Cebuano Judge Simeon Dumdum wins poetry award for book on birds

Cebuano Judge Simeon Dumdum wins poetry award for book on birds 

A PROMINENT Cebuano literature icon’s book on birds earned him another award to add to his collection over the weekend.

Judge Simeon Dumdum of the Regional Trial Court branch 7 in Cebu City was awarded the Best Book in the poetry category of the 30th National Book Awards held at the National Museum in Manila last Saturday(November 12, 2011).

The awards committee was composed of members of the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle.

Dumdum is a five-time winner of the Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature since the 80s.

Born in Balamban town in midwest Cebu, Dumdum studied for the priesthood in Galway, Ireland, but left the seminary to take up law.

After years in law practice, he was appointed judge of the Regional Trial Court.

His poetry, which Dumdum has published and read overseas, has earned him several awards.

Dumdum has published seven books to date: The Gift of Sleep (poems), Third World Opera (poems), Love in the Time of the Camera (essays), Selected Poems and New (poems), My Pledge of Love Cannot be Broken (essays), Ah Wilderness: A Journey Through Sacred Time and If I Write You This Poem, Will You Make It Fly? (poems).

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Cebu Chamber Singers - Grand Prix Champion at the Busan International Choral Festival(November 2011)

Cebu Chamber Singers - Grand Prix Champion at the Busan International Choral Festival(November 2011)

Cebu Chamber singers beat 900 rivals in choral fest - THE hard work, the great effort, the sweat and tears as well as the gargantuan task of the extensive nightly training paid off after the Cebu Chamber Singers (CCS) won the top prize in this year’s Busan International Choral Festival in Korea.

Aside from the Philippines, represented by Cebu Chamber Singers, the other participating countries were the Russian Federation, Lithuania, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran, Korea, Japan and the Czech Republic.

This latest victory of the CCS is another manifestation of how talented the Cebuanos are in the arena of choral singing. Mind you, most of them are professionals and some are students and they had to sacrifice in order to bring the name of Cebu to this international choral competition and eventually bring home the bacon. CCS got the Grand Prix, the highest award given by the Korea Choral Institute, the festival organizer.

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Cebu City’s Guinness bid in chess gets boost

Cebu City’s Guinness bid in chess gets boost

Cebu City’s bid for another shot at the Guinness Book of World Records received a big boost as private schools announced their full support to break the world record for the biggest chess championships.

Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC) chairman Edward Hayco said Cebu City has already unofficially shattered the record for the biggest tournament when 5,000 students from different public schools participated in weekly tournaments supervised by their Physical Education teachers and members of the CCSC.

The current record was held by Russia when it managed to attract 1,240 participants in a chess tournament.

Hayco said during a meeting with the school representatives at the Cebu City Sports Center that he is optimistic about breaking the record for the biggest grand finals slated January 2012.

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USC College of Law bags award for excellence

USC College of Law bags award for excellence 

THE Legal Education Board (LEB) will confer an award for Excellence in Legal Education to the University of San Carlos College of Law on Nov. 11, 2011 at the Manila Pavilion on the occasion of the second anniversary of the LEB.

The award is given to the top five law schools in the country based on its performance in the bar examination for the past ten years (2001 to 2010).

The top five law schools are Ateneo de Manila, San Beda College, University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Davao and the University of San Carlos.

The other top performing law schools that will also receive an award for outstanding law schools are University of Santo Tomas (6th), Arellano University (7th), Xavier University (8th), Far Eastern University (9th) and University of San Agustin (10th).

USC College of Law Dean Alex Monteclar will also receive an award for Outstanding Law Dean.

Dean Monteclar is the dean of the USC College of Law from June 2006 to the present.

The awarding ceremony will be attended by all the members of the Supreme Court, other appellate courts, officers of the Philippine Association of Law Schools, Philippine Association of Law Professors, Integrated Bar of the Philippines and other government dignitaries.

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Cebu City was awarded as the most honest and transparent city

CEBU CITY -- Cebu City was awarded as the most honest and transparent city among metro growth centers outside Metro Manila.

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CEBU returns to the list of top island destinations in Asia by Conde Nast Travaler Magazine.

CEBU returns to the list of top island destinations in Asia by Conde Nast Travaler Magazine.

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Conde Nast 2011 Readers Choice Awards

‎CEBU returns to the list of top island destinations in Asia by Conde Nast Travaler Magazine.

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