SunStar Network News feed for Cebu, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:24:09 +0800 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:24:09 +0800 EXACTLY a year after he accepted the task of being the commissioner of the Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC), the post will be left empty again after sportsman John Pages decided to resign. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/sports/pages.resigns.as.ccsc.commissioner.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified I HAD a surprise visitor at Handuraw a few days ago and it was no less than the honorary president of Fide himself, Florencio Campomanes, who has spent most of his life with the game. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/sports/pestaño.campomanes.receives.highest.award.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Frank “Boy” Pestaño Chessmoso PAGADIAN City - The Cebuanos in the Pagadian Explorers lineup played villain to the cause of the M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños as the host team scored a stirring upset over the highly favored visitors, 57-55, in the opening day of the Pagadian leg of the 2008 Liga Pilipinas. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/sports/pagadian.upsets.cebu.niños.in.liga.pilipinas.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AFTER a year of heated exchanges of words in the media, two basketball patrons, Lorenzo “Chao” Sy and Felix Tiukinhoy, finally saw eye to eye as they combined their efforts in a huge endeavor—the Asian University Basketball Championship (AUBC) slated this weekend at the Cebu Coliseum. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/sports/basketball.rivals.unite.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Commission on Audit (COA) called the Toledo City Government’s attention on its failure to pay a loan for its socialized housing project and social funds worth more than P4 million. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/news/coa.raps.toledo.on.failure.to.pay.loan.from.nha.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ruled against Sulpicio Lines Inc. in yet another civil case stemming from the 1998 sinking of their previous flag carrier, the mv Princess of the Orient. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/news/company.told.to.pay.2.survivors.of.orient.sinking.parents.who.lost.daughter.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Karlon N. Rama Sun.Star Staff Reporter ACTING Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama led Market Authority officials early yesterday morning in eating a variety of fish dishes at the Pasil Fish Port to show the public it is safe to eat seafood. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/news/pasil’s.fish.safe.to.eat.officials.prove.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rene H. Martel Sun.Star Staff Reporter THE public viewing of bodies retrieved from the Princess of the Stars was stopped yesterday, as authorities explained it will only delay DNA sample collections that will help identify their lost kin faster. “Hindi na pwede ang viewing,” Dr. Renato Bautista, chief of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) medico-legal division told the families at the Cebu City Sports Complex. “It is practically impossible for you to recognize anyone just by viewing the bodies,” he explained. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/news/families’.hopes.depend.on.dna.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Elisabeth P. Baumgart & Katrina A. Balmaceda Sun.Star Correspondents NBI Regional Director Medardo de Lemos was ordered relieved but the transfer was aborted. Cebu City Fire Chief Esmael Codilla was about to turn over command but the ceremony was cancelled. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/oped/pachico.a..seares.news.sense.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Pachico A. Seares News Sense SEN. Rodolfo Biazon does some times get overboard when it comes to talk, but his Senate Bill No. 2417 does makes sense. The measure he filed last month calls for the creation of a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB, as conceived, “would ensure thorough and impartial investigations of transportation accidents.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/oped/bong.o..wenceslao.candid.thoughts.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong O. Wenceslao Candid Thoughts TRUTHG to tell, the people I circulate with in my hometown—and many of them are government workers who are used to simple ways of life—are doing everything to overcome the rising cost of living. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/oped/godofredo.m..roperos.politics.also.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Godofredo M. Roperos Politics Also WHEN the result the US government-funded World Values Survey showed that the world is getting happier, the world-wide food problem was not yet in the offing. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/oped/editorial.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IN accordance with its core purpose of providing scholastic excellence, PAREF Southcrest School has undertaken the Apple Educator’s Advantage to provide innovative solutions for raising student achievement. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/life/paref.southcrest.teachers.trained.by.apple..html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified MEG, a clothing boutique carrying stylish and excellent quality clothes for women, has opened its first store outside Metro Manila at the second level of Ayala Center Cebu. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/life/meg.opens.in.ayala.center.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ONCE again, Manny Pacquiao gave his fellow Filipinos something to be happy about despite the constant rise in the price of oil products, the scarcity and, thus, high price of rice and, recently, the destruction brought about by typhoon Frank. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/life/serna.good.luck.jennifer.barrientos.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roger Serna Sounds and images To give birth to novel ideas was all he ever aimed for. But along the way, he has discovered an approach in merging two different elements of visual arts: painting and fashion. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/life/two.arts.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Clint Holton P. Potestas TRAVEL and tourism is an essential part of the development of human civilization. There are plenty of reasons for people to travel. These include pilgrimage, leisure, migration, health and, in most cases, search for better opportunities. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/bus/foreign.tourist.arrivals.in.rp.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Adrian Agbon Sun.Star Economic Forum, Academe Committee I HAVE been playing around with two cool netbooks —a new category of notebooks that promises to be lighter and cheaper. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/bus/ng.cool.netbooks.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Wilson Ng Wired Desktop DISTRIBUTORS and resellers of computers and computer accessories remain optimistic about achieving revenue growth this year, despite rising prices. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/bus/pc.dealers.retain.positive.outlook.for.’08.despite.increasing.prices.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE local chamber of commerce has appealed to the transportation and communication secretary to hasten the investigation on the sinking of mv Princess of the Stars and to consider the hold order the government has implemented against Sulpicio Lines Inc. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/04/bus/‘speed.up.sulpicio.probe’.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Debra M. Estero and Nancy cudis Of Sun.Star Cebu MANILA - Gary David fired 30 points as the Air 21 Express pulled a 113-103 win over the Purefoods Giants yesterday to formalize their first semifinal appearance in the 2008 Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/sports/air21.erases.14.point.lead.for.12th.win.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THEY are two of the most celebrated siblings on this planet. They are rivals, doubles partners, Olympic gold medalists, fashion icons, Grand Slam champions, magazine cover models and yet, amidst all their similarities, they are opposites. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/sports/pages.it’s.a.sister.act.when.w.meets.w.at.w.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 John Pages Match Point TO view or not to view, that is the question. The View Invitational Golf Tournament tees off today through Sunday at Alta Vista GC, and in search to validate that question, we ask if the golfers really notice the view of Cebu when they play golf at Alta Vista. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/sports/chiongbian.to.view.or.not.to.view.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Edgar R. Chiongbian Teetime ONE of the top contenders for the upcoming 6th Asian University Basketball Championship, the Huaqiao University, will be arriving today in preparation for the event slated on July 5 at the Cebu Coliseum http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/sports/asian.hoops.kicks.off.cesafi.clarifies.‘stand’.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IF mv Princess of the Stars captain Florencio Marimon is alive, he will not hide from his responsibility, Sulpicio Lines assistant vice president Ryan Bernard Go said yesterday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/news/ship.captain.not.hiding.official.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IKAW kuno mamatyan ug bana? (How would you feel if you lost your husband?)” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/news/wife.refuses.expression.of.sympathy.president.hands.out.p10t.as.financial.aid.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A MONTH before the sinking of its flag carrier, the mv Princess of the Stars, the past came back to haunt the people behind Sulpicio Lines Inc. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/news/sulpicio.seeks.recon.on.p6m.damages.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Karlon N. Rama Sun.Star Staff Reporter MV Princess of the Stars will be refloated to retrieve bodies stuck inside the vessel, Transportation Undersecretary Maria Elena Bautista said yesterday. The process will stop efforts to recover bodies for up to three months. Amid anger at the slow-moving recovery operation, the government and ferry owners abandoned plans to bore a hole in the 24,000-ton vessel to pull out the bodies and agricultural chemicals that threaten the marine environment. A salvage outfit hired to execute the plan, as well as Filipino and US military divers, have left the site off Sibuyan Island, Bautista said. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/news/search.to.stop.for.3.months.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHEN Ann Lopez of Institute of Journalism & Communications said AIJC would nominate me for University of the Philippines System's Gawad Plaridel 2008, there were things I didn't know about the award. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/oped/pachico.a..seares.news.sense.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Pachico A. Seares News Sense A FEW years back, a Singaporean friend and her family visited Cebu for the first time. They stayed in an expensive resort in Mactan and loved the beach. Their three children, a son and two daughters, couldn’t get enough of the beach. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/oped/michelle.p..so.caught.in.the.net.