SPELUNKING IN CALBIGA
OCTOBER 28-30, 2005
THE LANGUN-GOBINGOB CAVE
CALBIGA SAMAR PHLIPPINES

Dear fellow cavers,

Are you type of person who wouldn’t dream of
littering, exploiting endangered species of animals,
offending your environment and natural heritage, or
type of person who simply enjoy the breath taking
sceneries and take pictures with different extra
ordinary rock formation, or just enjoy beong in the
wilderness that momentarily get away from buzzling
life in the city?

Why not join the 3rd SPELUNKING IN CALBIGA sponsored
by the
Trexplore Adventure Club featuring the country’s
biggest cave, the Langun-Gobingob Cave in Calbiga,
Samar to held on October 28-30,2005 (Friday-Sunday).

Our goal is to promote the great potential in the
ecotourism of Samar’s caves at the same time, our
awareness to conserve and protect its archaeological
importance.

Maximum of 30 participants only nationwide first come
first serve bases of discipline mountaineers, cavers
and environmentalist including young professionals,
nature lovers, teachers and even government employees.

For these 3 days cave exploration and 2 nights inside
the cave , a total of P500 per person will be
collected by Secretariat upon registration to cover
expenses including your souvenir kits, transportation
within Calbiga Entrance fees,
Mayors permit, lantern ,Calbiga local tour guide and
trexplore explorer guide.

We would like you to shoulder your own food for the
duration of the trip.Bring also with you caving
equipments like caving helmets,caving suits or
clothes, headlights, flashlights, extra batteries and
bulbs , camera and camping equipments like tents,
slepping mat and sleeping bags., camping stove and
cookset,trekking shoes and trekking sandals etc…

Please informed the Secretariat by mail or by
telephone your confirmation and for your
reservation.Our office is located at Rm.No.6 2nd Flr.
Abesamis Bldg., Allen Avenue, Catbalogan, Samar. Tel
no. (055)-251-2301.

You can call or text also at 09192943865 (For Joni)
or email us at trexplore@yahoo.com or
trexplore2@yahoo.com
for more information you can visit:

www.bonifaciojoni.blogspot.com

www.samarnews.net/calbiga.htm

DISCOVER CALBIGA SAMAR
THE LANGUN-GOBINGOB CAVES

Location: Calbigan Samar, 52 kms. from Tacloban, the
cave is 6 kilometers away from the town proper,
accessible by foot.
The Philippines’ biggest karst formation and one of
the second largest in Southeast Asia,the 2,968-hectare
cave system is composed of 12 caves with wide
underground spaces, unique rock formations and
sub-terreanean water course. The surface area of
Calbiga Caves has a “mid-mountain forest” forest which
is the habitat of some threatened wild species like
bats, cave crickets, eyeless shell fishes.

It was first scientifically exlored in 1987 by an
eight-man team of Italian speleologists who belived
there are still several hundred of kilometres of
galleries waiting to be explored. The karst has an
estimated total surface area of 900 sq. km. The main
cave in Langun, has a chamber that could be easily fit
in three football fields. The other big caves are
Gobingob and Bitong Mahangin.\

WHAT ARE U WAITMG FOR COME AND JOIN US….
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE 30 PAX ONLY NATIONWIDE…

EXPLORER:JONI A BONIFACIO
TREXPLORE The Adventure
Abesamis Store Allen Ave.
Catbalogan Samar Philippines
Tell:055-2512301
Cell:0919-2943865
Email: trexplore@yahoo.com
trexplore2@yahoo.com

visit our site:

www.bonifaciojoni.blogspot.com

NOTE:
(FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO UR FRIEND WHO IS INTERESTED
TO GO CAVING IN SAMAR THANKS…)

cheers
Joni A. Bonifacio
TREXPLORE The Adventure

The Cebu Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc. will hold its General Membership Meeting on October 26, 2005 (Wednesday), from 10:00am to 2:30pm at Grand Ballroom, Cebu City Marriott Hotel. Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be the guest speaker to share to Cebu business community her plans Gearing Towards Economic Turn-around in 2006.

The Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. will make a presentation on their Cable A School Project. Your Chamber will also give an update on the CCCI Website & present the Cebu Plus and the Cebu Masterplan as one of the highlights during the General Assembly.

In addition, an induction of the new CCCI members will be undertaken. New members for induction are: 33 POINT 3 EXPORTS,INC., PANTHEON HUMAN RESOURCES, INC., SVC TRADING CORPORATION, ETELECARE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, PAC-ATLANTIC 2100, INC., D.L.X. CREATIVE DESIGNS, INC., BODY AND SOLE FRANCHISE CORPORATION, JUNREX CELLPHONES & ACCESSORIES INCORPORATED, LEVINE WATER REFILLING STATION, SWAMBI, INC., CEBU STUDIO 7 DESIGNS INC., ASIALINK FINANCE CORP.-CEBU BRANCH, HIM HOTEL INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CORP. , IWG-PHILS. INC., JOBSTREET.COM PHILIPPINES INC., MAY PHARMA DISTRIBUTOR, POMEROY INTERNATIONAL EXPORT, INC., ADNETWORK CORP., PHILIPPINE IINO CORP., ATOMED CEBU, INC., CEBU INTEGRATED ARRASTRE (CIA), CIRSAM SEASHELLS TRADER, EAST-WEST SPA CONCEPTS, INC., IDS LOGISTICS PHILS., MACK MAYER MEDIA, SCUBA WORLD INC., AND INTELLICARE.

