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Pampanga village celebrates feast every Good Friday

hotel clark — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:03:18 +0000

PAMPANGA, Philippines – While Catholics are accustomed to fast and abstain from eating meat on Good Friday to commemorate the passion of Christ, a predominantly Catholic village in San Fernando celebrates its fiesta with plenty of meat dishes on the hallowed day.
Residents of Barangay San Pedro Cutud started celebrating their fiesta every Good Friday in the 1960s, when local and foreign tourists started visiting the village to witness traditional Lenten practices, particularly the actual crucifixions in a “mini Golgotha” here.
Before the 1960s, residents religiously observed fasting and abstinence every Feb. 22, the feast of their patron St. Peter. Four other dates are also associated with commemorating the saint, but none falls on any day near Good Friday.
Kapampangan Catholic priests here seemed to have softened their views on the issue.
Retired Benedictine priest Fr. Ed Santos expressed tolerance for the Good Friday fiesta in the village, saying that like many Filipinos, most of the local folk have been fasting and abstaining all year round because of poverty.
But he noted that “fasting and abstinence is a canonical practice to remind us that we are under the Bishop, the Pope. Some priests say those who do not practice this commit mortal sins, while others say otherwise.”
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The practice of fasting and abstinence is based on the 1966 Apostolic Constitution of Pope Paul VI, Paenitemini, and codified in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Abstinence is required throughout the year on Fridays although the bishops’ conferences in some areas allow other penitential acts. During Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, abstinence and fasting are also required of Catholics.
Fr. Sol Gabriel, a parish priest in Angeles City, has a similar view. He said, “I will not limit myself to that perspective (that village folk commit mortal sins for not fasting and abstaining on Good Friday).”
While noting that the Catholic Church prescribes fasting and abstinence on Good Friday, Gabriel also said he does not “condemn” San Pedro Cutud folk.
“Instead, they should be just told about the consequences of what they’re doing. It (Good Friday) is not for show and fiesta,” he added.
On one hand, Santos said Catholic authorities may “grant dispensation during fiestas.”
Santos, who is also a Kapampangan historian, recalled there was a time when local Church authorities granted San Pedro Cutud folk dispensation from fasting and abstinence on Good Friday. But “we just don’t know whether that dispensation has expired.”
Santos, however, stressed that the question of fasting and abstinence on Good Friday is “between your conscience and God.”
For his part, Gabriel said that while he does not condemn San Pedro Cutud folk for shelving fasting and abstinence on Good Friday, he noted that there is a need “to rectify the situation.”
“Some of the people are just ignorant (of Church laws), but they can celebrate without going against the laws of the Church,” he said, adding “love the sinner, hate the sin.”

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/03/26/924081/pampanga-village-celebrates-feast-every-good-friday

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Or call us at

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Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
Central Business District, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045)599-5949 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177 ask for Pedro or Rechel

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

Email: Info@ClarkPhilippines.com

Getting to this hotel in Clark Philippines
After entering Clark Freeport from Subic, Manila, Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along Clark’s main highway MA Roxas, passing Clark’s largest wine shop called Clark Wine Center on your right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, you will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on your right just 200m down. Traffic in Clark Philippines is light so it should be quite easy for get to this hotel in Clark Philippines.

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Philippines Holy Week Tradition Easter Feast at Yats Restaurant in Clark Pampanga

hotel clark — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:09:15 +0000

Clark Holy Week Tradition Easter Feast at Yats

During Holy Week in the Philippines, thousands of Manila families travel out of town, many to the north towards Bulacan, Tarlac and Pampanga. To residents of Pampanga Angeles City, San Fernando and Subic, the Easter Good Friday Feast at the famous fine dining restaurant in Clark Pampanga called Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge is like a tradition.

Holy Week Easter Holidays in Clark Philippines

This year, Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge will outdo itself over last year by offering not one, not two but three different menus to choose from. For more details on these menus, log on to this web site:

Please click here to browse menus for Yats Restaurant Easter Good Friday Feast in Clark Philippines.

Surely visitors to Pampanga to spend Holy Week holidays in and around Clark, Subic or Angeles City will find one that suits their needs. In offering these world-class dining options, this restaurant helps reinforce Pampanga’s reputation for good food. It also means that tourists and other visitors staying in and around Angeles City, Subic and Clark Pampanga need not put up with substandard meals during their stay in the Philippines.

Elegant and cozy dining at Grill Room of Yats Restaurant in Clark Pampanga

This restaurant in Clark Philippines is regarded by Manila food and wine lovers to be one of the best places to eat and dine out when in Pampanga Clark Freeeport or neighboring Angeles City for holidays, golf or business.

Private dinners can be accommodated in this famous restaurant located in Mimosa, at the heart of Pampanga Clark Freeport. Private rooms suitable for 4 to 24 can be reserved in advance at this impressive restaurant in Pampanga for company and personal functions and events in Clark. This fine dining restaurant in Pampanga is a very popular event venue for small wedding receptions, social events, company board meetings and annual parties. Even companies from Manila travel to Pampanga to hold their functions and events in this well known fine dining restaurant in Pampanga.

Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge
Mimosa Leisure Estate, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Tel: (045) 599-5600 0922-870-5194 0917-520-4401 Lito or Marissa

Email: Manager@YatsRestaurant.com

How to get to this fine-dining restaurant in Clark Philippines? Once you get to Clark Freeport, go straight until you hit Mimosa. After you enter Mimosa, stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, go past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) is on your left. Just past the Yats Restaurant is the London Pub.

Lodging in Clearwater Resort by the Lake

Those visitors who plan to relax and unwind in Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might make an effort to book a room at the famous beach and lake resort Clearwater Resort and Country Club. This famous hotel in Clark Pampanga is frequently visited by families with children looking for a good place in Clark to see, a good holiday destination for the family to relax and unwind in the beautiful outdoor facilities. For more information, log on to

http://www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Wine lovers and visitors looking for a good wine shop to pick up a few bottles of fine vintage wines for dinner at one of the of the good places to eat in Pampanga or to bring home to Manila from Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might want to check out the famous wine shop of Yats Wine Cellars called Clark Wine Center. Log on to

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Hot Line for any assistance regarding your trip to Clark Pampanga over Holy Week and Easter Holidays is: 0916-428-3579

Have a safe and pleasant trip to Clark!

