SunStar Network News feed for Cebu, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:13:05 +0800 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:13:05 +0800 FOR Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, the Board of Marine Inquiry’s (BMI) recommendations and findings on the sinking of the Princess of the Stars were expected, including the exclusion of some government officials from any liability. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/news/bmi.findings.expected.says.tomas.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE search for a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C130 that crashed in Davao City last Monday continues, although rough seas made it difficult to spot any bodies or survivors. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/news/families.of.plane.crew.receive.p200t.to.get.another.p250t.as.ordered.by.gma.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IF any entity decides to buy the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC), Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants all its regular and casual employees laid off. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/news/tomas.to.sack.all.500.hospital.workers.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified POLICE raided the house of Joavan Fernandez yesterday morning and did not find any of the guns he was alleged to possess. After two hours of searching, the raiding team led by Senior Insp. Jovito Canlapan emerged empty-handed from Joavan’s house in Friendly Homes on the boundary of Barangays Tabunok and Bulacao. The court issued the warrant, valid for 10 days, on Aug. 22 but the search was carried out only yesterday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/news/no.guns.found.in.joavan.house.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Garry A. Cabotaje Sun.Star Staff Reporter YET to suggest that men might love and respect one another directly, without the violent ritual of combat, is to misread man’s greatest passion–for war, not peace. Love, if there is to be love, comes second.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/sports/quijano.a.different.kind.of.physician.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jingo Quijano Last Round MY BARKADA and drinking buddy in college Rogelio “Tata” Morelos who, belongs to a family of chess players, just gave me a handwritten note criticizing the showdown between grandmasters Eugene Torre and Joey Antonio that was dubbed as the QC Chess Road Show. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/sports/pestaño.an.unfair.decision.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Frank “Boy” Pestaño Chessmoso GERRY Cavan shot perfect from the field to lead the M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños in sweeping the Trace Laguna Stallions following an 82-71 win in Game 3 of the best-of-five quarterfinal series of the 2008 Liga Pilipinas Smart Playoffs held at the Trace College Gym in Los Baños, Laguna, Wednesday evening. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/sports/cavan.steers.cebu.to.sweep.liga.quarterfinals.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified EVEN if it wasn’t yet the fight night, both pugilists World Boxing Organization Intercontinental super bantamweight titleholder Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista and Mexican challenger Eden “Anastesista” Marquez showed their eagerness to trade fists as they stood face-to-face and exchanged heated words at the final press conference, yesterday, at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/sports/bautista.marquez.vow.to.ko.each.other.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Edri K. Aznar Sun.Star Staff Reporter WHATEVER plea of innocence Mandaue City Vice Mayor Carlo Pontico Fortuna and his gang may raise about their "ghostbuster" project, the name drips with malice. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/oped/pachico.a..seares.news.sense.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Pachico A. Seares News Sense BEFORE yesterday’s raid on the residence of Joavan Fernandez in Bulacao, Talisay City I told Sun.Star reporter GC of my theory: Mayor Soc Fernandez’s son won’t spend a day in jail even if a warrant of arrest is issued against him. (Why has the issuance of a warrant of arrest against Joavan taken an eternity?) It’s obvious we are being toyed with. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/oped/bong.o..wenceslao.candid.thoughts.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong O. Wenceslao Candid Thoughts LET’S face it. The current conflict in North Cotabato is no more a matter of religion than about two competing factions’ inability to agree on a common schedule and program to celebrate their annual barangay fest. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/oped/godofredo.m..roperos.politics.also.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Godofredo M. Roperos Politics Also NORTH Cotabato is a troubled land again, as it was in the ‘70s when the infamous “Ilaga” roamed and dominated the area. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/oped/editorial.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SUMMIT Glass and Aluminum Supply, Inc., a company engaged in fabrication, distribution and installation of wide variety of quality glass, aluminum, windows and doors, has forged a partnership with Hunter Douglas to become a distributor of the latter’s products and giving its clients more choices for their window coverings. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/life/summit.glass.distributes.hunter.douglas.products.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FEAST on big discounts at Ayala Center Cebu’s September Shopfest Mallwide Sale on Sept. 5, 6 and 7. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/life/ayala.center.cebu’s.september.shopfest.mallwide.sale.set.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TWO days more to go and the so-called “ber season” will come in. I’m not sure if there is a scientific explanation to this but some say it is during this last part of the year, when names of months end in “ber,” that days fly so fast and before we know it, it’s already Christmas time. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/life/serna.save.van.with.your.text.votes.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roger Serna Sounds and images ARIEL Carsula has found a twin package at the end of the rainbow. They may not be in a pot of gold, but they are surely keepsakes. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/life/rainbow.connection.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Clint Holton P. Potestas PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) faces a slew of tough challenges in its operating environment over the short term as the flag carrier continues its build-up after graduating from receivership a year ago, the airline’s top two executives said yesterday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/bus/pal.execs.foresee.more.difficulties.for.rp.airlines..html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified INDUSTRY players want to “overhaul” wrong notions about certain sectors in Cebu, such as spas, during the Beauty, Health and Wellness (BHW) Show in November. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/bus/chamber.lays.out.plan.for.beauty.health.show..html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A GROUP of professionals and businessmen have raised the need to equip overseas Filipino workers with “life skills” that will help them become entrepreneurs when they come back to the country for good. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/bus/teach.ofws.business.skills.group.to.owwa..html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHILE other airline companies cut routes as a strategic response to rising fuel prices, Cebu Pacific (CEB) decided to do the opposite by expanding its Cebu operations hub with two new aircraft and three new domestic services. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/29/bus/budget.carrier.expands.service.with.more.flights.from.cebu.hub.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SERGIO Garcia once again became a bridesmaid this weekend to Vijay Singh at the Barclays tournament in Paramus, New Jersey at the Ridgewood Country Club. This PGA tournament used to be held at the Westchester Golf and Country Club in New York for 41 years and now it has moved to the Jersey side of the East river. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/sports/chiongbian.garcia.finishes.second.again.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Edgar R. Chiongbian Teetime MANILA - World champion Willy Wang yesterday deferred his decision to retire and instead vowed to continue his quest for the country’s first Olympic gold in 2012 in London. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/sports/wang.defers.retirement.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THOSE who want to get their chance at “rescuing” a downed pilot and blasting away at the rebels trying to capture him can get their chance to play soldier for two days in the First Mayor Jonas C. Cortest Airsoft competition at the North Reclamation Area across Cebu Doctors’ University. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/sports/mandaue.holds.airsoft.tilt.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified NORTHWOODS kept its composure down the crucial minutes of the game to stay unbeaten after pulling a scary 61-58 win over the Eagles in the elimination round of the 2008 Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)-Cebu Chapter Basketball tournament held at the Capitol Parish Gym. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/sports/northwoods.beats.eagles.in.ibp.hoops.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AS DAANBANTAYAN prepares for its Haladaya Festival on Saturday, Vice Mayor Ma. Luisa Loot asked the camp of mayoral candidate Augusto Corro not to do anything that might tarnish the town’s tourism industry. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/news/loot.tells.corro.don’t.tarnish.town’s.image.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A TURF WAR in the illegal drug trade is the main angle police investigators are checking in the shooting in Barangay Kamagayan, Cebu City last Tuesday night that killed one man and injured another. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/news/police.looking.into.conflict.among.drug.traders.as.angle.in.kamagayan.killing.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jovy S. Taghoy Sun.Star Staff Reporter DAVAO CITY - A military transport plane that crashed after takeoff in Davao City is too deep underwater for divers to reach, Air Force officials said yesterday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/news/‘no.signs.of.survivors’.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SULPICIO Lines Inc. is preparing to fight the Board of Marine Inquiry’s (BMI) recommendation to suspend its franchise, even as Sen. Pia Cayetano said she wants the 35-year-old company to cease operations immediately. Lawyer Arthur Lim said during the resumption of the Maritime Industry Authority’s (Marina) hearing that they plan to appeal the BMI’s recommendation, a QTV report said. Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr. will form a panel of prosecutors to evaluate the BMI’s findings. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/news/sulpicio.set.to.file.appeal.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Commission on Audit (COA) seems to frighten bureaucrats who'd rather have its annual audit sealed, never to see public light. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/oped/pachico.a..seares.news.sense.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Pachico A. Seares News Sense I asked two editors and our group comptroller how many zeros a trillion has. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/oped/michelle.p..so.caught.in.the.net.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Michelle P. So Caught in the Net I EXPECT my wife Edizza to drag the family this Sunday to Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City in time for the festivities in honor of its patron, St. Augustine of Hippo. I have been hearing talks about preparations for the fiesta, and the stories are not flattering. The conflict over control of the main barangay chapel has spilled over to the fiesta activities. