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Cebu City?s 2008 proposed budget reaches P2.6 billion
2007-11-27 02:54:00 The Cebu City government’s 2008 annual budget is expected to reach P2.6 billion, or P200 million more compared to this year’s annual allocation of P2.4 billion. Former councilor Jocelyn Pesquera, who now sits as consultant on finance, budget and appropriation, said they have scheduled a budget hearing on Monday, which will be attended by the different ... More About: Main , Budget , Prop
Cebu?s top female tennis player gains final in Malaysia
2007-11-23 02:34:00 The Freeman: Em-em gains final in Malaysia Cebu?s top female junior tennis player, Sally Mae ?Em-em? Siso became the first Pinoy to get a final berth in the Selangor International Junior Tennis Championships at Pikinis Sports Complex in Selangor, Malaysia. Siso showed no mercy in beating Tijia Min 6-0, 6-0 yesterday. She will meet Theviya Selvarjoo for ... More About: Female , Player , Main
Group opens new Japanese resto, focuses on Cebuanos, not tourists
2007-11-21 03:51:00 WITH the growing popularity of Japanese food among Cebuanos, a group of young Japanese entrepreneurs part-nered with a Cebuano businesswoman to open a Japanese res-taurant. ?There is a strong demand for Japanese food, even among locals,? said Raquel Dungog, proprietor of Gokuizakaya Japanese restaurant. Gokuizakaya, located near the Maria Luisa subdivision in Banilad, Cebu City, opened yesterday. ... More About: Main , Eating Out , Tourists , Group
Sinulog 2008 parade to go international
2007-11-20 02:55:00 EVEN with limited funds, Sinulog 2008 organizers will innovate and apply some of the things they learned from shows in Las Vegas to give spectators something new this January. The Sinulog Foundation Inc. will design the Sinulog grand parade on Jan. 20 for an international audience, using new concepts they learned from a recent trip to ... More About: International , Events , Main , Parade
Free Online Photo Gallery
2007-11-19 05:17:00 In order to promote the digital life, NGenius is offering a free online photo gallery! Anybody can sign up at the site, and they will automatically get 200 megabytes of storage free. The photo site allows users to create and edit multiple albums plus you can control to have it for PUBLIC or PRIVATE VIEWING. If ... More About: Business , Photo , Free , Main , Gallery
Microsoft promotes Cebu through global conferences
2007-11-19 03:00:00 Microsoft Philippines, Inc., in its bid to help Cebu position itself as the preferred convention hub in the country, vowed to promote the province as the new favorite conference hub of the company?s worldwide conferences. This year, Microsoft has brought in Cebu two international conventions for worldwide Microsoft executives with representations from 80 countries. ?Normally Microsoft will ... More About: Business , Microsoft , Computer , Tech , Main
12-storey office building to rise in Cebu?s Asiatown IT Park
2007-11-15 02:41:00 Ayala-led Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC) Wednesday unveiled the eBloc, its latest project at Asiatown IT Park that is being undertaken through the newly created special purpose vehicle Asian I-Office Properties, Inc. The 12-storey building, which CPVDC had identified as Project MIDI in a recent disclosure, will host business process outsourcing (BPO) companies upon ... More About: Business , Building , Main
Photography with a Purpose
2007-11-13 06:34:00 Standing (L-R) ” Nilo “On2boy”, Maimai, Elmer Lim; Back: Marlvin Lao, Sitting (L-R) Marving Maning, Sunstar Intern Arrah, Mr. and Mrs. Farl “The Real Master”, Wantet, Jenny, Mr. and Mrs. MJ and Gerald Yuvallos sitting front: James Jason Ty..Group Shot at Bo’s Coffee IT Park. Photo compliment by ever talented friend/master in photography,[2]rokbot[2]y! PHOTO FRENZY (Cebu Sunstar ... More About: Photography , Clubs , Main , Purpose , Chambers
Cebuano takes 59th place in World Scrabble
2007-11-13 02:53:00 THE University of the Visayas top wordsmith Teodoro Martus Jr. finished 59th among 106 players in the World Scrabble Championships at the Taj President Hotel yesterday in Mumbai, India. Martus was among three Filipino word masters who joined the four-day event which attracted participants from 41 countries. Martus, a graduating engineering student from UV and the ... More About: Main , Place , Cebuano
Cebuano choral groups win big at 1st Asian Choir Games in Jakarta
2007-11-12 09:42:00 Two Cebuano choral groups won big at the first ever Asian Choir Games ?also dubbed as the Asia-Pacific Olympics for Amateur Choirs?held from November 2 ? 10, 2007 in Jakarta , Indonesia. In a text update received by The FREEMAN Entertainment Saturday afternoon, the Cebu Chamber Singers, the only year-old mixed singing group composed of professionals, students and ... More About: Events , Main
Jun Escario, what?s in that name?
