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The Provincial Capitol grounds will once again be alive and festive starting Monday as the Province celebrates its 437th Founding Anniversary with a weeklong celebration.

As in past celebrations, a trade fair and exhibit, a photo exhibit, a fashion show of probable uniforms for next year, a sports competition consisting of badminton, table tennis and chess, a production number contest and the Governor’s Night are among the highlights of the affair.

Some nightly activities are also being worked out. So if you need some entertainment and other wholesome fun (and perhaps, some wise buys here and there), why not drop by the Capitol when you have enough time (and money too)?

A four-time model employee and a consistent awardee for best attendance is this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Outstanding Filipino Worker Awardee for Region 7.

Mario Rebucas Jr. of TMX Philippines Inc. will vie for the national award which will be given in Manila this August.

Rebucas, who now teaches part time at the Cebu State College of Science and Technology (CSCST), comes from a family of 12 and worked his way to college.

He finished a three-year course on Technology Education and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education at CSCST.
He was employed by TMX in March 1993 as a cadet toolmaker.

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THE University of San Carlos dominated the final staging of the Adidas 3-on-3 Streetball Challenge-Visayas Regional Eliminations after winning the boys and girls division yesterday at the Sacred Heart School-Jesuits gym.

The two teams will advance to the National Finals to be held at the famous SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City on August 12 and 13.

The Lady Warriors won back-to-back after beating arch-nemesis University of Cebu, 6-5, in the final while the Warriors, which brought the name Jumpstop, crushed the University of the Southern Philippines Foundation, 11-7 for the boys’ title.

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Central Visayas exports grew 12 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 7.

DTI 7 data said total exports for the quarter increased to P1.1 billion compared to last year’s P998 million.

Cebu exports account for more than 95 percent of the total figure, because majority of exporters are based here.

According to data provided by the Confederation of Philippine Exporters Foundation (Cebu) Inc. (Philexport), the top exporters in the region are Cebu Mitsumi Inc. in Danao City, Lexmark Int’l. Philippines Inc., NEC Telecom Software Philippines Inc., Muramoto Audio Visual Philippines., Taiyo Yuden Philippines, Shemberg Marketing Corp., Metro Wear, Integrated Microelectronics, and Olympus Optical Technology Philippines Inc.

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DANCESPORTS Team Cebu City won the respect of their American counterparts in the 38th International Grand Ball Championships, as it harvested nine more gold medals and one silver medal at the Marriot Hotel in San Francisco yesterday. It now has a medal haul of 11 golds and two silvers.

“At first, I observed that Filipinos were underestimated and snubbed by the American dancers, but after we started winning, everyone was chanting, ‘go, Cebu City,” said City councilor Jack Jakosalem, who beamed with pride from the sidelines while watching the Cebuanos grab gold medal after gold medal.

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