South tunnel opening hinges on Arroyo
THE P1.7-billion tunnel connecting the South Road Properties and S. Osmeña St. in Cebu City is ready for public use, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said yesterday.
The 610-meter, four-lane tunnel that passes underneath the Plaza Independencia will be inaugurated once President Gloria Arroyo is available, said DPWH 7 Public Information Officer Marie Mignon Nillama.
Full story at Sun.Star Cebu
PARADISO
PARADISO is Cebu’s answer to the real deal in dance events in the region comparable to events of the same format around Southeast Asia.
Positioned as Cebu’s ultimate summer kick-off party and the island’s biggest dance event during this season, PARADISO 2010 intends to bring out the energy and vibe of the clubbing scene to the beautiful shores of Mactan with an even larger audience.
Cebu Blog Camp 2010
Cebu Blog Camp is an event that focuses on honing the skills of bloggers offline. This event will gather a large number of bloggers all over Cebu to discuss the latest developments on the Web, Search engines, and making money online.
Cebu Blog Camp also aims to help those just beginning in their blog journey by giving them the basics of blogging. Our Blog Camp will comprise of prominent speakers of the different fields of blogging.
Through this event one can gain a learning experience on the different opportunities online. Apart from the discussions, one may be able to form a concrete network offline as one can finally meet the other bloggers of the community in Cebu.
Paalam nAPO sa taga Cebu
After 4 decades of great music and timeless hits, The APO Hiking Society is bidding farewell to the music scene. APO’s Jim Paredes, Buboy Garrovillo and Danny Javier, the ageless triumvirate of the ‘70s and ‘80s pop music, announced in a press conference last January that their series of shows from February until the end of May will be their final curtain call.
Cebu City is very fortunate to have been chosen as one of the cities where the legendary trio will bid farewell to their thousands of fans. The farewell concert, entitled “Paalam nAPO sa taga Cebu” will be held at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino on May 5, 2010 (Wednesday) at 8 pm. This is a never-to-be-missed event.
Ticket Prices
2500, 1600, 1000 (reserved seats) 500 (free seating)
Buy 5, Plus 1 Promo until April 12 only
Pinay in Action
The Visayas Leg of the Pinay In Action 2010 is set to be staged in Cebu!
Race Categories: 3K, 5K and 10K
WHEN: April 11, 2010 Sunday 6:00 am
Where to register : Leona’s cakes and pastries (Mabolo Branch)
Registration Fee: P250 ( inclusive of race number, souvenir shirt, route map and goodie bag)
We care, We commit!
“We care for the environment and so we commit to conserve electricity.”
What is 10MM?
The Ten Million Movement (10MM) is an advocacy campaign to get Filipinos who care for the environment to commit to take action. Instead of merely asking others to do something, the 10MM is asking “Ano ang taya mo para kay Inang Kalikasan?“. This campaign encourages individuals, groups, schools, offices, companies, government agencies and local government units to identify and commit to implement any environmental act/s and to register this with the 10M Movement.
Personal Awareness and Leadership Seminar for TEENS!
PowerSpeak Inc. is giving a BUY 1 TAKE 1 Promo ( P 10,800 for 2 participants ) 1 Slot FREE Leaderhip Seminar for TEENS. This is a recommended program for teens to be productive this Summer vacation. If you want your teens to be loving, to become future leaders, confident and responsible this leadership seminar is perfect for your kids!
BBC World Fast:track visits the Philippines (Cebu)
Rajan Datar looks into how the Philippines intend to overcome it’s image problem and entice more tourists to visit.
BBC World features Cebu, Philippines on their Fast:Track Show. Cebu prides itself of its wealth of natural resources, rich in history, culture and religion and this makes Cebu a perfect place for tourist to spend their vacation.
HitWise: Facebook tops the Giant
The week ending March 13, 2010 Facebook reaches Top Ranking in the US and became the most visited website for the week. Last September of 2007 Google fell to No. 2 from MySpace which is another social networking site.
“The market share of visits to Facebook.com increased 185% last week as compared to the same week in 2009, while visits to Google.com increased 9% during the same time frame.” – Heather Dougherty