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Cebu ranks 8th for investors
2008-01-11 02:56:00 FOREIGN investment experts have again noticed Cebu City?s potential for business and ranked it as eighth of the Top 10 Asian Cities of the Future, in a list by the Finance Direct Investment (fDi) magazine of the Financial Times Group. Only two other Philippine cities, Quezon City and Davao City, made it to the top 10, ... More About: Business , Main , Ranks , Investors
More Cebu malls sprout, expand
2008-01-08 04:13:00 CEBU is set to become an emerging shopping destination in the Philippines as existing mall operators are expanding and new ones are set to rise in the different parts of the province in the coming years. Ayala Center Cebu mall developer Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI) president and chief executive officer Francis Monera said Cebu’s shopping market ... More About: Shopping , Main , Malls
All systems go for Cebu 2008 Sinulog festivities
2008-01-07 04:51:00 Philippine Information Agency Cebu City is already reeking with the Sinulog air as the feast of the Sto. Nino draws near. The City streets, the rotundas at Fuente and Plaza Independencia, the establishments and buildings in the city are bedecked with colorful streamers, buntings, mini structures, theme booths and the image of the Sto. Nino heralding the ... More About: Events , Main , Systems , 2008
More investors eyeing Cebu, says local leader
2008-01-07 04:49:00 Cebu is living up to its billing as one of the world’s top emerging destinations for business process outsourcing (BPO), a local leader has said. Indian outsourcer Wipro recently announced it was opening a customer support center in the city that will employ as many as 900 workers. Indian companies are not the only ones looking at ... More About: Business , Main , Cebu , Local , Investors
Sinulog festival kicks off Jan. 11
2008-01-04 07:49:00 The Sinulog 2008, the annual festival for the Child Jesus, will be formally launched on Jan. 11, a Friday, in Cebu City. The launching will kick off with a Holy Mass at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niņo at 2 p.m., followed by a parade from the Basilica to the Cebu City Sports Center. Another launching program ... More About: Events , Main , Festival , Kicks
New lifestyle shop opens at SM
2008-01-04 07:49:00 FORESEEING further growth in Cebu?s middle- and high-end markets, a local entrepreneur opened another lifestyle shop. Melanie Ng launched last Dec. 21 Sandee, a lifestyle store that offers ?unique? and imported home furnishings. The 80-square meter store, located at SM City Cebu Northwing, involved a P2-million investment, Ng said. More… Advertisement: HRRAC - Your Guide to Cebu ... More About: Lifestyle , Main , Shop
More projects in Cebu
2008-01-03 04:07:00 SunStar Cebu VISTA Land Development Corp. (VLDC), the real estate development company of Sen. Manuel Villar, is planning more real estate projects for Cebu this year. Villar said VLDC aims to be a major player in the real estate industry in Cebu by acquiring more properties for future developments. He said the company, the umbrella organization of other ... More About: Business , Projects , Main
More developments seen to rise in Mandaue reclamation in 2008
2008-01-02 04:08:00 With Cebu City?s pocket developments already firming up, Mandaue City is starting to get its fair share of the province?s robust economic activity such as the coming in of more developments and commercial locators especially within its Mandaue City Reclamation Area. After the transfer of the Cebu Doctor?s University in the reclamation area and the construction ... More About: Business , Main , Rise , 2008 , Clam
Cebu rated top tourist destination in RP
2007-12-28 07:34:00 Cebu and Misamis Occidental are now considered as the top tourist destinations in the country, according to the data from the Department of Tourism (DOT). The data showed that Cebu Province has received over 748,006 foreign and local tourists this year and is famous among foreign tourist because of its world-class beach resorts and diving spots. ... More About: Main , Cebu , Destination , Tourist
Sinulog organizers asked to allow 100 Cebu dancing inmates to participate
2007-12-28 03:33:00 Pitching it as ?something new to the traditional Sinulog presentation,” Capitol security consultant Byron Garcia yesterday formally asked organizers to let provincial detainees dance during the Sinulog on Jan. 20. Garcia wrote a two-page letter to Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama, chairman of the Sinulog Foundation Inc., in which he also addressed security concerns. Meanwhile, Rama ... More About: Dancing , Events , Dance , Main
