Medyo ninerbyos sya sa pagsagot

I agree with you. She actually didn't hit the nail on the head. Her answer was a circumlocution. But what I liked about it was that it didn't seem like a pageant-patty answer. She sounded sincere.

I also would like to emphasize that intelligence was only 20% of the criteria. Beauty of the face and figure comprised 80%. She may have had problems with the first, oh well, she wasn't the only girl who was nervous, but beauty and figure wise, she is adorable.

This thread is so healthy....fresh photos and fresh news articles...very informative!

I agree with you. She actually didn't hit the nail on the head. Her answer was a circumlocution. But what I liked about it was that it didn't seem like a pageant-patty answer. She sounded sincere.

I also would like to emphasize that intelligence was only 20% of the criteria. Beauty of the face and figure comprised 80%. She may have had problems with the first, oh well, she wasn't the only girl who was nervous, but beauty and figure wise, she is adorable.

Napa-research pa ako kung ano meaning ng 'circumlocution' hehe. New word for the day. Thanks! :colgate:

This thread is so healthy....fresh photos and fresh news articles...very informative!

hehe. yup, not recycled from 6-7 years ago? :colgate:

^^ even new words...haha..thanks geri
dex you are one of the reasons why we have this so so healthy thread!:cheers::cheers:

AWESOME!!!

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3343489329_07ba75262a_b.jpg
...now I know how where I stood two weeks ago, the new access roads, looks in the air^
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/EmbarcaderoSouthAccessRoads.jpg

^^speaking of roads, maganda kung magkakaroon na ng daan papuntang manito via the under construction na coastal road...exciting mag byahe siguro dyan...at baka tuluy-tuloy na yang national road papuntang sorsogon ciy...wow! masmapapadali na ang byahe ng legazpi-sorsogon...haha...ang galing baka magulat na lang tayo at malaman na lang natin first class municipality na ang manito nyan...galing!!!:banana::banana::banana:

[QUOTE='[dx];33402086']Thanks! :colgate: Here's some more (taken earlier today, March 10, 2009)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3343489329_07ba75262a_b.jpg

Thanks for these amazing photos Dex.

What's the development in the upperhand of the picture? Is that Barangay Maslog? or the lowcost housing project in Taysan?

Thanks for these amazing photos Dex.

What's the development in the upperhand of the picture? Is that Barangay Maslog? or the lowcost housing project in Taysan?

You're welcome! :) I think it's the Ibalong Village and GK Village in Taysan

Tourism remains key sector in generating jobs amid global financial crisis -- PGMA
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009 | TOURISM


BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan (PND) – Even in the midst of the global economic crisis, the tourism industry remains a key sector in generating jobs and various opportunities across the nation, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said today.

“Tourism is one of the sectors we have to strengthen as our response to the global meltdown. We have done it today. We should continue to push it to provide jobs and vast opportunities to our people,” she said.

The President arrived in Boracay from Iloilo at 2 p.m. today and immediately proceeded to the five-star Shangri-La Boracay Resort and Spa together with Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, Trade Secretary Peter Favila and Press Secretary Cerge Remonde.

She was welcomed by Gov. Carlito Marquez, Malay Mayor Ciceron Cawaling, Shangri-La general manager Andre Kretschmann and Shangri-La chief operating officer Greg Dogan.

The President said her administration has persistently pushed various tourism-related projects to create jobs and open livelihood opportunities, resulting in the industry’s unprecedented growth during the last four years.

She pointed out that the Philippines has a lot to offer to tourists, domestic and foreign alike, as amply demonstrated by the continuing increase in visitors arrivals. Tourist arrivals in Boracay alone rose by more than five percent from last January’s 48,000 to 51,000 this month.

“There are still many things that we have to accomplish but we will continue to promote Boracay as well as other destinations to ensure that tourism continues to be our flag bearer in economic progress and development. 10.6 percent annual average growth for the past four years! The best performance in 20 years of tourism history,” the President said.

But she pointed out that tourism should not be promoted at the expense of the environment. The government is aggressively promoting and carrying out environmental awareness and solid waste management programs to ensure the cleanliness and beauty of the country’s tourist destinations.

To make Central Philippines the country’s tourism beltway under her Super Regions concept, the President has ordered the upgrading of various airports in tandem with the improvement of the Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH) system with the opening of new roads, bridges and roll-on, roll-off (Ro-Ro) ferry routes to spur inter-island trade, improve the distribution of basic goods, reduce travel time and transportation costs, and promote domestic tourism.

Investors have put up almost 7,000 new hotel and resort rooms of international classification worth P550 billion, “of which 2,000 will open this year, employing 3,000 Filipinos.”

“We will not stop. We will not be cowered by the global crisis. The government, this administration, will continue to be a strong partner of the tourism industry as we promote our nation and its natural beauty,” the President said.

After issuing her statement, the President convened the joint Cabinet-National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) group meeting at the Boracay Terraces Resort where she was further briefed by Durano on various accomplishments of the country on the tourism front.

Durano informed the President and the Cabinet members that last year Central Philippines cornered 33 percent of the total tourist arrivals in the country. This pales in comparison with the 14.5 percent increase in tourist arrivals recorded in 2005.

He said that close to six million domestic tourists alone visited Central Philippines last year.

In recent years, Durano said the number of foreign tourists who visited the country has increased further following the opening of direct flights between the Philippines and three destinations in Russia –the airports in Moscow, Vladivostok and the Lukhovitsy.

He said Taipei has also opened flights to Kalibo and Cebu, while the best connection to Europe is through the Qatar Airlines direct flight from Doha to Cebu.

Durano said flight frequencies also increased between the Philippines and Asian countries such Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Korea.

On the domestic front, Durano said that flights from Cebu to Siargao; Cebu to Legaspi City, Boracay, and Puerto Princesa City were opened this month.

Boracay now has flights to Busuanga and Puerto Princesa, both in Palawan.

In Central Philippines, Durano added that 32,696 hotel rooms are now available, with 6,600 more of international classification under construction.

He also said that among the noteworthy airport projects completed were the New Iloilo Airport, Bacolod Silay Airport and Busuanga Airport. The biggest road project, he said, was the completion of the 260-kilometer circumferential road in the island of Bohol, which is famous for its beaches, Chocolate Hills, tarsier and whale watching.

Big-ticket tourism-related projects to be completed soon are the Bicol International Airport and Sibulan Airport. The two airports will greatly reduce travel time to the whale-watching areas of Donsol, Sorsogon, he said.

The other vital air terminals include those in San Vicente and Puerto Princesa City both in Palawan which will provide easier and faster access to the famous Tubattaha Reef Natural Park, a UNESCO nature heritage site; and the 8.2-kilometer Underground River which are both top contenders in the worldwide search for the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
source:http://www.gov.ph/news/?i=23769

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Ayus yan.
Hello to all!
New member here - from Daraga.
Cheers!

Ayus yan.
Hello to all!
New member here - from Daraga.
Cheers!

Welcome PADI! :banana:

[QUOTE='[dx];33402086']Thanks! :colgate: Here's some more (taken earlier today, March 10, 2009)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3343489329_07ba75262a_b.jpg

Thanks for these amazing photos Dex.

What's the development in the upperhand of the picture? Is that Barangay Maslog? or the lowcost housing project in Taysan?

hi dex,

what is that hill on the picture? and what is the structure (building) on the right side?

:rock: hey! wazzzupppp?!?! i am a newbie from legazpi!!! i am a pure and a proud legazpeño, it is not just because i lived here since birth but for the fact that i really love this place so much!!! :angel1: so , do i deserve a warm welcome from you guys???? hehehehe :D

yes you do deserve a warm welcome, here feel its warmth :hug:
welcome friend, welcome gurljackass,

[QUOTE=garycooper;33443608]

hi dex,

what is that hill on the picture? and what is the structure (building) on the right side?
That's the Kapuntukan Hill (or Sleeping Lion Hill). That is embarcadero de Legazpi. You can check out more details about this construction on this thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=548449)

:rock: hey! wazzzupppp?!?! i am a newbie from legazpi!!! i am a pure and a proud legazpeño, it is not just because i lived here since birth but for the fact that i really love this place so much!!! :angel1: so , do i deserve a warm welcome from you guys???? hehehehe :D
Hey Gurl! Welcome to Lagazpi City Thread!:banana:

yes you do deserve a warm welcome, here feel its warmth :hug:
welcome gurljackass,

Wow!!!! nice!!! thanks amigo!!! :bow:

Hey Gurl! Welcome to Lagazpi City Thread!:banana:

heheheh!!! thanks!!! it really feels good to be with albayanos!!! :master::hi:

how do you find my signature?:)

its nice...

:rock: hey! wazzzupppp?!?! i am a newbie from legazpi!!! i am a pure and a proud legazpeño, it is not just because i lived here since birth but for the fact that i really love this place so much!!! :angel1: so , do i deserve a warm welcome from you guys???? hehehehe :D

welcome to legazpi and albay thread :banana:

Ayus yan.
Hello to all!
New member here - from Daraga.
Cheers!

hello welcome to legazpi and albay thread:banana:

[QUOTE=garycooper;33443608]

hi dex,

what is that hill on the picture? and what is the structure (building) on the right side?

that's the kapuntukan hill or usually called the sleeping lion by the locals...oh...thats the embarcadero, a mall in the making

To the newbies, welcome to the Legazpi/Albay Thread :grouphug:

Meanwhile, good news for the coconut industry:

P1-B fund to boost RP's coconut industry (http://positivenewsmedia.net/cgi-bin/am2/search.cgi)
By Mar S. Arguelles

LEGAZPI CITY, March 10 (PNA)--The government will invest some P1 billion this year to boost the coconut industry of the country, an official of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) said over the weekend.Danilo Coronacion, CIIF president and chief executive officer, said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered further improvement of the coconut farm development program and set aside a P1-billion fund to restore the industry.

Coronacion said of the allotted funds, some P271 million was earmarked for the coconut development program in the province of Albay, which was heavily devastated by two super typhoons in 2006. The coconut farm development program does not solely cover coconut production but also fertilization, inter cropping, planting of crush crops, and the processing of coconut by-products such as dried coconuts.

At the Albay Coconut Farmers Field Day and Coconut Seedling distribution held recently in Barangay Santicon, Polangui, Albay, the CIIF led by Coronacion with CIIF Oil Mills Group officials in coordination with Polangui Mayor Jesus Salceda Sr. distributed 1,000 coconut seed nuts to members of Polangui Farmers Cooperative Marketing Association, Inc. (FACOMA). The activity was part of the distribution scheme initiated by the CIIF Oil Groups designed to enhance the coconut industry in the country.

Data revealed that one third of the country's arable agricultural land or about 3.31 million hectares is planted to coconut, in 64 out of the 78 provinces and 1,195 out of the 1,554 towns in the country. Of these coconut areas, 172,598 hectares are within the Agrarian Reform Communities. Presently, there are more than 300 million coconut trees bearing an annual average of 12 billion nuts.

In the last five years, the average production is 2.3 million metric tons (MT) in copra terms, while during leaner season, a low of 1.4 million MT was noted. The coconut, popularly known as the “Tree of Life”, is a major source of foreign exchange and the Philippine coconut export coconut comprises 65 percent of the traded coconut products in the world.

Coconut exports earn an average of 800 million US dollars or P32 billion per year and contributes about 5 percent of the country's total annual merchandise exports receipt. The coconut industry is the top export earner on net basis, considering that its raw materials and labor components are domestically based unlike other export products.

The Philippines supplies 64 percent of the global coconut requirements and about 24 million Filipinos or one-third of the Philippine population directly or indirectly benefit from the coconut industry. The Philippines has 1.5 million coconut farmers and farm workers. (PNA)

***

LGU distributes more free coconut seedlings to farmers in Camalig (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/LGU_distributes_more_free_coconut_seedlings_to_farmers_in_Camalig.shtml)

CAMALIG, Albay, March 7 (PNA) – The municipal government here is distributing free coconut seedling to all barangays identified as coconut development and rehabilitation areas. Camalig town Mayor Carlos Baldo said the municipal government is providing at least 1,000 pieces of coconut seedlings to farmer beneficiaries who need development in their plantation. As of February this year, the municipal government has distributed more than 30,000 pieces of coconut seedlings.

The coconut seed nuts were donated through the Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) of the different oil companies in the region and were raised and keep in good condition by the municipal agriculture technicians at the municipal nursery located in Barangay Cotmon, Camalig, Albay. “This laudable project is part of the rehabilitation program of coconut plantations which were damaged by typhoons,” the mayor said.

Aside from coco seed nuts, technical and financial assistance are also being extended to farmer beneficiaries to fully rehabilitate and develop their plantation. The local government is also conducting regular inspection to all sites identified for coconut rehabilitation and development, Baldo said. (PNA)

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wow! Another one. Welcome! To the forums. Hope you guys become active!

NPA harass police detachment


By Joanna Los Baños
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 17:42:00 03/11/2009

Filed Under: Armed conflict


LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines -- A detachment of the police Regional Mobile Group in an upland village here was harassed by at least five suspected members of the New People's Army Tuesday night, police said Wednesday.

Superintendent Eliciar Bron, RMG chief, said the rebels positioned themselves approximately 20 meters northeast of the Taysan barangay (village) hall detachment at about 7:20 p.m. and opened fire.

He said the presence of houses prevented the policemen, who suffered no casualties, from retaliating.

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More Legazpi City aerial photos (taken March 10, 2009)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3344331856_5dc3e97880_b.jpg

Legazpi City: Gleaming @ 50 (the theme for the 50th charter day celebration this year)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3344342526_92ebb6b74a_b.jpg

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Maurag padi!

Wow, ang daming newbies! Please behave well, hahaha! Welcome sa mga bagong recruit (it's a wonder they registered almost at the same time)! Be safe!

[QUOTE='[dx];33402086']Thanks! :colgate: Here's some more (taken earlier today, March 10, 2009)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3343489329_07ba75262a_b.jpg

Gustung-gusto ko itong pix na ito na kuha ni dx...define na define ang embarcadero eh tapos bumabagay sya sa dyaan sa kapuntukan hill at sa dagat..wow! napakaganda siguro nito pag madami na dyan mga yachts na palutang-lutang dyan sa berthing space na an.hehe
:banana::banana::banana:

[QUOTE='[dx];33402086']Thanks! :colgate: Here's some more (taken earlier today, March 10, 2009)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3343489329_07ba75262a_b.jpg

Gustung-gusto ko itong pix na ito na kuha ni dx...define na define ang embarcadero eh tapos bumabagay sya sa dyaan sa kapuntukan hill at sa dagat..wow! napakaganda siguro nito pag madami na dyan mga yachts na palutang-lutang dyan sa berthing space na an.hehe
:banana::banana::banana:

Nice shots! judging from the pics, i noticed that Legazpi has still many open spaces. This goes to show that there is still room for development of the city.:banana:

^thanks for appreciating.. :colgate:

Albay Gulf Sunrise and Sunset
Photos by alvin domingo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvinography/)

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SRTV owned and operated stations
SRTV 9 Manila (DZKB-TV 9) (100,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 9 Laoag (DZRB-TV 9) (6.4 kilowatts)
SRTV 5 Aparri (DWAE-TV 5) (5,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 12 Tuguegarao (DZTG-TV) (20,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 9 Ilagan, Isabela (DZYI-TV 9) (1,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 7 Bayombong (DZAA-TV 7) (8.8 kilowatts)
SRTV 12 Baguio (DZBS-TV 12) (5,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 13 Dagupan (DWPR-TV 13) (5,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 6 Tarlac (DZTC-TV 6) (15,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 2 Rodriguez, Rizal (DZYB-TV 2) (40,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 7 Morong, Rizal (DWTS-TV 7) (60,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 10 San Mateo, Rizal (DZGH-TV 10) (25,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 9 Lucena (DZLT-TV 9) (20,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 3 San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (DZYM-TV 3) (973 kilowatts)
SRTV 2 Legaspi (DWRL-TV 2) (20,000 kilowatts)
SRTV 10 Iriga (DWKI-TV 10) (5,000 kilowatts)

Radyo Ronda Stations Nationwide
AM Stations
DZSR Radyo Ronda Manila 918kHz (50,000 kilowatts)
DZRM Radyo Ronda Manila 1278kHz (50,000 kilowatts)
DWBC Radyo Ronda Manila 1422kHz (20,000 kilowatts)
DZRL Radyo Ronda Batac, Ilocos Norte 639kHz (1,000 kilowatts)
DZTG Radyo Ronda Tuguegarao, Cagayan 621kHz (1,000 kilowatts)
DWRS Radyo Ronda Santiago, Isabela 981kHz (20,000 kilowatts)
DWVA Radyo Ronda San Fernando, La Union 1170kHz (30,000 kilowatts)
DZBS Radyo Ronda Baguio 1368kHz (2.5 kilowatts)
DWPR Radyo Ronda Dagupan 1296kHz (30,000 kilowatts)
DZTC Radyo Ronda Tarlac 828kHz (15,000 kilowatts)
DWGO Radyo Ronda Olongapo 1008kHz (20,000 kilowatts)
DZLT Radyo Ronda Lucena 1188kHz (10,000 kilowatts)
DZYM Radyo Ronda San Jose, Occidental Mindoro 1539kHz (25,000 kilowatts)
DWRN Radyo Ronda Naga 657kHz (1,000 kilowatts)
DWRL Radyo Ronda Legaspi 1080kHz (30,000 kilowatts)
DZKI Radyo Ronda Iriga 1332kHz (1,000 kilowatts)

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/NiteShotTaguntongHD1920.jpg
^posted in Thread 14...a shot taken by a Hong Kong cultural exchange student from St. Thomas University-Osaka

Guys mejo nalilito lang aq ? mag ibang building po ba ang Metro Gaisano at Pacific Mall or Annex sila ...and the same owner po ba?

