Sinanduloy was also adjudged the champion in the street dancing category.
Lordinio Vergara, one of the judges for street dancing, said Sinanduloy won because of its "clean movements and oneness of the troop."
Its lead dancer, 15-year-old Iris Mae Linganay, was also chosen as the Festival Queen.
The Don Sergio Sr. Memorial National High School, which won the Best in Costume award, bagged the second place. Don Sergio also won last week's Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan.
Third place goes to Silaw Culture and Arts representing Carcar City, while Siloy Festival of Alcoy and Pakol Festival of Sta. Catalina in Negros Oriental were fourth and fifth respectively.
Alcoy was the fourth runner-up in Street Dancing.
Josefina Guillen, President of the Philippine Folk Dance Society, said Sinanduloy's presentation was refreshing.
"It (presentation) was not usual, something new and it (Sinanduloy) always excites the audience," Guillen said.
Don Sergio, on the other hand, was not only colorful and fitting with its costume. Its choreography also went with its actions.
In the Free Interpretation, Tribu Buyoganon won with its environmental theme. The group was third runner-up in Street Dancing.
The second prize goes to Lumad Basakanon of Basak San Nicolas, which was also the first runner-up in Street Dancing. Third place goes to the Carmen contingent.
The Lanao del Norte contingent and the Karatong Festival of Dulag, Leyte were fourth and fifth respectively.
According to Buyoganon's choreographer Victor Cuenco, they spend around P1.2 million for their entire production.
Nestor Jardin, chairman of the Board of Judges for the Free Interpretation, said the actions of the Buyoganon have gone well with its costumes.
The first prize winners for the Sinulog-based and Free Interpretation will receive P500,000. Second placers will get P300,000 each and third placers will go home with P200,000. Fourth and fifth placer will receive P150,000 and P100,000 respectively.
Winners in the Street Dancing will receive the same prizes as those of the two major categories.
Other Winners
For visual merchandizing, first prize goes to Elizabeth Mall. Metro Gaisano placed second while SM City was third.
For the on-site decoration category, the St. Cecilia's College won the first prize, the Abellana National School (Mathematics Teachers Association came in second and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas placed third.
In the float category, International Pharmaceutical Inc. bagged the first prize, Lacto Bacillus Pafi Techno Res. Corp. placed second while the Seacrest Maritime Foundation Inc./Southwestern University settled for third prize.
In the higante category, first place goes to Giovanni Abos, second to Florentina Tabaco and third to Tribu Magta.
For the puppeteers' category, Alfred Bayon-on won the first prize. Pierre Famador bagged the second prize while Noelito Famadot won the third prize.
Carmen was adjudged as best in musicality.
ABOUT 2.1 million people watched the Sinulog 2009 grand parade in the Cebu City Sports Center grandstand and along the 5.1-kilometer parade route, police said.
Cebu City Mayor-on-leave Tomas Osmeña surprised the spectators of the Sinulog presentations at the Cebu City Sports Center grandstand when he gave his message for the celebration via webcam conference.
CEBU Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal received loud cheers from thousands of devotees at the Sto. Niño Pilgrim Center yesterday after he assured the crowd he is in good health.
Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal J. Vidal yesterday assured the public that he will remain as the Archbishop of Cebu until the Vatican tells him to retire.
Two men were killed while another is still under observation in the hospital after they were shot around 5 a.m. yesterday in sitio Santo Nino, barangay Apas, Cebu City. Police identified the fatalities as Roel Agcol, alias "Bugad", and Ronello Abellar, a former member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit, both residents of the said place.
The one under observation at the emergency room of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center is Michael Turno, 29, of G. Seno St., brgy. Mabolo.
According to the Homicide Section of the Cebu City Police Office, Agcol was sleeping on a bamboo bed outside a store in the said place while Abellar and Turno were drinking not far away when six men suddenly appeared and two of them fired at the victims.
Petron Corp. on Sunday announced a P2 per kilogram hike in the prices of its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products effective Monday.
Following the lead of its competitors, Petron Corp. and Liquigaz Philippines Corp. also raised the prices of its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by P2 a kilogram over the weekend.
OPEC will consider further cuts to oil production of prices continue to fall, Algerian Energy and Mining Minister Chakib Khelil said Saturday.
The Philippine's Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) is set to investigate if selected US peanut butter products that are being recalled by its US manufacturer due to salmonella concerns is available in the Philippine market.
Federal health authorities on Saturday urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination.
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the Philippines has risen to 28.
After enduring power rationing for eight days, which meant brownouts every two hours, over three million residents in five Mindanao provinces are now assured of sufficient electricity supply.
Two quakes rocked the Mindanao and Northern Luzon areas Sunday afternoon, but no casualty nor damage was reported.
Cebu - The Cebu City Health Department has been instructed by the City Council to investigate the report that septage waste flows out of the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, posing health hazard to the residents of barangay Kalunasan.
In a rare conversation with reporters via teleconference, Mayor-on-leave Tomas Osmeña said yesterday the city would not hesitate to take legal action against anyone that would delay the development of the South Road Properties.
Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives vow to rush at least four measures, including the P1.415-trillion national budget for this year that is still pending before a bicameral conference committee, as lawmakers resume sessions on Monday after a holiday break.
The Philippine Army killed four Muslim separatist guerrillas and wounded seven others in bomb and rocket attacks on their positions in the volatile south, an officer said Sunday.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said yesterday its employees abducted by unidentified armed men in southern Philippines made a phone call to them but their whereabouts remain unclear.
An association of insurance agents and brokers at the Land Transportation Office hailed a recent Supreme Court (SC) ruling that blocked a move by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the LTO to forge ahead with their integrated compulsory third party liability (CTPL) insurance program.
The Social Security System (SSS), the state-owned pension fund for private sector employees, is eyeing to contribute P12.5 billion to the government's proposed P300-billion crisis fund, its top official said Friday night.
Poultry and egg growers are urging the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Customs to stop the importation of breeders and to crack down on the continued smuggling of choice chicken parts, Peking duck and century eggs, and even choice pork cuts.
Sen. Loren Legarda, who chairs the Congressional Oversight Committee for Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization has set the priority actions of the committee for 2009 to strengthen the agriculture and fisheries sector and make it a force in alleviating poverty and spurring economic growth in the countrywide.
The Israeli army began on Sunday evening withdrawing its troops from the Gaza Strip, hours after Hamas announced its one-week ceasefire plan.
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the remote Kermadec islands north of New Zealand on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported.
Hundreds of people are missing when three boats with a total of some 400 African migrants on board capsized on Saturday near Yemen, a UN official said.
Invoking hope and history, President-elect Barack Obama rolled into the capital city yesterday night pledging to help bring the nation "a new Declaration of Independence" and promising to rise to the stern challenges of the times. He kicked off a four-day inaugural celebration with a daylong rail trip, retracing the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861.
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao quietly slipped into town yesterday to pay homage to Senor Santo Niño and join, in his own special way, thousands of devotees and tourists in celebrating the Sinulog Festival.
Manny Pacquiao may accept a 55-45 revenue-sharing scheme for his duel with Briton Ricky Hatton on May 2, the Filipino's close associate, Rex "Wakee" Salud, said Sunday night.
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