View initial photos of the winners of the Leyte Pintados-KasadyaanFestival of Festivals 2008 at http://gerryruiz.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/799/

If you find the flurry of Tacloban fiesta-related activites a tad confusing, it's ok, you're not alone. :) With both the City and the Provincial Governments having their own programs (and agenda) for the celebration this year, it's not easy to keep tabs on what's happening on a given day.

Thus to give one a sense of what's going on, calle Zaragosa has come up with a consolidated calendar of all activites (hopefully) of the Tacloban Fiesta '08 celebration. They contain the programs of both the Tacloban Sangyaw Festival 2008 and the Leyte Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals 2008.

So check out this consolidated schedule and tick off the ones you don't want to miss. ;)

Bookmark: http://leytegulf.callezaragosa.com/TacFiesta08-Sked.html

The Fiesta Fever has descended upon Tacloban!

With a lot of towns in Leyte having celebrated their fiestas last May, the Pintados-Kasadyaan fired their opening salvo for the month-long celebration of Tacloban City's fiesta with the grand opening of the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival Park at RTR Plaza. The activities will culminate on June 30.

View/read more at http://gerryruiz.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/fiesta-fever/

Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez has announced plans to rehabilitate the Balyuan Amphitheater in time for its use as the center of activities for the forthcoming city fiesta.

Mayor Romualdez said work would start anytime this month.

Here's a peek on what could possibly be the new look for the Balyuan Amphitheater. Read/view here:
http://gerryruiz.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/new-look-for-tacloban-balyuan-amphitheater/

Cheers!!!

Upon my arrival in Tacloban from Baguio and Metro-Manila, I was off again to Biliran. View my latest photos here.

Philippine scenes by gerryruiz

For those interested, here's Part IV of our LNLS '67 Pag-Kirigta Kita! reunion, the "Post-reunion Blues: At Rafael Farm." 

We just couldn’t let it go. The reunion was officially over… but, no we still had to see each other one more time… (we still did meet several times days later, AFTER the Rafael Farm get together!)

Here are the photos of the early evening rendezvous at Rafael Farm in Babatngon, Leyte.

Click here .

Happy New Year to all!

Here are aerial photos of Tacloban City's landscape featuring a new landmark - the Tacloban Convention Center. Read more...

Travel and tours agency catering to inbound clients planning to visit the Eastern Visayas region (Leyte and Samar) as well as domestic tourists.

My initial photo site before all the other blogs/social internet networks... :)

Features photos of major destinations in Tacloban City

Video slideshow presented during the Ms. An Maglipayon USA 2008 affair of the An Taclobanon Association of Southern California on Nov. 10, 2007 at the Empire Room, Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City CA

I just made a new photo blog - it's called gerryruiz photoblog.

The photoblog contains photos - amateurish meanderings into pseudo-serious photography. Check it out!