Gratz Guyz Thread 15 agad hehehehe

susunod na rin kami (Naga City) hehehehe


Legazpi City Rockz ..:banana::banana::banana:

Terrestrial television stations
Branding Callsign Ch. # Station Type Power (ERP) Watts Location
QTV 11 Manila DZOE-TV TV-11 Originating 100,000 Watts (829.8 kW ERP) Metro Manila
QTV 27 Manila DWDB-TV TV-27 Translator 100,000 Watts (613.27 kW ERP) Metro Manila
QTV 27 Laoag DWLI-TV TV-27 Relay 10,000 Watts (120 kW ERP) Laoag
QTV 22 Baguio DWRA-TV TV-22 Relay 10,000 Watts (120 kW ERP) Baguio
QTV 26 Aparri DWQA-TV TV-26 Relay 1,000 Watts Aparri, Cagayan
QTV 26 Olongapo DWOO-TV TV-26 Relay 1,000 Watts (12 kW ERP) Olongapo
QTV 26 Batangas DWGS-TV TV-26 Relay 1,000 Watts (11 kW ERP) Batangas
QTV 33 Puerto Princesa DYPQ-TV TV-33 Relay 10,000 Watts Puerto Princesa
QTV 26 Occidental Mindoro DWOC-TV TV-26 Relay 1,000 Watts (12 kW ERP) San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
QTV 28 Naga DWNC-TV TV-28 Relay 10,000 Watts (120 kW ERP) Naga
QTV 27 Legaspi DWLG-TV TV-27 Relay 10,000 Watts (120 kW ERP) Legaspi

RadioGMA stations

Super Radyo stations
Branding Callsign Frequency Power (kW) Location
Super Radyo DZBB DZBB-AM 594 kHz 20 kW Metro Manila
Super Radyo DWRC Laoag* DWRC-AM 1269 kHz 10 kW Laoag
Super Radyo DWRA Baguio DWRA-AM 1413 kHz 5 kW Baguio
Super Radyo DWSK Dagupan*** DWOP-AM 1548 kHz 10 kW Dagupan
Super Radyo DYSP Puerto Princesa**** DYSP-AM 909 kHz 5 kW Puerto Princesa
Super Radyo DWCW Legaspi DWCW-AM 567 kHz 10 kW Legaspi


RadioGMA FM stations
Branding Callsign Frequency Power (kW) Location
Barangay LS 97.1 Ayos! DWLS-FM 97.1 MHz 50 kW Metro Manila
Campus Radio 97.1 Laoag* DZLS-FM 97.1 MHz 10 kW Laoag
Campus Radio 92.7 Baguio DWRA-FM 92.7 MHz 5 kW Baguio
Campus Radio 93.5 Dagupan DWTL-FM 93.5 MHz 10 kW Dagupan
Campus Radio 89.3 Tuguegarao DWWQ-FM 89.3 MHz 10 kW Tuguegarao
Campus Radio 91.3 Cauayan DWYZ-FM 91.3 MHz 5 kW Cauayan
Campus Radio 91.1 Lucena DWQL-FM 91.1 MHz 10 kW Lucena
Campus Radio 97.5 Puerto Princesa DWRG-FM 97.5 MHz 5 kW Puerto Princesa
Campus Radio 101.5 Naga DWQW-FM 101.5 MHz 10 kW Naga
Campus Radio 96.3 Legaspi DWCW-FM 96.3 MHz 10 kW Legaspi

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Sa Costa Palmera resort ba to?

Guys mejo nalilito lang aq ? mag ibang building po ba ang Metro Gaisano at Pacific Mall or Annex sila ...and the same owner po ba?

Gratz Guyz Thread 15 agad hehehehe

susunod na rin kami (Naga City) hehehehe


Legazpi City Rockz ..:banana::banana::banana:

isang building lang ang metro gaisano at pacific mall..ownership: not sure but maybe business partners

A short video clip of the reclaimed area behind Kapuntukan Hill [ongoing construction of a new Legazpi (Puro)-Manito road]

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3347854451_683ef6b190_o.jpg

Sa Costa Palmera resort ba to?

I think sa Manhattan Beach Resort

Guys mejo nalilito lang aq ? mag ibang building po ba ang Metro Gaisano at Pacific Mall or Annex sila ...and the same owner po ba?

Gratz Guyz Thread 15 agad hehehehe

susunod na rin kami (Naga City) hehehehe


Legazpi City Rockz ..:banana::banana::banana:


That's a good question axel. Pacific mall and Metro Gaisano are two different entities.Pacific Mall is owned by Landco Pacific Corp while Gaisano is owned by Vicsal Corp from Cebu.I think Gaisano has a stake in Landco

They are just a single building but they operate independently this includes the janitorial and security services.In fact during the contruction of these two, they had diffrerent contractors.Gaisano was the first to open(soft-opening) since they finished the construction early but they had simultaneous grand opening

Gaisano is basically a dept store while Pacific mall has tenants.Gaisano and Pacific Mall combined is similar to SM City. In terms of gross floor area, ,I think Pacific mall occupies 40% of the whole building. As far as i know, there is no published data of the floor area of the whole building so no one can really tell if SM Naga is bigger than PM+Gaisano.

Then:
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9396/b29c1.jpg

Now:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8944/dsc1638.jpg

^^ Dx gawa k ng THE FUTURE? hehehe.Iedit mo yung pic.Dagdagan mo ng mga skyscrapers heheheh

^^ In the future, I'm hoping that a statue of Jesus Christ would be erected atop the Kapuntukan hill just like what they did in Rio de Janeiro.

^^ In the future, I hoping that a statue of Jesus Christ would be erected atop the Kapuntukan hill just like what they did in Rio de Janeiro.

wow cool! naisip ko naman leo, two giant figures one in rapu-rapu and the other one in manito resembling two giants, guarding the entrance of the albay gulf...hehe
:banana::banana:

Based on dx's pictures, in Puro, soon more houses (Japanese & Korean retirement houses) will be built. Hundreds of houses, which are beautiful models will rise.

I'm just wondering after Embarcadero, what mall could be the next to be constructed? SM, Robinson, Puregold, or another LCC? :ohno:

;33496380']Then:
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9396/b29c1.jpg

Now:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8944/dsc1638.jpg

ang laki ng pinagbago, how many years ang interval?

^^ In the future, I hoping that a statue of Jesus Christ would be erected atop the Kapuntukan hill just like what they did in Rio de Janeiro.

sa Ligñon Hill dapat ang Statue of Christ the Redeemer..kasi ang Kapuntukan Hill is more of the Sugar Loaf Mountain..in fairness may similarity sa terrain ng Rio de Janeiro..

Based on dx's pictures, in Puro, soon more houses (Japanese & Korean retirement houses) will be built. Hundreds of houses, which are beautiful models will rise.

I'm just wondering after Embarcadero, what mall could be the next to be constructed? SM, Robinson, Puregold, or another LCC? :ohno:

para sa akin ayala mall...gusto ko ayala mall ang next after embarcadero..gusto ko ang sm sa daraga mag put up pati ang robinsons yung malapit sa kinoconstruct na bicol inernational airport...para well distributed, at the same time ma stimulate economic activities sa camalig, jovellar, and the nearby municipalities of sorsogon..:)

i found kapuntukan hill cute! parang kuting o leon hehe:nuts:

masyadong evident ung pagbabago sa reclamation area..^^

para sa akin ayala mall...gusto ko ayala mall ang next after embarcadero..gusto ko ang sm sa daraga mag put up pati ang robinsons yung malapit sa kinoconstruct na bicol inernational airport...para well distributed, at the same time ma stimulate economic activities sa camalig, jovellar, and the nearby municipalities of sorsogon..:)

yeah, in CDO, SM is far from the urban area. SM CDO is near to the airport.
I got an info that AQ branch will be constructed in uphill Daraga going to BIA. And there are lots of new subdivisions being constructed in that area. I just forgot the names of those subdivisions.

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When is the schedule of the Admission Exam?
The Admission Exam will be held on March 21, 2009 (Sat.) at 8am in UP Diliman at the UP Engineering Library II (also known as the UP Computer Science Bldg.). There are provincial exams too:
March 25, 2009 (Wed.) at 1pm in La Union at the Lorma Colleges
March 28, 2009 (Sat.) at 8am in UP Baguio at the Bulwagang Juan Luna rm. 202
April 4, 2009 (Sat.) at 8am in Naga City at the Ateneo de Naga University
April 4, 2009 (Sat.) at 1pm in UP Visayas - Cebu College
April 5, 2009 (Sun.) at 8am in Isabela at the University of La Salette
April 5, 2009 (Sun.) at 1pm in Legazpi City at Bicol University
April 6, 2009 (Mon.) at 1pm in UP Visayas - Miagao Campus
April 6, 2009 (Mon.) at 1pm at the Camarines Norte State College (Main)

source: http://ittc.up.edu.ph/faq.html

yeah, in CDO, SM is far from the urban area. SM CDO is near to the airport.
I got an info that AQ branch will be constructed in uphill Daraga going to BIA. And there are lots of new subdivisions being constructed in that area. I just forgot the names of those subdivisions.

Yup AQ will construct its campus in brgy Tabon-tabon Daraga. It's near JAUCIAN VILLAGE I got this info from my friend who's a resident of the said brgy

yeah, in CDO, SM is far from the urban area. SM CDO is near to the airport.
I got an info that AQ branch will be constructed in uphill Daraga going to BIA. And there are lots of new subdivisions being constructed in that area. I just forgot the names of those subdivisions.

^^Maybe its AQ's initial plan to move out and away from Mt mayon...
Malayo ba ang anislag sa tabun-tabon?

para sa akin ayala mall...gusto ko ayala mall ang next after embarcadero..gusto ko ang sm sa daraga mag put up pati ang robinsons yung malapit sa kinoconstruct na bicol inernational airport...para well distributed, at the same time ma stimulate economic activities sa camalig, jovellar, and the nearby municipalities of sorsogon..:)

Sus!!pAdi maray ibugtak jan saindo MAster Square..haha!!:lol::lol:
suba lang pading brandon..!!

^^uy rhy nyaon ka pala...gari haloy ka man na daing bisi-bisita digdi samo ah...garing na busy ka? manila ka ba based?

para sa akin ayala mall...gusto ko ayala mall ang next after embarcadero..gusto ko ang sm sa daraga mag put up pati ang robinsons yung malapit sa kinoconstruct na bicol inernational airport...para well distributed, at the same time ma stimulate economic activities sa camalig, jovellar, and the nearby municipalities of sorsogon..:)

My 2 cents. I think for now 3 major malls + 1 mid sized mall is enough for the city. What the city needs now is more offices and BPO relocators to generate income not only for the city but the constituents itself. The city should now focus on strengthening the buying power of the locals before we can even dream of an Ayala Mall in Legazpi. Ayala is an upscale market so one indicator is SM putting up a branch in the city first before Ayala comes. But I guess PM can already suffice the absence of SM. So I guess when you notice that your income has increased significantly, Bank branches has became numerous, Car dealerships has increased, and other positive economic indicators, it's not far that an upscale Mall will come in.

One thing I noticed based on articles and plans, Embarcadero will be upscale and more of a lifestyle center than just a regular mall. So I guess there you go, existing market dictates the needs of a city.

^^uy rhy nyaon ka pala...gari haloy ka man na daing bisi-bisita digdi samo ah...garing na busy ka? manila ka ba based?

eu baga busy busy kita digdi sa computer shop me..matarapusan na baga kaya digdi sa Feu kaya busy talaga..!!!
iyo po manila based baga kita.ta yaon digdi hanapbuhay me..
pero napuli man ako kada pasko tas summer..
na miss taka pading brandon..

^^i see...eu mananggad patapos na ang school year kaya medyo dacol mga projects ang estudyante ngonyan...malamang punung-puno ang shop mo ngoyan kasi na busy ka nga...marhay an padi...good for your business!! so ma summer na baga mapuli ka?

Hello everybody! i'm new here. Just registered.

this thread is really healthy coz it keeps on growing. Kaniguan78, welcome....and enjoy...wow tlgang dumarami na tayo ah, cge lng, tayo ay mag pakarami.ahihihi

its nice...



welcome to legazpi and albay thread :banana:

hehehehe!!! tnx brandon!!!:pepper:

Hello everybody! i'm new here. Just registered.

welcome kaniguan78!!!! heheheheh! :banana:

^^
Salamat padi. Very informative! :tiasd:

sorry wrong post..

^^i see...eu mananggad patapos na ang school year kaya medyo dacol mga projects ang estudyante ngonyan...malamang punung-puno ang shop mo ngoyan kasi na busy ka nga...marhay an padi...good for your business!! so ma summer na baga mapuli ka?

tama ka jan Padi 3 computer shop me digdi mayo pirmi ning vacant..
dakulon kaya talaga mga projects ang mga studyante digdi..mga
thesis ninda grabi mahibugon.. mga 500 pages pati..

iyo mauli ako sa Summer..syempre barabakasyon man daa.. ahaha!!
try ko mag jan saindo bisitahon taka..


rhYzrockErZ

Pacific Mall Legazpi was expanded from 27,000 sq. m. to 38,000 sq. m. A joint venture between Landco and Metro Gaisano Mall of Cebu, Pacific Mall Legazpi is the only integrated shopping center of its size in the Bicol region

Source: The Philippine STAR, 03/18/2005

SM City Naga 87,959.38
Source: SM Prime Webpage

According to the news item Pacific Mall is a joint venture of Landco and Gaisano Mall of Cebu (an integrated shopping center)- therefore measured as one.

It is still a way too small compared to the smallest Provincial SM Mall (SM Supercenter Molino 48,248)

Other Infos:
Situated in the center of Landco Business Park, Pacific Mall Legazpi stands out as the region's first and largest shopping mall. Anchored by the best retailers and home to numerous Manila-based tenants and local shops, the 1.3-hectare complex provides utmost premiere shopping, dining and utmost entertainment that only Pacific Mall could offer.
Source: Landco Webpage

Total Landco Business Park Land Area: Approximately 5.12 hectares (Source Mrs. Rito Roceo- Pacific Mall Legazpi Chief Accountant)
Pacific Mall occupies only 1.3 hectares of the property.

SM City Naga Total Land Area 4.6 hectares but occupied only by the mall without a business park.
SM City Naga is obviously bigger.

Incidentally
Landco Naga Property: 15 hectares (Undeveloped @ Almeda Highway)


yEAH.. ka lugar ko yan.duwa na kaming nagbibisita sa thread nindo..

mabuhay kita gabus...!!


rhYzrockerZ

Guys mejo nalilito lang aq ? mag ibang building po ba ang Metro Gaisano at Pacific Mall or Annex sila ...and the same owner po ba?

Gratz Guyz Thread 15 agad hehehehe

susunod na rin kami (Naga City) hehehehe


Legazpi City Rockz ..:banana::banana::banana:

Landco is the owner of the entire Pacific Mall. Metro Gaisano is a tenant-partner providing the carrier department store in its malls.

Hey guys, here's the interesting news for the day. (Philstar and Inquirer) Our very own Chiz Escudero of Sorsogon is now in second place in the latest Pulse Asia survey among the presidentiables. He is now behind Noli de Castro by only 2 percent at 17% versus Noli's 19%. He is now even ahead of Loren Legarda who is down to 5th place. Whereas before he was just in 4th or 5th in the previous surveys. What is interesting here is that he has not even formally declared his intention to run. One good thing going for Chiz is I think the support he is now getting from the NPC camp of Danding Cojuangco. At the rate he is performing in the surveys, I am very positive that he will be able to make it. I think the Filipinos are not yet over on the victory of Barack Obama. Chiz has many similarities with Obama. Both are young, dynamic, progressive and lots of mass appeal especially among the young voters and women.

This is a big thing for us Bicolanos. If Chiz will be able to make it, he will be able to fill the shoes left by another illustrious Bicolano, Raul Roco, the best President we never had. Having the first Bicolano president will definitely help in the growth of the region similar to what Marcos did to the Ilocos and GMA to Pampanga and Cory to Tarlac.

As Bicolanos, let's support Chiz. This is our chance.

For Legazpi, I'd like to see new BPOs and offices being established so that our graduates will have (and more importantly, will aim for) better, higher-paying jobs so that they can support their families and in turn uplift the community.

(And I don't see any purpose in comparing the sizes of the two biggest malls in Bicol region rather than 'pataasan ng ihi' or 'who has the biggest toy among the neighborhood kids'. Trivial things. Do we always have to compare and see who's superior in this region? It's getting tiresome. For me, personally, each city/province is unique and the only one you have to compete with is yourself. Be better than last year's performance. Increase on last year's revenue. Improve on last year's mistakes.

It's always the same story. This vs. This. That vs. That. Walang pagbabago. lol. And sorry but I seldom see or read Legazpeños and Albayanos initiate such. Just my two cents. :nocrook:)

Mayon and the Albay Gulf
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/3343504435_a15f82c315_b.jpg

Pacific Mall Legazpi was expanded from 27,000 sq. m. to 38,000 sq. m. A joint venture between Landco and Metro Gaisano Mall of Cebu, Pacific Mall Legazpi is the only integrated shopping center of its size in the Bicol region

Source: The Philippine STAR, 03/18/2005

SM City Naga 87,959.38
Source: SM Prime Webpage

According to the news item Pacific Mall is a joint venture of Landco and Gaisano Mall of Cebu (an integrated shopping center)- therefore measured as one.