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Michelle P. So Caught in the Net I WON'T blame relatives (in this case at least one of them) of the victims of the sinking of mv Princess of the Stars for the hesitance in accepting the aid distributed by President Arroyo during her visit to Cebu yesterday. Money, after all, cannot bring back the lives of their dead kin. Besides, there’s the suspicion of the purpose of the assistance. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/oped/bong.o..wenceslao.candid.thoughts.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong O. Wenceslao Candid Thoughts THE P4.45 million civil suit filed by Sulpicio Lines Inc. against Pag-asa for “gross incompetence and irresponsibility” was laughed off by officials of the weather bureau and probably critics of the shipping line. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/oped/editorial.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ST. Theresa’s College (STC) is a gift and a blessing as it celebrates its 75th year of existence and presence in the Philippines. Since 1933, STC has been a center for education and loving service to the community. Indeed, 2008 has loomed as a year of thanksgiving and celebration. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/life/utzurrum.‘where.are.the.boys.’.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Chinggay V. Utzurrum The scene WHENEVER I hear stories about website disasters on online booking sites and electronic banking, among others, it brings to mind how companies take their website operations seriously. But even for small website owners, like you and me, these matters should also be important and must be handled properly. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/bus/toral.taking.web.operations.seriously.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Janette Toral Digital Filipino STAKEHOLDERS in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry confirmed that the industry has benefited from the recession of the United States (US) economy. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/bus/bpo.group.raises.need.to.improve.training.english.skills.of.filipinos.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHILE the government and the private sector consider tourism as a major driver of the country’s economy, the urge of many Filipinos to find better-paying jobs overseas is threatening the industry’s growth http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/03/bus/work.force.not.enough.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WILL it really be the Venezuelan knockout artist Edwin Valero and not the British slugger Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton as the Filipino warrior Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s next opponent? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/sports/hatton.valero.is.there.no.one.else..html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE deafening sound of gunfire will reverberate from inside the AFP Central Command Headquarters this weekend, as shooting athletes from all over the region compete for the ComCentcom Cup. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/sports/rama.a.cup.to.paint.the.town.army.green.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Karlon N. Rama Stage Five SHOWING that it is indeed the trailblazer of change, the Doce Pares opened the first-ever martial arts school, the Academy of Eskrima Martial Arts Incorporated that is registered, approved and recognized by the government through the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/sports/eskrima.academy.opens.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marian C. Baring Sun.Star Staff Reporter A CIVIL case has been filed against the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino in Barangay Lahug for allegedly discharging pollutants into the air and causing the progressive deterioration of a family’s health since 2003. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/news/family.sues.hotel.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Talisay City Council finally approved yesterday a resolution requesting Mayor Socrates Fernandez to provide financial aid to Talisay residents whose relatives have either died or survived in the mv Princess of the Stars tragedy. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/news/talisay.plans.p5t.each.cash.aid.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHILE relief operations and disaster response are necessary in emergency situations, a Commission on Audit (COA) official is reminding local government units (LGUs) to follow policies on the use of calamity funds. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/news/coa.official.reminds.lgus.about.following.guidelines.in.using.calamity.funds.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Linette C. Ramos Sun.Star Staff Reporter BODIES of 100 more victims of the mv Princess of the Stars sinking arrived yesterday, bringing to 149 the total number of cadavers that have been shipped to Cebu. This as two more officials from the International Police (Interpol) arrived Monday night to help authorities in identifying the bodies that have been recovered. Interpol Secretary General Roland Noble and Forensic Expert of the International Commission for Missing Persons Andreas Klauser joined disaster victim identification (DVI) Specialized Officer Olaf Worbs, DVI specialist Torkjel Rygnest and Policy Analyst Simon Fernan, who arrived in the country Sunday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/news/100.bodies.arrive.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Elisabeth P. Baumgart Sun.Star Correspondent IT is not really sea travel that kills more people but land travel. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/oped/orlando.p..carvajal.break.point.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Orlando P. Carvajal Break Point FOR a day or two, a Manny Pacquiao fight succeeded in easing out of the consciousness of Filipinos much of the “negative” reports that dominated the headlines. That is, of course, the function of sports and circuses: to provide an escape from the drabness of everyday existence. Besides, in the gloom, people always look for some light. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/oped/bong.o..wenceslao.candid.thoughts.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong O. Wenceslao Candid Thoughts DIPOLOG CITY - It has been one week since I arrived here to attend to my sickly mother. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/oped/bobby.nalzaro.saksi.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bobby Nalzaro Saksi LAPU-LAPU appears to be a city that has lately become a battle ground of two “warring factions” claiming to be doing something good and yet are at the same time pointing accusing fingers at each other. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/oped/editorial.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AN Augustinian friar who was instrumental in the conversion of Cebu’s natives to Christianity was honored recently. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/life/spanish.friar.receives.honor.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BRITISH writer George Orwell said: “At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.” This insight teems with so much wisdom, and an understanding on the law of cause and effect. Simply put, what we look like at age 50 is a result of what care or abuse we gave to our mind and body in the spent years of our lives. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/life/aging.before.your.time.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Zosimo T. Literatus, R.M.T. Breakthroughs I’M always on the lookout for new places to hang out in, whether it’s to indulge myself in the house specialty, or just to have a few drinks with friends. One such place I’ve found is Pandora’s Box Artists’ Cafe near the corner of Gorordo Ave. where it meets the Ayala access road. Called PBX for short, the place is a no-frills hangout, perfect for those with simple tastes. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/life/no.frills.favorite.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jigs Arquiza THANKS to improved agricultural technologies, practices and policies, food production has in-creased since 1950 in all continents, except the Philippines and Africa. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/bus/osmeña.politics.in.food.resources.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Antonio V. Osmeña Estatements EVEN though Lapu-Lapu City was recently rated second among cities where starting a business is easy, a businessman continues to question the way some businesses in the city are sustained. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/bus/‘thanking.investors.does.not.mean.anything’.businessman..html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified APART from positioning Cebu as a world-class destination for medical and wellness tourism in Asia by 2010, tourism industry players are also tapping the province’s potential as a shopping destination for local and foreign travelers. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/bus/industry.stakeholders.want.cebu.to.be.shopping.tourism.capital.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A “TEST” of the industry’s resilience, perseverance and ability to innovate. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/02/bus/industry.under.test.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A FOUNDATION, as well as its member-schools in Cebu, plan to send the first batch of scholars to South Korea for further studies in the field of information and communication technology by October this year. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/bus/ict.scholars.to.leave.cebu.for.korea.this.year.cedf.it.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Cebu Chamber of Commerce Inc. (CCCI) responded to the Department of Education (DepEd) 7’s call for help by launching a “collective, meaningful and sustainable” corporate social responsibility (CSR) plan for education with its member-companies through DepEd’s Adopt-a-School program. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/bus/group.calls.on.members.to.help.rp.schools.under.csr.program.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BUSINESS organizations in the province call for a fast resolution of the Sulpicio Lines tragedy that prompted government to ground all its passenger and cargo ships of the shipping company. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/bus/shipment.of.goods.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nancy R. Cudis and Debra M. Estero Sun.Star Staff Reporter, Correspondent IT WAS was actually a hybrid—a marriage of sorts between a left straight and a hook that landed on David Diaz’ jaw like a ton of bricks, which abruptly ended a fight that was so lopsided, it arguably should have been stopped sooner. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/sports/quijano.not.pound.for.pound.king.by.default.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jingo Quijano Last Round ONE, we pity David Diaz. My father-in-law, Jack Mendez, one of the toughest men I know who runs Centurion Security Agency and it’s over 1,000-strong force, wiped a tear in his eye when Diaz’s face, lying flat on the floor, all-bloodied with a lump on his left eye, was shown. Because while we cheered for Pac-Man, here was an opponent who grew up poor, whose father was a “no-read, no-write” child, and a boxing champ who could barely afford an SUV because he drove an old-model Honda with no air-con. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/sports/pages.11.points.for.pac.man.who.scored.11.out.of.10.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 John Pages Match Point ALTA Vista Golf and Country Club will kick off the 11th edition of its signature tournament—The View Invitationals—this Thursday at their scenic golf course in southern part of the city. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/sports/avgcc’s.view.kicks.off.’08.edition.this.week.