Holy Week Hotel Packages and Tours in Clark Philippines

hotel clark — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:30:01 +0000

Philippines Holy Week is 24 to 30th March 2013; thousands of Manila families travel north during Easter Holidays; hotels and resorts Angeles City and Clark are almost fully booked; tourism advises visitors to get their packages now.

Overnight accommodation options include hotels in Angeles City and inside Clark Freeport itself. Angeles City offers glamorous and exciting nightlife entertainment that represents an attractive proposition for are well known among frequent travelers and tourists that visit the Philippines frequently. In sharp contrast, the resorts and hotels in Clark offer a serene ambience conducive to a more laidback lifestyle that many stressed-out residents of Manila come to enjoy when they travel out of town from Manila to the north.

Clark HOLY WEEK Special Overnight Package

For this year’s holy week of in Clark, Clearwater Resort and Country Club welcomes visitors with a special package available for the whole week leading up to Easter Sunday and the Monday after.

White beach at Clearwater Resort Pampanga Philippines

This is a full-board package which includes:

• Overnight accommodation for two persons at Clearwater Resort
• Breakfast for two at Clearwater Café and Breakfast Garden
• Lunch at the Clearwater Café for two persons
• Three-course Dinner with wine at Clearwater Resort

Prices for this package are:

• Sunday 24th March: php 3,900
• Monday 25th March: php 4,500
• Tuesday 26th March: php 4,500
• Wednesday 27th March: php 6,500
• Thursday 28th March: php 7,800
• Friday 29th March: php 7,800
• Saturday 30th March: php 8,800
• Sunday 31st March: php 3,900
• Monday 1st April: php 3,900

Charges for additional persons staying in the same room:

• Php1,200/person
• Php800/child aged 12 or under (children meals included)

(Although some room types can accommodate up to four adults and two children, the recommended maximum occupancy for comfort and convenience is two adults and two children.)

Clearwater Resort offers many styles of accommodation. For these packages, run-of-the-house room assignments will apply. Those guests who wish to block a specific room-type will pay an extra php1,000 per night.

So how do we book our hotel accommodation at Clearwater Resort during this year’s Holy Week holidays in Clark?

That’s easy. You can call this Holy Week in Clark Hot Line: 0916-428-3579, OR

Click here to order your Holy Week and Easter Holiday full-board packages

Each year, thousands of Manila families travel north to Bulacan, Pampanga, Subic, Clark and Baguio during Holy Week which is one of the most important events in the year, some say, even more important than Christmas and New Year. Tourist facilities such as hotels, resorts, restaurants, recreation and entertainment establishments, parks and tourist destinations struggle to accommodate the surge in arrivals into Pampanga’s Clark Freeport Zone, one the most popular vacation and holiday destinations north of Manila.

Several well-known leisure establishments in Clark have announced special Holy Week and Easter Holiday packages, deals and treats to welcome visitors from Manila as well as tourists arriving in the Clark International Airport – DMIA – to spend Easter Holidays in the Philippines.

In previous years, visitors arriving in Clark for Holy Week and Easter Holidays have complained about the lack of good restaurants, pubs and family resto bars to enjoy some good food for which Pampanga is known for. There are indeed many very nice places in Clark to wine and dine in style. For example, there is a very nice gastro pub family resto bar called The London Pub located inside Mimosa Golf Estate which serves up some yummy English pub food. The Classic Fish n Chips is a must for visitors in Clark but there are many more delectable items on the menu. This is also the home to the famous Vintage Beers, a luxury beer that is triple-fermented to improve with age inside the bottle. These special beers can cost p1000 or more for a 750ml bottle but beer lovers never miss the chance to savor a few of them while in Clark.

For more information about the London Pub in Clark, log on to:

http://www.LondonPubClark.com

London Pub Clark Philippines
imosa Drive past Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar,
Mimosa, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045) 499-1177 0922-870-5189 0917-524-0999

ask for Glenda dela Cruz

Getting to this bar in Angeles City Clark Philippines just 70 minutes from Manila – London Pub

How to get to this charming family restaurant and bar in Angeles Philippines? Once you get to Pampanga Clark Freeport, go straight until hitting Mimosa. Enter Mimosa and stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, going past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) and the London Pub is on the left.

Food and wine lovers are already well aware of the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge which is the only restaurant in the Philippines to be given the prestigious Best of Awards of Excellence by world famous wine magazine “Wine Spectator” to honor the best 850 restaurant wine lists in the world. The food of this restaurant in Clark which is also located inside Mimosa Golf Estate is already worth the effort to make a reservation to enjoy a great meal at Yats.

For more information about Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge located in Pampanga Clark Freeport, log on to:

http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines.

Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar
Mimosa Drive past Holiday Inn,
Mimosa Leisure Estate,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga, Philippines 2023
Tel: (045) 599-5600 0922-870-5178 0917-520-4401 ask for Lito or Daniel

Travelling is expected to be a little difficult as motorists will have to put up with congestions along the way. However the journey to Clark from Manila is a particularly friendly and comfortable one. Once you get on the North Luzon Expressway or NLEX, there will be no more city driving and city traffic congestions because the next stop will be the Clark South Exit which takes visitors straight into the heart of Clark.

Smart tourists will want to beat the traffic and the crowd by arriving on Wednesday or even Tuesday to start the holidays ahead of the majority of holiday visitors.

Here is a hotline number to call for visitors requiring assistance with their travel plans to Clark Philippines: 0916-428-3579

Have a safe and pleasant trip to Clark!