It is still a way too small compared to the smallest Provincial SM Mall (SM Supercenter Molino 48,248)

Other Infos:
Situated in the center of Landco Business Park, Pacific Mall Legazpi stands out as the region's first and largest shopping mall. Anchored by the best retailers and home to numerous Manila-based tenants and local shops, the 1.3-hectare complex provides utmost premiere shopping, dining and utmost entertainment that only Pacific Mall could offer.
Source: Landco Webpage

Total Landco Business Park Land Area: Approximately 5.12 hectares (Source Mrs. Rito Roceo- Pacific Mall Legazpi Chief Accountant)
Pacific Mall occupies only 1.3 hectares of the property.

SM City Naga Total Land Area 4.6 hectares but occupied only by the mall without a business park.
SM City Naga is obviously bigger.

Incidentally
Landco Naga Property: 15 hectares (Undeveloped @ Almeda Highway)

Very well said. May your tribe increase.

;33533010']For Legazpi, I'd like to see new BPOs and offices being established so that our graduates will have (and more importantly, will aim for) better, higher-paying jobs so that they can support their families and in turn uplift the community.

(And I don't see any purpose in comparing the sizes of the two biggest malls in Bicol region rather than 'pataasan ng ihi' or 'who has the biggest toy among the neighborhood kids'. Trivial things. Do we always have to compare and see who's superior in this region? It's getting tiresome. For me, personally, each city/province is unique and the only one you have to compete with is yourself. Be better than last year's performance. Increase on last year's revenue. Improve on last year's mistakes.

It's always the same story. This vs. This. That vs. That. Walang pagbabago. lol. And sorry but I seldom see or read Legazpeños and Albayanos initiate such. Just my two cents. :nocrook:)

I second the motion. The purpose is clear, Dex. The bitterness is obvious. But there is nothing people can do. What one gets, the other doesn't.

As regards our not initiating topics like that, well, we're not here to flaunt our aces.

Anyway, our top graduate this year is Nikko Borromeo, who is receiving three proficiency awards (Physics, Math, and Social Science), two special awards (Gerry Roxas and DOST Model Science Scholar), and a bunch of competence awards. He is from Ligao City. :cheers:

Chiz Escudero for President.

;33533010']For Legazpi, I'd like to see new BPOs and offices being established so that our graduates will have (and more importantly, will aim for) better, higher-paying jobs so that they can support their families and in turn uplift the community.

(And I don't see any purpose in comparing the sizes of the two biggest malls in Bicol region rather than 'pataasan ng ihi' or 'who has the biggest toy among the neighborhood kids'. Trivial things. Do we always have to compare and see who's superior in this region? It's getting tiresome. For me, personally, each city/province is unique and the only one you have to compete with is yourself. Be better than last year's performance. Increase on last year's revenue. Improve on last year's mistakes.

It's always the same story. This vs. This. That vs. That. Walang pagbabago. lol. And sorry but I seldom see or read Legazpeños and Albayanos initiate such. Just my two cents. :nocrook:)


DEX - I SAY "AMEN" TO ALL OF THE ABOVE.

Jollibee Daraga opens on March 20! They open at 4am. Mcdo will follow suit, I think it's on March 30. JY is also opening. Magoopen din ang Jebsons sa Daraga. LCC, will open pero may problema pa sila with the Sagguniang Bayan. I think the Vice Mayor is opposing the establishment of LCC at the 2nd floor of the public market. Baka daw maapektuhan yung mga small retailers sa baba.

LCC Legazpi's renovating it's grocery and 2nd floor. They made the ceilings higher and made it more spacious.

or... Whose got the biggest d*ck among the neighborhood boys. :)

I second the motion. The purpose is clear, Dex. The bitterness is obvious. But there is nothing people can do. What one gets, the other doesn't.

As regards our not initiating topics like that, well, we're not here to flaunt our aces.

Anyway, our top graduate this year is Nikko Borromeo, who is receiving three proficiency awards (Physics, Math, and Social Science), two special awards (Gerry Roxas and DOST Model Science Scholar), and a bunch of competence awards. He is from Ligao City. :cheers:

Chiz Escudero for President.

Sir..ang aga naman..!!haha!!
suportado yan kang nagueño.go go..chIz

Jollibee Daraga opens on March 20! They open at 4am. Mcdo will follow suit, I think it's on March 30. JY is also opening. Magoopen din ang Jebsons sa Daraga. LCC, will open pero may problema pa sila with the Sagguniang Bayan. I think the Vice Mayor is opposing the establishment of LCC at the 2nd floor of the public market. Baka daw maapektuhan yung mga small retailers sa baba.

LCC Legazpi's renovating it's grocery and 2nd floor. They made the ceilings higher and made it more spacious.

Ok ito..^^.. anong JY noy? yan ang kagandahan nag pag put up ng PM at embarcadero,ang LCC gumagawa ng paraan para mag survive...so result ay convenience para sa mga shoppers at gumganda rin ang LCC..hehe

tama ka jan Padi 3 computer shop me digdi mayo pirmi ning vacant..
dakulon kaya talaga mga projects ang mga studyante digdi..mga
thesis ninda grabi mahibugon.. mga 500 pages pati..

iyo mauli ako sa Summer..syempre barabakasyon man daa.. ahaha!!
try ko mag jan saindo bisitahon taka..


rhYzrockErZ

padi gari dacol kang friends na mga FEU students ah...alams na...magpamidbid ka man daw dyan...hehe:)

Jollibee Daraga opens on March 20! They open at 4am. Mcdo will follow suit, I think it's on March 30. JY is also opening. Magoopen din ang Jebsons sa Daraga. LCC, will open pero may problema pa sila with the Sagguniang Bayan. I think the Vice Mayor is opposing the establishment of LCC at the 2nd floor of the public market. Baka daw maapektuhan yung mga small retailers sa baba.

LCC Legazpi's renovating it's grocery and 2nd floor. They made the ceilings higher and made it more spacious.

Balita ko may balak tumakbong Mayor yan si vice sa next elections

or... Whose got the biggest d*ck among the neighborhood boys. :)

Hahahaha!

tama ka jan Padi 3 computer shop me digdi mayo pirmi ning vacant..
dakulon kaya talaga mga projects ang mga studyante digdi..mga
thesis ninda grabi mahibugon.. mga 500 pages pati..

iyo mauli ako sa Summer..syempre barabakasyon man daa.. ahaha!!
try ko mag jan saindo bisitahon taka..


rhYzrockErZ

O.T tau guys ^8^v

But papz asahan naman natin na hihina tayo bandang April to May ..!!

wala ng mga student ..sila mga main customer natin ..!!

Ang hirap pa nito ..dahil sa sobrang init ng panahon ..di ko mapigilang mag - aircon : :ohno::ohno:

Ang bawi na natin jan ay bandang June : Class opening ..!!

i have it too 15 units in Cogeo, Antipolo City ..!!

Legazpi City Rockz :banana::banana::banana:

guys shhh! But Im with you dx and guru. But Im over it. Basta maganda c GERSBACH un lang hehe.
Basta Im excited pag open ng EM hehe..Good news for Daraga this March coz they will have Jolibee and Mcdo..For Legazpi PANCIT MALABON EXPRESS hehe..

guys shhh! But Im with you dx and guru. But Im over it. Basta maganda c GERSBACH un lang hehe.
Basta Im excited pag open ng EM hehe..Good news for Daraga this March coz they will have Jolibee and Mcdo..For Legazpi PANCIT MALABON EXPRESS hehe..

^^:) Sain ba banda sa legazpi ang magiging store ng pancit malabon?
pano ba pronounciation ng gersbach? silent H ba yan like Munich?

Sa Embarcadero ata magbubukas yung pansit malabon. Sa billboards ko yun nakita. Btw, 2 Seaoil gasoline stations are simultaneously constructed in Legazpi. One is in Rawis, and the other is in alternate road. Yung Casa Concepcion nga pala, nabili na raw yun ng Albay Doctor's Hospital. :)

^^ isee. thanks for the info...ang casa concepcion yan itong nasa kanto db? harani sa may rosella cinema? great...siguro in preparation yan for the medical tourism...kasi ayon sa news around 300 houses will be built for japanese and korean retirees...kelangan nyan ng international standard na hospital for sure

Sa Embarcadero ata magbubukas yung pansit malabon. Sa billboards ko yun nakita. Btw, 2 Seaoil gasoline stations are simultaneously constructed in Legazpi. One is in Rawis, and the other is in alternate road. Yung Casa Concepcion nga pala, nabili na raw yun ng Albay Doctor's Hospital. :)

yeah GERSBAK yan ang pronunciation nun! Ganda talaga! Guys pag sinabing Albayana BEAUTIFUL! Pancit Malabon Express will be in EM nga pala kaya di na yan MArch ang opening, Oct na!
Ung Mang Inasal EM din daw.

That's good Albay Doctors Hospital should go big!
BTW, Bicolanos around the globe, we have 3 FM stations playing in the net: Kiss FM, Paradise FM and now Love Radio.

http://www.hayag.com/995loveradioleg

^ im just curious. whats with your obsession with radio stations? :dunno:

It will lessen our kababayan's homesickness around the globe by listening to them. Somehow it helps.^^

^ im just curious. whats with your obsession with radio stations? :dunno:

Hahaha! I hope you won't ask me about my obsession with pageants. Hehehe!

@megalgzp, Are you in way connected to the radio broadcast industry Legazpi?

@megalgzp, Are you in way connected to the radio broadcast industry in Legazpi?

No, but i love music that is why. :lol:

Jollibee Daraga opens on March 20! They open at 4am. Mcdo will follow suit, I think it's on March 30. JY is also opening. Magoopen din ang Jebsons sa Daraga. LCC, will open pero may problema pa sila with the Sagguniang Bayan. I think the Vice Mayor is opposing the establishment of LCC at the 2nd floor of the public market. Baka daw maapektuhan yung mga small retailers sa baba.

LCC Legazpi's renovating it's grocery and 2nd floor. They made the ceilings higher and made it more spacious.

Totoo ba to,4am mag-oopen ang Jollibee sa March 20? Dapat lang maglagay ang Jebsons sa Daraga kasi madami ng college students ang kailangan magpaxerox.San kaya yung location ng Jebsons?

O.T tau guys ^8^v

But papz asahan naman natin na hihina tayo bandang April to May ..!!

wala ng mga student ..sila mga main customer natin ..!!

Ang hirap pa nito ..dahil sa sobrang init ng panahon ..di ko mapigilang mag - aircon : :ohno::ohno:

Ang bawi na natin jan ay bandang June : Class opening ..!!

i have it too 15 units in Cogeo, Antipolo City ..!!

Legazpi City Rockz :banana::banana::banana:

iyo ngani yan ang problema jan..

kaya pag summer nauli ako ta mayo man akong masyadong custumer..

papZ 3 na kitang nagueño na nakikipost digdi..

New hotels to open this year

More than 3,000 hotel rooms will be added to the Philippines inventory by 2010, which is expected to ease the room crunch. Among the new hotel openings in 2009 are:

Hotel H2O Manila Ocean Park; 150 rooms; five-star
Microtel Inn & Suites Mall of Asia Metro Manila; 150 rooms; three-star
Manila Marriott Hotel Metro Manila; 350 rooms; five-star
Swiss-Belhotel Quezon City Metro Manila; 410 rooms; five-star
Nova Star Residence Hotel Metro Manila; 275 rooms; boutique
Oakwood Premier Manila Metro Manila; 230 rooms; five-star
Radisson Hotel Cebu Cebu City; 400 rooms; five-star
Lancaster Hotel Cebu 80 rooms; five-star
Shangri-La’s Boracay Resort and Spa Boracay; 219 rooms; five-star
Boracay Lagoon Resort Boracay; 120 rooms; five-star
Crown Regency Prince Resort Boracay; 41 rooms; three-star
Boracay Beach Condominium Hotel Boracay; 90 rooms; boutique
Agrias Suites Boracay; 80 rooms; boutique
Microtel Puerto Princesa Palawan; 50 rooms; three-star
Discovery Bay Misibis Albay; 120 rooms; five-star

Source:http://philippinetourism.com.sg/updates/news.htm#top4

padi gari dacol kang friends na mga FEU students ah...alams na...magpamidbid ka man daw dyan...hehe:)

kadakol talaga..

gusto mo view mo Fs ko.. add mo sinda..puro mga chix pati padi..

Totoo ba to,4am mag-oopen ang Jollibee sa March 20? Dapat lang maglagay ang Jebsons sa Daraga kasi madami ng college students ang kailangan magpaxerox.San kaya yung location ng Jebsons?

Yes po. Nasa tarp nila. Jebsons is adjacent to the old Mercury Drug, Malapit lang sa Biggs.

Yes po. Nasa tarp nila. Jebsons is adjacent to the old Mercury Drug, Malapit lang sa Biggs.

Could it be possible that Jolibee Daraga be 24 hours also just like Old Albay's? :cheers:

hey guys!!! new here... :)

hey guys!!! new here... :)

welcome luscious! U can share what u observe in the city. where are u from?:)

hey guys!!! new here... :)

welcome! :)

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/NiteShotTaguntongHD1920.jpg
^posted in Thread 14...a shot taken by a Hong Kong cultural exchange student from St. Thomas University-Osaka

Spectacular shot! Ah Taguntong, I have yet to conquer thee. Hehe
Welcome to the newbies, again! :grouphug:

^^superb very romantic. Hope you can post it at the Phil. Urban night views.hehehe

DEX - I SAY "AMEN" TO ALL OF THE ABOVE.

or... Whose got the biggest d*ck among the neighborhood boys. :)

I second the motion. The purpose is clear, Dex. The bitterness is obvious. But there is nothing people can do. What one gets, the other doesn't.

As regards our not initiating topics like that, well, we're not here to flaunt our aces.

Anyway, our top graduate this year is Nikko Borromeo, who is receiving three proficiency awards (Physics, Math, and Social Science), two special awards (Gerry Roxas and DOST Model Science Scholar), and a bunch of competence awards. He is from Ligao City. :cheers:

Chiz Escudero for President.

Congratulations to Nikko Borromeo...

***

:lol: I just found the post of our friend @Naga_boy funny because I scanned the previous posts and saw that nobody was asking about the floor area of the two malls. So I think it's yet another thinly veiled effort to yet again aggrandize one city at the expense of another city (an exercise our dear friend is quite fond of). I think it's wrong and doesn't speak highly of a city that supposedly calls itself the 'Heart'. Hehe. If you love belittling others to exalt your own then do it in your own thread because that is not the way of the Albayano and the Legazpeño. :)

Anyway, I'm okay with it because everybody ignored. :yes: I just don't want to see this thread closed again due to city vs. city which never happened before until some tried to incite such. Monsi and I invest time, effort and a lot of legwork to go out of our ways to take photos and post them here. And to see the thread locked down was kind of disheartening. That was a first and I won't allow that to happen again.

So there, someone has to speak up. Sorry If I did. Peace! :nocrook:

***

BTW, thanks to leo98, yoh_1 and the others for the great news about Daraga!

Peerless Mayon

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Videos of Cagsawa Church

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Legazpi's growth is robust right now!!..feel na feel na talaga. Dami tao sa Lignon. Im also happy for Daraga becoz they have new subdivisions on the rise like Annie Hills etc near BIA!:banana:

From Lignon wow Im so happy with the view! Im a kid again!:nuts:

;33547846']Peerless Mayon

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3343501131_71ee0e548b_b.jpg

wow..Mayon on a clear day..dami pala ng lava outlet ng Mayon, but the Yawa River serves as the gutter coloecting all of it..

Could it be possible that Jolibee Daraga be 24 hours also just like Old Albay's? :cheers:

just want to ask, how many Jolibee's are there in the whole province of Albay?

wow..Mayon on a clear day..dami pala ng lava outlet ng Mayon, but the Yawa River serves as the gutter coloecting all of it..

yeah it makes Mayon not that so-dangerous because it has so many outlets. I'm from this place but I'm always amazed by her dazzling beauty. Thanks for visiting here always. :)

just want to ask, how many Jolibee's are there in the whole province of Albay?

I think 6 plus 1 in embarcadero. 7 in total.

Tabaco 1, Ligao 1, Legazpi 3 + 1, Daraga 1

BPO firms to conduct talent drive, say outsourcing jobs not dull (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW031309/content.php?id=083)

LOCAL BUSINESS process outsourcing (BPO) firms are planning to hold a "talent caravan" in the coming months to dispel negative impressions that work in the booming industry is dull and unfulfilling. "It (BPO) entails more than answering a phone call. It actually entails a lot of mental activity. And BPOs are not entirely call centers as many assume. There are different opportunities like in information technology and software developing," Jonathan Luzuriaga, Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) executive director for industry affairs, said Wednesday in a conference in Makati.

The talent caravans, which will take place in communities in the south, will serve as a public awareness drive to educate parents and members of the academe about the nature of work in the BPO industry. For this year, the BPAP is targeting about 35% growth which will bring an additional 110,000 jobs to the existing 400,000 jobs in the industry.

Mr. Luzuriaga said negative impressions on BPO work blocks about 20% of the potential talent, or about 22,000 individuals. "There’s an impression mostly from the parents and academe which generates a certain level of resistance for some people to enter the BPO industry. We are still lacking around 300,000 employees. It will be an uphill climb to secure that much talent," Mr. Luzuriaga said.

The talent caravan is slated to start in Laguna and Cavite and on to the touted "next wave cities" in outsourcing. The "growth areas" outside Metro Manila are Bacolod, Bacoor, Baguio, Batangas City, Cagayan de Oro, Cainta, Camarines Sur province, the Clark economic zone and Angeles, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Legaspi, and Lipa.

James Donovan, chief executive officer of Data Exchange Corp., said the Philippines is poised to achieve significant growth in the BPO sector in the years ahead. "Investments are coming. It just doesn’t stop and the global economic crunch is shoring up interest in companies to engage in offshoring services," Mr. Donovan said. — Jose Bimbo F. Santos

yeah it makes Mayon not that so-dangerous because it has so many outlets. I'm from this place but I'm always amazed by her dazzling beauty. Thanks for visiting here always. :)
your welcome..im really amazed how wonderful nature is when i saw Mayon

I think 6 plus 1 in embarcadero. 7 in total.

