Amara (Cebu's Premier Seaside Residential Community)

LocationCatarman, 6000 Liloan, Philippines DescriptionThe Project Derived from the Spanish word that means mooring rope used to anchor ships at port, Amara connotes home where a family will find safe harbor. To Cebuanos, Amara is the one seaside haven where you can rejuvenate your spirit and the ties that bind your family, where life is renewed by the sea, the surrounding natural environs and a 100-year old lighthouse that beams a guiding light fai...See More Emailtingzon.gaylord@gmail.com Phone9226205921 Websitehttp://www.ayalalandcebu.multiply.c...

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ASAP Rocks mall tour at the Ayala Terraces

ASAP Rocks mall tour at the Ayala Terraces - Get the chance to see your favorite Kapamilya stars on November 19, 2011 5pm at the Terraces with ASAP Rocks Mall tour. ASAP Rocks is the longest running variety show in the Philippines, with the most number of awards. ASAP Rocks has also been the top rated Sunday musical variety show. ASAP Rocks features famous Kapamilya stars that have already been a household name for most Cebuano households. This coming November 19, 2011 ASAP Rocks will take on the stage at the Terraces and provide entertainment to Ayala Center Cebu’s loyal shoppers. The ASAP Rocks Mall tour is brought to you by Ayala malls as part of Ayala Center Cebu’s Yes! Mall Wide Sale on November 16 – 20 2011. Don’t miss ASAP Rocks...

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SWU keeps title in Unigames beach volley

CEBU, Philippines - Danika Yolanda Gendrauli and Princess Anne Pido of Southwestern University (SWU) completed their fairytale run with a two-set thrashing of Adamson University to clinch back-to-back championships in beach volley event of the 2011 University Games yesterday in Roxas City. Playing under the sweltering heat of the sun, the Jordan Paca-mentored SWU belles roared off to a lopsided 21-6 victory over the Lady Falcons in the opening set. They followed it up with a decisive 21-12 win to seal the deal in convincing fashion. “We really made a lot of adjustments at the start of the game because we're a little bit pressured. But as we move along, we're able to establish teamwork and sustained our momentum until the second set,” said Gendrauli, who was paired...

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Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama approves building beach volleyball court behind Fort San Pedro

By Iste S. LeopoldoWednesday, November 2, 2011THE Fort San Pedro has been one of the major historical landmarks of Cebu. In no time, it will become another landmark as it will soon be the home for Cebu’s beach volleyball court.This after Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama approved the Cebu City Sports Commission’s proposal to have a permanent sand court in the city.Have something to report? Tell us in text, photos or videos.CCSC proposed the setting up of an artificial beach volley sand court in the two-hectare property of Fort San Pedro.“Wala ni siya problema. This will boost the tourism in the area. However, there is still a need for the Parks and Playgrounds Commission (PPC) to be aware of the said proposal and for CCSC to collaborate with them kay basin naa na existing program ang PPC,”...

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The Coconut Bag designed by a Cebuano artist Lyn Deutsch

The Coconut Bag designed by a Cebuano artist Lyn Deutsch Lyn Deutsch established Pino Coco Import, Export Inc. Despite the generally weak export market, she is making waves in the fashion accessories export market penetrating the sophisticated specialty boutiques in the world’s fashion centers like New York and Paris. Deutsch, an artist by profession, has entrepreneurial skills driven not only by the thriving export performance of her uniquely designed fashion accessories, but because she is providing employment to the families around her neighborhood. by: http://www.facebook.com/cebuthequ...

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Serpentine Blanc - designed by a Cebuano E n t r e p r e n e u r - d e s i g n e r

Serpentine Blanc - designed by a Cebuano E n t r e p r e n e u r - d e s i g n e r Gil Zaire “Butch” C. Carungay received the Gold Prize in the Professional Category during the 2nd Asian Fashion Jewellery and Accessories Design Competition in Hong Kong. Serpentine Blanc bested entries by 60 professional designers from China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. The winning designs were chosen based on saleability, originality, beauty, wearability, creativity and workmanship of the finished pieces by a panel that included representatives from the respected Hong Kong Fashion Designer Association, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institute of Clothing and Textiles, Elle Hong Kong /...

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Cebuano fashion designer Alan Del Rosario with one of his clients, Glee’s Lea Michelle,

Cebuano fashion designer Alan Del Rosario with one of his clients, Glee’s Lea Michelle, during the Golden Globe Awards. He is the first Filipino fashion designer to be a finalist in the first Oscar Designers Challenge contest. He is also the recipient of the California’s Designer of the Year award and GenArtLA’s Fresh Face. by: http://www.facebook.com/cebuthequ...

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Smokers in Cebu City face stiffer fines

Smokers in Cebu City face stiffer fines - THE Cebu City Anti-Smoking Ordinance was passed a decade ago, but its implementation remains lax.This is why the City Council amended the ordinance to raise penalties to P2,000 to P4,000 from just P100 to P500. The Cebu City Anti-Smoking Ordinance is trying to encourage people to stop smoking by showing them what happens to the body when a person smokes. The task force unveiled the tarpaulin of a smoker’s body. According to the tarpaulin, smokers go bald because smoking causes hair loss. A smoker may also develop cataracts, wrinkles, hearing loss, tooth decay and worse, cancer. City Ordinance 2241 consolidated previous ordinances related to smoking, among which are the ban on smoking inside public...

