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The  overused  word uber is apt here—more than 2500 local and international visitors,  more  than  30  Cebu trivias, more than 20 magnificent images of Cebu’s heritage sites, more than 15 delicacies -- AboitizLand Inc. presents
one of the biggest heritage celebrations through its participation in Gabii Sa Kabilin 2012 dubbed as Handurawan Sa Karaang Sugbo.

With  the  Heritage  of  Cebu  Monument  as  its backdrop, AboitizLand will transform Mabini Street on May 25 to showcase the awe-inspiring Kabag-uhan: Now  and Then Photo Exhibit Year 2. Old pictures of heritage sites from the
collection  of the AboitizLand’s CEO Andoni Aboitiz and Lucy Urgello-Miller will  be  place alongside its then pictures, the winning images of 2011 and 2012 Kabag-uhan: Now and Then Photo Contest.

The  amusing  Cebu  Trivia  Night  opens  at 7 pm challenging triviaholics’ knowledge  of their beloved Queen City of the South. The grueling battle of wits is open to all Cebuanos and Cebuanos at heart.

The  AboitizLand  Heritage  Show  will  turn  the  evening  into an amazing experience  in  entertainment  and  storytelling  as it did last year, even more.  Ka  Bino  Guerrero,  popular  tour  interpreter, will be telling the stories  highlighting  one  of Cebu’s greatest assets – the rich history of Cebu’s streetscapes and landscapes.

Ka  Bino  is Cebu’s equivalent of Manila’s maverick Carlos Celdran. He will conduct  a “sitting tour” as he reveals old Sugbo’s streetscapes and famous heritage points.

To  cap  off  a  fine  evening relishing the past, savoring the present and looking  forward to the future, guests will say ‘lami’ at the Food Festival where various communities are offering a splendid gastronomic treat.

AboitizLand’s participation in Gabii Sa Kabilin 2012 supports the company’s effort  to  nurture  the  Cebuano  culture  and heritage. Being in Gabii sa Kabilin  is the company’s contribution to the enrichment of culture and the arts,  consistent  with  its  brand  promise  of  developing  nurturing and assuring communities.

An  annual  event  of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.’s Cultural Heritage Program, Gabii sa Kabilin is a recipient of the Public Relations Society of the  Philippines’s  Anvil  Award  of  Merit  for  Public  Relations Program—Sustained Basis: Arts and Culture/Heritage/Tourism.

Like  Made  For  Life  on  Facebook  for  more  details  of  AboitizLand’s participation to Gabii Sa Kabilin 2012.

• Be a Filipino citizen, 25 years old or younger at the time of the Summit
• Be a bonafide undergraduate student of a school / university
• Be a 3rd or 4th year student of a 4-year course; 4th or 5th year student of a 5-year course (by June 2012)
• Be taking up any course in the following fields of study: Business Management, Accounting, Communications, Political Science, Information Technology, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, Psychology, Economics, and Law
• Be ranked in the top 20 of their college or department
• Be an active leader or officer of any student organization – student government, academic, cause-oriented, socio-civic or religious in nature
• Possesses excellent communication skills
• Not have any disciplinary case inside or outside campus

• A fully completed application form. Applicants may download copies of the application forms here.
• A certified true copy of the applicant’s college transcript for all undergraduate course work, ending with the grades from the first semester of SY 2011 - 2012. (Note: Once the applicant qualifies for the next round of screening, the Screening Committee will require the applicant to present the second semester grades of SY 2011 – 2012 with a certification from the School Registrar stating the cumulative overall GPA / GWA of the applicant.)
• Certification from the School Registrar stating the overall cumulative GPA / GWA of the applicant.
• Certifications supporting leadership experience, awards received, and community involvements.
• A signed recommendation letter
• Personal essay, artwork, or photograph

• All applications submitted will be evaluated by Corporate HR.
• Corporate HR will screen the applications based on the following criteria: academic performance, leadership ability, awards received, community involvement, recommendations, and personal essay, artwork, or photograph.
•  Corporate HR will determine the shortlisted applicants who will proceed to the panel interview. Applicants will be notified via phone call.
• Panel interviews will be conducted at the corporate offices of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. in Cebu and Makati. Other non-Cebu applicants will either be interviewed in their respective schools or at the different Aboitiz Group business units.
• After the panel interview, Corporate HR will then select the top 90 delegates who will join the 2-day Summit in Cebu City. They will be notified through their designated school official. Results will also be posted on the official AFLBS Facebook account.

