Vicsal Development Corp (Metro Gaisano Group) is  looking for candidates for the following positions:

Responsible for managing the total store operations particularly the proper management of company resources to optimize and sustain sales performance, competitiveness, cost effectiveness, customer satisfaction, safety and security of employees and customers.

• Must possess at least a College Degree in Business Studies / Administration / Management, Marketing or equivalent.
• At least four (4) years of working experience in related field.
• Willing to work in Bogo City, Cebu
• Preferably Managers or Assistant Mangers  specializing in Sales - Retail / General or equivalent.

DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR - FRESH SECTION 

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SUPERMARKET TEAM LEADER

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Sixteen runners finished the 2014 Hardcore Hundred Mile Ultramarathon (H1) - Cebu despite the strong winds and heavy rain due to Typhoon Basyang .

Brian Guillen and Rodah Oporto bagged the men’s and women’s title last weekend at the Don Celestino Martinez Sr. Cultural and Sports Complex in Bogo City.

Guillen crossed the finish line in  24:07:23. Kit Quiseo who ran barefoot came second (25:06:03). The Malaysian runner Yim Hengfatt (25:06:03) got the third place, followed by Paolo Osmeña (26:00:35) and Elmer Abing (27:06:50).

Kathie Villaflor of Davao came second (29:47:22) after Rodah Oporto.

SunStar reported that Noel Tillor, a native of Barangay Cogon, Bogo City, did not finish the race after experiencing severe stomach pain. 

Info Source: ‘Typhoon-proof’ - Sunstar

Hats off to our former HR Manager, Kit Quiseo who finished the race without any shoes on. 

A groundbreaking ceremony was held last January 30, 2013, headed by Gov. Hilario Davide III and Bogo Mayor Celestino Martinez Jr., for additional houses that will be constructed in the Yolanda Village,  a 1.1-hectare property in Barangay LaPaz, Bogo City, Cebu.

Forty-five houses have already been built in the said village.

The program was initiated by the City Government of Bogo to help families whose houses were destroyed by the super typhoon.

Each house has an area of twenty-one to twenty-two square meters and can accommodate five to seven persons. The house is made of galvanized iron sheets and marine plywood and  concrete floors. The beneficiaries are obliged to pay P240 monthly for the lot for 25 years. 

There are lots in Barangays Cayang and Malingin that will also serve as relocation sites for about 4,000 families.

Photo source: City Government of Bogo Facebook page

Info source: SunStar News

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, Thursday – Independence Day (Regular Holiday)
• August 21, 2014, Thursday – Ninoy Aquino Day (Special non-working day)
• August 25, 2014, Monday – National Heroes Day (Regular Holiday)
• November 1, 2014, Saturday – All Saints Day (Special non-working day)
• November 30, 2014, Sunday – Bonifacio Day (Regular Holiday)
• December 24, 2014, Wednesday – Additional special non-working day (Special non-working day)
• December 25, 2014, Thursday – Christmas Day (Regular Holiday)
• December 26, 2014, Friday – Additional special non-working day (Special non-working day)
• December 30, 2014, Tuesday – Rizal Day (Regular Holiday)
• December 31, 2014, Wednesday – Last day of the year (Special non-working day)

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.

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. 

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 in 20:00:00 hours / 8:01 PM JANUARY 31 will be declared DID NOT FINISH and will NO longer be allowed to continue). Registered pacers are allowed from this point on.

Cutoff  Time 3: 160 Kilometers /  Thirty hours (30:00:00 hours) / 6:01 AM, FEBRUARY 1 after which the race shall be declared officially closed and all runners still on the course will declared DID NOT FINISH

Pre-race briefing: Don Celestino Martinez, Sr. Cultural and Sports Complex, 4:00 PM, JANUARY 30(Registered pacers are encouraged to join)

Race Route: Bogo-Bogo via Kawit-Medellin-Daanbantayan-Maya-Talisay-Daanbantayan-Curva-Bogo-Tabogon-Borbon-Sogod-Bogo (via Central Nautical Highway (“EMEE”)

Registration Period: January 1, 2013 – January 27, 2014

Registration procedure:

For inquiries, please call or text the following numbers; 0917 803 0664 / 0999 998 7654 / 0922 822 9342

Source: frontrunnermagph.wordpress.com

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. 

