The Municipality of Bantayan Island in northern Cebu recently launched the ‘sea ambulances’ donated by the Department of Health (DOH) in response to transport patients who require urgent emergency situations.
Photo from Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu Facebook Page
A sea ambulance is a boat equipped with basic life support equipment such as oxygen, a resuscitator, a defibrillator, and immobilization devices so that those who have suffered significant injuries can be stabilized and brought faster to a hospital.
Photo from Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu Facebook PagePhoto from Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu Facebook Page
The arrival of the medical units is good news for patients who needed to be transported to major tertiary hospitals in Cebu City and Mandaue City.
Photo from Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu Facebook PagePhoto from Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu Facebook PagePhoto from Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu Facebook Page
The municipality of Liloan will also have their sea ambulance that will transport patients not only from the town but also from the nearby island of Camotes.
Photo from Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu Facebook PagePhoto from Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu Facebook Page
According to a local official, the government has already assembled at least 30 sea ambulance units and will be delivered to Liloan “soon.”
The average salary of an NBA floor cleaner in the United States (US) this 2022 is $80,000 per year.
Yes. You didn’t read it wrong. A mop boy in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is earning an average of about P4,115,200 per year. Now if that won’t let you want to mop floors, I don’t know what will.
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States | Photo from Unsplash
They can even get paid at most $100,000 that is more than P5 million. It all depends on the years of experience with the lowest of less than two years which is $39,000 (P2M+) per year, more than that is $80,000 (P4M+) per year and if you have more than 5 years under your belt, you would earn $95,000 (P4.8M+) per year.
Photo from Kim Klement
Now what does this job entails?
A mop boy, sweeper and floor cleaner’s main job are to keep the court clean.
They also must keep the basketball court dry from sweat and water at all times.
Constant mopping of floors as players run around and dive.
Help in setting up the benches.
Loading and unloading gears may also be part of the work.
Now to be hired as an NBA floor cleaner is much more careful than we think it is. It’s not just showing up but it is essential that you have the required set of skills, experience, and education.
Photo from Unsplash
Each team has different methods in hiring but one thing is for sure that would help is make an impression.
If you’re interested in working here though, you can visit NBA.com and look for their vacancies or go to indeed.com and LinkedIn as well.
Photo from Unsplash
We might be surprised and in awe of the salary but it is a physically demanding job as well. Though for us Filipinos it is already very big considering how the most hardworking people in this country don’t earn that much.
On Tuesday evening, the Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH-7) released its official, consolidated data of the COVID-19 cases in the region as of February 22, 2022.
The whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and Cebu Province — recorded 93 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 211 new recoveries, and 25 new deaths. Cebu’s total active cases declined to 2,318 (from 2,446).
Cebu City – Total confirmed: 53,300 (+46 new) – Total recoveries: 50,485 (+15 new) – Total deaths: 1,661 (+0 new) – Active cases: 1,154
Lapu-Lapu City – Total confirmed: 16,938 (+11 new) – Total recoveries: 16,325 (+15 new) – Total deaths: 501 (+8 new) – Active cases: 112
Mandaue City – Total confirmed: 15,310 (+8 new) – Total recoveries: 14,647 (+12 new) – Total deaths: 486 (+1 new) – Active cases: 177
Cebu Province – Total confirmed: 45,764 (+28 new) – Total recoveries: 42,142 (+114 new) – Total deaths: 2,747 (+16 new) – Active cases: 875
SUMMARY OF COVID-19 CASES IN CEBU:
Total Active Cases in Cebu: 2,318 (from 2,446)
Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 131,312 (+93 new)
Total Recoveries in Cebu: 123,599 (+211 new)
Total Deaths in Cebu: 5,395 (+25 new)
A total of 1,661 laboratory results were released.
NOTES from DOH-7:
*As per DOH-7, the additional deaths in the report are not due to the overnight spike in deaths but due to more accurate data collection and validating efforts. Not all of those deaths occurred today but occurred more than a week ago.
