CEBU CITY, Philippines –Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is hoping the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale can help stock the city’s planned barangay reading centers with more books. Labella, who attended the opening of the Big Bad Wolf book sale at the IEC Pavillion on Thursday morning, August 15, 2019, said he talked with the […]
Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is with Jacqueline Ng, founder and executive director of BookXcess, which is behind The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, during the opening day of the international book sale on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the IEC Pavillion. CDN Digital photo | Delta Dyrecka Letigio
According to the mayor, BookXcess, which is behind The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, said they are willing to donate some of its books and will even give the city government a discount on other books to stock the barangay reading centers with. Labella plans to put up reading centers in strategic barangays such as Barangays Talamban, Mabolo, Pardo, and one in a mountain barangay. Currently, there is only one reading center in Cebu City located in Barangay Ermita.
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