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[Title] => Sustainability by design: ‘Mahi Center’s integrated approach to growth’
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[Title] => Marcos in Mactan: Tourism under pressure
[Summary] => The Philippines’ tourism sector is facing “a great deal of pressure,” President Marcos admitted yesterday, as he cited the need for the country to catch up with its neighbors in luring tourists and enhance infrastructure that would improve its visitors’ experience.
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[Title] => Waiting for the stars
[Summary] => As of this writing, I am in an unusual disposition at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport. I’m not here as a traveler rushing to catch a flight, but as a journalist waiting
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[Title] => Laing bagyo gipaabot nga makasulod sa PAR karong buwana
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[Title] => LIST: Cebu hotel offers numerous restaurant options
[Summary] => For those who want to taste different global cuisines without having to travel, here are seven restaurants to try inside Cebu's Shangri-La Mactan.
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[Title] => 2 more Gordon Ramsay restaurants open in Cebu
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[Title] => New hotel brand to open branches in Baguio, Moalboal
[Summary] => Chroma Hospitality officially launched its new hospitality brand, the Grafik Hotel Collection.
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[Title] => Kadaugan sa Mactan 2025 Pacman to return as Lapulapu; vlogger Habibi is Reyna Bulakna
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[Title] => Number of travelers from Cebu to Thailand to increase
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[Title] => LIST: Cebu hotel offers numerous restaurant options
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[DatePublished] => 2025-09-19 16:20:00
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[Title] => Kadaugan sa Mactan 2025 Pacman to return as Lapulapu; vlogger Habibi is Reyna Bulakna
[Summary] => It has been 17 years since Manny Pacquiao played Datu Lapulapu during the Kadaugan sa Mactan in 2008, where he, along with his wife Jinkee as Reyna Bulakna and Dennis Trillo as Ferdinand Magellan, re-enacted the historic 1521 battle that marked one of the earliest instances of Filipino resistance against Spanish colonization.
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