Maray na Albay tabi sa gabos and Happy Fiesta sa mga taga Daraga!!!


the flight route, is it real if the BIA becomes operational?

;42665944']Legazpi grand terminal formally opens Sept. 23 (http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2009/sept03/xgrand.html)
By Florencio P. Narito

The Legazpi City Integrated Public Transport Terminal located in Barangay Bitano this city will formally be inaugurated on Sept. 23, 2009. This was announced yesterday by Janus Clemente, terminal manager, in an interview with Bombo Radyo-Legazpi. According to Clemente, this dry run for buses, GT Express vans, jeepneys and city cabs will be held on Sept. 20 while the transfer of the public transport vehicles from the temporary terminal to the new terminal will be made on Sept. 21.

Clemente said that Mayor Noel Rosal had been impatient over the delayed construction of the terminal. Every week the mayor inspects the construction of the terminal to find out when it could be finished, he added. He explained that during the dry run, no terminal fees will be charged to vehicle operator.

“The mayor wanted the project to be completed as soon as possible so that the buses, jeepneys, Filcab vans could be transferred simultaneously to the new terminal,” Clemente said. The Legazpi Grand Terminal will be operated by the LEY Development Corporation under a build-operate-and-transfer (BOT) lease contract with the City Government of Legazpi for a period of 50 years.

The terminal occupies about 4 hectares and it can accommodate all kinds of public transport vehicles plying in Legazpi. Clemente further said that the terminal has already been issued an occupancy permit by the Legazpi City Government and a provisional authority to operate from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

The mega terminal boasts of modern facilities. It has three public toilets and one pay toilet where one can take a bath. It is well-secured with 17 security guards with closed-circuit television (CCTV) sets installed at strategic places. At the same time, it has a one-stop-shop where the traveling public can buy most of the things they need. Souvenir shops, food stalls, electronic and cellphone supplies will be available at the terminal.

Giant food companies like McDonald, Jollibee, Greenwich are putting branches in the terminal. Movie and TV star Anne Curtis has been invited to grace the grand opening of the Legazpi Grand Terminal, Clemente said.

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Site Development Plan of LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub, Legazpi City

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Photo updates: Legazpi Terminal (July 6, 2009)

Filcab and Jeepney Terminal - ready for operation. Hopefully in 2-3 weeks time this terminal will already be operational.

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Infrared device for driver access cards:

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Ano kaya ang magiging itsura at systema pag operational na ito?

Ang pag pasok ng Mc Donalds, Jollibee at greenwich ay siguradong hahatak ng maraming tao...pero maliban sa mga ito...ano pa bang shops ang mag oopen? It would be nicer if there will be cafes and bars too...just like in old albay...or like the soon to open bars and resto at the EMBARCADERO...

Maraming bagong daan ngayon especially yung sa GUICADALE..bubuksan na rin ba iyon for traffic comes opening of the Legazpi Grand Terminal?

I think the next place to watch is the area to be vacated, the current and temporary terminal...its a huge lot i believe...baka dyan na magtayo ng shopping mall ang SM why? coz its very accessible to the new and modern Legazpi Grand Terminal...lets see...

Then you can have it :nuts: nobody is holding you in putting up a casino in Naga City as you wish :lol:

Sometimes we have to learn and live to some decisions specially the political ones. Maybe if you are holding a powerful position in the government then you may so decide...


Kool ka lang Pading Sultero. I guess you misread Matt's post :) Matteo is not from Naga. He is from Legazpi. This topic has been adequately covered in previous pages. In fact he realized in his next post that his assumption was wrong. Try reading back. :) Marhay na Albay tabi saimo.:angel1:

Oh, it seems that nobody even knows. Last night's Miss Bicolandia 2009 pageant got another Daragueña crowned. She is Patricia Shirley Santos from Market Site, Daraga; she was crowned by a fellow Daragueña, Melody Gersbach, Miss Bicolandia 2008 and reigning Bb. Pilipinas International. Congratulations!

Happy Fiesta sa mga ipangod ko diding mga taga-Daraga!

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Oh, it seems that nobody even knows. Last night's Miss Bicolandia 2009 pageant got another Daragueña crowned. She is Patricia Shirley Santos from Market Site, Daraga; she was crowned by a fellow Daragueña, Melody Gersbach, Miss Bicolandia 2008 and reigning Bb. Pilipinas International. Congratulations!

Happy Fiesta sa mga ipangod ko diding mga taga-Daraga!

Congrats to her! Another Daragueña beauty queen. When is the Ms. Int'l 09?

DPWH to Rush Daraga Bridge Project (http://www.voxbikol.com/bikolnews/1718/dpwh-rush-daraga-bridge-project)
Mar S. Arguelles
Sunday, September 6th, 2009

DARAGA, Albay --- Government engineers will speed up the construction of the Binitayan bridge here following the release of a P40 million promised by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Albay Representative Al Francis Bichara disclosed over the weekend.

Bichara said President Arroyo in her recent visit here directed Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro through the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Bikol to immediately release the amount for the construction of a new bridge in this town. The bridge will replace the old spillway that was washed out by rampaging lahar and flood waters from the slopes of Mayon volcano at the height of super typhoon Reming in 2006.

As this developed, Secretary Teodoro during his visit here last week disclosed that his office already transmitted the corresponding official endorsement and documents for the P40 million fund for approval by the President that would subsequently allow the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to release the fund to the Department of Public and Highways (DPWH) in Bicol. Bichara said an initial P40 million fund was earlier released which was used to undertake preliminary structural civil works such as the erection of concrete piles as structural foundation.

"As soon as the funds are released, engineering works would start soonest, so the people would heave a sigh of relief," said Bichara, the proponent of the bridge project. The collapse of the old Binitayan spillway at Barangay Kilicao inconvenienced five neighboring barangays situated at the foot of the volcano, particularly in transporting farm produce to the town proper.

Villages affected by collapsed spillways were Barangays Kilicao, Matnog, Salvacion, and Mabinit, all located at the foot of the volcano's southeastern quadrant. Meanwhile, Engr. Oscar Cristobal, DPWH assistant regional director, said that the bridge project would be completed by the 1st quarter of 2010.

He said the DPWH would have to infuse additional P30 million for the construction of approaches at the 126 linear meter single lane concrete with 4.5 meter width bridge including appropriations for right of way. He said the total bridge project cost P110 million, of which P80 million was sourced from the President's Bicol Calamity Assistance for Relief and Emergencies (B-CARE) and P30 million from the DPWH.

;42723258']Congrats to her! Another Daragueña beauty queen. When is the Ms. Int'l 09?

Nov. 28, in China. I watched Miss Bicolandia pageant last night. We thought the Nagueña had the crown in the bag; she had lots of minor awards. The judges, I believe, were impressed with Miss Santos' spontaneity. The Daragueña has had three regional titles in less than a year--Mutya ng Ibalong 2008, Mutya ng Magayon 2009, and Miss Bicolandia, which is almost the same as Melody's feats (it's just that Melody became Mutya ng Tabak 2008 and didn't join in Mutya ng Ibalong). I hope Miss Santos joins in Binibini next year. Manonood na naman ako nang live nito. Hehehe!

Good luck then to Ms. Gersbach and Ms. Santos! And also to Ms. Banares (Is she joining an international contest?)

;42724078']Good luck then to Ms. Gersbach and Ms. Santos! And also to Ms. Banares (Is she joining an international contest?)

Yes, I think it's Miss Asia-Pacific International.

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Nov. 28, in China. I watched Miss Bicolandia pageant last night. We thought the Nagueña had the crown in the bag; she had lots of minor awards. The judges, I believe, were impressed with Miss Santos' spontaneity. The Daragueña has had three regional titles in less than a year--Mutya ng Ibalong 2008, Mutya ng Magayon 2009, and Miss Bicolandia, which is almost the same as Melody's feats (it's just that Melody became Mutya ng Tabak 2008 and didn't join in Mutya ng Ibalong). I hope Miss Santos joins in Binibini next year. Manonood na naman ako nang live nito. Hehehe!

hi geri. yes patrixia will be joining binibini next year. so it's something to look forward to. she was just 16 when she joined mutya ng ibalong last year and they had to wait for her to be 17 so she'll qualify for the binibini. she won our corporate award for this year's mutya ng magayon. and we're proud of this another achievement of hers. cheers to another albayano beauty queen :cheers: :banana:

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3rd RDC FULL COUNCIL MEETING - Regional Development Council officials led by Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda (center upper photo) RDC chairman, NEDA 5, Dir. Romeo Escandor, RDC vice chair (left upper photo) and NEDA 5 OIC ARD Luis Banua, RDC OIC secretary and Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal, steer the committee into resolving urgent concern during its September 3, 2009 meeting held at Casablanca Hotel, Legazpi City. (Alex Cal/PIA)

Gov’t, LBP, UNDP invest heavily on Bicol development this year (http://positivenewsmedia.com/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Gov_t_LBP_UNDP_invest_heavily_on_Bicol_development_this_year.shtml)
Positive News (http://positivenewsmedia.com/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Gov_t_LBP_UNDP_invest_heavily_on_Bicol_development_this_year.shtml)

LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 8 (PNA) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the national government and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) have separately set aside this year heavy investments for livelihood, calamity mitigation, agriculture and infrastructure development in the Bicol region.

The UNDP, according to the latest report of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) regional office earmarked US$ 2 million for shelter development, livelihood and disaster preparedness for Albay, Camarines Sur and Sorsogon, three of the six Bicol provinces most prone to natural hazards.

UNDP has committed to assist provinces with location and natural attributes that are exposed to natural hazards such as earthquakes, tropical cyclones, prolonged flooding, landslides and volcanic eruptions, the report said.

It finances projects in the three provinces for shelter assistance in targeted resettlement sites with support for micro finance and quick impact livelihood as well as capability building on disaster preparedness and mitigation including early warning and risk assessment and contingency planning.

The tracking and coordination mechanism on early recovery efforts in typhoon-affected areas forms another component of the project, the NEDA report said.

On the part of the national government, over P5.5 billion has been allocated this year for various infrastructure projects ranging from development of modern irrigation system to airport, seaport, roads and bridges.

Of this amount, over P3.5 billion goes to the construction of the so called “twin skyway bridge” that would open easier access between Libmanan town and the business center of Naga City and the Libmanan-Cabusao irrigation system to provide irrigation to some 4,000 hectares of ricefield.

Both projects are based in the first district of Camarines Sur which is being represented in Congress by presidential son, Rep. Datu Arroyo. Libmanan is the town he had adopted as his official place of residence.

The twin bridge including its about 100-meter road component got P1.6 billion while the irrigation system was given P1.9 billion. Implementations of both projects are now on initial stages.

Out of the remaining amount of about P2 billion in national government investment on infrastructure, two vital projects worth over half a billion pesos are being pursued this year to boost the economy in Albay.

Gov. Joey Salceda, concurrent Regional Development Council (RDC) chair and a top economic adviser of Pres. Gloria Arroyo, said some P700 million in infrastructure investments is now being used to start construction of the proposed Southern Luzon International Airport in Daraga, Albay and the rehabilitation of the Pantao Port in Libon.

The two pipeline projects gained approval at the RDC Chairmen’s meeting recently held in Malacañang where the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) committed through the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) the restoration of the Pantao Port.

Salceda said PPA has started to rehabilitate Pantao Port in the third quarter of this year with an amount of P100 million to start restoration work at the port’s phase 1 area. The port built for over P200 million over three years ago was badly damaged by typhoon Reming in 2006 even before it could start operations.

Another big project for Albay is the new road network that would directly link its towns of Camalig, Guinobatan, Jovellar and Daraga with the whale shark town of Donsol in Sorsogon.

The project involves the construction of 26.9 kilometers of roads and five bridges with an aggregate length of 75 linear meters that will cost P814.5 million to sourced from the Secondary National Road Development Program (SNRDP) of the Millennium Challenge Account, Philippine Compact Program (MCAPCP), Salceda said.

The project will have a positive impact on local tourism since the new road network will provide a shorter and safer access to Donsol town, known worldwide for whale shark watching and interaction, he added.

For Camarines Norte, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now implementing some P251 million in various infrastructure projects for this year, P108 million of which was meant for roads and bridges under the economic stimulus package.

Projects for roads and bridges include, among others, two foreign-funded bridges worth P30 million. Ten locally funded national roads and bridges projects have also been lined up, as well as P40 million worth of other infra projects from Congress, according to DPWH assistant regional director Oscar Cristobal.

This year’s infrastructure fund allocated for Camarines Norte is 21 percent higher than last year’s P199 million.

The projects being implemented are the concreting of the Quirino-Andaya Highway along the Camarines Norte road portion, improvement, rehabilitation of the Maharlika Highway, and the concreting, improvement and rehabilitation of some national and secondary roads in the province, Cristobal said.

In Sorsogon, the DOTC had also appropriated under its ports development program for this year P150 million for the improvement of the Castilla All-Weather Seaport in Castilla town.

The amount however was yet to be released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Vice-Gov. Renato Laurinaria who sought the fund from Malacañang last year said over the weekend.

“Nonetheless, we are optimistic it would be released soon as I have already sent a letter appealing to the President to cause its immediate release and the implementation of the project,” the vice-governor said.

LBP on the other hand has extended total loans to its priority clients in Bicol amounting to P2.429 billion as of the end of 2008.

This amount is now being used by the bank’s priority clients such as the agrarian reform beneficiaries, small farmers and fisherfolk in general, cooperatives, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and local government units (LGUs) for their agri-infrastructure, agri-business and environment-related projects.

Of the total amount, P956 million or 39 percent went to agri-infrastructure projects of LGUs while P640 million or 26 percent were coursed through small farmers and fisherfolk, cooperatives and other financial conduits such as rural banks, irrigators associations and non-government organizations benefiting a total of 219,225 farmers in the region.
The total loans extended to SMEs reached P540 million or 22 percent of the region’s total priority sector loans in 2008, a recent LBP statement said. (PNA)

News in Bikol

Bicol, posibleng magin no. 1 source kan Coco fiber sa bilog na kinaban pag-abot kan panahon (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107187)
9/7/2009 6:15:35 PM

LEGAZPI CITY-- An rehiyong Bikol soboot pwedesir na magin numerong source kan de-kalidad na coconut fiber sa bilog na kinaban. Huli kani dakula an magigin benepisyo sa gabos na Bikolano kan Coco Coir Livelihood project na piglansar kan duwang pribadong sektor.

Sa impormasyong nakaabot sa Bombo Radyo Legazpi, halangkaw an demand ngonian kan de-kalibreng coconut fiber kun kaya dakulang bagay man ini para sa ikakatrayumpo kan proyekto na direktang mabebenifisyaran iyu an mga saradit na paratanom nin niyog. Basado sa report, an China an igwang pinakadakulang merkado para sa coco coir. An sinambit ng nasyon an nangangaipo ni labi sa 37 mil metriko toneladang coco coir sa laog sana nin sarong semana o kabaing kan 450 mil metriko tonelada kada taon.

Sa ibong na lado, ipinahayag kan Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) na an Pilipinas an may kakayahan sanang makapag-exportar nin 3,000 metriko tonelada nin coco fiber kada bulan. Hababa ining marhay kumparar sa halangkaw na demand sa international market.

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'Ibinugang asupre kan Mayon, naglangkaw asin naghibog pa' (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107195)
9/7/2009 6:25:09 PM

LEGAZPI CITY-- Naglangkaw asin naghibog pa an ibinugang asupre kan bulkang Mayon sa laog kan nakalipas na 24 oras. Nairehistro kaya sa 1,163 metric tons an sulfux dioxide emission (SO2), mas halangkaw sa 425 metriko toneladang asupre kaning nakalipas na aldaw nin Sabado.

