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THE wife of Cebuano boxer Z "The Dream" Gorres has been touched by the outpouring of support for her husband who is recovering from the head injury in Las Vegas. Datches Gorres, 25, said the support coming from people – some they don't even know – helped ease the pain and strengthened their hope that the 27-year-old boxer could survive in what could be the toughest fight of his life. "I am thankful to the people who expressed their willingness to help us. It is nice to know that in this trying times,  

GLAMOROUS and glitzy in red was the 40th anniversary celebration of Zonta Club of Cebu 1. Dubbed "Glamour and Glitz 2, with a Touch of Red," the dinner cum fashion show at the Grand Ballroom of Marco Polo Plaza was a fund-raising event to sustain Zonta's health-related, micro-financing and adopt-a-shool programs. "The Manny Pacquiao Blog".  

Two more Garcias may be joining in the political race in the province in 2010. Nelson and Marlon Garcia, younger brothers of Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia, are said to be interested to run for mayor in the towns of Barili in the third district and Dumanjug in the second district. Rep. Pablo John Garcia of the 3rd district of Cebu, however, said "the family has not yet met to decide on that matter".  

With rotating brownouts still bothering Cebu, a "power swap" was proposed yesterday for short-term relief. Global Business Power Corp. (GBPC) president Jesus Alcordo yesterday offered this setup to ease the power shortage in Cebu. During a meeting called by Gov. Gwen Garcia, Alcordo proposed to swap an excess 12 megawatts to 15 MW from Global's power plant in Iloilo province with the same volume from the Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) grid in the Visayas and channel it to Cebu.

There are some plants with very high maintenance like the gas turbines. Some need diesel as fuel, which according to them, are very expensive. So this is very difficult. That’s why we really need to talk to WESM and all other stakeholders to come up with a mechanism to solve the problem   -Gwen Garcia

 

ORGANIZERS of the "Good versus Evil" will not be endorsing candidates in the May 2010 elections, and stressed that their movement is not against specific candidates, including Gov. Gwen Garcia. They will also not single out the "evil" personalities in local and national politics. Instead, they will focus on encouraging candidates to bring out what is good in them, and campaigning against everything evil in politics and elections, like vote buying, dynasties, corruption and personality-based campaignin  

Cebu has a special place in the administration's game plan for the presidential election. The Nov. 12 national convention of the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CDM party is set in Cebu City, where the standard bearer Gilbert Teodoro will be proclaimed. His choice of running mate is still up in the air.  

MINGLANILLA made known its intention for the overall title as it claimed the championships in the Cluster 1 competition of the 5th Governor Gwen Garcia Unity Volleyball Cup last weekend at the Sibonga Sports Complex in Sibonga in the southern part of Cebu. The volleybelles of Minglanilla finished their assignments without a hitch and wound up with an immaculate 5-0 (win-loss) record. They defeated Dalaguete 25-12, 25-22 and followed it up with a convincing 25-6, 25-18 beating of San Fernando. They als  

Courtesy photo Tyrell Winslow is accused of the murder of Charles "CJ" Liegel. Acknowledging that it will be difficult, Belvidere Mayor Charles Liegel and his family plan to sit through testimony Thursday from the coroner who performed the autopsy on his son, U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Charles "CJ" Liegel Jr. This painful portion will come during the trial of accused murderer Tyrell Clemel Winslow , 19, who allegedly shot Liegel and them set fire to his condominium.  

SOME incumbent officials and the so-called political "has-been" have joined forces to revive the locally founded Panaghiusa Party to fight against the incumbent Capitol occupant and President Arroyo's anointed presidential candidate in next year's elections. Leading the group is former senator John Henry "Sonny" Osmeña with former congressman Antonio Yapha and Bogo Mayor Junie Martinez, along with a few incumbent town mayors. They claimed they revived the Pa-naghiusa Party to fight against Gov. Gwen Gar  

Canned goods, rice, bottled water, dry clothes, blankets and toiletries are some of the useful items being gathered by citizens' groups and local governments in Cebu mounting relief operations for flooding victims in Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon. The massive outpouring of assistance was visible yesterday in the sprouting of drop off centers for public donations. The Cebu City government set up a site in Fuente Osmeña, but civic groups and private corporations also opened their doors to accept

We have so many things to do for our brothers and sisters   -Gwen Garcia