Sinulog Festival 2010

The Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival honors the so called vision of the child Jesus, known as the Santo Niño (Holy Child), who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu(since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is a dance ritual that commemorates the Cebuano peoples Islamic and pagan origin, and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism.

The festival features a street parade with participants in bright colored costumes dancing to the rhythm of drums, trumpets and native gongs. Smaller versions of the festival are held in various parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a "Sinulog sa Kabataan" performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the parade. Recently, the festival has been promoted as a tourist attraction, with a contest featuring contingents from various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is usually held in the Cebu City Sports Complex.

The Coronation night of Miss Cebu 2010 was held at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino. Performances were outstanding and production quality was superb.

Haiti hits Major Earthquake

Haiti hits a major earthquake that kills thousand of people last Tuesday, collapsing a hospital, schools, buildings and even their national Palace was damage, earthquake was recorded as intensity 7.0 and it was a major earthquake was hit haiti since 200 years ago. United Nation Official said that a large number of personnel was trapped and believed killed inside the building. The Philippine has a large number of contingent of Peacemaker in Haiti and the Philippine Embassy admitted that they are having difficulty in establishing communication with the Filipinos in Haiti. US Official said that there are lots of bodies lies on the street and needs aids and described "Total Disaster and Chaos". Communication were widely disrupted, making communication and full pictures of damage as powerful aftershoock shook a poor country where many buildings collapsed and electricity was out in some places. United Nation in New York City also has not been established communication in MINUSTAH (UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti) in Port-au-Prince, Malaysia said. We will monitor the situation until we can get a communication in the area.