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Aboitiz to Transfer to Manila

I still could not tell if this move is good for Cebu City or not. I don’t have any knowledge or statistics of other companies who made similar moves. Maybe something maybe lost in this, it’s pride. Aboitiz is one of the largest companies in the Philippines, and them transferring to a rival city will [...]

[ More ] November 15th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Cebu City News |

Cebu City Street Art Part 2

This is the second installment of my Cebu City Street Art series. The Part 1 was mostly, or should I say entirely shot at the Queen City Gardens cemetery. This set was shot in Cebu South Road, just at the entrance of F. Llamas St., Mambaling, in front of McDonalds. I personally like the quality [...]

[ More ] November 14th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Roads |

Pacquiao Likes to Buy SRP Lot

The Pambansang Kamao is interested in buying lot located in South Reclamation Project (SRP). The auction will be on December, the lot is said to be about 9.7 hectares. Here is the full report from Cebu Daily News: Pacquiao interested in buying SRP lot, says sheriff Fuentes He showed interest before in buying a lot [...]

[ More ] November 10th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Cebu City News |

Video of Cebu Metro Cathedral

This video was actually taken earlier than the photos of Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral I posted on November 1.

[ More ] November 9th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Churches |

Tomas Osmeña’s Mother Died

Sad days for the Osmeña clan. Lourdes dela Rama Osmeña, 79, died on November 6 in the morning, Sunstar Daily reported. Read more about the story from Sunstar’s news item: Osmeña clan mourns death of mother, 79 THE family of Rep. Tomas Osmeña (Cebu City, south district) is mourning the death of their mother, who [...]

[ More ] November 6th, 2011 | 2 Comments | Posted in Cebu City News |

Business Updates

I will have a bit of Cebu City business updates. These are based on Sunstar articles. Tourist Arrivals: Cebu has a total of 1,131,230 tourists in the first seven months of 2011, an increase of 10.52%, which was 1,023,564 in the same period in 2010. Relaunching of Colonnade Mall: Colonnade Mall relaunched last October 9, [...]

[ More ] November 3rd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Cebu City News |

Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral is one of the two popular catholic churches in Cebu City. I’ve had a very close encounter with this magnificent church back in college. As an architecture student, I and my group mates were assigned to do a documentation of the whole church complex. In simple terms, we drew a floor plan. [...]

[ More ] November 1st, 2011 | 4 Comments | Posted in Churches |

Di Ingon Nato Trailer

“Di Ingon Nato” or Not Like Us in English is a horror movie set in a far flung Cebu village. The language used in movie is purely Cebuano. The production is also composed of Cebuanos, although I’m not sure how many of them. The trailer scares me a bit, I hope the actual movie is [...]

[ More ] October 27th, 2011 | 3 Comments | Posted in Cebu City News |

Tara’s Cafe

Me and my church friends went to Tara’s Cafe to ate our dinner at 10:00pm. The more than a hundred peso price of each meal was worth it. The taste is so gooood. I would love to go back to dine at Tara’s Cafe. This set was shot before we went to Bubble Bee. Contact [...]

[ More ] October 26th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Restaurants |

Chilling at Bubble Bee

It was my first to hangout in an unusual atmosphere. They serve tea drinks of various types. The usual hot tea, cold tea and the shake, they call it the “Slush”. Me and my friends ordered the Slush. I think the prices are okay. The taste of the shake we ordered was good. Bubble Bee [...]

[ More ] October 24th, 2011 | 3 Comments | Posted in Restaurants |