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==Group eyes Cebu for street kids World Cup==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=476021
*Friday, November 30, 2012
:(PNA), LAP/EB/MJT/BH
CEBU CITY, Nov. 30 (PNA) -- Cebu will be among the key areas to be visited by the organizers of the Philippine team for the Street Children’s World Cup 2014.
The idea to hold it here in Cebu was initiated by Craig Burrows, who met with Bro. Mari Aberasturi of Don Bosco Boys Home during the Cebu hosting of the Philippines vs. Singapore match on November 15.
In their initial meeting, both planned to launch the activity by holding a tournament in January to be participated in by kids from shelter homes and community-based centers.
For the Philippine team, Fair Play for All Foundation, run by Roy Moore and Naomi Tomlinson, is leading other non-government organizations (NGOs) in forming the team.
The foundation introduced football to children in Payatas, Quezon City where the largest dump site in Metro Manila is located.
The Street World Cup, founded by Amos Trust in 2010, is working with Momentum Arts and Action for Brazil’s Children to host the event this 2014, a few days leading to the anticipated Fifa World Cup.
Aberasturi was also the point-person for the Homeless World Cup team, which also made their selections here in Cebu. One member of the team was from the Don Bosco Boys Home.
Like the Homeless World Cup, the Street Children World Cup spouses the same idea of giving diversion to street children through sports.
He added that an idea of a tournament would be a nice way to introduce the sport to these kids.
As of now, only DBBH and SOS have their own football teams. They hope to spread this to other centers so that they can create teams of their own.
Aberasturi said that for this, they will have to tie up with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and even the Cebu City Task Force for street children to reach out to shelter homes and community centers listed under these agencies.
==Grand Land launches 3 projects costing P400M in Cebu==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=3&rid=475697
*Thursday, November 29, 2012
:(PNA), LAP/EB/BH
CEBU CITY, Nov. 29 (PNA) -- Grand Land has launched three residential projects called City Homes located in Mactan, Mandaue City and Minglanilla town in southern Cebu.
Grand Land president Ryan Bernard Go said they always consider the accessibility of their locations because they are targeting the middle market families.
He said their projects are easy for commuters because they are located near main roads.
The Mactan City Homes is not far from Mactan Doctor’s Hospital in Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, while the Mandaue City Homes is about 100 meters away from the north highway in Jagobiao.
The Minglanilla City Homes is 200 meters from the south national highway in Tunghaan, across from Tungkop, Go said.
Go said that aside from its proximity to main roads, their projects have schools, hospitals, markets and churches within the vicinity.
The company has set aside P400 million for the three projects.
The Mandaue projects are residential townhouses, while the Minglanilla project is composed of residential single-attached Asian-modern homes.
The three projects began in the fourth quarter of this year and are expected to be completed in two years.
The Mandaue project sits on a 6,155-square-meter property along J. Alinsug St.
The company will construct 72 units of two and three bedroom homes. Units start at P2.1 million with floor areas ranging from 52 to 63 square meters.
The project comes with a mini clubhouse, 24-hour security and gated entrance.
Sales and marketing head Tina Pestano-Benitez said they have sold 30 percent of the units in this area.
She said they are constructing 82 starter units and 16 family units in the 0.9-hectare-property for the Mactan project.
The development comes with two gated entrances, a clubhouse, pocket gardens, play area and a commercial area. Units range from 49 to 67 square meters and start at P1.8 million for the starter units.
The largest development is in Minglanilla, which sits in a two-hectare property, each unit having a lot area of at least 100 square meters. The company is offering two-bedroom and four-bedrooms units.
Grand Land also held recently the groundbreaking ceremony for construction of two condominium towers of the Grand Residences.
Go said they have many other projects lined up for 2013, including another condominium project in Lapu-Lapu City and horizontal and vertical projects in Davao.
== Capitol raises allowance of barangay volunteers ==
*Source:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/314483/capitol-raises-allowance-of-barangay-volunteers
*Wednesday, November 28, 2012 8:09 am
:By Fe Marie D. Dumaboc  (Cebu Daily News)
ALL 11,355 barangay volunteers in the Cebu province each received a P2,400 allowance from the provincial government during their general assembly at the Cebu International Convention Center yesterday.