Tabaco 1, Ligao 1, Legazpi 3 + 1, Daraga 1
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ah thank you for the info..ngclick din pala ang bubuyog sa inyo..ive been to two of ur Jolibees (in Albay District and in Pacific Mall)

^^superb very romantic. Hope you can post it at the Phil. Urban night views.hehehe

Okay done! :D

A closer look at the growing Embarcadero-Kapuntukan-Dap-dap-Puro Area (with some annotations that I hope will be clarified soon)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/DSC_1636-1.jpg

;33547846']Peerless Mayon

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3343501131_71ee0e548b_b.jpg

If I were to vote for the best pic of Mayon, I'll go for this one.I love it. We seldom see the majestic Mayon highlighting the urban sprawl of Legazpi and Daraga. Thanks DX for this pic! I'll have this one as my new wallpaper in my laptop. I should treat you to Jollibee Daraga! And I mean it hehehe,Thanks again

hello guys... anion pa si lola nindo sa koronadal city... sunday malayog na naman sa tacloban.

dex, salamat duman sa mga areial photos. great!

leo98, thanks also for sharing the news about my beloved hometown, daraga...

i wish palamigan bayan will reinvent itself para pwedeng makipag-sabayan sa mga fastfood giants such as jollibee and mcdo... simpleng restaurant kaito pero pigadayo ning kadakul na tawo. sa mga dai nakaka-aram, palamigan was famous for its pancit and halo-halo...

well, that was ages ago.....

haen na palan si kaniguan? dai ko aram ini, but how do you translate your handle in english?

If I am to vote for the best pic of Mayon, I'll go for this one. We seldom see the majestic Mayon highlighting the urban sprawl of Legazpi and Daraga. Thanks DX for this pic! I'll have this one as my new wallpaper in my laptop. I should treat you Dx to Jollibee Daraga! And I mean it hehehe,Thanks again

You should ask dex to email you the RAW resolution image so you can enjoy the full clarity of his Photograph. I'm sure this pic has been reduced for screen viewing resolution. His DSLR original image is way more Hi-Res than this. Then you can resize it to the exact screen dimensions of your PC/Laptop at 72dpi para hindi sya gagamit masyado ng memory.

Spain turns over P110M to Albay for projects
By Mar S. Arguelles

LEGAZPI CITY --- The Spanish government through the Agencia Español de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) turned over Thursday last week some P110 million worth of infrastructure projects to the province of Albay.

The turn-over ceremonies led by Luis Romero Arias, Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines and Albay Gov. Jose Sarte Salceda, including city and town offocials here, were held separately on the same day at the cities of Legazpi, Ligao and the town of Daraga where the Spanish government projects are located.

Salceda said the P110 million were financial assistance given by Spain to the province heavily devastated by two super typhoons and the Mayon volcano eruption in 2006.

Salceda said aside from the projects recently turned over by the AECID, another P160.5 million projects are being finalized by the Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office (APSEMO) in coordination with AECID involving proposals for disaster risk reduction project in Albay.

He said that P60.5 million of the total amount have been approved with signed project acceptance by the Spanish government, involving construction of two emergency evacuation centers in the towns of Camalig and Guinobatan and the strengthening of APSEMO by providing the office with the latest state-of-the-art communications system to be used in pre- and post-disaster operations.

At the turn over rites, Spanish Ambassador Arias said that his country is committed to assist the Philippines since the Philippines and Spain had maintained close ties several centuries past.

Arias said “our countries are sisters and we have ratified these commitments to help reduce poverty in the country including the preservation of lives and properties during natural disasters.”

Arias said, “We are also committed to fight the ill-effects of climate change,” as he announced that he will earmark some P15 million funding for the strengthening of the province’s agriculture and livestock industry.

Salceda for his part expressed his deep gratitude to the Spanish government saying that he “will forever be grateful to the terms of endearment and engagement given by Spain to [his] province.”

Ambassador Arias and Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal formally signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) granting the city P93 million for the implementation of comprehensive solid waste management project.

Rosal said the project involves the setting up of an efficient solid waste management system in the city designed to improve the social and environmental condition of residents in this city.

He said the project will be established in a 12-hectare land owned by the city government in Barangay Banquerohan, some 22 kilometers from the city proper.

Rosal said the project have four components which include: sanitary land fill development; materials recovery system; reduction, and recycling system and project administration.

In Ligao City, the Spanish Ambassador turned-over to Gov. Salceda the newly renovated Doña Josefina Belmonte Duran Memorial District Hospital (DJBDMDH) a 50-bed tertiary hospital servicing the medical needs of residents in the seven towns and a city in the third district of Albay.

The AECID released some P14 million in 2007 for the renovation of the district hospital worth P8 million and hospital equipments worth P6 million.

In Daraga, Albay, the Spanish government also turned over the P13 million newly constructed evacuation center located at the top floor of the new Daraga Public Market.

The evacuation center will be used in times of disaster and in normal times it will be used as training center for livelihood projects

Bb. Pilipinas international is Daraga beauty
By Florencio P. Narito

LEGAZPI CITY --- A 23-year old German-Filipina beauty from Gullat, Daraga, Albay was crowned Bb. Pilipinas-International during the beauty pageant held last March 7 at the Araneta Coliseum.

The new Bb. Pilipinas-International is Melody Adelhed M. Garcbach, daughter of Wolfgang K. Gersbach, a German chef, and Marina Manuel Gersbach, a businesswoman.

The other winners in the prestigious national beauty contest were Pamela Bianca Manalo, Bb. Pilipinas-Universe, and Marie-Ann Umali, Bb. Pilipinas-World.

Melody Gersbach will compete in the Miss International Beauty Pageant to be held in October in Macau, Republic of China.

Before joining the Bb. Pilipinas beauty contest, Miss Gersbach had won the title “Mutya ng Magayon” during the Magayon Festival in April 2008.

Melody Gersbach was born on Nov. 18, 1985 in Offenbach, West Germany. She took her elementary school in Germany and finished high school at the St. Agnes Academy in Legazpi City when the family moved to Daraga, Albay. She finished a management course at the University of Asia and the Pacific.

When she entered the Mutya ng Magayon beauty tilt last year, Melody was 5’ 7” in height, weighed 105 lbs and measured 32-25-35.

In a long distance telephone interview with Pio Fernandez of Radio Station DZGB, Melody thanked those who had supported and prayed for her victory.

“Winning the Bb. Pilipinas-International title was unexpected but I had a positive attitude at the time,” she said.

The Gersbach family operates a chain of restaurant from Metro Manila to Bicol and the Visayas.

Meanwhile, the Province of Albay, especially the Magayon Festival Executive Committee, headed by Senior Board Member Glenda O. Bonga, is preparing a welcome party for the new Bb. Pilipinas-International.

She is expected to return home next month via Naga City where she had also won the Miss Bicolandia beauty title.

You should ask dex to email you the RAW resolution image so you can enjoy the full clarity of his Photograph. I'm sure this pic has been reduced for screen viewing resolution. His DSLR original image is way more Hi-Res than this. Then you can resize it to the exact screen dimensions of your PC/Laptop at 72dpi para hindi sya gagamit masyado ng memory.

Thanks Olineil for the suggestion

wow..Mayon on a clear day..dami pala ng lava outlet ng Mayon, but the Yawa River serves as the gutter coloecting all of it..

Speaking of Yawa River, it is where the sand and gravel dealers quarry the famous blacksand. It is highly regarded because of its quality. Even the contractors from the other provinces in the region prefer this type of sand

hello guys... anion pa si lola nindo sa koronadal city... sunday malayog na naman sa tacloban.

dex, salamat duman sa mga areial photos. great!

leo98, thanks also for sharing the news about my beloved hometown, daraga...

i wish palamigan bayan will reinvent itself para pwedeng makipag-sabayan sa mga fastfood giants such as jollibee and mcdo... simpleng restaurant kaito pero pigadayo ning kadakul na tawo. sa mga dai nakaka-aram, palamigan was famous for its pancit and halo-halo...

well, that was ages ago.....

haen na palan si kaniguan? dai ko aram ini, but how do you translate your handle in english?

You're welcome Lola Felice. Oo nga naisip ko din kung ano yung English translation ng "kaniguan". Our dialect has so many words that has no Tagalog and English equivalent

Speaking of Yawa River, it is where the sand and gravel dealers quarry the famous blacksand. It is highly regarded because of its quality. Even the contractors from the other provinces in the region prefer this type of sand

^^potential source of revenue rin ito for the local government of albay kung mahawakan ng maayos ang pag quarry ng blacksand and gravel sa yawa river...just like in pampanga

You're welcome Lola Felice. Oo nga naisip ko din kung ano yung English translation ng "kaniguan". Our dialect has so many words that has no Tagalog and English equivalent

True mahirap sya e translate, at nagiiba ang meaning depende sa pagkagamit sa sentence. I will try to use 'kaniguan' in a sentence:

Bicolano to Bicolana : "Magayunun ka baga pag nakangisi"
Bicolana to Bicolano : "Kaniguan?"

so baka in English eh 'Really'

Cheers!

;33547690']Congratulations to Nikko Borromeo...

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:lol: I just found the post of our friend @Naga_boy funny because I scanned the previous posts and saw that nobody was asking about the floor area of the two malls. So I think it's yet another thinly veiled effort to yet again aggrandize one city at the expense of another city (an exercise our dear friend is quite fond of). I think it's wrong and doesn't speak highly of a city that supposedly calls itself the 'Heart'. Hehe. If you love belittling others to exalt your own then do it in your own thread because that is not the way of the Albayano and the Legazpeño. :)

Anyway, I'm okay with it because everybody ignored. :yes: I just don't want to see this thread closed again due to city vs. city which never happened before until some tried to incite such. Monsi and I invest time, effort and a lot of legwork to go out of our ways to take photos and post them here. And to see the thread locked down was kind of disheartening. That was a first and I won't allow that to happen again.

So there, someone has to speak up. Sorry If I did. Peace! :nocrook:



WHAT WE LACK? PRIDE OF PLACE!

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/AshotbyAstudentFromHK.jpg
^Taken just this February by a student from Hong Kong studying in St. Thomas University-Osaka. He was here along with other Japanese students for a cultural exchange program, now on its second year...

^^ako...i wasnt born an albayano...pero dito na ako nagkaisip at dito na nabuo ang aking pagkatao...and i call our place my home sweet home! and i am very proud of my ALBAYand LEGAZPI and, i, being an albayano and legazpeno! because there are a lot of reasons to be proud of!!!

Speaking of Yawa River, it is where the sand and gravel dealers quarry the famous blacksand. It is highly regarded because of its quality. Even the contractors from the other provinces in the region prefer this type of sand

wow..napakikinabangan din pala ang debris spewed by Mayon..great.

True mahirap sya e translate, at nagiiba ang meaning depende sa pagkagamit sa sentence. I will try to use 'kaniguan' in a sentence:

Bicolano to Bicolana : "Magayunun ka baga pag nakangisi"
Bicolana to Bicolano : "Kaniguan?"

so baka in English eh 'Really'

Cheers!

the root of "kaniguan" is "igô"

wow..napakikinabangan din pala ang debris spewed by Mayon..great.

yup rex, napapakinabangan din..hehe..

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/ObamaAtGaisano.jpg
^An Obama fan ponders...to buy or not to buy...

the root of "kaniguan" is "igô"

synonyms is " Lintian "

welcome luscious! U can share what u observe in the city. where are u from?:)

the city looks delectable! I base my perception on the photos posted here... :)

Got this info from http://philippinetourism.com.sg/updates/news.htm

Embarcadero to open this year

Opening in 2009, the waterfront development in Bicol region’s Legaspi City will feature dining, shopping, entertainment and leisure attractions. Other facilities include a boardwalk, a fish market with local food stalls, and corporate buildings for offices and call centres. Phase two will include a boutique hotel and a convention centre.

I'm just wondering now, is this Bicol International Convention Center or another one? :cheers:

Accg to an insider, the new legazpi bus terminal is set to open this june to come up with legazpi's 50th foundation anniversary. Gasoline stations are constructed there for the anticipated opening.

Hmm pls take a look at this one: http://bahay.ph/ads/28753/lot-land-farm/legazpi-city.html
I did not post it cause maybe it's not allowed here. If I have the money I'll buy it hehe. Robinsons grabbed it? :banana:

For the City of Legazpi, two major projects contributed to the infusion of investments. These included the construction of the Central Bus Terminal Complex contributing PhP120 million and the renovation and rehabilitation of Mayon International Hotel with PhP7.9 million.

Source:http://www.neda5.net/qres/qres_3q_2008/investments.htm

Asenso Legazpi..maogmang magtambay dyan sa Legazpi, maorag ang mga tao, dakol akong barkada dyan kaso badtrip lang ang ibang trike drivers dyan sa Legazpi.

Albay/ Leagazpi has many "best" to offer. The place is blessed of many beautiful things. The improvement is very evident but I think one problem that the city should address as soon as possible is the behavior of some transport drivers here in the city. Trike drivers are branded as "para-taga" ...mayo man ngani sindang sundang pero mahilig magtaga.LOL. (aanuhon ta man ang mga dakulang establishment sa Leagzpi kung masakiton man dumanan dahil sa mga driver na mahilig mag-taga!) I heard city government already address this issue last year or two years ago pero parang wala nangyari, dati man guiraray. Bako man gabos na driver, kakapira man lang.Ü

I'm excited to visit Legazpi (Bar101, Smalltalk -masiram ang pagkakan ninda and Ongpin -laog kang B.U. - the best batchoy in town o baka may iba pa dai ko pa nadi-discover) and magpasyar sa Embarcadero!woohhh..

For the City of Legazpi, two major projects contributed to the infusion of investments. These included the construction of the Central Bus Terminal Complex contributing PhP120 million and the renovation and rehabilitation of Mayon International Hotel with PhP7.9 million.

Source:http://www.neda5.net/qres/qres_3q_2008/investments.htm

I just had an Epiphany... :okay: What if they build a new train terminal over the red highlighted area on the image. Since this are will become the central bus terminal, might as well make it as an intermodal(interchange) terminal. This way it would guarantee a higher ridership for PNR since its just a spitting distance away from buses coming in and around the provinces and other transport modes. I think this is very feasible and viable. The old terminal can then be converted to another purpose or just a service terminal where they can do maintenance of the rolling stocks & locomotive and where they can do turn arounds if the trains don't come with locomotives on both ends.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/olineil/trainStn.jpg

This seafront development is a recreational, commercial, tourism and IT center which will have a hotel, an 800 seat call center, retail shops, coffee shops, restaurants, a leisure and amusement park, and a convention center. It will feature a 30-meter lighthouse with a view of the perfect view of Mayon Volcano with Legazpi and Daraga in the foreground. Some of the companies from Manila that will be opening there are Kitaro, a Japanese Coffee Shop, Lotsa Pizza, Timezone, Dencio’s, Puyat Bowling Lanes, Red Ribbon, Chowking, and Tapa King aswell as homegrown companies Bigg’s and Pares King.
Embarcadero stretches across a 2.5 hectare waterfront area at the foot of Kapuntukan Hill with the view of panoramic Albay Gulf. Recently it has been declared a Tourism Economic Zone with IT component by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority and the Philippine Department of Tourism, respectively.

Embarcadero Legazpi will jumpstart the already vibrant economy of Legazpi City. Surely, Embarcadero will provide economic opportunities for Bicolanos when the seafront business makes its full opening on October, 2009. Many jobs will be available in IT like call center agents, on-line copywriters, medical transcriptionists and computer programmers, in the food and retail business like cashiers, baggers, food servers, chefs, drivers and store managers and supervisors. In the hotel business, jobs available are bellboys, receptionists, masseurs, and janitors.

So come to Embarcadero Legazpi, your one-stop shop for leisure and business. :banana:

Source:http://nightcrawler78.blogspot.com/2009/02/albay-province-is-world-renowned-for.html

^^ thanks for the update mega

SEN. ZUBIRI BRINGS MAGNANIMOUS GIFT TO DARAGA: TRIUNFANTE CALLS HIM “HULOG NG LANGIT” SON OF ALBAY
News and Events - News and Events
Written by Elmer James Bandol
Senator Juan Miguel (Migz) F. Zubiri has taken the center stage ollowing his arrival last March 11, 2009 at the relocation site in Barangay Anislag, this town, where he was met by barangay officials and beneficiaries of the permanent shelter project which he promised before he was elected into office.

Daraga Mayor Cicero C. Triunfante named the senator from Bukidnon as “Son of Albay” when introduced to more than 100 recipients of free house and lot who are victims of the super howler “Reming” three years ago and were promised aid by Zubiri prior his election to senate.

“I would like to introduce to you the “Hulog ng Langit” for those families who are still staying temporarily in their relatives and transit shelter, Sen.Migz Zubiri whose mother hails from Fernandez clan of Libon, Albay”.Triunfante proudly announced before the crowd.

He mentioned that aside from P12.5 million sourced out by the senate majority floor leader, the Department of Public Works and Highways has downloaded and awarded P500 thousand for the construction of public toilet at the Ninoy Aquino Park and Cagsawa Ruins & Resort. “This humble senator (referring to Zubiri) gave us “biyaya”, Triunfante stressed.Zubiri and Triunfante were assisted by representatives from the National Housing Authrity (NHA), Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) and Barangay Captains, in the ground breaking ceremony at the site where 125 hosing units will be constructed.

According to Triunfante the said housing project is being developed by the NHA and expected to become first class subdivision. “Words can not express our gratitude to this magnanimous gift from Sen. Zubiri, I hope we can repay him someday”, he added.

