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  DTI Cebu - City of Cebu
The city of Cebu is located along the coastal and the eastern belt of the Province of Cebu.
As a community for human habitation, the City of Cebu ideally situated since it straddles the mountain ranges on its morthwestern rim, and on the opposite side its harbor is protected from prevailing winds by the historic island of Mactan wherein Lapu-lapu City is located.
Cebu City's land poor is the rationale behind the reclamation of foreshore lands.
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  cebu city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cebu City is the capital of the province of Cebu in the Philippines and is the second most important metropolitan center in the country.
Cebu is one of the main hubs of international flight into the country and is the most important center of commerce, trade, and industry in the Visayas and Mindanao parts of the country.
Cebu City is part of an informal metropolitan area which includes the cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, and Talisay.
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 Alcoy, Cebu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alcoy is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines.
Alcoy is mainly an agricultural town with Nug-as, a mountain barangay, producing 90% of commercial crops.
Alcoy's tourist attractions include unspoilt white beaches, coves and inlets, barrier and coral reefs, mangrove forests, verdant hills and valleys, towering mountains, fertile farmlands in the highlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alcoy,_Cebu   (811 words)

  
 Catmon, Cebu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catmon is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines.
It is located 57 kilometers from the Cebu City next to the town of Carmen.
Tore, Cebu's second highest peak, is located in Catmon, situated in barangay Cambangkaya.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catmon,_Cebu   (118 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Alcoy,-Cebu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cebu Strait, sometimes called Bohol Strait, is a strait in the Philippines that separates the island provinces of Cebu and Bohol.
Cebu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region.
Barili is a municipality in the province of Cebu in the Philippines.
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 Information on Cebu City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cebu City (Spanish language : Ciudad de Cebú) is the capital of the province of Cebu in the Philippines and is the second most important metropolitan center in the country.
Cebu City is part of an informal Metropolitan area which includes the cities of Mandaue City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Talisay City, Cebu.
To the northeast of the city are Mandaue City and the town of Consolacion, Cebu, to the west are Toledo City, Cebu and Balamban, Cebu, to the south are Talisay City, Cebu and the town of Minglanilla, Cebu.
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 Alcoy, Cebu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Alcoy is an agricultural (An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) municipality located in the province of (One of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor) Cebu in the (A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946) Philippines.
It is approximately 93 kilometers from the provincial capital (An important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines) Cebu City.
It is bounded by the municipalities of Dalaguete to the north, Boljoon to the south, Badian and Alegria to the west, and (Click link for more info and facts about Cebu Strait) Cebu Strait to the east.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alcoy,_cebu.htm   (915 words)

  
 Cebu » Paradise Philippines - The Filipino Guide to Philippine Destinations
As the music of the wind plays, passing by the scenic coastal road and lush vegetation of southern Cebu, we passed by the siloy (a fl bird endemic to Cebu) town of Alcoy on our way to Dalaguete.
But you are still tied to your work, or no extra moolah to fly to Cebu City, or was forced to withdraw plans after all hotels are already fully-booked.
I was lucky enough to have travelled to cebu with a seasoned traveller.
www.pinoytravelblog.com /category/travel-destinations/cebu   (694 words)

  
 Cebu's Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Carcar, Cebu is not only known for its delicious delicacies and its famous shoe industry but this small town is also into growing Bonsai plants.
Downtown Cebu, with all its colorful commercial establishments and heavy traffic, may not look like it but once was an old ciudad, site of the oldest Spanish settlement in the country...
Cebu has one of the country’s finest harbors, sheltered by Mactan and the province’s central mountains and strategically located at the heart of the Visayas...
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 Barili, Cebu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Barili is a (An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) municipality in the province of (One of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor) Cebu in the (A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946) Philippines.
A cross was planted by (A native or inhabitant of Spain) Spaniards led by Captain Juan Juarado at their arrival at 1602, and still exists today.
Barili is located 61 kilometers southwest of (An important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines) Cebu City.
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 Barili, Cebu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barili is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 57,764 people in 11,164 households.
Barili is located 61 kilometers southwest of Cebu City.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barili   (167 words)

  
 Cebu International Convention Center
The GWEN Project was initialized in coordination with the Provincial Board’s Committee on Education and the Department of Education-Division of Cebu Province.
Its aim is to improve the province of Cebu’s environmental conditions by calling out all schools from the elementary and secondary levels to plant jackfruit trees.
This will be a time when all the school administrators, students and pupils would go out to the communities to plant at least 10 jackfruit trees in the lots along the barangay roads, provincial roads and national highways until January of next year.
cicc.cebu.gov.ph /News_item.asp?Newsid=35   (545 words)

  
 thethermo BAU AG
This was noted after Alcoy in the south of Cebu established the Daanglungsod-Guiwan marine sanctuary, a protected area set in a 22-hectare reef three kilometers south of the town proper.
Alcoy is a fifth-class municipality 93 kilometers south of Cebu City.
The dangerous kilometer-long stretch to Barangay Nug-as, Alcoy’s vegetable basin and the town’s counterpart to the one in Mantalongon, Dalaguete, was also paved last year.
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 cebu news by Philippine Website Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
CEBU CITY -- A Filipina bride arrived home in a box Sunday, while her Dutch husband stayed home in Holland to face a first-degree murder charge filed by the...
Arts in Cebu Philippines are generated from the heart and mind.
The Freeman News (http://www.thefreeman.com); Sunstar Cebu News (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu).
www2.nfsp-philippines.org /pinoypedia/cebu-news/index.html   (392 words)