Ayala phase 2 expansion to kick off next year
2007-12-28 03:18:00 After the completion of the lagoon development of Ayala Center Cebu, which is expected by March or April, Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI) will kick off another expansion plan of the shopping mall area pursuing the original plan of developing the Cebu Business Park?s (CBP) 9.6 hectare super block. In an interview with CHI president and chief ... More About: Shopping , Main , Phase , Year , Expansion
Cebu ?Thriller? among Top 10 viral videos for 2007?Time
2007-12-20 03:59:00 A VIDEO of Cebu prison inmates performing their version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller ” has landed in Time Magazine?s list of top 10 viral videos for 2007. “Vincent Price was right when he said, ‘No mere mortal can resist the evil of the Thriller’: The video has been downloaded more than 9 million times,” said Time Magazine ... More About: Videos , Dance , Viral
Mall to open in February
2007-12-20 02:58:00 DEVELOPERS of a mall being constructed at the Mandaue City reclamation area are confident that when the first phase of their project opens in February next year, it will attract many people, especially Cebuanos. The first phase of Parkmall@168 (Parkmall) will include al fresco shops and SaveMore, a supermarket brand under the SM Supervalue Group, said ... More About: Shopping , Open , Main , Leisure , Mall
Miss Cebu 2008 Online Voting Launching
2007-12-15 04:49:00 Miss Cebu 2008 Online Voting launching will be this afternoon at the Ayala Center Cebu, 3:00pm. Visit the www.itsngenius.com/mscebu2008 to cast your votes. Vote and check out the top 12 of the next year’s Miss Cebu 2008. Be proud to be a Cebuana! More About: Events , Main , Miss
Book to promote towns, sights in Cebu globally
2007-12-15 03:24:00 BOOK that showcases images of the best of Cebu was launched yesterday by a guest whose mid-morning visit required tighter-than-usual security at the SM City?s North Wing: President Arroyo. The President, who signed a copy of the book, told publisher Marissa Fernan that it contained images of Cebu that she has never seen before. ?Cebu: Pride of ... More About: Sights , Promote , Main , Book
Six-star luxury resort soon to open in Daan Bantayan
2007-12-14 03:48:00 A six-star luxury resort will soon be opened in the northern part of Cebu, as MSY Holdings Corporation has started to develop the 12-hectare beach property in barangay Agujo, Daan Bantayan. This will be the first six-star boutique resort to be built in Cebu that will offer a very exclusive 18-room luxury accommodation. MSY Holdings Corporation chief ... More About: Beaches , Luxury , Open , Main , Star
Pasko sa Sugbu
2007-12-14 03:48:00 Here’s why the Pinoy Christmas is the longest season in the world. The celebration spirit starts early with caroling contests, choral performances in churches and malls, holiday lights, lanterns and a round family reunions and feasts ushering in the most anticipated season of the year. Get up early to join daily dawn Masses of Misa de Gallo ... More About: Events , Main , Cebu
The Sinulog 2008 Short Film Festival
2007-12-13 03:12:00 The Freeman The Sinulog Foundation, Inc., in cooperation with the Cebu City Government and Cebu Film makers? Society, Inc. brings you The Sinulog 2008 Short Film Festival ! Join us as we move on to a higher level of excitement and opportunities!We?re getting bigger! Be with us in embracing a wider scope of a more challenging experience. Aside ... More About: Events , Main
2 Cebu entrepreneurs land in RP?s most outstanding list
2007-12-13 03:11:00 THE world-class entrepreneurial skills of new generation Cebu ano businessmen continue to gain recognition. This, as Entrepreneur Philippines magazine, in its November 2007 issue, awarded world-renowned furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue and Basic Graphics Inc. (BGI) chief executive officer Edmun Liu. Cobonpue and Liu have been included in this year?s 10 Most Outstanding Entrepreneurs, an annual listing by Entrepreneur ... More About: Business , Main , List , Land
Em-Em rules Malaysia netfest
2007-12-11 04:25:00 The Freeman Cebuana Sally Mae Siso lived up to expectations as she swept all titles available in the four-leg 2007 Malaysia n junior tennis circuit after ruling both the singles and doubles event in the Langkawi International Age-Groups Tennis Championships yesterday. Sally Mae had her day after watching her brother Niņo also came up with two titles in ... More About: Events , Main , Recreation , Rules
Mandaue acquires school; city to help students find jobs