Zubiri said he gave the same amount of project to his home town in Bukidnon and the province of Albay to balance his support for the place where his father and mother came from respectively. He also went to the towns of Libon, Camalig and Ligao City before dropping by this premier town.

Together with Zubiri are Board Member Harold Imperial; OCD Regional Director Raffy Arevalo; and Engr. Romy Dado, NHA representative.

Source:http://www.daraga.gov.ph/

I think Senator Mig's Mother hails from Bicol..

In the 14th Congress, there are 4 Bicolano Senators..roughly 17% of the current conposition of the senate, to wit;

Joker Arroyo (Naga City)
Francis Escudero (Sorsogon)
Gregorio Honasan (Sorsogon)
Juan Miguel Zubiri (Albay)

In the 14th Congress, there are 4 Bicolano Senators..roughly 17% of the current conposition of the senate, to wit;

Joker Arroyo (Naga City)
Francis Escudero (Sorsogon)
Gregorio Honasan (Sorsogon)
Juan Miguel Zubiri (Albay)

Jamby Madrigal-Albay

ah really? i dont know that..that makes 5 or 22% of the current composition..

...and sonny trillanes' mom is from albay,too!!!

really? sorry..im not aware of that..so there are 6 Senators or 26% of the recent composition who have the blood of a Bicolano..

Pinarik...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Pinarik.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Estanza.jpg
^Estanza. Ei, Legazpeeps: This view will greet first time visitors to Legazpi in say, 2011/12(?),
from the proposed SLIA. I'll show you pix of "The Cut!" later.)

I wonder how the City would look like at night from Pinarik and Estanza...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/NightshotfromTaguntong.jpg
^...compared to that from AQ Peak/Taguntong above (and from Kimantong, Mt. Bariw, and Kapuntukan!).
Of course, you have seen posts showing the City at night from Lignon Hill.

Thanks for the pictures. That view reminds me of Davao City or CDO when I went to these cities for the first time. Maybe first timers in our place soon will feel the thrill of discovering a place, the way I felt hehe:lol:

guys i think we should refrain from using the word proposed when we mean of the bicol international airport...the green light has been put on for the construction of the bicol internatiobnal airport in alobo,daraga albay, and therefore its status is already beyond the proposal stage(to the genuine legazpeeps and albaypeeps..correct me if im wrong...)

Ay, talaga Brandon? Wowowow, I am glad to hear that! That marks the cityhood of Daraga!

guys i think we should refrain from using the word proposed when we mean of the bicol international airport...the green light has been put on for the construction of the bicol internatiobnal airport in alobo,daraga albay, and therefore its status is already beyond the proposal stage(to the genuine legazpeeps and albaypeeps..correct me if im wrong...)

Correct and Confirmed! BICOL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT construction in Daraga is UP TO PAR and not a delusion. My friends just bought some lots in that area. Maybe Im next hehe..Annie Hills coz near to BIA.:banana:

Just left Legazpi, and Im here again in Cebu for some businesses. Thank you to Cebu Pacific for making way coz the fare really cuts down to the businessmen. This also opens good relationship between Cebu and Legazpi, and the entire Bicol as well. In the few months more businesses are coming to Legazpi from our mother Cebu hehe.. I feel excited about this.:lol:

Next time I'll post some pictures from BIA under construction. I just don't know how to post them here in the right place. It will take around 45 minutes from BIA to Daraga town proper. Well, that's typical nowadays for any airport just like in Iloilo, Bacolod, Cebu, Davao and Manila.

Legazpi should have taxi service.. What happened to our taxi cabs? Hmm that could be a good business next time hehe

My dearest legazpeeps, please inform your friends to read our posts right here. You know, this skyscraper gives so much help to our place. Don't you know that some businessmen are critically reading our posts? Because I told them so..:lol: So please help me also..Be active and maintain the high spirit. LEGAZPI should be known as LEGAZPI, as much as possible not with the mere tailend name BICOL. And it's happening now. In our group, if asked, from where are you? With pride: from Legazpi! And they knew now..Oh the Mayon as they will always say...:)

PM is a separate mall from Gaisano. If you are in Mindanao and Visayas.. GAISANO is well known. SM is nationwide well known as owned by the richest businessman in the Phils. Hail cause every key city in the Phils will have that SM in time. And Legazpi is a key city!

@megalgzp sa brgy burgos ba yung daan papuntang BIA?

@megalgzp sa brgy burgos ba yung daan papuntang BIA?

Yeah! A long trip indeed to BIA site. ^^ New subdivisions are mushrooming in that area.

Once the BIA opens in Daraga, there would be tremendous growth in its economy.

Once the BIA opens in Daraga, there would be tremendous growth in its economy.

Every key city I've been to having an international airport is blessed with economic growth. To date: Laoag, Gensan, Cebu, Davao, Zamboanga, Manila have international airport. Daraga is next!:cheers:

Embarcadero de Legazpi: The New Wave in the Economic Mainstream

Maybe you left your heart in San Francisco, but you will be surprised to find it in Embarcadero de Legazpi.
In his time, Tony Bennet's "I Left My Heart in San Fancisco" rose to the top of the charts. Now it already belongs to the all time favorite classic tunes. Reflective of the experience of century-old San Francisco Bay Area's life, it is the perfect song to sing after a visit to the premier waterfront tourist spot.
But today we find Legazpi City at the heart of the Bicol Region as an emerging skyscraper city where the same cultural experience pulsates with energy and vibe for tourists and shoppers.
Regarded as an ambitious project, Embarcadero de Legazpi is a major typhoon-resistant waterfront development, spearheaded by Misibis Land Inc. A 2.5-hectare complex that is to serve the home of specialty shops, restaurants, bars, and a centralized ICT park, it is designed to fast track economic development in the region and establish Legazpi City as a leader in business process outsourcing.
Consistent with its name, the business and leisure park will serve as an embarking point or dashboard that links to other destinations within the Bicol Region such as the Mayon Volcano, Vera Falls in Malinao, Sula Channel, the underground river of Pototan Cave, the giant Manta rays of Ticao Pass, the whalesharks of Donsol, the Nag-aso Boiling Lake of Manito, the Camarines Sur Watersports Complex and the Misibis Resorts, Estates and Spas.
An intricately designed 30-meter tall lighthouse made of high-grade steel and concrete accentuates the wharf not only as an architectural addition but also to render its functions in aiding navigation and piloting of boats and similar water crafts that enter its harbors.
Legazpi is currently considered as among the most competitive and most business-friendly cities in the country, that it has received citations from the the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Asian Institute of Management. It has also been awarded a national certificate recognizing it as a Special Economic Zone.
With the project finding its place in the city’s sea port by the Kapuntukan Hill (also widely known as “Sleeping Lion”) and conveniently facing the Pacific Ocean, the Embarcadero de Legazpi is slated to start its business operations this 2009; but even with the current construction ongoing, even a visit today to the site will already bring you smiles and wonder with its lively and breathtaking vista. :)

Source:http://thesweetstreet.blogspot.com/2009/02/embarcadero-de-legazpi-new-wave-in.html

Hey! Im afraid no one remembers me here anymore, my name is Patrick Garica from Tracy Cali! Ive been lurking here for the past 3 years and boy! has this forum grown! the fastest forum ive ever seen in regional category! very interesting! Im originally from E. Jacinto st albay i grew up in that neighborhood and have alot of memories of the old legazpi till 1985 till i left for the states in june of 85. i really missed legazpi and thru this website i watched the progress of my home town! it is really amazing to watch my city grow! i cant wait to go home and see for myself the progress that is long over due! can anyone post like a snapshot (googleearth) on where the BIA is going to be located??...thank u so much! DEX, MONSI...The rest of the pioneers and the newbees here, BEST REGARDS TO ALL OF U! im planning to go home in may, and ill b there in legazpi on the first week of june! c u guys!!!

I LOVE LEGAZPI!!!! MWAHHHHHHHHHH!

Hey! Im afraid no one remembers me here anymore, my name is Patrick Garica from Tracy Cali! Ive been lurking here for the past 3 years and boy! has this forum grown! the fastest forum ive ever seen in regional category! very interesting! Im originally from E. Jacinto st albay i grew up in that neighborhood and have alot of memories of the old legazpi till 1985 till i left for the states in june of 85. i really missed legazpi and thru this website i watched the progress of my home town! it is really amazing to watch my city grow! i cant wait to go home and see for myself the progress that is long over due! can anyone post like a snapshot (googleearth) on where the BIA is going to be located??...thank u so much! DEX, MONSI...The rest of the pioneers and the newbees here, BEST REGARDS TO ALL OF U! im planning to go home in may, and ill b there in legazpi on the first week of june! c u guys!!!

I LOVE LEGAZPI!!!! MWAHHHHHHHHHH!

Of course we still remember you! Welcome back! and enjoy your vacation! :rock:

Could it be possible that Jolibee Daraga be 24 hours also just like Old Albay's? :cheers:

I don't know. Basta they open at 4am. I think mcdo is 24 hours.

hello guys... anion pa si lola nindo sa koronadal city... sunday malayog na naman sa tacloban.

dex, salamat duman sa mga areial photos. great!

leo98, thanks also for sharing the news about my beloved hometown, daraga...

i wish palamigan bayan will reinvent itself para pwedeng makipag-sabayan sa mga fastfood giants such as jollibee and mcdo... simpleng restaurant kaito pero pigadayo ning kadakul na tawo. sa mga dai nakaka-aram, palamigan was famous for its pancit and halo-halo...

well, that was ages ago.....

haen na palan si kaniguan? dai ko aram ini, but how do you translate your handle in english?


hello lola felice! huni na po i kaniguan! yes. kaniguan is really in english. i like this word because it's very bicol!.

I think palamigan tried to reinvent itself as a fast food chain about 10 years ago but it didn't succeed. i remember they opened a branch in Bichara Mall and in Sagpon but it eventually closed down a few years later. But still, thier pancit is still the best-tasting pancit this side of the archipelago!

Triunfante creates virtual one-stop-shop for lots owners affected by airport construction

Written by Elmer James Bandol

Daraga Mayor Cicero C. Triunfante, in an instant, has created a virtual “one stop shop” for more than 200 lot and property owners affected by the proposed Bicol International Airport during a whole day public consultation held today at the Emergency Evacuation Center, at the third floor of the Public Market, here.

Representatives from Provincial Office of Assessor, Register of Deeds and Agrarian Reform, with their municipal counterparts were joined, in one setting, to act immediately on the different aspect of land problems facing more than 200 residents from six barangays who attended Triunfante’s invitation as head of the Special Technical Working Committee (STWC).

During the gathering it was presented that the most pressing problems arising are tax declaration, land title, interstate succession and agrarian reform including payment of improvements in the property aside from per square meter pay for the use of the lot depending its classification whether residential or agricultural.

Also to be resolved by the “one stop shop” office by using pro forma to be filled up by property owners, are problems like lost land titles, declaration of property and ownership and tax dues aside from the resettlement areas to be identified finally for the would-be-displaced families.

“We are also in the process of finalizing the inventory of the educational qualifications and skills of those families affected” said Triunfante, as man power is needed when construction of the airport and road networks begins. He added that Daraguenos are given preference for employment.

The STWC chair, who is a lawyer, also explained that the letters sent to land owners is to aid the committee and the Technical Working Group in identifying, clearing, inventory and appraisal, of the preparatory stage of the airport construction and part of the legal process.

Triunfante has reminded them the powers of the state to pass laws and ordinances; power to impose tax and immanent domain which could be used in acquiring the land for government and public purpose.

Mayor Triunfante explains to the crowd the powers of the state on how to use private lands for public purpose.

Questions raised include whether the land owner could still farm their lands while processing of their documents are still in progress, Mayor Triunfante answered affirmatively by saying that bidding process for the construction of the airport will go a long way.

http://daraga.gov.ph

Hey! Im afraid no one remembers me here anymore, my name is Patrick Garica from Tracy Cali! Ive been lurking here for the past 3 years and boy! has this forum grown! the fastest forum ive ever seen in regional category! very interesting! Im originally from E. Jacinto st albay i grew up in that neighborhood and have alot of memories of the old legazpi till 1985 till i left for the states in june of 85. i really missed legazpi and thru this website i watched the progress of my home town! it is really amazing to watch my city grow! i cant wait to go home and see for myself the progress that is long over due! can anyone post like a snapshot (googleearth) on where the BIA is going to be located??...thank u so much! DEX, MONSI...The rest of the pioneers and the newbees here, BEST REGARDS TO ALL OF U! im planning to go home in may, and ill b there in legazpi on the first week of june! c u guys!!!

I LOVE LEGAZPI!!!! MWAHHHHHHHHHH!

Hi Patrick. Yes, I still remember your name. Even when I was'nt participating in this forum yet I have read your name and you were one of those active participants before. Welcome back.

You should be related to either the Garcias of Sagpon (I know Lowell) or the family of the former DBP Manager of Legazpi whose house was beside ALECO (or LEALDA to the oldies like me and Lola Felice).

Welcome back.

Just left Legazpi, and Im here again in Cebu for some businesses. Thank you to Cebu Pacific for making way coz the fare really cuts down to the businessmen. This also opens good relationship between Cebu and Legazpi, and the entire Bicol as well. In the few months more businesses are coming to Legazpi from our mother Cebu hehe.. I feel excited about this.:lol:

Hi! Napupuno rin po ba ang Legazpi Cebu flight?

Pinarik...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Pinarik.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Estanza.jpg
^Estanza. Ei, Legazpeeps: This view will greet first time visitors to Legazpi in say, 2011/12(?),
from the proposed SLIA. I'll show you pix of "The Cut!" later.)

I wonder how the City would look like at night from Pinarik and Estanza...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/NightshotfromTaguntong.jpg
^...compared to that from AQ Peak/Taguntong above (and from Kimantong, Mt. Bariw, and Kapuntukan!).
Of course, you have seen posts showing the City at night from Lignon Hill.

Thanks Monsi for these great pictures. We really appreciate your efforts (and Dex too) in giving us updates on everything that is going on in Legazpi and Daraga. Please continue the excellent work you're doing guys.

As mega said, and I agree, Legazpi is similar to Davao in many ways by just looking at these pictures. Pinaric and Estanza are very similar to the hillside areas of Mintal and Calinan in Davao City. A good number of Manila based developers have set up high end development projects in those areas in Davao. The view from Pinaric and Estanza is terrific. How did you get to the place Monsi to take pictures? Did you take the Estanza road or you went up via Pinaric. How is the road there? Is there a road now going that place from Pinaric via Sagpon? To entice developers to even look at the area, the government must provide the infrastructure first. A first class road is a prime necessity. Estanza should be a priority because of its fantastic view of the city. A high end subdivision should now sell in the area. Imperial Homes was able to do it in Estanza with its low-cost housing. I wonder how Emma Imperial is doing now after ex-Mayor Goyito Imperial passed away. I was very impressed with Emma's projects in Legazpi until she went to Manila to expand her reach to Laguna and Cavite.She really went big time but it was unfortunate na medyo napabayaan na niya su Legazpi.


If I'm not mistaken, aside from the Estanza project, Imperial Homes also did the very nice subdivisions in the Buragwis/Puro area which are near the Embarcadero extension in Dapdap. I think they also did subdivisions in Ligao and Guinobatan. I hope she will takes a second look at Legazpi now.

Every key city I've been to having an international airport is blessed with economic growth. To date: Laoag, Gensan, Cebu, Davao, Zamboanga, Manila have international airport. Daraga is next!:cheers:

An airport with international capability will always spur rapid development in the locality. It will not be difficult anymore to invite tour operators to include Legazpi in their iteneraries because it will be cheaper to come over because it will now be a direct flight. With our so many beautiful tourist spots, it will not be hard to sell our place to tourists from our neighboring countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and China.

I'm glad to know that the development of the airport is now well on its way. Mega, we will greatly appreciate seeing the pictures you will take of the recent developments of the airport.

Hi! Napupuno rin po ba ang Legazpi Cebu flight?

yeah fully booked as always.

Cebu Pacific: 3X-4X in a day
PAL: 2X in a day
Zest Air: 1X in a day
PAL express: soon 1X in a day

To date Legazpi has 6-7 flights in a day, making it the busiest airport in the Bicol region with less delay, and having a baggage CONVEYOR! The plane ticket is CHEAPER!:banana:

^^PAL Express was formerly known as Air Philippines. Why would they rename it?

^^PAL Express was formerly known as Air Philippines. Why would they rename it?

PAL Express is different from Air Philippines although they are both owned by Lucio Tan. PAL Express is still part of PAL's corporate umbrella. It was organized as a division of PAL to handle its low cost flights. Air Philippines on the other hand is still existing with regular flights to the different cities in the country. Air Philippines still has a regular daily flight to Pili Airport.

Mega, is it true that PAL Express will also be fielding a daily flight to Legazpi?

PAL Express is different from Air Philippines although they are both owned by Lucio Tan. PAL Express is still part of PAL's corporate umbrella. It was organized as a division of PAL to handle its low cost flights. Air Philippines on the other hand is still existing with regular flights to the different cities in the country. Air Philippines still has a regular daily flight to Pili Airport.

Mega, is it true that PAL Express will also be fielding a daily flight to Legazpi?

yes, together with busuanga etc. Air Phils is always hmmp late! :lol:

PAL Express is different from Air Philippines although they are both owned by Lucio Tan. PAL Express is still part of PAL's corporate umbrella. It was organized as a division of PAL to handle its low cost flights. Air Philippines on the other hand is still existing with regular flights to the different cities in the country. Air Philippines still has a regular daily flight to Pili Airport.

Mega, is it true that PAL Express will also be fielding a daily flight to Legazpi?

