Cebu Province News October 2012

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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:
  1. 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.
  2. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.
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Aerial View of Metro Cebu

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Calungsod image to be flown to Rome Oct. 16

(VVP, GMA News)

A three-foot-tall statue of Blessed Pedro Calungsod will be flown from Cebu to Rome for his canonization as the Philippines' second saint on October 21.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said the statue will be flown on October 16 as a “passenger” along with a Catholic priest from the Archdiocese of Cebu.

In a news release, Fr. Charles Jayme, who CBCP president and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma designated as the image's official custodian, said, “I really take it as a blessing and gift from God being chosen for this. This is a humbling experience for me.”

Jayme said the experience "challenges me more to live up to the virtues of Blessed Pedro Calungsod.”

He explained that Cathay Pacific had offered to carry the statue as a passenger instead of just an ordinary hand baggage or cargo.

The image will be placed inside an encasement made of Styrofoam.

Farewell activities

The CBCP also said several activities will be held before the image is flown to Rome on October 16 at 12:30 p.m.

On October 15, the day before the flight, the image will be brought from the archbishop’s residence in Cebu City to the shrine named after Calungsod for a Mass at 6:30 p.m.

On October 16, the image will be carried from the shrine to the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral for another liturgical celebration at 4:30 a.m.

A motorcade will follow at around 8 a.m. sending off the image from the cathedral to Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City.

After canonization

After the canonization, the image will be flown back to the Philippines for the “Duaw Nasud” to major cities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao from October 25 to November 27.

The image is expected to be returned to Cebu City before the November 30 thanksgiving Mass for Pedro Calungsod’s sainthood.

Schools told to strengthen IT programs

By Ehda M. Dagooc (The Freeman)

CEBU, Philippines - In order for Cebu to produce more world-class software developers, the academe must strengthen its I.T. programs especially in mobile and web applications.

Winston Damarillo, a successful global technology entrepreneur who is helping Filipinos succeed in the international technology field, said that Cebu is seen to leverage in both mobile and web applications and that talents should be given support, encourage them to introduce their brilliant ideas to the commercial market.

Damarillo said most of the good talents are being taken advantage of by multi-national companies. This is not bad but if Cebu were to position itself as the next “Silicon Valley,” it has to develop its own identity by producing innovations that will credit the Cebuano talents.

For this reason, Damarillo, together with other successful Filipino global technology entrepreneurs, non-profit group Philippine Development Foundation (PhilDev) and the Developers Connect Philippines (DevCon), conceptualized the “Hack-to-Hatch” program to jump start the discovery of technology inventors in the Philippines.

He said the program has intensified its presence in Cebu to identify the good talents here whose concepts and brilliant innovations have huge potential for the world’s commercial landscape.

Damarillo believes that the Philippines is ready to compete in the software development dimension in technology. It just need to strengthen its support to start-up software developers and engineers.

In a separate interview, Cebu Educational Development for Information Technology (Cedfit) president Greg Gabison said that most schools in Cebu are now developing sophisticated programs to trailblaze with the fast moving technology industry.

In fact, Gabison said that Cebu is now positioning to lead the development of more Android applications, as the academe wants to make the province the center of mobile apps development in the country.

Gabison, who is also the dean for University of San Jose Recoletos (USJ-R) College of Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT), said that one of the most active universities that is now pushing to develop more Android-applications is USJ-R.

At present, the university is doing research project in Sugar CRM (Customer Relationship Management 2) using the Android application, while other colleges and universities are also developing their own niche in mobile applications.

Ginatilan town prepares fiesta for Calungsod

By Carine M. Asutilla (Cebu Daily News)

The town of Ginatilan is getting ready for the 4-day celebration for the canonization of Beato Pedro Calungsod.

The southwestern Cebu town claims to be the hometown of Calungsod.

The Calungsod clan are mostly living in barangay Cagsing.

Tracing Calungsod

The municipal government of Ginatilan has created a committee to trace the Calungsod family tree.

The town is also inviting all Calungsods to attend the celebration of his sainthood which would start on Oct. 18. Calungsod will be canonized on Oct. 21 in the Vatican.

He will be country’s second saint. The first Filipino saint, San Lorenzo Ruiz was canonized on Oct. 18, 1987.

