+ Follow BLESSIDA DIWA Tag
BLESSIDA DIWA
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[Title] => Cagayan freeport: A growing tourism hub
[Summary] => The transformation of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZFP) into a vibrant, self-sustaining and fast-rising economic and tourism hub in the North has brought a steady increase in tourist arrivals over the past several years, from a mere 2,000 in 2006 to over 75,000 in 2012, as per information from the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 2 office.
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[Title] => Paskuhan at Lal-lo, Cagayan Province
[Summary] => It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the historical municipality of Lal-lo, Cagayan Province. Lal-lo was known as the city of Nueva Segovia during the Spanish colonization times.
[DatePublished] => 2012-12-13 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1219590
[AuthorName] => Celso de Guzman Caparas
[SectionName] => Entertainment
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[ArticleID] => 683741
[Title] => Tuguegarao archdiocese turns 100
[Summary] => The Tuguegarao archdiocese in Cagayan marked its centennial jubilee recently with its spiritual theme “Growing Together in Age, Wisdom and Grace.”
[DatePublished] => 2011-05-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1220725
[AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca
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[Title] => Efforts to save Cagayan's Palaui Island on
[Summary] => A government-led multi-sectoral task force has stepped up efforts to rehabilitate the scenic Palaui Island here, one of Cagayan Valley’s prime eco-tourism gems.
[DatePublished] => 2009-06-28 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca
[SectionName] => The Good News
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[Title] => Cagayan North eyed as Asia's windsurfing capital
[Summary] => Tourism officials and adventure aficionados have discovered an idyllic windsurfing destination in the northeastern part of Luzon, which is fast emerging as a water sports destination.
[DatePublished] => 2009-02-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => Treasure hunting in Cagayan’s famous Callao Caves probed
[Summary] => PEÑABLANCA, Cagayan — A multisectoral group is investigating reports that treasure hunters are operating inside Callao Caves, a famous tourist site here.
Blessida Diwa, Cagayan Valley (Region 2) director of the Department of Tourism, said the investigation team, composed of private groups and government agencies led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, was formed after three workers of two treasure hunters — said to be former high-ranking police officials — were arrested last July 21.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca
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[Title] => White pebbles illegally taken from ‘Blue Lagoon’ confiscated
[Summary] => APARRI, Cagayan — Police confiscated last Friday more than a thousand sacks of white pebbles illegally gathered from Calinebneb Point on Fuga Island, dubbed as the "Blue Lagoon" in Northern Luzon.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-25 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1462856
[AuthorName] => Lito Salatan
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[Title] => Thousands of devotees witness fluvial procession for Our Lady of Piat
[Summary] => APARRI, Cagayan — Thousands of local and foreign tourists arrived here over the weekend to witness the grand fluvial procession which marked the arrival of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Piat in the Philippines 400 years ago.
Blessida Diwa, regional director of the Department of Tourism, said some 20,000 local and foreign tourists crowded inns and hostels in this far-flung municipality to witness the fluvial parade participated in by some 350 well-decorated boats.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-28 00:00:00
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February 11, 2009 - 12:00am