The amount is P900 higher than last year’s allowance.
A total of 200 retired barangay volunteers were give P10,000 each as a token of appreciation for their service.
Gov. Gwen Garcia said that all barangay volunteers deserve it, and the amount was little compared to the work they do in their barangays.
Barangay Health Worker Esperanza Espelita, 66, said the passion to serve and not financial reward, was her motivation in doing volunteer work.
Espelita, a mother of six, has been a health worker barangay Tapon, Dumanjug town for 28 years.
She does laundry jobs in their neighborhood for a livelihood.
“Bisan way sweldo, ang akong kagustuhan nga moserbisyo sa mas nanginahanglan maoy nagtuklod nako nga magsigi nianing serbisyoha,” Espelita said.
(Even if I won’t receive any compensation, my determination to serve the needy pushes me to continue volunteer service.)
Espelita said she first received P300 a month as honorarium in 2000. The amount was later increased to P350.
For Anastacia Ruiz, 54, barangay Bonbon, Oslob, the goods and money the received in the annual general assembly of barangay volunteers was a consolation for their hard work.
Governor Garcia handed out the allowances and distributed food packs of canned goods and sotanghon (glass noodles).
==Cebu hosts the first regional forum on migration==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1981353922347
*Tuesday, November 27, 2012
:By Amorganda A. Saludar  (rmn/AYS/PIA,CEBU)
CEBU CITY Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The first Regional Forum on Migration held outside Metro Manila was conducted in Cebu on Nov. 23, 2012 at the Pag-Ibig Auditorium with the theme: “Reintegration and Development: Partnership and Challenges."
The forum marked the celebration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos and International Migrants Day with the nationwide theme “Strengthening the Partnership between Overseas Filipinos and LGUs Towards Sustainable Development of Communities.”
The same forum also brought together representatives from LGUs, OFWs, members of their families, civil society organizations, government agencies and other stakeholders in the migration process to mainstream the concept of migration and development by sharing experiences and best practices at the LGU level.
This also highlighted the partnership of OFWs and LGUs that help bring about development in communities and in the country, innovative strategies and good practices, identification of challenges, and crafting solutions and ways of moving forward.
In her opening remarks, Carmelita Nuqui of Philippine Migrants Rights Watch said that OFWs have greatly contributed to the country’s economy.
“Our OFWs really contributed a lot to the economic status of the country but their lives as OFWs are not often times easy as there are times in their stay abroad that they will be challenged and they opt to go back home because of some difficult situations they have experienced while working abroad,” Nuqui said.
Nuqui said it is important for the government and other concerned agencies to create initiatives to support OFWs who chose to come home after years of serving abroad.
She also said that reintegration is not that easy as some OFWs really started from nothing although there are several who really found their good fortune abroad and so it is not difficult to start life anew here in the country.
Former OFW and now a successful entrepreneur and businessmen Kenneth Carredo and Dr. Carlito Astillero also relayed their stories of tears and joy abroad as well as their successful reintegration in the country.
Both supported the statement that life abroad is not always milk and honey as they too have their own sad experience of being an OFW.
“First thing that will really make you sad is your family, you will always think of them and long to be by their side,” Carredo said.
Carredo and Astillero then lauded government agencies such as the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and local government units for giving them aid for them to be successful in their reintegration.
Both Carredo and Astillero were given financial aid by the POEA and OWWA for them to start their own business.
Several talks during the forum include Best Practices of Mainstreaming Migration and Development by the Local Government; Experiences in Reintegration to the Philippines and Success Stories of Overseas Filipinos; and the Role of Civil Society in Migration and Development which were discussed by individuals fit to tackle such topics.
== Over 500 media to cover Calungsod event in Cebu ==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1061353834273
*Monday, November 26, 2012
:By Fayette C. Riñen  (PIA 7)
‘PNoy to grace religious occasion’
CEBU CITY, Nov 26 (PIA) -- All eyes will be on Cebu as a religious historic event takes place on Friday, November 30 with over 500 tri-media accredited for the sacred occasion and graced by President Benigno S. Aquino III.