According to Glynna Jomuad, Sangguniang Bayan secretary who leads the team tracing the Calungsod family tree, the earliest baptismal record of a Calungsod was in 1850, when Victoria Francisca Calungsod was born in the town.

The earliest record of a Calungsod death was in 1882. Luciano Calungsod died that year at the age of 37 which means he was born on 1819.

Their research however goes back as early as 1778, based on the death records of Catalina Calungsod who died at 80 years old in 1858.

Jomuad believes that there can still be a lot of Calungsods born before 1700s only that their records are limited.

Last month, Jomuad’s team was able to trace who could be the oldest Calungsod alive. They have found Urbana Calungsod Gonser-Mayorita in the town of Boljoon. She is 93 years old and was born on July 20, 1919. Urbana’s parents are from Ginatilan.

“She is still strong and she still works in the farms. We are going back to their place soon to personally invite her and her family to attend our celebration,” says Jumoad.

Ready for Fiesta

The town is ready for the grand event. Posters of Calungsod have been placed on both sides of the road. Banderitas are already hanging outside St. Gregory the Great Parish.

They have also improved the landscape of the church since most of the activities will be done in the area. At the side of the church is the monument of Beato Pedro Calungsod where novenas will be done.

The images of Beato Pedro Calungsod are a hit. Though the images are not exactly the one approved by the Archdiocese of Cebu, devotees still buy them. The images are those with Calungsod only holding a palm and do not have a bible in his hand.

These images are sold at P80 to P150 depending on the size. Prayer booklets of Calungsod at P15 are also in demand. There are also t-shirts with the picture of Calungsod on it at P250.

Several resorts around town are already fully booked for the occasion.

Resorts rooms in Ginatilan range from P700 to P1,500 a night.

Cebu town observes elderly Fiipino Week

By Amorganda A. Saludar (FCR/AYS/PIA-7, Cebu)

CEBU CITY, Oct7 (PIA) -- The municipality of Asturias in the northwest part of Cebu is celebrating October 1-7 as Senior Citizens Week spearheaded by the Municipal Federation of Senior Citizen Associations of the Philippines - Asturias Chapter.

Poblacion Asturias Federation Chapter President Eddie Monteban said that only this year have they decided to conduct daily activities to mark a week-long celebration.

Asturias Municipal Information Officer Mark Supatan said “this is a yearly activity for all the senior citizens, and this year there are about 500 senior citizens coming from all barangays in the town joining the said celebration.“

All the activities drawn this year are geared towards uplifting the spirits of senior citizens such as visiting sick members; jail visitation; gardening and tree planting; chapter fellowship; and observance of Sunday obligation.

Asturias Mayor Alan Adlawan in his speech lauded the senior citizens as he promised that the council will fully throw its support to all the activities of senior citizens.

Supatan disclosed the municipal government has a program agenda for senior citizens that promote their overall welfare and development.

“They can use any equipment owned by government in the municipality for free like the gym where they can conduct meetings, lectures and seminars,” Supatan declared.

Cebu school places 2nd in Robotics Olympiad

(Cebu Daily News)

THE Marie Ernestine School (MES) Robotics Team placed second in the 11th Philippine Robotics Olympiad in Manila.

The MES team of students Jhana Luardo, Karl Matthew Maguate and Charmyl Andrea Rosal and coaches Donald Dungog and engineer Jonathan Cartilla gained second place.

Another MES elementary pupils Andre Lawence Almacen, Nico Campado and John Paul Trinidad and high school students Woo Hyun “Joshua” Park, Woo Jin “Samuel” Park and Raphael Joseph Ymbong emerged finalists.

“We are so proud of them considering this is our first try,” said school founder Dr. Marie Ernestine Fajatin.

The team from MES, which operates in Talamban, Cebu City and in Lapu-lapu City, will be sent to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to witness the World Robotics Olympiad on Nov. 9 to 12.

The World Robotics Olympiad brings together the young people all over the world to develop their creativity and problem solving skills through challenging and educational robotics competitions.

The Philippine Robotics Olympiad is an annual science educational event that aims to challenge the intellectual skills and critical thinking of elementary and high school students.

Participants have to create, design and build a robot model that looks or behaves like a human athlete.

This year’s robotics competition was held at SM Cyberzone in SM North Edsa last Sept. 5 to 7.

