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Hotel Sogo extends help to communities in CamSur

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Hotel Sogo continues to care as it ramped up its effort in helping the country’s indigent communities by reaching out to several communities in Luzon. Recently, it donated school supplies to over 300 school children in Triangulo Elementary School - Diversion Road, CBD II, Barangay Triangulo, Naga, and Oroc-Osoc Elementary School - Oroc-Osoc, Caramoan, Camarines Sur. Hotel Sogo also distributed long sleeve shirts and black out tarp cover from Hotel Sogo’s collateral materials for use as cover for tourist and fishing boats to 200 fisherfolks from Brgy.Paniman, Caramoan Camarines Sur. For more information about Hotel Sogo, check out  https://www.hotelsogo.com.

The day Pope Francis held mass in Luneta.

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Pope Francis souvenirs. Being a Catholic, I know in my heart that I have to make a way to see or even just a glimpse of the visiting high Priest of the Church, no other than Pope Francis who scheduled a 5 day visit in Manila and in Tacloban, of course in the Philippines last January. Along with my co-blogger friend Christian, we bravely agreeto attend the last mass of Pope Francis in Manila last January 18, 2015, it was the mass in Quirino Grandstand in Luneta. So right from my work at 9 in the morning I met Christian at MRT station, then we headed directly to Luneta and luckily we are able to get a ride via special trip by some Van operators in Taft Avenue. It's also Sto.Niño feast that day. Arriving in front of Cultural Center, we then walk towards going to Luneta, it seems majoritry we meet along the way are all happy, and when the rain started to fall barely before noon, we don’t have a choice but to stay somewhere not to get wet. I’m only arm with a bottle o...