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The first official trailer of the epic space opera film Star Wars: The Last Jedi (a.k.a. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi), has been released yesterday in the United States. Here's the clip from YouTube. But maybe you're asking when the movie will finally come out to the big screen? In the United States, it's scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017. In the Philippines though, there's no final date yet but it is likely that we will be able to see the soon blockbuster movie on the same date, December 15, 2018. Promotional poster of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Image by Source, Fair use , Link The Premise From the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) : "Having taken her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Rey continues her epic journey with Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the saga." From Google's Knowledge Graph : "Luke Skywalker's peaceful and solitary existence gets upen...

Dear valued readers, I started blogging in summer of 2009. Back then, this blog was more of a personal blog about all the ideas that I have in mind. I wrote about my interests such as movies music, books, food money and travel. The name of this blog back then was Ideas Digest and I have a subdomain using Google’s Blogspot. Late that year, this blog started to focus on travel and flight information. Then I ventured into government news. I found it very noble to help disseminate information on such things as holiday announcement, class suspensions and the like.

Aside from the Sabah crisis which made headlines in the last couple of days, here are some news that I personally think interests the readers of this blog. Cebu Pacific Now Flies to Camiguin and Masbate Philippines' largest airline and leader of low airfares promotions Cebu Pacific will start flying from Cebu to Masbate and Camiguin. The operation in those two new destinations will start on April 15 and June 1 for Camiguin and Masbate respectively. With the two new routes, Cebu Pacific will now operate in 35 domestic and 20 international destinations. Just recently, Cebu Pacific announced direct flight to Bali, Indonesia and Dubai, UAE. [Read: Cebu Pacific Launches Dubai Daily Flights ] English: Cebu Pacific in Calbayog City Airport. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Cebu Pacific continues to expand their dominance in the local and international market. The airline recently announced their desire to operate other long-haul flights such as the United States, Europe an...

Image via Wikipedia Cebu Pacific has announced that they are will be taking on the long-haul flights starting on the third quarter of 2013. The company will be leasing 8 new Airbus A330-300 aircraft capable of up to 11 hours of non-stop flight.  The largest airline in the country also said that the new planes will allow them to lower down the long-haul fares by as much 35% lower than what other airlines are offering. On seat sale promos, the figure can be up to 85%. Although the destinations where Cebu Pacific will serve is not yet finalized, Lance Gokongwei said in the press release that they are exploring areas where many Filipinos are located such as Europe, Middle East, Oceania and the USA. He also mentioned one specific example, Saudi Arabia, where many Filipinos still fly on non-continuous flights. A Revolution in International Flight Market? Cebu Pacific has the known reputation of being a trendsetter in terms of marketing ...

Image via Wikipedia The preliminary result is out for the search for the new 7 Wonders of Nature and our very own Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) is one of them. Other provisional winners are the Amazon , Halong Bay , Iguazu Falls , Komodo Island , Table Mountain and Jeju Island . Puerto Princesa Underground River is a subterranean flowing body of water located in the island of Palawan. It is a contender of the worlds longest underground river. In 1992, it became a national park managed by the local government of Puerto Princesa.  Results May Change The New7Wonders Foundation said that the results may change pending the recount and validation of voting resutls. The final results will be announced during the Official Inauguration early next year, 2012.

ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs website is undergoing a major redesign. The preview of the new look is available for viewing at www.abs-cbnnews.com/home . The new homepage slightly wider compared to the previous version. Also, the font color and sizes of the titles are more clearly contrasted against the background. Overall, the new layout looks neater than the previous version. The layout and positioning of major sections are also modified. For example, the Latest/Most Read section was formerly at the lower portion of the webpage. Now, it was located at the leftmost potion and contains more headlines. Other space consuming sections are now better located on the new homepage. Screenshot of the new ABS-CBN News website. The redesign is still on-going so we can expect more changes in the coming days. Last year, its rival site GMAnews.tv also revamped its website. With the fast development of information technology, news and other forms media are rapidly moving towards the inte...