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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR AT INMACULADA
Jesus Christ Superstar, the 1971 rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, was presented by Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion...
Jaime Picornell
Mar 3, 20204 min read
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LA CHAINE GALA INDUCTION ON MARCH 7
The Cebu chapter of La Chaine des Rotisseurs will hold its 27th induction gala on March 7 at the grand ballroom of the Marco Polo Plaza...
Jaime Picornell
Feb 18, 20204 min read
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100 YEARS OF CASINO ESPAÑOL DE CEBU
Tradition has it that Casino Español de Cebu was founded on January 1, 1920. My Father, Santiago Picornell, was 8 years old. He recalled...
Jaime Picornell
Jan 24, 20204 min read
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BALLETCENTER PRESENTS THE LITTLE MERMAID
Balletcenter is gearing up for its 70th anniversary in 2020, recalling its founder, Fe Sala Villarica. This calls for a celebration....
Jaime Picornell
Dec 9, 20194 min read
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TAMBULI OPENING & APPRECIATION ON NOVEMBER 30
Montano Ty, chairman; Gerard Tan, president; and Augusto Lontok II, general manager; will host the opening and appreciation night of...
Jaime Picornell
Nov 27, 20192 min read
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VIENTOS DE GRANDA ON NOV. 29
VIENTOS DE GRANADA is a night of Flamenco music and dance on November 29 at Salon de España, the ballroom of Casino Español de Cebu....
Jaime Picornell
Nov 4, 20193 min read
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PICTURES FROM THE PAST
Here are some photos I found between the pages of a book I kept in a cabinet. One of them was taken at the Bachelors-Feminas (B-F) ball...
Jaime Picornell
Oct 22, 20194 min read
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SEDA AYALA CENTER CEBU AT ONE
PANLANTAW was the title for the first anniversary celebration of the hotel Seda Ayala Center Cebu. It means taking a view of the past and...
Jaime Picornell
Oct 11, 20193 min read
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CHOCOLATE EXCELLENCE
The theme was Chocolat Decadence but the result was Chocolate Excellence. That was at the latest fellowship dinner of La Chaine des...
Jaime Picornell
Oct 2, 20192 min read
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COSTABELLA AT 38
Early in July Ms. Marilou Gica, director of sales at Costabella Tropical Beach Hotel in Mactan, dropped by our house one morning with an...
Jaime Picornell
Sep 19, 20193 min read
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THE GERMAN CONSULATE’S 10 YEARS
The Honorary Consulate of Germany in Cebu celebrated its 10th anniversary with a diplomatic reception held at the Manila Room of the...
Jaime Picornell
Sep 5, 20193 min read
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IN THE CALENDAR
On July 10 at 6 PM it's The Best of Cebu Party 2018 at the Waterfront Cebu Hotel and Casino. Let us see who are in it. On Friday July 12...
Jaime Picornell
Jul 16, 20193 min read
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A SAFARI ENCOUNTER
Michel Lhuillier's Cebu Safari and Adventure Park. I had been there before, last year on an excursion with the Cebu media. The Cebu...
Jaime Picornell
Jun 25, 20193 min read
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LOS ULTIMOS DE FILIPINAS
Amigos de España en Cebu will hold a regular meeting on June 25, a Tuesday, over lunch at Salon Barcelona of Casino Español de Cebu. It...
Jaime Picornell
Jun 11, 20194 min read
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WEDDINGS AND AIRLINES
It was an elegant civil wedding last March 15 at 6PM for Toñing Blanco and Lagdy Villa at the ballroom of the Cebu Grand Convention...
Jaime Picornell
May 18, 20193 min read
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PICTURES FROM THE PAST - MY MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
Here are photos of my maternal grandparents - Colonel Jacinto Rodriguez y Lasala and Maria del Pilar Perez de Sandoval. Jacinto was born...
Jaime Picornell
May 13, 20192 min read
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A WHIRLWIND ROMANCE FOR BUGSY AND LESLIE ANN
Elegantly printed invitations have been out for some weeks now for the wedding of pretty lawyer Leslie Ann Reyes, lovely daughter of...
Jaime Picornell
Apr 27, 20194 min read
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CATHAY PACIFIC COUNTRY MANAGER
Rob Bradshaw, country manager for the Philippines of Cathay Pacific, was in Cebu on April 1 to meet friends from the media. The occasion...
Jaime Picornell
Apr 11, 20194 min read
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GLITZY GALA FOR LA CHAINE
It was a glitzy affair at the ballroom of the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel for the induction gala of La Chaine des Rotisseurs Cebu chapter the...
Jaime Picornell
Apr 5, 20194 min read
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THE VINTAGE YELLOW SHIRT
It must have been in 2006, or maybe 2007. I went to the textile section of Gaisano Country Mall to buy some material for some shirts. I...
Jaime Picornell
Mar 26, 20194 min read
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