P999 Seat Sale to Butuan!

Once again, Cebu Pacific is having a seat sale for those who want to travel from Manila to Mindanao (and vice versa) on June 1 to August 31, 2010. Mindanao destinations include Butuan, Cotabato, Cagayan de Oro, Pagadian, Davao, Dipolog, and General Santos.

For only P999 (all-in), one can already book a flight online or thru any Cebu Pacific ticketing office. Sad to say, this promo shall end until tomorrow, March 10, 2010.

If interested, please visit Cebu Pacific website by clicking this link.

Passport office in Butuan, soon!

Yeah, you heard it right! Tita glo has signed Executive Order No. 748 dated August 28, 2008 for the immediate opening of additional regional consular offices in Butuan, among others.

For details, click this!

My tita (not tita glo) won't have to travel all the way to Cagayan de Oro City, which by the way is 7-8 hours away from home, just to get her passport. This is really good news! :)

CDO disputes AIM survey results..

The mayor of Cagayan de Oro, the Honorable Constantino Jaraula, reacted on the study conducted by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) saying that it was basically flawed. He questioned why the city was classified as a medium-sized city when its population already reached 561,000 in 2006. As a consequence, CDO ranked 11th which surprisingly, was 2 points lower than Butuan City. For more details, please click this.

butuan placed no. 9 among the top 10 livable cities

Butuan City, a.k.a Timber City, is slowly regaining its strength in terms of development. According to the assessment made by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) policy center in 2007, Butuan City ranked no. 9 among the top 10 livable cities in the Philippines. It beat Cagayan de Oro City which placed only no. 11 among those mid-sized competitive cities. To read more, click this.

FYI, my hometown, Surigao City, placed no. 3 among those most competitive small sized cities in the country. How's that? :)