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Cebu City is among the only two cities in the country chosen to present their solid waste management strategies at the CityWaste Asia 2008 in Singapore - a gathering of over 100 Asian cities aimed at enhancing city competitiveness through cost-effective solid waste management initiatives.

City councilor Nestor Archival, himself an advocate of recycling, will fly to Singapore next month to speak on behalf of the city government at the Rasa Sentosa Resort. Archival will tackle effective policies and regulations in managing waste problems in mega cities and effective waste management and outsourcing strategies for municipal waste.

The other local government unit from the Philippines is Marikina City, which will be represented by Gloria Buenaventura, head of the city’s waste management office. More…

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 reported a 7.44-percent increase in visitor arrivals in Cebu from January to February this year from a year ago.

DOT records also show that there was an 8.85-percent increase in foreign travelers and 6.25-percent growth in domestic travelers coming to Cebu for the first two months of the year.

There were 127,561 foreign travelers and 147,638 domestics visitors, totaling 275,199 visitors. Sun.Star Cebu