#Cebu - On the next episode of Mabuhi ka Sugbuanon,

On the next episode of Mabuhi ka Sugbuanon, let's get to know about the person who put Cebu on the map of NASA... Christopher Go, Cebu's Amateur Astronomer! Hosted by Jude Bacalso

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DAO FALLS at Brgy. Suba, Samboan, #Cebu

DAO FALLS — at Brgy. Suba, Samboan, Cebu.

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#Cebu - Lapu, Megaworld sign deal

Friday, November 11, 2011

THE Lapu-Lapu City Government, through a joint venture with a real estate giant, plans to put up the city’s answer to Cebu City’s Asiatown IT Park.

Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza announced in a press conference yesterday that the City Government and Megaworld Corp. plan to construct the Mactan Town Center in Barangay Mactan.

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Megaworld Corp. signed a memorandum of agreement with the City yesterday morning. The holding firm’s projects include mixed-use communities and office spaces for business process outsourcing (BPO) companies. A source privy to the Mactan project said the
development cost is projected to reach P2.5 billion.

Jericho Go, Megaworld first vice-president, told reporters the 16.8-hectare Mactan Town Center will be different from its counterpart in Cebu City, as it will not only cater to industrial and BPO companies, but also to commercial, leisure and even retirement services.

The town center will be overlooking the coast, Go said.

“All the successful ingredients to launch our project are in Lapu-Lapu City,” he said.

Go said they are also seeking accreditation with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) in order to declare their project as an economic zone.

Once the project starts operation, about 2,500 jobs will be created, particularly for those living in Lapu-Lapu City, Go said.

For now, some potential locators include Quantum Leap, Accenture, Hewlett Packard, Dell and IBM.

Go said they will develop the property in such a way that expansion will be easily facilitated.

As of now, a building is being constructed, and utilities like water, electricity and drainage are already in place, he said.

To meet electricity needs in the surrounding areas, Go said they have given a commitment to the Mactan Electric Company (Meco) to allow them to construct a power station within their project area.

The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has also committed to provide water supply in the project area and to provide a water truck in the event that a shortage occurs.

Radaza, for her part, said the project will be beneficial to the city government as it will not only create more jobs for her constituents but will also generate revenues for the City.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on November 12, 2011.

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#Cebu chosen as World Bank program pilot city

By Jujemay G. Awit

Monday, May 30, 2011

CEBU CITY -- To complement the proposed Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system in Cebu City, the World Bank will help the City Government implement programs on energy efficiency in six sectors, including transportation and public lighting.

Cebu City is one of three cities in East Asia that were chosen to serve as pilot areas for the Sustainable Urban Energy Development (SUED) program of the World Bank.

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The two other pilot areas are Danang in Vietnam and Surabaya in Indonesia.

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Through a grant from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid), SUED aims to provide a sustainable program for energy efficiency and savings.

The program is seen to help the city reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in the city, which is pegged at 19,000 tons a year.

To start the program, proponents had to assess the greenhouse gas emission in the city.

An inventory of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions conducted by World Bank representatives and other partner agencies showed that at least 19,000 tons of greenhouse gases are emitted in the city every year, said Maricon Encabo of the City Planning and Development Office.

Around 8,500 tons are from public vehicles, while close to 2,000 tons are from solid waste.

Emissions from electricity were pegged at 9,000 tons, 6,000 tons are from streetlights and more than 2,000 come from public buildings. The rest are from waste water.

Data gathered from the inventory will be used in a workshop with representatives from Danang and Surabaya later this year.

The three cities will then discuss and work together to develop guidelines for a sustainable energy program.

The World Bank has identified six key areas for energy efficiency: transportation, buildings, water and waste water, public lighting, solid waste and electric power.

In transportation, World Bank plans to distribute global positioning system or GPS-enabled phones to taxis, public transportation and government-owned vehicles to collect real-time traffic flow and road condition data.

The data will help the City in the implementation of the BRT system, which is expected to operate by 2014.

“These data, which would normally require significant time and resources to collect, can be used to more effectively manage road assets, mitigate traffic congestion, and plan for fixed guide for transport systems, such as the proposed BRT,” the SUED program plan read.

The BRT is also one of the reasons why Cebu City was chosen as a pilot area for SUED in the Philippines.

In a presentation on the BRT early this month, the World Bank noted that Cebu City is already on track in upgrading its transportation system, as jeepneys are considered inefficient and contribute to pollution. (Sun.Star Cebu)

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on May 30, 2011.

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by: Sugbo Tv - Our Moment during the 15th CAMMA Awardis Night!

