Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao was born on December 17, 1978, in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines. He is the son of Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionesia Dapidran-Pacquiao. His parents separated when he was in sixth grade, after his mother discovered that his father was living with another woman. He is the fourth among six siblings: Liza Silvestre-Onding

and Domingo Silvestre (from first husband of his mother) and Isidra Pacquiao-Paglinawan, Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao and Rogelio Pacquiao.

Pacquiao is married to Maria Geraldine "Jinkee" Jamora, and they have four children: Emmanuel Jr. "Jimuel", Michael, Princess, and Queen Elizabeth "Queenie." He resides in his hometown General Santos City, South Cotabato, Philippines. However, as a congressman of lone district of Sarangani, he is officially residing in Kiamba, Sarangani, the hometown of his wife.

Pacquiao was a devout Roman Catholic. Within the ring, he frequently makes the sign of the cross and every time he comes back from a successful fight abroad, he attends a thanksgiving Mass in Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila to kneel and pray. Following his defeat by Juan Manuel Márquez, his mother condemned him leaving the Catholic church. Pastor Jeric Sorino, Pacquiao's spiritual adviser, comes from the Alabang New Life Christian Center in Muntinlupa.

Pacquiao is also a military reservist with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve Force of the Philippine Army. Prior to being commissioned to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he first entered the Army's reserve force on April 27, 2006 as a Sergeant. Later, he rose to Technical Sergeant on December 1 of the same year. On October 7, 2007, he became a Master Sergeant, the highest rank in the enlisted personnel. On May 4, 2009, he was given the special rank of Senior Master Sergeant and was also designated as the Command Sergeant Major of the 15th Ready Reserve Division.

He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s (decade) by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). He is also a three-time The Ring and BWAA "Fighter of the Year," winning the award in 2006, 2008 and 2009, and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011.

He was long rated as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by some sporting news and boxing websites, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Sporting Life, Yahoo! Sports, About.com, BoxRec and The Ring. In April 2012, Pacquiao dropped to number two in the rankings, behind Floyd Mayweather, Jr. However on May 7, 2012, The Ring declared the top position vacant and jointly ranked Pacquiao and Mayweather in the number two spot.

Aside from boxing, Pacquiao has participated in acting, music recording and politics. In May 2010, Pacquiao was elected to the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines, representing the province of Sarangani.

Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman

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Name :Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman-Alcaraz

B-dat        :   January 3, 1983 (age 30)

Other names  :    Selda

Height      :    5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Weight       :   110 lb (50 kg)

Measurements :   33-25-35 in

Hair colo    :   Black

Eye colo     :  Dark Brown

Title(s)     :Binibining Pilipinas 2005

(Binibining Pilipinas-International 2005)

Miss International 2005

(Winner)

Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman-Alcaraz, OLD, (January 3, 1983, Taguig, Philippines) is a model, host, freelance web page writer, and former beauty queen who won the 2005 Miss International beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipino to have won the crown, after Gemma Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, and Melanie Marquez in 1979. She was also the Binibining Pilipinas International title holder for 2005.

Based in Bristol, United Kingdom, Quigaman is the eldest of four children of Nelson Quigaman of Ligao City in the province of Albay and Princesita San Agustin, a registered nurse. She grew up in Biñan, Laguna, and eventually Bahrain, where her father worked. After five years, she returned to Biñan and finished high school at La Consolacion College. Before moving to Bahrain she studied for two years at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. In England, she attended South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, where she studied Media Production and Communication. She also pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Childhood and Youth Studies at Bristol University.

In 2008, Quigaman became Nestle Philippines' Laki sa Gatas advocate for Bear Brand Milk.[dead link]

Quigaman got engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Marco Alcaraz in 2011 and got married in July 8, 2012, the wedding ceremony was held at the Hacienda Isabela in Tagaytay City.

She gave birth to a seven-pound baby boy on Nov. 10, 12:52 a.m. via cesarean section at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.

Stephany Dianne Damondamon Stefanowitz

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Popular name : Stephany Stefanowitz

Birth name   : Stephany Dianne Damondamon Stefanowitz

Birth year   :    1989

Birth place  :     Quezon city, Philipines

Occupation   :   Model, Fashion designer, host and singer 

Height       :   1,78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Hair color   :      Brown

Eye color    :      Brown  

    Stephany Dianne Damondamon Stefanowitz (born 1989) is a model, fashion designer, host, singer, and beauty queen from Quezon City, Philippines. She competed in the twelfth edition of the national Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant where she emerged as the winner and was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2012. She is Miss Earth Air 2012.

Stefanowitz joined and represented Quezon City in the national Miss Philippines Earth 2012, the largest and most widely participated beauty pageant in the Philippines with 47 official candidates participated in 2012. As a beauty titleholder, she fulfills her duty as one of the spokespersons of the Miss Earth Foundation, an environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of Miss Earth beauty pageant.

In the final competition of the Miss Philippines Earth 2012, she competed and achieved one of the five highest scores in the swimsuit, and evening gown competitions for her stage chops and question and answer portion of the pageant. At the conclusion of the pageant, she won and was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2012. She was crowned by the outgoing Miss Philippines Earth 2011 titleholder, Athena Imperial on May 27, 2012. She also won the Best in Evening Gown award and one of the Best in Runway and Best in Styling.

                 

Disney Legend from the Philippines (Lea Salonga)

 Maria Lea Carmen Salonga is a world-class Filipina(pinoy pride) singer-actress well known for originating the lead role of  Kim in the West End musical Miss Saigon. She was a recipient of many awards including a Tony for that role. She has also done many Broadway musicals and was the first Asian to play Eponine in Les Misérables and many years later as Fantine. She was also tapped by Disney to be the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II.                                                                                                                                                             She started her career in entertainment in a very early age and had her professional debut through the musical The King and I when she was seven. She then became the lead star of Annie. She had her first album "Small Voice" at the age of ten and received her first gold record award.

