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Ms. Cebu Candidates (fr.left,Joan Christie Uy,Margaret Taylor, Ana Alcaraz,Ma. Ruby Guinto,Ma. Theresa Gorgonio,Katrina Ros,Loise Angeliqu Tan,Aimee Veloso and Ferne Medequillo) surfing the net at NGenius IT Hub, IT Park as the Co-Presentor of Ms. Cebu pageant on January 18, 2007 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel

NGenius provides computers at SM City(near Smart wireless) & Ayala Mall (near National bookstore)for online voting for these Ms. Cebu Candidates until January 17, 2007

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Microsoft Phils. Inaugurated their Cebu Office at Skyrise Bldg., IT Park, Lahug on December 26, 2006.

Microsoft chose Cebu City to be their headquarter’s in the south because of it’s competitive climate and vibrant business activities accdg. to Boy Bawal, Microsoft Southern Phils. Sales Operations Director. They strongly believe that Cebu is geared towards becoming the next IT Hub in the Country.

Pres. Gloria Arroyo as the guest of honor with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia

The Company pledge to the President to continue its programs that are meant to improve the productivity and competitiveness of Filipino communities and businesses. Microsoft said it has committed around three hundred million to implement various programs that aim to enhance IT education for students, communities, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents, educators, businesses and government offices. Microsoft Phils. Managing Director, Antonio Javier said the company will also implement for the first time its “One Follow Me” program for OFWs. The program, which will also be implemented in Cebu, will provide OFWs for a chance to talk to their families through voice protocol and also, as a channel to send remittances to their families in the country.
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New Delhi, Dec. 22 (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan will travel to the Philippines for the rescheduled ASEAN summit on January 14, where trade and economic cooperation are expected to dominate the talks.

“The ASEAN Summit, which was postponed due to a storm in December, will now be held at Cebu near Manila on January 14,” official sources said.

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Manila-Based Real Estate Developer to Build Resort in Cebu

Manila-based real estate developer Landco Pacific Corp. is embarking in Cebu on its first multi-billion-peso residential-mountain resort project for the Visayas and Mindanao region.

Landco Pacific Corp. has chosen a 210-hectare hillside property owned by the prominent Cebu Villalon clan to be the launchpad of the company’s presence in the southern part of the country.

Sinulog, Asean Summit to Cause Room Shortage in Cebu Hotels

The Sinulog festivities and the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, both scheduled for January, will cause a shortage of rooms in hotels in Metro Cebu.

The demand for rooms in January is expected to reach 7,000, said Marco Protacio, president of the Hotels, Restaurants, and Resorts Association of Cebu (HRRAC).
Cebu, however, only has around 5,000 hotel rooms, Protacio said.

The room shortage would force hotels to apply a first come, first served policy when entertaining guests next month, he added.

Protacio said clients who are able to pay in advance would have priority.

However,
the policy would not apply to delegates of the ASEAN summit, whose
reservations were carried over from December, the original summit
schedule, said Protacio, who is also the general manager of the
Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.

Only India yet to confirm.

People’s Daily Online — 15 leaders to attend postponed ASEAN summit meetings in Philippines

Fifteen leaders have officially confirmed participation in the postponed Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the East Asia summits in January, organizers from the Philippine government said on Wednesday.

The Philippines was grateful that the participating countries understood the need to postpone the summits originally scheduled on Dec. 10 to 14 due to a typhoon, Secretary General Marciano Paynor of the Philippines’ ASEAN National Organizing Committee told reporters.

Leaders from 10 ASEAN countries, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand would be in Cebu for the postponed summit meetings, according to Paynor, only India has yet to confirm the attendance.

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The Bureau of Customs (BOC) - Cebu has awarded over 30 top importers and exporters in Cebu Province and three others in Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces.

In a press statement, BOC-Cebu said it has picked, for this year, Norkis Trading Group as top importer outside of the Mactan Economic zone (MEZ) while Shemberg Marketing was named top exporter outside MEZ.

Top awardees inside MEZ were Taiyu Yuden for import activities and Pentax Cebu Philippines for exports.

Firms outside MEZ that received recognition from the BOC-Cebu for having contributed to the import revenues of the Bureau were: Energizer Philippines Inc.; Taiheyo Cement Corp.; National Power Corp.; AFC Fertilizer and Chemicals Philippines; Budeac Marketing; Cadiz Steel Corp.; and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum.

Companies outside MEZ that received recognition for having contributed to the BOC’s export duties revenues were: Profood International Corp.; Marine Colloids Philippines; Cenapro Chemical Corp.; CP Kelco Philippines Inc.; Pacific Traders; Central Seafoods Inc.; Mehitabel Furniture; Monde Nissin Corp.’ and Casa Cebuana Inc.

On the other hand, awarded importers within MEZ included: Lear Automotive Philippines, TMX Philippines Inc., Cebu Mitsumi Inc., Fairchild Semiconductor Inc., Pentax Cebu Philippines Ccorp., Lexmark International, Maitland-smith Cebu Inc., Tsuneishi Heavy Equipment and Teradyne Philippines Inc.

Those given recognition as exporters within MEZ were: Cebu Mitsumi Inc., Lexmark International, Tsuneishi Heavy Equipment, Taiyo Yuden, Teradyne Philippines Inc. Fairchild Semiconductor Inc., Mmuramoto audio Visual, Metrowear Inc. and Lear Automotive Philippines.

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The Cebu provincial government is ready to host a dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who has confirmed his attendance in the rescheduled East Asian Summit that follows the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in January.
Earlier reports from Tokyo said Abe will fly directly to the
Philippines from January 14 to 15 after a whirlwind tour of Britain,
France, Germany and Belgium.

Sun.Star Cebu - US plumbing company opens Cebu office, 24-hr operations

A US-based company specializing in plumbing and drain cleaning services is opening its first outlet in Cebu.

Roto-Rooter, which was founded in 1935 by Samuel Blanc in Des Moines, Iowa, provides plumbing, drain care and emergency services.

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The sudden postponement of the summit to January has led to shock and disappointment among all concerned, delegates and hosts alike. While government organizers stubbornly stick to their stand that a typhoon was the main culprit, other sectors maintain that possible violence was the real reason. Whatever the cause, Cebu has fought back tears in face of untold millions lost in revenue and income.

Here is an Excerpt on the new book.

Evan Thomas on the Last Great Sea Battle - Newsweek Books - MSNBC.com

Nov. 13, 2006 issue - During the Second World War, it was very unusual to be standing on the deck of an American warship and actually see a Japanese vessel. Most sea battles in the Pacific War were fought at night or from great distances—by carrier-based planes flying many miles from their ships. But shortly after dawn on the morning of October 25, 1944, the men of the USS Johnston, a destroyer patrolling near Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Islands, saw something the survivors would never forget.

Battle of Leyte Gulf was said to b the largest naval battle in history.

Live Talk: Thomas on a WWII Naval Battle - Newsweek Books - MSNBC.com

During World War II, nearly all sea battles in the Pacific were fought at great distances by carrier-based planes flying many miles from their ships. A bloody exception was the battle of Leyte Gulf, where a dozen Japanese battleships and cruisers engaged a lightly armored convoy of American cruisers and destroyers. In four days of fighting in the seas around the Philippine island of Leyte, Allied forces scored a decisive victory over the Japanese in what was to be the last major naval engagement of the war.