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE anti-graft office has ordered the dismissal of a police official and a subordinate for allegedly asking money from a drug suspect arrested for drug peddling. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/news/ombud.dismisses.police.official.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Land Transportation Franchisng and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will summon members of Nagkahiusang Drayber sa Sugbo (Nadsu) to explain why they abandoned their legal obligation to the public during yesterday’s transport strike. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/news/official.says.drivers.risk.losing.franchise.6.men.nabbed.for.‘coercing’.others.to.join.strike.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE transport strike staged yesterday by the Nagkahiusang Drayber sa Sugbo (Nadsu) affected many routes in Metro Cebu although government officials and the protesters differed on the extent of the paralysis. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/news/strike.cripples.most.routes.in.3.cities.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THREE children aged 1, 2, and 4 and a 30-year-old mother died when a riprap along the national highway in the southern tip of Samboan town, Cebu collapsed on four houses during heavy rains past 9 p.m. Sunday night. Siblings Nathaniel, 4, and Erol, 2, surnamed Cañete and Florence Galia, 30, were pronounced dead on arrival at the M.J. Cuenco Memorial Hospital in the neighboring town of Malabuyoc. Rescuers also found past 9 a.m. yesterday the body of one-year-old Rosebelle Joy Galia buried in mud near a mansanitas tree a few meters away from where her parents’ house was standing. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/news/4.die.in.landslide.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TWO days into the arduous task of identifying 49 bodies of victims from the ill-fated mv Princess of the Stars, a clash of claims over the cadaver of a woman was already testing if the system worked. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/oped/pachico.a..seares.news.sense.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Pachico A. Seares News Sense ALL it really takes to go against the current is to stay in one’s country. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/oped/myke.u..obenieta.so.to.speak.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Myke U. Obenieta So to speak THERE goes the goat. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/oped/frank.malilong.the.other.side.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Frank Malilong The Other Side THE transport strike initiated by the Nagkahiusang Drayber sa Sugbo (Nadsu) yesterday did not gain anything for the drivers except to prove Nadsu’s capability—or lack of it—to cripple the operation of public transportation in Metro Cebu. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/oped/editorial.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THESE days, the artist Chicoy “Chiro” Romualdez has his hands full. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/life/chicoy.in.motion.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ritchie Landis Doner Quijano THE Visayan Electric Co. Inc. (Veco), the biggest power distribution company in the Southern Philippines, has just acquired P172 million worth of sub-transmission assets from the National Transmission Corp. (Transco). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/01/bus/veco.buys.p172m.transco.assets.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TWO bodies were identified and released yesterday to their families, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confirmed, two days after they were shipped to Cebu by Sulpicio Lines. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/news/sulpicio.spares.families.from.long.wait.for.p200t.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Elisabeth P. Baumgart Sun.Star Correspondent With Katrina A. Balmaceda IN Clinton High in North Carolina, American students are learning about Cebuano culture and way of life, and are raving about Cebu’s beaches, the Sinulog, otap, dried mangoes and danggit. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/news/cebuana.teacher.wins.award.in.us.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Linette C. Ramos Sun.Star Staff Reporter FOR the first time in a week of grief and anxiety, Leonida Cabatingan, 49, was on her feet jumping in joy as Manny Pacquiao emerged victorious in his bout with David Diaz. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/news/bout.gives.relatives.a.rare.treat.good.news.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Elisabeth P. Baumgart Sun.Star Correspondent BY THE time David Diaz hit the mat, he had taken 325 more punches than he had managed to throw. And as Diaz fell, Manny Pacquiao became the first Asian boxer to win major titles in four weights, stopping the slower boxer in the ninth round of their WBC lightweight bout yesterday. After starting his career 13 years ago as a flyweight, Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) has evolved into a dominant fighter in five divisions. His lightweight debut was every bit as action-packed as his long history of brawls at lower weights—and like most of his opponents, Diaz (34-2-1) couldn’t match Pac-Man’s ferocious pace. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/news/manny.wins.by.ko.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SOME 24 people, many of whom don’t even own firearms yet, took the basic firearm safety seminar my shooting instructor-friend Rey Abad gave last Saturday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/sports/rama.lessons.from.a.gun.class.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Karlon N. Rama Stage Five AFTER losing its top player in Niño Ramirez, the University of San Carlos, 2007 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) basketball runnerup, admitted replacing the valuable slot man will be next to impossible. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/sports/after.2.runnerup.seasons.usc.guns.for.title.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AS THE rest who could afford the fees bought the live feed for the Pacquiao fight for home viewing, or trooped to the numerous establishment that did, other enterprising Cebuanos who were stuck at work looked for other ways to watch the fight, or caught up with the action anywhere they can, while another said he couldn’t care less who fought whom. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/sports/workers.find.ways.to.view.live.pacquiao.fight..html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marian C. Baring Sun.Star Staff Reporter FILIPINO boxing superstar Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao showed that he is one of the best fighters in the world as he captured his fourth division title, the World Boxing Council lightweight crown, after demolishing “Dangerous” David Diaz in a ninth round knockout yesterday at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/sports/the.world’s.best.boxer.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Edri K. Aznar Sun.Star Staff Reporter MOST of us aren’t used to the phrase “ground zero” being applied to anything other than New York’s World Trade Center before it was destroyed. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/oped/pachico.a..seares.news.sense.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Pachico A. Seares News Sense THE Princess of the Stars tragedy did not stop Filipinos from thinking about anything else for a few hours to watch the much-awaited fight between Manny Pacquaio and David Diaz. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/oped/anol.mongaya.panahom.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Anol Mongaya Panahom DIPOLOG CITY - We listened to the DYSS Super Radyo Cebu blow by blow coverage of the Pacquiao-Diaz fight inside the hospital room of my mother as she is still confined at the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Hospital due to diabetes complications. Everybody in the room shouted when we heard that Pacquiao knocked down Diaz in the 9th round. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/oped/bobby.nalzaro.saksi.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bobby Nalzaro Saksi SEEK opportunity in adversity. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/oped/editorial.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CHINA Banking Corp. (China Bank), the country’s first privately-owned commercial bank, is celebrating its 60th anniversary in Cebu this July, marking six decades of partnerships and success in the city. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/life/china.bank.holds.five.events.to.celebrate.60th.year.in.cebu..html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod at the Cardinal’s Residence was overflowing with family, friends and wellwishers when Mario Enrico “Ricky” Ordoñez, the eldest son of former banker Del and travel executive Marilou, was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood of Jesus Christ by His Excellency, the Most Reverend Gerald F. Kikanas, Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA. It was a poignant moment when Fr. Ricky knelt before his parents to ask for their blessings. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/life/neri.happy.occasions.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nelia G. Neri Eve THERE is an upcoming show that we Cebuanos should not fail to watch next week. Trio Amical of the United States of America will be staging a free concert on Sunday, July 6, starting at 7 p.m., at SM City Cebu Cinema 2. The show, titled “Songs from the Heart,” features mezzo-soprano Victoria Robertson; clarinet player Marian Liebowitz; and pianist Lois Kim. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/life/costanilla.trio.amical’s.free.concert.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Sam Costanilla Spotlight CAKES have always been part of our celebrations, be it a birthday, an anniversary or a wedding. For cake designer Trina Ang, however, cakes are a celebration of individuality. Each cake she makes is one-of-a-kind, as unique as the person who ordered it. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/life/cebu’s.cake.designer.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jigs Arquiza REEVES & Associates, a professional law corpora-tion, filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Central District CA (case number SACV08-688 JVX [SHx]), on behalf of tens of thousands of immigrant families whose adult children have been wrongfully denied visas. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/bus/reeves.cspa.class.action.lawsuit.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Robert L. Reeves “NOW is the time, Philippines.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/bus/‘slow’.infra.hampers.tourism.growth.dot.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified RECOGNIZING the potential of open source software (OSS) to improve the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, an official of a foundation said OSS can be a “better alternative” to enable the country to become a significant player in the $450-billion global ICT market. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/bus/open.source.software.can.help.rp.tap.$450b.global.ict.market.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is expected to conduct next month a series of consultations on the draft guidelines on using pre-paid electricity meters. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/bus/pre.pay.power.guidelines.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PUMP prices of petroleum products hit P60 per liter with the latest round of increases implemented by oil companies early yesterday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/news/gas.prices.hit.p60.per.liter.with.no.relief.in.sight.