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By  Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com Sun, 25 Mar 2012 Sunday, March 25 marks what would have been the 77th birthday of the late great Gabriel “Flash” Elorde one of only two Filipino fighters – the other being Pancho Villa – enshrined in the Boxing Hall of Fame.   Elorde was born to a poor farmer’s family in the town of Bogo, Cebu on March 25, 1935, the youngest of 16 children. He was forced to leave school at a young age and worked as a pin boy at a bowling alley in Davao.  Read More...

Learn more about Bogo through this travel documentary presented by Suroy Suroy Sugbo TV. It's More Fun in BOGO City

If Bogo City wants to curb the rise of teenage drug users and violent youth gangs, it should pass an ordinance regulating membership in these groups. This was the suggestion of Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, Cebu provincial police chief, who said ...click -> [ full story ]

The  Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) was asked by the Cebu Provincial Board for a feasibility study for an Airport in Bogo City or Medellin.  Provincial Board Member Joven Mondigo proposed the said study which was approved last Monday.  More on the Airport Study for Bogo and Medellin

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A slideshow of Bogo City's Pintos Festival at the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2011 video source : gregranel

Bogo City expects P3-4M additional income from natural gas power plant CEBU CITY — The Bogo City Government expects to earn P3-P4 million from the operation of the 1.5-megawatt natural gas plant in Barangay Libertad, which will be inaugurated and will start operation on October 15. Continue reading...

PINTOS FESTIVAL is an annual festival in the northern city of Bogo that showcases their delicious delicacy the pintos. Barangays all around Bogo City jive up together to form 5 cluster tribes. 'Kuyayang' is a courtship dance of the Bogohanons that is staged before the community during fiestas. This street mardi gras as a cultural tourism festival of Bogo manifests the cultural heritage of the town and serves as an avenue for cultural conservancy of the city. The Official Pintos Festival Jingle was composed by Mr. Dante J. Mayor with the assistance of Christian Yurango. The composition was finalized with the musical guidance of Mr. Slavsky Ybañez. The lyrics was originally written by Mr. Gremer Chan Reyes and was edited by Dante J. Mayor and Rev. Fr. Eligio M. Suico. The latest version of the Bogo Pintos Festival Jingle was rearranged by Elvis Somosot and was recorded at his own studio at Musikinesis, beside Plaza Independencia, Cebu City. It was recorded last July 22, 201...

The Cebu Provincial Prosecutor's Office has thrown out the electoral sabotage complaint that fourth district Rep. Benhur Salimbangon lodged against Celestino Martinez III and two members of the board of canvassers who sat during the May 2007 elections . Acting Cebu Provincial Prosecutor Raul Cristoria dismissed the case, citing a lack of evidence to move it forward. He ruled that his office could not establish probable cause when the material presented fell short of what was needed to support the charge. According to Cristoria, Salimbangon's complaint was not backed by sworn statements from witnesses who had firsthand knowledge of the election offense supposedly committed by Martinez and canvassers Jose Menguez and Rhett Menguez . He noted that even in his own sworn declaration, Salimbangon never claimed to have personally seen the irregularities he attributed to the respondents. In his complaint, Salimbangon accused Martinez of rigging the results in the town of B...

Bogo copes with non-cityhood; prospects ‘still pretty good’ By  Atty. Pachico A. Seares Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on December 04, 2010. 1. How do you assess prospects of growth with the stripping of Bogo’s cityhood status? Tell us how much of your development plans was pinned on Bogo being a city. Still pretty good. It continues to be . click here to read more Also visit the official website of Bogo for the unedited version of this interview.