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MCCI’s Bakery World 2023 to help grow small, medium-sized bakery businesses

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New products and technology for the bakery business take center stage in the upcoming 2023 Bakery World exhibition set on September 14 to 16, 2023 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino Cebu City. Start-up bakery businesses have the potential to grow through innovation and technology. This is the goal of the Bakery World 2023, an event organized by the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI). MCCI President Kelie Ko, chair of the Bakery World exhibit, said the exhibit aims to enable bakeries and café owners, especially the small and medium, to level up. “We’re going to see a lot of bakery and café related suppliers, from ingredients to equipment and a little bit of packaging. They will see different ways of using products, and come up with new products. We will also have food photography sessions,” Mr. Ko said. He explained the importance of taking good product photos. “It’s a digital age. We want them to put up good pictures so they can sell their products.  MCCI past president St

MCCI Biz Summit 2023: Prepare for coming economic growth, business sector urged

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The business sector has to adopt sustainable practices and technological advancements to prepare for the country’s projected economic development. Speakers discussed various concerns and opportunities for the business sector during the Mandaue Business Summit 2023, one of the activities of the Mandaue Business Month (MBM) 2023. MBM is an annual event organized by the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI). Swedish Ambassador Annika Thunborg spoke on “Sustainability in the Circular Economy.” Ambassador Thunborg described how Sweden transitioned to a circular economy by implementing sustainable practices and innovations. The ambassador cited several strategies such as the use of renewable energy, wastes turning into resources through recycling, and the adoption of technology to promote sustainability. Sweden also has an efficient mass transportation system composed of railway systems and electric-powered buses, among others. Economist and licensed environmental planner Ronilo Ba

WATCH "THE MOON" AT YOUR FAVORITE SM CINEMAS

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Two desperate men - one on earth, and another one left in space and is quickly running out of oxygen,  all because of a lunar mission failed by an unexpectedly strong solar wind. Catch the award-winning  actor Sul Kyung-gu as Jae-gook, a former Naro Space Flight Director who struggles to bring back Hwang  Seon-woo (portrayed by EXO idol Do Kyung-soo) – a Korean Astronaut that was left stranded on the moon after a spacecraft malfunction. Will he continue to fall on the other side of the moon and list the mission as a fatal catastrophe, or will the odds be on their favor? There’s only one way to find out. Witness the thrilling moments of The Moon at SM Cinemas nationwide and experience thrill as you chill with your movie buddies. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! : https://bit.ly/TheMoonAtSMCinema : SM Cinema app : SM Cinema ticket booths #TheMoon #더문 #SeolKyungGu #DO #TheMoonAtSMCinema #SMCinema #DoKyungSoo #KimHeeAe #설경구 #디오 #도경수 #김희애

PSS 2023: Panagbagat Festival of Municipality of Poro

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 📢 PASIGARBO SA SUGBO 2023 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐔𝐋❗️and 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄❗️ Salute to these dancers who gave their whole body, spirit, heart and soul - for the love of Dance, and for the love of their own Municipality of Poro‼️ So lets not put their efforts in vain, help Group 4 Contingent No.19: 𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙊 in the online voting on ᴀᴜɢᴜsᴛ 𝟸𝟽, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹 🙏🙏 Purely Poro! Purely for YOU!! ❤️❤️ Overall Artistic Director: Victor Hao Cuenco  ⚠️Voting Guidelines⚠️ 1. ONLINE VOTES CONSTITUTES 15% OF THE TOTAL SCORE OF A CONTINGENT DURING THE RITUAL SHOWDOWN COMPETITION.  2. AFTER EVERY FIVE (5) CONTINGENTS, A SPECIAL QR CODE AND LINK WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE LIVE COVERAGE IN THE OFFICIAL SUGBO NEWS ACCOUNT. SCAN THE QR CODE OR CLICK THE LINK IN THE COMMENTS SECTION TO BE DIRECTED TO THE VOTING PORTAL. 3. IN EVERY GROUP, CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE TWO (2) CONTINGENTS. YOU MUST CHOOSE 2 OUT OF 5, OTHERWISE YOUR VOTE WILL BE INVALID❗️ #Support #pasigarbosasugbo2023 #panagbagatfestival #PurelyPoro #ForeverPo

