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...

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Cebu is virtual champ in Batang Pinoy games

Cebu City dominated almost all the sports disciplines played after day three of the Batang Pinoy 2011 Visayas qualifying leg in Dumaguete City.Except for archery, which was ruled by host Dumaguete City, Cebu City won the gold medals at stake in badminton, table tennis, judo, taekwondo, chess and swimming to emerge as the virtual overall champion with a day left in the event played by athletes 15 years old and below.Excluding the second day results for swimming, lawn tennis and boxing, Cebu City has already collected 42 golds, 24 silvers and 23 bronzes in the multi-sporting event.At second place is Bacolod City with 26 golds, 20 silvers and 19 bronzes while running third is Leyte with 18 golds, 12 silvers and 10 bronzes.Cebu swept the gold medals at stake in badminton with Fritz Gerald Sagaad...

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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...

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