Msgr. Trinidad G. Silva Jr., chairman of the Commission on Social Communications (CSC) for the National Thanksgiving Mass of San Pedro Calungsod on Friday in a recent media briefing said the number of media wanting to get accreditation is growing.
“We have already issued a deadline for media accreditation last Tuesday (November 20) but more and more names are being submitted,” said Silva.
A volunteer staff of the CSC showed a list of the total media being accredited that had reached over 500. Apart from Cebu-media, major television, print and radio, networks from Manila also sent their teams to cover the event. Also, members of the Malacañang Press Corps with the presence of President Aquino will be there.
An estimated 500,000 to one million devotees, bishops and priests from all over the country, local and national officials will be present to attend the mass that will start at 5 p.m.
Silva advised those who will attend the mass at the South Road Properties to bring their own umbrella with the erratic weather and also to expect muddy grounds as only 10 percent of the 27-hectare area is covered in concrete and the rest in limestone.
According to William Mensenares of Radio TV Malacañang (RTVM), “We will put up a press center where a monitor will be placed and telephone lines for local calls only. The center will be wi-fi ready which will be provided by the Cebu Archdiocese.”
RTVM will take charge of broadcast concerns and assist and provide the media with audio and video outputs.
Considering the vast area, screen monitors will also be strategically placed so people at the back could see the ongoing mass in the templete.
Meanwhile, at 6 a.m., a dry run for the fluvial procession for the actual event was conducted where 15 media personnel were invited.
== Cebu-based teams shine in Cetba Nat’l Open ==
*Source:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/312677/cebu-based-teams-shine-in-cetba-natl-open
*Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:23 am
:By DALE G. ROSAL  (CORRESPONDENT, Cebu Daily News)
CEBU-based teams grabbed the top places in the Team event after completing 10 games in the Fourth Cebu Tenpin Bowling Association (CETBA) National Tenpin Open held at the SM Cebu Bowling Complex, yesterday.
Chanieka took the top spot followed by Virgo Financing and Prime Movers in the second and third spots, respectively.
Meanwhile, the Bowling Association of Las Pinas (BALP) toppled 5,496 pinfalls to lead squads which played just five rounds yesterday. Despite the five-game handicap, BALP positioned itself in the 14th spot while its B team downed 5,238 pinfalls.
Imus Tenpin Bowling Association (ITBA) grabbed the 20th spot after five games with 2,860 pinfalls followed by Bacolod’s Sugarbowl Tenpin Association (STAI)-I at 21st place with 2,846 pinfalls.
Ilo-lio Tenpin Bowling Association (ITBA) meanwhile, is in 22nd spot with 2,844 pinfalls while BALP and ITBA placed 24th with 2,817 pinfalls. Davao Tenpin Bowling Association is at 26th spot with 2,776 pinfalls.
Meanwhile, Manila teams are expected to flex their muscles today as they start their 5-game sked.
Twenty-two out-of-town teams from Luzon and Mindanao are competing in the tournament which offers P15,000 to the team champion with 22 coming from Cebu.
Aside from the team competition, participants will also battle for top honors in the Masters event which has a whopping P50,000 cash prize.
The Mastes event will commence this afternoon.
==Galleon San Diego ready to bring San Pedro Calungsod home ==
*Source:http://www.cdn.ph/news_details.php?id=15231
*Saturday, November 24, 2012
:By Ador Vincent Mayol (Reporter)
Galleon San Diego is shipshape and ready to set sail.
Officials of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) yesterday gave the go-signal for the Spanish galleon-inspired vessel to be used for the first fluvial procession of the image of St. Pedro Calungsod on Nov. 30.
The statue of the Philippines’ second saint will be accompanied down the Mactan channel by a festive flotilla to the venue of a national thanksgiving Mass at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City.
The motorized vessel, owned by the family of the late Ernesto Ouano Sr. of Mandaue City, was retrofitted to look like the galleon used by Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries in the 16th century.
“We can guarantee you that the galleon is sturdy,” said architect Dorie Narandan of Duros Development Corp.”
