CEBU hosted a historic presidential forum on Friday as six presidential candidates battled for the 2 million votes of what is considered as the strongest and more discriminating voting bloc in the country.
A jam-packed plenary hall of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) showed a cross-section of the Cebu community coming together for the forum organized by the Cebu business community.
The social elites, businessmen, students and the marginalized sat in one venue for more than three hours to listen to the candidates, who entered the hall alphabetically like rock stars—Benigno Aquino III, Joseph Estrada, Richard Gordon, Gilbert Teodoro, Eddie Villanueva and Manuel Villar Jr.
New boss, new plans
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 -
by:
Willy Rodolfo
Tuesday, 15 December 2009 19:26
THE incoming director of the tourism office in Central Visayas said she will beef up the region’s presence in the large-scale conventions and diving markets in an effort to bring in more tourists to the country’s best-selling tourism destination.
THE incoming director of the tourism office in Central Visayas said she will beef up the region’s presence in the large-scale conventions and diving markets in an effort to bring in more tourists to the country’s best-selling tourism destination.
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More blackouts for Visayas
Monday, December 7, 2009 -
by:
Willy Rodolfo
Sunday, 06 December 2009 19:56
EVEN as the Visayas is on its knees at present, trying to crawl out of a power crisis, an official of the energy department has warned of another power crisis by 2013 as no new power plants are breaking ground to supply the region’s electricity needs in the next several years.
EVEN as the Visayas is on its knees at present, trying to crawl out of a power crisis, an official of the energy department has warned of another power crisis by 2013 as no new power plants are breaking ground to supply the region’s electricity needs in the next several years.
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