Packages and Deals for Holy Week and Easter Holidays in Clark Pampanga

hotel clark — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:36:57 +0000

Many residents of Manila will travel out of town during the 2013 Holy Week and Easter Holidays. Hotel accommodation in Clark and other trip packages have already been announced by hotels and resorts in Pampanga, Angeles City and Clark Philippines. There are several other packages and deals that will make it very convenient and enjoyable for visitors making the trip out of town from Manila to enjoy Easter holidays in Clark.

View of lake from Lake House Cabins

Holy Week and Easter Holidays Overnight Accommodation

White beach at Clearwater Resort Pampanga Philippines

For this year’s holy week of in Clark, Clearwater Resort and Country Club welcomes visitors with a special package available for the whole week leading up to Easter Sunday and the Monday after.

This is a full-board package which includes:

Click here for prices and more details about this Holy Week and Easter Holiday full-board overnight package.

Holy Week and Easter Holidays Manila Clark Round Trip Excursion Package

Looking for a nice destination for a getaway from Manila with the family during the Holy Week and Easter holiday this year?

Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga is a mere 70 minutes from Manila and the entire journey is along newly refurbished North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the recently completed Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway of SETex. Travelling to Clark for a relaxing day in the outdoor is safe, comfortable and stress-free.

And this year with the addition a new round-trip excursion tour package, Manila residents can really take the family out for some fun and relaxation in Clark, savoring the laidback, slow-paced lifestyle that this Freeport city is known for. Park the car in Manila, board the special Easter holiday shuttle bus in Ortigas Center, enjoy the ride along North Expressway and the new Subic Clark expressway which leads straight into the heart of Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone.

For this year’s holy week of in Clark, Clearwater Resort and Country Club welcomes Manila families visitors with a special round-trip excursion package making it convenient to enjoy a short- getaway from Manila during the weekend of Holy Week and Easter holidays in Philippines .

This round-trip excursion package includes:

• Holy Week Shuttle Bus service, round trip ticket from Manila
• Special Holy Week Lunch at Clearwater Café and Breakfast Garden
• Full-day Admission to Clearwater Resort and Country Club
• Participation for children in the Egg-Hunt at Clearwater Resort

This Holy Week Excursion Package is available on
• Saturday 30th March and
• Sunday 31st March, 2013.

Click here for prices and more details of the Holy Week and Easter Holiday round trip excursion packages.

Easter Good Friday Dinner at Yats Restaurant in Clark Pampanga

Three Special Easter Good Friday Dinner Menus are offered by Yats Restaurant for families looking for a good restaurant to treat everyone to a fine meal this year. These delectable gourmet meals are available on Friday, 29th March, 2013, which is course, this year’s Easter Good Friday.

Delectable French Mediterranean Cuisine at Yats

This Easter Good Friday Feast is an Easter tradition in Clark Pampanga. The menu keeps getting more sumptuous each year but the price stays the same. This year, Yats Restaurant offers three choices to its regular guests as well as visitors coming to spend the Holy Week and Easter holidays in Pampanga. Bulacan, Tarlac and Subic.

1. Five-Course Wine Appreciation Easter Good Friday Dinner at Php1,500 per person

2. Four-Course Easter Good Friday Menu Php750 per person served at lunch and dinner

3. Four-Course Healthy Option Menu Php1,100 per person also available for lunch and dinner

Fine Dining Yats Restaurant Main Dining Room

Wine lovers can no doubt find something in the famous wine cellars of Yats. There may even be special discounts offered by this restaurant in Clark to help its guests make this year’s Holy Week and Easter Holidays a memorable treat.

Click here for menus and more details of the Easter Good Friday Feast at Yats Restaurant in Clark Pampanga.

Easter Egg Hunt at Clearwater Resort in Clark Pampanga

Manila families who are tired of the Easter egg hunts at hotels in Manila now have an option to consider for this year’s Holy Week and Easter Holidays. Take the family out of town on a sojourn to Clark in Pampanga. Children can enjoy a real egg hunt on the safe and vast picnic grounds of Clearwater Resort in Clark.

Egghunt in the outdoor picnic grounds of Clearwater

Many families living in crowded cities like Manila opt to take advantage of Easter Holidays to bring the children to a destination where the whole family can enjoy spacious outdoor amenities. Egg-hunt parties offered by hotels are convenient but many families prefer to give their children a chance to enjoy the outdoors. Clearwater Resort is one of the hotels in Clark that offer safe outdoor picnic grounds that the whole family can enjoy together.

For this year’s holy week of in Clark, Clearwater Resort and Country Club welcomes Manila families and visitors with a traditional egg hunt picnic during the weekend of Holy Week and Easter holidays in Philippines .

Easter Egg Hunt at Clearwater Resort in Clark

This Easter Egg Hunt Picnic package includes:

• Admission to the Easter Egg Hunt for children but parents are free to accompany
• Special Holy Week Breakfast or Afternoon Tea at Clearwater Café and Breakfast Garden
• Enjoy the facilities of Clearwater Resort and Country Club

This Easter Egg Hunt Party is available on
Saturday 30th March and
Sunday 31st March, 2013.

Click here for prices and more details of the Holy Week and Easter Holiday Egg Hunt Picnic packages.

Enjoy the Beauty and Peaceful Ambience of the Lake in Clark

For assistance with your travels to Clark during this Holy Week, call this Hot Line: 0916-428-3579, OR

For more information about Clearwater Resort in Clark, please log on to:
http://www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Email: HolyWeek@ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Romantic evenings at Clearwater Resort Clark by the famous lake of Pampanga

Clearwater Resort and Country Club
Creekside Road near Centennial Expo,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines 2023
Tel: (045) 889-5151 0915-542-6250 0922-870-5177
Ask for Marilou, Jeremy or Loydha

To make inquiries and bookings with this hotel in Clark Pampanga,

click here to contact Clearwater Resort now

Clearwater Resort and Country Club
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Philippines Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center,
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
Tel: (632) 633-1566 0917-540-3626 0922-870-5181
Ask for Rea or Din din

Lodging in Clearwater Resort by the Lake

Getting to this beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines
After entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on the right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, one will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on the right just 200m down.