PSS 2023: Rosquillos Festival of Municipality of Liloan

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Rosquillos Festival of Municipality of Liloan will showcase a completely brand new concept from last year’s Broadway feel, this year's presentation tells about the development of Rosquillos and its production since the 19th century, from the time of Rosquillo's creation to its modernization in 2020s. As a rosquillos lover, this will enlighten us the humble beginnings of it thru art presentation in Zarzuela (Sarswela) style. This is exciting! But lets not forget to vote, 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝟗 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 # 𝟒𝟓: Rosquillos Festival of Liloan in the online voting on ᴀᴜɢᴜsᴛ 𝟸𝟽, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹‼️ LIVE LOVE LILOAN! ❤💛 Overall Artistic Director: Victor Hao Cuenco  🚨Voting Guidelines🚨 1. ONLINE VOTES CONSTITUTES 15% OF THE TOTAL SCORE OF A CONTINGENT DURING THE RITUAL SHOWDOWN COMPETITION.  2. AFTER EVERY FIVE (5) CONTINGENTS, A SPECIAL QR CODE AND LINK WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE LIVE COVERAGE IN THE OFFICIAL SUGBO NEWS ACCOUNT. SCAN THE QR CODE OR CLICK THE LINK IN THE COMMENTS SECTION T

PASIGARBO SA SUGBO 2023: Rosquillos Festival of the Municipality of Liloan‼️

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Where the Rosquillos is celebrated as the pride of Liloan... This year’s production narrates the exciting evolution of the Rosquillos beginning in the 1900s during its inception, up to its modernization in the 2020s 🤩🤩 The story is told in the conventional music theater tradition localized as zarzuela - in original song and dance numbers reflecting the varied music and dance genres of the decades.  Ladies and gentlemen, Contingent #45 from the Municipality of Liloan, Rosquillos Festival❗️👏 The contingents are getting the best creative consultants in the country for dance, music and theatre to give and present new concept and dance genre for this year’s pasigarbo:  Headed by Mayor Aljew Fernando J. Frasco Overall Artistic Director - Victor Hao Cuenco Choreographer - Johnrey Collamat Dance Consultant - Rudy Raveche  Theatre Consultant - Orlando Magno Musical Director - Lucien Letaba LIVE LOVE LILOAN! ❤💛

PASIGARBO SA SUGBO 2023:Contingent No. 19, the Municipality of Poro

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SUPPORT: Contingent No. 19, the Municipality of Poro, on its final phase of it's extensive 3-month preparation of a 5-minute Modern Dance piece entitled 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐒: 𝘼 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 ❤️❤️❤️ It is a formidable piece that beautifully blends and fuses together libretto, dance, music, and production design into a moving story rich and deep with a gamut of different emotions. Unfortunately, their efforts could only end up in vain as 15% of the total score in the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo Festival of Festivals Competition comes from on-line votes❗️ So we appeal to all of you to please support them on 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟕 🙏🙏 FYℹ️ For dance, music, and theater, the contingents received the top creative experts in the nation to provide and showcase a fresh idea and dancing style for this year's Panagbagat Festival of the Municipality of Poro: Headed by Mayor Gary Rama  Overall Artistic Director Victor Hao Cue

SM CITY CONSOLACION HOSTS THE FIRST TANGKONG FESTIVAL

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Barangay Lamac Sk Council in Consolacion held its first Tangkong Festival last August 12 at the open grounds of SM City Consolacion. LAMAC, the Barangay name is derived from the word “Lamakan”which translates to “Swamp” which was mostly present around the community even before 1925. These swamps were abundantwith various species of plants and animals, especially Tangkong. Barangay Lamac was and is still known for producing Tangkong crops for markets across Metro Cebu. The abundance ofTangkong has helped a lot of families as well as the community to thrive successfully- providing families a commodity, helping students to finish education. Contingents joined the street dancing that started at the Lamac barangay court, passing Purok 3 to Purok 2, all the way to the stage area in SM City Consolacion.  Barangay Lamac also presented the first ever Tangkong Festival Queens - Nicole Saycon, Shem Macario, Phoebe Mag-asin, Juliet Sabay, and Grazel Faith Pitogo. To know more about the upcoming ev