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified POLICE in Cebu went on heightened alert beginning 5 p.m. yesterday in preparation for the boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Mexican David Diaz today and the planned transport strike tomorrow. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/news/alert.level.up.for.manny.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SULPICIO Lines Inc. is losing millions of pesos every day from the suspension of its 13 passenger vessels by the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/news/disaster.costs.sulpicio.at.least.p10m.a.day..html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE search for bodies inside the mv Princess of the Stars will remain suspended until Wednesday at least. Commercial divers headed to the mv Princess of the Stars yesterday to remove a toxic cargo before authorities can resume retrieving hundreds of bodies believed trapped inside the ship. Tests of water samples from the area show the toxins have not leaked out, but Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro stressed that periodic tests must be taken. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/news/water.free.of.toxin.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified REMEMBER how Erik Morales re-tested the lightweight waters by first trying out David Diaz who was perceived to be the “weakest” of the reigning champions? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/sports/quijano.durable.david.or.mighty.manny..html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jingo Quijano Last Round 1.) If you add up all his recent earnings so far, plus put into the equation what he will earn in the next two years or so, Manny Pacquiao is well on his way to becoming “the only billionaire Filipino athlete in history,” as pointed out by renowned boxing writer Salven Lagumbay. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/sports/pages.21.facts.that.you.likely.didn.t.know.about.edp.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 John Pages Match Point FOR a league that claims to have no budget in its coffers, the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) earmarks a whooping P1 million in order for the league to be up and running. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/sports/cesafi.earmarks.p1.million.for.new.season.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marian C. Baring Sun.Star Staff Reporter LAS VEGAS—David Diaz realizes he might just be a small hurdle on Manny Pacquiao’s road to history. He’s still determined to make that trip as rocky as possible Saturday night. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/sports/a.shot.at.history.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified LAST weekend was one of the most important of our lives. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/oped/melanie.t..lim.wide.awake.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Melanie T. Lim Wide Awake THERE have been a lot of passing of the blame in the tragedy in the sinking of the mv Princess of the Stars. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/oped/nini.b..cabaero.beyond.30.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nini B. Cabaero Beyond 30 “HERE we go again,” Cebu City Councilor Edgar Labella said on hearing reports that 826 were missing after “Princess of the Stars” ferry turned belly up from pummeling by Typhoon “Frank.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/oped/jual.l..mercado.sidebar.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jual L. Mercado Sidebar ONE thought strikes you when you watch on TV the people pained by the tragedy of the sinking of mv Princess of the Stars---the fright and shock of being finally unable to touch loved ones. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/oped/erma.m..cuizon.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erma M. Cuizon WHEN we are young, the muscles in our body are long and lean with very little fat. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/life/paquiao.creeping.obesity.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Calixto S. Paquiao fitness & you GOD has always smiled on Loboc, a lovely town gently nestled between lush rolling hills and nourished abundantly by the river bearing the same name. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/life/lagura.blessed.with.2.peters.and.a.paul.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Fr. Flor Lagura, SVD in the service of the word THERE are hundreds of widows who have opted to live independently. The desire to maintain one’s freedom from shackles, unsolicited advice, and intrusions into one’s privacy have won over the fear of being lonely. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/life/luab.don.t.think.of.loneliness.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Evelyn R. Luab light sunday IT’S a white house plastic surgeon Dr. Alfonso “Boy” and Luz Amores have built for themselves in Lapulapu City (their hometown) after working for years in the United States. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/29/life/the.amores.dream.house.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jenara Regis Newman RELATIVES of missing persons in the MV Princess of the Stars sinking braved the stench of decomposing flesh as they viewed 49 bodies which were brought to Cebu by Sulpicio Lines yesterday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/news/kin.brave.stench.to.find.victims.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Elisabeth P. Baumgart & Katrina A. Balmaceda Sun.Star Correspondents MALACAÑANG assured the Cebu City Government of an additional P1.5-million funding to augment its resources for relief operations, as Secretary Cerge Remonde commended city officials for their coordinated efforts in responding to the disaster. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/news/palace.provides.p1.5m.for.action.center.