Magin an bilang kan pagyugyog nagsakat man sa apat na volcanic quakes matapos na mayong mairecord kasuogma. Katakud kani, padagos na ipinapagirumdom kan Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) na peligroso pa man giraray an bulkang Mayon partikularmente na ngonian naglalangkaw na naman giraray an abnormality level kani

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Turista, dai mapugulang magsakat sa Mayon resthouse sa ibong kan peligroso (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107194)
9/7/2009 6:24:38 PM

LEGAZPI CITY- Dai pa man giraray mapugulan an nagkapirang mga dayuhang turista sa pagsakat sa Mayon Resthouse na madudukayan sa Buang, Tabaco City sa ibong kan ipinapahiling na peligroso kan nag-aalburutong Mayon Volcano.

An sinambit ng resthouse sakop pa kan pigdesignar na 6 km radius permanent danger zone sa palibot kan bulkan. Segun sa mga Tanod na nakadesignar na magbantay sa lugar, an pigtatawan soboot ninda nin kunsiderasyon iyu an mga dayuhang turista sana asin pinapakiulayan man an mga local tourists na magbwelta na sana enkasong ibaba na an alert status kan bulkan.

Dagdag pa kan mga ini na nadidificilan soboot sindang sayumahan an mga dayuhang turista huli ta talagang nakikiulay an mga ini na tutugan na manutaran an gayon kan Mt. Mayon nganign dai masayang an dakulang gastuson ninda sa pagbisita asin temporarmenteng pagtiner sa Pilipinas. Difisil soboot na sayumahan an kaogmahan asin entusyasmo kan mga ini sa pagbisita sa bulkang Mayon.

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;42309892']Albay government, Pfizers ink MOA on health care card discount (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=227682)
By Mike dela Rama

LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA) – The provincial government of Albay and the Pfizer, a multi pharma company, have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the full implementation of "Kalusugan Para sa Mamamayan" (KASAMA) of Albay. Albay governor Joey Salceda explained during the MOA signing held here, Thursday, that KASAMA program goal is in line with the government’s thrust to expand access of Filipinos to quality health care.

“The Pfizer is helping every Filipinos, to make their products affordable,” Salceda said. Under the KASAMA program, a health discount card will be unlimitedly distributed to provincial, municipal, city health offices, and hospitals to be identified by the provincial government. “KASAMA card entitles the bearer to avail 20 percent to 60 percent discounts in 20 participatory Pfizer medicine products.”

“Discounts in 20 participatory Pfizer medicine products can be availed in all leading drug stores by presenting their KASAMA discount card,” Salceda said. He further explained that the provincial government’s responsibility is to provide the Pfizer the list of hospitals, city and municipal Health Offices. Pfizer will distribute the discount cards to doctors. “The doctor will prescribe to the patient any of the 20 participatory Pfizer medicine products,” he said.

After receiving the KASAMA discount card, the patient must register through an SMS to Pfizer HealthCare Line for purposes of confirmation. “This is a lifetime access health discount card only in Albay,” Salceda said. Salceda also said the provincial government will come up with a monitoring mechanism to ensure that the discount health card will not be abused.

However, Albert Mateo Jr., Pfizer president and country manager, explained that GSIS e-card holders can also avail of the discount provided that the prescription is a Pfizer product and included in the list of the 20 participatory medicines/drugs. The KASAMA program was launched by Pfizer in 2002 that benefited 1.9 million Filipinos throughout the country and to date there are 1,800 drug store partners. (PNA)
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;42358068']Albay intensifies anti-dengue campaign (http://balita.ph/2009/09/01/albay-intensifies-anti-dengue-campaign/)
By Mike dela Rama

LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 1 –- The Provincial Government of Albay has intensified it anti-dengue campaign in all schools and barangays, specially this raining season. Albay governor Joey Salceda has instructed the provincial health office to take all necessary precaution in order to prevent the spread of dengue in the province.

He also called on barangay and school officials to conduct regular clean up activities in their respective areas. “Dengue can be prevented and preventing it is not the sole responsibility of the government or health personnel that is why we are calling all barangay and school officials to take the lead.”

During the 2nd quarter of 2009 the Provincial Health Office of Albay recorded 10 dengue cases. Salceda said that all counter measures to stop the spread of dengue and other health diseases are in placed. “Our immediate action is prevention.”

The governor also urged Albayanos to practice proper garbage disposal. “Do not depend on your barangay officials, our cooperation is very important to have a health environment.” Salceda is hopeful to make Albay free from dengue. “We already reduced the number of cases during the second quarter of this year, let’s us do our part to make this province free from dengue." (PNA)

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;42577474']Price roll back on construction materials seen – DTI (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=3&rid=227646)
By Mike dela Rama

LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA) – Bicolanos may now take advantage of the price roll back on construction materials starting this month from five percent to ten percent due to rainy season, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 5 said.

Rodrigo Aguilar, DTI assistant regional director for Bicol, said that the rollback in the prices of construction materials such as cement, steel bars and galvanized iron sheets is expected because of the rainy season. “We strongly suggest to the Bicolanos to start buying their needed construction materials,” he said.

“During the 3rd and 4th quarter every year there is an instant price rollback in major construction materials,” Aguilar said. He explained further that low demand is another factor for the reduced prices. “Less construction activities means less buyers and this is an opportunity to middle class families.”

Aguilar said that during rainy season, construction materials are very affordable and even if there is an oil price increase, the prices of construction materials will not be affected. (PNA)
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;42289940']Albay Power Coop posts gains (http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/10331)

LEGAZPI City, Sept. 2, 2009— Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO), here, has registered the first time in decades positive gain of P32 million per month and has paid its arrears of P100 million in July, this year, to the National Power Corporation (NPC), acting ALECO Manager Engr. Gerry Silva said.

In a forum on Sept. 1 hosted by the Diocesan Social Action Center (SAC), Engr. Silva has attributed the coop’s positive outlook to the reduction of system’s loss; collection efficiency and the restructuring of payment proposal on compounded interests charged by NPC for ALECO’s indebtedness now reaching to P1.9 billion.

By presenting comparative financial statements in 2006; 2007; and 2008 following NPC management take over last July 26, 2008, Silva said that systems loss was reduced by 2 per cent which could be translated into P3 million savings every month. He calls for the participation of more than 150,000 consumers to protect ALECO against power pilferage.

Silva explained that clustering of meters and the standardization of power lines and upgrading of transformers have contributed much to the reduction of systems loss from 24 to 18 per cent. “We are also expecting rebates of P125 million transmission charge as we found out that some ALECO lines do not pass the PNGC 25 mega volt line towers”, Silva said.

ALECO ‘s financial viability was seen after Aboitiz Power Group terminated its contract with the power coop as power supplier forcing NPC to source out and negotiate with other supplier in the public market. “We are preparing that ALECO will be expose to public market when bilateral contract negotiation will push through and what we gained will serve as buffer in paying its obligations” Silva added.

The power cooperative is also readying the “sanitation” of the registration of its member-consumers. Rev. Fr. Jose Victor Lobrigo, parish priest of Out Lady of the Gate Parish in Daraga town has mentioned consumers’ empowerment; accountability and upgrading of management system in order to preserve the gains of ALECO.

Because of mismanagement and lack of accountability on the part of at least 5 former ALECO managers designated by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) before, the power cooperative has suffered financial fix. Consumers believed that this was designed intentionally to pave the way for AELCO’s privatization. (Elmer James Bandol)

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I hope ALECO will also be modernized as part of the province's efforts on disaster risk reduction.

;42754870']News in Bikol

Bicol, posibleng magin no. 1 source kan Coco fiber sa bilog na kinaban pag-abot kan panahon (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107187)
9/7/2009 6:15:35 PM

LEGAZPI CITY-- An rehiyong Bikol soboot pwedesir na magin numerong source kan de-kalidad na coconut fiber sa bilog na kinaban. Huli kani dakula an magigin benepisyo sa gabos na Bikolano kan Coco Coir Livelihood project na piglansar kan duwang pribadong sektor.

Sa impormasyong nakaabot sa Bombo Radyo Legazpi, halangkaw an demand ngonian kan de-kalibreng coconut fiber kun kaya dakulang bagay man ini para sa ikakatrayumpo kan proyekto na direktang mabebenifisyaran iyu an mga saradit na paratanom nin niyog. Basado sa report, an China an igwang pinakadakulang merkado para sa coco coir. An sinambit ng nasyon an nangangaipo ni labi sa 37 mil metriko toneladang coco coir sa laog sana nin sarong semana o kabaing kan 450 mil metriko tonelada kada taon.

Sa ibong na lado, ipinahayag kan Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) na an Pilipinas an may kakayahan sanang makapag-exportar nin 3,000 metriko tonelada nin coco fiber kada bulan. Hababa ining marhay kumparar sa halangkaw na demand sa international market.



^Maray ta nangyayari na ining mga initiatibong ini kan LGU Albay..Masustena lang ini asin madadagdagan pa ki iba pang mga related na projects...diit-diit ng makakaangon ang mga kababayan nating Albayano sa kahirapan...yes Albay will lure tourists...but it must depend on the strength of its population( poverty reduction, employment, health services)...Albay's road to progress is just and right on track!!! yehey!!!!

The church needs to double time its effort to strenghten the moral fibers of our society...para kahit magkaroon man ng casinos sa Legazpi and Albay ay confident ang simbahan na hindi mapapasama ang mga Albayano nito...coz the casinos are designed to lure more tourists to visit Albay...design to stimulate more business activities in the province..

View from Ligñon Hill

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^^Thanks for the pics! Di pa ako nakaakyat sa Ligñon na early morning. Hehe, palaging hapon and gabi. Kaya di ko naabutan yung mga eroplano. Next time. hehe

Kamusta weather dyan mga padi?

Kamusta weather dyan mga padi?

Maray na Albay saimo, Pading Romy. According sa ka opisina ko (na hali pa sana dyan kasubagong aga), ok man ang panahon sa Legazpi kasubago, mainit. :okay:

Digdi sa Manila, mauranon.

Marhay na Albay saindo mga padi, dx. I'm thinking of leaving for legazpi tonight,nya mauranon man nanggad digdi sa manila.nagaduwa-duwa pa ako.tsk.tsk. masiramon kaining uran na ini magpalusag ki lubi-lubi. aw inda,ilingun ko daw lamang kung ano ang panuma mi...

Kamusta weather dyan mga padi?

weather is fine in legazpi. warang blue skies. pero wara man uran. cloudy pero bako dark clouds :)

weather is fine in legazpi. warang blue skies. pero wara man uran. cloudy pero bako dark clouds :)

Aw, cloudy na palan, hehe. Maray na Albay, pojlette! Ngunyan baya ang fiesta sa Daraga o kasuudma?

Marhay na Albay saindo mga padi, dx. I'm thinking of leaving for legazpi tonight,nya mauranon man nanggad digdi sa manila.nagaduwa-duwa pa ako.tsk.tsk. masiramon kaining uran na ini magpalusag ki lubi-lubi. aw inda,ilingun ko daw lamang kung ano ang panuma mi...

^Haha, iyo ngani. Lâgan mo sambalas. hehe
tsaka masiram magturog sana. :sleepy:

;42759930']Aw, cloudy na palan, hehe. Maray na Albay, pojlette! Ngunyan baya ang fiesta sa Daraga o kasuudma?


maray na albay man dx. ngunyan po ang kapistahan. cgurado na naman ang traffic sa daraga atyan :)

Marhay na Albay saindo gabos.

Garo baga late na an pakipiyesta mo sa Daraga pading romy. Dai mo na maabutan su lechon. Dai bale su Penafrancia sakob na sakob mo pa.


BTW, congratulations to the new Miss Bicolandia, Ms. Patricia Shirley Santos of Daraga!:cheers:

Dakulon man nanggad na mga magagayon na daraga diyan sa Daraga:lol: maski kan kaito pa. Lalo diyan sa may Ilawod area na iyan. Sabi ngani ni Pading Romy, esusesusesus!

Marhay na Albay saindo gabos.

Garo baga late na an pakipiyesta mo sa Daraga pading romy. Dai mo na maabutan su lechon. Dai bale su Penafrancia sakob na sakob mo pa.

Yup! Di bale baka may paksiw pa man, su mga tada kang lechon :okay: :happy:

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Historical Marker for the centuries-old baroque Daraga Church

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Presented by Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo, chairman of the National Historical Institute to Most Rev. Lucilo Quiambao, D.D., Bishop Administrator of the Diocese of Legazpi.

Source (http://daragaparish.blogspot.com/)

hi geri. yes patrixia will be joining binibini next year. so it's something to look forward to. she was just 16 when she joined mutya ng ibalong last year and they had to wait for her to be 17 so she'll qualify for the binibini. she won our corporate award for this year's mutya ng magayon. and we're proud of this another achievement of hers. cheers to another albayano beauty queen :cheers: :banana:

Ayy tarush, may maka-pageant din pala dito, hehehe. She has joined in seven pageants and won six of them (yung isa first runner-up sya). She is very good. Sa Miss Bicolandia wala syang corporate or minor award. But she blew the audience away with her Miriam-like speaking. Ganda nung sagot nya!

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Historical Marker for the centuries-old baroque Daraga Church

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Presented by Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo, chairman of the National Historical Institute to Most Rev. Lucilo Quiambao, D.D., Bishop Administrator of the Diocese of Legazpi.

Source (http://daragaparish.blogspot.com/)


Dex, would you know when the Franciscans left Daraga as administrators of the parish. When I was in high school, they were still the ones running the parish.

The Daraga church is really historical.

Happy fiesta sa mga taga-Daraga na wara sa Daraga ngana! Arug sakun!

Dex, would you know when the Franciscans left Daraga as administrators of the parish. When I was in high school, they were still the ones running the parish.

The Daraga church is really historical.

Hmm, I'll try to research about that. :okay:

But she blew the audience away with her Miriam-like speaking. Ganda nung sagot nya!

Haha, miriam-like talaga? I guess in a good way, then.

Ayy tarush, may maka-pageant din pala dito, hehehe.

hi geri! oh yes... :banana:

But she blew the audience away with her Miriam-like speaking. Ganda nung sagot nya!

what was her question?? she loves to read as described by her mom. no wonder she's a breath-taker pag dating sa q&a :)

;42760618']Haha, miriam-like talaga? I guess in a good way, then.

sabi nga ni geri its her 'spontaneity' :) ms. santos do wants to be a lawyer

hi geri. yes patrixia will be joining binibini next year. so it's something to look forward to. she was just 16 when she joined mutya ng ibalong last year and they had to wait for her to be 17 so she'll qualify for the binibini. she won our corporate award for this year's mutya ng magayon. and we're proud of this another achievement of hers. cheers to another albayano beauty queen :cheers: :banana:


Hi pojlette, are you in any way connected with the local government? you seem knowledgeable of the details of these beauty pageants. Based on your post above, I could surmise that you are with the provincial government of Albay.

I wish my hunch is true because you will be a very much welcome addition to the thread. Dakula an saimong maitatabang sa pagbalangibog kan mga istorya digdi sa Legazpi - Albay thread sa mga kinauukulan. :banana:

Hi pojlette, are you in any way connected with the local government? you seem knowledgeable of the details of these beauty pageants. Based on your post above, I could surmise that you are with the provincial government of Albay.

