not too hard-sell; but still to teach English to each Korean student, through a 10-minute VOIP call. Little did I know that the demand for more language educators to Koreans would boom.

A new Baguio tradition

by Dinna Chan Vasquez
Most of us have fond memories of Baguio, starting from Mines View Park to the market, a portion of which burned down recently. Pre-Boracay, summers in Baguio were treats for children who did well in the past school year.

More experimental travel ideas

by Ed Biado
Because last week’s travel edition of The Daily 10 simply couldn’t cover even a small fraction of experimental travel, I decided to make it a two-parter. So let’s jump right on it. Here are 10 more zany ideas to make traveling almost literally out-of-this-world:

Binibining Pilipinas 2009: Experience no longer an edge

By Giovanni Paolo J. Yazon
A TOWERING Pampangueña who is next of kin of former titleholders, a second-timer with Lebanese ancestry who hails from Batangas and a half-German neophyte from Albay became winners of the country’s longest-running beauty pageant held at the Big Dome dawn of last Sunday.

Maxene missing dad already

By Joseph Peter R. Gonzales
Asked about Francis Magalona, daughter Maxene said she still couldn’t accept his father had died.

Final set throws fans into hysterical frenzy

By Nickie Wang
It’s around 10:30 in the evening, what emotion would you feel if the iconic “Ang Huling El Bimbo” was being performed by the greatest local band, and you were in the middle of one hundred thousand people who are practically singing the song through their hearts, and the sky was just perfectly lit up by magnificent fireworks display?


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