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Everybody is invited to a unique art exhibit going on at the Ayala Center Cebu upper ground floor. The exhibit is a collection of 20 winning entries of the annual Christmas Card Design Contest sponsored by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP). The exhibit runs only for three days which means it will end tomorrow, a Saturday, December 17, 2005.

The exhibit is a venue to give the public general awareness in the preservation of the watershed areas by supporting the reforestation of Cebu City’s protected watersheds, the Mananga and Kotkot-Lusaran, two of Central Cebu ’s mountain barangays. It also aims to generate and mobilize funds for the conservation of these areas which are a vital water resource to the city of Cebu .

The conservation of these watersheds is necessary to ensure the sustainability of Metro Cebu’s water resource and to prevent flooding in the urban areas.

Since the start of the campaign, PBSP has conducted photography and art competitions to produce the Christmas card designs.

For inquiries, please call PBSP at 232-5270 or 232-5283 or visit www.pbsp.org.ph.

The Pari-an district used to have the annual ‘Pasko sa Karaang Pari-an’ (Christmas in Old Pari-an) during the nine-day Christmas novena which is the re-enactment of Three Kings on camels visiting the town of Bethlehem where baby Jesus was born in a manger. The yearly yuletide activity just ceased to exist many years ago and it went into oblivion for quite some time already until now.

The organizers decided to revive the annual tradition hoping to rekindle the once festive atmosphere in the celebration of Christmas in this part of the city. The procession will cover three barangays in Cebu City’s north district. It will start at 3:30 a.m. at corner Mabini and Lopez Jaena streets, in front of the ancestral house in Cebu, the 273 year old Yap-Sandiego house (circa 1732) decorated with lanterns, stars and seven large wooden Archangels.

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We, Filipinos, have a high regard for our lola. And for a good reason. Our lola would always come to our rescue whenever we get scolded or reprimanded by our parents. She sings us a lullaby. Our lola is our source of solace and comfort. She is the epitome of an unconditional love.

Lolah, just like lola, is a masterpiece. A beautiful piece of art. Comforting to the eyes. A joy to the heart. Award-winning creation.

Lolah was selected as one of 11 winners in Design for Asia Awards 2005 recently in Hong Kong. It was the entry from Cebu ’s Interior Crafts of the Islands, Inc. designed by Kenneth Cobonpue.

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Cebuanos will get to see a lot of Canada-made products especially food and cosmetics in the grocery shelves of Gaisano Metro stores. An operation officer from Metro Gaisano, Edward Gaisano, and Peter Sutherland, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines, forged partnership that would pave the way for Canadian products to be sold in Metro Gaisano stores.

The ambassador was recently in Cebu and granted a press interview during the opening of Canadian Food Festival on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at the Metro Gaisano in Ayala Center Cebu. He revealed that there are a sizable number of Canadians living in Cebu on top of the Canadian tourists here who are too happy to see Canadian products sold in Cebu.

He said that there are an estimated 50,000 to 55,000 tourists from Canada who come to Cebu annually while no less than 400 are permanent residents and expatriates in Cebu.