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.
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 favorites 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 meters 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 meters 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 kilometers from the city proper, and it costs nothing to walk into.
Colon Street, Cebu: A Walking Guide to the Country’s Most Argued-Over Road
A 1.17 km strip of budget retail, ukay-ukay, phone repair stalls and jeepneys three abreast, with a derelict 1930 cinema still standing on it and a department store that reopened in July. Facts and fees checked August 2026.
Siloy Festival in Alcoy, and the Bird Cebu Almost Lost
The Siloy Festival lands on the last Saturday of August, which in 2026 makes it Saturday, 29 August. The bird it is named for lives forty minutes uphill from the dancing, in roughly 1,200 hectares of limestone forest that carries no protected-area status at all.
Tuslob Buwa: The Cebu Street Food You Eat Straight From the Bubbling Wok
Pork brain, garlic and onions cooked down until they froth, and a piece of hanging rice you dip in yourself. It started as a poor man’s meal in the fish port barangays of Cebu City, and the version most visitors eat is only about a decade old.
Chika-Chon in Lahug: Cebu’s Newest Lechon House Took Over a Cebuano Landmark
A pig in a party hat now sits where Chika-an sa Cebu stood on Salinas Drive. Suroy.ph was there on opening day in December 2025 for the dancers and the flower stands, and went back to the numbers in August 2026 to see what actually stuck.
Ramen Nagi Comes to Ayala Center Cebu, and the Green One Is the Argument
Open since 27 July 2026, the second Nagi in the city. Bowls run ₱445 to ₱595, the room was full at dinner on 14 August, and the Green King is the bowl that will split your table.
Two August Long Weekends Are Coming: 8 Trips From Cebu That Actually Fit
August gives Philippine workers on a standard Monday-to-Friday schedule two separate chances to leave without spending a leave credit. Ninoy Aquino Day falls on Friday, August 21, 2026, creating a three-day weekend from August 21 to 23. National Heroes Day…
Philippines Ferry Booking 2026: How SEAS and ORAS Work
SEAS and ORAS are changing Philippine ferry travel, but they are not the same system. Learn what each does, who is covered, and how to verify a booking.
Siargao Food & Wine Festival 2026: Full August 26 to 31 Program
The complete August 26 to 31 Siargao Food & Wine Festival 2026 program, with 16 gatherings across markets, farms, cafés, restaurants and island venues.
Sablayan UNESCO Biosphere Reserve: Apo Reef Travel Guide
What Sablayan's new UNESCO biosphere reserve status means, how Apo Reef fits within it, and what travelers still need to confirm before booking.
Cebu City Jeepney Guide 2026: Route Codes, Fares, and How to Ride
Ride Cebu City jeepneys with confidence using practical route codes, current fares, useful Cebuano phrases, and landmark-to-landmark trip examples.
Cebu North and South Bus Terminal Guide 2026: Routes and Service Windows
Know which Cebu bus terminal to use, read the Bato route signs, and find through buses to Dumaguete and Bacolod without guesswork.
Best Time to Visit the Philippines: A Month-by-Month Weather Guide
There is no single Philippine dry season. Compare 30 years of PAGASA rainfall data and find the better weather window for each region.
How to Get to Siargao in 2026: Flights, Ferries and the Manila Problem
There is no direct Manila to Siargao flight any more. What actually flies in 2026, from Clark, Cebu and Davao, what it costs, the Surigao ferry, and how to get from Sayak Airport to General Luna.
Cebu IT Park: The Runway Underneath the Skyline
Cebu IT Park was an airport until 1966, and from the air the runway is still legible in the street grid. A guide to the 24-hour district: the night market, the food, the new BRT line and how to get there.
IRONMAN 70.3 Lapu-Lapu 2026: Cebu’s 113-Kilometer Race Across Mactan and CCLEX
IRONMAN 70.3 Lapu-Lapu 2026 links Mactan Newtown Beach, Cordova, CCLEX and Cebu City's SRP in a 113-kilometer race on August 9.