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/oped/bong.o..wenceslao.candid.thoughts.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong O. Wenceslao Candid Thoughts AN explosion preceded the crash of a military C-130 plane near Davao City Monday night according to witnesses, sparking speculations of sabotage by unidentified forces. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/oped/editorial.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THIS is definitely going to be Spanish week, what with Marco Polo Plaza Hotel “tiene el gusto de invitarle a la aperture del festival gastronomico Sabores De España.” (Basically, that means an invitation to the Flavors of Spain, a food festival.) http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/life/utzurrum.flavors.of.spain.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Chinggay V. Utzurrum The scene ACCORDING to some reports, the 64-bit computing is finally taking off. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/bus/ng.toward.64.bit.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Wilson Ng Wired Desktop LAST Monday, I was a guest in QTV’s The Beat. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/bus/toral.earning.from.blogs.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Janette Toral Digital Filipino THE number of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) continues to increase as more countries have opened their doors to foreign workers. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/bus/increasing.number.of.ofws.exit.rp.through.cebu.airport.owwa.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE slowdown of the US economy, as well as Japan and those in the European Union, has pushed some Cebuano export companies to look at the local market for their products. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/28/bus/local.market.helps.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified LET’S call a spade a spade. Team Philippines faded into oblivion in the sixteen days that separated the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Games; and the whole world was witness to the embarrassment. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/sports/rama.quo.vadis.team.philippines..html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Karlon N. Rama Stage Five WITH the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation’s stringent enactment of policies, five players were handed a season-long suspension for having violated Cesafi rules. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/sports/cesafi.flexes.rules.sanctions.5.players.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AFTER a lackluster performance at the 29th Olympic Games, the country’s top sports officials cited the need to increase financial support and modernize training as possible ways to redeem our standing in the 2012 Games in London. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/sports/funds.new.talents.sought..html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified LESZL Gitaruelas may have had a traumatic experience in the Kota Kinabalu Climbathon two years ago when she suffered cramps and dropped out of the race 1.5 kilometers away from the finish line. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/sports/cebuanas.conquer.kota.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THEY said they will not step down until the next elections in 2010. One thing is for certain, though: Daanbantayan Mayor Sun Shimura and Vice Mayor Ma. Luisa Loot are safe in their positions until Friday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/news/shimura.vm.get.3.day.reprieve.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jujemay G. Awit Sun.Star Staff Reporter “DON’T prejudge me.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/news/joavan.admits.he.carries.firearm.appeals.to.public.not.to.judge.him.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A 29-YEAR-OLD driver who earlier accused some policemen of extortion died in an ambush along Cabatingan St., Barangay Kamagayan, Cebu City last night. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/news/less.than.an.hour.apart.2.men.who’ve.had.brushes.with.the.law.shot.dead..html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jovy S. Taghoy Sun.Star Staff Reporter TWO Philippine Air Force (PAF) pilots and seven crew members are missing after their C-130 plane “lost contact” five minutes after it took off from Davao City last Monday night. The nine PAF personnel are stationed at the Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base’s 220th Heavy Airlift Wing in Cebu. Body parts, torn uniforms, military boots, personal items like wallets, photos and identification cards, and an operation manual for a C-130 Hercules Lockheed plane were recovered yesterday morning from seaside villages of Davao City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/news/c.130.falls.9.dead.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FOR lack of space last Saturday, I did not say anything about a very crucial point that Fr. Melo Diola raised in his position paper on preparing for 2010. It is so crucial that I must find space for it here. It is about the human (and not exclusively Christian) virtue of hope that Fr. Melo said should spur us into action against all odds. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/oped/orlando.p..carvajal.break.point.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Orlando P. Carvajal Break Point DAANBANTAYAN is a fishing and agricultural town. My recollection of the place includes a political campaign for independent candidates in the 1978 elections. That was the first time I spoke on stage in an electoral rally. I don’t think our audience reached 20 people, but I was excited, I don’t know why. I was with then journalist Manny Lumanao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/oped/bong.o..wenceslao.candid.thoughts.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong O. Wenceslao Candid Thoughts NOT only are the Muslims seeking autonomy in Mindanao but the lumads or indigenous people in the island as well. Tribal leaders of 13 indigenous peoples' communities in Minsupala (Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan) are calling for the creation of an Autonomous Region for the Lumad in Mindanao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/oped/bobby.nalzaro.saksi.