PCCI names Cebu as most business friendly LGU this year

(PNA), FFC/EB/RE

CEBU CITY, Oct. 5 (PNA) -- The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has named Cebu as this year’s “Most Business-friendly Local Government Unit.”

The awarding will be on Oct. 11 in Manila.

“We are happy we achieved this status,” Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said.

She said the recognition was made possible by the collective effort of local governments, residents, Capitol officials, business chambers and non-government organizations like the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.

The PCCI evaluated provinces all over the country based on trade, investment and tourism promotions; public-private sector partnership; micro, small and medium enterprises development; quality management and innovations; and inter-local relations.

Garcia said Capitol’s programs--like Suroy-Suroy Sugbo, Obra Negosyo and e-Gwen, the Cebu Provincial Government’s environmental protection and nature conservation project---were among those evaluated by PCCI.

There were seven finalists in the search. The other finalist were Pangasinan, Isabela, La Union, Tarlac, Ilocos Norte and South Cotabato.

Ilocos Norte and South Cotabato are Cebu’s sister provinces.

Youth entrepreneurs summit set in Cebu

(PNA), FFC/EB/BH

CEBU CITY, Oct. 4 (PNA) -- The Go Negosyo Team of the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE) will hold its first Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (YES) Visayas leg in Cebu on Friday.

Organizers expect 2,000 participants from the various universities in Cebu to attend the whole-day event on Oct. 5 at the J Centre Mall Convention Hall.

The event is free for the public.

PCE executive director Ramon Lopez said the summit aims to empower the youth and promote entrepreneurship among them.

He said one way for he country’s economy to move forward is to produce a “positive, determined and resilient” breed of young entrepreneurs that would help spur growth in the economy.

”Go Negosyo’s vision is to change the mindset of Filipinos, to direct them and let them focus on the positive and towards becoming successful…We are moving into the direction of tapping the youth because entrepreneurship has now (generated) much interest and awareness among young individuals,” Lopez said.

Cebu tourism players say unified ASEAN visa to boost PHL tourism

(PNA), LAP/EB/BH

CEBU CITY, Oct. 3 (PNA) -- Cebu’s tourism players are supporting the move for the 10 member-countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to create a unified Asean visa.

Cebu Business Club president Gordon Allan Joseph said the initiative of implementing a unified ASEAN visa is a “very good move” to develop the tourist arrivals in the country.

Joseph pointed out that this is similar to Europe’s Schengen visa, which made traveling for residents of 25 member-countries easier and less bureaucratic.

”This is very good move. But the challenge now will be to ensure that they also put the Philippines in their itineraries,” Joseph said.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) earlier announced its strong support for the creation of a unified ASEAN visa, saying that this would make travel within the region easier and boost inter-region tourism.

”The Philippines is one of the countries working heard for a unified ASEAN visa,” said Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr.

He reported five countries - Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam - are ready to implement the single visa.

Jimenez said the scheme could initially be implemented with the participation of a majority of the 10-nation bloc.

Other members of ASEAN are Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Myanmar.

Joseph said the country should “liberalize even further” its tourist visa practices since part of the initiative is the modernization and streamlining of visa application processing.

”Let’s do everything we can to bring in the tourists from convenient visa and renewals, to deeper culture of tourism,” he said.

Jonathan Jay Aldeguer, president of the Islands Group of Companies, also said the creation of a single visa among ASEAN-member countries is one effective measure to boost trade and tourism revenues.

”Anything that would make travel to the Philippines seamless and hassle-free would be greatly advantageous to us (tourism industry),” said Aldeguer.

He said the impact will trickle down to the country’s secondary gateways like Cebu and other neighboring islands.

Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president Prudencio Gesta and CCCI tourism committee chairperson Milagros Espina also support the initiative, stressing that this would make travel more comfortable and convenient.

”This will benefit Cebu considering that we have a good number of direct flights. This (initiative) is traveler-friendly and could me more economical,” Espina said.

The Hotel, Resort & Restaurant Association of Cebu (HRRAC) also believes the issuance of a unified ASEAN visa would be a definite advantage as it markets all ASEAN-member countries as a single-bloc destination.

HRRAC president Hans Hauri said the key to successful implementation of a single visa is the coordination of security checks that each country undertakes before issuing a visa.

He cited as the best model so far Europe’s Schengen visa, where one central computer gives access to relevant information.