CCCI members & invited guests are requested to be seated by 11:30am. Registration is on a first come / first served basis and is free of charge!. Participation is limited to the first 200 confirmation. For confirmation and seat reservation, you may call CCCI at tel. nos. 2321421-24 loc. 110 and look for Love or JM.

A fun day fair for cancer patients & survivors is set during the 3rd Cebu Cancer Fair on November 13, 2005 at SM City Cebu Trade Hall. The Cebu Cancer Fair is a pilot project of the Cancer Care Network of Cebu Foundation, Inc. which is composed of doctors in Cebu and cancer survivors headed by DTI Provincial Director Nelia Navarro & Mary Ann Alcordo Solomon. The group plays an active role in cancer control policies & programs dissemination focusing on early detection and prevention.

The Cancer Care Network of Cebu Foundation, Inc., is an interdisciplinary coordinating body that integrates, develops, and oversees a systematic, dynamic, and sustainable cancer control policies to exert maximized efforts in developing an effective and integrated cancer control program for Cebu.

The 3rd Cebu Cancer Fair 2005 carries the theme “Celebrate Life “ was successfully held last October 2003 which was called the first Cebu Breast Cancer Fair. It was initially a breast cancer fair limited to breast cancer patients and their caregivers, wherein the fair proved to be a joyous occasion for everyone. Because of the success of the Breast Cancer Fair, the organizers decided to make the next fair, not exclusive for breast cancer patients but to other cancers patients as well. The objective of the event is to give the patients a day of fun in the midst of what is presumably a difficult situation. An event that would accentuate the positive and uplifting side of cancer with activities that allow closer relationship of cancer patients with other patients, their caregivers, doctors and friends

The Cebu Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc. as one of the Linkage and Resource Mobilization Committee members of CCNCFI strongly supports the Project & Programs. CCCI is calling its member companies to support & be a sponsor for the 3rd Cebu Cancer Fair. All cancer patients & survivors are encouraged to join the whole day activity. The activity will start with the holy mass & there will also be musical performances by Ms. Mitch Valdes, Jude Bacalso, Angelina Calina, Team Cebu Dancesport & Dream Girls. The famous artist/comedienne & director Ms. Bibeth Orteza, who is also a cancer survivor will give a talk on “Laughter as Medicine” & “Strength thru Support Groups”.

Pre-registration is required to all participants. This is absolutely Free of Charge & you may register & get your Free Tickets to your Oncologist clinics & Cancer Chemo Units in Chonghua Hospital, Cebu Doctors Hospital & Vicente Sotto Medical Center. You can also call Philippine Oncology Nurses Association (PONA) at tel. no’s. 2339399 or 2338620 loc. 179 / 171 and Eduardo J. Aboitiz Cancer Center (EJACC) at tel. no’s. 2546351 or 2563287. This is absolutely Free of Charge!.

Bacolod City Rep. Monico Puentevella extrolled Cebu as the most organized host, even as Cebu SEA Games Organizing Committee (CebuSOC) chairman Jonathan Guardo predicts Cebu will contribute 20 gold medals to the Philippine team,which is eyeing no less than the overall championship title in the 23rd editon of the biennial sports conclave.

Speaking during the grand and elaborate CebuSOC launching yesterday at the Capitol Social Hall, Puentevella said the preparations made by CebuSOC is way ahead of the preparations made by Metro Manila, which is the main hub of the multi-event conclave.

The were some Thai sports officials, who were in Cebu the other day, and they said they can already feel the spirit of the SEA Games here and also in Bacolod City but not yet in Manila,” said Puentevella.
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One major reason for the hosting of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games is the added boost the event can give the Cebu tourism industry and the opportunity to project an image as a perfect venue for investment aside from experiencing the biggest sporting spectacle to hit the country.

The SEA Games will be a good opportunity to boost Cebu as a perfect destination. With our hosting of at least six from out of the total 34 events to be contested in the Games, we expect about 1,200 official delegates from the ten-nation federation, not to mention their families and guests.

Nearly a thousand international media people from both print and broadcast will be in the country, and some of them will be covering Cebu’s hosting of the Games, to see for themselves that Cebu is a worthwhile and attractive destination whether for business or leisure.

This image will be projected in the living rooms of people and newspapers all over the world as video footage and pictures of the games, the venues and the surrounding locality are transmitted abroad.

Foreign guests will likewise have the opportunity to experience Cebuano culture, warmth and hospitality first-hand, hopefully leading them to spread the news back in their home countries through word of mouth.

More importantly, the Cebuano people will be treated to the biggest sporting event in this side of the world. For ten days or more, we will inculcate to the Cebuanos the spirit of teamwork, hardwork and the rewards that goes with them. Aside from being mere spectators, thousand of Cebuanos can directly participate by inciting the spirit of volunteerism.

It is also in sports where all public servants can show unity. For these and other reasons, the SEA Games is definitely a welcome event.

From the official Cebu Sea Games website