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[15 Mar 2008 | No Comment | ]

DumagueteƱos will now get the chance to view live the much-awaited rematch between Philippine boxing champ Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Mexico’s Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez this Sunday at the Lamberto Macias Sports Complex, Capitol area.
With a minimal entrance fee — only P50 — city residents will see in a giant screen the live telecast of the Pacquiao-Marquez II bout, which starts at 8 a.m.

Dubbed as Unfinished Business, Marquez and Pacquiao will rematch its 2004 fight, which resulted in a draw.
The bout will be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and …

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[11 Mar 2008 | No Comment | ]

The number of tourists visiting Negros Oriental increased by 23.69 percent in 2007 compared to the previous year, records of the Department of Tourism (DOT)-Central Visayas showed.
According to the same report, only 155,323 tourists visited Negros Oriental in 2006 while there were 192,125 visits tallied in 2007, thus an increase of 23.69 percent.
Also, it was noted that the bulk of the visitor arrivals in this province comes from domestic travelers rather than foreign tourists.
In 2007, there were 163,692 domestic travelers who visited Negros Oriental. However, only 28,433 foreign travelers were …