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Zest Air (IATA: Z2) is the fourth largest airline in the Philippines in terms of passengers flown, after having carried a total of 1.23 million in 2010. Formerly called Asian Spirit, the airline now operates a fleet of relatively new six Airbus 320’s and four Xian MA60’s.   In the many miles I have flown, Read More

Last May 20, 2011, guests and members of the media were invited to partake at the launch of the Lakbay Jose Rizal@150 Project. This program aims to encourage tourists to visit sites that are of relevance to our national hero and to promote domestic tourism as well. After a short program, Sec. Alberto Lim of Read More

I was fortunate enough to have visited sites that are of primary importance to Dr. Jose P. Rizal this year, which is also his sesquicentennial birth anniversary.  I have also included excerpts from the authoritative collection of essays by Ambeth R. Ocampo, Rizal without the Overcoat.   First, I begin in his birthplace and hometown, Read More

On June 12, 1898, the Act of the Declaration of Independence from Spanish colonial rule was read publicly in Kawit, Cavite by General Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Republic of the Philippines. It was also the first time that the national flag of the Philippines was unfurled, and the national anthem, Lupang Hinirang, then Read More

We took the free transfer from Orinda Beach Resort to Station 3. From the main road, we had to walk through the access road to the Station 3 resorts then again to where we are staying: Arwana Hotel. I know you are amused by the name, and we had admittedly made fun of it too. Read More