Reports maybe subject to change as these claims undergo thorough validation by the local healthcare offices and health personnel.
Raising a kid is surely hard enough but raising them with no partner is a struggle indeed.
Being a single mom did not deter Wendee Arriesgado from Cebu to provide a beautiful home to her three children though.
Photo from Wendee Arriesgado
With an estimated total expense of P700,000, she built her two-story dream house. What’s pretty impressive about this is that she built this from her own salary savings and not a loan.
Wendee shared that the budget and discipline she practiced to get there were tough.
She was living with her three kids in Cebu City before but soon realized that the living arrangement in a city won’t work for her family. There were rents and amortization to think about every month and as a lone breadwinner, living in the city proved to be too hard.
In 2019, Wendee decided to live someplace in the province where she can build a house and call it their own. They chose Daanbantayan, Cebu, to settle down as she also wants to be near the sea.
Photo from Wendee Arriesgado
Her initial fund was just P200,000 when the construction for their house started. It was late in 2020 when she shared that she worked harder than ever and hustled as much as possible with side projects and overtime.
Wendee was also lucky and wise to find a supplier of construction materials who agreed to a flexible payment scheme (every 15th of the month).
Her advice is to make good of your word. If you say you’ll pay, you pay. That is a mindset everyone who has debts must have right?
Photo from Wendee Arriesgado
To everyone who is planning to build their own homes, Wendee reminds you to have a concrete plan, monitor finances, and a thrifty lifestyle.
“You have to really discipline yourself, and you have to make it happen, and you have to focus if you want to have that future, na wala kang babayaran, if you want that house built.”
It pays off to be thrifty and careful in your finances indeed especially if you have a dream, you’d want to come true.
There is no need to travel to Bohol to see a Sea of Clouds. Cebu has its very own magical sight in Alcoy Cebu.
Located in Nug-as, Alcoy, Cebu is Mt. Campetra that took social media by storm as pictures of the people who have reached its peak was treated to a sigh so beautiful to behold.
Photo from Cha ChabelsPhoto from Reyna Tangpos
Fluffy white moving clouds with a peaking sunrise makes for a beautiful natural phenomenon.
But to get to the top and see the wonder that awaits you, you need to hike it up. Wake up as early as 3:00AM if you still have to travel to the jump-off point either in your car or a hired motorcycle.
The perfect time to see the Sea of low clouds according to the locals is from 5 o’clock to 6 in the morning.
Photo from Cha Chabels
Camp at Mt. Campetra
Now if you find it a hassle to wake up so early and then have your climb, you can always opt to camp there through the night.
You can pitch your tent and rest under the stars with your friends and loved ones. A lovely night and jolly night will be perfect on the highlands of Alcoy.
Photo from Cha Chabels
Come morning, you just have to wake up and get out of your tent to witness Nature’s incomparable beauty.
While you go see the magnificent sea of clouds, please do keep in mind that nature is to be protected. Be careful not to destroy or trash your surroundings as you are merely an observer.
HOW TO GET THERE?
Exact location: Mt. Campetra, Brgy. Nug-as, Alcoy, Cebu– approx. 3 hours away from the city.
BY BUS:Go to Cebu City South Bus Terminal and ride on a bus bound for Alcoy. After arriving in the town proper, ride a motorcycle to the jump-off point for Mt. Campetra.
BY CAR: Navigate with Waze or Google Maps and set your destination to “Mt. Campetra” in Alcoy.
Cordova is rising economically and literally as another advantageous project will rise.
A P12-billion reclamation project in Cordova Cebu will soon make it possible for this progressing town to become an economic powerhouse. It is said that it will bring forth an economic boom not only for Cordova but for the entire province of Cebu.
Photo from Cebu Provincial Government Facebook Live
Governor Gwen Garcia and the Cordova Shores Development Corporation signed a joint venture agreement last February 4 for the reclamation project.
