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Kung Hei Fat Choi! President Benigno Aquino III  has declared January 31, 2014 as a national special non-working holiday in celebration of the Chinese New Year by virtue  Proclamation No. 655 series of 2013 . The infographic below shows the pay difference  between a Regular Holiday and a Special Non-Working Day.  Click here to zoom image. source: www.gov.ph Below is a list of holidays for 2014 unless otherwise specified (source: www.gov.ph ): January 1, 2014, Wednesday – New Year’s Day (Regular Holiday) January 31, 2014, Friday – Chinese New Year (Special non-working day) February 25, 2014, Tuesday – EDSA Revolution anniversary (Holiday for all schools) April 9, 2014, Wednesday – Araw ng Kagitingan (Regular Holiday) April 17, 2014 – Maundy Thursday (Regular Holiday) April 18, 2014 – Good Friday (Regular Holiday) April 19, 2014 – Black Saturday (Special non-working day) May 1, 2014, Thursday – Labor Day (Regular Holiday) June 12, 2014, Thur...

Mark your calendar as the City of Bogo will host the 8080 Triathlon on May 11, 2014. SunStar reported that the race will also serve as a fund- raising activity for the rebuilding of Bogo after Super Typhoon Yolanda devastated the city. Bogo 8080 Triathlon © Aktib.ph The race will feature 2 categories: Individual and Relay. There will be a distance of 1.8 km for swimming , 65 km for cycling and 14km for running. The other route will feature a 900-meter swim, 32.5 km cycling and 7 km run.  Registration fee and inclusives will be updated soon on this blog. Ripples Faelnar, a member of  Cornestone which organized  Run to Rebuild Bogo , said that aside from organizing races, they will also be conducting sports clinics not only in Bogo City  but in also in Negros, Cebu, Bohol and Davao. Resources:  http://aktib.ph/854-bogo-8080-triathlon http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/sports/2014/01/29/bogo-host-8080-triathlon-325601

Bogo City which was one of the areas in northern Cebu heavily affected by Yolanda, earned a slot in the grand parade after winning fourth place in the Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan last Saturday. The group’s contingent head Liza Orongon told Sun.Star Cebu they decided to join the Sinulog to also give thanks to the Sto. Niño for sparing their lives from the typhoon. “Win or lose, offering lang gyud ni amoa ug agi pasalamat kang Señor Sto. Niño (it’s an offering of gratitude to the Sto. Niño),” she said. Orongon said their group, which is composed of 64 dancers and 96 props men, will arrive in the city tomorrow. Panglao and Bogo will be among the 36 contingents that are joining Sunday’s grand parade. source:  Panglao, Bogo join Sinulog  By Princess Dawn H. Felicitas

Some of the country's most hardcore runners will gear up in Bogo City for the 2014 Hardcore Hundred Ultramarathon - Cebu.  Miles The race will start at 12:01 AM, January 31, 2014 (Chinese Lunar New Year’s Day-Special Non-working Holiday) and will end at 6:01 AM, February 1, 2014.  Participants are required to have finished  at least one 100-kilometer race (trail or road) within the official cutoff time and whose results can be verified through the internet.  Multi-sport finishes regardless of distance covered are NOT acceptable. Start/Finish: Don Celestino Martinez, Sr. Cultural and Sports Complex, Bogo City Cutoff  Time 1: 80 Kilometers (Celestino Martinez Sports Complex/Fifteen hours. Runners not able to make it in 15:00:00 hours / 3:01 PM JANUARY 31 will be declared DID NOT FINISH and will NO longer be allowed to continue) Cutoff  Time 2: 112 Kilometers (Borbon Municipal Hall)/ Twenty hours. Runners not able to make it...

Bogo City is the next stop of Alagang PBA for a relief operation for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda.  Inquirer reported that PBA Commisioner Chito Salud and chairman Mon Segismundo will be joined by Petron Blaze stars Arwind Santos and Alex Cabagnot, Barako Bull’s Willie Miller and GlobalPort’s Sol Mercado to personally lend a hand in the league’s program in Bogo City on Friday. Shaina Magdayao and  Excite Inc. chief operating officer Icel Palomares Argana, with their own relief goods, will also be a part of the PBA delegation. The PBA is giving away basketball backboards, goals and balls on top of relief packages to the Bogohanons. Salud and his team are coordinating with Cebu Board member Yayoy Alcoseba, travel/tours expert Andrew Teh and Celestino Martinez (not sure if it's Mayor Junie or Tining Martinez please refer to the original article from inquirer: http://pba.inquirer.net/38299/alagang-pba-troops-to-bogo-cebu-friday).

Despite the devastation brought by super typhoon Yolanda, students from the City of Bogo division will join this year's Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan parade on the 11th and maybe the Grand Parade itself on  the 19th. Cebu Daily News reported that 65 high school dancers, instrumentalists and propsmen have been practicing for the competition since December 15, 2013. They relied mainly on the P200,000 cash aid from the Bogo City government.  Sinulog 2013 (photo: basilicasantonino.org.ph) “Our recovery is ongoing. Many supported us. We just can’t turn our back on the Sinulog,” Ursal told Cebu Daily News in Cebuano. Bonifacio Ursal, the MAPEH coordinator of the Bogo City Schools Division, said they were hesitant at first about joining the Sinulog this year because of budget and time constraints but later agreed to join to show their thanksgiving to the Sto. Nino for keeping them safe and alive. Bogo's entry will show how Yolanda devastated the city and h...