“We're giving our best efforts for this. This is part of history,” he told Cebu Daily News.
The original vessel, an all-white ship, has been used every January for the the fluvial procession of the Sto. Niño de Cebu.
It is now accented with stained wood to resemble the original Galleon San Diego which brought Visayan teenager Pedro Calungsod and Jesuit missionaries to the Ladrones Islands in 1668. The mast will fly a white flag with the coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Cebu.
At least 18 workers have been working on the ship for the past four weeks.
“The galleon is 98 per cent done. The complete cladding is in place,” said Narandan.
The vessel will undergo sea trial tomorrow and sail from the Mactan Channel to the waters off the SRP in Cebu City before Marina issues a special permit allowing the vessel to sail.
“We see no problem with the vessel. In general it is seaworthy,” Philip Geneston, senior shipping operations specialist of Marina, told CDN.
Geneston and Marina supervisor Rico Magsalay visited the ship docked at the Ouano Wharf in Mandaue City.
The same galleon replica can also be used in next January’s Sto. Niño fluvial procession, another event that celebrates Cebu’s patron and most famous religious icon, which was a gift from Spanish invaders to island natives of Cebu in the 16th century.
“We don't have to dismantle what he have made to transform it into a galleon,” said Narandan.
== Capitol to pick up tab for reception, dinner at CICC ==
*Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2012/11/23/capitol-pick-tab-reception-dinner-cicc-254701
*Friday, November 23, 2012
:By Flornisa M. Gitgano
THE Cebu Provincial Government will host the reception and dinner for 1,500 delegates, including President Benigno Aquino III, after the thanksgiving mass for the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod on Nov. 30 at the South Road Properties in Cebu City.
It will be held at the Cebu International Convention Center in Mandaue City.
Msgr. Roberto “Boy” Alesna, chairman of committee and finance, and Mariquita Salimbangon-Yeung, a member of the committee for the thanksgiving, visited the office of Gov. Gwen Garcia last Wednesday to discuss the matter.
“We’ve been trying to see how we can help the Archdiocese (of Cebu). And, they requested if we can sponsor the reception and dinner for the 1,500 delegates,” Garcia said in an interview.
Source of pride
The governor said the event is a source of pride for Cebuanos since San Pedro Calungsod belongs to the Archdiocese of Cebu.
She also said different local festivals will be presented during the dinner to entertain guests.
Calungsod, who was canonized last Oct. 21 at the Vatican City in Rome, Italy, is the first Visayan saint. He reportedly came from the southwestern town of Ginatilan, Cebu.
The first Filipino saint is San Lorenzo Ruiz.
== Demand for eco products keeps Phl exports alive ==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/cebu-business/2012/11/22/870621/demand-eco-products-keeps-phl-exports-alive
*Thursday, November 22, 2012 12:00 am
:By Ehda M. Dagooc (The Philippine Star)
CEBU, Philippines - The Philippine exports such as  furniture, fashion accessories, as well as gifts, toys and housewares are seen to gain considerable market interest from the European market despite the ongoing financial woes.
That’s because Philippine export products are manufactured through green practices. And demand for green products is still on even in crisis-stricken Europe.
“Although there is a crisis in Europe, it doesn’t mean that people don’t have money. The market is there, not everybody is broke,” said European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (ECCP) executive vice president Henry J. Schumacher.
Schumacher, who was in Cebu Tuesday, said that establishment of  the three-year European Commission  funded program called Smart-Cebu (SMEs for Environment Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency)  which started in 2010 has brought the Philippines, especially Cebu exporters, to higher level in terms of positioning and finding its niche in the competitive market.
According to Schumacher, Cebu exporters’ practice in green and sustainable operations provided them “immunity” from crisis stricken markets like Europe, as market continues to grow demanding for high-end and green products.
Recently, the Smart-Cebu program brought Cebuano exporters to different trade shows in Europe, such as in Paris and  Germany  to show off the world-class eco-designs of furniture, fashion accessories, and other products in gifts, toys, and houseware sector.