I wish my hunch is true because you will be a very much welcome addition to the thread. Dakula an saimong maitatabang sa pagbalangibog kan mga istorya digdi sa Legazpi - Albay thread sa mga kinauukulan. :banana:

hi gary. oops not with the PGA po :) .. but i am with an agency that has programs with lgus and is greatly involved with the albayanos/bicolanos. and part of my job is actually to 'balangibog' stories and document stuff. that's why i feel so honored to be part of this thread :banana:

A short trivia
- Daraga church is the only baroque church in the philippines that has a twisted column. yes indeed daraga church is very historical, no wonder in any philippine church's book Daraga church doesnt failed to be featured.:)

hi geri! oh yes... :banana:



what was her question?? she loves to read as described by her mom. no wonder she's a breath-taker pag dating sa q&a :)

Question: Should a global Bicolana, when the proper time comes, be somewhere in the world?

Her answer (I hope I transcribed it well): In my personal opinion, a global Bicolana should not have boundaries, whether here or out of the country. What counts is what is inside her heart. What counts is that she still considers Bicol as her home and that she, whenever needed, extends her help to the Bicol region. That is a global Bicolana, global, yet within one's reach.

^^Great answer to a rather vague question. She's smart and indeed very pretty. :applause:

sabi nga ni geri its her 'spontaneity' :) ms. santos do wants to be a lawyer

Ganun ba? She is a nursing student at BU; sophomore. Here are the pageants she had won prior to winning Miss Bicolandia.

Miss Polangui, first runner-up
Miss BU College of Nursing
Miss Bicol University
Mutya ng Magayon
Mutya ng Ibalong

Grabe!

;42761736']^^Great answer to a rather vague question. She's smart and indeed very pretty. :applause:

Yes, pero mas bongga yung sagot nya sa Mutya ng Magayon. Dun ko sya napanood for the first time. Sobrang galing!

hi gary. oops not with the PGA po :) .. but i am with an agency that has programs with lgus and is greatly involved with the albayanos/bicolanos. and part of my job is actually to 'balangibog' stories and document stuff. that's why i feel so honored to be part of this thread :banana:

That's good news still. You can be SSC Legazpi's voice in the local government of Albay and Legazpi. Thanks for joining the thread pojlette!


Yes, pero mas bongga yung sagot nya sa Mutya ng Magayon. Dun ko sya napanood for the first time. Sobrang galing!

Pictures naman diyan guru! Nganing mailing mi na man su pigsasabi-sabi kagayonan! :banana:

Titulong Ms. Bicolandia 2009, nagguno kan sarong taga-Albay
9/7/2009 8:07:41 AM
NAGA CITY - Nagguno kan sarong kandidata hali sa Daraga, Albay an titulo kan Ms. Bicolandia kasubanggui sa Sports Palace kan University of Nueva Caceres.

Basado sa naggunong impormasyon kan Bombo Radyo Naga, kinoronahan kasubanggui bilang Ms. Bicolandia 2009 si Patricia Shierly Santos kasumpay naman kan pagpapadagos kan mga aktibidad sa ciudad kan Naga durante kan pagseselebrar kan ika-300 na taon kan debosyon kan mga Nagueño ki Inang Peñafrancia.

Mientrastanto, nagpangaduwa man saiya an 1st runner up na si Dianne Necio kan Iriga City mantang nakua man ni Melicia Chapman kan Naga City an 2nd runner up title.

Nagguno man ni Louise Camille Resoles kan Naga City an 3rd runner up asin pigsundan siya ni Elaine Lopez kan Camarines Norte sa pwesto kan 4th runner up.

Sa ibong na lado, nagguno pa man giraray ni Melicia Chapman kan Naga an award kan Ms. Photogenic na saro sa mga special awards kan sinambitan na pageant.

Kasumpay kaini, nakua ni Elaine Lopez an Ms. Press Photography mantang nagluwas man na Best in Production Number si Thalin Lim kan Cabusao.

Miss Friendship man ngonian si Zindy Grageda kan Naga City.

Best in Swimsuit si Dianne Necio mantang Best in Long Gown si Louise Camille Resoles.

Source: Bombo Radyo Philippines

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Pictures naman diyan guru! Nganing mailing mi na man su pigsasabi-sabi kagayonan! :banana:

Iyo mahanap ako. Hehehe.

Ganun ba? She is a nursing student at BU; sophomore. Here are the pageants she had won prior to winning Miss Bicolandia.

Miss Polangui, first runner-up
Miss BU College of Nursing
Miss Bicol University
Mutya ng Magayon
Mutya ng Ibalong

Grabe!

nag shift na po sya this school year.. sa College of Arts and Letters na sya. taking up AB English :)

Question: Should a global Bicolana, when the proper time comes, be somewhere in the world?

Her answer (I hope I transcribed it well): In my personal opinion, a global Bicolana should not have boundaries, whether here or out of the country. What counts is what is inside her heart. What counts is that she still considers Bicol as her home and that she, whenever needed, extends her help to the Bicol region. That is a global Bicolana, global, yet within one's reach.

the last line gave it away :applause: thanks geri for posting :banana:

That's good news still. You can be SSC Legazpi's voice in the local government of Albay and Legazpi. Thanks for joining the thread pojlette!


thanks too gary. :banana:

thanks too gary. :banana:

Musta mga kapamilya ta jan????

From http://magayonfestival.com :okay:

Ms. Patricia Shirley Santos, second from left
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^^oh my...no wonder she won manny pageants, she's really beautiful. thanks for the effort dx!

That picture was taken during her Mutya ng Magayon stint in April this year. Wala pang nagpo-posts ng Miss Bicolandia pictures.

Musta mga kapamilya ta jan????

nasa maray na kamugtakan te :banana:

Albayano's and Legazpeeps, lighted na poh ang deco lamps sa Ligñon Hill...Unfortunately, wala akong mai-post na pics...Pasensiya..."):lol::lol::lol::banana:

Albayano's and Legazpeeps, lighted na poh ang deco lamps sa Ligñon Hill...Unfortunately, wala akong mai-post na pics...Pasensiya..."):lol::lol::lol::banana:

Okay, thanks sa update. May ma post na sana kaan hehe :okay:

A TROPICANA CITY framed by the serene tropical islands in South China Sea and the majestic MOUNT KINABALU.

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Legazpi Boulevard from Dapdap to Lamba should look something like this in the future.

Libreng mangarap! :)

From the Kota Kinabalu thread.

^ thanks for the pix gary..kota kinabalu is the capital of sabah and that territory is ours...kung natuloy lang si marcos girahin ang malaysia...ewan ko lang...sana malaki laki ang area ng pilipinas ngayon...

Albayano's and Legazpeeps, lighted na poh ang deco lamps sa Ligñon Hill...Unfortunately, wala akong mai-post na pics...Pasensiya..."):lol::lol::lol::banana:

^ nice...that means pag gabi yung nga fireflies doon hindi na magsasayang ng kanilang mga ilaw..hehe...

Looks like more and more Legazpeeps and Albaypeeps will climb that hill at night...sana magkaroon na rin ng mga refreshment stations para yung mga hinihingal sa pag akyat ay makainom ng tubig o buko juice...

Lignon hill is a very promising tourist destination in Legazpi City with the regular treeplanting of various groups and individuals..soon it will be a forest area within the city...:banana::banana:

Legazpi Boulevard from Dapdap to Lamba should look something like this in the future.

Libreng mangarap! :)

From the Kota Kinabalu thread.

Very nice. I like this!. :okay: Why not?
One thing I admire about Sabah is how they've maintained their rich rainforest. :okay: Too bad wara na kita ki virgin rainforest digdi. But it's not too late, we can replant and reforest. Speaking of, I wonder what's the update on that new forest park in southern Legazpi that was posted here a few months ago.


Looks like more and more Legazpeeps and Albaypeeps will climb that hill at night...sana magkaroon na rin ng mga refreshment stations para yung mga hinihingal sa pag akyat ay makainom ng tubig o buko juice...

Lignon hill is a very promising tourist destination in Legazpi City with the regular treeplanting of various groups and individuals..soon it will be a forest area within the city...:banana::banana:

^Yup, more stalls selling snacks and refreshments sana. And the small stores near the foot of the hill, dapat pagayonon man lamang, para mas attractive sa visitors. Maski street food pero dapat malinig and okay man ang presentation. I'm sure magiging hit yan sa mga backpackers who want to sample local street food :okay:

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Tranquil Misibis
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^ magaling yang photographer na yan...dapat yan ang kunin ng Misibis Raintree as official photographer for its marketing strategy:okay:

Marami na rin palang nag-sisitayuang mga buildings sa Landco Business Park...Even in the part of F.Imperial Sts...Sa may Hong...Talagang pauswag nang pauswag ang Legazpi City...:lol::lol::lol::banana:

Marami na rin palang nag-sisitayuang mga buildings sa Landco Business Park...Even in the part of F.Imperial Sts...Sa may Hong...Talagang pauswag nang pauswag ang Legazpi City...:lol::lol::lol::banana:

May new building palang ginagawa sa part na yan. I wonder what establishment it will be.

PhilHealth expands benefits and services to OFWs (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090908.htm&no=59)

Legazpi City (8 September) -- As PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corporation) moves towards Universal Coverage by 2010, the agency further expands its benefits and services to the Filipinos providing quality and affordable health care services to OFWs and their dependents through the Overseas Workers Program.

With only P900 as their annual contribution, OFWs and their dependents could enjoy the PhilHealth inpatient and outpatient benefit packages in accredited facilities. However, to continuously avail of these benefits, OFWs should renew their membership annually with PhilHealth by paying the annual premium and by presenting the following documents:

1. Valid passport
2. Valid working permit/visa; Exit and Re-entry visa;
3. Overseas Employment Certificate
4. Any other equivalent documents proving that he/she is an active OFW.
1. Certificate of Employment for applicable period from employer abroad
2. Valid Employment Contract
3. Valid Company ID issued by the employer abroad
4. Cash Remittance Receipt from member abroad at least 2 months prior the date of renewal/payment

The same documents also apply to new registrants to the Overseas Workers Program which are to be attached to the M1b form for membership registration. (PhilHealth V/PIA) [top]

DA Bicol turns over grains center to Tabaco City (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090908.htm&no=61)
by MR Ilan

Tabaco City (8 September) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Bicol regional office has recently turned-over the Grains Center to the city government here that will provide farmers in the first congressional district of Albay easy access to post-harvest facilities that will minimize losses and obtain quality rice. Dr. Jose V. Dayao, DA Bicol regional executive director, said the post-harvest facility is funded under the Bicol Calamity Assistance Rehabilitation Effort Program (B-CARE) thru the efforts of Cong. Edcel C. Lagman.

The facility is equipped with a multi-pass rice mill with a capacity of 25 cavans per hour; a re-circulating mechanical dyer that can accommodate 120 cavans of palay per batch, drying pavement, and a concrete access road. Dayao said that obtaining quality rice means better price. He urged the farmers to patronize the grains center to sustain its operation. He added that the DA is still implementing the 50 per cent subsidy on certified seeds and also the premium subsidy on insurance coverage from August 1 to December 15 planting.

He encouraged the farmers to avail these programs for them to increase production and obtain better income. Dayao also said that a biomass-fed flatbed dryer would also be installed in addition to the existing facilities. The dryer could also accommodate six tons of palay per batch. Mayor Krisel Lagman-Luistro on the other hand is grateful that said project was established in Tabaco City as the city has current 1,065 hectares rice area.

She said that she is also campaigning on the planting of hybrid rice to increase production and obtain rice sufficiency. She believes that going into hybrid rice production will not only increase yield but also the income of the farmers. She also cited that the city is also a recipient of several FMR projects that would link production area to market. She announced that she gives priority to agriculture and they are now implementing the plant now pay later for hybrid seeds and also the 50 per cent discount on fertilizer.

Meanwhile, Rep; Edcel C. Lagman lauded the efforts of the city mayor and announces he is also pushing House Bill 330, which give importance to post harvest facilities. He emphasized that providing post harvest facilities to farmers organization to be paid on a long-term basis without interest would surely help them increase their income. Another project that he is now giving priority is the FMR which would link production areas to market.

He disclosed that good irrigation, coupled with post harvest facilities and FMR would surely give agriculture an added boost. He wanted the farmers to sell rice not palay as he saw the economic advantage of selling rice. He also mentioned the P250 million funds released to DA for the development of indigenous products of Bicol, which include pili, abaca and coconut.

He sees also the potential of these indigenous crops especially pili in terms of providing additional income to the farmers. He envisions the establishment of a plantation of pili in the region that could sustain the increasing demand of pili nuts for processing. (DA/PIA)

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What a breath taking view!:)

What a breath taking view!:)

Indeed!

Nem Josh, kumusta ang fiesta? Hehe

Legazpi to enjoy clean water after Jica gives $5-M desalination grant (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/15677-legazpi-to-enjoy-clean-water-after-jica-gives-5-m-desalination-grant.html)
Business Mirror (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/15677-legazpi-to-enjoy-clean-water-after-jica-gives-5-m-desalination-grant.html)
Written by Manly Ugalde / Correspondent
Monday, 07 September 2009 21:00

LEGAZPI CITY—For the past two years, residents of this major city in the Bicol region had to make do with using dirty water for their daily needs. Those days will soon be over, with the residents making a collective sigh of relief following a $5-million donation from Japan for the desalination of the city’s supply of water.

Noel Rosal, mayor of this city, confirmed the $5-million grant from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica), saying the requirements asked by the Japanese government had been readily complied with.

City councilor Alfredo Garbin Jr., chairman of the city’s committee on laws and among the city’s leading advocates for clean water, said he believed the Japanese government was aware of the city residents’ two-year dilemma of using less-than-perfect water supplied by the Legazpi City Water District.

Garbin said the LCWD increased its water rate by almost 50 percent two years ago after it boasted using Philhydro water technology that was supposed to deliver clear and clean water equivalent to mineral or purified water. The result was the opposite, Garbin said, as the water supplied by the LCWD was less than perfect.

“You cannot have a pail of water from LCWD without seeing the dirt and residue that oftentimes was yellow or brown in color,” said Garbin. He added that the water supplied by the LCWD was only good for cleaning toilets, not for bathing and laundry.

Garbin said the city government had filed a case against LCWD before the regional trial court last year, questioning the rate increase for the dirty supply of water.

According to Geraldine Rosal, wife of the city mayor and also an advocate for clean water, the dirty LCWD supply turned purified and mineral-water supply a booming trade in the city.

She added, “Pity the poor who could not afford bottled water for drinking. They had no choice, but to always boil their water to make it potable.”

Residents told the BusinessMirror that even for cooking and laundry, the colored LCWD water supply was a “disgusting” development. Worse, the LCWD imposed strict rules on their collection efforts, they said.

Mayor Rosal explained that the $5-million grant would be used to tap seawater in the southern coastal barangay of the city as a source for desalination. He said he had brought the LCWD situation to the attention of LUWA administrator Prospero Pichay, but the former congressman said the LCWD issue happened before his administration.

He said Legazpi City is lucky to have the desalination project, saying it cannot rely from the supply of water sourced from Mount Mayon because every time the volcano erupts, the city’s water supply is affected.

^ well...lets hope the LGU Legazpi will build the plant as soon as possible...will this be in preparation for the development of the 200 hectares property into a modern "new legazpi"?

In few years to come Legazpi will have its modern solid waste disposal facility, modern transport terminal, and a modern water supply plant...what would be the next?-it would be nicer if they will project to bury those electric and telephone wires securely underground

Maray na Albay!