March 30, 2012	Deadline of Applications
April 23, 2012	Announcement of Interviewees
April 30 – May 31, 2012	Panel Interviews
June 15, 2012	Announcement of Top 90
August 17 – 18, 2012	7th AFLBS

Note: The application timetable may change without prior notice. 

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Sustainable City Dialogues 2012, a 5-day learning event featuring two internationally renowned speakers, Architect Senen A. Antonio, an urban design and planning expert based in the United States, and Dr. AbdouMaliq Simone, an urbanist and professor of sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London onFebruary 6-10, 2012.   This event is organized by the Research, Program, and Organizational Development of the Metro Cebu Development Coordinating Board in partnership with the University of San Carlos-College of Architecture and Fine Arts, and other organizations. 

The theme of this event is “Creating Future Cities:  Where Do We Begin”.  As we all know, Metro Cebu is facing serious social, economic and environmental challenges resulting in declining competitiveness, quality of life, and rapid urbanization.  The goal of this event is to draw together a variety of stakeholders from government officials to planners, architects, engineers, educators, business people, NGO leaders, community members and students to engage in a constructive dialogue and strengthen the capacity of local planners on the possibilities of creating a smart and sustainable Metro Cebu.  Topics to be addressed throughout the 5-day event includes: New Urbanism and metropolitan design, livability issues, Smart Growth, city-region planning and governance, and urban sociology.

This year, once again, the Aboitiz Group will be initiating once again the 6th Aboitiz Future Leaders Business Summit: Insider Look on the Best Corporate Entities in our Country Today. The Aboitiz Future Leaders Business Summit 2011 theme is “Inspiring Leaders for a Better Future.” The 6th AFLBS will commence August 19-20, 2011 at Radisson Blu, Cebu City.

The Aboitiz Future Leaders Business Summit (AFLBS) brings together the top college student leaders from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao and the top executives across the Aboitiz Group to share and learn about business and leadership.

The qualifications for the participants: Incoming third and fourth year students taking up courses in the following fields of study: Business Management, Accounting, Communications, Political Science, Information Technology, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, Psychology, Economics and Law.

Applicants must be active officers or members of any student organization and must possess excellent communication skills. They also must not have any disciplinary case inside or outside the campus.

Every year, the top 90 carefully selected college students nationwide gather to learn about business and leadership. It is Aboitiz’s way of affirming and inspiring a continued belief in the unique and outstanding capabilities of the Filipino among today’s youth.

With the theme, Inspiring Leaders for a Better Future, the Summit features plenary discussions, games, and teambuilding exercises, simulating real work and business situations. It aims to prepare each student delegate to enter the corporate world, help them realize their future role in nation-building, and inspire young Filipinos to develop renewed faith and hope in our country, encouraging them to strive for excellence in all things.

The Summit also gives the participants an opportunity to establish networks and form ties with CEOs, executives, team leaders and team members of the Aboitiz Group of Companies, as well as fellow young leaders.

After its success in planting almost 50,000 native tree seedlings in the province of cebu, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) intends to continue their environmental advocacy. As a follow-up to their Run 2 Plant for Greenin Phils. last june 25, RAFI will organize another marathon scheduled on october, dubbed as RUN 2 Take Care.

The run this time will focus on taking care of and nurturing the seedlings planted during the run 2 plant.

The 1st part has been achieved, but now the challenge is to let the trees grow. We hope that 90 percent of it will grow, said roberto aboitiz of RAFI. Isabelo Montejo of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the crucial part now "is how to take care of the trees, their protection and maintenance."

With its environmental program involving regular province wide activities, rafi is positive that these seedlings will grow. The Provincial Government's Executive Order 3 institutionalizes the program and directs all local government units to take part in its implementation. Also the municipalities and LGUs, NGOs that joined the run2 plant will be coordinating with RAFI to ensure the monitoring and maintenance of the planted native tree seedlings.