Our Moment during the 15th CAMMA Awardis Night! Congratulations! Ipadayon ang pagtipig sa atong Kabilin.

 — with Roxanne Catalan, John Darcy Arguedo, Ronald Conopio, Katrina Kaye Nolasco Tabanao, Jobers Reynes Bersales, Brigitte Grace Remoroza Miñoza, John Rey Tanjusay, Jessa Chrisna Marie Agua and Ludette Ruiz Twin.

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City Sports Club Cebu (CSCC)

City Sports Club Cebu (CSCC) is Cebu's premier sports club which offers complete and diverse facilities for sports, recreation, dining, and health and fitness for the whole family right in the heart of Cebu Business Park. It is also the ideal venue for conferences, meetings and ballroom events with its wide line-up of amenities to meet the needs of dynamic companies.

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The Cross of Magellan is a popular historical landmark and tourist attraction in the middle of busy Magellanes Street.

The Cross of Magellan is a popular historical landmark and tourist attraction in the middle of busy Magellanes Street.This important symbol of Cebu was planted by Magellan in April 14, 1521 when he baptised the first Christian Filipinos, RajahHumabon and Queen Juana and about 400 followers into the Catholic faith.The cross is now housed in a roofed kiosk in Magallanes Street. To protect it further, the original cross was encased in a cross of hollow tindalo wood which still stands today.

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So: Planting trees before marrying

By Michelle P. So

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

FOR those sweethearts who object to a proposal that requires them to plant at least five seedlings before they can get married, take comfort in the fact that Councilor Nida Cabrera has not put in her draft that the seedlings should first become full-grown trees before a couple can be issued a marriage license.

Take more comfort, too, that you only need to attend a lecture on solid waste management, not build a SWM system in your backyard.

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Cabrera, who chairs the Cebu City Council environment committee, only wants Cebu City to be a place still livable for the future children of the couples-to-be-wed. Who would be the best custodians of the environment but the parents?

When Cabrera pitched her draft ordinance to her colleagues in August this year, she was teased. They didn’t take her proposal as seriously as she did the matters of solid waste management and ecology.

Planting seedlings as a requirement to the issuance of a marriage certificate would be less tedious and bothersome for the couples if they could plant them in pots or in their backyard.

But no, under Cabrera’s proposal, pots or backyards are not allowed. They have to plant the seedlings in an area that is designated for the tree species by the Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro).

In all likelihood, Cenro will have them plant the seedlings in some mountain barangays that can be reached by habal-habal if the couple didn’t have a private vehicle. Now, now. Superstition has it that a couple about to be wed should never ride together days before their wedding lest they court an accident where one of them gets killed. For those who haven’t tried habal-habal riding in the dirt roads or narrow paths of mountains, let me tell you what it’s like: You’re attempting hara-kiri. So much for the wedding.

Cebu City Civil Registrar Evangeline Abatayo sees the impracticality of Cabrera’s proposed ordinance.

Couples who plan to get married have complained about the impending tree-planting requirement, Abatayo says.

She says Cabrera’s proposal is not helping the civil registrar’s office, which has seen a decline in the application for marriage license in the last 10 years. “The application for a marriage license is supposed to be as simple as possible,” she tells a public hearing on Cabrera’s proposed ordinance.

Complying with all the current requirements is tedious enough: they have to attend pre-marital counseling and family counseling, which are not scheduled on the same day. And if it’s a church wedding, there’s pre-Cana as well.

The husbands-to-be get a glimpse of what married life would be for them: there’s just too much talk in it. These counseling requirements give them time to think twice about getting married.

Cabrera has proposed that couples who don’t plant at least five seedlings and attend the solid waste management lecture in securing a marriage license run the risk of getting fined anywhere between P1,000 and P2,500.

The councilor is not really helping promote family life with her draft ordinance.

Anyway, a couple can get away with the tree-planting requirement: if they have lived together as husband and wife for at least five years and without any legal impediment to marry each other, they can get married without need to secure a marriage license. It says so in the Family Code of the Philippines.

Just saying.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on November 10, 2011.

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Krispy Kreme - Asiatown, It Park #Cebu

yay! ..just got home.. was enjoying some supperrr kremeyy doughnuts atKrispy Kreme - Asiatown, It Park ♥ ..thank you krispy kreme for coming toCEBU :D

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#Cebu - the town of Carcar is home to various Spanish and American-era houses and structures.

Known as the Heritage City of Cebu, the town of Carcar is home to various Spanish and American-era houses and structures. Carcar is also famous as Cebu’s shoe capital because of its long history as the province’s premier footwear manufacturer.Carcar’s most famous native delicacies are ampao, bucarillo, and chicharon.

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