Legazpi to enjoy clean water after Jica gives $5-M desalination grant (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/15677-legazpi-to-enjoy-clean-water-after-jica-gives-5-m-desalination-grant.html)
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Monday, 07 September 2009 21:00



^^Great news! Congratulations to the city government for getting this funding for a very important project. :applause:

;42769128']Very nice. I like this!. :okay: Why not?
One thing I admire about Sabah is how they've maintained their rich rainforest.

I am actually pleased our claims over Sabah did not succeed. Otherwise, there will be more poor Filipinos, more than the present figures. At least we can say Malaysia is doing a good job.

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Tourism Sec. asin mga dayuhang turista, mabisita sa Albay (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107312)
9/8/2009 11:32:03 AM

LEGAZPI CITY-- Bisita ngonian na aldaw na ini kan mga Bikolano si Tourism Secretary Ace Durano. Enot na bibisitahon kan sekretaryo an ciudad nin Legazpi kun saen maserbe ining huwespe de onor sa nakatalaan na inagurasyon sa mga pangenot na proyekto sa ciudad.

Kabale na digdi an switch-on kan street lights na ipigbugtak sa tinampo pasakat nin Ligñon hill siringman an ipinag-uurgulyong pinakamodernong Integrated Bus Terminal sa bilog na nasyon na nakatalaan man na abrehan sa publiko sa masunod na semana.

Segun ki Mayor Noel Rosal, dapat sana man soboot na ipahiling sa opisyal an mga proyektong ini huli sa mga naitabang kan Department of Tourism (DOT) sa pagpapatindog kan mga ini siringman nganing maisagibo an promosyon kani sa publiko.

Matiner si Durano nin haros duwang aldaw sa pagbisita kani sa bagong tindog na tourist attraction kabale na an sa provincia kan Camarines Sur para sa nakatalaan man na pagkomemorar kan kapiestahan kan patron kan Bikolandia Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia.

DILG raids gaming operation in Legazpi (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/sept/09/yehey/prov/20090909pro1.html)
Mayor Rosal says move legal if Meridien found not authorized to operate outside Cagayan Freeport
By Manny T. Ugalde, Correspondent

LEGAZPI CITY: The strike force of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) raided on Monday morning the allegedly illegal gambling operation of the Cagayan Freeport-based Meridien Vista Gaming Corp. and arrested 31 persons, many of them are barangay officials who acted as “Kabo.” A certain Police Chief Inspector Hectopher Haloc of the DILG strike force led the raid at the safe house in Guevarra Subdivision here while the remittance of collections was going on. Mayor Noel Rosal said he sees nothing wrong with the raid if Meridien Gaming is not authorized to operate outside the Cagayan Economic Zone Freeport.

Documents, however, showed that an opinion had been rendered in March by the government corporate counsel of the Justice Department declaring Meridian Gaming operation outside the Freeport as illegal, according to the April 1, 2009, certification issued by Secretary Jose Mari Ponce, Cagayan Freeport administrator and chief executive officer.

Legazpi City Police Chief Supt. Edgardo Ardales said the strike force from DILG did not coordinate with his office before the raid. He admitted that his office would not touch the operation of Meridien Vista Gaming because of the permit by the provincial government.

Supt. Ardales said the 31 persons arrested were submitted for inquest by the city prosecutor’s office but city prosecutor Palmarin Rubio dismissed the case allegedly because of the wrong process applied by the raiding team in conducting the raid. The Meridien operation started its operation in Albay in March one week after police raided its expanded operation in Camarines Norte. Albay Philippine National Police Director Supt. Joel Baloro said his office is aware of Meridien operation has the permit to operate from the provincial government saying he was furnished a copy.

Two weeks ago, Rosal halted the casino operation in Legazpi City following the strong opposition from the Church led by Bishop Lucilo Quiambao of the Diocese of Legazpi. The casino operation was expected to operate this October to be housed at the soon-to-operate Embarcadero, which will be Bicol’s biggest luxury mall.

The Church leaders lamented that they are finding hard to develop the minds of the young ones against idleness and gambling because of the propensity of local leaders in promoting gambling on the pretext it is funding projects. They said that despite the Bicol region’s economic misery, it is now saddled with all forms of gambling like jueteng using Small Town Lottery (STL) and the Meridien online betting operation as fronts, adding that bet collectors are seen in every barangays, government offices, and schools with pen and papers in hand collecting bets.

Rev. Fr. Ramoncito Segovience, director of the social action center of the Diocese of Legazpi said the Church is disturbed now that authorities are showing their silence against illegal gambling, saying the Meridien Gaming which operates as an online gaming could not even show an online operation center in the province, except a mere collection center such as the one that was raided on Tuesday.

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;42776452']May new building palang ginagawa sa part na yan. I wonder what establishment it will be.

it will be an extentension of hong. hong is growing fast since its product is selling like a hotcake because its very cheap and affordable.:)

^^I see, that's good, even smaller stores like Hong are gearing up for more customers. :okay:

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Dex, would you know when the Franciscans left Daraga as administrators of the parish. When I was in high school, they were still the ones running the parish.

The Daraga church is really historical.

Are you referring to Father Servulo San Martin? Siya su ultimong Español na pading Franciscano na-assign sa Daraga. I just could not remember the exact date of the parish's turnover to the diocese. Dai ko marumduman kun siisay nagsalida kay Fr. Servulo. All I remember now are some of the names like Fr. Monroy and Fr. Kim Suela. Maluya na talaga an memorya ko.

Are you referring to Father Servulo San Martin? Siya su ultimong Español na pading Franciscano na-assign sa Daraga. I just could not remember the exact date of the parish's turnover to the diocese. Dai ko marumduman kun siisay nagsalida kay Fr. Servulo. All I remember now are some of the names like Fr. Monroy and Fr. Kim Suela. Maluya na talaga an memorya ko.

I am no longer familiar with Fr. Servulo and Fr. Kim Suela. But I distinctly remember Fr. Monroy, the priest who dared to go against Papay in an election related crime in the early seventies. See? Papay was already our congressman when many of you were not yet born.

Lola Felice, the most popular and who had the longest stint in Daraga's parish is Father Montero. You remember him? I think he is a Spanish priest. (a "prayle" in the modern times :lol:)

ang ganda talaga nang Misibis Bay....

I am no longer familiar with Fr. Servulo and Fr. Kim Suela. But I distinctly remember Fr. Monroy, the priest who dared to go against Papay in an election related crime in the early seventies. See? Papay was already our congressman when many of you were not yet born.

Lola Felice, the most popular and who had the longest stint in Daraga's parish is Father Montero. You remember him? I think he is a Spanish priest. (a "prayle" in the modern times :lol:)

Are you referring to Father Servulo San Martin? Siya su ultimong Español na pading Franciscano na-assign sa Daraga. I just could not remember the exact date of the parish's turnover to the diocese. Dai ko marumduman kun siisay nagsalida kay Fr. Servulo. All I remember now are some of the names like Fr. Monroy and Fr. Kim Suela. Maluya na talaga an memorya ko.

Dai mi na talaga naabutan ang mga Español na padi hehe. Pero naabutan ko na foreigner priest si Fr. Titer (spelling?) sa Redemptorist. Hehe. Our parents used to take us to the Redemptorist Church in Gogon to hear mass and have confession pag New Year and minsan pag Holy Week. S'ya usually ang nasa confessional. Hehe

ang ganda talaga nang Misibis Bay....

Yup, basing on the pictures posted on the internet as well as the blogs and reviews I've read. I guess kasi kailangan nila ma meet yung standards ng 'Small Luxury Hotels of the World' kung saan member sila (along with Discovery Shores Boracay and Eskaya in Bohol)

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Magnificent Misibis Bay (http://blogs.stylebible.ph/rajosblog/?p=4670)
by Rajo Laurel

A few months ago, I blogged about this fabulous resort that was about to open! It’s called the MISIBIS BAY resort! Finally, after all these months, I was ready to try it out. After my stay… Trust me when I say that this place is going to be one of the hottest resort destinations in the country! I love the tranquility of the whole place and the fact that it is run by the Raintree group, so you can be assured of the most impeccable service.

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The resort is situated in the island of Cagraray, which just a quick 30-minute boat ride out of Legaspi. The airplanes you take are the big ones, so those of you scared of tiny planes need not be be petrified! There are 5 flights a day and getting there is a breeze!

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This is the super chic fast boat that took us to the island!

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When we arrived, there were dancers that greeted us!

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Our resort manager Ian giving us the welcome speech!

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My beautiful villa!I loved the views from the super large windows, as this automatically puts you in a relaxed mode!

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Halo-Halo was like given to us the minute we set foot on the resort!

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This was our personal butler JG HENRY! He was super efficient! I mean it felt like he was always there each time we need him. He had this ready smile every time, it was so honest and he was so happy to help all of us!

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Nuts and their infamous Kropek was also served! This Kropek was so deadly that we must have consumed 2 kilos each of these highly addictive snacks in our stay! At one point, I just had to move away from it, as one piece is all you need and kaboom, you're hooked! LOL!

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ARGH! More snacks! The thing is, they are all so yummy and good!

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Personal cookies for the kids! It's tiny touches like this that made our stay truly unforgettable! Like when we got into our room, we had a photo of NIx and myself on the TV screen! It said welcome to MISIBIS BAY! OMG!

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I took some photos of the decor of the dining area. I love the use of local color!

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When in Bicol, one must have Bicol Express!

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YUMMY LAING! I swear it was probably one of the best laings I have tasted.

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My villa at dusk! I was so blessed because they gave me a villa with the views of the sea!

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The other villas with a 100-meter lagoon, which served as a connection for all the villas.

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Another view of the villas.

I had the best weekend experience at this resort! Check out their website at www.misibisbay-raintree.com or call their sales office for more information (632-683-8222 local 3881 & 3882).
HUGS!
RAJO!

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UNDP gives 3 Bicol provinces $2-M calamity fund (http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/15787-undp-gives-3-bicol-provinces-2-m-calamity-fund-.html)
Written by Danny O. Calleja / Correspondent
Wednesday, 09 September 2009 20:39

LEGAZPI CITY—The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the national government have separately set aside this year heavy investments for livelihood, calamity mitigation, agriculture and infrastructure development in the Bicol region. The UNDP, according to the latest report of the National Economic and Development Authority regional office here, earmarked $2 million for shelter development, livelihood and disaster preparedness for Albay, Camarines Sur and Sorsogon, three of the six Bicol provinces most prone to natural hazards.

UNDP has committed to assist provinces with location and natural attributes that are exposed to natural hazards such as earthquakes, tropical cyclones, prolonged flooding, landslides and volcanic eruptions, the report said. It finances projects in the three provinces for shelter assistance in targeted resettlement sites with support for microfinance and quick-impact livelihood, as well as capability building on disaster preparedness and mitigation, it added.

The national government, meanwhile, has allocated over P5.5 billion this year for various infrastructure projects ranging from the development of modern irrigation system to airport, seaport, roads and bridges. Of this amount, over P3.5 billion went to the construction of the so-called twin skyway bridge that would provide easier access between Libmanan town and the business center of Naga City and the Libmanan-Cabusao irrigation system to provide irrigation to some 4,000 hectares of rice field.

Both projects are based in the First District of Camarines Sur, which is being represented in Congress by the President’s son Rep. Dato Arroyo. Libmanan is the town he had adopted as his official place of residence. The twin bridge, including its 100-meter road component, got P1.6 billion while the irrigation system was given P1.9 billion. Implementation of both projects is now on initial stages. Out of the remaining amount of about P2 billion in national-government investment on infrastructure for Bicol, two vital projects worth over P500 million are being pursued this year to boost the economy in Albay.

Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, concurrent Regional Development Council (RDC) chairman and a top economic adviser of President Arroyo, said some P700 million in infrastructure investments is now being used to start construction of the proposed Southern Luzon International Airport in Daraga, Albay, and the rehabilitation of the Pantao Port in Libon. The two pipeline projects gained approval at the RDC Chairmen’s meeting recently held in Malacañang where the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) committed, through the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), the restoration of the Pantao Port.

Salceda said the PPA has started to rehabilitate Pantao Port in the third quarter of this year with P100 million to start restoration work at the port’s phase 1 area. The port, built for over P200 million over three years ago, was badly damaged by Typhoon Reming in 2006 even before it could be commissioned for operation.

Another big project for Albay is the new road network that would directly link its towns of Camalig, Guinobatan, Jovellar and Daraga with the whale- shark town of Donsol in Sorsogon. The project involves the construction of 26.9 kilometers of roads and five bridges with an aggregate length of 75 linear meters that will cost P814.5 million sourced from the Secondary National Road Development Program of the Millennium Challenge Account Philippine Compact Program, Salceda said.

The project will have a positive impact on local tourism since the new road network will provide a shorter and safer access to Donsol town, known worldwide for whale-shark watching and interaction, he added.

For Camarines Norte, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now implementing some P251 million in various infrastructure projects for this year, P108 million of which was meant for roads and bridges under the economic stimulus package. Projects for roads and bridges include, among others, two foreign-funded bridges worth P30 million. Ten locally funded national roads and bridges projects have also been lined up, as well as P40 million worth of other infra projects from Congress, according to DPWH assistant regional director Oscar Cristobal.

The projects being implemented are the concreting of the Quirino-Andaya Highway along the Camarines Norte road portion; improvement, rehabilitation of the Maharlika Highway; and the concreting, improvement and rehabilitation of some national and secondary roads in the province, Cristobal said.

In Sorsogon, the DOTC had also appropriated, under its ports-development program, for this year P150 million for the improvement of the Castilla all-weather seaport in Castilla town. The amount, however, was yet to be released by the Department of Budget and Management, Albay Vice Gov. Renato Laurinaria, who sought the fund from Malacañang last year, said over the weekend.

Ligñon hill sa Legazpi City, piglalaoman na mapapabale na sa tourists destination sa Pilipinas (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107543)
9/9/2009 6:26:13 PM

LEGAZPI CITY -- Sa pagbisita ni Tourism Secretary Ace Durano sa Bicol, naglalaom an lokal na gobierno kan Legazpi na dagos ng mapapabale sa bagong listahan kan tourist destination kan Department of Tourism (DOT) an Ligñon hill. Segun ki Mayor Noel Rosal, sarong onra para sa mga Legazpeño asin mga Albayano na panibagong tourist spot na naman an bulod na siyertong bibisitahon kan mga turista gikan sa manlaen-laen na parte kan nasyon asin mga foreign tourists.

Madurar nin nagkapirang aldaw sa Bicol region si Durano para bisitahon an mga tourist attraction sa Albay asin Camarines provinces. Apwera digdi, pangengenotan man kani an inagurasyon kan bagong terminal sa ciudad nin Legazpi asin selebrasyon kan kapistahan kan Peñafrancia sa ciudad nin Naga.

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Click here for the Program of Activities of the 2nd National Livestock and Poultry Summit (http://livestocksummit.com.ph/program.htm)
Sept. 16-18, 2009
Legazpi City

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Participants of the 2nd National Livestock summit will be having a golf tournament from 06:30-08:00? I think its only or fun and to show the participants the golf course and its facilities

Isnt this Golf Course the one being developed, by Malaysian investors, into a world class venue for intenational and national golf tournaments?

mayroon po ba kayong alam tungkol sa peñaranda park at ung iba pang stablishments sa albay district??

