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The Cebu City Disaster Coordinating Council was chosen one of three finalists for the national Gawad Kalasag awards, vying against Makati City and Olongapo City.

Kalasag, which stands for “Kalamidad at Sakuna Labanan, Sariling Galing ang Kaligtasan, is annual recognition of an individual or institution for excellence in disaster management and humanitarian assistance.

Alvin Santillana, of the CCDCC, said this is the first time that Cebu City joined the search, which aims to recognize the outstanding performances of local disaster councils and private, volunteer and government emergency responders involved in the implementation of disaster management programs and activities. The Freeman

After the completion of the lagoon development of Ayala Center Cebu, which is expected by March or April, Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI) will kick off another expansion plan of the shopping mall area pursuing the original plan of developing the Cebu Business Park’s (CBP) 9.6 hectare super block.

In an interview with CHI president and chief executive officer (CEO) Francis O. Monera, he said that the Phase 2-B project will be pursued by the company next year, starting with a study on how to develop a concept for another shopping mall expansion.

CHI is going to finish its P850 million expansion project of Ayala Center including the completion of the Ayala Center expansion building, and the transformation of its lagoon area to a chic Food and Beverage (F&B) strip. The Freeman

EFFORTS of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) in developing the economic community of Cebu have earned the chamber the Most Outstanding Chamber in the Philippines award from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).

After winning the Most Outstanding Chamber award for three consecutive years, the organization was placed in the Hall of Fame category, besting 110 chambers nationwide, said CCCI president Francis Monera.
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A group of Filipino-Chinese or Chinoys citizen celebrated its 58th Year Amity in the Philippines held at the Cebu Convention Center last night.  It’s a successful celebration indeed!  It’s interesting to know that these Chinoys tried to reminisce their heritage each year through dances, songs, food and they communicated on their own language like Mandarin, Chinese, Cantonese,etc.

Well, though i can’t understand the way they talk or the laughter on their chit chats (except for a few words like counting numbers… up to 10 lang…hehehe),yet, I truly appreciated how rich their culture is. 
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Birdwatchers from various parts of the country and neighboring countries
will flock to Cebu on September 21 to spread the message of wildlife habitat
conservation and reinforce international efforts to save a rare endemic
species from extinction.

The bird under “death sentence” is the Cebu Flowerpecker, a tiny, blue-black
and white bird with a distinctive red patch on its back. It is unique to the
forests of Cebu and lives nowhere else in the world. If the last remaining
small patches of its forest habitat are not preserved, it will vanish forever.

To increase public awareness of the plight of the critically endangered bird,
the Cebu Flowerpecker has been chosen as the festival logo for the two-day
event with the theme “Just Watch, Don’t Catch!”

The festival opens on September 21 with lectures, photo exhibits, film shows,
art activities and face-painting for kids at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and
Casino. These will be followed by the 2nd Philippine Duck Forum, at which
conservationists and academics will spotlight efforts to save the endangered
endemic species. More…

MANDAUE, PHILIPPINES - The Rotary Club of Mandaue North together with the Rotary International District 3860, Municipal Government of Liloan, DENR and the Coastal Resource Management will spearhead a mangrove reforestation and a coastal clean up in Liloan, Cebu on September 15, 2007 as part of Clean Up the Philippines Day and Clean Up the World Weekend Celebration.

Clean Up the Philippines Campaign Manager for the Visayas and Rotarian Mr. Dann Diez said that their aim is to plant one Million mangroves all over the Island of Cebu. More.