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DESPITE a recent order granting another 50-centavo provisional increase, raising to P7 the minimum fare in Central Visayas starting yesterday, a transport group is bent on holding a strike this Monday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/news/nadsu.to.hold.transport.strike.on.monday.shell.hikes.fuel.prices.by.p1.50.today.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AS ANGER mounted over the slow pace of recovery, government officials suspended operations yesterday after learning that the mv Princess of the Stars was carrying large amounts of highly toxic pesticide. Authorities also threatened legal proceedings against Sulpicio Lines for not immediately informing them of the toxic cargo. Some 100 US and Filipino divers have been working at the site after the Princess went down in a typhoon a week ago, carrying more than 850 people. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/news/toxic.cargo.on.ship.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WE’VE seen a Greek tragedy. The French got fried, while Turkey got roasted, courtesy of a German blitzkrieg in extra-time. Spain gored everything that crossed its path. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/sports/villaflor.europe.re.discovers.the.beautiful.game.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Noel Villaflor Footnote MANILA - The Alaska Aces worked on a strong wind-up to beat the Coca-Cola Tigers, 77-73, yesterday to keep their hope of an outright semifinal entry alive in the 2008 Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/sports/alaska.aces.dump.coke.tigers.77.73.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IT will be a knockout. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/sports/jakosalem.aldeguer.pacquiao.will.ko.diaz.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AFTER leaving Gary Shaw Productions (GSP), International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organization flyweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire was signed by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum to a three-year contract. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/sports/donaire.signs.3.year.contract.with.top.rank..html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THEY claim they are paying their own way to go with President Arroyo to the US. But who believes them? Since when have our congressmen spent their own money to pay for personal trips here and abroad when everybody sees them routinely using government resources and spending people’s money for their own personal delight? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/oped/orlando.p..carvajal.break.point.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Orlando P. Carvajal Break Point DIPOLOG CITY--I am still in my hometown attending to my seriously ill mother. But I was told Mayor Tomas Osmeña challenged me to produce my “reliable source” who saw him brandish a gun when he apprehended taxi drivers and owners of private vehicle illegally parked near Fuente Osmeña two weeks ago. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/oped/bobby.nalzaro.saksi.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bobby Nalzaro Saksi THERE'S this naughty Cebuano saying “bastardized” into an English language joke. It goes something like this: “Ang inyong kabuang sa lawas ra ninyo pauli.” (Your foolishness will go home to your body.) http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/oped/godofredo.m..roperos.politics.also.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Godofredo M. Roperos Politics Also CITY Hall’s conflict with officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on the status of Cebu City Fire Station Chief Esmael Codilla seems to be coming to a head. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/oped/editorial.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified Half day of May 28 saw me at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom for a lecture/seminar on umami. The lecture was sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Region VII, and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). It was a great learning that there are now five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and the fifth one which is called umami. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/life/the.fifth.taste.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Henry L. Yu, M.D. IF there’s a will, then there’s always something to mill. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/life/time.to.rice.up!.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Luis A. Quibranza III LAST week I wrote about the scottish factory of my former company, during the time it was imple-menting BS 5750. This is the United Kingdom quality standard that subsequently became world-renowned as the ISO 9000+ series—the quality mark that many organizations are now being judged by. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/bus/batuhan.band.aid.waiting.for.a.cut.(part.2).html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Allan S.B. Batuhan Foreign Exchange TOUR operators and travel specialists were advised to “assume a certain sense of responsibility” towards new and existing areas where adventure tourism is to be promoted. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/bus/nature.conservation.a.must.in.rp.adventure.tourism..html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WITH the expected increase in the number of Russians traveling to tourist destinations like the Philippines, the honorary consul of the Russian Federation urged local stakeholders to participate in her agenda for a holistic tourism program for Cebu. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/bus/consul.drafts.agenda.to.prepare.cebuanos.for.russians’.coming.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the country aims to earn $13 billion in revenues and generate one million jobs by 2010. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/28/bus/bpo.to.earn.$13b.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified