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USC’s SineKultura begins 2012 with this week’s screenings of select films from Africa.

SineKultura is a weekly cinema appreciation event facilitated by the Cinema Department of the College of Fine Arts and Architecture(CAFA), the University of San Carlos-Cebu City. The event aims to bring cinema awareness and education the the Cebuano audiences.

Screenings are held weekly, every Monday-Wednesday-Friday at 6 P.M. at the USC-CAFA Theater, Talamban Cebu. Screenings are free and open to the general public.

Check out the African films after the jump.

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The 2012 Sinulog Football Festival kicks off this weekend simultaneously at the University of San Carlos-Talamban and San Roque Parish (Subangdaku, Mandaue) fields.

A project of the Cebu City Sports Commission and organized by the Cebu Amateur Football Club, over 200 teams from Cebu and other parts of the country will take the field.

The United Football League (UFL) stars will grace the two-day event. The festival will also have a television coverage through AKTV of TV 5 Kapatid network.

The number of participating teams snowballed to 215, 45 of which will see action in the men’s open division.

Aside from the men’s open, the other categories to be contested include the players 6, players 8, players 10, boys 12, boys 14, girls 14, boys 17, girls 17, ladies open, Inter-BPO, and 38-above.

Registration fee is pegged at P700 for players 6 to boys 17 and P1,100 for the men’s open to 38-above.

For further information please contact the Cebu City Sports Commission at their office at the Cebu City Sports Center, Abellana High, 6000 Cebu City, Philippines, or through telephone number 255-6985/ 0923-116-4422

The Cebu City Youth Development Commission with the City Government proudly hosts the Pasko sa Sugbo (Christmas in Cebu) concert.

“Pasko sa Sugbo 2011? is a pre-Christmas concert featuring the most promising of Cebu’s music artists and dancers.

Mark your Christmas calendars on December 21, 2011 7pm at the Fuente Osmeña Circle, Cebu City, Philippines.

Istorya.net would like to invite the kind hearts of Cebu and members of the Visayan online community to send aid for the people of Cagayan De Oro and Iligan struck by the violent storm Sendong, and who have lost their homes, means of living and loved ones.

Istorya.net partners with the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals in CDO in ensuring that donations from Cebu are properly distributed.

Please donate canned goods, food products, clothing, cash, toys,  blankets, medicine, first aid kits, bottled water, and personal hygiene products. Please label the donation packages properly.

Donations are received in the following venues:

• iSTORYA.NET office located at Rm. 201 MIT Building, Gorordo Ave. Lahug Cebu City (Beside Jollibee J.Y. Square), please look for Melvin.
• PRG Photoshop – Baseline Complex, Juana Osmeña St., Cebu City (Monday-Saturday 10AM-6PM)
• Alberto’s Pizza – A.S. Fortuna (near Banilad Flyover), Mandaue City (Sunday-Saturday 9AM-2AM)
• Insotec Computers – 2900 Osmena St. Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City (Monday-Saturday 9AM-6PM)

The donation drive will run from December 19, 2011 to December 31, 2011,   from 6 AM to 5 PM

The first shipment of donations will be on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, one can drop donations on Tuesday.

Alternatively, cash donations can be sent through Paypal under “paypal@istorya.net”. Please specify that it’s for “Operation Sendong”.

Let us come together and celebrate the true power of Christmas.

The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral Parish Church will broadcast its Misa de Gallo and Misa de Aguinaldo services live over radio dyDW Power FM 89.1 every 4:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. from December 16 until December 25.

The radio apostolate program is done for the benefit of the Catholics of poor health who cannot attend the traditional early morning Masses at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.

The live coverage hosted by Brother Diego Lim Alugar, The live coverage of the Misa de Gallo and Misa de Aguinaldo are offered in thanksgiving for the bountiful graces and blessings this year as well as prayers for good health and peace in the year to come.

Adepts in the visual arts, prepare your imagination, your brushes, palettes, and blank canvases for the Sinulog Foundation Inc. “On-the-Spot-Painting” competition on December 12 at Fort San Pedro near Plaza Indepedencia in Cebu City.

The competition carries the theme, “Cebu – City of Culture.”

The rules and regulations of the contest after the jump.

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