Thanks Gary for enlightening me. What year did air philiippines stopped flying to Legazpi?What may be the reason?

Re-routing was the reason. We have good plane service as of now and the best in the region.

Pag taga Legazpi, Sorsogon etc sosyal talaga kc paairplane airplane na lang. Well, sawa na daw cla mag bus. Well, thanks for low air fare and meaning we have upgraded to a higher purchasing power coz imagine 6 flights in a day that is fully-booked won't come into reality if the consumers cannot afford to purchase it. ^^

I don't know. Basta they open at 4am. I think mcdo is 24 hours.

Mercury Daraga is 24 hours, therefore McDo which is just beside maybe 24 hours also. When is the opening of JY Grocery and Supermart in Daraga?
Meanwhile, College of Pharmacy is set to open in AQ this school year. Wow this is good news.:banana:

Thanks Gary for enlightening me. What year did air philiippines stopped flying to Legazpi?What may be the reason?

Air Philippines stopped its flight to Legazpi maybe 5 years ago. I do not really know why. Maybe low volume of passengers. As Mega said, they're always late so the people should have just stopped patronizing them. :( And their planes are vintage 737.

JY opens on March 31 along with MCDO. Isa lang po may-ari nun.

JY opens on March 31 along with MCDO. Isa lang po may-ari nun.

^^Kaniguan?! haha just kidding...thanks for your info...

Hello Legazpeeps! Glad to be back online after a few days away from the internet. hehe

I just had an Epiphany... :okay: What if they build a new train terminal over the red highlighted area on the image. Since this are will become the central bus terminal, might as well make it as an intermodal(interchange) terminal. This way it would guarantee a higher ridership for PNR since its just a spitting distance away from buses coming in and around the provinces and other transport modes. I think this is very feasible and viable. The old terminal can then be converted to another purpose or just a service terminal where they can do maintenance of the rolling stocks & locomotive and where they can do turn arounds if the trains don't come with locomotives on both ends.



Great idea, Neil! This will make transportation more efficient.

Pinarik...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Pinarik.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Estanza.jpg
^Estanza. Ei, Legazpeeps: This view will greet first time visitors to Legazpi in say, 2011/12(?),
from the proposed SLIA. I'll show you pix of "The Cut!" later.)

I wonder how the City would look like at night from Pinarik and Estanza...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/NightshotfromTaguntong.jpg
^...compared to that from AQ Peak/Taguntong above (and from Kimantong, Mt. Bariw, and Kapuntukan!).
Of course, you have seen posts showing the City at night from Lignon Hill.

^Great pictures as usual, Sir Monsi! The view from Estanza is great (just like the view from Ligñon, Taguntong, Kapuntukan Hill, Buraguis, etc.) Our city is blessed with several areas with a grand view.

Thanks Monsi for these great pictures. We really appreciate your efforts (and Dex too) in giving us updates on everything that is going on in Legazpi and Daraga. Please continue the excellent work you're doing guys.

As mega said, and I agree, Legazpi is similar to Davao in many ways by just looking at these pictures. Pinaric and Estanza are very similar to the hillside areas of Mintal and Calinan in Davao City. A good number of Manila based developers have set up high end development projects in those areas in Davao. The view from Pinaric and Estanza is terrific. How did you get to the place Monsi to take pictures? Did you take the Estanza road or you went up via Pinaric. How is the road there? Is there a road now going that place from Pinaric via Sagpon? To entice developers to even look at the area, the government must provide the infrastructure first. A first class road is a prime necessity. Estanza should be a priority because of its fantastic view of the city. A high end subdivision should now sell in the area. Imperial Homes was able to do it in Estanza with its low-cost housing. I wonder how Emma Imperial is doing now after ex-Mayor Goyito Imperial passed away. I was very impressed with Emma's projects in Legazpi until she went to Manila to expand her reach to Laguna and Cavite.She really went big time but it was unfortunate na medyo napabayaan na niya su Legazpi.

If I'm not mistaken, aside from the Estanza project, Imperial Homes also did the very nice subdivisions in the Buragwis/Puro area which are near the Embarcadero extension in Dapdap. I think they also did subdivisions in Ligao and Guinobatan. I hope she will takes a second look at Legazpi now.

^Thanks! If I were still Legazpi-based I would definitely flood this thread with update photos. Hehe. But for now I'll just wait for the next chance I get to go back home.

I agree. New high quality roads will open up these areas to more development. There is much potential for Legazpi City and Albay. I believe what we have now is only the tip of the iceberg.

Hey! Im afraid no one remembers me here anymore, my name is Patrick Garica from Tracy Cali! Ive been lurking here for the past 3 years and boy! has this forum grown! the fastest forum ive ever seen in regional category! very interesting! Im originally from E. Jacinto st albay i grew up in that neighborhood and have alot of memories of the old legazpi till 1985 till i left for the states in june of 85. i really missed legazpi and thru this website i watched the progress of my home town! it is really amazing to watch my city grow! i cant wait to go home and see for myself the progress that is long over due! can anyone post like a snapshot (googleearth) on where the BIA is going to be located??...thank u so much! DEX, MONSI...The rest of the pioneers and the newbees here, BEST REGARDS TO ALL OF U! im planning to go home in may, and ill b there in legazpi on the first week of june! c u guys!!!

I LOVE LEGAZPI!!!! MWAHHHHHHHHHH!

Of course we remember you. Glad to have you back here in the thread hehe

Pag taga Legazpi, Sorsogon etc sosyal talaga kc paairplane airplane na lang. Well, sawa na daw cla mag bus.

Actually, hindi naman po sosyal mag plane. Hehe. For example, I just take advantage of the promo fares. My last trip back home was only 56 pesos return trip. Hehe. Thanks to the zero fare promo of Cebu Pacific last December. So all in all, what I spent for transpo during my last trip was less expensive than a one-way aircon bus ticket from Manila to Legaspi.

BTW, I hope someone can take a photo of the logo for Legazpi's 50th charter day celebration. Thanks in advance! :colgate:

Legazpi should have taxi service.. What happened to our taxi cabs? Hmm that could be a good business next time hehe

Are you thinking of putting up a taxi service in Legazpi? Then hurry up because you already have competition:

30 bagong units nin taxi, malulunadan sa masunod na bulan sa Albay - LTFRB (http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=68905)
2/5/2009 9:31:21 AM

LEGAZPI CITY-- Trentang bagong units nin taxi an nakatalaan na bukasan sa provincia nin Albay sa masunod na bulan. Haros kasabay na man ini kan pagbubukas kan Legazpi City Integrated Bus Terminal asin darakulang negosyo sa ciudad.

Segun ki Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Bicol Regional Director Marcelo Salud, sarong kumpanya soboot nin sasakyan an nagdulok sa saindang opisina asin nagpahayag nin interes na mag-invest kan saindang negosyo sa provincia.

Bukas man soboot sa siisay na passenger vehicle operator an sinambit ng kumpanya nganing magtabang sa pagpapauswag kan serbisyo kan public transportation gamit an taxi. Pangenot na katuyuhan soboot kani iyu an pagserbihan an mga turistang mapasiring sa arinman na banwaan kan Bicol partikularmente tuyong banggi.

Pinaglinaw man kan opisyal na dai man maapektaran kani an sektor kan tricycle sa Legazpi City huli na magkaiba man an saindang kliyente. Nakikipag-koordinar na ngonian an LTFRB sa mga Local Goverment Units sa rehiyon para sa nakatalaan na pagbubukas kan operasyon kan taxi sa Bicol region.

Hmm pls take a look at this one: http://bahay.ph/ads/28753/lot-land-farm/legazpi-city.html
I did not post it cause maybe it's not allowed here. If I have the money I'll buy it hehe. Robinsons grabbed it? :banana:

That's 8.3 hectares of real estate in a strategic location within the city. I wonder how much it costs.

;33682714']Are you thinking of putting up a taxi service in Legazpi? Then hurry up because you already have competition:

30 bagong units nin taxi, malulunadan sa masunod na bulan sa Albay - LTFRB (http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=68905)
2/5/2009 9:31:21 AM

LEGAZPI CITY-- Trentang bagong units nin taxi an nakatalaan na bukasan sa provincia nin Albay sa masunod na bulan. Haros kasabay na man ini kan pagbubukas kan Legazpi City Integrated Bus Terminal asin darakulang negosyo sa ciudad.

Segun ki Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Bicol Regional Director Marcelo Salud, sarong kumpanya soboot nin sasakyan an nagdulok sa saindang opisina asin nagpahayag nin interes na mag-invest kan saindang negosyo sa provincia.

Bukas man soboot sa siisay na passenger vehicle operator an sinambit ng kumpanya nganing magtabang sa pagpapauswag kan serbisyo kan public transportation gamit an taxi. Pangenot na katuyuhan soboot kani iyu an pagserbihan an mga turistang mapasiring sa arinman na banwaan kan Bicol partikularmente tuyong banggi.

Pinaglinaw man kan opisyal na dai man maapektaran kani an sektor kan tricycle sa Legazpi City huli na magkaiba man an saindang kliyente. Nakikipag-koordinar na ngonian an LTFRB sa mga Local Goverment Units sa rehiyon para sa nakatalaan na pagbubukas kan operasyon kan taxi sa Bicol region.

thanks dex for that article. Our group will need double effort, ahhhmmm we were surpassed. Well, that's okay..we'll move fast now. thnx^^

JY opens on March 3<textarea name="message" id="vB_Editor_001_textarea" rows="10" cols="60" style="display:block; width:540px; height:250px" tabindex="1" dir="ltr">[QUOTE=kaniguan78;33678028]JY opens on March 31 along with MCDO. Isa lang po may-ari nun.

JY is owned by Jerson Yao whose wife is a part owner of McDo. They used to own ACA Video in Legazpi

The building next to Mercury and Mcdo in Daraga has LBC, Landbank and other stores. This is a good BU entrepreneurship strategy.
The lot infront Ago residence and AQ hospital is an eyesore. Is it supposedly to be a subdivision? Oh it has so much potential. :nuts:

wow magkakataxi na ulit sa legazpi...sana iisa lang ang kulay nila para uniform..maganda kulay orange or gold para kitang kita na taxi...kung green color kasi prone sa accident eh...kung sabagay sa tingin ko kelangan na rin na may taxi na kasi lumalaki na ang urban areas sa albay...tatlo na ang cities natin tapos heto pa ang daraga...

Hi Patrick. Yes, I still remember your name. Even when I was'nt participating in this forum yet I have read your name and you were one of those active participants before. Welcome back.

You should be related to either the Garcias of Sagpon (I know Lowell) or the family of the former DBP Manager of Legazpi whose house was beside ALECO (or LEALDA to the oldies like me and Lola Felice).

Welcome back.

Heyyyy! yessss! Lowell is my brother but he already passed away back in 2001. Finally someone knows my family! lol! U should know Glenn also...hes currently there right now...

Thanks for welcoming me again guys! Keep this forum growing!! I still didnt get the answer for where that BIA is going to be located...

Thanks!...HAVE AN AWESOME DAY!!!

DOT Sec. Durano, nabugtak sa peligro an buhay sa Legazpi City airport (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=75411)

3/14/2009 6:48:08 PM

LEGAZPI CITY -- Nabigla an mga nag-aabang sa Legazpi City airport sa pag-abot ni Tourism Secretary Ace Durano huli naman sa nanutaran na dikit ng pagsalpukan kan eroplano kan Cebu Pacific asin kotse sa laog kan eropuerto.

Basado sa mga testigo, nagkakapirang metro na sana soboot an rayo kan lunadan sa papalapag na eroplano sa Legazpi airport para ini magsalpukan.

Gikan sa Cebu si Durano kairiba an pamilya kani lunad kan Cebu Pacific EPR flight na malapag bandang alas 2:10 nin hapon kan biglang suminulpot an sarong lite ace sa tahaw kan run way kan Legazpi airport.

Napag-aramang aki palan kan Area Manager kan Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) an lunad kan kotse na binistong si Frisco Sto. Domingo Jr.

Huli naman sa pangyayari magkahalong dagit asin paghandal an ipinahayag ni Mayor Noel Rosal asin DOT Bicol Regional Director Maria Nini Ravanilla na masabat kutana sa sekretaryo sa pasaway na si Sto. Domingo.

Kinakarkulong labi sa sisentang mga pasahero an lunad kan Cebu Pacific Plane an naisalbar sa peligro kan magdesisyon an piloto na liwat na i-take off an eroplano nganing makaibitar sa sinambit ng aksidente.

hi guys, i have heard some rumors that a golf course is said to be built in the vicinity of the barangay Puro and Lamba, a land that a particular Mr. Pineda owns. guys if you know something about this, hehehe, share naman dyan, parang exciting kasi.

DOT Sec. Durano, nabugtak sa peligro an buhay sa Legazpi City airport (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=75411)

3/14/2009 6:48:08 PM

LEGAZPI CITY -- Nabigla an mga nag-aabang sa Legazpi City airport sa pag-abot ni Tourism Secretary Ace Durano huli naman sa nanutaran na dikit ng pagsalpukan kan eroplano kan Cebu Pacific asin kotse sa laog kan eropuerto.

Basado sa mga testigo, nagkakapirang metro na sana soboot an rayo kan lunadan sa papalapag na eroplano sa Legazpi airport para ini magsalpukan.

Gikan sa Cebu si Durano kairiba an pamilya kani lunad kan Cebu Pacific EPR flight na malapag bandang alas 2:10 nin hapon kan biglang suminulpot an sarong lite ace sa tahaw kan run way kan Legazpi airport.

Napag-aramang aki palan kan Area Manager kan Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) an lunad kan kotse na binistong si Frisco Sto. Domingo Jr.

Huli naman sa pangyayari magkahalong dagit asin paghandal an ipinahayag ni Mayor Noel Rosal asin DOT Bicol Regional Director Maria Nini Ravanilla na masabat kutana sa sekretaryo sa pasaway na si Sto. Domingo.

Kinakarkulong labi sa sisentang mga pasahero an lunad kan Cebu Pacific Plane an naisalbar sa peligro kan magdesisyon an piloto na liwat na i-take off an eroplano nganing makaibitar sa sinambit ng aksidente.

Geez! This is crazy! Thats the last thing we need in the city. Tsk...tsk..tsk... Meron naman sirens pag may maglalanding diba? Wasn't he even paying attention? This is plain stupidity. How old is he? I'm speculating he is a teenager. Those kids are not supposed to be allowed to drive on public roads without a licensed driver with him much less in the airport taxiway and runway premises.

Geez! This is crazy! Thats the last thing we need in the city. Tsk...tsk..tsk... Meron naman sirens pag may maglalanding diba? Wasn't he even paying attention? This is plain stupidity. How old is he? I'm speculating he is a teenager. Those kids are not supposed to be allowed to drive on public roads without a licensed driver with him much less in the airport taxiway and runway premises.

Ito Update Dyan Olineil:)



Legazpi Airport chief, dagos ng sinikadan sa pwesto

3/16/2009 7:16:38 PM

LEGAZPI CITY - Dai na nagibo pang magpaliwanag kan saiyang lado sa nangyaring insidente sa Legazpi airport, dagos ng sinikadan sa saiyang puwesto si Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Chief Frisco Sto. Domingo.

Sa report na ipinaabot sa Bombo Radyo Legazpi kan mga lokal na opisyal kan Albay, tulos na nagdesisyon soboot si Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza nganing tanggalon sa puwesto si Sto. Domingo.

Naenot digdi, haros magkakasabay na nagsulat sinda Mayor Noel Rosal kan Legazpi City asin Gov. Joey Salceda kan Albay sa DOTC nganing hagadon an tulos na imbestigasyon sa kaso.

Magigirumduman na kan nagtalikod na aldaw nin Sabado nin hapon kan mangyari an dikit ng pagsasalpukan kan Cebu Pacific Plane na piglulunadan ni Tourism Secretary Ace Durano asin pamilya kani asin sarong kotseng nagbalyo sa runway kan Legazpi airport mantang papalapag an nasabing eroplano.

Source: http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=75746

Mayor wants entire Civil Aviation
Authority office in Legazpi City sacked (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/march/17/yehey/prov/20090317pro2.html)


LEGAZPI CITY: Following a near-disaster incident at the Legazpi City Domestic Airport on Saturday afternoon involving the son of Civil Aviation Authority regional director Frisco Santo Domingo Sr., Mayor Noel Rosal recommended to Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza the removal of the entire CAAP personnel immediately here.

Besides 72 CAAP personnel the Philippine National Police (PNP) aviation security group (PNP-ASG) personnel are also in hot water due to their negligence and inefficient security measures for allowing the son of director Frisco Santo Domingo Sr., to drive a car and cross the airport’s runway despite the regulations set by the air transportation authority.

The PNP-ASG led by Supt. Emma*nuel Talento is a support unit overseeing the security and other procedural matters to ensure safety measures within the airport premises.

“I was fuming mad. If not for the alertness and presence of mind of the French pilot, it could have been a major and catastrophic air disaster in the country specifically in Legazpi City for the first time,” Rosal said.

The Cebu Pacific flight 5J172 was fully loaded with 88 passengers that included Tourism Secretary Ace Durano and members of his family.

Mayor Rosal and Tourism director of Bicol Maria Nini Ravanilla were then at the arrival area of the domestic airport to welcome Secretary Durano.

Mayor Rosal said that manager Santo Domingo was not in the office when the incident occurred.

“I talked to the pilot of Cebu Pacific, he told me that it could have been a major air tragedy. It was the pilot’s split second decision that aborted the landing. I recommended the immediate removal of Santo Domingo and his staff for negligence and poor management,” Mayor Noel Rosal told The Manila Times.

Mayor Rosal who had witnessed the near air disaster along with Tourism director Maria Nini Ravanilla of Bicol said Santo Domingo is liable for his serious negligence. Despite strict policies, a Lite-Ace van with his son driving crossed the runway of Legazpi airport.