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bobby Nalzaro Saksi TEAM Philippines might as well have been called Team Debacle, referring to what happened to our team in the Beijing Olympics. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/oped/editorial.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SAVOR rich and exciting flavors as the Marco Polo Plaza takes one on another Culinary Journey from Aug. 28 to Sept.14, this time to beautiful and romantic Spain. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/life/marco.polo’s.culinary.journey.features.savores.de.españa.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PETITE and pretty Melissa Unchuan became the bride of Cesar “Chichu” Seno III during mid-afternoon rites at the Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Redemptorist Church last Aug. 2. It was the first wedding in the Unchuan family, the reason why the bride’s Dad Francisco “Paquito” and Mom Marissa (Rodriguez) looked misty-eyed all throughout the wedding ceremony. mehow they were still trying to get used to the idea that their eldest daughter would be starting a new life with her chosen partner. As for the groom’s parents, Cesar Alexander and Fatima Seno, they were eager to welcome a new daughter to their family. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/life/neri.chichu.and.melissa’s.wedding.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nelia G. Neri Eve SAINT Augustine of Hippo, in his work Soliloquies, taught: “The greatest evil is physical pain.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/life/literatus.sweetening.pain.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Zosimo T. Literatus, R.M.T. Breakthroughs TRUE blue Cebuanos know about the fruit stalls near the old Chong Hua Hospital. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/life/life.is.like.a.fruit.stall.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Luis A. Quibranza III PHILIPPINE Association of Realtors Board Inc.-Cebu Realtors Board Inc. (Pareb-Cereb) urged consumers to protect themselves from being deceived by demanding to see the license of the real estate broker and double-checking its authenticity in the roster of accredited brokers and salesmen under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/bus/group.warns.against.brokers.without.licenses.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified MOST women have to invent various ways to persuade or coerce their husbands to engage in hobbies (like gardening and cooking) that would enable them to spend more time at home and bond with the children. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/bus/cebu.businessmen.raise.birds.for.fun.inter.island.racing.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nancy R. Cudis Sun.Star Staff Reporter SEVERAL international airlines are interested to put up direct flights from Cebu to other countries because not one incident involving terrorism had been recorded since the Mactan airport was upgraded to international standards in 1991. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/bus/safety.at.mactan.airport.continues.to.attract.international.airlines.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AN INTERNATIONAL hotel chain will open its 10th branch in the country, in Lapu-Lapu City, next week. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/27/bus/new.hotel.to.open.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Debra M. Estero Sun.Star Correspondent AN earthquake occurred at 10:43 a.m. yesterday and was felt in Leyte and some parts of Cebu. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/news/mild.quake.jolts.leyte.and.parts.of.cebu.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TWO century-old bells were stolen from a chapel in a mountain village of Dumanjug Friday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/news/century.old.church.bells.stolen.from.town.chapel.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE plan to organize civilians into a separate barangay intelligence network (BIN) is nothing but a ploy by Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Lito Ruiz to organize a mass political base. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/news/mactan.barangay.officials.accuse.dilg’s.ruiz.of.preparing.for.wife’s.candidacy.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAANBANTAYAN Vice Mayor Ma. Luisa Loot yesterday warned supporters of her political rival they will not get help from the town government. Loot issued the warning in front of her own supporters gathered at the town’s sports complex to protest a recent court ruling declaring Augusto Corro and Dr. Jose de Leon winners of the 2007 elections. “Dili tabangan ang nagsuporta kang Itok (Corro) kay kami fake kuno (We will not help Corro supporters if they insist we are fake),” Loot said. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/news/town.folk.slam.court.decision.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jujemay G. Awit Sun.Star Staff Reporter LONDON - GREAT Britain, my adopted country have just wrapped up their best Olympic success in more than a hundred years by finishing fourth in the overall medal tally behind superpowers China, USA and Russia. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/sports/talk.back.philippine.sports.need.more.funding.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jack Biantan Pinoysoccer.com TWO nights ago wasn’t the Closing Ceremony—that was a party. After 16 days of glitch-free Olympics that showcased world-class venues and introduced the warmth of the Chinese army of 1.5 million volunteers, the XXIX Games ended the way it began: with fireworks. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/sports/pages.from.jackie.chan.to.beckham.bye.bye.china.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 John Pages Match Point THE M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños leave today for Los Baños, Laguna where they will try to end the quarterfinal series against the Trace Laguna Stallions at the Trace College Gym. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/sports/niños.leave.for.laguna.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified NO Llanto, no problem. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/sports/usc’s.fifth.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A proposal by Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago would require government offices and agencies, government-owned corporations, and local governments to observe a Philippine Standard Time (PST). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/oped/pachico.a..seares.news.sense.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Pachico A. Seares News Sense IN usual presidential flair, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered infrastructure agencies to speed up work on roads and bridges in Cebu and gave specific instructions for the work to begin. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/oped/nini.b..cabaero.beyond.30.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nini B. Cabaero Beyond 30 ANY human resources practitioner worth his salt will tell you that a good employee must, among others, be able to work with minimum supervision. Give him an assignment and consider it done. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/oped/frank.malilong.the.other.side.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Frank Malilong The Other Side WHAT is happening in Daanbantayan town is not the first time an electoral protest has sparked political restiveness and threatened an area’s peace and order situation. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/oped/editorial.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE finest singers in the industry give tribute to a singer who has inspired many nd has been considered the embodiment of a total performer — Gary Valenciano. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/life/25.years.of.unmatched.musicality.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE overwhelming attendance of the schools in the One Cebu Exhibits was an indication of the thrust of Commission on Higher Education (Ched 7) to expand the learning experiences of the students. The schools sent busloads of students and faculty from Aug. 8-15, from high school to post-graduate levels. They marveled at the rich collections of the entrepreneurial skills of the Cebuanos. For some, it was a cultural journey, a rediscovery of Cebu’s resources. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/life/espina.beyond.classroom.learning.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Mila C. Espina In my diary THEY say art moves in cycles. It moves back and forth. It constantly swings like a pendulum toward modernism then swings back to conservatism or vice-versa as how the master Martino Abellana theorized. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/life/outdoor.impressions.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ritchie Landis Doner Quijano AN official of the state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) defended the bank’s rigid loan requirements. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/bus/bank.defends.‘voluminous’.documents.required.for.loans.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A CEBUANO congressman expects the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Personal Equity Retirement Account (Pera) Law to be completed and approved before the end of the year. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/bus/pera.law.to.promote.savings.capital.market.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WITH the launching of its new widescreen LCD monitors, AOC Philippines hopes to increase its market share to 30 percent this year from 26 percent in 2007. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/bus/monitor.manufacturer.expects.bigger.market.share.by.yearend.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified “Bankruptcy laws in the country need an overhaul.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/26/bus/bankruptcy.law.‘outdated’.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/news/vidal.urges.schools.to.give.room.for.academic.freedom.teach.truth.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAANBANTAYAN mayoralty bet Augusto “Itok” Corro and vice mayoralty candidate Jose de Leon Jr. yesterday declared themselves before hundreds of supporters the town’s “duly elected” top two officials in the 2007 elections. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/news/corro.de.leon.gather.supporters.declare.themselves.as.‘duly.elected’.officials.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BEIJING—China concluded its debut as Olympic host last night, after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement that coexisted awkwardly with the government’s wariness of dissent and free speech. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/news/china.wraps.up.olympic.debut.without.hitches.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRESIDENT Arroyo again prodded the public works department to begin building an approved bridge project in Mandaue City that will connect Canduman and Caban-calan, when she visited its site yesterday. But with bidding still to be done, Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane said work on the 40-meter bridge is expected to begin in November yet. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) still has to reevaluate its initial budget of P48 million, though, to factor in an increase in oil prices. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/news/gma.speed.up.bridge.project.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Katrina A. Balmaceda Sun.Star Correspondent ARMED, so the saying goes, beats unarmed all the time. I agree. But what if the bad guy grabbed you by the hand before you could reach for your holster? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/sports/rama.unarmed.and.dangerous.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Karlon N. Rama Stage Five THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) capped its 2007-08 season with a blast as gleamed in the marked increase in both gate receipts and attendance of the recently concluded Smart Fiesta Conference. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/sports/pba.fiesta.conference.sets.attendance.record.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ALL is going well for World Boxing Organization Intercontinental super bantamweight king Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista (25-1, 18 KOs) and WBO mini flyweight champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes (22-1-3, 13 KOs) in their preparation for their title defenses on Aug. 30 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/sports/nietes’.long.layoff.worries.aldeguer.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE final day of competitions in the 10th Silliman Founders Day Age Group Swimming Festival turned out to the be the defining moment for the Cebu Blue Marlins Swim Team as it banked on two of its best swimmers, Paula Abigail Vega and Anthony Linn Navarro to claim the overall championship yesterday at the Shaw Memorial swimming pool. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/sports/cebu.nabs.overall.title.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TENSION has gone to feverish levels in the small town of Daanbantayan after RTC Judge Antonio Marigomen ruled that the erstwhile local powers that be - Mayor Sun Shimura and her mother Vice Mayor Ma. Luisa Loot - lost the election to challengers Augusto Corro and Jose de Leon. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/oped/anol.mongaya.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Anol Mongaya A LOT more must have been written or said about the sins of Joavan Fernandez the son than the good deeds of Soc Fernandez the father. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/oped/pachico.a..seares.news.sense.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Pachico A. Seares News Sense I AM a full-blooded Mindanaoan. I was born and grew up in Dipolog City. My heart bleeds every time I hear about the armed conflict in the island. I can only ask myself: Can we really achieve genuine and lasting peace in what is known as the Land of Promise? But I have to clarify that it is not the entire island of Mindanao whose peace and order is deteriorating. My home province, Zamboanga del Norte, is very peaceful except in some areas like in Siraway, Sibuco and Siocon municipalities, where there are presence of Muslim rebels. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/oped/bobby.nalzaro.saksi.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bobby Nalzaro Saksi THOSE who have walked through the four period galleries of the Museo Sugbo will single out artifacts riveting their attention for one reason or the other: great antiquity and rarity, appeal to aesthetics or singular place in history. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/oped/editorial.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHETHER one is a first-time buyer or in the process of looking for his or her dream home, Sweetland Realty is a great place to begin the search. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/life/sweetland.realty.partner.in.real.estate.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WITH the success of its Italian-inspired subdivision in Talamban, Nexland Estate Ventures, Inc., embarked on developing the second phase of La Cittadella Condo-Residences. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/life/construction.underway.on.la.cittadella.condo.residences.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A series of celebrations marked the formal inauguration of the new Sacred Heart School of the Society of Jesus (SHS-J) at Canduman, Mandaue City. The festivities kicked off last Friday with the opening of the SHS-J Gallery at the school’s grand lobby, followed by a cocktail reception. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/life/neri.newsbits.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nelia G.Neri Eve TWO respected women. Surrounded in all aura, essence or spirit “corporate authority,” they are suddenly caught by confusion and tension when asked one simple question. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/life/girls.will.always.be.girls.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Luis Quibranza III PROPERTY developer AboitizLand Inc. will expand its commercial property development project in Lapu-Lapu City to provide lifestyle services to locators at the Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ) 2, tourists and nearby residents. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/bus/developer.eyes.supermarket.in.lapu.project.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IMMIGRATION and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new (Pilot) program designed to increase deportations called Operation Scheduled Departure. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/bus/reeves.ice.pilot.program.increases.deportations.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Robert L. Reeves A SENIOR executive from Accenture said the company will strengthen the portfolio of services of its Philippine delivery centers, considering that “customer care is strongest” in the country. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/bus/bpo.company.bares.plan.to.add.more.services.to.rp.operations.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE management of the Cebu City Marriott Hotel announced it is business as usual, even though it is operating with much smaller space than before while more than half of the hotel building is undergoing half of a renovation plan. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/25/bus/renovation.almost.done.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nancy R. Cudis Sun.Star Staff Reporter ONE of Carcar City’s most “notorious criminals” was arrested after a four-hour negotiation yesterday afternoon. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/news/murder.homicide.suspect.yields.after.4.hour.standoff.with.cops.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Mia E. Abellana Sun.Star Staff Reporter TALISAY City Vice Mayor Lani Abarquez can no longer pursue her plan to hold a peace and order assessment meeting with barangay leaders, as Mayor Socrates Fernandez is set to reassume his post this Tuesday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/news/soc.cuts.leave.short.