CebuDaily News Overview (August 11, 2008)

Here are the must read news articles for today, Monday, August 11, 2008:

Dinagat Festival winner depicts evils of illegal fishing. DANCE interpretation of the adverse effects of dynamite fishing on marine resources won top prize in yesterday’s Dinagat Festival of Cordova, Cebu. more >>

Museo Sugbo opened. CEBUANOS now have a museum that they can call their very own. more >>

US company expands Cebu facility. AN American company has expanded its facility in Cebu to cater to increasing demands in the global semiconductor and solar power-based industries. more >>

Osmeña eyes graffiti-free city. The Cebu City government will be intensifying its anti-graffiti drive in the next few days in a bid to make the city graffiti-free and make it more beautiful. more >>

Insurgency in Cebu dwindling. The insurgency problem in the province of Cebu has already dwindled, according to Cebu Provincial Police Office director Sr. Supt. Carmelo Valmoria. more >>

Visayas Corn festival set for Aug. 25 to 27. The Department of Agriculture will be celebrating the 2nd Central Visayas Corn Festival 2008 in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. more >>

Cebu Marriott referring patrons to nearby hotels. Despite the ongoing major renovations and running only at a fifty percent service capacity, Cebu City Marriott Hotel is still enjoying brisk business at the same time helping neighboring hotels by referring guest overflows. more >>

Cebu Marriott included in list of favorite hotels worldwide

Expedia.com, the largest and multi-awarded online travel agency in the world has recently released THE EXPEDIA INSIDER’S SELECT LIST which includes the top 1 percent of their 89,800 partner hotels and resorts worldwide. This list of select top hotels was determined by their experts and millions of customers in terms of value and quality. Cebu City Marriott Hotel ranked no. 369 out of their 898 favorite hotels and resorts in the top 1 percent — the only hotel in Cebu and one of the only two hotels from the Philippines, Makati Shangrila being the other.

Cebu City Marriott Hotel | photo by acemarc (Flickr)

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