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Safe Roads lead to a Prosperous Future.

In recent months many major road accidents in Cebu, like a 10-wheeler ran over a motorcycle driver in Minglanilla, the tourist bus that plunged into a Balamban ravine leading to 15 dead Iranians and seven children hurt through a road accident in Liloan; calls to attention the need to improve and monitor the quality of the quality of drivers and the vehicles they operate.

Concerned government agencies, such as the LTO, LTFB and PNP HPG,  implement corrective actions; such as suspending the franchise of commercial transport companies involved in said incidents, subjecting vehicles and drivers to thorough inspection and examination.  Government officials remind concerned agencies to improve road condition and appeal to motorists to be more careful.

However, are these enough? Are these all that we should rely on? Are these all we can do in regards to road/traffic safety in Cebu?

The local government is doing what it can within the limits of its resources, there seems to be not much response from Cebu's private sector, except to express our concerns and apprehensions over these road accidents.  

The private sector, the Cebu community, can do more than just stand on the sides and watch, or just pass by and take a glance. It is time to get involved.

There will be a ROAD SAFETY FORUM to be hosted by PISM CEBU during its General Membership Meeting this September 22, 2010  at the City Sports Club Cebu.

The forum will serve as a launching pad for a new public-private partnership, a ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN that will address various road safety issues that affect businesses and the community of Cebu.

During this forum, experts from both government and non-government organizations will present updates on current programs to improve road safety.

Safe Roads lead to a Prosperous Future, for Everyone.

Have an adventure with Science with the Philippine Science Centrum!

The Centrum, the countrys' first interactive science mobile museum, has set up exhibits at the Cebu City Sports Center. 

With a selection of interactive hands-on exhibits, the Centrum promote better understanding of science and technology concepts through fun and entertaining ways of teaching. 

The Philippine Science Centrum is a flagship program of The Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology (PFST) with its cooperating agencies - the Science Centrum Fabrication, Inc., the Department of Education, the Department of Science and Technology and the Riverbanks Center.

The 40 featured science works exhibits of the Centrum will be open to the public until September 30.

THE Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA), a  school for artistically gifted and talented children and adolescents, opens the 2011 nationwide Search for Young Arts Scholars. 

Only graduating Grade 6 and 7 pupils from public and private schools are eligible for the scholarship. The scholarship applicants must not be older than 15 years old upon enrolment.

The PHSA scholars will receive free tuition and free board and lodging, monthly stipend.

They get a chance to represent the country and the school in any local and international festivals, competitions and exchange programs with partner institutions and countries.

The grant is renewable every year for four consecutive school years upon satisfaction of academic and non-academic requirements.

Each year, the PHSA conducts screening of applicants to continuously search for artistically talented children who will be given special training in the field of dance (ballet and folk), creative writing, music, theater and visual arts.

Applicants for creative writing must present a neat portfolio of not less than 10 samples of writing (short story, poem, essay) in Filipino and/or English. Samples must be typewritten on A4 white bond paper, double-spaced and authenticated by the school principal or teacher-in-charge.

Music applicants are required to submit a video-taped performance on a CD or DVD format. 

Visual arts applicants may also submit 10 images of artworks in a jpeg format in CD or DVD.

Those who are interested to apply for the scholarship may call the school at 5365971 or email phsa@laguna.net.

Applications must be received by the scholarship screening committee on or before Aug. 30.

The PHSA is based at the National Arts Center of the Philippines in Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna.

For budding videographers and filmmakers, learn from Cebu's best!

Ruel Antipuesto will be facilitating a two-day seminar on video-making this July 24 and 25, at the Outpost Lahug.

Four contemporary stories presented on stage as four compelling plays by dedicated thespians and performers in Cebu!

A night of live theater set this August 10, 2010 at the CAP Art Center that should not be missed!

• CAP Art Center, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
• August 21 2010
• 7 PM

Tickets are priced at P200. 

For reservations please email crystalcavalierproductions@gmail.com or call 0915-114-2317. 

The Cebu Contemporary Theatre Festival is a yearly event that serves as a catalyst in improving the quality of theatre arts in Cebu.

Autodidact Productions invites aspiring actors and actresses in Cebu to take part in their auditions for their feature-length drama thriller “SEÑORITA”.

Auditions are set this July 10 to 12, 1 PM to 7 PM. Venue at Turtles Nest Book Cafe and Gallery.

Actors who want to audition must set appointments by RSVP. Please contact Darlene (09266245789) or Jiji (09198908765) to set time and date of your auditions.

Actors auditioning must also prepare the following:

• 2 photos (preferably headshots) & resumé (preferably performer portfolio).
• a short stock performance in Tagalog. After appointments are confirmed, sides or script excerpts will be sent via email.
• willingness to shoot in Southern Cebu (70km from cebu city) for 14 straight days,  August 29 – September 11, 2010.