2007-11-08 07:18:00 Talented, creative, fashionista and influencing.These describes Jun Escario, a 32-year old Cebuano designer who gain national recognition and contributed to Philippine fashion. I used to meet this guy on one of our fashion shoots in Waterfront last month. Models wearing his creations gracefully walks on there best cat-walk style and everyone applauded loudly and it ... More About: Fashion , Trends , Main
Cebu lures Indian tourists: DOT
2007-11-08 04:18:00 CEBU could expect the influx of more Indian tourists next year as the Department of Tourism (DOT) has began streamlining visa requirements of Indian guests. DOT Undersecretary for tourism planning and promotions Eduardo Jarque Jr. said tourism stakeholders acknowledged the strong potential of the Indian tourism market, thus, easing out rules for their visa processing will ... More About: Main , Cebu , Tourists , Lure
New York :Two Doctors make Cebu proud!
2007-11-06 04:45:00 Those were the exact two words first uttered by Dr. Peter Mancao when I called him in New York yesterday at 7:40 p.m. (NYC time)?just four hours after he had finished running last Sunday?s 42.195-km. race called the ING New York City Marathon. Then, he laughed. ?Never again?? I checked if he was serious. ?Dili na ko ... More About: Doctors , Events , Main , Recreation
UV Chorale reaps international honors
2007-11-05 04:17:00 The University of the Visayas Chorale once again proved that Cebu is indeed a hotbed for internal-caliber talent. The UV Chorale was ranked ?International ly Very Good? and bagged a silver and bronze medal in the 2007 Busan Choral Festival from October 31 to November 3 in Busan, South Korea. ?We won!? Dr. Jose R. Gullas, executive vice-president ... More About: Events , Main
Carcar fiesta to feature Kabkaban festival
2007-11-03 05:23:00 A fiesta procession called the Kabkaban Festival of Carcar 2007 will highlight the fiesta celebration of Carcar, Cebu on Nov. 24. The procession will feature the life and martyrdom of the town’s patron saint, St. Catherine of Alexandria. Four carrozas carrying life-size religious statues will respectively depict the Emperor’s marriage proposal to Catherine, the Broken Wheel, Catherine’s ... More About: Main , Feature , Fiesta , Fiest
Brussels, Belgium wants to be sister province of Cebu
2007-11-03 05:22:00 The government of Brussels , Belgium wants to be a sister province of Cebu . Brussels Gov. Dominique Paulus de Chatelet plans to visit Cebu in January, in time for the Sinulog. If plans push through, a “sisterhood agreement” may be signed by then, said lawyer Manolette Dinsay, Capitol consultant on promotions and international affairs. “Barring any extraordinary circumstances, I ... More About: Main , Sister
Abaca: American Steakhouse Night
2007-11-03 03:42:00 Abaca, that exclusive boutique restaurant out in Punta Engaņo, which is open only for dinner, has come out with more exciting new dishes in its menu, as well as a Sunday night special: American Steakhouse Night . Join chefs Jason Hyatt and Melisa Cannons together with a menu that will make you sure to enjoy its finest ... More About: Business , Life , Main , Eating Out
New Blog about the Philippines
2007-10-30 12:19:00 I am creating a new blog, but this is actually a directory or compilation. Its called Philippine Blog gers directory, and any Philippine blogger may add his blog into the list. Just go visit, and then click on Add my feed, and we will check whether your blog is really a Philippine blog, and it passes the ... More About: Philippines , Main , Writers , Lippi
CCCI wins best chamber award
2007-10-30 02:09:00 EFFORTS of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) in developing the economic community of Cebu have earned the chamber the Most Outstanding Chamber in the Philippines award from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). After winning the Most Outstanding Chamber award for three consecutive years, the organization was placed in the Hall ... More About: Business , Events , Main , Award , Wins
3rd Cebu Young Designers? Competition
2007-10-26 12:32:00 NOVICE fashion designers of Cebu will dominate PAGCOR Cebu Teatro?s scene at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel on Oct. 27, 9 p.m., for the 3rd Cebu Young Designer?s Competition . Nolan Arnoco, Lord Maturan, Barbie Alvarez, Mark Anthony So, Harvey Cenit, Manuel Tumaque and Cyrus Velasco will showcase their collections on the competitive runway. More. Advertisement: Interested in ... More About: Events , Main , Designers
Oil exploration in west Cebu to start Nov. 11
