Cebu City News November 2017

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Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion.

But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened .

Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions.

Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE?
Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace?

WHY??

There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance:

The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice.
The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.

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Global Shapers Cebu hosts Shape Asia Pacific 2017

Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1001439
Friday, November 3, 2017

(rmn/PIA7-Cebu)

CEBU CITY (PIA) -- More than 100 international youth leaders from 36 Global Shapers Community hubs coming from 23 countries converged in Cebu City on October 12 to 14, 2017, to discuss shared sentiments on the preservation, promotion, and maximization, of culture and heritage as a tool for sustainable development.

The event dubbed “Shape Asia Pacific 2017: Embracing the Past to Shape Up the Future" was hosted by the Global Shapers Cebu hub.

It focused on the host hub’s support for the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO’s efforts to highlight UN’s subtarget 11.4, which aims to “strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage.”

A welcome dinner at BIG Hotel’s Kalea Hall opened the event on October 12 with a cultural dance presentation by the multi-awarded San Diego Dance Company with entertainment from the Rondalla group of Pooc National High School.

On the second day, October 13, participants went on a curated hop-on, hop-off tour dubbed as the CEBus Learning Tour.

The Cebu Hub featured five local initiatives as concrete examples of how the city is using various aspects of its culture and heritage as tools for sustainable development in light of its hub pillars C.E.B.U. - C for Citizen Engagement, E for Environmental Conservation, B for Business Development and U for Universal Education.

The Citizen Engagement pillar took the participants to Qube Gallery to learn about Kadasig, a crowdfunding effort that aims to sustain and empower local songwriters to continue producing songs in their native language, Bisaya.

The Environmental Conservation pillar led participants to the exhibit of Nature’s Legacy at Montebello Garden Hotel’s glass house, where the company featured their material innovation, Naturecast, a patented material by inventor and speaker, Peter Delantar, that utilizes agroforestry scrap for decor, furniture, jewelry, and construction materials.

There were two speakers featured for the Business Development pillar, namely multi-awarded furniture designer and manufacturer Kenneth Cobonpue and Raquel Choa, also known as the Philippine’s first natural chocolate sommelier.

The last stop was the Universal Education pillar at the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Office. The foundation hosted a mini-Gabii sa Kabilin, allowing the participants to walk through Fort San Pedro and Casa Gorordo, ending their tour with a tartanilla ride at Parian's Heritage Monument.

The second day of the event ended at the Cebu Provincial Capitol Banquet Hall with dinner and cultural presentations hosted by Vice-Governor Agnes Magpale, Provincial Board Member heading Culture and Heritage, Jerome Christian Librando, with the help of Protocol and Events Management Head, Grace Paulino.

A welcome address by Governor Hilario Davide III was also read during the start of the program.

On its last day, October 14, the Shaper participants from different hubs became speakers and moderators to a series of conferences and synthesis session that tackled different issues on culture and heritage particularly those that deal with tangible and intangible heritage, cultural heritage in urbanization, and cultural heritage in the midst of migration.

Global Shapers Cebu won the bid to host Shape Asia Pacific 2017 last November 2016, following the footsteps of HongKong and Hiroshima hubs which hosted the 2016 and 2015 events consecutively.

The Cebu hub is composed of 16 young, empowered individuals from different fields that have come together to improve the state of their city. The Global Shapers Community is the youth arm of the World Economic Forum.