There are some good hotels and resorts to stay overnight in Angeles City Pampanga and Clark Philippines. Hotel guests in Clark Pampanga enjoy the laid-back lifestyle of clean healthy living in Clark Airfield. The slow-paced lifestyle is particularly attractive to Manila residents who suffer from pressure and stress of living in the city. Clark Freeport has always been a frequently visited holiday destination during Holy Week and in the Easter holidays of 2013, more visitors are expected to arrive in Pampanga than ever.

Many ways for children to enjoy this private resort in Clark

Clearwater Resort also offers round-trip excursion packages for Manila families to visit Clark during the Holy Week weekend. Special Egg-Hunt programs are available on Saturday and Sunday also.

Clark is home to the international airport DMIA and several world-class golf courses and casinos. Clearwater Resort is a top rated hotel in Clark Pampanga that is already a Pampanga tourist attraction and the resort is generally regarded by event organizers and schools to be the best venue destination for school trips, outings, family picnics or just a good and safe place for kids to enjoy themselves in the outdoors.

Many trips are made by families in Manila to Clark Pampanga to enjoy the peaceful lifestyle at Clearwater, the best resort in Clark Pampanga which is already a famous tourist destination of the Philippines near Angeles City and Subic. Many visitors return to the best hotels in Angeles City Pampanga for the beautiful lake and the safe and secure picnic grounds that allow the kids to enjoy outdoor activities while parents rest and relax in the resort of Pampanga.

Where to eat and dine out in Clark, Pampanga

Clark is not only famous for special events like the famous Hot Air Balloon Festival, the international airport, golf courses and casinos, but this city near Manila is also well known for its fine dining restaurants. To cap off a memorable day in Clark, many visitors make a reservation to wine and dine at the famous fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge located inside Mimosa Leisure Estate. Here wine lovers enjoy a delicately prepared wine-paired dinner. Even the healthy conscious and the vegetarians get to enjoy a sumptuous meal at this world-class restaurant.

Wine and Dine at Fine Dining Yats Restaurant in Clark Pampanga

Yats restaurant in Clark Philippines offers an award-winning restaurant wine list, top rated fine dining resto bar outside Manila. Each year, world leading wine and dining magazine called Wine Spectator gives out a special award to restaurants offering the best wine selections. The Best of Awards of Excellence is given out to 800 of the best restaurants worldwide. Here in the Philippines, Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar is the only one to receive this prestigious international award. This restaurant in Clark Pampanga is already well known as one of the best restaurants in the Philippines. With this award, this fine dining establishment puts Philippines, Clark Pampanga on the map of the international dining scene.

http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Highly Recommended Family Resto Bar The London Pub in Clark Pampanga

Those who prefer a more casual dining ambience can dine at the authentic English gastropub called The London Pub which is famous for serving the best English fish n chips in the Philippines. This resto bar also serves some really fine steaks and delicious pastas too.

This popular hangout place in Clark is a family resto bar that smacks of a typical pub in England. It is considered to be one of the best places to drink and unwind in Pampanga. Residents of Angeles City, Subic and Clark converge on this popular watering hole inside Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clark. Here guests of many different nationalities enjoy congenial conversation over some nice wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages.

http://www.LondonPubClark.com

Clark Wine Center Wine Shop

For wine lovers and those who enjoy wine as part of their dining experience, visitors to Pampanga should not miss out on the opportunity to pick up a few bottles of vintage wines from the famous wine shop in Clark called Clark Wine Center. Located along the main highway in Clark called M A Roxas, this wine shop outside of Manila offers not only the rare and expensive wines but also a large selection of vintage wines in the midrange price levels.

These wines are not available in Manila so visitors often do a little wine shopping before leaving Clark. In addition to popular labels, this wine shop offers back vintages spanning well over 50 years. With 3000 selections at the disposal of shoppers, this wine shop will certainly be a memorable shopping experience for Manila wine lovers.

For more information, please log on to:

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Holy Week is one time in 2013 that one can take the family out of town to visit Clark. But it is also one festival that you should not presume to enjoy without being smart about making advanced arrangements and bookings well before you arrive in Clark Philippines.

So please plan your trip to Pampanga and confirm your hotel accommodation and dinner reservations well in advance.

Hot Line for what’s happening in Clark: 045 889-5151, 0927-940-2669
Ask for Marilou, Loydha or Jeramie

Have a safe and pleasant trip to Clark!

Good Friday in the Philippines

hotel clark — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:17:56 +0000

The resorts and hotels in Clark Philippines are, to many, a fine example to leisure lifestyle of suburban city in America. In the top resorts of Clark Pampanga, lake, beach, 13 hectares of picnic grounds covered with trees and green all put together to deliver a memorable getaway experience for foreign tourists visiting Angeles City Clark Philippines and residents of Manila driving up to Clark for a day trip or a weekend family outing. The beach resorts, leisure parks and vacation hotels in Clark Pampanga offer a unique ambience that supports a laidback relaxing lifestyle. Many visitors travel north to Clark Pampanga from Manila to unwind and relax in these resorts.

Family with children can enjoy the picnic grounds and several large and small spots for swimming and water sports inside this resort in Pampanga. Parents can enjoy a day in leisure and relaxation in the shade provided by large Acacia trees throughout this resort. The ambience and beautiful view of the outdoor facilities of this beach resort in Clark Pampanga attracts visitors to go out of town from Manila for a getaway in the north.

Where to go in Clark? Hotel Clark Philippines is a De Luxe Hotel in Clark and Subic, a risk free place to stay, cozy and nice ambience, a nice function place for special occasion. It is one of North Luzon Philippines’ top hotels that is trouble free, risk free, and a nice place to have rest in Subic. A well-recognized and interesting hotel.

