64th PAL Interclub opens Feb. 16 in Cagayan de Oro

 

The Philippine Airlines (PAL) Interclub, the country’s longest running and most prestigious amateur golf tournament, goes to Northern Mindanao for just the fourth time in its 64-year history when Cagayan de Oro hosts the annual event from Feb. 16 to 26. A record field of 167 teams are taking part, 12 more than the pre­vious high of 155 teams set last year in Bacolod. Dubbed “The Heat Is On,” the nearly two-week long event begins Feb. 16 with the Seniors Interclub where 89 clubs are entered, led by defending champion Luisita.

The field includes eight new en­trants from overseas – Las Vegas,San Francisco, Los Angeles, Ho­nolulu, Vancouver, Guam, Saipan and Tokyo.

Nearly half of the field are made up of foreign-based squads, un­derscoring the growing popularity of the tournament among players 55 years old and above. Luisita is expected to field the same crew that ended Canlu­bang’s four-year reign last year.

After a two-day break, the reg­ular Interclub event takes place from Feb. 23 to 26.

At least 78 teams – three more than last year – have signed up for the event that draws the country’s top amateur golfers.

Among them are 31 international teams, including newcom­ers from Reno/Lake Tahoe, Ne­vada; Los Angeles; Dubai; Tokyo and Nagoya. Reinstated teams from Sydney, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. will make a comeback.

Multi-titled Canlubang is re­turning to defend its title against The Country Club, last year’s runner-up, and former champi­ons Manila Southwoods and Del Monte, which stunned the tourna­ment with an audacious breakout triumph in 2004.

The 64th PAL Interclub will be jointly played on the region’s two premier golf courses – Pueblo de Oro Golf and Country Club in the hills above Cagayan de Oro City and Del Monte Golf Club, set in the vast pineapple plantation in the municipality of Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon province.

This year’s competition is backed by platinum sponsors Boeing, Radio Mindanao Network, Business Mirror and Interactive Broadcast Media (DWWW).

The major sponsors are People Asia, 105.1 Crossover and Tra­versing the Orient.

Also lending support are corpo­rate sponsor Manila Bulletin and Bombo Radyo Philippines, while minor sponsors are Lufthansa Technik Philippines, MasterCard and Century Park Hotel.

Prize donors include Panasonic Avionics and Tanduay. More detailed information on the tournament is available on the dedicated PAL Interclub webpage at www.philippineairlines.com/events.

Schedule of Activities

SENIORS’ Division:

February 16, 2011 (Wednesday)
0800H - Ceremonial Tee-off
Del Monte Golf Club

0900H - Seniors’ Division 2nd Team Captain’s Meeting
Del Monte Golf Club

February 17-20, 2011 (Thursday –Sunday)
0600H - Tournament proper
Pueblo de Oro Golf & CC and Del Monte Golf Club

February 20, 2011 (Sunday)

1900H - Seniors’ Awards Night
Atrium, Limketkai

MEN’s REGULAR Division

February 22, 2011 (Tuesday)
0800H - Ceremonial Tee-off
Pueblo de Oro Golf & CC

0900H - Men’s Regular Division 2nd Team Captain’s Meeting
Pueblo de Oro Golf & CC

February 23-26, 2011 (Wednesday-Saturday)
0600H - Tournament proper
Pueblo de Oro Golf & CC and Del Monte Golf Club

February 26, 2011 (Saturday)
1900H - Men’s Awards Night
Atrium, Limketkai

Source:
www.philippineasiannewstoday.com

Ultralight Flying, Newest Adventure in NorMin

Ultralight flying is now the latest of adventure-crazy Northern Mindanao. It was just first conceived as a hobby by a Filipino-American retiree, Carl Frias who has settled in nearby Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon.

The plane is locally called “Flying Gecko” and flies for about 15-20 minutes over the towns of Manolo Fortich, Libona and sometimes Cagayan de Oro City. As stated earlier, it was just a hobby by Frias but others wanted to experience flying with the Gecko that they willingly paid for the gas. Since then, the “Flying Gecko” has become popular that it was finally opened to the public…and Mr. Frias is planning to buy another one.

Once in the air, you can have a bird’s eye view (literally) of the vast pineapple plantation, landmarks in Manolo Fortich and Libona, and if you’re lucky, a glimpse of Cagayan de Oro City. Too bad if you’re afraid of flying…

The runway is located at Camp 3 in the middle of the vast pineapple plantation of Del Monte Phils., Inc.

Click here to check out amazing ultra light flying videos of Carlito Frias as his ultra light plane soars above the sky of Bukidnon.

A Beautiful Country video

by Carlito frias

A Beautiful Country from Carlito frias on Vimeo.