2007-12-11 04:22:00 Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has assured that those who enroll in the city?s newly acquired vocational school will not just get the benefits from a city-run institution, but will also be assisted in finding jobs after they graduate. Last Saturday, Cortes received in behalf of Mandaue City the buildings and facilities of what was until ... More About: Education , Jobs , Students , School , Main
Cebu to host open source conference in 2008
2007-12-10 03:45:00 Cebu is scheduled to hold an international open source conference next year, following a visit from an open source advocate, the Cebu-based executive director of an information and communications technology group has said. Bonifacio Belen, executive director of the Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology (CEDF-IT), said the open source conference is slated for June ... More About: Events , Open Source , Open , Main , Source
Cebuanos bag awards in Asean art tilt
2007-12-08 03:33:00 Three Cebuano artists were among the winners of the 2nd China-ASEAN Youth Art and Creativity contest held in Nanning City, China last Oct. 25. Lucilo Sagayno, a professor in the Fine Arts Department of the University of San Carlos, won Excellence Award for his scroll paintings entitled ?Childhood Memoirs?. He will receive a cash prize of ... More About: Awards , Main , Asean , Tilt
Daily Sinulog next month for city?s schools
2007-12-08 03:15:00 TO offer more chances to children who want to join the Sinulog Festival but cannot, the Department of Education (DepEd) Cebu City Division declared January as Sinulog month for all the schools in the city. This will encourage students and teachers to participate in the Sinulog dance, with its characteristic ?two steps forward, one step back? ... More About: Daily , Schools , Main , Month
Cebu-Bangkok route seen to bring in more tourists
2007-12-06 07:18:00 More tourists are expected to visit Central Visayas with Cebu as the gateway as a Cebu-Bangkok flight opens next year. Cebu Pacific (CEB) vice president for marketing and product Candice Iyog said aside from providing tourists with another international option for business and leisure, the new flight will usher in more tourists in Central Visayas with ... More About: Tours , Travel , Main
SM to invest P1B more to make hotel near Cebu mall operational
2007-12-06 03:01:00 AFTER completing its expansion project for SM City Cebu , the real estate development arm of the SM Group is now bent on completing its first hotel venture in Cebu next year and has earmarked P1.5 billion for the interior works and finishing works. Hans Sy, president of SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPHI), said the company?s total ... More About: Hotel , Main , Make , Mall
Tiny bats in cathedral-like caves
2007-12-05 03:27:00 The magnificent display of rock-like forms in Salay cave in Barangay (village) Valencia, Alegria is drawing mountaineers and cave enthusiasts to visit this sleepy town in southwestern Cebu . Spelunkers like the late Dr. Adolf Espina and American caver and trainer Charles Festerson appreciated the uniqueness of Salay’s cathedral-like interior that is not even found in Europe, ... More About: Main , Bats , Tiny , Cathedral
Cebu chosen as model city for BPO
2007-12-05 02:19:00 After being ranked as one of the world’s top cities for outsourcing, Cebu City is now the model other cities want to emulate in attracting investments in the lucrative BPO sector. A recent ranking released by Tholons Globalization Services puts Cebu City behind Indian cities Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune in its list of Top 50 emerging ... More About: Business , Main , Model
Gaas caves ? part of eco-tourism, nat?l park
2007-12-03 03:00:00 With its historic peaks, natural springs and deep caves, Balamban town promotes itself as a destination for eco-tourism. The town, also known as a shipbuilding center, is one and a half hours away by road from Cebu City through the Transcentral Highway. Balamban has Mt. Manunggal, Cebu?s highest peak where President Ramon Magsayasay was killed in a ... More About: Tourism , Main , Park , Part , Caves
Cebu?s 1,500 ?Dancing Inmates? get international recognition
More articles from this author:2007-11-27 03:39:00 The Philippines’ innovation of its penology system through the so-called “Dancing Inmates” program has caught international attention with eight million viewers in the YouTube website and counting. Director Pedro Noval of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 7, said that four countries South Korea, Chile, Ecuador and Cambodia have expressed interest of the ... More About: International , Dance , Main , Cebu 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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