Lexmark celebrates family day on May 27, 2006 at the Family Park, Talamban, Cebu City. It was attended by Lexmark emloyees and their families. The whole day affair was filled w/ fun & enjoyment for the whole family, there’s program, hosted by Angela Calina, foods, games & surprises. There were also booths displaying books, drinks, foods, accessories and IT gadgets. IT booth came from Ng Khai Dev’t Corp. who highlighted Lexmark 3 in 1 printer and photoprinter.

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Ribbon Cutting scene of the Microsoft Career Day at SM Trade Hall on May 26-27, 2006. From left to right are Boy Bawal, Microsoft Cebu Branch Head (June 1), Sec. Arthur Yap, office of Presidential for Job Creation, Wilson Ng, President of Ng Khai Dev’t Corp. and Mark Yambot, Corp. Relations Officer of Microsoft.

This big Job Fair event was presented by the office of the Presidential for Job Creation and Microsoft Phils. in cooperation with Job DB.Com. It was sponsored by PLDT Vibe, Ng Khai Development Corp., PC Express and SM City Cebu. There were 20 companies who participated this event, mostly are IT companies, such as Ng Khai Dev’t Corp., Lear Corp., Lexmark, Innodata, Bigfoot, XLibres, others are Aboitiz & Co., Shangri-La, Crown Regency, Timex, etc.

Ng Khai Dev’t Corp. Booth as one of the exibitors in the Job Fair event

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Filinvest Land, a leading Philippine real estate company, and the developer of the 12 hectare, 4 billion peso project in Mactan Cebu called Seascape signed up to be an exhibitor of InTourPreneur.

The company president, Joji Gotianun Yap, whose father also trace his business beginnings in Cebu, will also be a panelist in the InTourPreneur Conference which will be discussed why they choose Cebu for this project. More…

Ng Khai Development Corp. held the Education Summit 2006 on May 22 at the City Sports Center, Cebu City . It was attended by a hundred participants from different schools and universities. This event was sponsored by Microsoft Phils. and HP Phils.

There were presentors from Esprint (sister company of Ng Khai), Adobe, Microsoft and HP in the Education Summit 2006 seminar. Representative from each school learned a lot about the Importance of Technonology to have a well-managed school institution.

Sam Jacoba, speaker from Microsoft Phils.

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CEBU CITY — The long-awaited re-opening of Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp. (ACMDC) in Lutopan, Toledo City is set in six to 18 months and is expected to bring socio-economic benefits to the city and its constituents, the firm’s president and chairman, Alfredo Ramos, said Tuesday.

“The mine will generate substantial foreign exchange earnings of up to $3 billion in the next 12 years. Furthermore, it will provide up to 3,000 new jobs in Toledo City and nearby areas, as we as millions in tax remittances to both the national and local governments,” Ramos said in a press conference.

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At Everest Base Camp, Art and Leo is planting the Philippine flag on the Filipinos’ piece of real estate on the moving block of ice called the Khumbu Glacier.

Yesterday, I featured Leo Oracion, a resident of Cebu who first climbed the Mt. Everest. Indeed, Leo made it to the top of the world.

Without knowing, Leo is already a national hero. Not just to his family but to the country as well. He brings honor and pride to the country.

“THERE is more to it than just the pride of being the first Filipino to climb Everest.” Niño Abarquez, a fellow adventure racer, a competitor and a close confidante of Heradio “Leo” Oracion in Cebu, said there was a lot of sacrifices behind Oracion’s success in conquering the summit of Mt. Everest.

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SM City Cebu joined in the festivities of May by launching the “Fiesta in the City” last Wednesday, which gathered the different towns in Cebu province including Consolacion, Dumanjug and Compostela.

The event marked the opening of booths located at the third floor, mosaic area in SM City Cebu , where the different towns showcase their products and delicacies.

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The substructure of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), or “from the flooring and down,” is finished, almost one month ahead of schedule.

Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia disclosed this yesterday, even as she brushed aside reports that the CICC will no longer be the center of activities for the Asean summit in Cebu.

Come December, Cebu-anos can expect Cebu City to be green and all abloom, with over P3.4 million appropriated for beautification projects.

The City Council approved last Wednesday another appropriation of P700,000 for the landscaping of the city’s parks and center islands in preparation for the Asean summit.

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CEBU CITY — A general who was selected specifically to help in the security preparations for the upcoming Asean summit took his post as the new head of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas.

Chief Superintendent Eduardo Gador relinquished his post to Chief Superintendent Silverio “Boying” Alarcio Jr. in a ceremony held Thursday afternoon.

A graduate of the Philippine Military Academy class 1976, Alarcio used to head the Police Special Action Force.

This native of Pangasinan also served as provincial director of Cavite.

Alarcio was among the policemen who were in Malaysia for the 2005 Asean Summit observing security preparations there.

It was in Kuala Lumpur that he met Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who later recommended Alarcio to replace Gador.

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It is considered as the Death Zone or the Fragile Edge , yet thousands of people attempt to climb this breathtaking and dangerous mountain–The Everest.

Yesterday, it was a remarkable event for a Filipino mountaineers to reached on the world’s highest mountain.

It was 3:30 pm. (Nepal time) (5:30p.m. Manila Time) when Leo Oracion reached the summit. “The Philippine eagle has landed at the summit of Mt. Everest,” Valdez quoted Oracion as saying.

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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) products will be shown next month. This is in observance of the Cebu Business Month celebration.

COMDDAP or Computer Manufacturers a, Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines will have a three-day exhibit at SM City Trade Hall. The biennial ICT exhibit entitled, “IT’s Happening in COMDDAP Cebu 2006,” will start on June 22-24, 2006. Here you can see the latest and high-tech products from Manila based computer firms as well as distributors and manufacturers of computer here in Cebu

“Cebu has come a long way since 1994 when COMDDAP first staged its expo in the city, which was out first roadshow outside Manila, in our effort to make ICT products and business solutions more accessible to our people,” COMDDAP President Juan Chua said.

Cebu now has a higher IT conciousness among individual consumers and companies, especially small-to-medium scale business, that continue to help the growth of ICT infrastucture.

“At present, COMDDAP will continue to bring technology closer to more Filipinos through our regional shows,” Chua added.

It was Saturday evening, when my friends and I had decided to have a picnic. From work, we headed to the park of Marcelo Fernan Bridge- the Bridge 2 as they call it. It is located between the Lapu-Lapu and Mactan, Cebu area.

All of us were so exhausted from work yet as we came there, it turned into laughter and joy as we saw the beauty of the park and the sceneries and lights in the city. We came there around 7:00 p.m. and brought some pizza and cola to satisfy our hunger and thirst. We really enjoyed much as we took pictures of ourselves under the bridge and we were so amazed of its beauty.

Here’s some pics of memories and laughter and hope you could visit there too!

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