The groundbreaking and time capsule-laying ceremony of the 254-hectare mixed-use commercial and recreational hub was also led by Governor Garcia along with other government officials and development contractors.
“With this symbolic ground-filling and capsule-laying ceremony, we have manifested visibly to the world that soon, heretofore, visible and invisible reality will start to unfold and become finally the realization of a dream that has been held by so many, for so long.”
Gov. Gwen Garcia
Photo from Cebu Provincial Government Facebook Live
The town of Cordova also has the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway project underway, an 8.9-kilometer toll bridge that would pave the way to so much economic activity coming for Cordova.
With this, the Cordova Mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho stated that the reclamation project or hub will be able to complement the upcoming operation of the bridge which is anytime this year.
Cordova has Mayor Cho’s late father, Presidential Legislative Liaison Office Secretary Adelino Sitoy, to thank as he was the one who expedite the deal for the reclamation project. After that it was endorsed by the provincial government’s Economic Enterprise Council and the Provincial Board and later approve by Gov. Garcia.
Photo from Cebu Provincial Government Facebook Live
Construction Info on Reclamation Project
Premium Megastructures Incorporated and Ulticon Builders will undertake the construction with the project envisioned to be completed in two sites.
Site 1– comprise of the 204-hectare mixed use commercial, business, and residential area
Site 2 – another 50-hectare business and residential hub with an added recreational area that will feature a cruise ship dockside
Photo from Cebu Provincial Government Facebook Live
The construction of the project will have two components. First is the ground filling of the 254-hectare coastal area in the four barangays of Catarman, Buagsong, Alegria, and Poblacion and second will be the horizontal development for the envisioned mixed-use facilities.
Cordova is slowly fulfilling their aim to widen their backyard as what their mayor said.
Ready your wallets, ARMYs for a chance to see the “BTS Permission To Dance On Stage” Seoul concert on the big screen is coming.
Yes. This is not a drill. The announcement of SM Cinema to exclusively air the BTS concert in their theaters might just ease the longing to see them in actual concerts.
Photo from SM Cinema
Prepare your ARMY Bomb and scream your hearts out with your fellow ARMYS on the day of Live Viewing on March 12.
According to the official BTS social media account, they will be holding their much-anticipated second leg of its “Permission to Dance On Stage” concert at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea on the dates of March 10, 12, and 13.
Aside from its global theater viewing, the concert will be available for paid online streaming on March 10 and 13 for fans who prefer to watch it at home.
I know you are too excited now to sing along to “Butter” and dance to “Permission to Dance” but the full details are yet to be released by SM Cinema so you’ll have to wait and watch for their updates.
Now, to those who are in need of enlightenment. BTS or Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band under Big Hit Entertainment. They had their debut in June 2013 with the single No More Dream. There are seven members in total which are RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook.
This concert is a continuation of their previously held first leg of the “Permission to Dance On Stage” concert at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California on Nov. 27 and 28, and Dec. 1 and 2.
Now, ARMYs can start praying for reasonable and affordable tickets to see their Ult.
On Monday evening, the Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH-7) released its official, consolidated data of the COVID-19 cases in the region as of February 21, 2022.
The whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and Cebu Province — recorded 43 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 409 new recoveries, and 2 new deaths. Cebu’s total active cases declined to 2,446 (from 2,813).
Cebu City – Total confirmed: 53,254 (+19 new) – Total recoveries: 50,414 (+138 new) – Total deaths: 1,662 (+1 new) – Active cases: 1,178
Lapu-Lapu City – Total confirmed: 16,927 (+3 new) – Total recoveries: 16,316 (+99 new) – Total deaths: 493 (+0 new) – Active cases: 118
Mandaue City – Total confirmed: 15,302 (+6 new) – Total recoveries: 14,635 (+27 new) – Total deaths: 485 (+0 new) – Active cases: 182
Cebu Province – Total confirmed: 45,736 (+15 new) – Total recoveries: 42,040 (+145 new) – Total deaths: 2,728 (+1 new) – Active cases: 968
SUMMARY OF COVID-19 CASES IN CEBU:
Total Active Cases in Cebu: 2,446 (from 2,813)
Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 131,219 (+43 new)
Total Recoveries in Cebu: 123,435 (+409 new)
Total Deaths in Cebu: 5,366 (+2 new)
A total of 757 laboratory results were released.