Aboitiz Group gives P3 million for Calungsod

By Aj De La Torre (LPM, The Freeman)

CEBU, Philippines - Just 20 days before the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod in the Vatican City, donations continue to pour in from private entities with generous hearts.

Yesterday, the Aboitiz Group headed by its president, Jon Ramon Aboitiz, donated P3 million for the preparations and for the big day on October 21.

Msgr. Roberto Alesna, chairman of the finance committee, said they are very grateful for the donation.

Alesna said close to P1 million of the P3 million has been set aside for the decorations for the National Thanksgiving Mass on November 30 at the South Road Properties.

The rest of the amount will be allocated for other expenses of the canonization.

The first 20 commemorative pieces were also turned over yesterday by world-renowned furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue to the Cebu Archdiocese.

The commemorative pieces was received and blessed by Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal together with Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma.

They are the first batch of the 1,200 limited edition commemorative pieces that will be given to those who will buy a ticket at P25,000 as part of the fund-raising of the archdiocese.

This would help the archdiocese raise P20 million from the P60 million of the overall budget needed.

Ticketholders will have a chance to win two BMW cars and a KIA Sorento SUV.

But Alesna said that he hopes ticket buyers would not have the cars in their minds but the spirits of being able to help celebrate the canonization of the second Filipino saint.

Alesna said that they are targeting to sell 800 of the 1,200 tickets that they have planned.

As of their last meeting last night, Alesna said they have sold 190 tickets and are hoping to have more buyers before they leave for Italy.

The first batch, led by Cebu Archbishop Palma, will leave on October 6 while the second batch will leave on Oct. 8. Alesna and 31 others will be last to leave on Oct.19.

Alesna said that aside from the 1,200 commemorative pieces, Cobonpue would be finishing a bigger work of art to be given as a gift to Pope Benedict XVI.

He added that Palma would issue a circular to inform all parishes that during the canonization, which will be around 10 a.m. in Rome, a Mass will also be held at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.

Sales, marketing execs need to boost skills to stay on top

By Ehda M. Dagooc (The Freeman)

CEBU, Philippines - In order to empower sales and marketing professionals to stay on top in the highly competitive business landscape, international motivational speaker and author Al Argo will conduct a half-day seminar in Cebu dubbed “S4: Super Sales Seminar for Sales Professionals.”

Organized by Maximum Impact Philippines, a corporate training and development company, the Argo seminar is expected to provide cutting-edge strategies that are based on research, which will equip sales and marketing people to gain more persuasive skills in closing deals.

In an interview with Argo, he said that while there are a lot of tools like technology that can be tapped in order to market a product, or close deal with prospective clients, human-connection through sales and marketing people will stay.

With the dynamic economy and rosy prospects in the Philippines in the next few years, Argo said it is good for sales and marketing people to gain more skills to empower themselves and prepare for a much more competitive playground.

The seminar, which is slated on October 13 at the J Center Mall Convention along at A.S. Fortuna street in Mandaue City, is expected to attract not only sale sand marketing professionals, but also business owners and chief executive officers (CEO), who may want to increase their sales effeciency.

According to Argo, with the new strategies in marketing and sales to fit in to the changing preference of the market across industries, the seminar could be a good tool for businesses in expecting increase of sales by 300 percent in a month.

Argo, author of several books in sales and marketing such as the Amazon.com bestselling “Walking, Living, Learning,” has also spoken for companies such as Pfizer, Singapore Press Holdings, Standard Chartered Bank and AIG Insurance, among others.

The seminar will focus among others, on the eight focal points of all highly effective sales professionals, and other secrets in sales and marketing.

One of the strategies, he said, is to find out the color that outsells all other colors, and is considered as highly effective in closing a deal, which is backed by a scientific research.

Although sales and marketing professionals already consider themselves effective because of experiences learned during the long years in the field, Argo said there is a need for constant update in their profession.

In today’s knowledge-based economy, sales professionals, including business owners and CEOs should be on constant search for learning, in order to stay ahead over competitors.

Sharpening persuasive skills, and how to be effective in marketing is an important tool in order to expect growth in business. In fact, Argo said another research showed that there is “one word” in sales people should use because it is proven to increase marketability and persuasive skill by at least 66 percent.

Experience in the field of sales and marketing is a good teacher and skills expertise, however, he said players in this field should embrace the fast changing environment in business.

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