Published July 25, 2021, 7:30 AM
IMAGE OF AN ARTIST Lea Salonga as Eponine in
Les Miserables, John Arcilla as Heneral Luna in the film of the same name, and Arjo Atayde in the series
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Every time I hear Lea Salonga sing, I hear the voice of every child reaching as high a note as she could as though all her dreams rested there, the girl who would join neighborhood competitions held on makeshift stages at basketball courts, as well as the boy, whose parents, buoyed by their son’s promise, would sign him up at a summer singing program with a voice coach.
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MANILA, Philippines – HE Ramon R Jimenez Jr, the Secretary of Tourism of the Philippines passed on his sincere thanks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to Pacific Asia Travel Associat
MANILA, Philippines – HE Ramon R Jimenez Jr, the Secretary of Tourism of the Philippines passed on his sincere thanks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) members who extended help in the six months since Typhoon Yolanda “hit hard” 44 of the country’s 81 provinces.
Secretary Jimenez was congratulated in a key note speech at the World Economic Forum this afternoon at the Makati Shangri-La by President of the Philippines Benigno S. Aquino for his outstanding delivery of the “More Fun in the Philippines” promotional campaign and the doubling of the year-on-year international visitor arrivals to 11.3%.
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A HOTEL INDUSTRY professionals group is advocating for improved local government health management as bigger hotels run larger overhead with limited operations during the lockdown.
Christine Ann Ibarreta, president of the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association, in phone interviews said that smaller hotels, including some of those run as quarantine facilities for Filipinos returning from abroad, have been able to âsurvive.â
But bigger hotels have larger expenses, including electricity costs, while occupancy pre-strict lockdown was at around 8%. Staycation hotels are not allowed to operate during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed on Metro Manila and nearby provinces until April 11.