Archive for March 16th, 2006

Cebu Vice Governor Greg Sanchez: Entrepreneur of the Year for Innovation

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Cebu Vice Governor Gregorio Sanchez awarded by Ernst and Young as 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year for Innovation last March 9, 2006.

Engr. Gregorio G. Sanchez just had to find a way to keep alive the hundreds of piglets in his livelihood program. A kitchen experiment resulted in a food supplement formula that fattened the piglets and eventually, became the foundation of a full-blown business.

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A Dream Come True on Saturday

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

A dream come true on Saturday. This prophetic statement seems to have been etched on a solid rock that the certainty of the fulfillment of one’s dream is already at hand. Seems like he is so sure that luck awaits him around the corner.

But who has the right to issue such prophetic statement in the first place?

Potent as it may seem, this statement may not hold true to the two main prizefighters come Saturday at the Mandaue City Sports & Cultural Complex.

The country’s two local boxing heroes from Cebu are aiming for their respective titles in the OPBF super flyweight and WBO Asia Pacific super featherweight against two seasoned Thai pugilists this Saturday. The ALA prodigy odd-named Z “The Dream” Gorres will tackle the veteran Waengpetch Chuwatana in a 12-round war for the vacant OPBF super flyweight title in the main event while reigning WBO Asia Pacific super featherweight champion Czar Amonsot, will see action against Decho Bankluaygym in the supporting main event. Gorres and Amonsot are stablemates at the beautiful ALA Gym, arguably the country’s biggest and state-of-the-art boxing gym.

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