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unusual facts about Medellin, Cebu


Medellín, Spain

The second largest city in Colombia, Medellín, was named so in honour of this small village, as well as Medellín, Veracruz in Mexico, two cities in Argentina, and Medellin, Cebu in the Philippines.


Andrés Orozco

Andrés Felipe Orozco Vásquez (born March 18, 1979 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia) is a Colombian football defender.

Bello, Antioquia

The main urban area of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley is located in the center of the valley and consists of the four largest cities by population: Medellin, Bello, Itagüí and Envigado.

Brandibelly

After the successful launching of their first album, they toured around Bukidnon, Lanao del norte, Zamboanga del sur and Misamis Oriental with other Bisrock bands from CDO and cebu.

Budoy Marabiles

Billed by the show as the "M-16 of Samar", he is best known as the vocalist of the Cebu-based reggae band Junior Kilat, which is responsible for songs such as Original Sigbin (In Bisaya mythology, Sigbin is a mythical creature), K Fyne (Okay, Fine) and Ako si M-16 (I am M-16), which bagged the Best Song in the 2005 NU Rock awards sponsored by the Manila-based rock radio station NU 107.

Carlos Hoyos

Carlos Mario Hoyos Jaramillo (born February 28, 1962 in Medellín) is a retired football defender who was capped 24 times for Colombia between 1985 and 1990.

Cebu Pacific Flight 387

Cebu Pacific Flight 387 (5J387) was a domestic Cebu Pacific air flight from Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro City on Mindanao Island.

Chuck Merriman

Merriman was also appointed coach for the United States National Team for P.U.K.O. Championships in Medellín, Colombia.

Clásico RCN

The event is sponsored by Radio Cadena Nacional, which is one of the oldest and largest radio networks in Colombia, and by a network of Colombian business in Medellín "Empresas Públicas de Medellín".

Cristian Marrugo

When he was 15 years old, he traveled from Cartagena to Cali, In that city he stayed a couple of years before arriving to Medellín to join Atlético Nacional where he got the Colombian League (2005).

Daanbantayan, Cebu

Ceres Liner, D'Rough Riders and Cebu Autobus are among the bus companies with regular trips to and from Daanbantayan.

Doctors Hospital

Cebu Doctors' University Hospital, a major tertiary private hospital in Cebu City, the Philippines

DYBU

DYBU-TV, a UHF TV station in Cebu City under TV Natin.

Fabio Ochoa

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez (born 1957), son, convicted drug trafficker and former ranking member of the Medellín Cartel

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport

Many international tourists have to fly to one of Colombia's or Panama's largest airports (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla or Panama City) to be able to reach the islands.

Hastang

The band’s first big break came in May 2005 when they made it to the finals of the MTV Hits Cebu band showdown held at the SM City Cebu Parking Lot.

Indigo-banded Kingfisher

There are two subspecies, the nominate race, which occurs on Luzon, Polillo, Mindoro, Sibuyan and Ticao, and A. c. nigriostris, which is found in Panay, Negros and Cebu.

Jesús Abad Colorado

He worked as a photographer for the Medellín newspaper El Colombiano from 1992 to 2001.

Joker Arroyo

Arroyo participated in the trials of political detainees such as Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., ABS-CBN Executive Eugenio Lopez, Jr., Cebu politician Sergio Osmeña III, Communist Party of the Philippines founder and University of the Philippines Professor Jose Maria Sison, Senators Jovito Salonga and Eva Kalaw, lawyers Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Renato Tañada, Eduardo Olaguer and many others.

José de la Cuesta

Born in Medellín, de la Cuesta started playing football with local Atlético Nacional.

Kenny Gallo

Gallo also appears on the Discovery Channel show Flipped: A Mobster Tells All Kenny "Kenji" Gallo and Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior, where he served as an expert for the Medellin Cartel in "Somali Pirates vs. Medellin Cartel."

Lourdes Libres Rosaroso

Broadcast on many Cebu-based radio stations, the program aired longest on radio DyHP under the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN).

Luis Fernando Herrera

Luis Fernando Herrera Arango (born June 12, 1962 in Medellín, Colombia) is a retired football defender.

