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Migs Alcantara
Migs Alcantara is Suroy.ph's Cebuano editor for Cebu-rooted travel stories and practical Philippine guides. The byline is shaped by the newsroom's firsthand trips, original photography, and local knowledge, with a focus on what travelers need before they go.
El Nido, Palawan: A Complete Travel Guide to the Four Tours and the New Way In
El Nido guide for 2026: the four island hopping tours, the ₱400 eco fee, the Clark flight change, real prices and the wet season nobody plans around.
Tinago Falls, Iligan: 355 Steps Down, and Twelve Bisaya Words for Heartbreak
Tinago Falls drops 240 feet into a basin 90 feet deep, down 355 steps in Barangay Ditucalan. Fees, routes, the raft, and the twelve Bisaya words on the way down.
Mimbalut Falls, Iligan: The One You Can Drive To
Mimbalut Falls is the easiest waterfall in Iligan to reach: ninety feet of water fanned across rock, with a resort and a pool at the base. Fees, hours and how to get there.
Boracay Is Three Different Holidays on One Beach: How to Choose Your Station
Station 1, Station 2 and Station 3 share White Beach but suit different trips. This practical Boracay guide also explains northern resorts, arrival, costs, weather and a realistic five-day plan.
Jaro Cathedral: The Iloilo Church With a Bell Tower Across the Plaza
Jaro Cathedral is both the metropolitan cathedral of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles. This guide explains its 1874 history, detached belfry, February feast and the practical details to check before visiting.
Mactan-Cebu International Airport: Built Like a Bangka, and How to Use It
Mactan-Cebu International Airport is Cebu's main air gateway. This practical guide covers terminals, arrivals, transfers, airport transport, layovers and onward routes to Cebu City, Mactan resorts, North Cebu, South Cebu and nearby islands.
Manam at SM City Cebu: The Menu, The Prices and Why You Should Always Size Up
Ten dishes, three sizes, and one answer that holds on every single one of them. The full crowd favourites menu with prices, what to order, and the Michelin line worth getting right.
SM City Cebu: The Third Biggest Mall in the Country, Built Beside a Working Port
495,000 square metres on ground that was sea until 1967, with the container port directly behind it. The layout, the restaurant row, the jeepney codes and what is actually worth your time.
Mactan Newtown Beach: The Price, the Reef, and the Breakwater
A managed beach twenty minutes from the terminal, on water that deserves the trip. Walk-in rates have roughly doubled since 2024, and there is free shoreline fifty metres past the breakwater.
Molo, Iloilo: The Church of Sixteen Women, and the District Around It
A Chinese quarter founded in 1637, a church finished in 1888 out of coral stone and egg white, and a plaza with Greek goddesses on it. Ninety minutes, three kilometres from the city proper, and it costs nothing to walk into.