You might want to check also the Yats Restaurant is the best restaurant for special dinner, best restaurant for dinner with friends near Manila, also the best place to celebrate special events.

Famous Restaurant in Pampanga, a place to dine with friends in Clark, cozy restaurant with a nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassions

Does anyone know how difficult it is to find a decent beach wedding venue in the Philippines? Sure, there are a lot of beautiful beaches but to find a beach where we can have a wedding ceremony in Philippines is next to impossible.

Beach wedding venue is very popular in Manila, Subic, Pampanga Angeles City and
Clark Philippines. Young wedding couples prefer outdoor beach wedding followed up by garden styled outdoor wedding receptions in Philippines. Best beach wedding venue in Philippines is Clearwater Resort wedding venues near Manila, Angeles City, Clark Philippines.

Traffic along the North Expressway NLEX from Manila to Clark is always light and the new Subic Tarlac Clark Expressway ScTex takes visitors straight into Clark Freeport without going through any towns and cities along the way.

For information as well as assistance with reservations in hotels and resorts in Pampanga, Clark Philippines, click here to contact HotelClarkPhilippines now

Or call us at

Hotel Clark Philippines
Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
Central Business District, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045)599-5949 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

Email: Info@ClarkPhilippines.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a HK-based developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine outlets http://www.YatsLeisure.com

To inquire with the beach resort hotel in Clark Pampanga visit http://www.ClearwaterPhililippines.com

You might want to check also the Yats Restaurant is the best restaurant for special dinner, best restaurant for dinner with friends near Manila, also the best place to celebrate special events.

Famous Restaurant in Pampanga, a place to dine with friends in Clark, cozy restaurant with a nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassions

For information as well as assistance with reservations in hotels and resorts in Pampanga, Clark Philippines, click here to contact HotelClarkPhilippines now

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Hotel Clark Philippines
Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
Central Business District, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045)599-5949 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

Email: Info@ClarkPhilippines.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a HK-based developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine outlets http://www.YatsLeisure.com

To inquire with the beach resort hotel in Clark Pampanga visit http://www.ClearwaterPhililippines.com

Philippines Insider

hotel clark — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:16:26 +0000

In some parts of the Philippines, Holy Week has become a sort of street opera for tourists – with multiple crucifixions, marathonchants and a myriad of flagellants. This week-long spectacle draws thousands of participants, as well as interested spectators.
At the beginning of the week, people engage in marathon chanting of the Christ’s Passion in their little makeshift chapels. The devoutsingers are mostly comprised of old ladies who take their turns in singing hymns from the pages of the bible. This is a twenty four hour commitment which continues up to Black Saturday, as the religious await the Lord’s resurrection.

Be warned that many of these street tents are located near hotels and Inns and they broadcast their chants over loud speakers so you may want to re-think where you find lodging. During the day is one thing, but being kept up all night might ruin your daytime activities.
Meanwhile, other people are kept busy preparing their religious floats for the Holy Week processions. These are owned by the more affluent residents of the town and are mostly handed down from generation to generation and kept in impeccable condition due to their belief that the figures on their carriage guide them to a bountiful and comfortable life. Each carriage is decorated with gold and bronze plated frames and adorned with cloying flowers and set inblown glass and candlelight.
By three o’clock on Good Friday, the whole town is imbibed in a seemingly sullen mood. The pious kneel before household altars to recite various litanies. Some religious fanatics flog themselves to fulfill vows of penitence. Still others, test amulets, which they vow are authentic and would protect them from any harm, physical or otherwise. At Mount Banahaw, a supposedly sacred mountain in the province of Quezon, pilgrims from various religious sects and cults worship their deity at caves, rivers, rocks, waterfalls, streams, pools and springs until the dawn of Black Saturday.

Easter Sunday is the culmination of the whole commemoration of Holy Week. Unlike the previous days, this is a time for joy and merriment. The mood is festive and the people are busy preparing an Easter feast. A theatrical play takes place at dawn, the risen Christ meeting his sorrowful Mother. The two images come from different sides of the street and meet at the town church’s facade. The people clap and cheer and once again, sing praises of hymn.
It is truly a unique experience for a tourist to witness the Filipino’s celebration of Holy Week. For the locals, this is where religious fervor, theatrics and camaraderie blissfully collide.
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The best hotels outside Manila in Pampanga and Subic are listed here including a beach resort which is a semi-private establishment located in the central business district near shopping, business, entertainment, airport and other conveniences of Philippines Clark Freeport Zone. The beach resorts, leisure parks and vacation hotels in Clark Pampanga offer a unique ambience that supports a laidback relaxing lifestyle. Many visitors travel north to Clark Pampanga from Manila to unwind and relax in these resorts.

This Pampanga resort hotel is different from other hotels in Clark Philippines or hotel in Angeles City. This Clark Hotel has large outdoor space for children to play and adults to enjoy some peace and quiet in the picnic grounds near the lake. Guests like the Hotel’s café breakfast garden which serves the best breakfast in Pampanga. Clearwater Resort has nice ambience and wide space, much better than the other hotels in Angeles City and Manila Philippines.

Where to go in Clark? Hotel Clark Philippines is a De Luxe Hotel in Clark and Subic, a risk free place to stay, cozy and nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassion

You might want to check also the Yats Restaurant is the best restaurant for special dinner, best restaurant for dinner with friends near Manila, also the best place to celebrate special events.

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Many guests like staying at Clearwater Family Inn Hotel Room in the picnic grounds of this resort in Clark Pampanga. Some like the trees in the resort camping grounds. One can stay in other hotels in Angeles City but it is not often one finds amenities and ambience like Clark, not like Clearwater Resort in Angeles City Philippines.

Those who are lucky enough to get a room at this lake resort in Clark Philippines will be able to enjoy the magical sunrise across the lake of Clearwater Resort at dawn. This is the only hotel in Clark Pampanga that guests can really enjoy viewing sunrise. It is one of North Luzon Philippines’ top hotels that is trouble free, risk free, and a nice place to have rest in Subic. A well-recognized and interesting hotel.

