CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur: While the ongoing
festivities mark the 110th anniversary of the city, “Ikkis ti
Candon” or the Cry of Candon, which was when Ilocano
revolutionaries continued the struggle for Philippine Independence,
the current tobacco festival is in recognition of the tobacco
industry as the savior of the city’s economy.
“We are not promoting
cigarette-smoking,” said Deputy Speaker Eric Singson. “We are
just acknowledging the role of tobacco in our culture and
economy.”
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Council has asked Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao to play the role of
Mactan Chieftain Datu Lapu-Lapu in a reenactment of the Battle of
Mactan,...
BORACAY ISLAND: With the surge of
tourists in this island resort, shipping company Negros Navigation (Nenaco)
revived its Caticlan-Manila trips using the newly refurbished M/S
Saint Joseph the Worker vessel, reported...
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