Mutya 2015: Locals vs imports

Homegrown bets and overseas-based aspirants shared top honors in a recent special presentation of the 2015 Mutya ng Pilipinas pageant held in the country’s “last frontier,” Palawan. Laguna lass Leren Mae Bautista bagged best in swimsuit, while Aislinn Anne Sebastian from Southern California snagged best in talent, in contests held at the Sheridan Beach Resort and Spa, the pageant’s official …

Palawan (first of two parts)

IT is 2010. The van winds through snakelike roads on its way to Sabang, cramped with strangers, a carsick child and an overwhelmed mother. The mother fancies herself a traveler, so the child supposedly, should be too. They are on a mission, these two, to prove that motherhood, accidental or otherwise, is never a hindrance to dreams. The child vomits …

BPI recognizes Sheridan Beach Resort & Spa for green efforts

Located in the midst of lush jungle, green mountain ranges and the vast waters of the West Philippine Sea, Sheridan Beach Resort & Spa became Palawan’s first green resort despite the challenge of limited energy supply in its location. BPI partnered with this world-class resort on its bid to promote sustainability through intelligent green efforts in its day to day …