David Pomeranz and Zsz Zsa Padilla Live Concert in Cebu

 

     David and Zsa zsa will be seen live in  Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino on February 13, 2010 at 8:30 in the evening.  Don’t miss the chance to be with the International Multi-Platinum Award Winning Recording Artist & Songwriter and the country’s only Divine Diva this Valentine’s Eve.

David Pomeranz will sing the following songs:

Got to Believe in Magic

Born for You

If You Walked Away

Undying Admiration

It Might be You

The Old Songs

Until I Fall in Love Again

I Still Believe in You

Tryin to Get the Feeling Again

King and Queen of Hearts

Over and Over Again

On This Day

ZSA zsa Padilla will also sing her favorite songs:

Hiram

Ikaw Lamang

Minsan Pa

Mambobola

Kahit na

Hanggang

Ibigin ka Muli

Kung Alam mo Lang

Point of No Return

We’re All Alone

        

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Arnel Pineda Rocks in Cebu

     Journey Vocalist Arnel Pineda pre-Valentine concert will be performed on February 12, 2010 at the Pacific Grand Ballroom, Waterfront Hotel-Lahug, Cebu with Special Guest Rachelle Ann Go and Ammo Band.

     Don’t miss the love rocks of Arnel Pineda. See you there!

                                                                 

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Who Will Be The Next Philippine President?

     Six presidential aspirants came to Cebu last week at the “Choices and Voices 2010” hosted by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Cebu Business Club, with the support of Aboitiz Equity Ventures and the Visayas Electric Company, Inc. They were:

  Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III 

                Joseph "Erap" Estrada

Richard "Dick" Gordon  

    Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr.

 Eddie Villanueva 

 

           Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr.

1.   Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino I

          (Liberal Party). Philippine senator and the only son of the former President Corazon Aquino and  

     former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. The brother of the popular TV host and actress Kris Aquino. 

2.  Joseph “Erap” Estrada

          (Political Party: PMP). Former Philippine president who was convicted of plunder but subsequently

     pardoned by President Gloria Arroyo.

3.    Richard "Dick" Gordon

          (Political Party: BAGUMBAYAN). A member of the Senate of the Philippines and former mayor of

     Olongapo City and also a former administrator of the Subic Free Port.

4.    Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. 

          A member of the Cojuanco clan. The current Secretary of National Defense.

5.    Eddie Villanueva

          (Political Party: Bangon Pilipinas). Christian evangelist.

6.    Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr.

          (Nacionalista Party). Filipino businessman and former Senate President of the Philippines.  The

     most visible presidential candidate who has announce his presidential aspiration years back.  His ad

     campaigns have been going on for quite sometime.  Seen by most as using his money for his utmost

     advantage in the coming presidential election.

       The aspirants were asked questions on certain issues. It’s now up for the people to choose their bet for the upcoming 2010 presidential election.

        Do you have your bet now? Wanna bet?

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Asean Ministers of Education Met in Mactan, Cebu

 

      Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Council conference opened yesterday, January 26, 2010 with eleven member countries and eight affiliate countries. Delegates of the 45^th SEAMEO are in Mactan, Cebu to discuss current education trends, issues and possible policy reforms in education.

     The Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus is the new SEAMEO President. President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo challenged the delegates to work for innovative and technology-based teaching and learning in the region.

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COMELEC Tested Machines & Canvassing System in Cebu

     

     COMELEC (Commision on Election) machines and canvassing system was successfully tested in Cebu yesterday, January 27, 2010.This automated polls will be utilized as polling precincts this coming May 2010 election according to Election Commisioner Gregorio Larrazabal.

    COMELEC also tested its Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in 10 polling precincts in different five areas. Alfaco Elementary School and Bairan Elementary School in Naga, Cebu were among the 10 precincts. COMELEC spokesman James Jimenez said this test was for transmission system only.Cebu was the first to feed its test results to the national office and is now ready  for the COMELEC automation.

