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Cebu’s Top News Stories – February 20, 2012

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Business Mirror:  NFA: Cebu is drop-off point for smuggled rice

CEBU is one of the major drop-off points for illegally imported rice from Manila, said National Food Authority Administrator Angelito Banayo. During his visit to Cebu last week, Banayo said they have started checking rice warehouses in Cebu followingRead more here.

GMA News:  Golf: Canlubang finds groove late for back-to-back PAL Interclub titles

Cebu Country Club (146-566), Alta Vista (120-525) and Camp John Hay (122-513) completed the top five. This week’s title of the Sugar Barons was their sixth overall in the championship division in the tournament which started in 1987. Read more here.

Sun.Star: ‘Promote Cebu as 2nd home’

BESIDES promoting Cebu as an IT-BPO center, the Cebu Investment Promotions Center also hopes to position Cebu as a second home destination. Though many have been apprehensive about a possible bubble in condominium development due to Read more here.

Masses erupt in celebration of Pinoy’s sainthood

CEBU CITY – Most mass participants clapped, some joyfully shouted, “Viva San Pedro de Cebu,” and others burst into song. All of these were for a katagilungsod (compatriot) who will soon be raised to sainthood. Read more here.

Citing family concerns, former Cebu-based Australian Graeme Mackinnon resigns

An even bigger one—the loss of their coach, the former Cebu-based Australian Graeme Mackinnon. “I’ve resigned from Global,” Mackinnon simply said when he met with Sun.Star Cebu to talk about the matter. Citing family concerns, the 65-year-old coach Read more here.

Manila Bulletin: Progressive Cebu

RENE ESPINA Former Senator MANILA, Philippines — This week I visited Cebu to attend to some personal business. As I moved around in the Metro area, I noticed how Cebu was full of people, how the streets were congested with traffic, and how progressive Read more here.

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Agnes Embile Jimenez is a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialist and a Professional Blogger. She is known online as "Empress Of Drac". One of her most favorite online hobbies is obviously BLOGGING. She's a bookworm, and is constantly dreaming of writing her own mystery (i.e. detective, horror, gore) novels. She's affiliated with Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc., and one of the initiators of World Bloggers' Day. She also helps organize an annual Blogging Awards - the Best Cebu Blogs Awards.

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