For information as well as assistance with reservations in hotels and resorts in Pampanga, Clark Philippines, click here to contact HotelClarkPhilippines now

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Hotel Clark Philippines
Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
Central Business District, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045)599-5949 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

Email: Info@ClarkPhilippines.com

To inquire with the beach resort hotel in Clark Pampanga visit http://www.ClearwaterPhililippines.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a HK-based developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine outlets http://www.YatsLeisure.com

Military vows extra vigilance this Holy Week

hotel clark — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:15:55 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The military yesterday vowed to be extra vigilant to ensure public safety during the Holy Week.
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) information chief Col. Arnulfo Burgos Jr. said field units would be deployed to boost intelligence operations against lawless elements to ensure that the Holy Week would be peaceful.
“We will be extra vigilant to be sure that there would be no problems and everything would be peaceful this coming (Lenten) season,” Burgos said.
AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta Jr. said it would be business as usual for soldiers even as the military’s alert level has not been raised.
“It depends on the commander if they will be allowed to go on Holy Week break… if they would give passes or leaves, depending on the situation as deemed appropriate by the commanders,” Mabanta said.
Mabanta said the AFP has not detected any immediate threat posed by armed rebels and terrorist groups. He gave assurance that the military would not be complacent during the long weekend.
Holy Week started yesterday with Palm Sunday and will end at dawn of Easter Sunday.
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has been placed on full alert starting April 13 as it prepares for the exodus of thousands of people going to the provinces.
Full alert means all policemen would not be allowed to go on day-off or avail of vacation leaves to ensure the availability of enough number of personnel.
The military, however, did not raise its alert status as soldiers would only provide support to their police counterparts.
Around 5,000 policemen have been deployed around Metro Manila to secure public places. A total of 350 bus marshals and Motorized Anti-Crime Operatives were also tasked to monitor seaports, airports, churches, and bus terminals.
Around 500 soldiers were deployed in Metro Manila to augment the police.
AFP National Capital Region Command chief Brig. Gen. Tristan Kison said the soldiers will man checkpoints and secure vital installations like bus terminals, airports, and Light Rail Transit and Metro Rail Transit stations.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=677558&publicationSubCategoryId

Philippines wedding planners and wedding reception caterers recommend Clark Philippines as this year’s premier destination for beach weddings and garden receptions. Wedding couples in Philippines no longer prefer traditional indoor venues and hotel ballrooms for wedding receptions in Manila, Angeles City, Subic and Clark Freeport.

Selecting a good and safe event venue in Philippines is not that easy. Many public event venues in resort hotels in Philippines can’t deliver assurances of safety and security. This exposes our corporate and private events to risks that are not acceptable to us as event organizers in Philippines.

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This hotel in Angeles Philippines has the perfect ambience for a romantic beach wedding and a garden style wedding reception, exactly the kind of wedding venue we have been looking for to get married in the Philippines. Angeles City is near Clark Philippines and just 90 minutes from Manila. It is one of North Luzon Philippines’ top hotels that is trouble free, risk free, and a nice place to have rest in Subic. A well-recognized and interesting hotel.

Garden style wedding reception can take place within a few meters from the beach of this hotel in Clark Philippines so guests and observe the ceremony at the comfort of their seats on the table.

It is important to visitor that the family feels safe in a hotel in Angeles Philippines. That is a main reasons that we choose to stay in this hotel in Clark Pampanga outside of Manila Philippines. Many don’t like the hotels in Subic or some of the hotel in Angeles City Pampanga. This highly recommended hotel in Angeles city Clark Philippines does not make them comfortable and secure.

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Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
Central Business District, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045)599-5949 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

Email: Info@ClarkPhilippines.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a HK-based developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine outlets http://www.YatsLeisure.com

To inquire with the beach resort hotel in Clark Pampanga visit http://www.ClearwaterPhililippines.com

TAGALOG LANG; Holy Week in the Philippines

hotel clark — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:15:18 +0000

Kwaresma is Lent. It is the season when Filipinos remember Christ’s passion (his suffering and death) and resurrection. It starts on Ash Wednesday, forty days before Easter Sunday. On this day, you will see Catholic Filipinos returning from church with ash smudged on their foreheads in the shape of a cross. If you don’t have the mark, you will be asked if you have attended Mass.

Semana Santa (Holy Week) is from Palm Sunday to Black Saturday, then Easter Sunday. It is traditionally a solemn occasion in the Philippines, a time for serious atonement.

Holy Week is when many people perform holy rites in fulfillment of a vow they made when they asked God a favor, such as a cure for an illness. Priests and religious statues are dressed in purple to symbolize gloom. Devout Catholics go to church everyday; some fast.
Palm Sunday commemorates the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, Filipino Catholics bring palaspas (palm fronds) to church to be blessed by the priests. Then they bring the fronds back home with them.

For most of the week, especially after Tuesday, the towns are eerily quiet with TV and radio stations going off the air and no loud noises or revelry whatsoever. Catholics stop eating meat, turning to fish, and the more devout ones go on a completely liquid diet. Many businesses are closed, so make sure you have supplies, especially food, stocked up.

The traditional pabasa (the “reading” or chanting of verses about the suffering of Christ) starts on Sunday and ends on Maundy Thursday, which is the day when the washing of the feet is celebrated.

Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion and death of Christ. On this day, you will see religious figures being carried through the towns on top of carrozas (carriages). The religious images and statues are veiled in black in mourning of the death of Jesus.

The most striking feature of Holy Week celebrations in the Philippines is the sight of Filipinos publicly whipping themselves. These are reenactments of the torture and death of Jesus. Some Filipinos not only whip their backs into a bloody mess, they also have their feet and hands nailed to a wooden cross. Tourists come from all over the world for the sight! In Manila, Tondo is the place to see these flagellants. Outside the capital, Pampanga and Nueva Ecija are famous for their flagellants who cover their faces with white cotton hoods. Crowns of thorns are placed on their heads to cause blood to drip.
Among Filipino superstitions on Good Friday is the prohibition against children playing. This is because they might injure themselves and not have their wounds heal. You will always be reminded that during this time when Jesus is dead, and so everything is awry and bad things are apt to happen.

Black Saturday is when Christ is entombed. Filipinos spend the day preparing for the night vigil leading up to Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday is a celebration of the resurrection of Christ. At four o’clock in the morning, Filipinos do a salubong ceremony commemorating how the Virgin Mary met her son Jesus who has come back to life. Her image will be brought to the image of the Christ at the local church. Flower petals will be rained down on them. Everyone is happy that Jesus is alive again and that the world is back right. On Easter day, grocery stores re-open and you can buy food.

In contemporary times, these Philippine traditions are slowly disappearing. Young Filipinos now use the Holy Week to vacation at the beach.

http://tagaloglang.com/Filipino-Culture/Holiday-Celebrations/holy-week-in-the-philippines.html

As Manila becomes more congested and pollution becomes frustratingly intolerable, many families opt to spend a few quality nights and relax in this hotel in Angeles City Clark Pampanga. It is fair to say that YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is known for its faithful rendition of the American suburban lifestyle, all there for the enjoyment of all ages and all members of the family.

This resort hotel is different from other hotels in Clark Philippines or hotel in Angeles City. This Clark Freeport Hotel has large space for children to play and adults to enjoy some peace and quiet in the picnic grounds near the lake. Clark Philippines is lucky to have such a hotel. Travel agencies think it is also a nice event venue for company outings, wedding, team building and planning session in the Philippines. They don’t think Angeles City, Manila or Subic has event venues like those in this beach resort in Pampanga.

Where to go in Clark? Hotel Clark Philippines is a De Luxe Hotel in Clark and Subic, a risk free place to stay, cozy and nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassion

You might want to check also the Yats Restaurant is the best restaurant for special dinner, best restaurant for dinner with friends near Manila, also the best place to celebrate special events.

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New camping sites and picnic grounds in Philippines are now available for family outings in Philippines at Yats Clearwater Resort & Country Club in Pampanga Angeles City near Manila Philippines. Just bring camping equipment and enjoy the fun and ambience of outdoor living camping in Angeles City Philippines under safe, secured and clean conditions. It is one of North Luzon Philippines’ top hotels that is trouble free, risk free, and a nice place to have rest in Subic. A well-recognized and interesting hotel.

This breakfast garden café is absolutely the most idyllic restaurant in Angeles City Clark Philippines. You named it right – Clearwater Breakfast Garden and Café. This is exactly what Clark Freeport needs, a nice simple bistro café where one can get good quality breakfast and enjoy the food in peace at leisure pace. This is the best hotel restaurant in Angeles City Clark Philippines and the eggs Benedict as well as American Breakfast and the pancakes are really world-class.

For information as well as assistance with reservations in hotels and resorts in Pampanga, Clark Philippines, click here to contact HotelClarkPhilippines now

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Hotel Clark Philippines
Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
Central Business District, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045)599-5949 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

Email: Info@ClarkPhilippines.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a HK-based developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine outlets http://www.YatsLeisure.com

To inquire with the beach resort hotel in Clark Pampanga visit http://www.ClearwaterPhililippines.com

The Holy Week Of Filipinos

hotel clark — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:13:49 +0000

Today is Good Friday, the Friday of Holy Week when the Christians commemorate the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Unlike the days when I post about my usual topics on technology, business and other matters, I will now talk about Holy Week, a significant religious festival in the Philippines. In our predominantly Roman Catholic country, Holy Week is known as both Semana Santa (the original Spanish name) or by the Filipino name Mahál na Araw (literally translated to English as “Precious Days”).
Beginning Holy Thursday, businesses in the Philippines shut down operations until Easter Sunday. During these days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, many local television and radio stations interrupt broadcast or at least replace regular programming with more solemn or religious content out of respect.
Many communities observe the Spanish-influenced Catholic rituals such as sermons and processions but it is thePabasa ng Pasyon (Reading of the Passion) that really reminds me of the importance of the celebration. Called “Pabasa” for short, this long-time tradition is said to have begun also during Spanish time. The Pabasa is a ritual wherein the life and passion of Christ is chanted a capella (unaccompanied vocal music). Groups of singers usually take turns in doing the Pabasa while devotees gather around them to listen and reflect.
In some parts of the Philippines, Holy Week has become a tourist attraction with multiple crucifixions and a great number of flagellants. The week-long spectacle draws thousands of participants as well as interested local and foreign spectators. While the Catholic Church does not recognize the ceremonies, these so-called religious practices have been going on for generations and became part of the Holy Week of Filipinos.

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Generally regarded as the best hotel in the North near Manila as well as the top beach resort in Clark, Clearwater maintains a consistent standard with respect to products and services. This hotel in Pampanga may not be a 5-star resort but visitors from Manila going to Angeles City and Clark Freeport regard Clearwater as the number one location for family outings as well as the best event venue for company outings, weddings and other events.

Comparison of crime rates between Philippines Angeles City and Clark Pampanga sheds light on the difference between the twin cities of Pampanga. Regular guests of Angeles City Hotels begin to migrate on base into hotels inside Clark Philippines not only for peace and quiet but peace of mind and a sense of safety and security.

Where to go in Clark? Hotel Clark Philippines is a De Luxe Hotel in Clark and Subic, a risk free place to stay, cozy and nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassion

You might want to check also the Yats Restaurant is the best restaurant for special dinner, best restaurant for dinner with friends near Manila, also the best place to celebrate special events.

Famous Restaurant in Pampanga, a place to dine with friends in Clark, cozy restaurant with a nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassions

The beach resorts, leisure parks and vacation hotels in Clark Pampanga offer a unique ambience that supports a laidback relaxing lifestyle. Many visitors travel north to Clark Pampanga from Manila to unwind and relax in these resorts. It is one of North Luzon Philippines’ top hotels that is trouble free, risk free, and a nice place to have rest in Subic. A well-recognized and interesting hotel.

To many visitors from Manila, a good hotel in Pampanga must be located in a city that is safe, clean and not so noisy. This hotel in Clark Philippines really fits those criteria. The location is convenient for visitors to go out of town from Manila in a short getaway with family and friends traveling north to Angeles City Clark Pampanga. Traffic along the North Expressway NLEX is always light and the new Subic Tarlac Clark Expressway ScTex takes visitors straight into Clark Freeport without going through any towns and cities along the way.

Guests enjoy spending time relaxing at Frolic Garden of this hotel in Clark Pampanga. There is a special feeling in this hotel in Clark Philippines makes you slow down and enjoy the ambience. Children like playing in the Family Cove of this Clark resort hotel. Hotel guests prefer Clark over Angeles City, Subic or hotel in Manila. This hotel in Clark Philippines has style and character. Guests often come back again to relax and enjoy the beautiful ambience of this hotel in Clark Pampanga.

To inquire with the beach resort hotel in Clark Pampanga visit http://www.ClearwaterPhililippines.com

Hotel Clark Philippines
Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
Central Business District, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045)599-5949 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

Email: Info@ClarkPhilippines.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a HK-based developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine outlets http://www.YatsLeisure.com

To inquire with the beach resort hotel in Clark Pampanga visit http://www.ClearwaterPhililippines.com

OBSERVANCE OF HOLY WEEK IN THE PHILIPPINES

hotel clark — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:13:17 +0000

It’s Holy Week once again, the time when Catholics do their penance and commemorates the passion and death of Jesus Christ to save mankind.
Starting Palm Sunday, the day were we commemorate the victorious entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. In the Philippines, during Palm Sunday, sidewalks near the church were full of vendors selling Palaspas or decorated pal leaves. Filipinos go to church early in the morning of Palm Sunday with their Palaspas to be blessed by the officiating priest. After the mass, the blessed palm leaves are placed on the front doors of their homes which they believed is an effective way to ward off bad spirits and spare their homes from being struck by lightning the palm fronds will be left on their front door until the next Palm Sunday on the following year.
Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday – During this time of the year, for many Catholics it is a time of prayer and reflection. In many places in the Philippines it is the start their traditional Holy Week “Pabasa” which literally means reading, it is where the poetic prayer of life to resurrection of Jesus Christ is sung/chanted. It is also locally known as “Pasyon”.
Maundy Thursday – the day in observance of the Last Supper. the washing of the feet, the blessing of the bread and wine which symbolizes the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It is also a tradition in the Philippines during Maundy Thursday to visit 7 different churches which is known as Visita Iglesia. During Visita Iglesia, most Catholics make the 14 stations. There were also diocese who celebrate Chrism Mass during Maundy Thursday. Chrism Mass is an annual gathering of all clergies wherein priests renew the vows which they made when they were ordained. Mass of Chrism was derived from the name of the “consecrated oil” itself. The Oil of Chrism/Holy Chrism/Sanctum Chrisma is used in the administration of the sacraments of baptism, confirmations and Holy Orders, in the consecration of things such as altar, paten, bells, chalices, and water for baptism.

On Good Friday Christians commemorates the passion and death of Christ, the seven last words { siete palabras ), the way of the cross (Via Crucis), there are also numerous street processions and stage plays locally known as “Senakulo”.
During Good Fridays there were devotees who practice self-flagellation and some do their penance by having themselves crucified. Also on Good Friday, thousands of devotees of the Black Nazarene flock to Quiapo Church to join the morning procession.

Black Saturday – a day of silence and solemnity. Some are busy preparing for events on Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday – This is the end of the 40 day lent. On Easter Sunday, at pre-dawn, there were 2 different procession which starts from 2 different points. One of them carries the image of the risen Christ and the other one carries the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is covered by black veil. The procession will meet at a point where a little girl dressed up as an angel and was positioned on a high platform awaits to unveil the image of Mary which signifies that Mary has met his risen son. There are also some who have Easter parties for children which involves Easter egg hunting.
Filipinos are indeed fascinated with talismans/amulets which is locally known as anting-anting. During Lenten Season specially on Good Fridays, those who possess amulets sanctify and recharge its power. They go to certain places such as Mt. Banahaw which is known as the mystic mountain or a haven for people search or spirituality.

Many Catholics believe that penance through crucifixion and self-flagellation would save their souls from the fires of hell, although this lenten tradition has been practiced in the Philippines by many Catholics for decades, church officials discouraged extreme corporal mortification. Also the Department of Health have given warning to flagellants for the possibilities of being infected with tetanus.
I agree with the church officials who were against this kind of penance. The observance of Lenten Season should be sacred. Instead of self mortification, why not have their repentance from sins the right way, which I believe is through meditation, fasting and abstinence.

http://spawnskies.blogspot.com/2011/04/observance-of-holy-week-in-philippines.html

Where to go in Clark? Hotel Clark Philippines is a De Luxe Hotel in Clark and Subic, a risk free place to stay, cozy and nice ambience, a nice function place for special occasion

You might want to check also the Yats Restaurant is the best restaurant for special dinner, best restaurant for dinner with friends near Manila, also the best place to celebrate special events.

Famous Restaurant in Pampanga, a place to dine with friends in Clark, cozy restaurant with a nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassions

For information as well as assistance with reservations in hotels and resorts in Pampanga, Clark Philippines, click here to contact HotelClarkPhilippines now

Or call us at

Hotel Clark Philippines
Creekside Road corner of Centennial Road,
Central Business District, Clark Freeport Zone,
Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045)599-5949 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177 ask for Pedro or Rechel

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

Email: Info@ClarkPhilippines.com

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