“How could he allow his son to use the runway as access road? I am the mayor here and I respect the airport’s policy,” said Mayor Rosal.

Unconfirmed reports said that Frisco Santo Domingo Jr., suddenly crossed the airport runway to show off to his girlfriend that he could use the airport runway as access road on their way to the civil aviation office. But local authorities here neither confirmed nor denied the report.

SPO1 Romulo Letada Jr., said the gray Lite-Ace van with plate number RBX103 driven by Frisco Santo Do*mingo Jr. crossed the runway shortly before the arrival of the Cebu Pacific flights from Cebu-Legazpi vice versa.

Capt. Christopher Nowicki, a French pilot of the Cebu Pacific aborted and maneuvered the landing plane upwards to evade a gray Lite van that suddenly crossed the runway to prevent major air tragedy.

Immediately after the incident, Nowicki proceeded to the aviation security police office and filed a complaint. An unverified report stated that a lone employee was in charge of the control tower instead of three personnel working altogether at the time Nowicki went to the civil aviation authority office to file his complaint.

It was pointed out that had Nowicki’s plane been a jet, not a propeller-driven one it could have been very hard to abort the landing.
-- Rhaydz B. Barcia

Even if the airport have sirens... still it is not permitted to drive private cars inside the airport runway knowing that the city airport have at least 5-6 flights daily...

dakulang kasusupgan talaga ini and dapat talaga patalsikon or conduct an immediate investigation regarding this. About the son..... put him also in JAIL... if its really a show off to his girlfriend that he and his dad are powerful sa airport then its not funny.... the plane could have turned into a big fire ball and caused so many fatalities.....

Ano nangyayari dyan sa mga airport officials? another thing is kung totoo.... isang tao lang administering the control tower??? wow ang galing naman... sad news very sad news...

DOT Sec. Durano, nabugtak sa peligro an buhay sa Legazpi City airport (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=75411)



Ito Update Dyan Olineil:)

Legazpi Airport chief, dagos ng sinikadan sa pwesto

Source: http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=75746

Mayor wants entire Civil Aviation
Authority office in Legazpi City sacked (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/march/17/yehey/prov/20090317pro2.html)



^^Idiots. I'm glad they're fired. DOTC, wake up.:?

thanks dex for that article. Our group will need double effort, ahhhmmm we were surpassed. Well, that's okay..we'll move fast now. thnx^^

ahh ok. wateber. :clown:

This is a wake up call. I think justice was immediate. The good thing is that the plane landed safe. :)

7,000 Islands and As Many Flavors (http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20090315-194235/7000-Islands-and-As-Many-Flavors)
By Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Excerpt:

In Legaspi, Waway’s (near the airport) is an all-time favorite. Three vegetable dishes: Gulay na Natong ( a.k.a. laing), Gulay na Sili (a.k.a. Bikol Express) and a not-too-common dish of paropagolong (segadilyas or winged beans) given personality by flakes of tinapa (smoked fish), then cooked in gata. For vegetable, chili and coconut lovers, Waway’s is still worth the visit.

Ito Update Dyan Olineil:)



Legazpi Airport chief, dagos ng sinikadan sa pwesto

3/16/2009 7:16:38 PM

LEGAZPI CITY - Dai na nagibo pang magpaliwanag kan saiyang lado sa nangyaring insidente sa Legazpi airport, dagos ng sinikadan sa saiyang puwesto si Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Chief Frisco Sto. Domingo.

Sa report na ipinaabot sa Bombo Radyo Legazpi kan mga lokal na opisyal kan Albay, tulos na nagdesisyon soboot si Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza nganing tanggalon sa puwesto si Sto. Domingo.

Naenot digdi, haros magkakasabay na nagsulat sinda Mayor Noel Rosal kan Legazpi City asin Gov. Joey Salceda kan Albay sa DOTC nganing hagadon an tulos na imbestigasyon sa kaso.

Magigirumduman na kan nagtalikod na aldaw nin Sabado nin hapon kan mangyari an dikit ng pagsasalpukan kan Cebu Pacific Plane na piglulunadan ni Tourism Secretary Ace Durano asin pamilya kani asin sarong kotseng nagbalyo sa runway kan Legazpi airport mantang papalapag an nasabing eroplano.

Source: http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=75746

I QOUTE DOMING PANESA!"SUS nasanang mga pasaway! WANNE!!! yan ang makua nindo!"

Based on 2007 COA Report, below is the list of cities in the Bicol Region ranked in terms of their annual income;

1. Naga - Php463.677 million (ranked 51st nationwide)
2. Legazpi - 418.630 million (59th nationwide)
3. Sorsogon - 342.767 million (77th nationwide)
4. Ligao - 276.746 million (96th nationwide)
5. Masbate - 241.023 million (105th nationwide)
6. Tabaco - 240.427 million (106th nationwide)
7. Iriga - 236.661 million (111th nationwide)


From the Naga thread. I was thinking how Ligao could be richer than the three other cities, and why Iriga is seventh.

I would like to be clarified on how income is determined. Thanks!

I QOUTE DOMING PANESA!"SUS nasanang mga pasaway! WANNE!!! yan ang makua nindo!"

:lol: Dapat lang talaga na sibakon ito.

I QOUTE DOMING PANESA!"SUS nasanang mga pasaway! WANNE!!! yan ang makua nindo!"

It's "plane" stupidity! :bash:

Ano kaya ang feeling ng isang pasahero na naglanding na yung plane na sinasakyan nya and after a few seconds nag take off uli? :ohno:

I had an experience on in 2007 on a PAL flight to Manila, the plane was just finished taxeing and was ready to take off. Nung bumebwelo na sya, bigla sa huminto, bumalik, bwelo ulit, huminto na naman. It did this for three times until we eventually took off. We were already wondering what's wrong with the plane. Sabi, nung ibang pssengers wala daw power yung plane! That was scary. We didn't know the reason until after I got home from my trip to Manila. Yun pala may aso sa runway. Imagine, aso lang yun a.:ohno:

It's "plane" stupidity! :bash:

Ano kaya ang feeling ng isang pasahero na naglanding na yung plane na sinasakyan nya and after a few seconds nag take off uli? :ohno:

I had an experience on in 2007 on a PAL flight to Manila, the plane was just finished taxeing and was ready to take off. Nung bumebwelo na sya, bigla sa huminto, bumalik, bwelo ulit, huminto na naman. It did this for three times until we eventually took off. We were already wondering what's wrong with the plane. Sabi, nung ibang pssengers wala daw power yung plane! That was scary. We didn't know the reason until after I got home from my trip to Manila. Yun pala may aso sa runway. Imagine, aso lang yun a.:ohno:

Yeah. As I was reading the news articles, I imagined what the passengers felt during the whole ordeal. Must be really scary.

From the Naga thread. I was thinking how Ligao could be richer than the three other cities, and why Iriga is seventh.

I would like to be clarified on how income is determined. Thanks!

Yeah, me too. I hope garycooper can enlighten us...

Albay Municipalities ranked according to Annual Income (2007)

Daraga - 125.109 million
Bacacay - 84.896 million
Polangui - 84.3 million
Guinobatan - 81.851 million
Tiwi - 72.719 million
Camalig - 69.98 million
Libon - 69.371 million
Oas - 68.448 million
Pio Duran - 53.693 million
Sto. Domingo - 44.262 million
Malinao - 43.964 million
Rapu-Rapu - 43.009 million
Malilipot - 41.538 million
Manito - 32.177 million
Jovellar - 29.285 million

Daraga, expected. Bacacay, surprising. I hope those earning 50 million and above will maintain their performance for the next three years. And the rest, I hope they continue to increase their annual income.

Municipalities are divided into income classes according to their average annual income during the last three calendar years:

1st class P50,000,000 or more.
2nd class P40,000,000 or more but less than P50,000,000.
3rd class P30,000,000 or more but less than P40,000,000.
4th class P20,000,000 or more but less than P30,000,000.
5th class P10,000,000 or more but less than P20,000,000.
6th class Below P10,000,000

;33726968']Yeah, me too. I hope garycooper can enlighten us...

Albay Municipalities ranked according to Annual Income (2007)

Daraga - 125.109 million
Bacacay - 84.896 million
Polangui - 84.3 million
Guinobatan - 81.851 million
Tiwi - 72.719 million
Camalig - 69.98 million
Libon - 69.371 million
Oas - 68.448 million
Pio Duran - 53.693 million
Sto. Domingo - 44.262 million
Malinao - 43.964 million
Rapu-Rapu - 43.009 million
Malilipot - 41.538 million
Manito - 32.177 million
Jovellar - 29.285 million

Daraga, expected. Bacacay, surprising. I hope those earning 50 million and above will maintain their performance for the next three years. And the rest, I hope they continue to increase their annual income.

Which means, Dex, that except for Manito and Jovellar, all our towns are either second (four of them) or first (nine of them) class if only to base their classification on the 2007 income. What about your dearly loved Albay?

^That means that the municipal income classification criteria should be revised upwards soon or else, almost all our municipalities could become first class soon. :lol:

From the Naga thread. I was thinking how Ligao could be richer than the three other cities, and why Iriga is seventh.

I would like to be clarified on how income is determined. Thanks!

Based on 2007 COA Report, below is the list of cities in the Bicol Region ranked in terms of their annual income;

1. Naga - Php463.677 million (ranked 51st nationwide)
2. Legazpi - 418.630 million (59th nationwide)
3. Sorsogon - 342.767 million (77th nationwide)
4. Ligao - 276.746 million (96th nationwide)
5. Masbate - 241.023 million (105th nationwide)
6. Tabaco - 240.427 million (106th nationwide)
7. Iriga - 236.661 million (111th nationwide)



Legazpeños should be proud of their city's performance in terms of annual income (2007) which is actually very good considering the fact that we don't have (yet) high-end subdivisions, more banks, more coffee shops (lol), more fast food chains and etc etc. :lol: As I said, what we have now is only the tip of the iceberg.

;33727458']^That means that the municipal income classification criteria should be revised upwards soon or else, almost all our municipalities could become first class soon. :lol:



Legazpeños should be proud of their city's performance in terms of annual income (2007) which is actually very good considering the fact that we don't have (yet) high-end subdivisions, more banks, more coffee shops (lol), more fast food chains and etc etc. :lol: As I said, what we have now is only the tip of the iceberg.

haha correct! And the money is well dispersed to neighboring towns and cities of Albay. Yan and Arriba Albay, Sararo Sarabay...Daramay!!:lol:

;33727458']^That means that the municipal income classification criteria should be revised upwards soon or else, almost all our municipalities could become first class soon. :lol:



Legazpeños should be proud of their city's performance in terms of annual income (2007) which is actually very good considering the fact that we don't have (yet) high-end subdivisions, more banks, more coffee shops (lol), more fast food chains and etc etc. :lol: As I said, what we have now is only the tip of the iceberg.

And drug stores, hahaha! Natawa naman ako sa'yo. I am happy for my father's hometown of Jovellar.

@leo98, here are the high-resolution versions of the aerial photos I posted a while back. Just click on the thumbnails to view the large image :)

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5695/dsc1639.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5695/dsc1639.jpg) http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3224/dsc1640.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3224/dsc1640.jpg)

;33727458']^That means that the municipal income classification criteria should be revised upwards soon or else, almost all our municipalities could become first class soon. :lol:



Legazpeños should be proud of their city's performance in terms of annual income (2007) which is actually very good considering the fact that we don't have (yet) high-end subdivisions, more banks, more coffee shops (lol), more fast food chains and etc etc. :lol: As I said, what we have now is only the tip of the iceberg.

true.true.true!! yehey!!!...pero bakit maulan ngayon dito sa manila...ngeks akala ko summer na....
Mabuhay ang Legazpi City!!! Mabuhay ang Albay!!! Mabuhay kitang mga Legazpeeps at albaypeeps!!! and we should be thankful to our Almighty God for all the blessings that He showered upon our mother province!!!

Thanks to the fiscal prudence of the provincial government and more importantly because of the aid we have been receiving from all over the world after the 2006 disasters, Albay is one of the top LGUs in the country with substantial cash in bank.

Now, what we all need to do is to keep a close watch on these figures and make sure that the funds will be used for the good of the Albayanos and the goodwill extended to us by various countries will not be wasted.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8852/albaysavings.jpg

Source (http://www.coa.gov.ph/Reports/AFR/2007AFR-Local-Vol3-A.pdf)

And again, surprise... Apparently Bacacay has substantial cash in bank.

And drug stores, hahaha! Natawa naman ako sa'yo. I am happy for my father's hometown of Jovellar.

:colgate:

;33728250']Thanks to the fiscal prudence of the provincial government and more importantly because of the aid we have been receiving from all over the world after the 2006 disasters, Albay is one of the top LGUs in the country with substantial cash in bank.

Now, what we all need to do is to keep a close watch on these figures to make sure that the funds will be used for the good of the Albayanos and that the goodwill extended to us by various countries will not be wasted.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8852/albaysavings.jpg

Source (http://www.coa.gov.ph/Reports/AFR/2007AFR-Local-Vol3-A.pdf)

And again, surprise... Apparently Bacacay has substantial cash in bank.





Oh, I read that too. I am happy for Bacacay as well, second to Daraga!

;33728036']@leo98, here are the high-resolution versions of the aerial photos I posted a while back. Just click on the thumbnails to view the large image :)

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5695/dsc1639.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5695/dsc1639.jpg) http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3224/dsc1640.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3224/dsc1640.jpg)

Thank you, Dex. That's despite the fact I am not Leo. Hahaha! I saved the picture anyway.

:banana::banana::banana::banana:

Guys i sum up all of albay's municipalities and the three cities' 2007 income and heres what Albay got for the CY2007: Php 1.880 billion...whew!!!

Hmm. That would be good but I don't think that's how the provincial income is computed. From COA's records, Albay's annual income for 2007 was Php719 million.

I think, the figures for the province are separate from those of the cities and municipalities. Actually, nakakalito.

And Legazpi City is only 50 years old. Baguio is 100. Maybe in the next 50 years, where will Legazpi could be? Oh Mayon..Thank you..:lol:

;33728920']Hmm. That would be good but I don't think that's how the provincial income is computed. From COA's records, Albay's annual income for 2007 was Php719 million.

ngeks...mali pala..papano kaya pag compute nyan kasi sum up mo lahat ng municipalties ng albay excluding the three cities nasa 900+ M na eh...anyway ierase ko na lang.hehe

Heyyyy! yessss! Lowell is my brother but he already passed away back in 2001. Finally someone knows my family! lol! U should know Glenn also...hes currently there right now...

Thanks for welcoming me again guys! Keep this forum growing!! I still didnt get the answer for where that BIA is going to be located...


Here, I hope this helps... This is just an approximation because I don't know the exact location of Brgy. Alobo:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8535/biamapc.jpg

The yellow lines are roads while the white lines are PNR tracks.

Aviation official's son nearly causes disaster at Legazpi airport (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=449312&publicationSubCategoryId=63)
By Celso Amo Updated March 17, 2009 12:00 AM

LEGAZPI CITY , Philippines – Mayor Noel Rosal has requested the immediate transfer and suspension of Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) head Frisco Sto. Domingo for negligence after a Cebu Pacific plane almost collided with a Toyota Lite-Ace van driven by the aviation official’s son last Saturday afternoon.

The plane was carrying 80 passengers including Tourism Secretary Ace Durano and his family. Rosal said he and his party as well as Tourism regional director Nini Ravanilla were waiting for Durano’s arrival from Cebu onboard the 3:30 p.m. Cebu Pacific flight SJ172 when they saw the plane suddenly abort landing as a gray Toyota Lite Ace van crossed the runway from out of nowhere.

“I was surprised when the plane piloted by French national Christopher Nowioki suddenly aborted landing and took off, upon touching at the west side of the tarmac,” Rosal told The STAR in an interview yesterday. Rosal said he became worried when he saw the Lite-Ace van moving fast on the runway. The van was driven by Sto. Domingo’s son Luis, who was teaching his girlfriend how to drive that afternoon.

After deplaning, Nowioki went to the aviation security police office to file a complaint. “That van could have turned us into a fireball had I not successfully aborted landing,” Nowioki told Rosal. “All the passengers could have already been dead,” he said. “It could have been a disaster if not for the presence of mind of a veteran pilot,” Rosal added. Reports also said many of the passengers wept after the near-death incident. Secretary Durano, who was accompanied by his wife and two children, was Rosal’s special guest in inspecting tourism projects in Legazpi, like the Lignon Hill Park, the Embarcadero and other projects.

According to reports, the younger Sto. Domingo was teaching his girlfriend how to drive inside the airport. He has been using the airport as access road in going to his residence and must have thought all the flights were completed in the morning and so he could use the runway in the afternoon. Rosal said that there are now six daily flights using the city airport. He wondered why Sto. Domingo tolerates his son’s use of the runway when he has ordered that no vehicle should pass the tarmac or even the parking area.

“Why did he allow his son to cross the tarmac which has threatened the lives of all the airplane passengers who come here?” Rosal said. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda has also asked Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza to relieve Sto. Domingo. He advised Sto. Domingo to file his immediate retirement.

“The increasing number of flights at the city airport as well as the new Bicol International Airport to be constructed at Barangay Alobo in Daraga town shows that such violation of basic safety rules is a disgrace to our rising reputation as a tourism destination, a disservice to the riding public and temporary setback to our tourism effort,” Salceda said.