       Another field test will be conducted tomorrow in Pateros and Taguig. The mock elections are scheduled on February 6, 2010 in two areas in Cebu City.

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Grandest Sinulog Festival in Cebu, Pit Senyor!

Grandest Sinulog Festival in Cebu 

Pit Senyor!

        The Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival honors the so called vision of the child Jesus, known as the Santo Niño (Holy Child), who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is a dance ritual that commemorates the Cebuano peoples Islamic and pagan origin, and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism.

          The festival features a street parade with participants in bright colored costumes dancing to the rhythm of drums, trumpets and native gongs. Smaller versions of the festival are held in various parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a "Sinulog sa Kabataan" performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the parade. Recently, the festival has been promoted as a tourist attraction, with a contest featuring contingents from various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is usually held in the Cebu City Sports Complex.

          The Sinulog celebration lasts for nine days, culminating on the final day with the Sinulog Grand Parade. The day before the parade, the Fluvial Procession is held at dawn with a statue of the Santo Niño carried on a pump boat from Mandaue City to Cebu City, decked with hundreds of flowers and candles. The procession ends at the Basilica where a re-enactment of the Christianizing (that is, the acceptance of Roman Catholicism) of Cebu is performed. In the afternoon, a more solemn procession takes place along the major streets of the city, which last for hours due to large crowd participating in the event. It is noted that excessive alcohol consumption is commonly observed at this event.

          On the feast day at the Basilica del Santo Niño Church, a Pontifical Mass is celebrated by the Cardinal with the assistance of several bishops of Cebu. Most devotees go to the Basilica to attend the mass before heading out to the streets to watch the parade.

        The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog which is "like water current movement," which describes the forward-backward movement of the Sinulog dance. The dance consists of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound of drums. The dance is categorized into Sinulog-base, Free-Interpretation. Candle vendors at the Basilica continue to perform the traditional version of the dance when lighting a candle for the customer, usually accompanied by songs in the native language.

          The Sinulog dance steps were believed to originate from Rajah Humabon's adviser, Baladhay. It was during Humabon's grief when Baladhay was driven sick. He then ordered his native tribe to bring Baladhay into a chapel where the Santo Niño was enthroned. Moments later, surprisingly, Baldhay was heard shouting and was found dancing with outmost alertness. Baladhay was questioned as to whether why was he awake and was shouting. Baladhay explained that he found a small child, pointing to the image of the Santo Niño, on top of him and trying to wake him up. He, at great astonishment, scared the child away by shouting but couldn't explain why he was dancing the movements of the river. Up to this day, the two-steps forward, and the one-step backward movement dance is still used by the Santo Niño devotees believing that it was the Santo Niño's choice to have Baladhay dance. 

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Cebu ... Cebu ... Cebu!

          Cebu will be celebrating its annual fiesta with a grand Sinulog festival tomorrow, January 17, 2010.Welcome to Cebu... Cebu... Cebu!

          Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands. Cebu is a long narrow island stretching 225 kilometres from north to south, surrounded by 167 neighbouring smaller islands, that includes Mactan, Bantayan, Malapascua, Olango and the Camotes Islands. Cebu has narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus and coastal plains. It also has predominant rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges traversing the northern metres high. Flat tracts of land can be found in the towns of Bogo, San Remigio, Medellin and Daanbantayan at the northern region of the province. Its capital is Cebu City, the oldest city in the Philippines which forms part of the Cebu Metropolitan Area together with four neighbouring cities which include Danao City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City and Talisay City and eight other municipalities. Mactan-Cebu International Airport, located in Mactan island, is the second busiest airport in the Philippines.

          Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, with Cebu City as the main centre of commerce, trade, education and industry in the Visayas. The United Kingdom based Condé Nast Traveler Magazine named Cebu the seventh best island destination in the Indian Ocean-Asia region in 2007, eighth best Asian-Pacific island destination in 2005, seventh in 2004 and fourth in 2009. Cebu then known as Zubu (or Sugbo).

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