  
 Global Nation | INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Alcoy Mayor Antonio Plando said his men stopped seven trucks loaded with mahogany and gemelina logs in barangay Nug-as, about 13 km from the town, where the biggest forest in Cebu province is located.
Alcoy is 92.8 km south of Cebu City.
PO3 Edwin Miranda of the Alcoy police station revealed that three CENRO personnel of the from the nearby town of Argao tried to claim the seized lumber last Wednesday.
www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_cdn/2004/dec/new/dec10_01.htm   (812 words)

  
 Birdwatch.ph : Birding Activity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Thanks to Godo Jakosalem of Cebu Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, I was able to locate forest warden Pedro Villarta about 12 kilometers uphill from the poblacion of the town of Alcoy in southern Cebu.
The company planted mahogany, gmelina and pine trees in the area, although now that another set of owners have taken over the company, it seems unclear if the reforestation is still on.
I thought that 2 kilometers won't pose much of a problem until I found out (while huffing and puffing) that our tree was on the top of the next hill which means descending on loose and slippery limestone bits down a gully and then a taxing climb to 755masl.
www.birdwatch.ph /articles/trip-Nug_as_Alcoy_Cebu.html   (1129 words)

  
 santander cebu by Philippine Website Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
An outport in Liloan, Santander, Cebu will be opened this month to connect Santander to Sibulan, which is adjacent to Dumaguete City.
Alcoy and Santander in the south and Sogod, Bogo, San Remegio, Santa Fe, and Daan Bantayan in the north.
Cebu Island is 300 kilometers long north to south with a width of 40 kilometers at its widest point.
www2.nfsp-philippines.org /pinoypedia/santander-cebu/index.html   (398 words)

  
 Alcoy, Cebu - InformationBlast
Taking advantage of the natural beauty of the town, many enterprising locals and foreigners alike put up hospitality businesses such as resorts, restaurants, and bars.
Alcoy can be reached in 2 to 3 hours by bus or V-hire.
Buses and V-hires ply regularly between the town and city, with departures and arrivals almost every 30 minutes.
www.informationblast.com /Alcoy,_Cebu.html   (389 words)

  
 Alcoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It is mainlyan agricultural town with Nug-as, a mountain barangay, producing 90% of thecommercial crops.
Thebest way to see Alcoy is to explore its interior mountain areas where most of the town lies and experience a night or two in avillage house.
There are secondary forest covers which still host to some of the endemic wildlife such as macaque monkeys, civetcats, wild chicken and several beautiful birds.
www.therfcc.org /alcoy-296401.html   (389 words)

  
 Alcoy, Cebú   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Alcoy es un municipio agrícola situado en la provincia de Cebú en las Filipinas.
Uno puede visitar Alcoy en cualquier momento del año para allí no es ninguna estación seca y mojada pronunciada desemejante de otros lugares en el país.
Alcoy se puede alcanzar sobre 2 a 3 horas por el autobús o V-emplea del terminal del sur, situado en la avenida de Natalio Bacalso en la ciudad de Cebú.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/al/Alcoy,%20Ceb%FA.htm   (780 words)

  
 Extinction haunts Cebu's butterflies - Oct. 18, 2003
CEBU CITY-The spotted wings, tinged in intense yellow, shimmer in the sunlight as the butterfly "glides like a kite," as admiring scientists say, in the only places worldwide where they exist today: three towns of southern Cebu.
"The Cebu subspecies of the tree nymph is surely the most beautiful and colorful one," Dr. Franz Seidenschwarz of the USC says.
The USC studies underpin efforts to conserve unique and endangered species that are endemic to Cebu, within the university's Nature Park on its sprawling campus in Barangay Talamban in Cebu City.
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 Sun.Star Cebu - Alcoy icons stolen in new church raid
Dismayed by the Alcoy burglary, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal reminded his priests to be more careful in safeguarding the precious religious icons.
Alcoy Police Chief Joaquin Banosong said the thieves got inside by destroying the wooden window grill at the back of the church.
The church of Alcoy, a former barangay of Dalaguete town, was established only in 1957.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2002/11/08/news/alcoy.icons.stolen.in.new.church.raid.html   (924 words)

  
 Sun.Star Cebu - Alcoy to enforce color-coded fishing boats
The ordinance, according to a PB committee on laws report, was passed so local fishermen will be prioritized in the use of the town’s marine resources.
The legislation for Alcoy’s waters provides that fishing boats from every barangay be color-coded, with a “coastal number” issued by the Office of the Municipal Treasurer as main identification.
Alcoy’s ordinance is also in accordance with the Philippine Fisheries Code.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2002/10/07/news/alcoy.to.enforce.color.coded.fishing.boats..html   (220 words)

  
 Talisay City, Cebu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Talisay City is a 5th class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 148,110 people in 28,751 households.
It is primarily a residential city with most of the people working in nearby Cebu City.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Talisay-City,-Cebu.htm   (163 words)

  
 Cebu: The Alternative not only for retirement: your house by the Sea - integrated into an intact community
Cebu: The Alternative not only for retirement: your house by the Sea - integrated into an intact community
Bodo L., self employed "free lance" in automation technique, moved in to their newly constructed domicile (total cost about 130 000.- US$) directly by the beach in spring 2001 together with his wife Marita.
He is not retired yet, but the international Airport Cebu nearby and the Internet allow him to earn their "bread and butter" also under palm trees.
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