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The people of Mactan,

The people of Mactan, conquerors of Magellan and his men, in 1521, continue to defy Spain. To subdue them, Legaspi sends an expedition under Master-of-Camp Mateo de Saez and Captain Martin de Goiti. This expedition puts Mactan to the torch. The people of Mactan retaliate by raiding the Spanish settlements in Cebu and burning more than 20 Spanish houses.   by: http://www.facebook.com/cebuthequeen        &nbs...

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“City Soho” : A New Addition to Cebu’s ever growing Skyline

As they say, “Cebu never fails to Amaze”.. certainly because Cebu is simply amazing!!!! And with its continued booming real estate industry comes another project of the Cebu based Golden Peach Properties, Inc. dubbed as the ” City Soho”.City Soho is designed within the concept of Small Office, Home Office. This new concept gaining popularity in Manila is a fusion of both office and home right in your own lifestyle condominium living. The “City Soho” is a 30 storey edifice with a commercial enclave in its mezzanine floors located in the busy B. Rodriquez St., near Fuente Osmena, Cebu City. The project designed by TVA Partners Architects  is a sequel of Golden Peach Properties highly successful “One Pavilion Mall and Condo Project” located...

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A Cebuano Entry to the Cinema One Originals Digital festival

Di Ingon Nato trailer - A Cebuano Entry to the Cinema One Originals Digital festival which will be held on November 9-15, 2011 at the Edsa Shangrila Cineplex. synopsis: In a remote mountain village in Cebu, Philippines, a farmer will commit murder, a young doctor will lose her first patient, and a baranggay captain will find a girl, brutally murdered in a cemetery. Within the next few days, a mystery surrounding the entire boondock will be unraveled, and they will have to rely on each other to survive. And so begins the string of horrific events that is Di Ingon Nato, a film by Brandon Relucio and Ivan Zaldarriaga, which accounts the last days of the townspeople, and how they respond to an incurable afflication that can take away the living, as well as breathe life to the dead. Di Ingon...

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DI INGON ‘NATO Plot:

DI INGON ‘NATO Plot: “Not like us” or “Di Ingun na’to” is the story of far–flung villagers in a Cebu boondock and how they respond to a zombie infestation. Armed with their old age beliefs and practices, the narrative is a fresh take on the zombie genre and boondock sensibilities. It is written & directed by a tandem : Ivan Zaldarriaga and Brandon Relucio and produced by Ronald Arguelles. A Cebuano entry to the Cinema One Originals Digital Festival which will beheld on November 09 to 15, 2011 at the Edsa Shangri-la Cineplex.by: http://www.facebook.com/cebuthequ...

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Mactan Cebu International Airport - Safest Airport in the Philippines

Mactan Cebu International Airport - Safest Airport in the Philippines After three years since the effectivity of Republic Act RA 9497 (Act creating CAAP), the Philippines Civil Aviation Regulators awarded yesterday Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) its first Aerodrome Certificate mandated by said law for passing the international aerodrome standards according to ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) protocols. Under Aviation Regulation 139.050, otherwise known as the "Civil Aviation Regulations for Aerodrome," Mactan airport was the first airport in the country to have complied all the requirements for the conduct of safe airport operations, from manpower, safety, fire and rescue, and other services requirements...

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Blessed Pedro Calungsod Song

Blessed Pedro Calungsod Song Prayer to Blessed Pedro Calungsod Blessed Pedro Calungsod, student, catechist, young migrant, missionary, faithful friend, martyr, you inspire us by your fidelity in times of adversity; by your courage in teaching the faith in the midst of hostility; and by your love in shedding your blood for the sake of the Gospel. Make our troubles your own (here mention your request) and intercede for us before the throne of Mercy and Grace so that, as we experience the help of heaven, we may be encouraged to live and proclaim the Gospel here on earth. Amen. PRAYER FOR THE CANONIZATION OF BLESSED PEDRO CALUNGSOD O God, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, graciously grant the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod, if it be for the greater glory of your...

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Blessed Pedro Calungsod a candidate for canonization; diocese of Laoag is 50

Visayan Martyr Pedro Calungsod, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 5, 2005 in Rome, might be canonized in 2012 if the major miracle submitted to the Congregation of the Causes of Saintswould be approved during a meeting of Cardinals in February 2012.I asked permission from Cardinal Emeritus Ricardo Vidal if I could announce this and he said “yes”—only for the reason that more sick people can pray to him for healing.I was able to interview Cardinal Vidal at the Collegio Filipino in Rome on May 1, after the beatification of Blessed John Paul II in the morning.But the first one to tell me the good news was Fr. Rommel Par, OSA who invited us for coffee at the St. Augustine Convent across the Vatican. The postulator of...

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