Thursday, June 28, 2007 (Philippines)

Seventeen members of the Southeast Asian Service-Leadership Project visit Cebu as health volunteers to raise awareness among Alaska, Mambaling, Cebu City children. Above, they teach the kids on the health danger of intestinal worms.(Sun.star photo/Allan Defensor) ASK Crisologo Saavedra how he’s feeling today, and he’ll probably tell you: “I am vindicated.” The businessman pointed out that Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has admitted, albeit with justification, that the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) cost higher than what she’d earlier declared in a presentation at the Capitol last May. “The figures in her (May) presentation were much lower than the actual amount spent,” he said in an interview yesterday. Pinoy Votes: Sun.Star Election 2007 Coverage [full story]