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Abe Florendo
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BacoLaodiat 2008 happens in ‘Shopping’
by Abe Florendo - January 18, 2008 - 12:00am
Not too many people in Bacolod know how this district north of the city, a few minutes ride away from downtown, got its name “Shopping.” Ironically, it’s not where they’d go shopping, unless...
The Legend of Palawan is a magnificent reality
by Abe Florendo - August 20, 2006 - 12:00am
The Legend Palawan is both hotel, equipped for occasional tourists and textbook adventurers, and gateway, for those who want deeper, more muscular, experiences, to the marvels of Puerto Princesa. Puerto Princesa...
So what happens in a wife swap?
by Abe Florendo - May 15, 2005 - 12:00am
Reality shows have been invading our living rooms with a daring that mocks our armchair passiveness and leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Now comes Wife Swap, the newest and most exciting reality show from the Hallmark...
So what happens in a wife swap?
by Abe Florendo - May 15, 2005 - 12:00am
Reality shows have been invading our living rooms with a daring that mocks our armchair passiveness and leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Now comes Wife Swap, the newest and most exciting reality show from the Hallmark...
Rooms with a past
by Abe Florendo - April 24, 2004 - 12:00am
No other than the old Osmeña mansion in Cebu City, once known as Cebu’s "White House," would have made a better setting for "Rooms With A Past," the first of the Zee Deezine Series...
Tonet sings the story of your life
by Abe Florendo - February 29, 2004 - 12:00am
She hadn’t been singing for the last 10 years, and we hadn’t seen each other for about that time, which would be like a hundred years for us, but on the first night of her once-a-week singing stint at the...
Boracay by Seair – No better way to get there
by Abe Florendo - May 18, 2003 - 12:00am
The best way to fly to Boracay is still by Seair. The airline has been flying there since 1995, when it was founded for the simple reason that the owners, two Americans and a Filipino, having fallen in love with...
Kamayan gives a hand to local tourism
by Abe Florendo - February 2, 2003 - 12:00am
Customers of Triple V’s original Kamayan restaurant on Pasay Road, Makati had more than their treats of kare-kare and tinola and the perfect lechon de leche during the festive Yuletide season last December....
How to read George Sison’s ‘A Miracle Awaits You’
by Abe Florendo - October 14, 2002 - 12:00am
I’ve known George Sison since I was the handmaiden of the favorite concubine of the Chinese emperor of a long-ago dynasty. He was, if my memory does not fail me now, many lifetimes past, a general in the imperial...
Bacolod hotels gear up for Masskara
by Abe Florendo - September 22, 2002 - 12:00am
With the Bacolod Masskara peering out with painted eyes from just around the corner, hotels in this city are busily gearing up for the expected deluge of visitors from Manila and from neighboring cities and towns...
A fish tale from Pala-pala
by Abe Florendo - September 1, 2002 - 12:00am
Bacolod, the "chicken inasal country," has been adding finer fare to the popular charcoal-roasted fowl on a stick that natives relish with an infernal dip of ketchup, sugared vinegar, soy sauce and crushed...
A Brief Interview with John Hall
by Abe Florendo - May 12, 2002 - 12:00am
A picture in your mind of John Hall picking daffodils in the field doesn’t seem to jive with anything you’ve heard or seen or even fantasized about John Hall, the new image model of Bench underwear. But...
Cebu X 2
by Abe Florendo - April 20, 2002 - 12:00am
Cebu as the Furniture Design Destination of Asia is not a luminous but tenuous idea that withers when taken out for reality airing on Cebu’s implacably bright beaches. Or collapses under the strain of intense...
Cebu strives to become furniture destination in Asia
by Abe Florendo - March 18, 2002 - 12:00am
Determined to become the furniture destination in Asia, Cebu has been firming up its reputation for great design and craftsmanship while boldly reshaping itself for new markets and, in these times, cooling economies. There’s...
How I survived Panagbenga?
by Abe Florendo - March 3, 2002 - 12:00am
It is becoming a verity in this furiously fast world: After a vacation, you need a vacation.
Mikey takes a leading lady
by Abe Florendo - February 24, 2002 - 12:00am
When Mikey Arroyo told his dad that he wanted to marry Angela Montenegro, the First Gentleman gently told him, "You better make sure, son. You know very well, she’s not one of your starlets." Angela...
Angela: GMA an ideal mom-in-law
by Abe Florendo - February 21, 2002 - 12:00am
Angela Montenegro thinks the tough-talking Iron Lady of Asia, the irascible leader who sought to cut down her opponents by calling them "Abu Sayyaf lovers," will make an ideal mother-in-law. But for reasons...
Bravo! PPO
by Abe Florendo - November 26, 2001 - 12:00am
Tears were streaming down Maestro Ruggero Barbieri’s cheeks while he was keeping the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra floating magically on its third encore number, the ethereally melodious overture from Cavalleria...
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