He said the new CAAP personnel could still improve their system and upgrade equipment to ensure the safety of the riding public. Rosal has also requested Mendoza to conduct an investigation of the incident. He likewise asked Mendoza to issue a preventive suspension order on Sto. Domingo so that he would be inhibited from influencing the investigation. Meanwhile, the CAAP yesterday ordered a thorough probe into the incident. CAAP director general Ruben Ciron said he has already instructed a panel of five investigators, led by Capt. Jose Saplan, chief of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board, along with representatives from the Security, Administrative, Legal Divisions and the Flight Standards and Inspectorate Service (FSIS), to determine the culpability of erring parties involved in the incident.

Prior to the landing of Cebu Pacific, the Legaspi control tower noted heavy rains, inducing poor visibility at the runway and its periphery. In a statement, Sto. Domingo declared shortly after the incident that he did not hear the siren or see the incoming Cebu Pacific plane, apparently due to poor visibility. But Ciron said this excuse “does not absolve Sto. Domingo of his liability.” – With Rainier Allan Ronda

;33728036']@leo98, here are the high-re<textarea name="message" id="vB_Editor_001_textarea" rows="10" cols="60" style="display:block; width:540px; height:250px" tabindex="1" dir="ltr">[QUOTE='[dx];33728036']@leo98, here are the high-resolution versions of the aerial photos I posted a while back. Just click on the thumbnails to view the large image :)

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5695/dsc1639.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5695/dsc1639.jpg) http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3224/dsc1640.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3224/dsc1640.jpg)

Thanks a lot Dx!

Oh my, ang cheap ng reason ng pagkasibak! Hahahaha! Pang-teleserye. Just think of, lovers learning how to drive a car inside the airport and then here comes the plane for a touchdown (is that even the right word?) and if things weren't they way they were, the plane could have crashed.

These are the very things "officials" shouldn't condone. Nakakahiya!

Which means, Dex, that except for Manito and Jovellar, all our towns are either second (four of them) or first (nine of them) class if only to base their classification on the 2007 income. What about your dearly loved Albay?

I was wondering about Camalig. Of late, there was an announcement it had been reclassified as first class.

EDITORIAL - Driving lessons (PHILSTAR.COM)
Updated March 17, 2009 12:00 AM


Eighty passengers on a domestic flight narrowly escaped disaster in Bicol over the weekend. Only the deft handling by the pilot of the Cebu Pacific flight kept the plane from colliding with a Lite Ace van on the tarmac of the Legazpi City airport Saturday afternoon. French pilot Christopher Nowioki managed to make the plane climb back up moments after it touched down.

What was the van doing on the tarmac? An airport VIP, the son of the head of the local office of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, was teaching his girlfriend how to drive, according to reports from Legazpi. For Luis Sto. Domingo Jr., nothing less than an airport tarmac would do for the precious driving lessons. The younger Sto. Domingo also reportedly used the tarmac as access road to his home.

There was no immediate comment yesterday from the privileged driving tutor’s father, Frisco Sto. Domingo, probably because Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal was fuming over the incident. Rosal was at the airport to welcome Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, who was on the Cebu Pacific flight, and was surprised when the plane took off as soon as it touched down.

Apart from vans where private driving lessons are given, it would not be surprising to see cattle, dogs and goats on Philippine airport tarmacs. In several airports, children can enter the airport grounds from shanties straddling the perimeter walls. As the case in Legazpi showed, tarmacs can also be used as access roads to private residences.

Mayor Rosal is seeking immediate sanctions on the elder Sto. Domingo. The driving tutor must also be held liable for entering a restricted area and endangering the safety of a commercial flight. Unless sanctions are imposed, this dangerous incident will be dismissed as Pinoy comedy and may be repeated. And the next time, disaster may not be averted.

;33726968']Yeah, me too. I hope garycooper can enlighten us...

Albay Municipalities ranked according to Annual Income (2007)

Daraga - 125.109 million
Bacacay - 84.896 million
Polangui - 84.3 million
Guinobatan - 81.851 million
Tiwi - 72.719 million
Camalig - 69.98 million
Libon - 69.371 million
Oas - 68.448 million
Pio Duran - 53.693 million
Sto. Domingo - 44.262 million
Malinao - 43.964 million
Rapu-Rapu - 43.009 million
Malilipot - 41.538 million
Manito - 32.177 million
Jovellar - 29.285 million

Daraga, expected. Bacacay, surprising. I hope those earning 50 million and above will maintain their performance for the next three years. And the rest, I hope they continue to increase their annual income.

LGU income is derived from Tax Revenues (Property Tax, Taxes on Goods and Services, and other local taxes) and General Income ( Permits & Licenses, Service Income, Business Income and Others) and the Internal Revenue Allotment. Usually, the biggest component of income of an LGU comes from the IRA. The IRA is derived from the national coffers and is computed I think based on population and land area. Bacacay's net income came mainly from its IRA of P54Million and othe income of P26Million. Its income from taxes and others are very minimal. Daraga on the other hand had an IRA of P82Million and the rest came from tax collection and business income. I believe, Bacacay's other income can be attributed to the start of operations of Misibis.

The IRA is one of the main reasons why municipalities are dying to become a city because cities have bigger allocation of it. Just look at the income of Ligao and Tabaco. So if Daraga becomes a city, we can expect that its income will easily hit about P250 Million a year. Ligao's income is 89% IRA while Tabaco's is 87%. Legazpi's income on the other is just 62% IRA (P259Million) and the rest from Taxes and income from business and services(P155 Million)

Going to Legazpi's income performance in 2007, as I previously posted, our city's income plummeted during the year compared to 2006 (or from P421 Million to only P414Million). I attributed this to the destructions brought about by Reming in 2006. The effects of Reming was felt clearly in 2007. Compared to our other two cities of Ligao and Tabaco, both experienced modest growth of 7% and 19%, respectively despite the typhoon. Just to illustrate how badly hit our city was by Reming, our income in 2006 was even higher by a few thousand pesos compared to Naga's. But as you can see now, Naga's income had increased tremendously.

^Thank you! :) I think revenue generated from new investments such as the Embarcadero and the renovation of the MIH will reflect in the figures for 2008. How about government-funded investments, do they matter in the city's income?

Gary, how do you think did Legazpi fare last year, 2008? From the looks of it, I would suppose the income had also increased. If there had been any increase, what industries are supposed to be contributory to that increase? Pardon me for being unaware of the city's economic activity.

And by the way, thanks for clearing that up.

EDITORIAL - Driving lessons (PHILSTAR.COM)
Updated March 17, 2009 12:00 AM


Eighty passengers on a domestic flight narrowly escaped disaster in Bicol over the weekend. Only the deft handling by the pilot of the Cebu Pacific flight kept the plane from colliding with a Lite Ace van on the tarmac of the Legazpi City airport Saturday afternoon. French pilot Christopher Nowioki managed to make the plane climb back up moments after it touched down.

What was the van doing on the tarmac? An airport VIP, the son of the head of the local office of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, was teaching his girlfriend how to drive, according to reports from Legazpi. For Luis Sto. Domingo Jr., nothing less than an airport tarmac would do for the precious driving lessons. The younger Sto. Domingo also reportedly used the tarmac as access road to his home.

There was no immediate comment yesterday from the privileged driving tutor’s father, Frisco Sto. Domingo, probably because Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal was fuming over the incident. Rosal was at the airport to welcome Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, who was on the Cebu Pacific flight, and was surprised when the plane took off as soon as it touched down.

Apart from vans where private driving lessons are given, it would not be surprising to see cattle, dogs and goats on Philippine airport tarmacs. In several airports, children can enter the airport grounds from shanties straddling the perimeter walls. As the case in Legazpi showed, tarmacs can also be used as access roads to private residences.

Mayor Rosal is seeking immediate sanctions on the elder Sto. Domingo. The driving tutor must also be held liable for entering a restricted area and endangering the safety of a commercial flight. Unless sanctions are imposed, this dangerous incident will be dismissed as Pinoy comedy and may be repeated. And the next time, disaster may not be averted.

I just love how this editorial was written. Very composed and compact. The impact is strong without trying to sound sour and sore. A local weekly has so much to learn from this style. Just my two cents!

Going to Legazpi's income performance in 2007, as I previously posted, our city's income plummeted during the year compared to 2006 (or from P421 Million to only P414Million).

I was a little confused. Well, I thought you used the wrong word. Hehehe! So it was a decrease of P7million, which is understandable because of the infra projects and repairs that had to be done because of the typhoons' wrath.

;33731996']^Thank you! :) I think revenue generated from new investments such as the Embarcadero and the renovation of the MIH will reflect in the figures for 2008. How about government-funded investments, do they matter in the city's income?

Investments are not considered as income, they are just funds that flow into the economy of an LGU. Whatever is purchased using those funds goes into the assets of the city or LGU. The funds generated from loan borrowings of the city also goes into the assets of the city. If these assets are income generating, then the income derived from these investments goes into income. Or if those investments are just placed in the bank with interest, then the interests derived are booked as income. Best example should be the CWC of CamSur. The province invested a lot in the project and it is now generating a large income for the province.

^I see thanks for the clarification! :)

Meanwhile, more news: With our geothermal energy production, future wind energy farms in Cagraray (via Sunwest) and this biofuel initiative, Albay can be a major player in renewable energy which will surely increase in importance in the coming years.

Albay engages in biofuel production; P2-M oil extraction facility to be set up (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Business_19/Albay_engages_in_biofuel_production_P2-M_oil_extraction_facility_to_be_set_up.shtml)
By Mar S. Arguelles

LEGAZPI CITY, March 14 (PNA) -- The provincial government of Albay would engage in a jetropa production project in line with the government's biofuel program, designed to cushion the price hike in fuel and energy brought by the global financial crunch. Albay Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Senator Miguel Zubiri and the University of the Philippines in Los Banos (UPLB) for a joint jetropa plantation project in the province.

The biofuel project is in line with Senator Zubiri's energy development program in the Senate, where the lawmaker is pushing to turn the Philippines into an energy self-sustaining country. Zubiri said a P2 million oil extraction facility will be established in Albay being the pilot area among the provinces in the country to implement the jetropa plantation program.

Zubiri said jetropa could initially produce in a year 77 million liters of biofuel, equivalent to P777 million income generation to the government. Under the MOA, the province would commit a vast hectares of land to be planted with jetropa and the UPLB will be in charge of providing seedlings while Zubiri would provide financial assistance to the project.

Salceda said the project would give an impact to the economy of the province and it would also cushion the ill effects of the global financial crisis specially in the agriculture sector. The provincial executive underscored the importance of the project to his advocacy program “Albay in Action on Climate Change” or A2C2.

“The project would also lessen our dependency on imported fuel as we all know triggers price hike in the prices of basic commodities,” he explained. At the MOA signing, he said the province would set up three nursery stations for jetropa.

Salceda said he would scout for at least 400 hectares of land to be planted to jetropa in the towns of Polangui, Libon, Oas, Manito and Pio Duran and in the cities of Legazpi, Ligao and Tabaco. Jetropa production in two years time could initially produce 1,000 liters of oil a day, the provincial agriculture office said. Some 30,000 farmers will directly be benefited by the program. (PNA)

Gary, how do you think did Legazpi fare last year, 2008? From the looks of it, I would suppose the income had also increased. If there had been any increase, what industries are supposed to be contributory to that increase? Pardon me for being unaware of the city's economic activity.

And by the way, thanks for clearing that up.

Well, there should be no other way but up. We can see the stream of developments in the city right now, although not as fast as what is happening now in our good neighbor, Naga. The stunted development of our city was clearly due to the effects of Reming. And this is not only due to the destructions that resulted, but in the midterm, some investors definitely had held their horses so they were on a wait and see mode for sometime. But as you can see now, these investors are slowly coming in. Just look at your beloved Daraga, how many new business establishments have come in, you count, McDo, Jollibee, Biggs, LCC, and so on. In Legazpi, with the operation of Embarcadero just around the corner, you can expect new businesses to pour in. The entry of the 5-Star Discovery Suites into Venezia and Misibis is a very good indication that we are now back in the limelight just like the glory days of the late seventies and the eighties. Furthermore, the new MIH and St. Ellis are right on track. So I am very optimistic at this point that it will just be a matter of time that we will again be back into leading the pack in Bicol. The BIA is for me the icing on the cake.

In Legazpi, with the operation of Embarcadero just around the corner, you can expect new businesses to pour in. The entry of the 5-Star Discovery Suites into Venezia and Misibis is a very good indication that we are now back in the limelight just like the glory days of the late seventies and the eighties.

I was a little curious about what LGU gets the income generated by the Discovery Suites. Shouldn't it go to Bacacay?

And drug stores, hahaha! Natawa naman ako sa'yo. I am happy for my father's hometown of Jovellar.

Sir Geri, nkadisable pala ang PM sayo. Oo, natatawa din ako.To answer your question,Daraga has more than a dozen drugstores.Mercury Drug-2branches, SouthStarDrug-3branches.The rest are just small and independent drugtores of which, most are located near BRTTH. No other town in Bicol could top that!:lol:

I was a little curious about what LGU gets the income generated by the Discovery Suites. Shouldn't it go to Bacacay?

It really depends. Misibis can opt to pay its income taxes in Legazpi since I believe their head office is in Legazpi. But of course, they have to pay the real property tax and business license in Bacacay. Business tax is a percentage of the gross sales of the company. But the bigger tax is the income tax which they can actually opt to pay in Legazpi. Oh, by the way, the bigger portion of the income tax goes into the national coffers. This is the reason why Tiwi and Manito gets only a pittance share of the income generated by the geothermal plants in their town.

MAYON CONQUEST
March 18-20, 2009

A mountain expedition to the country’s most popular volcano, MT. MAYON to be participated in by mountain-climbing enthusiast aimed to develop mountain climbing as a safe, enjoyable and environment-friendly activity.
For more information please contact:
Mr. Joselito S. Arcilla
Tel. NO. (6352)8203664/4820712

TABAK FESTIVAL
Tabaco City, Albay
March 19-21, 2009

Held in conjunction with the celebration of the City’s 1st Foundation Anniversary. The festival derived its name from a local word “tabak”, meaning bolo, where the name of the City (Tabaco) was taken from. It’s highlight is a street presentation where participants showcase the legend of the City. Numerous other activities are lined up to drum beat the affair.
Dir. Maria O. Ravanilla
Tel. No.(6352)8203664/4820817/8205066

Camalig
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ngeks...mali pala..papano kaya pag compute nyan kasi sum up mo lahat ng municipalties ng albay excluding the three cities nasa 900+ M na eh...anyway ierase ko na lang.hehe

each town, city, province, etc has a distinct and separate LGU (stands for Local Government Unit). so the figures you see are extracted from documents of each of these LGUs w/c are based on the transactions that occurred over a period of time.

LGUs are supposed to be treated as separate and autonomous entities wherein incomes are not merged because jurisdiction differs from one LGU to another (even if one LGU's jurisdiction encompasses another). Sovereignty in one LGU is never controlled by another but they can likewise make joint projects for places within their territories. this is why we cannot compute the income of a province based on the individual incomes of its composite towns and cities.

I don't know if this helps though, I'm not a professional.

so the main point is each LGU has a separate and distinct sovereignty over its respective territory. we cannot combine their accounting data.

Magayon Festival 2009 Official Video

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Cagsaua Belfry
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Native Albay Products
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Knives and Cutlery
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Abaca bags
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^^the only remembrance ive got from Legazpi is an abaca bag..hehe

^^the only remembrance ive got from Legazpi is an abaca bag..hehe

Hehe. These bags are the perennial Bicol souvenir aside from pilinut candies na syempre kinakain at nauubos agad. :lol:

nakabili din pala ako ng Pili nut sa may Cagsawa..but i cant resist the temptation..i ate it in the bus, on my way back..

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what's being celebrated during the Magayon Festival..is it the creation of the Province of Albay or of Legazpi?

what's being celebrated during the Magayon Festival..is it the creation of the Province of Albay or of Legazpi?

It doesn't really commemorate any historical event. It celebrates the legend of Mayon Volcano and the beauty and bounty of Albay. :)

Battle of Legazpi Trylon (Left), Pacific Mall and Landco Business Park (Right)
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San Miguel Island, Tabaco City
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Legazpeños should be proud of their city's performance in terms of annual income (2007) which is actually very good considering the fact that we don't have (yet) high-end subdivisions, more banks, more coffee shops (lol), more fast food chains and etc etc. :lol: As I said, what we have now is only the tip of the iceberg.

hahaha:lol: i like the way how you deliver it dx, tama yan, pano pa kaya kungmas magkaroon tayo nang mas maraming banks, high-end subdivisions, internationally franchised coffee shops, malls and other establishments.yaan nyo guys, it is better to be humble.


peace tayo, :banana:

(Update) DOT Bicol, suportado an pagsipa sa pwesto kan Legazpi airport Chief-Director Ravanilla (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=75913)
3/17/2009 4:17:46 PM

LEGAZPI CITY- Kumpiyansa pa man giraray an Department of Tourism (DOT) Bicol na dai maaapektaran kan nangyaring insidente sa Legazpi City Airport an bulos kan mga turistang nag-arabutan ngonian sa Bicol region.

Ini an nagin positibong opinyon ni Tourism Bicol Regional Director Maria Nini Ravanilla sa ibong kan personal kaning pagigin testigo sa dikit ng pagkakaaksidente kan Cebu Pacific Plane lunad kan labi sa 60ng pasahero huli sa biglaang paglaog sa runway kan eropuerto kan sarong sasakyan mantang papalapag an eroplano.

Aminado an opisyal na pwedesir na igwang epekto ini urog pa magin Tourism Secretary Ace Durano an kairibanan sa nagin biktimang pasahero, dai man soboot ini nangangahulugan na peligroso na an maglunad nin eroplano gamit an Legazpi airport.

Enot digdi, suportado ni Ravanilla an nagin lakdang kan mga opisyal Albay na nagin rason kan pagkakasipa sa pwesto kan hepe ng Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines na si Frisco Sto. Domingo Sr.