NOTES from DOH-7:
*As per DOH-7, the additional deaths in the report are not due to the overnight spike in deaths but due to more accurate data collection and validating efforts. Not all of those deaths occurred today but occurred more than a week ago.
Reports maybe subject to change as these claims undergo thorough validation by the local healthcare offices and health personnel.
No doubt Cebu City is tenfold more beautiful without the unsightly spaghetti wires.
With hopes to inspire local officials, Dimple Navarroza edited photos of Cebu City streets virtually snapped from Google Earth to see how the city would look without the overhead wires.
Colon St. | Photo from Dimple NavarrozaMango Avenue | Photo from Dimple NavarrozaN. Bacalso | Photo from Dimple Navarroza
It’s worth noting there are areas and business districts in Cebu City where cables were placed underground, such as the city roads along Capitol to the Fuente Osmeña Circle, Cebu Business Park, and Cebu IT Park.
As early as 2001, Cebu City already sought to remove unsightly wires running along city roads through Cebu City Ordinance 1894 which was approved on April 25, 2001. It was in 2015 when electric company VECO started the first phase of the Underground Distribution System (UDS).
However, as of this writing, the program seems to be on a halt, especially after Typhoon Odette hit the island last December 16, 201. Hopefully, the newly elected mayor in 2022 can prioritize this project again soon?
It’s probably one of the things you look forward to when going to a mall, especially to the cinema. Having a bite of the famous Potato Corner fries is definitely a treat, whether just casually enjoying it while chilling at the food court or taking it as your ‘movie munchies’ while in the theatre.
Photo from Potato Corner Facebook Page
Launched in 1992 by Cinco Corporation, Potato Corner is one of the Philippines’ famous first food carts which serves flavored French fries. Potato Corner has been one of the leading pioneers in the food cart industry, with both kiosk and counter-type businesses in the Philippines. With more than 200 outlets nationwide (70% of which are franchise-operated), Potato Corner is definitely here to stay, as markets predict that the business will steadily grow. One indicator is that the business managed to expand abroad.
Photo from Potato Corner Facebook Page
So, if you’re interested to be part of Potato Corner’s family of entrepreneurs, here’s a detailed list of the franchise packages the famous snack company offers:
Photo from Potato Corner Facebook Page
School Cart – 1.2 meters
-for school canteen only
-electrical load – 40 A
-franchise package fee – P150,000
School Cart | Photo from Potato Corner Website
Standard Cart – 1.8 meters
-for malls, shopping centers, commercial spaces, bus terminal, supermarkets, etc.
-electrical load – 40 A
-franchise package fee – P270,000
Standard Kart | Photo from Potato Corner Website
Kiosk Design with Roof – 2×2 meters
-for outdoors kiosk-type
-electrical load – 40 A
-franchise package fee – P335,000
Kiosk Design without Roof – 2×2 meters
-suitable for indoor establishments
-electrical load – 40 A
-franchise package fee – P335,000
Kiosk Design with Roof and with Seating – 2×2 meters
-suitable for outdoor establishments
-electrical load – 40 A
-franchise package fee – P350,000
Kiosk Design Dine-in
-suitable as a dining establishment itself
-electrical load – 60 A
-franchise package fee – P380,000
Hole in the Wall – 4×4 meters
-suitable for indoor establishments
-electrical load – 60 A
-franchise package fee – P400,000
Customized Store | Photo from Potato Corner Website
Potato Corner Franchise Package
The following are inclusive to any franchise packages:
