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The Venice Piazza

Another one of Megaworld’s brainchild for estate development, The Venice Piazza at McKinley Hill has a look-and-feel reminiscent to Italy’s most romantic city. If your mind can’t get that far, just think of it as a miniature version of Las Vegas’ and Macau’s Venezia Hotel and Casino—just without the vice of gambling.

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Just recently opened, there are now a number of establishments to check out in this plaza. These are Kuse, Sol Gelato, Little Asia Symphony of Flavors, Reyes Barbecue, and of course, the well-known fast food staples like KFC and McDonald’s. So, if you want to have a taste of Venice without ever leaving the country, then The Venice Piazza is the place for you.

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Heritage Park

Located within Fort Bonifacio, the Heritage Park is a 76-hectare property dedicated for memorialization and remembrance. Three major thoroughfares makes the park very accessible. These roadways are EDSA via McKinley Road, South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) via Lawton Avenue, and C5.

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Heritage Park is one of the country’s premier memorial services providers. They just happened to be the trusted provider of the Aquino family, providing the embalming services to our former President and Mother of Philippine Democracy, Corazon C. Aquino. Prior to that, they also serviced the late Rudy Fernandez—one of the few well-known Philippine cinema action stars—when he lost his battle against cancer.

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Manila City Hall

One of the many iconic landmarks of the city courtesy of its clock tower, Manila City Hall is the local government seat of the nation’s capital.

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This coffin-shaped building houses both local and national department offices providing services such as General Management, Legal or Public Safety, Infrastructure and Sanitation, and Education, to name a few.

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Located along 32nd Street of the Bonifacio Global City, St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City has finally opened its doors. Leveling up the competition with now close neighbor Makati Medical Center, it was formally inaugurated last January 16, 2010 with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as guest of honor.

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Indeed, it’s just but appropriate and perfect logistics to have a facility within the Global City if St. Luke’s aims to really be among the world’s best.

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Arlegui

The word Arlegui is synonymous to the word DVDs much like Gilmore is to cheap computers and gadgets. Located at the heart of Manila, just a few steps from the Quiapo Church, Arlegui Street is host to the infamous Quiapo DVD market.

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Quiapo DVD market is where you’ll find all sorts of DVDs—foreign or local—and pirated for that matter. No wonder the place is frequented by Optical Media Board (OMB) raids. OMB is the government’s arm dedicated to rid the country of piracy, which is the number one culprit crippling the movie and music industry.

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