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Ariara Isle in Palawan is Named One of the World's Top Private Islands

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Palawan has once made the country proud by putting the Philippines in the world map. After the inclusion of Puerto Princesa Underground River in the list of provisional winners in the New7Wonders of Nature contest, an island called Ariara has been named as one of the World's Top 10 Private Islands by British newspaper The Sunday Times. Ariara is one of the islets in the Calamian group of islands in Palawan. It was bought and developed by British couple Charles and Carrie McCulloch. According to the resort's website, the island's remote location made it "untouched by the negative influences of pollution, development or tourism." 160 miles southwest of Manila and 4 hours away from Hong Kong, they developed the island in a way that people "who don't do hotels" will enjoy the sun, sea and sand. The beach cottages and jungle villas are designed by renowned Filipino architect Jorge Yulo. "The property provides luxurious and spacious accommoda...

Regatta Polos on Sale

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Regatta would like us to welcome the Christmas season in classic polos in Holiday colors! Starting today until this Sunday only, you can avail of men's classic polos for only P549 while women's are priced lower at P449. The promo is available in all Regatta stores nationwide.

Run BGC

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The annual Run BGC (Bonifacio Global City) is coming this November 27, 2011 and they've put a twist to it by incorporating "Flag Football." There's still the usual fun run but if you wanna take it a notch higher, you can try doing the flag football. 3km and 5km runners can choose either the route with Flag Football challenge or the regular fun run route. Registration fee for the both the 3km fun run and 3k with Flag Football is P500, 5km fun run and 5km with Flag Football costs P600, and lastly, registration fee for the 10km run costs P700. There's no Flag Football in the 10k run. Included in the race fees are Bib Number , Timing Tag , Singlet & Raffle Stub . There are stores accepting registration but only until November 23 (12 nn – 8 pm). The list of stores are as follows: Tobys/RUNNR - Level 1 Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Edsa cor. Shaw Blvd., Ortigas Center. - Bldg. B3, Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. - G/F...