Doctors pose together with the staff of EJACC after the free breast and cervical cancer screening at EJACC located inside the compound of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.

More than 200 women benefited from the free breast and cervical screening held last June 21 at the Eduardo J. Aboitiz Cancer Center (EJACC) and last June 25 at the Cebu Technology University (CTU).

EJACC of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) was tapped to be part of the grand outreach program dubbed “Halad sa Kapamilya” initiated by the Cebu City Chamber of Commerce and Industry and ABS-CBN at CTU.

The screening activities were organized in collaboration with the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) OB-GYN Department, VSMMC Breast Clinic, Integrated Midwife Association of the Philippines-Cebu Midwife Clinic, and Destiny Medical Fund.

Irenea Bacla-an from Consolacion,Cebu, one of the women who underwent the screening, came to avail the service to determine any abnormalities of her body and to be able to treat them as early as possible.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among Filipino women while cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women.

EJACC, which offers free breast and cervical screening every month, urges the public to undergo early detection measures—especially maintaining a healthy lifestyle and nutrition, exercise, proper hygiene, and avoiding stresses and vices—to prevent breast and cervical cancer.

EJACC is a program under the Integrated Development focus area of RAFI, addressing health issues of communities in order to create a better quality of life. Its other focus areas are Micro-finance and Entrepreneurship, Culture & Heritage, Leadership and Citizenship, and Education.
For more information about breast and cervical cancer, please contact 254-6351 and look for Gina Mariquit.

Kabag-uhan: Now and Then Photo Contest by Aboitizland which is in line of RAFI - Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.'s Gabii sa Kabilin 2011 Celebrations! See poster for more information!

The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) and the Ateneo Art Gallery, in cooperation with the Cebu Provincial Government and Museo Sugbo, will hold the "Cebu and the Arts" Forum on April 28 at 2 p.m. at the Museo Sugbo Art Gallery.

The forum will engage a dialogue among the different art sectors in Cebu about their thoughts on the state of the arts in Cebu. There will be an open forum among the different panelists who will share their insights on the state of the arts in Cebu, the directions they hope the city will take, and the roles of Cebuano artists in the community.

Open to all visual artists, interior designers, cultural workers, and fine arts students, the Cebu and the Arts Forum is an opportunity to share the various initiatives and projects of art groups in Cebu and from artists who won in the Ateneo Art Gallery 2009 competition. No registration fee is required.

The forum is one of the series of activities organized through the partnership between RAFI and Ateneo Art Gallery.

An exhibit, entitled “Next Wave”, will also open on April 28, 5pm at the Contemporary Gallery of the Casa Gorordo Museum. This exhibit will feature the artworks of the 2009 Ateneo Art Awards winners Kiri Dalena and Leeroy New.

The Next Wave art exhibit will run from April 28 to July 30.

The initiative of bringing contemporary artists, winners of one of the most prestigious art competitions in the country, is a way of providing an opportunity for local young aspiring artists to learn from the works and a means of encouraging viewers to open their minds to other media of artistic expression.

The Ateneo Art Awards was first presented in 2004 in memory of its founding patron Fernando Zobel de Ayala. It is given to three outstanding Filipino artists aged 35 and below who have made a significant mark on contemporary Philippine art. By honoring innovative, enlightened, and committed visionaries who, through their exemplary practice of the visual arts today, symbolize the hope and promise of a nation.

For inquiries on the forum and the exhibit, please contact Karl Damayo at 4187234 loc. 703.

The Rockeoke Unplugged: Sing for Mother Earth will happen on March 26, 2011 at the Persimmon Plus, Mabolo, Cebu City. Rockeoke Unplugged: Sing for Mother Earth is in line with this year's Earth Hour campaign and celebration: Going beyond the Hour (60+) which is organized by Aboitiz Power.

See more information about the Rockeoke Unplugged: Sing for Mother Earth on the Photo/Poster above. See you at the Rockeoke Unplugged: Sing for Mother Earth!!!