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRESIDENT Arroyo will grace the blessing and inauguration of the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit’s (SHS-J) new campus in Canduman, Mandaue City today. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/news/arroyo.in.cebu.for.new.campus’.blessing.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BACK-TO-BACK rallies are being planned in Daan-bantayan today and tomorrow, as the camps of Augusto Corro and Mayor Sun Shimura vie for political control of the northern Cebu town. Corro’s supporters are scheduled to hold a prayer rally this afternoon. Supporters of Shimura and his mother, Vice Mayor Ma. Luisa Loot, will hold a rally tomorrow to protest the Regional Trial Court’s (RTC) decision declaring their proclamation null. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/news/loot.camp.out.to.sue.judge.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHEN he’s not busy bouncing barbells off his massive chest at the nifty Aquarius Gym at Waterfront Hotel Mactan, my companero Atty. Rico Amores likes to compare notes with this writer on our favorite topic. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/sports/quijano.can.“boom.boom”.bust.the.jinx..html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jingo Quijano Last Round HARRY Tañamor lost in the first round. Eric Ang lost in the first round. Mark Javier lost in the first round. Henry Dagmil and Maristella Torres lost in the first round. So did swimmers Miguel Molina, James Walsh, Daniel Coakley, Ryan Arabejo and Christel Simms. Sheila Mae Perez lost in the first round. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/sports/pages.as.the.8.8.8.games.conclude.our.score.0.0.0.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 John Pages Match Point THE M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños and the Misamis Oriental Meteors are ready to sweep their respective series when Game 3 of their best-of-five quarterfinal series will be played next week. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/sports/niños.eye.sweep.in.laguna.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified GOING up against a tough field of swimmers, the Cebuano tankers have been pushed to their limits in the 107th Silliman Founders Day Age Group Swimming Festival, but still managed to be in the Top 3 in the team ranking as of yesterday at the Shaw Memorial Swimming Pool inside the Silliman University campus. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/sports/cebu.eyes.overall.title.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified RP-0, PRP-8. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/oped/frank.malilong.the.other.side.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Frank Malilong The Other Side NEGROS Oriental Rep. Ignacio Arroyo didn't expect it, but his proposal to require professionals to stay in the country for two years before moving abroad is creating a controversy. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/oped/nini.b..cabaero.beyond.30.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nini B. Cabaero Beyond 30 THERE has never been a good war or a bad peace.” The new widows, orphans and smoldering ruins, left by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) rampage, stress this adage’s truth. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/oped/juan.l..mercado.sidebar.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Juan L. Mercado Sidebar WE pray it would be all about healing. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/oped/erma.m..cuizon.sun.star.essay.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erma M. Cuizon Sun.star essay Dear Cindy, http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/life/a.victim.of.witchcraft..html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Dr. Dana Ruiz-Sesante & Cindy Ruiz Garaña, R.N. Women’s world I ATTENDED the burial mass of Ulysses Antonio Chan Yap at Sacred Heart Parish Church last Aug. 16 and went with the family to Cempark to bid Ulysses a last good-bye. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/life/luab.a.humbling.experience.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Evelyn R. Luab Ligth Sunday M: The relationship has ended. It’s over and done and yet the feelings often remain well after the goodbyes. Breakups can be devastating and life changing, especially if the relationship was long term. So how do you get over someone who’s once been a very important part of your life? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/life/singlestalk.game.over.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Darwin John Moises and Michelle Mendez-Palmares Singlestalk THIS year, St. Theresa’s College (STC) turns 75, and so the school’s homecoming day, July 26, was extra special, with the theme “STC: A Gift and a Blessing.” On the week of the homecoming, there were several events: days of career talks and a lecture, “Each Her Own Way” by Dr. Cawilihan T. Zubiri, and in between these, general rehearsals for the presentation during the homecoming program! http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/24/life/at.stc’s.homecoming.celebration.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Cookie newman with Chinggay Utzurrum THE M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños shot 39-of-74 from the field en route to taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five quarterfinal series after a one-sided 99-73 win over the Trace Laguna Stallions in Game 2 of the 2008 Liga Pilipinas Smart Playoffs at the Cebu Coliseum last night. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/sports/niños.take.2.0.lead.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ONE of the less widely-reported “human interest” stories of the opening Barclays Premier League weekend was nevertheless one of the more compelling. It concerns a young Korean, a baby and the Baggies. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/sports/korean.midfielder.a.baby.and.the.baggies.