“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 how Bogohanons survived.

Below is the Sinulog 2014 Schedule of Activities

December 1, 2013 – January 31, 2014 — Sinulog Street Fair, Osmena Blvd.

December 30, 2013 —  Sinulog Fun Run

January 9, 2014 (Thursday) — Opening Salvo: Walk with Jesus

4:00 a.m. - Assembly Time (Area) Fuente Osmena

4:30 a.m. - Start of Walk from Fuente Osmena Blvd. to Basilica del Sto. Nino

5:30 a.m. - Installation of Hermano and Hermana Mayores 2014

January 10, 2014 (Friday) — Sinulog 2014 Kickoff

2:00 p.m. - Solemn Mass (Basilica del Sto. Nino)

3:00 p.m. - Launching Parade (Basilica del Sto. Nino to CCSC)

7:00 p.m. - Opening and Launching Program, Fuente Osmena

8:00 p.m. - Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmena Circle)

9:00 p.m. - Street Party Bands

January 11, 2014 (Saturday) — Sinulog sa Kabataan – Lalawigan

1:00 p.m. - Parade of Participants, Capitol Site to Cebu City Sports Center

2:00 p.m. - Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan, Cebu City Sports Center

6:30 p.m. - Cultural Show (Fuente Osmena)

7:00 p.m. - Ms Cebu 2014 Presentation at Ayala Activity Center

8:00 p.m. - Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmena Circle)

9:00 p.m. - Concert at the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 12, 2014 (Sunday) — Sinulog sa Kabataan – Dakbayan

4:00 a.m. - Cebu City 2014 Marathon 

1:00 p.m. - Parade of Participants, Plaza Independencia to CCSC

2:00 p.m. - Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan, CCSC

6:00 p.m. - Grand Finals of Sinulog Choral Competition

6:30 p.m. - Cultural Show (Fuente Osmena)

8:00 p.m. - Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmena Circle)

9:00 p.m. - Concert at the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 13, 2014 (Monday)

6:30 p.m. - Cultural Show (Fuente Osmena)

8:00 p.m. - Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmena)

9:00 p.m. - Concert at the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 14, 2014 (Tuesday)

6:30 p.m. - Cultural Show (Fuente Osmena)

8:00 p.m. - Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmena)

9:00 p.m. - Concert at the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 15, 2014 (Wednesday)

9:00 a.m. - Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)

6:30 p.m.  - Cultural Show (Fuente Osmena)

7:00 p.m. - Ms Cebu 2014 Coronation Night, Waterfront Lahug Hotel

8:00 p.m. - Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmena)

9:00 p.m. - Concert at the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 16, 2014 (Thursday)

9:00 a.m. - Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)

6:00 p.m. - Balik Cebu, Welcome Party at Ayala Center Cebu

6:30 p.m. - Cultural Show (Fuente Osmena) / Sinulog Festival Queen Runway Competition and Photoshoot

8:00 p.m. - Sinulog Idol Grand Finals (Fuente Osmena) / Handumanan at Ayala Terraces

9:00 p.m. - Concert at the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 17, 2014 (Friday) — Visual Merchandising Contest (Dept. Stores and Malls)

4:00 a.m. - Walk with Mary from Fuente Osmena to Sto. Nino

9:00 a.m. - Solidarity Meeting (All competing contingent/Floats/Higante/Puppeteers) at CCSC gym

