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Seven festivals perform at the Pasundayag of Festivals 2008

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on April 9, 2008 (7:40 pm). Categorized Under: Iloilo Features.

Seven festivals from different towns in Iloilo performed yesterday (April 8, 2008) afternoon during the Pasundayag of Festivals to open the celebration of Semana sang Iloilo. The contingents first performed at the freedom grandstand where they were able to showcase their culture and history through a colorful and well choreographed dance drama presentation. After performing, a parade followed until the provincial capitol grounds, where the contingents made their final act.

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Bourbon Summer Party on March 28 and 29

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on March 21, 2008 (9:12 pm). Categorized Under: Iloilo Features.

Backtrack Creatives and Events together with Bourbon Street Grill & Bar present, Bourbon Summer! on March 28 and 29. A 2-night party to mark the beginning of a wild summer jammed with gimmicks, sun and fun! This celebration promises superb entertainment with a twist!

Bourbon Street Grill and Bar
Image courtesy of Bourbon Street

Kicking off on the 28th is a bar flair tending act by Rico Paulo and Novy. The über talented flair tenders will mix, blend and serve your drinks in style! Not only that, our flair tenders also concocted three special summer mixes for your drinking frenzy. And to satisfy your summer cravings, we’ll give you a fashion show that will keep you asking for more.

On the 29th, we bring you Boracay shindig as our very own fire zipper opens the night with his fiery performance. More fun awaits you as the famous drum beaters of Negros The Patikeros, will set the beat for another set of fashion show.

Bourbon Summer Party

On both nights the fashion show will showcase summer wear of 2008 by Salad Dressing and Pale Blue with accessories from Gorgeous. Not to miss is the original collection of summer wear by the young and talented designer from University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Florad John Gonzales. The summer wear will be modelled by Iloilo’s finest young professionals from ePLDT Ventus, Inc. And to top off the party, manila-based DJ Onin will spin and get you grooving for the night!

The event will come alive in Bourbon Street Bar and Grill, located in Smallville, Iloilo’s newest and hottest row of restaurants, bars, and night clubs.

Bourbon Street Grill and Bar

The event is organized by Backtrack! creatives and events and Bourbon Street Grill and Bar in cooperation with Pepsi and Globe. Other sponsors include: Q Solutions, PLDT eVentus, Fabson Inc., Beauty Essentials, Krsytal Ice, Gorgeous, Glam Studio, Zap!, and Cipher. Media sponsors include The News Today, Ilonggo Premiere, and ExploreIloilo.com.

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Guimbal Celebrates 6th Bantayan Festival

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on (9:00 am). Categorized Under: Iloilo Features, Local News.

The Bantayan Festival of the town of Guimbal is celebrated during the last week of March to commemorate its founding anniversary as a civil government. The five-day Bantayan Festival is filled with interesting events that showcases Guimbal’s rich history, heritage and tradidion. This year the festivities is slated on March 25 to 29. The highlight of the Bantayan Festival is a cultural presentation through a street dancing competition that tells the history of the town of Guimbal held on the last day.
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Join the Summer Season Kick-off Party at Bourbon Street!

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on March 19, 2008 (9:24 pm). Categorized Under: Iloilo Features.

Start this summer with fun, flair, fire, and fashion by partying at Bourbon Street Grill and Bar on March 28 and 29, 2008. Bourbon Street is located in Smallville, Iloilo’s newest and hottest row of restaurants, bars, and night clubs. Posted below is an invite to the party, don’t forget to check it out!.

Bourbon Summer
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Paraw Regatta 2008 Pictures and Fireworks Videos

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on February 23, 2008 (8:27 pm). Categorized Under: Paraw Regatta.

Touted as the oldest sailing competition in the Asia, the Paraw Regatta is a race among traditional sailboat enthusiasts along the scenic body of water that separates Iloilo and the island paradise of Guimaras. It was held last February 10-17, 2008 and race route runs for around 37 kilometers from Villa Beach in Arevalo District to Fort San Pedro in Iloilo City and back to Villa Beach.


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Boy Abunda mentions ExploreIloilo.Com again in Part 2 of “Boy&Kris” feature of Iloilo and Guimaras

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on February 9, 2008 (3:00 pm). Categorized Under: Guimaras, Iloilo Features.

For the second time, popular ABS CBN morning talk show Boy&Kris featured Iloilo and Guimaras on their episode, which was aired on February 3, 2007. Since the first episode was able to showcase the many places of interest in Iloilo, the second episode featured more on the popular and note-worthy Ilonggo personalities. The show also displayed many of Guimaras’ tourist attractions including their top attraction, the Guimaras mango, touted as the sweetest mango in the world.

Many thanks to jinzer08 for uploading the videos on youtube, here they are:
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“Boy&Kris” Talk Show features Iloilo and mentions ExploreIloilo.com on National TV

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on February 2, 2008 (9:28 pm). Categorized Under: Iloilo Features, Iloilo Videos.

Watch the Iloilo Feature of ABS-CBN show “Boy&Kris”, which aired on February 1, 2008. Thanks to jinzer08 for uploading the videos on youtube. Here they are:
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Dinagyang Festival 2008 Photos

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on February 1, 2008 (3:00 pm). Categorized Under: Dinagyang Festival.

Here the photos of recent Dinagyang Festival 2008. There photos were taken in the Capitol Stage during the Fluvial Procession, Kasadyahan and the Dinagyang Ati Competition.

Fluvial Parade (January 25, 2008)

Dinagyang Festival 2008 Photos
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Luces in the Sky - Nationwide Fireworks Contest and Iloilo’s First Pyro Olympics

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on January 28, 2008 (9:14 pm). Categorized Under: Iloilo Features, Iloilo Videos.

More than 50,000 came to watch the first pyro olympics to be held in Iloilo City. The event, which took place during the Dinagyang Festival on January 26, 2007 had SM City as the judging area. Not only was the parking lot of SM City jam packed, most people, who wanted to watch the grand fireworks contest, trooped to surrounding areas such as the open field of Brgy. San Rafael, the Old Airport Lot (now owned by Megaworld), and Smallville.
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Dinagyang 2008 Circle of Winners

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on (7:52 pm). Categorized Under: Iloilo Features.

The Dinagyang 2008 was a big success! Approximately 1.5M people reportedly came to Iloilo to witness the best tourism event in the Country (as awarded by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines for two consecutive years). Explore Iloilo would like to thank the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IFDI) for acknowledging ExploreIloilo.com as one of the media sponsors of the Dinagyang Festival 2008 and linking ExploreIloilo.com to the IDFI Official Website. More Power to you guys!

Kasadyahan Competition 2008 Winners

(January 26, 2008)

4th Runner Up - Tribu Mandurriaonon (Mandurriao District)

Kasadyahan Dinagyang 2008 Circle of Winners
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