Mark your calendars! June 16 has been declared by President Benigno Aquino III as a non-working holiday in the City of Bogo in celebration of its Charter Day.

The President signed Proclamation 378 last May 10 which gives the Bogohanons the full opportunity to celebrate the said occasion.

The plebiscite for the cityhood of Bogo was held on June 16, 2007. It became a component city of Cebu Province by virtue of R.A. 9390.

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By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 25 Mar 2012




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

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

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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.