CEBU PACIFIC PROMO!

been waiting for a super promo from them just like last year (christmas) when my friends and i availed their ZERO FARE promo for our trip to hongkong. everything from booking, baggage, take-off and back went smoothly, and we're very thankful. this banner's supposed to show the latest promo if it helps you:



IN THE NEWS TODAY:

LUCKY CEBUANA WINS FREE TRIPS FROM CEBU PACIFIC! (swerte!)

MANILA, Philippines—This Cebuana’s unlucky streak finally ended on Wednesday.

Just as she was about to hop onto her flight to her home province of Cebu, Grace Geloca, who spent the last four months in Cavite as househelp, got a call from the management of Cebu Pacific who informed her that she had won a prize for being the air carrier's 36 millionth passenger.

Cebu Pacific gave her a year-long travel pass which entitles her to free trips to destinations covered by the country's foremost budget carrier. On top of this, she also got her old job back and even brushed elbows with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Geloca, 19, met Arroyo face to face when the President graced Cebu Pacific's first anniversary of operations out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (Naia-3).

“This is not transferable to your boyfriend,” Arroyo teased the giggling Geloca as the President handed her the prize. Arroyo and Geloca stood on the stage with JG Summit chair emeritus John Gokongwei and his son, Cebu Pacific president and chief executive Lance Gokongwei.

Wearing an orange pantsuit, the President interviewed Geloca, who shared a bit of her story as househelp in Cavite.

Geloca told Arroyo that she had been laid off in Cebu as a machine worker. She flew to Manila to look for another job but ended up as a house maid in Cavite.

“It was also her first time to ride an airplane four months ago,” Arroyo told the audience when she asked Geloca if her flight home aboard Cebu Pacific was her first flight experience.

The President said the Cebuana teenager had to leave her hometown in Carcar because she got laid off from the company she was working for. Geloca told Arroyo that sales were probably slow and that's why a lot of people including her got the pink slip.
But the company called up Geloca recently to inform her that she could have her old job back, the President said.

Arroyo wished Geloca well, telling her “good luck to your new phase in life,” before stepping off the stage after a photo opportunity and proceeding to her waiting convoy outside the departure area of Terminal 3.

source: INQUIRER.NET

SOLAR ECLIPSE in the PHILIPPINES

mark your calendars and prepare your sunglasses on JULY 22 from 8AM to 11AM, for we will be witnessing solar eclipse in the country!

what is solar eclipse? a solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and earth so that the sun is fully or partially covered. looks like this:


photo credits: www.exploratorium.edu

YAHOO NEWS MANILA - The Philippines will witness a partial solar eclipse on July 22, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Thursday. The state weather bureau said the path of the moon's umbral shadow will begin in India and is expected to cross Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Central China, the Pacific Ocean, Ryukyu Island, Marshal Island and Kiribati.

It said a partial eclipse will be witnessed in several parts of the Philippines including Metro Manila, Calayan Island, Laoag City, Tuguegarao City, Baguio City, Angeles City in Pampanga, Puerto Princesa in Palawan, Lucena City, Naga City, Iloilo, Cebu, Zamboanga, Sulu, Davao and General Santos City.

PAGASA said the eclipse will start in Metro Manila at exactly 8:33:01 a.m. The eclipse's full visibility will be seen at 9:43 a.m. and will end at 11:01:51 a.m. Other areas in the globe that will witness partial solar eclipse are those in eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean. The weather bureau, meanwhile, cautioned spectators to avoid directly looking at the eclipse without safety eye devices.

It said people can cover their eyes with X-ray films, sun glasses, smoked glass and photographic films and negatives. It said the safest method to view the eclipse is by indirect viewing "like projecting the image with a pinhole camera."