Mandaue Chamber holds Lord of the Pins Bowling Tournament

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It's not just all business during the Mandaue Business Month 2023. The Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) also holds fun activities for member companies. Employees of MCCI member companies will show their stuff at the Lord of the Pins: MCCI Bowling Tournament scheduled on August 19, 2023 at the SM City Bowling and Leisure Center. MBM 2023 chair Mark Anthony Ynoc, who heads this event, said the chamber wants to promote camaraderie and sportsmanship among member companies. This event also hopes promote health and wellness among the business community. “In the previous years, we have basketball, obstacle races, and a volleyball tournament. This year we wanted “Lord of the Pins” bowling tournament since most members have their own bowling teams,” Mr. Ynoc explained. The tournament can accommodate 20 teams. “We have reserved 10 bowling lanes at SM from 5 pm to 9:30 pm. The first batch will play from 5 pm to 7 pm and the second batch will play from 7 pm to 9 pm. during the e

Central Visayas Maritime Training and Review Center Inc. offers seafarers training

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The Central Visayas Maritime Training and Review Center Inc. (CVMTRC) will help provide trainings required under the International Convention on Standards on Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW). Initially, the training center only offers domestic training courses for the apprentices of Medallion Transport Inc., a Cebu based shipping company plying the route from Cebu City to other destinations in Leyte, Bohol, and Dipolog City. Since it already has the necessary infrastructure, the management decided to expand into STCW approved training courses and offered them to everyone seeking for domestic or international employment, said Atty. Ricardo Labial Jr., the training center’s President. The STCW requirements aims to enhance safety by focusing on professional competence, physical fitness, and technical skills of all seafarers to conduct the ship from port of origin to port of destination. Aside from strict observance of international and national maritime safety laws, seafare

LOOK: MCCI holds Business Connect to encourage networking among members..

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Last August 7, 2023, at the Oakridge Horizon, Oakridge Business Park in Mandaue City. Ms. Marvey Alcantara, Uratex director for Vismin and co-chair of Business Connect, explains that the chamber would like to connect members so they could get their requirement for services and products from within the chamber. Ms. Mae Ann Yee, Creative Director of Purple Chalk and co-chair of the event, said the event would enable business owners and executives to talk among themselves and discuss business solution goals. Aside from the business matching activity, Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes inducted the MCCI new members. The new members include ORIX METRO Leasing & Finance Corporation, Scrumptious Food and Beverage Corp, LANEX Corporation - Philippine Branch, Camotes Agribusiness Products, Otway Enterprises, KUNSTOF Windows & Doors, Cebu Parts Mall Auto and Industrial Sales, Boombox Marketing Office, Sphil Tele IT Experts Inc., Gem Travels, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., Fast Autoworld Phi

Globe leads telecom innovation with first ever Private 5G SA Network in PH

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Globe Telecom, in partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), has successfully showcased the first-ever Private 5G Standalone (5G SA) Network in the country. Built with technology from Athonet, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, the network delivers cellular connectivity to enterprises and organizations as an alternative or complementary solution to Wi-Fi and public mobile technologies. The strength and scalability of the Athonet 5G Core was demonstrated at the recent INNOVANIA: Technology and Innovation Day, a tech fiesta that featured a myriad of digital solutions. Athonet’s 5G SA Starter Kit is an easy-to-use, all-in-one package, including SIM cards, a radio, and a top-rated mobile core network in a briefcase. It offers high-quality video and audio, with download speeds of up to 780 Mbps and upload speeds up to 150 Mbps. The kit is a plug-and-play Private 5G SA Network powered by a standard outlet and is designed to work seamlessly with business applications through its N6

Globe is PH's Most Reliable Network 5 times in a row‼️🎉

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Cementing its network supremacy, Globe has retained its acclaim as the Most Reliable Mobile Network in the Philippines five times in a row by Ookla®, the global leader in internet testing and analysis. This achievement is based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data, which showed that Globe won in reliability based on Q2 2022, Q3 2022, Q4 2022, Q1 2023, and Q1-Q2 2023. Its latest win covering Q1-Q2 2023 showed that Globe had the highest Consistency Score™ of 83.64% and was the most available all-technology mobile network at 92.63%. Reliability is earned by the mobile operator who achieves the highest scores in two key metrics: All Technology Consistency and All Technology Availability. In Q2 2022, when it first lorded over in reliability, Globe achieved a Consistency Score™ of 79.44% and the highest all-technology mobile network Availability at 93.11%. It maintained momentum in the following quarter, reaching a Consistency Score™ of 82.55% and an Availability score