A new airline is comming to Calbayog. Cebu Pacific Airlines has already opened it’s ticketing office in Calbayog, and is scheduled to start service, between Calbayog’s Sabang Airport, and Manila, on Feburary 18, 2009. According to Cebu Pacific’s local representative, Analyn S. Amoguez, the flights will be Monday, Wednessday, and Friday mornings.
Currently Zest Airways (formerly [...]
Posted in Flights, News, Travel | Tagged airlines, Calbayog, Cebu Pacific, Manila, President Arroyo, Sabang Airport, samar
According to a “Press Statement of the City Government of Catbalogan on cityhood issue,” published on the Samar News.com website, the issue of Catbalogan’s cityhood is not yet settled. Here is a quote from that statement:
As things stand now, Catbalogan remains and still is a city. No more less than the Chief Justice of the [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Catbalogan, News, Politics | Tagged Catbalogan, Hon. Reynato S. Puno, IRA allocation, Motion for Reconsideration, Supreme Court
Now that this blog is up and running, I have decided to discontinue the Calbayog News Page, and have moved a couple of articles from there to here.
The first article was origionally published on June, 14, 2008. It is about U.S. Ambassador H.E. Kristie Anne Kenny visiting Calbayog, for the inauguration of the new Calbayog [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Flights, News, Travel, Visitor | Tagged PAL Express, President Arroyo, Sabang Airport, US Ambassador Kristie Kenny, USNS Mercy Ship
The Supreme Court of the Philippines has ruled that the creation of 16 new cities was unconstitutional. Amongst those 16 is Samar Province’s Capitol of Catbalogan. This decision was in response to a petition by the League of Cities of the Philippines, who objected to the “mad rush” to create cities who did not meet [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Catbalogan, News, Politics | Tagged Calbayog City, Capitol, Catbalogan, cityhood, GMA News, Iloilo, LCP, League of Cities of the Philippines, Mayor Jerry Trenas, Mayor Mel Senen Sarmiento, philippines, Samar Province, Supreme Court, unconstitutional
PAL EXPRESS STARTS LOW FARE SERVICE BETWEEN CALBAYOG AND MANILA
The sound of helicopters filled the air today, as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited Calbayog City. Her visit was to welcome Philippine Airlines new low fare PAL Express service to Calbayog. President Arroyo expressed interest in attending the arrival of the inaugural flight when she was informed [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Flights, News, Travel | Tagged Asian Spirit, Calbayog, Calbayog City, daily service, flight, helicopters, inaugural flight, low fare, Malaca, Manila, Mayor Mel Senen Sarmiento, PAL Express, Philippine Airlines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Sabang Airport
US AMBASSADOR DEDICATES NEW CALBAYOG CITY MAIN HEALTH CENTER
US Ambassador H.E. Kristie Anne Kenny, made her first visit to Calbayog today, where she inaugurated the new Calbayog City Main Health Center, a project of Pacific Partnership 2008.
The 9 room Health Center was a a joint undertaking of the US Navy Seabees, Armed Forces of the [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Health, Helping, News, Visitor | Tagged 3P Foundation, Armed Forces, Bishop Isabelo Abarquez, Calbayog, Captain William A. Kearns, Congressman Reynaldo Uy, Diocese of Calbayog, Health Center, humanitarian, Mayor Mel Senen S.Sarmiento, Pacific Partnership 2008, philippines, US Ambassador Kristie Kenny, US Navy Seabees, USNS Mercy Ship, Vice Mayor Onald Aquino
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