6:00 p.m. - Sinulog Dance Crew and Musicfest Grand Finals, CCSC

7:30 p.m. - Sinulog Festival Queen 2014, CCSC

8:00 p.m. - Cebu Popular Music Festival, Cebu Coliseum

January 18, 2014 (Saturday)

6:00 a.m. - Fluvial Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Nino

9:00 a.m. - Reenactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon — Basilica del Sto. Nino

2:00 p.m. - Solemn Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Nino

7:00 p.m. - Street Party at Fuente Osmena and Plaza Independencia

8:00 p.m. - Kasadya Nite Mardi Gras at Ayala Center Cebu

9:00 p.m. - Musicfest Grand Finals

January 19, 2014 (Sunday) — Sinulog Grand Parade

4:00 a.m. - Mananita Mass at Basilica del Sto. Nino

6:00 a.m. - Pontifical Mass with His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal

9:00 a.m. - Sinulog Grand Parade Carousel Kickoff

7:00 p.m. - Grand Finale and Grand Fireworks, CCSC

7:30 p.m. - Street Party Bands, Fuente Osmena

January 20, 2014 (Monday)

1:00 p.m. - Awarding Ceremonies, CCSC

January 24, 2014 (Friday) — Hubo

4:00 a.m. - Hubo Mass Ritual at Basilica del Sto. Nino

January 25, 2014 (Saturday)

1:00 p.m. - Screening of Finalists for Short Film/Video Documentary Contest / Sinulog 2013 Photo Contest Winners Exhibits

6:00 p.m. - Awarding Ceremonies Photo Contest and Video Documentary Contect at SM City Cebu

February 3 – February 10, 2014 — Photo Exhibits “Winning Photos Sinulog 2014″at SM City Cebu

The SM Group, through SM Cares, will build 200 houses in Barangay Polambato, Bogo City for the families who were affected by super typhoon Yolanda.

SM Prime Holdings Inc. president Hans T. Sy led the groundbreaking ceremony with Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale, Bogo City Mayor Celestino Martinez Jr., and SM Prime Holdings Inc vice president for Visayas and Mindanao Marissa Fernan last Saturday.

A one-hectare property was donated by the heirs of Wenceslao and Margarita Briones Fernan, where the  SM Cares Village will soon stand. Each unit will cost P250,000 amounting up to P50 million for the whole project. Each unit will be built with concrete roofing, high ceiling, proper ventilation and utility-ready provision. The settlement are will have a 5-meter wide road network, a concrete perimeter fence, community center and a basketball court.

Click here for more photos.

Read more:

SM building homes for Cebu victims - philstar.com

SM Group to build 200 houses for Yolanda survivors - sunstar.com.ph

SM TO BUILD 200 HOUSES IN BOGO CITY - cityofbogocebu.gov.ph

Photo source: City Government of Bogo FB Page

Cayang's Brangay Chariman Celestino "Tining" Martinez III is the new president of the Association of Barangay Councils of Cebu Province. Martinez ran uncontested during the elections and claimed the ABC presidency by default, making him an ex-officio member of the Cebu Provincial Board (PB).

Samboan ABC president Emerito Calderon stayed as vice president. He held the position since 2010. 

“I hope I can live up to the expectation sa tanan and most especially, I hope and I look forward to a very fruitful and successful league sa umaabot nga mga tuig,” Martinez told his colleagues after the elections.

Martinez said that among his priorities is to work with the Capitol in extending assistance to typhoon victims in northern Cebu. Bogo City is one of the areas severely devastated by the typhoon.

He said that his being close to Governor Hilario Davide III, his ally in the Liberal Party, is a big factor to help the barangays. He then thanked Holganza and the rest of ABC presidents of the different component cities and municipalities for their cooperation.

Holganza, meanwhile, assured the members of the league that they are in good hands under the leadership of Martinez. He bid farewell to his colleagues in the PB during its session last Monday.

Read more: Martinez is new ABC-Cebu prexy - The Freeman

Photo source: Tining's FB Profile