Newly opened EMBARCADERO ARCADE AMUSEMENT CENTER
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nag open na rin ang EMBARCADERO HARBOUR WOK.
cge open lang nang open,mas lalong naabubuhay night life sa LEG. :banana:

ai bat parang ayaw mag load nang mga picture..

mayroon po ba kayong alam tungkol sa peñaranda park at ung iba pang stablishments sa albay district??

agree!!! sana yung mga local parks naman ang pag tuunan ng pansin, favorite ko nung sadit pa kami, paduman sa imelda park, manirip sa mga nag dedate... hehehehe any more parks available for picnics without entance and spending much cash in legazpi?

mayroon po ba kayong alam tungkol sa peñaranda park at ung iba pang stablishments sa albay district??

what about imelda park aka kalayaan park? sana i develop man ninda su mga local parks..

Bicol Express run delayed (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20090909-224430/Bicol-Express-run-delayed)
By Juan Escandor Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:17:00 09/09/2009

With funds coming in trickles, making the southbound train run from Metro Manila to Bicol has been a daunting challenge to Manuel “Ower” Andal, general manager of the Philippine National Railways (PNR). Andal said the PNR originally targeted to open the railway lines to the region by yearend, but it had to be reset for March next year. Consequently, a plan to reconnect the southbound line from Tagkawayan town in Quezon to Naga City in Camarines Sur must also be delayed, he said.

The Bicol railway line stretches for 377 kilometers from Metro Manila to Naga, with travel time taking about seven hours. It was closed in 2006 when Supertyphoon “Reming” ravaged the region.

Commuter system

The commuter operation will expand with the rehabilitation of the railway lines to other towns going to northern Quezon and south to Legazpi City in Albay. A rail bridge was washed out by Reming in Travesia, Guinobatan town in Albay. Andal said the railway line from Manila to Naga had yet to be repaired. But he stays optimistic that the PNR could start its services in Bicol one step at a time through the commuter system.

A test run has been scheduled during the Feast of the Peñafrancia on the second week of September, to serve the towns of Pamplona, Libmanan and Sipocot. Andal explained that making the train run would enforce maintenance of the railway tracks and evaluate the PNR’s new systems, personnel and train stations.

The PNR station in Naga is being renovated at a cost of P24 million. Three other stations – Iriga City, Libmanan and Sipocot, all in Camarines Sur – are to be remodeled within the year. Andal said local contractors were tapped to do the construction work, including the refurbishing of coaches that are still stable and in good condition. He hoped that the government’s move to tap the Export-Import Bank of China was being supported so that total rehabilitation of the PNR railway lines and facilities could be done.

Feasibility study

According to the National Economic and Development Authority, the feasibility study of the railway operation in Bicol was completed in 2004. Hinged on the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan 2004-2010, the study recommended a two-phase project. The first phase involves the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 89 percent of the southbound railway tracks from Calamba City in Laguna to Legazpi, or a distance of 422 kilometers. It is estimated to cost $627.8 million.

The second phase connects the roll-on, roll-off infrastructure of the Arroyo administration. The study recommends the construction of a 112-km new rail line extending to Matnog town in Sorsogon (takeoff port for the Visayas and Mindanao) from Legazpi. It will cost the government $304.2 million.

The PNR southbound railway system reached Legazpi from Manila in May 1938. It stretches 479 km, traversing the provinces of Laguna, Quezon and Camarines Sur. Through the years under the Marcos dictatorship, the PNR suffered great losses that destabilized its north and south operations. In 1973, major floods closed a portion of the north railway. Two years later, Legazpi was cut from the railway system when flood destroyed a rail bridge in Camalig.

Recovery

After the Edsa I uprising, the situation of the PNR services worsened with the southbound train getting no further than Naga. When former president Fidel Ramos took over the reins of the national government, the PNR experienced a recovery. The Asian Development Bank lent the national government P1 billion to finance the rehabilitation of the southrail to Legazpi.

New coaches were also acquired.

During the administration of then president Joseph Estrada, the PNR acquired from Japan 12-year-old coaches disposed after the country’s main line railways were converted to the present standard gauge. Under the Arroyo administration, the rehabilitation of the PNR continued through various investments and projects designed to revive the rail transport.

With estimates of close to $1 billion to fully expand and revive the southbound railway services, it remains to be seen when the “Bicol Express” would again chug its way from Metro Manila to the region.

Participants of the 2nd National Livestock summit will be having a golf tournament from 06:30-08:00? I think its only or fun and to show the participants the golf course and its facilities

Isnt this Golf Course the one being developed, by Malaysian investors, into a world class venue for intenational and national golf tournaments?

Hmm, I didn't know Malaysian investors are involved in the development of the Legazpi golf course. That's good. :okay:

what about imelda park aka kalayaan park? sana i develop man ninda su mga local parks..

There is a plan to renovate that park (supposed to be funded by the Spanish Gov't.), it has been discussed many times before in this thread. But the only developments we can see at present are the new lamp posts.

Newly opened EMBARCADERO ARCADE AMUSEMENT CENTER
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nag open na rin ang EMBARCADERO HARBOUR WOK.
cge open lang nang open,mas lalong naabubuhay night life sa LEG. :banana:

ai bat parang ayaw mag load nang mga picture..

Okay, thanks for the update.

Newly opened EMBARCADERO ARCADE AMUSEMENT CENTER
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nag open na rin ang EMBARCADERO HARBOUR WOK.
cge open lang nang open,mas lalong naabubuhay night life sa LEG. :banana:

ai bat parang ayaw mag load nang mga picture..



:ohno: May ba'go na naman dumanan su mga estudianteng paraluho'. :lol:



Participants of the 2nd National Livestock summit will be having a golf tournament from 06:30-08:00? I think its only or fun and to show the participants the golf course and its facilities

Isnt this Golf Course the one being developed, by Malaysian investors, into a world class venue for intenational and national golf tournaments?


Brandon, is this golf course the old Mayon Imperial Golf and Country Club that is being revived? This is located in Padang right? The problem of this site is it is very prone to lava flow.

:ohno: May ba'go na naman dumanan su mga estudianteng paraluho'. :lol:






Brandon, is this golf course the old Mayon Imperial Golf and Country Club that is being revived? This is located in Padang right? The problem of this site is it is very prone to lava flow.

agree... parang spilway to ng lahar, we used to leave near this place... we sold our property after the lahar... bubong na kasi natira and we excavate it. Our buyer was our neighbor then..

Mayon Sunset
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Food at Misibis Bay Raintree - http://misibisbay.com

Spicy Dilis
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Guinobatan Longganisa
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Shrimps (Left), Bicol Express with piña (Right)
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Leche flan and langka turon, creamy buko pie and i think kalamay in filo pastry plus vaniila sauce
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Chocnut
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Source (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104927&id=592864388&page=9)

;42872436']Food at Misibis Bay Raintree - http://misibisbay.com

Spicy Dilis
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Guinobatan Longganisa
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Shrimps (Left), Bicol Express with piña (Right)
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Pinangat
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Puso ng saging salad
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Leche flan and langka turon, creamy buko pie and i think kalamay in filo pastry plus vaniila sauce
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Chocnut
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makagutom buda makalway man an mga pagkaon na ini:banana:

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The First Mayon Photo Walk
Sponsored by Dimage Studio.
Titled: Dimage Mayon Photo Walk for a Cause
Date: September 12, 2009, 6:30AM Assembly 7AM Depart
Registration: Dimage Studio, Lapu Lapu St., Legazpi City before September 12, 2009
Registration Fee: Php 100.00 (This will be given to charity)
Route:
Peñaranda Park - Legazpi Public Market - Embarcadero - Dimage Studio for free printing of 2 pictures
Max Number of Participants 100

Judging/critiquing and awarding of photos will be done during lunch, cost of lunch is not included in the registration, more details to follow later on venue and cost of food.

Click here for more info (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110295402220&ref=mf#/pages/Mayon-Photo-Walk-For-a-Cause/128936358056)

;42872436']Food at Misibis Bay Raintree - http://misibisbay.com



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masiramon pang sumsuman. :lol:

^Sirum-sirum palan apod kaiyan hehe

A quaint cove in San Antonio, Malilipot, Albay
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I just noticed now, Fort Bonifacio palan an banner ngunyan. Very nice.:okay:

hi. new member here. :) traveling to legazpi and naga this october.

is avenrose suites a good hotel?

thanks in advance.

P.S. pics are welcome :)

ETA: what good hotel will give me a room for 1000php? suggestions? thanks in advance!

hi. new member here. :) traveling to legazpi and naga this october.

is avenrose suites a good hotel?

thanks in advance.

P.S. pics are welcome :)

Hi! I think Avenrose Suites is now Hotel Venezia. People say it's one of the city's best hotels. You can read reviews of the hotel here (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g317122-d1062838-Reviews-Hotel_Venezia-Legaspi_Luzon.html).

Here are some photos:

Hotel Venezia
http://hotelvenezia.com.ph/
Managed by HSAI Raintree

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Surrounded by the majestic Mayon Volcano and the wonders of nature, Hotel Venezia combines the warmth of home and the modern conveniences of a business hotel. Strategically located near the Legazpi City airport, this 40-room boutique hotel brings the promise of efficiently discreet service and relaxation.

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ETA: what good hotel will give me a room for 1000php? suggestions? thanks in advance!

Try Neuhaus Inn. It's a good and clean hotel according to Mr. @garycooper who has already stayed there with his family. :okay:

For contact details of Legazpi hotels, click here (http://wowlegazpi.com/where-to-stay/hotels/).

You can also view some other Legazpi City Hotels here (http://wowlegazpi.com/category/hotels-and-resorts/).

thanks for this.

oh, and do you have pics of neuhaus inn? thanks :)

ETA: called them, standard room costs 980php. i now have this in my shortlist.

sino ba ang tatakbo para sa 2010 election sa legazpi??

sino ba ang tatakbo para sa 2010 election sa legazpi??

from the previous posts, the buzz is, its geraldine rosal for mayor. and most likely si mike imperial tatakbo ulit. and if my observation serves me right, harold imperial might run too. his tarps had been all over. lahat ata ng events sa legazpi/albay meron syang greetings :lol:

oh, and do you have pics of neuhaus inn? thanks :)

ETA: called them, standard room costs 980php. i now have this in my shortlist.

thanks for this.

You're welcome! Sorry I don't have pics of Neuhaus Inn. You can check the site for other budget hotels. :)

from the previous posts, the buzz is, its geraldine rosal for mayor. and most likely si mike imperial tatakbo ulit. and if my observation serves me right, harold imperial might run too. his tarps had been all over. lahat ata ng events sa legazpi/albay meron syang greetings :lol:

Hi pojlette! Who's Harold Imperial?

;42898068'] Hi pojlette! Who's Harold Imperial?


hi dx! harold imperial is an incumbent board member of the 2nd district. he belongs to the uber popular imperial clan. not sure though if he's a sibling or a cousin of mike imperial. he's the chairman of the committee on games and amusement. kaya aside from the constant visibility of the tarps he had also been hitting the newsprints and radio waves on the recent issue of halting the casino operation in legazpi :)

hi dx! harold imperial is an incumbent board member of the 2nd district. he belongs to the uber popular imperial clan. not sure though if he's a sibling or a cousin of mike imperial. he's the chairman of the committee on games and amusement. kaya aside from the constant visibility of the tarps he had also been hitting the newsprints and radio waves on the recent issue of halting the casino operation in legazpi :)

Oh I see. I'm not familiar with him. Thanks for the info. :)

;42899744']Oh I see. I'm not familiar with him. Thanks for the info. :)

you're welcome dx! btw, got a q, how do i post pix??? sorry newbie :lol:

si harold imperial ay tumakbo na ng congresman sa third district pero hindi siya nanalo...ngayon naman sa legazpi naman siya tatakbo ng mayor parang mas gugustuhin ko pa si geraldine rosal kasi pwede siyang tulungan ni mayor rosal dahil asawa niya ito...at tsaka sana si mayor rosal tumakbo ng comgresman ng second district alam kong panalo siya....at tsaka maganda kong babae ang maging mayor ng legazpi para astig kasi sa tingin ko itong si geraldine rosal ay maganda ang magagawa nito para sa city natin...at si rosal naman alam nating magaling siya kaya supportahan na lang natin kong ano man ang disesyon nila para umunlad ng umunlad ang legazpi at ang albay

The mere sound of an "Imperial" in my ears just makes me wanna puke... much like marcos. Hay when will they give up. I don't care what positive thing they may have done now, but I just don't to see the city at the mercy of Uber-Corrupt Imperial Family. :bash::bash::bash::bash::bash::bash:

Thats nice... kung si rosal ang madalagan na cong, kasi si bitch ara taga ligao. He is just here for the position.... ata? Para more on road projects si rosal then ma support din kang mayor sa mga project ninda. Just like the soon to be tandem of linda gonzalez third term for mayor and ex-gov. fernando gonzalez for cong. 3rd dist. (abo na nya daw mag dalagan sa province kasi, bankarote na yung cavan ng province.... after he saved 300 million for the province) whew... sana mga marhay ng pulitiko mag dalagan, not of those names na wara man naguibo. they have been there for so long but no concrete plan for the improvement of the community, just for the position....

caya mga cahimanwa... remember on the election day... pag may pera ibulsa, basta mag boto ng maayos sa balota.

i just noticed sa banner ta man palan na na feature su mga stablishment, sana po isabay din ang LCC hehehehe aside sa na miss ko na yung itsura nito (limot actually) but LCC must be given credit. I have only one explanation for this... the tax revenue in LCC is directly deposited in provincial treasury, while the gaisano mall, they pay their tax to their homeland... cebu city. so hope that you guys also support our LCC. They are creating jobs as well as revenue while gaisano is just jobs... and no revenue. although I hate the TAN's personally, but we need to support the local business owners.

;42884480']Try Neuhaus Inn. It's a good and clean hotel according to Mr. @garycooper who has already stayed there with his family. :okay:

For contact details of Legazpi hotels, click here (http://wowlegazpi.com/where-to-stay/hotels/).

You can also view some other Legazpi City Hotels here (http://wowlegazpi.com/category/hotels-and-resorts/).

Yes, Neuhaus Inn is a no perks hotel. It actually looks like a motel but twice that I've stayed there especially during Holy Week, it is patronized by families. You have your own garage so your car is safe and the rooms are immaculately clean. Even my female balikbayan cousins who are very picky liked the hotel. The hotel is very near the aiport. It is actually along the extension of the airport road. It is very convenient if you have a car, but if not, trycicles are everywhere in the city that can bring you there any time of the day.

Have a nice stay in the city.

Thats nice... kung si rosal ang madalagan na cong, kasi si bitch ara taga ligao. He is just here for the position.... ata? Para more on road projects si rosal then ma support din kang mayor sa mga project ninda. Just like the soon to be tandem of linda gonzalez third term for mayor and ex-gov. fernando gonzalez for cong. 3rd dist. (abo na nya daw mag dalagan sa province kasi, bankarote na yung cavan ng province.... after he saved 300 million for the province) whew... sana mga marhay ng pulitiko mag dalagan, not of those names na wara man naguibo. they have been there for so long but no concrete plan for the improvement of the community, just for the position....

caya mga cahimanwa... remember on the election day... pag may pera ibulsa, basta mag boto ng maayos sa balota.


There are two things here. Yes, you have P300 Million in the bank, but there are no accomplishments that are visible. I would rather see visible accomplishments with a meager sum in the bank. If you have the money and you spend it properly, go ahead, rather than have the money and do nothing. I think the present governor showed more accomplishments than his predecessor. But I am not saying that Mr. Gonzales is bad, because he is not. It's just that my perception is that Mr. Salceda is doing better.