For bookings, contact:

Mr. Carlito Frias 

09165937034

Source:

www.pinoyadventures.com; http://adventurousfeet.blogspot.com; http://sparkylair.wordpress.com

Run for the Heart, Run for a Cause

The RMR Running group of Cagayan de Oro City is happy to announce its first fun run activity on February 27, 2011.


Event Description

The event is a run for the heart which aims at:

• Promoting health and well-being for participants, in celebration of February as the Heart Month.

• Raise funds to sponsor indigent children with heart problems here in our city, in memory of Robin Faith Medrano who died of cardiomyopathy.

Part of the proceeds raised will also be used in supporting RMR's group young runner athletes.
 
Categories and Prizes:
a.) 10k Solo Male (Top 10 Medals)
b.) 10k Solo Female (Top 10 Medals)
c.) 10k Couple (Top 10 Plaques)
d.) 5k Solo Male (Top 10 Medals)
e.) 5k Solo Female (Top 10 Medals)
f.) 5k Couple (Top 10 Plaques)
g.) 3k Fun Walk (Top 3 medals)
 
Gift checks, complimentary products, refreshments, fun & surprises awaits all participants at the finish line.

Registration Fee:
Across all categories:
     PhP 450 with Jersey (Jersey are limited to the first 100 registrants)
     PhP 150 without Jersey

Registration Site:
Shabby Chic
Between Viajero & Butcher's Best

Loot Bag
De Leon Building, Across City Central School

Race Routes:
10k Solo & Couple: 2 loops
5k Solo & Couple: 1 loop

 3k Fun Walk

Sponsors
Gold Sponsor

 
Silver Sponsor

 Benefactor

 

 For more info, visit the official site at http://runfortheheart.weebly.com

Record 167 teams join 64th PAL Interclub

MANILA, Philippines – The stage is set for the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Interclub, the country’s longest running amateur golf tournament, which will take place in Cagayan de Oro on February 16 to 26.

Dubbed as “The Heat Is On,” the annual event will be participated by a record 167 teams. The attendance is 12 more than the previous high of 155 teams in last year’s event in Bacolod.

The PAL Interclub will begin with the seniors division, where 89 clubs will be participating.

Eight new entries from overseas namely, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Vancouver, Guam, Saipan and Tokyo, will also join.

Defending champion Luisita is expected to field the winning crew that finished club Canlubang's 4-year reign last year.

Members of the Luisita team that clinched the seniors title in the 63rd PAL Interclub Golf Tournament are,from left, Bong Sison, Francis Gaston,

The regular Interclub event will take place from February 23 to 26.

The Interclub event will be participated by at least 78 teams.

Among these teams are 31 international contenders including newcomers from Nevada, Los Angeles, Dubai, Tokyo and Nagoya.

Reinstated teams from Sydney, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. will also make a comeback in the division.

Multi-titled Canlubang will defend its Interclub division crown. Joining the battle is 2010 runner-up The Country Club, and former champions Manila Southwoods and Del Monte.

The 64th PAL Interclub will be jointly played in Cagayan de Oro City's premier golf courses: Pueblo de Oro Golf and Country Club.

Pueblo de Oro Gold & Country Club

PAL Interclub Tournament Committee

• Chairman
  Atty. Domingo Duerme
• Co-Chairman
  Felix Cruz
• Tournament Director
  Buddy Resurreccion

 Downloadable Forms, click here.

 

For more detailed information on the 64th PAL Interclub, please visit its webpage at www.philippineairlines.com/events.

Source:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/

Mallberry Suites, One of CdO's Best Hotel

 Florentino Street, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

The Mallberry Suites Business Hotel, a first-class hotel located next to a major shopping mall, provides luxurious accommodation and modern amenities at very affordable rates not just for businessman but also families and tourists visiting Cagayan de Oro.

Mallberry Suites is one of the best if not the best hotel in Cagayan de Oro City. It suits higher class local business men as well as foreigners visiting The Philippines either for business or pleasure.

Main feature of Mallberry Suites is probably that it is being located next to the biggest mall in Cagayan de Oro City, but next to that it is one of the most luxurious or maybe the most luxurious hotel in Cagayan de Oro City and probably also the most luxurious of all of Mindanao, except maybe one or two Hotels in Davao City.


Business Hotel
Mallberry Suites is especially known being a business hotel. However, of course you're also very welcome if you're not in Cagayan de Oro City for business as Mallberry Suites Hotel also caters very well for pleasure and to tourists.

Tourist hotel
As indicated before, Mallberry Suites is especially known as business hotel, but it also caters very well otherwise as we still think it's the best hotel in Cagayan de Oro City. Of course there is only one way to find out if you like it, and that's just visiting Cagayan de Oro City and stay in Mallberry Suites.