Lea later appeared in various TV shows as well as on films. She also became the face of Avon and Bayo. Moreover,she has sold millions of album copies as well as performed before thousands in her concerts in the Philippines and abroad and before dignitaries including US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush, Queen Elizabeth II and the late Princess Diana.She received the Presidential Award of Merit from the late Philippine President Corazon Aquino and the Order of Lakandula Award from Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She recently performed in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella for Broadway Asia Entertainment's international tour. Lea of course played the lead role.

“the city in a forest,” Puerto Princesa

Puerto Princesa’s pride is easily the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River (or Underground River), a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

The 8.2-kilometer river, said to be the longest navigable underground river in the world, winds its way underneath a mountain range, through the St. Paul Underground River Cave, and then goes out into the South China Sea. The journey through the cave system alone is 24 kilometers long.

The entire area where the Underground River is located is actually a national park and a model of biodiversity. More than 800 plant species, including almost 300 trees, 195 bird species, 30 mammals, 19 reptiles, and eight bat species call this area home.

Looking to swim? Island hopping is one of the biggest draws of Puerto Princesa. At Honda Bay, boats take tourists to nearby islands for lunch picnics, snorkeling and non-stop swimming. The calm water and sandy bottoms beat any hotel pool.

Puerto Princesa is also home to more secluded and less commercial beaches. Try the beaches of Nagtabon, Napsan, and Marufinas if you want to enjoy fine beaches and awesome sunsets away from the crowds.

In the municipality of Narra, Arena Island, a turtle sanctuary, and Rasa Island, a bird sanctuary, both have island-hopping opportunities.

A three-hour ride also takes you to Port Barton in the municipality of San Vicente, which has been described as a backpacker’s dream. The only problem you might have is deciding whether to swim, dive, snorkel or just swing to sleep on a hammock.

Get a glimpse of Puerto Princesa’s heritage in the Batak Cultural Village. It’s a model of the communities where the Batak mountain people — one of Palawan’s oldest and the smallest of three major indigenous groups — live. The village has a gallery and a shop where Batak handicrafts are sold.

The Tabon Cave Complex in the municipality of Quezon is an important archaeological site. Although the more than 100-hectare complex is supposed to have some 200 caves, only seven can be viewed. Of these, the Tabon Cave itself was the site where the remains of the oldest Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia were found, dating to 47,000 years ago.

For the brave, exotic food choices await. The ever popular Kinabuchs Grill and Bar serves tamilok (shipworm) and crocodile meat. The less adventurous can head for Ka Lui for their creative seafood dishes.

Philippine Azkals

The Philippines national football team is the national football team of the Philippines and represents the country in international football. The team is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), the governing body of football in the Philippines.

Despite being one of the oldest national teams in Asia, the Philippines has yet to qualify for the Asian Cup or the World Cup. However, they enjoyed some success in its early years between 1913 and 1934 in the Far Eastern Championship Games.

Philippine Azkals Is the Philippine team which has enter in the SEMI FINAL of AFC Cup For The First Time in the Philippines History!!

Why Azkals?

The Azkals is short for “asong kalye,” Tagalog for street dog, that resilient mongrel found in most Filipino homes. (Yes, a street dog with a home. An askal without a home either ends up in the pound or the cauldron.)

Buenavista Island Resort, Samal, Davao del Norte

Pack your bags and take off to this wonderful tropical getaway, the Island Buenavista, in the southern part of Philippines, where you will find a one-of-a-kind island vacation experience.

Here at the Island Buenavista, we give a new dimension to the words ‘privacy’ and ‘exclusivity’. When we say that the island is private and exclusive, we mean YOU OWN THE ISLAND for the period that you booked. There’s nobody else on the Island except you and the Buenavista staff.

The Family Villa is a beautifully constructed modern beach house designed with a slight touch of tribal theme. It is fully air-conditioned and has a double bed master's bed room that opens to a balcony overlooking the beach and Davao gulf with a panoramic view of Mount Apo - Philippines' highest mountain peak in the backdrop; a guestroom with a double bed and two single beds; a spacious living room, a kitchen complete with cooking appliances, equipment, and utensils; a loft and a basement each designed with a unique rustic and contemporary theme, and which can easily be converted into sleeping quarters to accommodate four more persons. Each of the masters’ bedroom and guestroom has a private bath with hot and cold showers, and a television. There are four Family Villas in the Island and each can comfortably accommodate 18 persons.

A white sandy beach, as well as crystal clear waters of the Davao Gulf, envelops this four-hectare paradise. Several meters from the beach, you will find beautiful coral reefs and abundant marine life--making Buenavista a remarkable diving destination as well.

You can enjoy the whole island and you get to choose whom to enjoy it with, because it is yours exclusively. There’s just you and our courteous staff, who are at your beck and call to give you personalized service.

All you have to do is relax, enjoy, do anything (or nothing at all) in the comfort of your private island getaway.

How To Get To Island Buenavista 

A private van awaits guests of the Island from the Davao International Airport and services to the Sasa Wharf, where guests are then ferried to Ana Marina Resort in Samal Island. From there, a 10-minute small boat ride across to Buenavista Island Resort. Transfers are included in the packages.

Contact Information

Island Buenavista 

JFM Corporate Center

848 Atis St., Juna Subd., Matina, Davao City

Tel: +6382 299-2992 to 94 local 113 

Fax: +6382 296-0135

Email: buenavista.island@gmail.com 

Website: www.buenavistaislandresort.com