For further information details on the film and the character roles open for auditions, please download and view this PDF Señorita Casting Call

CASTING CALL for Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria Kirschbaum (Main Cast and two Support Cast)

Date: June 18, 2010

Venue: Turtle's Nest Book Cafe, Gorordo Avenue, Lahug

Time: 1pm onwards

We are looking for the following:

TERYA (FEMALE, LEAD ROLE- 18 to 25 years old) 

- morena, innocent-looking 

- fluent in Cebuano

NESTO (MALE, LEAD ROLE - 25 to 30 years old) 

- moreno, muscular and athletic (solid ug lawas)

- fluent in Cebuano

RICKY (MALE, SUPPORTING ROLE - 18 to 25 years old) 

- can play both gay and straight 

- fluent in Cebuano

For those who participated in the past auditions at Turtles Nest need not apply. From those who previously auditioned, a short list has been selected.

The filmmakers will inform everyone who took part in the auditions via text or email.

For further information, please direct your inquiries and follow-ups to bambibeltran@gmail.com or remton_zua@yahoo.com 

Five exceptional films from France will be screened this June 18 to June 20 at the 15th French Film Festival in Cebu, at Ayala Onstage.

The French movies are provided with English stubtitles for the general viewing public of Cebu. Screenings are Free. 

Here are the movies to be screened and their schedules:

L’Immortel (2010, Thriller)

Screening Schedule: 

• June 19, 1 PM to 3 PM
• June 20, 4 PM to 6 PM

SYNOPSIS: Charly Mattei has turned over a new leaf and left his criminal past behind. For three years now he has been leading a peaceful existence dedicated to his wife and their two children. 

However, one winter morning, he is left for dead in a parking lot in the old port of Marseille, his body riddled with 22 bullets. To everyone's general astonishment, he doesn't die. Based on real facts, the story has been reinvented within the Marseille gangster underworld.

La Graine et le Mulet (2007, Drama)

Screening Schedule:

• June 19, 3.15 PM to 5 PM

SYNOPSIS: The history takes place in Sète and is about a 60 years old man who wants to retire from hard labor at the docks.

Divorced head of the family, with all its problems and complicated stories. Financial difficulties burden his existence, at a loss. 

He wants to put up his own business: a restaurant. But his meager income make his dream seem impossible, but he opens up to his family and friends. The family specially is brought together by the project, offering opportunity for all.

La fille du RER (2009, Drama)  

Screening Schedule: 

• June 18, 1 PM to 3 PM
• June 20, 2 PM to 3.45 PM

SYNOPSIS: Jeanne lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise. The two women get on well together. Louise earns her living by looking after children. Jeanne is half-heartedly looking for a job.

One day, while checking job offers on the Internet, Louise believes that fate has come knocking at her door

Les Bureaux de Dieu (2009, Comedy, NC-13 - not suitable for children 13 years and below)

Screening Schedule:

• June 18,  3.15 PM to 5.30 PM

SYNOPSIS:  In this choral film, we share in the daily lives of five family planning counsellors who advise the adolescent girls and women who come to speak with them. They want to learn about the conditions of a choice that they must or wish to take, rather than to be subjected to it. That choice is to do with their sexual freedom and the moment when they'll have a child or not

L’amour c’est mieux à deux (2010, Comedy) 

Screening Schedule:

• June 18, 6 PM to 7.45 PM
• June 20, 6.15 PM to 8 PM

SYNOPSIS: Michel dreams of the perfect encounter, one that happens completely by accident like the way that his parents and his grandparents met, while Vincent has only one thing on his mind: sex. 

Friends from childhood with diametrically opposed views about women; they discover the limits of their respective reasoning when they meet Angèle and Nathalie.

Here again is a recap of the FRENCH MOVIE FESTIVAL PROGRAM Schedule

June 18

• La fille du RER -  1 PM – 3 PM 
• Les bureaux de Dieu -  3.15 PM - 5.30 PM
• L’amour c’est mieux à deux - 6 PM - 7.45 PM

June 19

• L’immortel -  1 PM - 3 PM
• La graine et le mulet -  3.15 PM - 5 PM

June 20

• La fille du RER -  2 PM - 3.45 PM
• L’immortel -  4 PM- 6 PM
• L’amour c’est mieux à deux - 6.15 PM - 8 PM

The 15th French Film Fesival is organized by Alliance Française de Cebu in cooperation with Ayala Onstage, Cultures France and the French Embassy.

Celebrate Independence Day 2010 by catching some indie spirit in film at the Outpost-Lahug.

Get to meet the cast, crew and creative teams behind these award-winning Cebuano films.

Also enjoy good food and great ambiance at The Outpost!

The FREE screenings start at 8 PM, June 13, 2010.

The Outpost is located at 976-A Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City. You can call (032)417-2929 or text 0928.755.1855 for inquiries and reservations.