Regarding tourism or 'just for pleasure', Cagayan de Oro City is especially known for the Cagayan de Oro White Water Rafting Adventures.


Entertainment
At walking distance there are many entertaining venues like coffee shops, restaurants and teraces where you can eat or have a drink. Cafe Laguna offers Filipinio food and places like Bigby's more international dishes. Candy's is also famous in Cagayan de Oro for it's food and it's also a nice place to have a drink later at night.

Main feature of Mallberry Suites Cagayan de Oro City is of course still the mall nearby. You just walk in it straight from your hotel exit.


MALLBERRY SUITES BUSINESS HOTEL RATES
(valid until further notice) 

ROOM TYPE
Superior Room Php 2,200.00 
De Luxe Room  Php 2,400.00
Junior Suite  Php 3,300.00 
Executive Suite  Php 3,700.00 

EXECUTIVE FLOOR 
Superior Room  Php 2,780.00 
De Luxe Room  Php 2,980.00 
Junior Suite  Php 3,900.00 
Presidential Suite  Php 7,500.00 

SERVICES / AMENITIES:

Rosso Steakhouse
Cafe Berde
Blue Duck Bar
Business Center
Souvenir Shop
WIFI Internet
Business Suites
Conference Room III
Conference Room IV
Boardroom Argus
Boardroom Beliz
Boardroom Clio
Darius Function Room
Eaton Function Room
The Tangerine
Palladium Ballroom


Location of Mallberry Suites
Mallberry Suites hotel is located conveniently near Lim Ket Kai mall, which is the biggest mall in Cagayan de Oro City. It also has a nice lobby and restaurant at the ground floor. In the evening often a band is playing there as many Filipinos like this. Of course the staff of Mallberry Suites is very helpful.

And of course important to mention that CdO is the same as Cagayan de Oro City.

Photos:

New Indoor Pool

Front Desk

 

Lobby

Rosso Steakhouse

Baordroom

Facade

Room

Bathroom

Cafe Berde

Location Map:

View Larger Map

Source:
www.MallberrySuites.net
Photos: www.travelsmart.net

First CdO Night Run

Circle Productions Inc. is proud to bring you its first event of 2011. It will be a 2K Walk and a 5k Fun Run.

Date: Saturday, February 19
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: SM City Las Ramblas Car Park

Registration Period: January 31 to February 18 at Max's Restaurant and La Cabana Spa
Registration: P150 with FREE P50 coupon redeemable at participating outlets.

"If you want to live, Walk. If you want to live longer, RUN!"

Facebook Page, LIKE us now to get updates:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/1st-CDO-Night-Run/144466275610362

 Get ready...... to RUN and have FUN!!!

In cooperation with SM City Cagayan de Oro and Pueblo de Oro.

Indoor Fishing Restaurant in CdO

Spacious parking space infront of the Fiesta Indoor Fishing Restaurant at 

Tiano-Mabini Streets, Cagayan de Oro City.

A FUSION of a fishing adventure and a Korean Gourmet, all set in one unique ambience, is now opened in Cagayan de Oro City.

Fiesta Indoor Fishing Restaurant, which is conveniently located along Tiano and Mabini Streets, opens its door to all Kagaya-anons. It sets a new dimension of a fishing adventure and experience the best Korean Cuisine in town.

Fiesta Indoor Fishing Restaurant is the only fishing restaurant in the country today where leisure and pleasure are experienced by fishing enthusiasts––and after an hour of fishing, would bring you to more fish to catch and win prizes.

It is where lovers of fishing can experience to the fullest their passion to catch fish. A new kind of indoor fishing adventure that every fishing enthusiast will love to do along with friends family and loved ones.

The indoor fishing pond has fifty eight ( 58) comfortable seats. For only Php150 promo price an hour, a fishing enthusiast will enjoy catching all the Catfish present in the fishing pool. Fishers are provided with free fishing sticks, earthworm baits and free refreshing drinks. A school of catfish inside the fishing pond are tagged with prices for their daily event prizes bonanza.

An array of appliances ranging from a refrigerator, a washing machine and other home appliances, cell phone, digital camera and many others are at stake once lucky fishers/customers can catch fish with tags/caps. Running clean fresh water within the fishing pond keeps the catfish alive. 

Korean National Seo Ju Won personally serves foods to customers offering gourmet taste of their special menu – the tongkas cutlet – choices of fish, pork and chicken. It’s so tasty with mouth watering kim-chi korean vegetable salad dashed with korean onion sauce.

To enjoy more fish to catch, the catfish are thrown back to the fishing pond to be fished again. For fishing lovers who wish their catch to be cooked, they will pay the price of their catch.

Dining tables of Fiesta Indoor Fishing Restaurant has built-in designed grills for customers to grill their choice cuts of fish, pork and exotic eel. The only one of its kind we have in Cagayan de Oro today.

Experience the gourmet taste of their special menu – the Tongkas Cutlet – choices of fish, pork and chicken. Its so tasty with mouth watering Kim-chi Korean vegetable salad dashed with Korean Onion Sauce.

They offer four (4) sets of menu to satisfy the discriminating taste of gourmet lovers. The Dae-ji Galbi-Grilled Pork; the Sam Gyup Sal-Grilled Pork Strips; the exotic Jan-uh Gui-grilled eel and the Bul-gogi: their Grilled Marinated Beef and Grilled chicken.

Come! Experience fishing adventure and enjoy the gourmet korean cuisine at the newly opened fiesta indoor fishing restaurant.

Fiesta Indoor Fishing Restaurant is now the newest food and fishing adventure landmark and a tourist destination and point of interest for all visitors, guests, domestic and foreign tourists visiting to a soon highly urbanized Cagayan de Oro. A City in Blossom, in Bloom and in Boom.

It is owned and managed by a Korean national Seo Ju Won and wife Michelle from Surigao City.

Source:

By Joe Palabao. www.businessweekmindanao.com

Photos By Rolando Sudaria

Agua Seafood Restaurant is NOW OPEN!

The former Kambingan-Isdaan-Sisigan (KIS) Restaurant fronting Café Laguna at Limketkai Complex is now the new dining destination – AGUA SEAFOOD RESTAURANT.

• Food Styles:
Asian Fusion
Filipino
Seafood

• Specialties:
Lunch
Dinner

• Culinary Team:
The team is composed of chefs who specialize in Filipino chinese cuisine and are led by a Filipino chinese chef expert in seafood cooking.

• Location:
Rosario Strip, Limketkai Center
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, 9000

• Restaurant Hours: (Mon - Sun)
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

• Price Range:
Php (0-450)

• Attire:
Casual

• Payment Options:
Visa
Mastercard

• Parking:
Street
Parking Lot

• Public Transit:
Jeepney, taxi, etc.

• Services:
Takes Reservations
Walk-Ins Welcome
Good For Groups
Good For Kids
Take Out
Catering
Waiter Service
Outdoor Seating

Photos below were taken from their Facebook Page, click HERE to LIKE their page!

I can't wait to try their seafoods! *excited*

N Hotel, Kauswagan Highway Soon to Open

The so-called Bonne Hotel under construction along Kauswagan Highway is now officially “N Hotel” as stated in the newly-installed tarpaulin at the main entrance of the hotel.

Work is now concentrated on the main gate and frontage. As a background, the area was once the site of SBC Party Venue before it was closed a couple of years back. The new 3-storey hotel will also have function rooms as well as a pool. The new building is designed by ADA Architects.



Anyway, this hotel will soon be open to the public. Additional accommodations, more jobs, more revenues to the city.

 

Source:
damarre

New PAL Flights | Zamboanga City to Cagayan de Oro and vice-versa

Here’s some good news for travelers, beginning April 1, 2011, Philippine Airlines will start direct flights from Zamboanga City to Cagayan de Oro and vice-versa.

The new flights will be 4 times a week (Mon-Wed-Fri-Sun) with departure time of 9:00 AM bound for Zamboanga with estimated travel time of 1 hour and 10 minutes. Zambo-CdeO flights depart at 7:30 AM.

Based on the info, PAL will utilize their 76-seater Bombardier Q400 (DH4) turbo-prop plane being used by PAL Express as shown above. Seat plan is shown below.

It’s better than the gruelling 8-hour travel by land….

View PAL Domestic Timetable, HERE.

Source:
www.philippineairlines.com
cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com

Lacoste Opens in Limketkai, CdO

Lacoste, one of the more popular high-end apparel brands in the world, has opened an outlet at the 2nd floor of East Concourse, Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City.

 

Lacoste sells high-end clothing, footwear, perfume, leather goods, watches, eyewear, and most famously tennis shirts. In recent years, Lacoste has introduced a home line of sheeting and towels. It is recognized by its green crocodile logo.

Spruce, located at 2nd Level West Concourse also at Limketkai Mall also sells Lacoste Footwear. Now, Kagayanons can now see the full original clothing line of Lacoste.

The East Concourse’s 2nd Level is beginning to be a high-end section of the mall with the recent opening of Marks and Spencer located nearby.

  

Sources:

damarre of cagayandeorodev

photos courtesy of Michael Ray