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 John Dykes Special Contributor THE powerhouse University of San Carlos swim team will be staking its championship title when it takes part in the third Visayas Inter-School Swimming Association (Vissa) Competition today at the President Carlos P. Garcia Sports Complex. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/sports/usc.eyes.vissa.title.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified MANILA - Chief of Mission Monico Puentevella yesterday asked sports buffs to spare the athletes from any criticisms regarding the debacle suffered by Team Philippines in the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, China. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/sports/poc.officials.ask.blame.us.spare.the.athletes.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Frank C. Calapre Sun.Star Staff Reporter SKELETONS of two bodies were found in a deep cave in the mountain village of Sudlon I, Cebu City which is believed to be a mass grave of former communist rebels who were allegedly executed by their members. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/news/sudlon.caves.used.as.graves.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Mia E. Abellana Sun.Star Staff Reporter DAANBANTAYAN mayoralty candidate Augusto “Itok” Corro and vice mayoralty candidate Jose de Leon Jr. yesterday filed a joint motion for execution of judgment before the Regional Trial Court Branch 61, which declared them winners in the May 2007 elections. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/news/corro.de.leon.ask.court.to.implement.order.shimura.loot.file.twin.appeals.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A GRADUATE of medicine who opted to skip review classes and study on her own became the only Cebuano to land in the top 10 in this year’s physician licensure examination. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/news/cebu.bet.is.no..8.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AT LEAST 136 projects were implemented “without public bidding” in preparation for the 12th Asean Summit in Cebu in 2006. People at the implementing agency are still trying to explain why, a consolidated audit report shows. The report, dated July 31, 2008, is signed by Director Amante Liberato of the Commission on Audit (COA) and addressed to Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane of the Road Board, the agency that bankrolled the preparations. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/news/agencies.scored.on.deals.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified Fr. Melo Diola of Dilaab recently wrote people to ask for their thoughts on his position paper on the 2010 elections. I promised him a response and I thought I’d write it here as a way also of endorsing Dilaab’s admirably patriotic move to accomplish something positive in 2010. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/oped/orlando.p..carvajal.break.point.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Orlando P. Carvajal Break Point THE opposition expressed fears that President Arroyo would use the armed conflict in Mindanao as an excuse to declare Martial Law and to extend her hold on power beyond 2010. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/oped/bobby.nalzaro.saksi.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bobby Nalzaro Saksi ONE of the most frustrating features in public administration for someone involved in it on behalf of management is the feeling of being strait-jacketed by laws, rules, and regulations that govern the agency’s operation. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/oped/godofredo.m..roperos.politics.also.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Godofredo M. Roperos Politics Also WITH Mary Antoinette Rivero los ing 4-1 to a girl from Croatia in yesterday’s taekwondo preliminaries, Philippine sports officials’ hopes of saving face by salvaging at least a medal in Beijing was totally dashed. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/oped/editorial.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FOR a serious eater like your Uncle Ober, I’m stuffed with prided for what American aquaman Micahel Phelps has done to food. Hooray with a capital “H.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/life/marathon.food.event.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ober Khok THERE is a story to tell about how a careless pixie forgot to put baking powder into a chocolate cake mix. the happy result was the “fudgeylicious,” gooey brownie. Not just any brownie, La Marea’s brownie cup is every chocoholic’s dream to die for: warm and topped with vanilla ice cream, drizzled with choco syrup. Now there is a new creation — the white brownie cup drizzled with ivory white deliciousness. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/life/sweet.dreams.you.can.eat.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Myra Isabel Magsaysay Sun THE record of employment of private respondent Melencia Asegurado with petitioner Acebedo Optical shows that she committed a series of absences and incidences of tardiness. Repeated memoranda were issued on her infractions. She was likewise repeatedly suspended. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/bus/gross.negligence.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Dominador A. Almirante Labor case digest IT'S never easy being a citizen of two countries. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/bus/batuhan.tale.of.two.teams.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Allan S.B. Batuhan Foreign Exchange WANTING to take advantage of Cebu’s booming tourism and business process outsourcing industries, a supplier of outdoor equipment opened its sixth outlet at the Northwing of SM City Cebu last Wednesday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/bus/store.foresees.bigger.market.due.to.growth.in.adventure.tourism.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified GOVERNMENT-owned bank Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) announced it has already met its target of P3 billion for its Aug. 19-27, 2008 offering of unsecured subordinated notes. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/23/bus/dbp.hits.p3b.target.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified