| Recruiting efforts after 1909 centered on the Visayan Islands, Cebu in particular, and Luzon's Tagalogs. |
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| The six freed hostages boarded a Libyan chartered jet in Cebu yesterday on their way to Tripoli. |
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| Notable business districts are the Cebu Business Park and the Cebu IT Park. |
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| Cebu is the main educational institute in the central region of the country. |
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| Another notable medical school is the Cebu Institute of Medicine in affiliation with Velez College. |
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| Held every third Sunday of January, it commemorates the Child Jesus, the Lord and Protector of Cebu. |
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| In 2012, Cebu introduced Life Dance, the biggest outdoor dance party in the country outside Metro Manila. |
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| Mandaue is grouped under the 6th legislative district of Cebu but still independent from the province. |
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| Most restaurants in Manila, Pampanga and Cebu charge a corkage fee for every bottle of wine that the customer ask the establishment to serve. |
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| On 28 May 2008, Cebu Pacific was named as the world's number one airline in terms of growth. |
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| The Rajahnate of Cebu was a defunct native kingdom which existed in Cebu prior to the arrival of the Spaniards. |
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| Rajah Kolambu the king of Mazaua told them to sail for Cebu, where they could trade and have provisions. |
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| In 1595, the Universidad de San Carlos was established and in 1860, Cebu opened its ports to foreign trade. |
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| The tremor shook buildings but there were no reports of major building damage or loss of life on Cebu Island itself. |
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| The province consists of Cebu Island, as well as 167 smaller islands, which include Mactan, Bantayan, Malapascua, Olango and the Camotes Islands. |
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| Northern Cebu gets more rainfall and typhoons than southern Cebu because it has a different climate. |
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| Typhoon Yolanda hit Northern Cebu in 2013 killing 73 people and injuring 348 others. |
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| The remaining forest patches in Cebu are composed primarily of the following tree species. |
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| Cebu even boasts being a subsidiary of one of the leading ice rink manufacturers in the world. |
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| These rinks are engineered and fabricated in Cebu by Ice Rink Supply and shipped worldwide. |
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| The Cebu International Port is the largest shipping hub in the Visayas region. |
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| Cebu Air Inc has also said that Kuala Lumpur is Cebu Pacific's seventh new destination this year. |
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| Celso Sevilla of the Cebu police said the Japanese, all of whom are now safe, were employees of Toa Corp. |
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| Many Filipino expatriates are hoping that carriers will consider direct flights to Cebu. |
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| More than 20 repatriated Filipinos were flown home on Cebu Pacific's maiden Doha-Manila flight on Friday. |
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| Huge waves battered the MBCA Kim-Nirvana, bound for Camotes island in central Cebu province from the port of Ormoc, the coast guard said. |
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| The road facilities going to Cebu s tourism sites like Camotes, Malapascua and Bantayan as primitive and far from being considered world-class. |
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| Bank branches in Cebu, Balangas, Palawan and Panay in Visayas and Mindanao areas were all functioning normally however. |
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| Cebu is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands. |
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| They traded gifts with Rajah Siaiu of Mazaua who guided them to Cebu on 7 April. |
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| The Rajahnates of Butuan and Cebu also endured slave raids from, and waged wars against the Sultanate of Maguindanao. |
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| In the past, railways served major parts of Luzon, and railroad services were available on the islands of Cebu and Negros. |
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| The busiest seaports are Manila, Batangas, Subic, Cebu, Iloilo, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and Zamboanga. |
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| On May 1, 1521 they were invited by rajah Humabon of Cebu, of the Philippines to a banquet ashore to receive a gift for the king of Spain. |
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| There, Magellan befriended Rajah Kolambu and Rajah Siagu the chieftain of Limasawa, who guided him to Cebu. |
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| Some of the soldiers who survived the battle and returned to Cebu were poisoned while attending a feast given by Humabon. |
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| The Magellan's Cross and the aforementioned Magellan's shrine were erected in Cebu City and Mactan Island. |
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| A chief of Bohol island, named Catunao gave information to Miguel Lopez of Cebu, and accompanied Lopez as a guide. |
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| Its capital is Cebu City, the oldest city and first capital of the Philippines, which is politically independent from the provincial government. |
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| It was originally applied to the harbors of the town of Sugbu, the ancient name for Cebu City. |
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| The creation of the Seventh Legislative District in the province of Cebu by reapportioning the current Second Legislative District now awaits Senate approval. |
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| Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, with Cebu City as the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the Visayas. |
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| The Asian College of Technology, is also located in Metro Cebu. |
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| Beaches, coral atolls, islands and rich fishing grounds surround Cebu. |
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| The province of Cebu normally gets typhoons once a year or none. |
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| Cebu Air operates 85 flights daily to 15 local routes and four international destinations, including Hong Kong, South Korea and two destinations in China. |
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| The population of Cebu Province in 2015 was 2,938,982 people, with a density of 590 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,500 inhabitants per square mile. |
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| Charity volunteer Chelsey Hall, 27, was on Boracay island while brothers Jake, 24, and Seb, 29, and Seb's girlfriend Stephanie Lewis, 26, were in Cebu, the second city. |
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| Urdaneta set sail from San Miguel on the island of Cebu on June 1, 1565, but was obliged to sail as far as 38 degrees North latitude to obtain favourable winds. |
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| On 14 April Magellan erected a large wooden cross on the shores of Cebu. |
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| He died in 1521 at the Battle of Mactan on Cebu Island in the Philippines. |
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| After Rajah patis of Cebu, random native nobles resisted Spanish rule. |
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| On April 27, 1565, the expedition returned to Cebu and landed there. |
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| Cebu is subdivided into 6 component cities and 44 municipalities. |
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