Tacloban City (13 August) -- All is set for the staging of the 14th PASAKA Festival on August l4, 2005. Ten PASAKA contigents will vie for the coveted prize starting at 12: 00 noon at the Tanauan Ampitheater.

General Santos City (11 August) -- The GenSan 'Sashimi Night' may yet become one of the biggest crowd drawers during the celebration of the 7th Tuna Festival come September 2-5, 2005.

SAN FERNANDO CITY, LA UNION (11 August) -- By virtue of Executive Order 134 signed by former President Joseph Estrada in 1999, August 12 was declared as International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Day. The proclamation requires the yearly commemoration of the 1949 Geneva Convention signing and stress on the importance of said law.

Catarman, Northern Samar (10 August) -- A coastal town in Northern Samar opens its doors to business opportunities as it tries to draw enterprising individuals to invest in bangus culture in the recently declared 700 hectare Mariculture Zone.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) launched on Wednesday its nationwide campaign billed TURISTA (The Universal Recognition In the Security of Tourist Awards) aimed at recognizing outstanding contributions of individuals, private corporations, Local Government Units (LGUs) and foreign embassies to tourist safety and security.

LAOAG CITY (August 10) -- Ilocanos paid homage to war hero, former Ilocos Norte Gov. Roque Ablan, Sr. during his 99th birth anniversary Tuesday.

Davao City (3 August) -- Davao City won the bid to host the Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) in 2007.

Tacloban City (3 August) -- With the objective of enriching the culture of Eastern Visayas and promoting Waray music, the first Tanauan Waray Pop Music Festival was held in Tanauan, Leyte on August 2, 2005.

Bacolod City (3 August) -- The Negros Occidental Tourism Center (NOTC) in coordination with the Association of Tourism Officers in Negros Occidental (ATONO) is conducting a three-day live-out seminar-workshop on tour guiding that starts today, August 31, 2005 at the Audio Visual room of the Provincial Capitol, Bacolod City.

Bacolod City (3 August) -- For the first time in the history of Kabankalan City Charter celebration, the Public Information and Tourism Officers were invited to the launching/ opening of the Kabankalan Museum (formerly the municipal hall) and the Agri-Tourism Day.

Tacloban City (2 August) -- To highlight the 175th Fiesta Celebration of the Municipality of Palo, Leyte on August 6, nightly presentations are lined up at the Palo Public Plaza with this year's theme, "KARAHIBUT".

Kabankalan City (2 August) -- Mayor Pedro Zayco recently led in the ceremonial cutting of the city's art show housed at the old municipal hall with his wife Mercidita Zayco.

Tacloban City (30 July) -- August 1 marks the start of a 15-day festivities highlighting Tanauan, Leyte Day and the Feast of the Our Lady of Assumption, the town patroness.

TAGAYTAY CITY -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today led the groundbreaking and the capsule-laying rites for the first 100 percent Filipino culture-inspired resort here worth P10 billion.

Tacloban City (29 July) -- Governor Carlos Jericho L. Petilla directed the Provincial Tourism and Investment Promotions Center to assess and evaluate the viability of tourism attractions as a prerequisite in the formulation of tour packages for local and international marketing and promotions.

Davao City (27 July) -- Key players in the tourism industry will undergo a series of workshops geared towards advocacy campaign on assuring tourists of their safety while in the country.

Despite Palawan’s district re-assignment from Southern Tagalog (Region IV) to Western Visayas (Region VI) under Executive Order 429, the province’s capital city has continued to show its support to its previous constituency by participating in the second phase of the Philippines’ Bests! Southern Tagalog Exhibit, which started last July 21 and will run until the end of the month at Clamshell 1 in Intramuros, Manila.

Yet again, People’s Republic of China sets an unprecedented record for the month of May as its registered number of visitors significantly escalated by 211.2%, or an increase to 9,806 warm bodies for 2005 from last year’s 3,151, based from the Department of Tourism (DOT) Statistics Division.