ECCP-Cebu executive director Roselu Paloma reported that Cebuano exporters brought home good orders from the European market, signifying that the market for eco-design is “alive” amid the financial crisis in Europe.
Schumacher reiterated that the huge European market is still there, however, he warned that exporters will have to see where the market is heading. And introducing a certified eco-design is one of the effective niches the Philippines should take.
Aside from Europe, Schumacher also mentioned a good consumer base for eco-design products in China, Thailand, Singapore and Japan.
The Smart-Cebu program has identified 450 companies that will be introduced into Resource, Efficiency, and Cleaner Production (RECP) platform for them to appreciate the benefits of operating an environment-friendly value-chain in their respective companies.
Of the 450 identified export companies, 150 have already undergone a thorough assessment from the experts, while 50 companies from each industry sector are being used as the example for good sustainability practice.
Because of this, Schumacher said, Cebu is now considered as the “heart” of sustainable designs, and that it is expected to lead and stay ahead of competition from other Asian countries like Thailand, among others. 
Buoyed by the success of the Smart-Cebu program, wherein companies are now able to see the profits, and benefits in adopting green and sustainable operation and production, Schumacher said that the program may go beyond Cebu, and will also be introduced in other provinces like Bohol and Negros.
The European Commission awarded 1.2 million Euro (approximately P65 million) grant to support the greening of Cebu industries and to help Cebu position itself as an important player in the “green” markets of Europe and Asia.
The program is implemented through the members of Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation Inc. (CFIF), Fashion Accessories Manufacturers and Exporters (FAME-Cebu), and the Gifts, Toys and Housewares Foundation Inc. (Cebu-GTH).
Smart-Cebu is being managed by a Germany-based non-government organization and international consulting firm called SEQUA.
SEQUA is responsible for developing the capability of Cebu Business Membership organizations or BMOs to undertake the advocacy to promote sustainable consumption and production of Cebu among their member SMEs.
==DTI to intensify development of souvenir industry in CV==
*Source:http://philstar.com/cebu-business/2012/11/21/869912/dti-intensify-development-souvenir-industry-cv
*Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:00 am
:By Ehda M. Dagooc (The Philippine Star)
CEBU, Philippines - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-&) is  now looking for ways to further develop the souvenir industry in Central Visayas.
According to DTI-7 regional director Asteria Caberte the agency is going to intensify the development of the souvenir industry across the region while tourism sector is at its upswing.
Caberte said the agency’s product development programs are being tweaked for the souvenir makers. In fact, it is now becoming a niche for the GTH (Gifts, Toys and Houseware) makers and exporters.
Likewise, DTI Cebu province office director Nelia Navarro  said that development programs to develop the souvenir industry are also being incorporated in the existing programs under DTI such as the SPIN or Subcontracting Partners for Innovation, and the LinCs or the learning/sharing session on Leveraging Industries.
Both Caberte and Navarro vowed to intensify the development of the souvenir industry in Cebu and across the region.
Cebu as the tourism capital should have a good and strong souvenir industry, Navarro said.
Professionalizing and developing  the souvenir making sector has been the clamor of  successful souvenir companies the like of  Island Souvenirs Incorporated.
Islands Group president and chief executive officer (CEO) Jay Aldeguer said in an interview that this sleeping giant should be given utmost attention by the government such as capacitating mechanism to empower the small or micro players in the industry.
“My observation is that the souvenir, not only in the Philippines but even internationally, is perceived as a cottage-type industry. It hasn’t evolved into anything,” Aldeguer said.
Aldeguer believes that there is a huge potential for souvenir business especially in tourism hotspots like Cebu.
About 80 percent of  tourism spending goes to souvenirs. The Philippines generates an average of P31 million in tourism-related revenues.
If proper support is given to the players, directing them to higher business perspective, the sourvenir industry in Cebu could become one of the largest industries in the country.
==French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault historic visit to Cebu==
==French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault historic visit to Cebu==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/cebu-lifestyle/2012/11/20/869255/french-prime-minister-jean-marc-ayrault-historic-visit-cebu
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/cebu-lifestyle/2012/11/20/869255/french-prime-minister-jean-marc-ayrault-historic-visit-cebu
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