There are two things here. Yes, you have P300 Million in the bank, but there are no accomplishments that are visible. I would rather see visible accomplishments with a meager sum in the bank. If you have the money and you spend it properly, go ahead, rather than have the money and do nothing. I think the present governor showed more accomplishments than his predecessor. But I am not saying that Mr. Gonzales is bad, because he is not. It's just that my perception is that Mr. Salceda is doing better.

I see, can you please name some?

The Centuries-old Camalig Church
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I see, can you please name some?

Oh come on, just open your eyes. :)

Rice production sa Albay, nakakarekober na- DA (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107740)
9/10/2009 5:47:29 PM

LEGAZPI CITY- Nakakarekober na soboot an rice production sa provincia kan Albay. Segun sa Department of Agriculture, naglangkaw nin 23 porsyento an produksyon nin paroy puon kan manalanta an Bagyong Reming kan taong 2006 kun saen labi-labing naapektaran an provincia.

Dagdag pa kan ahensya na ini dara na man kan pagtatau nin prayoridad kan lokal na gobierno sa mga parauma na nagbubuhay sa sektor pang-agrikultura kan nasyon. Nakatabang soboot an manlaen-laen programang pang-agrikultura na pinangenotan kan gobierno provincial asin sa pakikipag-koordinar na man kan manlaen-laen na pribadong sektor.

Nagkapira sana sa mga ini an mga makabagong paagi nganing mapauswag pa an rice production urog na sa mga upland areas.

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Discount card para sa baratong bulong, ma-aavail na kan mga Albayano ngonian na taon (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107741)
9/10/2009 5:47:55 PM

LEGAZPI CITY -- Dai matatapos an presenteng taon maa-avail na kan mga Albayano an discount card para makabakal nin baratong bulong.

Segun ki Dr. Luis Mendoza, Albay Provincial Health Officer, napirmahan na kan Phzer an memorandum of Agreement (MOA) alagad igwa pang proseso an dapat na pag-agihan antes magin epektibo. Alagad inasigurar kani na sa maabot na bulan nin Oktubre pwedeng makakua nin discount card sa saindang opisina na kapareho kan automatic e-card kan GSIS.

An mga matatawanan kan sinambit ng card iyu an identified indigents household sa Albay. Ini nganing ma-improve an access kan mga ini sa baratong bulong. Kaipuhan na saro sa kada miembro kan pamilya an igwang discount card o poko mas o menos 40-42% kan pamilya.

An sinambit ng card iyu an ipapanau mismo kan mga doktor huli ta an mga ini an nakakaaram kun anong bulong an kaipuhan kan mga pasyente para sa saindang helang. Siringman para dai masobrahan sa paggamit nin baratong bulong an mga ini asin dai maabuso an discount card na pigsasabing mayong expiry date.

Tourism Officers gikan sa 9 nasyon sa kinaban, piglibot an tourist destinations sa Bicol kairiba ni Sec. Durano (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107682)
9/10/2009 11:36:05 AM

LEGAZPI CITY-- Siyam na tourism officers gikan sa manlaen-laen na nasyon sa kinaban an kaibanan ni Tourism Secretary Ace Durano sa saiyang pagbisita digdi sa Bicol region.

An nasambit ng mga opisyal an naggikan pa sa mga nasyon kan China, Hongkong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India, Germany, UK asin Russia. Obheto kan Department of Tourism na i-promotir kan mga ini an magagayon na destinasyon na yaon digdi sa Pilipinas partikularmente digdi sa rehiyong Bikol.

Enot na pigdumanan kan grupo ni Durano an Ligñon hill kun saen overlooking an ciudad nin Legazpi mantang mahihiling man gikan sa tuktok kan bulod an majestic Mayon volcano na presenteng nagpapahiling nin abnormalidad. Gikan sa Ligñon hill tulos na nagpasiring an mga ini sa Embarcadero, an bagong bukas na business center digdi sa ciudad nin Legazpi.

Mientrastanto, nag-aabot sa singko milyones de pesos an pondo kan DOT para sa total development asin promosyon kan Ligñon hill na pormal ng pigpailawan kasuogma. Inasigurar man kaning makusog an turismo sa ngonian sa Bicol region asin huli digdi dakul an matatawan nin trabaho.

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Dengue cases sa Albay, buminaba alagad dai magin kampante- Provincial Health Office (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107742)
9/10/2009 5:48:22 PM

LEGAZPI CITY - Buminaba an nairehistrong kaso kan dengue sa provincia kan Albay. Ini an inasigurar ni Dr. Luis Mendoza, Provincial Health Officer kan Albay sa intrevista kan Bombo Radyo Legazpi. Segun sa doktor, kumparar kan nagtalikod na taon, primerong quarter pa sana kan 2008 uminabot na sa 50 an kaso kan sinambit ng helang.

Mantang puon bulan nin Enero hasta Agosto presenteng taon, dai pa abuton sa 30 an nairehistrong dengue cases sa provincia. Alagad pagirumdom kani sa publiko na dai magin kampante huli sa hababang kaso kundi dapat na dai magpabaya.

Urog na soboot enkasong magkaigwa nin breakdown nin environmental sanitation huli sa paagi kani baad liwat na makapagrehistro nin halangkaw na bilang kan dengue cases. Dagdag pa kani na pagtiner magin malinig sa kapalibutan nganing makaibitar sa anuman na helang.

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Click here for more information on the Albay Eco Challenge (http://wowlegazpi.com/2009/09/11/1st-albay-eco-challenge/)

View of Mayon from the Guadalupe Shrine
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from the previous posts, the buzz is, its geraldine rosal for mayor. and most likely si mike imperial tatakbo ulit. and if my observation serves me right, harold imperial might run too. his tarps had been all over. lahat ata ng events sa legazpi/albay meron syang greetings :lol:

Salceda, Lee to seek re-election (http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2009/sept10/xlee.html)
By Rhaydz B. Barcia

Excerpt:

LEGAZPI CITY---At least two Bicol governors under the administration party have formally declared their intention to run for re-election in the 2010 polls.
Gov. Joey Salceda’s formal declaration to run for re-election finally dismissed speculation that he would run against incumbent Rep. Al Francis Bichara to regain the congressional seat that he was occupying before he became governor. Salceda, who also serves as one of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s economic advisers and chairman of the Regional Development Council was appointed as Albay provincial chairman of Lakas-Kampi, the administration party.

Following his appointment as Lakas-Kampi chairman here, Salceda immediately came up with a list of candidates in the local mayoral battles. For first district of Albay: Mayors Jaime Villanueva of Tiwi (reelectionist); Billy Ceriola of Malinao (reelectionist); Krisel Lagman-Luistro (reelectionist) of Tabaco City; Gloria Berango (reelectionist) of Bacacay; Herminio Bitara (reelectionist) of Malilipot;

In Sto. Domingo, Albay, Salceda gave Rep. Edcel Lagman the free hand to choose their party’s mayoral candidate to challenge the beleaguered incumbent Mayor Celso de los Angeles of the pre-need plan and rural bank controversy. For the second congressional district: Manito Mayor Cesar Daep (reelectionist); former Mayor Gerry Jaucian of Daraga; Carlos Baldo (reelectionist) of Camalig; for Rapu-Rapu island town, Salceda failed to mention the official candidate for mayoral post while declaring the City of Legazpi as a free zone.

The political battle in Legazpi City is expected to be a heated one between incumbent City Mayor Noel Rosal and Lady Councilor and businesswoman Lorna Cristobal, wife of DPWH Assistant Regional Director Oscar Cristobal.

For the 3rd congressional district, the official candidates would be: Mayor Juan “Juaning” Garcia II (reelectionist) of Guinobatan; Linda Gonzalez (reelectionist) of Ligao City; Jorem Arcangel (reelectionist) for Jovellar; Agnes Dycoco (reelectionist) of Libon; Cherry Mella-Sampal, a last termer and consistent topnotcher municipal councilor of Polangui.

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I thought it's Mayor Rosal's last term? :dunno: Maybe the writer didn't do enough research?

Text tax will hurt poor subscribers, says Salceda (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/sept/10/yehey/prov/20090910pro1.html)
By Rhaydz B. Barcia, Correspondent

LEGAZPI CITY: Gov. Joey Salceda of Albay one of the economic advisers of President Gloria Arroyo strongly contested the passage of “tax on text” bill which according to him will gravely hurt the poor cellular phone subscribers, migrant workers and is bad economic and social policy for the government.

He said that the text is already subjected to 12 percent vat and 30 percent income tax. “I will recom*mend to President Gloria Maca*pagal-Arroyo to reject it,” Salceda told The Manila Times through a text message.

“First text is already subject to 12 percent vat and 30-percent income tax. There is no com*pelling reason to tax it more than other products. Unlike alcohol and cigarettes, there is no con*sumptive logic example welfare increases by penalizing and reducing its usage,” he said.

“Second this will increase the cost of text packages patronized by ordinary Filipinos by 50 percent since average is only ten centavos. With no landline, they rely mainly on text for commu*nications spe*cifically the overseas Filipino workers [OFW]. Effec*tively this is an OFW tax,” Salceda continued.

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means approved Wednesday a bill im*posing a 5 centavo excise tax on text messages which will be charged over 70 million cellular-phone users or subscribers following additional tax duty. The tax on text was seen as a substitute to a proposed addi*tional tariff on sin products such as cigarettes and beverages, which until now remains on hold. Should the bill enacted be into law, the standard rate of each text message will become P1.05 from the current P1.

Salceda’s opposition was also corroborated by ordinary people in Albay specifically the families of migrant workers. Jovita “Vita” Bautista of Caba*san village on Cagraray Island, Bacacay, Albay, mother of four children whose husband Jose Herrin works as an overseas Filipino worker in Saudi Arabia as car painter told The Manila Times that the additional levy on text messages will badly affect her daily budgetary allocation, particu*larly the mode of communications with her loved ones.

Besides overseas Filipino wor*kers, stu*dents and ordinary cell- phone subscribers will be bur*dened by said text tax. Under the bill, all short message service and multimedia service sent from mobile phones as well as every overseas dispatch originating from the Philippines will be subjected to excise tax. According to the author of the bill, Rep. Exequiel Javaier of Antique the government could generate at least P36 billion annually should the bill be enacted into law.

;42884424']Hi! I think Avenrose Suites is now Hotel Venezia. People say it's one of the city's best hotels. You can read reviews of the hotel here (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g317122-d1062838-Reviews-Hotel_Venezia-Legaspi_Luzon.html).

Here are some photos:

Hotel Venezia
http://hotelvenezia.com.ph/
Managed by HSAI Raintree

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Surrounded by the majestic Mayon Volcano and the wonders of nature, Hotel Venezia combines the warmth of home and the modern conveniences of a business hotel. Strategically located near the Legazpi City airport, this 40-room boutique hotel brings the promise of efficiently discreet service and relaxation.





Source
(http://picasaweb.google.com/discoverybaymisibis)

Marhay na Albay tabi mga padi.

Karahay rahay kan mga retrato mo kan Venezia gari pati advertising linaog mo na :nuts:

;42898068']You're welcome! Sorry I don't have pics of Neuhaus Inn. You can check the site for other budget hotels. :)



Hi pojlette! Who's Harold Imperial?

He is a first cousin of Mike. His father is the eldest brother of Mike's father.

;42724078']Good luck then to Ms. Gersbach and Ms. Santos! And also to Ms. Banares (Is she joining an international contest?)


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Yes tabi mga padi. Tentatively she said the pageant venue might be in Russia. This was taken when she visited her family. The very natural Jane Banares.

He is a first cousin of Mike. His father is the eldest brother of Mike's father.

Thanks for the info, too.


Yes tabi mga padi. Tentatively she said the pageant venue might be in Russia. This was taken when she visited her family. The very natural Jane Banares.

Good Luck to Ms. Banares! I hope she wins!

Marhay na Albay tabi mga padi.

Karahay rahay kan mga retrato mo kan Venezia gari pati advertising linaog mo na :nuts:

Marhay na Albay man! Haha, kinopya ko lang su yaon sa website ninda. :colgate:

Bicol University, the premier state university in Bicol, will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this month, I think.

Some photos of BU from Monsi:

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The Centennial Tree
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Undiscovered beaches, coves, swamps and islets in Cagraray

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Undiscovered beaches and coves in Cagraray

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Undiscovered beaches and coves in Cagraray

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Busdac, Bacacay
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^Nice photos...hope the island will host a huge marine life santuary coz it will add more attraction to the Misibis Bay Raintree..

^Nice photos...hope the island will host a huge marine life santuary coz it will add more attraction to the Misibis Bay Raintree..

Yup, they had a jetski tour of Sula Channel, Cagraray Island and nearby islets. I think these islands and islets are adjacent to each other, making it easy to hop from one island to another on via jetski. The Sula Channel is also very narrow and has calm waters because it is practically surrounded by land.

I hope they also include jetski tours of Cagraray Island in their packages. This is a unique activity that tourists will certainly enjoy. :okay:

mas dakul talaga an naginibo ni bichara asin ni salceda sa satuyang provincia kaysa kay gonzales oo nga matipid si gonzales inalisan nya ng ilaw ang penaranda park kaya nakatipid ang albay pero saan niya ba ang pera itnatago??? ang ganda ng ginawa ni salceda dahil may international airport na gagawin sa daraga maswerte pa tayo at malapit pa sa legazpi ang airport di ba??

mas dakul talaga an naginibo ni bichara asin ni salceda sa satuyang provincia kaysa kay gonzales oo nga matipid si gonzales inalisan nya ng ilaw ang penaranda park kaya nakatipid ang albay pero saan niya ba ang pera itnatago??? ang ganda ng ginawa ni salceda dahil may international airport na gagawin sa daraga maswerte pa tayo at malapit pa sa legazpi ang airport di ba??

padi so you mean more expenses are way better than savings? mas muya mong may utang ang taong bayan kesa sa wara? and the airport are been in the planning for 10 years or so.. it is not a salceda master plan. I would say bitchara had a legacy of making the zoo, better than salceda, and he is not even in the gov office as he is also working in manila with the arroyo administration. every magayon festival he blew 50 million... and the revenue is less than 10% of that... now do the math... mas muya mong baon sa utang? or gusto mong umasenso? and all books pertaining to richness... is through savings... kung aram lang yan cang mga squatters... mayaman sinda, baco puro gastos.

salamat tabi and I rest my case...

dx, paano ba magpa book ng kasal sa embarkadero? pwede ba sina maka accomodate ng 200 pax?

Oh come on, just open your eyes. :)

Hello!!! my eyes are wide awake!!!! In Legazpi this is all Rosal's..... stop blabbering if you dont have proof... aight... because from the first time I posted here contrapello cana saco... so go!!!! contra cung contra.

Mabuhay ang Legazpeeps.

;42870328']Mayon Sunset
by lehboy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lehboy/)

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Pang postcard! This is the best picture of Mayon I've ever seen. I miss this thread. I just visited Legazpi. So far, so good. I just want the burnt market to be constructed with something else to erase the eyesore that it causes to the city.

Pang postcard! This is the best picture of Mayon I've ever seen. I miss this thread. I just visited Legazpi. So far, so good. I just want the burnt market to be constructed with something else to erase the eyesore that it causes to the city.

How lovely our land is... so fertile yet so deadly... hehehe salamat sa pag post. Are you all guys from a photo club or something? mga magayunon ang kuha nyo.

Sabi sabi dati LCC? Yeah what really happened? way back then its was offered for 15t per m2 and someone told us it was LCC who won, but no constructions or what so ever... only in oct that a perya always stand there.