2007-10-25 05:30:00 The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Japan Petroleum Exploration Inc. (Japex) is set to start oil exploratory drillings in the Taņon Strait on November 11. Results of the seismic survey conducted in July pointed to an area in the waters off the western coast of Cebu named ?Ipil-Ipil? as a promising oil exploration drilling target. ... More About: Main , West , Start
Cebu coffee shop brand goes mobile
2007-10-25 03:55:00 The increasing popularity of the coffee-drinking lifestyle among locals pushed a Cebu -grown coffee shop to set up the first branded mobile coffee cart dubbed Expresso. Expresso, a spin-off of Coffee Dream, is meant to elevate the concept of coffee-on-the-go and allows convenience and mobility, which is not inherent among stand-alone coffee shops, said Coffee Dream president ... More About: Business , Mobile , Main
Fastfood chain opens 11th outlet in Cebu, mulls more
2007-10-24 03:37:00 The Cebu anos? growing fondness for hamburgers and quick meals led international fastfood chain McDonald?s to open another outlet this year. Located along Escario St., near the Cebu Provincial Capitol, the branch is the 11th among McDonald?s network of fastfood outlets in the province. Last July, the fastfood chain opened an outlet at the Sykes Building in Panagdait, ... More About: Main , Eating Out , Chain , Hain
Japanese eye Cebu retirement Hub
2007-10-23 07:29:00 The group visited the facilities of the Cebu Doctors? Hospital, particularly the South General Hospital in the town of Naga, Cebu. Cebu Doctors? Hospital is one of Cebu?s biggest hospitals. Prior to the Cebu visit, a group of businessmen and doctors from Cebu visited their Japanese counterpart?s facilities in Japan. Read the rest of this entry. Advertisement: ... More About: Business , Retirement , Main
Property developer launches hotel in Lapu
2007-10-23 03:51:00 The room shortage problem in Cebu is slowly easing as a new hotel in Lapu-Lapu City will become fully operational early next month. Real estate developer Sta. Lucia Realty Development Inc. inaugurated last Sunday its newest addition to the Vista Mar estate in Barangay Dapdap, Lapu-Lapu City?the SotoGrande Hotel and Resort. The nine-story Soto-Grande, located a few ... More About: Property , Developer , Main , Prop
Robinsons Land to develop condo-resort community in Cebu
2007-10-23 03:33:00 Gokongwei-led Robinsons Land Corp. on Monday announced that it has purchased a five-hectare property in Cebu City, which will be turned into a master-planned condo-resort community. In a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchanhge, Robinsons Land said the property has a 170-meter beachfront in Punta Engano district in Mactan, Cebu. ?It shall be designed to be the ... More About: Community , Main , Condo , Leisure
CICC to expand for major meeting venue
2007-10-22 08:12:00 PLANS to expand the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) are underway to make the venue ?a true convention center.? CICC consultant Marisa Nallana said the 1,000-square meter summit hall of the convention center will be expanded to 2,400 square meters. To increase guest capacity, the present 1,000-seater plenary room will be expanded to accommodate 3,000 people, ... More About: Business , Events , Main , Major , Meeting
New company to build Cebu power plant
2007-10-20 03:37:00 Manila Standard Today Salcon Power Corp. and Kepco Philippines Corp. have formed a special purpose company that will construct and operate the 200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Colon, Naga, Cebu . Salcon Power, in a disclosure, said Kepco SPC Power Corp. was formed during a special meeting on Oct.17. The consortium will build the coal facility, which will ... More About: Company , Main , Build
Mall to rise at IT park
2007-10-20 03:25:00 The Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC) has earmarked investments worth P760 million for the construction of a business process outsourcing (BPO) building and an entertainment facility at the Asiatown IT (information technology) Park . CPVDC president Francis Monera said the ongoing construction at the former site of The Village will pave the way for a ... More About: Business , Shopping , Main , Mall
Cebu movie house to be converted into hotel
More articles from this author:2007-10-19 05:51:00 Cebu INN-ovation, Inc., a joint venture between Hijos de Gullas Realty Corp. and Sampaguita Tourist Inn, is spending P15 million for the first phase of the conversion of Belvic Building, a popular theater in uptown Cebu City, into a 61-room economy hotel. myHometel, Inc. President Jose Gil C. Perez told Business World JRG Real Estate, ... More About: Movie , House , Hotel , Main 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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