Pasigarbo Sa Sugbo 2011 - Pintos Festival Slideshow

A slideshow of Bogo City's Pintos Festival at the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2011

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P3 - 4M Additional Income

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.

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Pintos Festival Queen at Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2011

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Pintos Festival at Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2011

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, 2011 by the selected Bogo City Employees under the baton of Mr. Slavsky Ybañez.

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The Freeman: Electoral Sabotage Case vs Martinez Dismissed

By Mylen P. Manto (The Freeman) Updated December 13, 2010 12:00 AM 

CEBU, Philippines - The Cebu Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the electoral sabotage complaint filed by fourth district Rep. Benhur Salimbangon against Celestino Martinez III and two members of board of canvassers who served during the May 2007 elections.

Acting Cebu Provincial Prosecutor Raul Cristoria dismissed the case against Martinez and two others for insufficiency of evidence.

“Finding of probable cause cannot be determined by this office on the basis of evidence that is insufficient for its intended purpose,” Cristoria ruled. click here to continue reading.

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1ST ASSVF PARISH YOUTH DAY BOGO

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Talk With the Mayor

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.

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