Madridejos

Madridejos, Cebu, a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines

Magallanes, Agusan del Norte

PAL and Cebu Pacific have daily flights from Manila to Butuan and v.v. Cebu-Butuan-Cebu flights via Cebu Pacific scheduled Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and PAL.

Margarita Vargas

Margarita Vargas Gaviria (born October 2, 1971 in Medellín) is a Colombian singer.

María Luisa Calle

: 1st in South American Games, Road, Individual time trial, Medellín (COL)

Mateo Noriel Luga

He was not a Cebuano but an Ibanag from Isabela province who came to Cebu to help the Cebuanos in their struggle against Spain and the United States.

Minglanilla National Science High School

The Minglanilla National Science High School (Mataas na Paaralang Pang-Agham ng Minglanilla) is a Secondary Public Science High School system located in Poblacion Ward 1, Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines.

MTV Supahstar

After successful auditions in Cebu, Davao, Baguio, and Manila, celebrity casting directors Tim Yap, Radha, and Andrew E. finally narrowed down the finalists to 15 talented supahstars-in-the-making and divided them into different roles.

Mundo Unico

Mundo Unico is a men's apparel company based in Medellín, Colombia.

Néstor Álvarez

Nestor was born in a poor family in Medellín, Colombia, at a time when civil unrest in the country would not end.

Nigel Paul Villarete

He is currently the General Manager of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA), located in Mactan Island, Lapu-lapu City, Cebu, Philippines, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA).

During his term in the Cebu City Government, former mayor Osmeña had particularly tasked Villarete with the city's two major projects: as Project Manager of the South Reclamation Project (SRP), and as Project Development Officer of the Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).

Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines

The office drew up defense plans for the islands of Luzon, Cebu, Negros, Panay, Leyte, Mindanao, Bohol, Mindoro, and many of the smaller islands.

Puerto Princesa

Puerto Princesa is accessible by direct flights from the major Philippine cities Manila, Cebu, Davao and Iloilo as well as Busuanga and El Nido and the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu.

Roberto Guerrero

Roberto José Guerrero Isaza (born 16 November 1958, in Medellín) is a former racing driver from Colombia.

Sangley

The Spanish government created schools and colleges run mostly by religious Orders, including the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, the Ateneo Municipal, the Universidad de Santo Tomás in Manila, or the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Cebu, that were opened to all types of students, regardless of race, gender or financial status in case of primary instruction.

Santiago Arias

Santiago Arias Naranjo (born 13 January 1992 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a right back for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.

Santiago Montoya Muñoz

Santiago Montoya Muñoz (born 15 September 1991 in Medellín) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.

Sonora Carruseles

Sonora Carruseles was grouped in the Colombian city of Medellin in 1995.They originally started as an experiment for Mario Rincón "Pachanga", who was musical director at Colombian based record company, Discos Fuentes.

Sōsaku Suzuki

After a series of administrative posts relating to military transportation, between 1943 and 1944, Suzuki was appointed commander of the IJA 35th Army and, with his headquarters in Cebu, was charged with the defense of the southern Philippines.

Teng Bunma

A 1996 article ("Medellin on the Mekong") in the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review, by United States journalist Nate Thayer, described Teng Bunma as a significant figure in Cambodia's international drug-smuggling trade.

Tlalixcoyan

Tlalixcoyan is bordered by: Alvarado, Medellín, and Cotaxtla and is on Mexican Federal Highways 180 and 190.

Tobón

Postobón, soft drink company founded 1904 Medellín, Colombia by Gabriel Posada and Valerio Tobón (whose names combine to form the name the Postobón)

Transportation in Tacloban

Airphil Express also connects the two cities from Manila (4x daily) and Cebu (daily).

Transportation in the Philippines

After offering low fares to domestic destinations, Cebu Pacific launched its international operations on November 2001 and now flies to Bangkok, Busan, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.

Villatina Massacre

On November 15, 1992, around 9:00 PM, eight children and one adult, all members of a Christian youth group, were standing on a street corner in east Medellín.


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