Update naman sa mga insider jan..

DOT to step up promotion of Bicol's tourist hubs (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090911.htm&no=79)
by MA Loterte

Excerpt:

The tourism execs led the inauguration of the newly-installed lighting and other facilities in Ligñon Hill Park, a prominent landform in the Legazpi City, Albay located behind the Legazpi Airport Tower and beside the Albay Wildlife Park.

Aside from the Mayon Volcano standing serenely behind it, Ligñon Hill Park is one of the first landmarks that greet visitors upon stepping down from an airplane. The hill's summit offers a breathtaking 360 degree view of the city scape and the deep blue Albay Gulf, nearby towns and islands, and of course the majestic Mayon Volcano. It is becoming one of the most popular destinations for locals and visitors alike.

The tourism secretaty also made a side trip to Embarcadero, a major waterfront development also in Legazpi City that is becoming a destination for both local and international tourists alike, and spent the night at Misibis Bay Raintree, a prime commercial and residential estates nestled in the Pacific that boast of a wide stretch of pristine white sand and a scenic route along the Sula Channel putting it firmly on the International tourist map.

Durano capped his city sorties speaking at the International Academic Colloquium, sponsored by Bicol University, expounding on "Tourism Challenges to Higher Education Institutions". (PIA V)

Hello!!! my eyes are wide awake!!!! In Legazpi this is all Rosal's..... stop blabbering if you dont have proof... aight... because from the first time I posted here contrapello cana saco... so go!!!! contra cung contra.

Mabuhay ang Legazpeeps.

Hey, be nice. :no: Mr. garycooper is one of our most respected forumers here.

Busay Falls
Malilipot, Albay

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From Embarcadero to Misibis

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Misibis Bay Raintree -- http://misibisbay.com

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;42973006']Hey, be nice. :no: Mr. garycooper is one of our most respected forumers here.

ok then... tnx and im outa here...

^I'm just saying be nice, to avoid unnecessary trouble. Besides we're all Albayanos here :) :okay: Of course, you are always welcome here. Anyway, I'm not sure if the Embarcadero already has convention facilities. You may contact them at landline # (052) 821-1221. And no, if there are links to sources, those are not our photos, we just share them here because they deserve to be admired. :)

;42973628']^I'm just saying be nice, to avoid unnecessary trouble. Besides we're all Albayanos here :) :okay: Of course, you are always welcome here. Anyway, I'm not sure if the Embarcadero already has convention facilities. You may contact them at landline # (052) 821-1221. And no, if there are links to sources, those are not our photos, we just share them here because they deserve to be admired. :)

thanks dx.. anyway can you read his replies to me? then you favored him already. Tell him not me aight. Im posting here about my comments and then answering his comment then you tell me to be nice to him? what about him to me then?:ohno:>(:down:

padi so you mean more expenses are way better than savings? mas muya mong may utang ang taong bayan kesa sa wara? and the airport are been in the planning for 10 years or so.. it is not a salceda master plan. I would say bitchara had a legacy of making the zoo, better than salceda, and he is not even in the gov office as he is also working in manila with the arroyo administration. every magayon festival he blew 50 million... and the revenue is less than 10% of that... now do the math... mas muya mong baon sa utang? or gusto mong umasenso? and all books pertaining to richness... is through savings... kung aram lang yan cang mga squatters... mayaman sinda, baco puro gastos.

salamat tabi and I rest my case...

dx, paano ba magpa book ng kasal sa embarkadero? pwede ba sina maka accomodate ng 200 pax?


aww ganun po ba?? eh...akala ko kasi mas magaling si bichara at salceda kaisa kay gonzales nung kay gonzales pala umunlad pala ang ating lalawigan ng albay kasi ang alam ko noon sa usap-usapan nila si gonzales ay curropt at walang nagawa sa city ng legazpi mas focus pa siya sa ligao city lang at hindi sa buong albay

@HIV422: Yup, and I don't think he had any intention of being rude to anybody. :)

Bill banning the use of styrofoam filed
(http://www.bworldonline.com/BW091209/content.php?id=079)
A bill that seeks to prohibit the use of styrofoam packaging from food and business operations has been filed at the House of Representatives. House Bill (HB) 6618 authored by Albay Rep. Reno G. Lim (3rd district) seeks to ban the use of polystyrene material such as styrofoam in food packaging and encourage businesses to use recyclable or compostable food containers. Mr. Lim said epidemiologic studies suggest there may be an association between styrene exposure and an increased risk of leukemia and lymphoma. "Styrofoam is made of styrene. It is a suspected carcinogen and neurotoxin that was recently limited by the Food and Drug Administration in bottled drinking water. Studies have indicated that styrene residues are present in 100% human of all human fat tissues in the US, wherein using of styrofoam is very rampant," he said in a statement yesterday. The bill provides penalties for any business operator who violate provisions of this bill ranging from a fine of P50,000 for first offense, P100,000 for 2nd offense, and P150,000 for third offense. — Jhoanna Frances S. Valdez

aww ganun po ba?? eh...akala ko kasi mas magaling si bichara at salceda kaisa kay gonzales nung kay gonzales pala umunlad pala ang ating lalawigan ng albay kasi ang alam ko noon sa usap-usapan nila si gonzales ay curropt at walang nagawa sa city ng legazpi mas focus pa siya sa ligao city lang at hindi sa buong albay

bro try mo ung pier sa pio duran kung sino nagpa gawa. hindi broadcasted yun, kung corrupt paano naka ipon? hmmm. let me ponder for a while.

2 new Bicol bridges now open to motorists
(http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090911.htm&no=76)
Ligao City (11 September) -- Two newly constructed bridges were opened to traffic, linking this city to Tabaco City and other villages in the province, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Albay 2nd District Engineering Office under the leadership of District Engineer Efren C. Manalo, said.

The newly constructed bridges are the Basag Bridge at barangay Basag and Tobgon Bridge at barangay Batang, both in Ligao City. Albay 3rd District Representative Reno G. Lim inaugurated the Basag Bridge last August 28, 2009, to be followed by another inaugural ceremony on September 18, 2009 for the Tobgon Bridge.

DPWH District Engineer Manalo said some P38.4 million from the President's Bicol Calamity Assistance and Rehabilitation Efforts (B-CARE) funds were spent to reconstruct the two bridges destroyed by super typhoon 'Reming' in November 2006. Manalo said the total collapse of the two vital bridges isolated several villages and Tabaco City bringing difficulties in transporting farm products to the this city and other municipalities of Albay.

He said the completion of Basag and Tobgon Bridges would hasten the transportation of farm products to the market, thereby improving the livelihood of the farmers in the rural villages of this city. Basag Bridge is 30.60 linear meters RCDG Bridge type with 159 linear meters of guard rails at both approaches and project cost of P23.7 million sourced by Congressman Reno G. Lim from B-CARE funds.

Tobgon Bridge is 60.00 linear meters Steel Truss Type (Type CH5D) and 75.00 linear meter span RCDG both Reinforced Concrete Deck Slab Superstructure, one Abutment and Pier Substructure supported by Steel H-Pile Abutment. Slope protection is rested on steel sheet. Project cost is P14.7 million; it's a foreign-assisted project from the United Kingdom (UK) with funding counterpart from the Government of the Philippines (GOP).

The two bridges were awarded to and constructed by NFH Construction and Supply. Manalo said the construction of the two bridges brings to completion the rehabilitation of various infrastructure facilities such as roads, bridges, and flood control structures destroyed by two super typhoons that hit the Albay province in 2006. (DPWH V/PIA)

Feature: Upland-based palayamanan project in Albay (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090911.htm&no=80&r=&y=&mo=)
by MD Rama

Legazpi City (11 September) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Bicol regional office has launched the upland-based Palayamanan project in barangay Intarana, Polangui town to help seed growers' cooperative produce rain fed/upland palay varieties. Dr. Francisco Malabanan, chief operating officer of the GMA Rice Program, said all upland varieties available in the country will now be tested for their adaptability in this upland barangay.

He said that the implementation of the upland-based rice farming systems project adopting the "Palayamanan" approach will help improve the production of palay in the area--integrating rice production with other commodities like peanut, corn, sweet potato and mongo, including livestock."

According to Malabanan, so far, this project is the first to be undertaken in the expanded domain in the country. Over 200 farmers including the 10 farmer partners of the project, barangay officials, personnel of government agencies and some local media attended the event held in this barangay on September 4, 2009.

He commended the cooperation shown by the farmer partners and the all-out support given by the provincial government through Gov. Salceda and the municipal government through Mayor Jesus S. Salceda, Sr., the governor's father. Moreover, he also commended the Bicolano rice farmers and rice program implementers for obtaining the highest growth rate of 17.3 percent in rice production among all regions during the first semester of 2009. Eleven percent of this growth rate was attained by Albay province.

During the launching, Albay Governor Joey S. Salceda who hails from this barangay announced that he supports the implementation of Palayamanan projects and urges the expansion of the project specifically in the 17 more upland barangays of Polangui in addition to the six barangays currently participating in the project. Salceda said that to engage in other palay varieties is part of the climate proofing strategy of the government to ensure sufficient rice supply after calamities.

He attributes this significant increase to: 200 percent utilization of certified seeds which were given for free; increase in area harvested; strong LGU support to the fertilizer discount coupon scheme specially by the provincial government of Albay which released P14 million as its counterpart to the program. He said that Palayamanan has been adopted by the provincial government of Albay as its platform of Agri-Rehab program of the provincial government of Albay. (PNA/PIA)

;42973916']@HIV422: Yup, and I don't think he had any intention of being rude to anybody. :)

and do I have any intention of being rude to anybody mr trumpeta? your insinuating me. Too bad we even had common friend, carol orejana, of mr trillanes. anyhow I though this group was great, but this I was wrong.

^^I didn't say that. It's just that the way you responded to him was kinda off ('stop blabbering', etc.) and could incite negative reaction. I don't think to say 'open your eyes' was off. Anyway, let's end this conflict. Sorry If anything I said offended you but I didn't mean to. :)

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INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC COLLOQUIUM – Department of Tourism, Secretary Joseph Ace H. Durano, one of the resource speakers during the three-day International Academic Colloquium gives insight about “Tourism Challenges to Higher Education Institutions in the Country”. Photo shows Senator Edgardo Angara (extreme right), keynote speaker, and Bicol University President Dr. Fay Lea Patria M. Lauraya, held at Concourse Convention Hall, Legazpi City, last Sept. 10. (Alex Cal/PIA)

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NATIONAL INVENTION WEEK – 1st District Board Member Raul Borejon, (left, corner photo) read the inspirational message of Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda, during the closing and awarding ceremonies in line with the celebration of National Invention Week in November 2009 which highlighted the 2009 Bicol Regional Invention Contest and Exhibits at the 3rd Floor Activity Center, Pacific Mall, Legazpi City last September 9, 2009. (Alex Cal/PIA)

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Plaque of Commendation was handed to Albay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda by Dr. Nora L. Licup, Dean, Graduate School, Bicol University Colloquium Convenor, as one of the resource speakers of the International Academic Colloquium with the topic: “The Challenges of Global Financial Crisis to Higher Education Institutions” held at Concourse Convention Hall, Legazpi City, last Sept. 10. (Alex Cal/PIA)

;42974156']^^I didn't say that. It's just that the way you responded to him was kinda off ('stop blabbering', etc.) and could incite negative reaction.

he was... isnt he?

o? anong nagyari mga nonoy? palipasa na lang nido tabi, ta dai man kitang mapapala kaini. Wag tayo masyado balat sibuyas. each and everyone here is entitled to their own opinion. He likes Salceda, you line Gonzales. So what? Big Deal? As long as its not Imperial... Right mga peeps. Oh Group Hug na kita!:hug:

McDonald's, Jolibee, Greenwich are the first foodchains to open in LKY terminal. More to come according to LKY informant.

Taxi cabs are now becoming familiar in the city. I saw 5 units. All white in color. May van and kotse but with taxi logo. I'm glad because they have advertisement in local radio stations. Flag-down is 30.00 just like in Manila. Legazpi to Daraga will cost you only Php 90-110. So, worth it.

^Thanks. Do they also offer city/province tours?

Yeah they have. Any point to mainland Bicol ang taxi service. Courteous ang mga taxi drivers as opposed to tricycle drivers. Sorry I don't have pics, I tried but I can't post them don't know how.

I'm becoming a fan of AKO BICOL. I like their program for the Bicol as a whole. They had program launching over Embarcadero Celebration Plaza last Sept 5. Im just wondering if EM can really open on October with full blast but from what I saw, paintings are the only remaining works to be done. Celebration Plaza is really huge, kinda Trinoma's circle or how do you call it?
WOK restaurant just opened. It's a Chinese restaurant while Kitaro is a Japanese resto.

^^Okay thanks for the info. There are instructions on how to post pics here --> Click (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=458527).

Travel in style in Bicol's Hotel Venezia (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/09/12/09/travel-style-bicols-hotel-venezia)
By Luis Espiritu, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 09/12/2009 10:39 AM

MANILA - Looking for the perfect quiet getaway? Rising as the next destination scene is the province of Albay. Popularly known for the picture-perfect Mayon Volcano and its excellent regional cuisine. It is the current site of numerous luxury hotel and resort developments.

This place is soon to be home for up-and-coming world-class vacation getaways facing the breathtaking Pacific Ocean. Nestled in the heart of Legaspi City, Hotel Venezia is one of those standard-setting modern luxury retreats, making the city's only distinguished oasis of first-class comfort. Just a 5-minute drive from the airport, its prime setting gives you a picturesque view of the Mayon.

Walking into the hotel immediately gives visitors a chance to see a showcase of impressive contemporary design and sleek furnishings that blend effortlessly into the laid-back atmosphere. Its interiors are brightly hued, accentuated with dark wood fixtures and marble floor, creating a welcoming and unpretentious style.

The look and feel of the resort is comfortably chic and relaxing, and echoes understated luxury. Hotel Venezia has 5 star services and amenities that include a total of 44 elegantly designed suites and guestrooms, equipped with LCD televisions, lush beddings, 24-hour fining room, business center, wi-fi internet access, function rooms, a swimming pool, a tennis court and 24-hour reflexology service.

Every guest should not miss Caffe San Marco, the hotel's restaurant. It specializes in signature Italian cuisine prepared with seasonal ingredients and spices. It also has samples of the region's most sought-after delicacies, with a daily additional menu and choice of indoor or outdoor dining. The hotel staff are also reputedly courteous and gracious.

The Bicol region is a treasure of priceless explorations and relaxing diversions and the hotel offers convenient access to tourist spots. These include the Mayon Skyline, Albay Park and Wildlife, Lignon Hill, its centuries-old churches, Cagsawa Ruins, Kapuntukan Hill, manta ray and whale shark attractions, Japanese tunnels, and pili nut factories.

A treasure trove of adventures await at Hotel Venezia.

Hello!!! my eyes are wide awake!!!! In Legazpi this is all Rosal's..... stop blabbering if you dont have proof... aight... because from the first time I posted here contrapello cana saco... so go!!!! contra cung contra.

Mabuhay ang Legazpeeps.

Mga padi mga madi reLax lang tabi kita-kita man sana mag aarayutan pa:cool:mArhay na aLbay tabi sa gAbOs!

and do I have any intention of being rude to anybody mr trumpeta? your insinuating me. Too bad we even had common friend, carol orejana, of mr trillanes. anyhow I though this group was great, but this I was wrong.

hey newbie, your acting like a kid or are you? youre opinion is welcome but please be respectful and courtious specially to the pioneers,nothing is personal here for we want one objective here. be civilized if youre really a legazpenio, i always enjoy viewing this thread and i dont want any barbaric and cruel forumer spoiling this informative and civilized thread. sorry cant keep my silence,i just cant resist this one.

aww ganun po ba?? eh...akala ko kasi mas magaling si bichara at salceda kaisa kay gonzales nung kay gonzales pala umunlad pala ang ating lalawigan ng albay kasi ang alam ko noon sa usap-usapan nila si gonzales ay curropt at walang nagawa sa city ng legazpi mas focus pa siya sa ligao city lang at hindi sa buong albay

Gonzales and Salceda are both good Governors...magkaiba lang ang approach nila...madami rin si gonzales napagawa na farm to market roads..the good thing is he even made sure that the qualities of the roads under his projects were really at standard...and his approach was more on microeconomics...salceda because of his experiences as economic adiviser under GMA, medyo strategic ang approach nya sa economy.He even envisions to have a single market for Albay and Sorsogon..

Maray na Albay!

McDonald's, Jolibee, Greenwich are the first foodchains to open in LKY terminal. More to come according to LKY informant.

anu na sa so KFC ta jan sa daraga? wara pa gilayun?

Medyo may heated discussions pala dito lately...i think this is healthy,parang sa isang grupo ng magkakaibigan lang yan..minsan may hindi pagkakaintindihan, but at the end of the day...sararo-sarabay man giraray...ganyan ang mga Albayano!:okay:

;42974090']Feature: Upland-based palayamanan project in Albay (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090911.htm&no=80&r=&y=&mo=)
by MD Rama

Legazpi City (11 September) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Bicol regional office has launched the upland-based Palayamanan project in barangay Intarana, Polangui town to help seed growers' cooperative produce rain fed/upland palay varieties. Dr. Francisco Malabanan, chief operating officer of the GMA Rice Program, said all upland varieties available in the country will now be tested for their adaptability in this upland barangay.

He said that the implementation of the upland-based rice farming systems project adopting the "Palayamanan" approach will help improve the production of palay in the area--integrating rice production with other commodities like peanut, corn, sweet potato and mongo, including livestock."

According to Malabanan, so far, this project is the first to be undertaken in the expanded domain in the country. Over 200 farmers including the 10 farmer partners of the project, barangay officials, personnel of government agencies and some local media attended the event held in this barangay on September 4, 2009.

He commended the cooperation shown by the farmer partners and the all-out support given by the provincial government through Gov. Salceda and the municipal government through Mayor Jesus S. Salceda, Sr., the governor's father. Moreover, he also commended the Bicolano rice farmers and rice program implementers for obtaining the highest growth rate of 17.3 percent in rice production among all regions during the first semester of 2009. Eleven percent of this growth rate was attained by Albay province.

During the launching, Albay Governor Joey S. Salceda who hails from this barangay announced that he supports the implementation of Palayamanan projects and urges the expansion of the project specifically in the 17 more upland barangays of Polangui in addition to the six barangays currently participating in the project. Salceda said that to engage in other palay varieties is part of the climate proofing strategy of the government to ensure sufficient rice supply after calamities.

He attributes this significant increase to: 200 percent utilization of certified seeds which were given for free; increase in area harvested; strong LGU support to the fertilizer discount coupon scheme specially by the provincial government of Albay which released P14 million as its counterpart to the program. He said that Palayamanan has been adopted by the provincial government of Albay as its platform of Agri-Rehab program of the provincial government of Albay. (PNA/PIA)

^ This is the more accurate news...as stated bicol region obtain the "highest growth rate of 17.3 percent in rice production among all the regions during the first semester of 2009"

and do I have any intention of being rude to anybody mr trumpeta? your insinuating me. Too bad we even had common friend, carol orejana, of mr trillanes. anyhow I though this group was great, but this I was wrong.

Someone's angry with the world today.hehehe:) Dulcolax lang yan! if symptoms persists....Dugcula.

No Approved Therapeutic Claims.

;42937654']Undiscovered beaches and coves in Cagraray

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I did some queries about Cagraray Beaches. These are the proof that Cagraray Beaches are really golden white sand and unaltered.

A friend told me that a soap opera episode was shoot there. Don't know exactly, but I doubt that was Kim Chiu's teleserye. Anyone knows that?

Someone's angry with the world today.hehehe:) Dulcolax lang yan! if symptoms persists....Dugkula!

No Approved Therapeutic Claims.

Haha, maligaon. :lol: Dai na ngaya kita mag iriwal, iyo. Peace na, para kaan hehe

I did some queries about Cagraray Beaches. These are the proof that Cagraray Beaches are really golden white sand and unaltered.

Yup. This helps debunk the old rumors that Misibis' sands were 'exported' from other beaches. Based on the pics, the golden sands from neighboring beaches in Cagraray have the same color as the one in Misibis.

Someone's angry with the world today.hehehe:) Dulcolax lang yan! if symptoms persists....Dugcula.

No Approved Therapeutic Claims.

:lol::lol::lol: bago na naman ini padi ah..

Maray na Albay!

;42980994']Haha, maligaon. :lol: Dai na ngaya kita mag iriwal, iyo. Peace na, para kaan hehe


Dai ko man pig-iiwal mga padi. Ramdam ko siya. waking up constipated is the worst thing to happen with a stick stuck all the way up there.

Pading Gary and Pading Dx, I worship your patience. But that guy just won the "worst newbie intro award" in the stuck up category in my list.sayang, he seemed Smart.Ass i say,smart doesn't win it all.(sorry for the typo)

:lol::lol::lol: bago na naman ini padi ah..

Maray na Albay!


Marhay na Albay man saimo Padi kong Brandon!

I'm becoming a fan of AKO BICOL. I like their program for the Bicol as a whole. They had program launching over Embarcadero Celebration Plaza last Sept 5. Im just wondering if EM can really open on October with full blast but from what I saw, paintings are the only remaining works to be done. Celebration Plaza is really huge, kinda Trinoma's circle or how do you call it?
WOK restaurant just opened. It's a Chinese restaurant while Kitaro is a Japanese resto.

MARHAY NA ALBAY..


AKO BICOL is the party list of Mr. Zaldy Co. If in case it obtains at least 2% of the total votes cast for the party list then Mr. Co may just soon find himself in the halls of Congress...:lol:

By the way Ms. Meg, I would just like to inquire if there is truth to the rumor that LCC did not anymore pursue its suppose hypermart in Embarcadero. It was said that LCC is demanding for a whole building for itself in the complex which the developer cannot accommodate.

"open your Eyes" :lol:

from the previous posts, the buzz is, its geraldine rosal for mayor. and most likely si mike imperial tatakbo ulit. and if my observation serves me right, harold imperial might run too. his tarps had been all over. lahat ata ng events sa legazpi/albay meron syang greetings :lol:


Harold Imperial is contemplating of running for Vice-guvernatorial post of the province according to a friend who happened to talk to him before he left for the US last month.

^ nangagarap pala ang LCC na mag ala metro gaisano dept store sa Embarcadero..tama na sana yung hypermarket lang...

Hala, let's be nice na lang, mga tugang :cheers1: :grouphug:

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bro try mo ung pier sa pio duran kung sino nagpa gawa. hindi broadcasted yun, kung corrupt paano naka ipon? hmmm. let me ponder for a while.

piduran akala ko ba si salceda ang nag pagawa nun sa pantao port???sino po ba ang mas curropt sa tatlo si bichara,salceda or si gonzales

MARHAY NA ALBAY..


AKO BICOL is the party list of Mr. Zaldy Co. If in case it obtains at least 2% of the total votes cast for the party list then Mr. Co may just soon find himself in the halls of Congress...:lol:

By the way Ms. Meg, I would just like to inquire if there is truth to the rumor that LCC did not anymore pursue its suppose hypermart in Embarcadero. It was said that LCC is demanding for a whole building for itself in the complex which the developer cannot accommodate.

Hmm i got no info about this but this opens the possibility to other locators like Rustans Supermarket, SM Hypermart and Robinsons Supermarket which I believe will be a crowd-drawer. I read somewhere else that EM is the biggest luxury mall in the Bicol Region. LCC in Daraga is not yet open. End of September is the target. Well, in LKY terminal many "shockers" will happen and highly anticipated. Bugoy and Anne Curtis will be there.:banana:

Misibis never fails to amaze me. I can't believe that we have this in Bicol. Guys, don't you know that SSC is very popular in Legazpi hehehe? Even the local radio stations look to us, this makes me proud and happy about our big contribution to our city. Some tourists know EM, Misibis, LKY, PM etc through this humble thread we have. Kudos to SCC legazpi.:lovethem:

;42977310']Travel in style in Bicol's Hotel Venezia (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/09/12/09/travel-style-bicols-hotel-venezia)
By Luis Espiritu, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 09/12/2009 10:39 AM

MANILA - Looking for the perfect quiet getaway? Rising as the next destination scene is the province of Albay. Popularly known for the picture-perfect Mayon Volcano and its excellent regional cuisine. It is the current site of numerous luxury hotel and resort developments.
This place is soon to be home for up-and-coming world-class vacation getaways facing the breathtaking Pacific Ocean. Nestled in the heart of Legaspi City, Hotel Venezia is one of those standard-setting modern luxury retreats, making the city's only distinguished oasis of first-class comfort. Just a 5-minute drive from the airport, its prime setting gives you a picturesque view of the Mayon.

Walking into the hotel immediately gives visitors a chance to see a showcase of impressive contemporary design and sleek furnishings that blend effortlessly into the laid-back atmosphere. Its interiors are brightly hued, accentuated with dark wood fixtures and marble floor, creating a welcoming and unpretentious style.

The look and feel of the resort is comfortably chic and relaxing, and echoes understated luxury. Hotel Venezia has 5 star services and amenities that include a total of 44 elegantly designed suites and guestrooms, equipped with LCD televisions, lush beddings, 24-hour fining room, business center, wi-fi internet access, function rooms, a swimming pool, a tennis court and 24-hour reflexology service.

Every guest should not miss Caffe San Marco, the hotel's restaurant. It specializes in signature Italian cuisine prepared with seasonal ingredients and spices. It also has samples of the region's most sought-after delicacies, with a daily additional menu and choice of indoor or outdoor dining. The hotel staff are also reputedly courteous and gracious.

The Bicol region is a treasure of priceless explorations and relaxing diversions and the hotel offers convenient access to tourist spots. These include the Mayon Skyline, Albay Park and Wildlife, Lignon Hill, its centuries-old churches, Cagsawa Ruins, Kapuntukan Hill, manta ray and whale shark attractions, Japanese tunnels, and pili nut factories.

A treasure trove of adventures await at Hotel Venezia.

Is Hotel St Ellis included here? How about the future Legazpi Ivory Classic Hotel? Can we expect that by 2010, Albay will be home to five 5-star hotels and resorts? Is it a dream or a reality?

Is Hotel St Ellis included here? How about the future Legazpi Ivory Classic Hotel? Can we expect that by 2010, Albay will be home to five 5-star hotels and resorts? Is it a dream or a reality?

Yeah you got it right. Ivory Classic Resort Hotel is 5-star but Hotel St Ellis is still not officially categorized as 5-star because this hotel is very silent that it has no sneak peeks.:ohno:

Guys, don't you know that SSC is very popular in Legazpi hehehe? Even the local radio stations look to us, this makes me proud and happy about our big contribution to our city. Some tourists know EM, Misibis, LKY, PM etc through this humble thread we have. Kudos to SCC legazpi.:lovethem:

Really? That's nice. Pa promote din sana ng wowlegazpi.com, if it's not too much to ask. :colgate: :colgate: thanks!

bad location lng yan..don nlng sana sa bundok. ksma ng ivory classic..

Someone's angry with the world today.hehehe:) Dulcolax lang yan! if symptoms persists....Dugcula.

No Approved Therapeutic Claims.

Hahaha! Nawara lang ako ki sarong aldaw naging exciting palan su sakuyang one liner na comment. :)

Pasensya na tabi mr HIV sa pagkapukaw ko kan pagkaturog na maimbong kan saimong sensia.

Narumduman mo tabi Pading Romy su dating sinabi ko na kasabihan kan mga taga Legazpi - "Bulnutan na baya tabi noy an Mayon pakatapos itanom mo sa natad nindo." :lol:

cheers Dex. :banana:


Marhat na Albay saindo gabos.

Harold Imperial is contemplating of running for Vice-guvernatorial post of the province according to a friend who happened to talk to him before he left for the US last month.

Oh no...another Imperial?? Aren't these people bored of politics by now?
Come to London and work in a call centre Mr Imps, it will pay better. :lol:

;42934134']Bicol University, the premier state university in Bicol, will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this month, I think.

Some photos of BU from Monsi:

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The Centennial Tree
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The BU campus looks much cleaner now than I remember it. They've also added some buildings I don't recognise but the main building still looks the same. The pyramid thing in the middle looks like it was inspired by the glass pyramid of the Louvre in Paris.

The BU campus looks much cleaner now than I remember it. They've also added some buildings I don't recognise but the main building still looks the same. The pyramid thing in the middle looks like it was inspired by the glass pyramid of the Louvre in Paris.

Yup, lots of changes inside the BU campus for the last few years. I just hope they renovate the old grandstand, improve the BU oval, rebuild the BU Little Theatre, and further improve the classrooms and other facilities. :colgate:

Oh no...another Imperial?? Aren't these people bored of politics by now?
Come to London and work in a call centre Mr Imps, it will pay better. :lol:

^^ :lol:



cheers Dex. :banana:


:)

Snapshots of Misibis Bay Raintree
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Snapshots of Misibis Bay Raintree
Source: http://studioworkplus.com

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^ very nice photos!

Oh no...another Imperial?? Aren't these people bored of politics by now?
Come to London and work in a call centre Mr Imps, it will pay better. :lol:

^ haha...nice one!

Wala lang... Here is the city building game I am playing now. CitiesXL. It's currently demo and will be released on october 9. Here is the capture of the City I am building that I named Legazpi. Hehehehe.

When full version is released. I am gonna build a Legazpi City urban layout.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/olineil/CitiesXL2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/olineil/CitiesXL1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/olineil/CitiesXL1.jpg

A nice one Olineil. Ang galing mo. This is the kind of development that I envision in the southern barangays of Legazpi.Just imagine this one transplanted in the mountains of Lamba and Puro. :banana:

^Hah! I hope something like this gets realized in the Poliqui Bay Area during my lifetime...

http://images.legazpeep.multiply.com/image/1/photos/11/1200x1200/1/PoliquiBay.JPG?et=cRn2TvdX9GSm5zb10rkpEA&nmid=282718475
^Repost...Poliqui Bay, left side. This plateau (and isthmus) covers southern Legazpi and Daraga in Albay, and Castilla and Pilar in Sorsogon, between the Pacific (Albay Gulf) and the busy shipping lanes of the Visayas and the South China Sea; if you ask me, very strategically located more or less at the geographical center of the entire archipelago. Want to prove it? On a map, use a compass with LeCasPi [Legazpi-Castilla-Pilar] as the center and you'll be able to encompass the northernmost and southernmost islands of the Philippines...:)

Mga Legazpeeps, let's have fun and be civil even if we disagree on issues and loyalties. Maray pa, mag-iriinom na sana kita ki tinutung o lakadbulan, heheh.:cheers:

Let's promote the true, the good and the beautiful (too Imeldific!) about Albay, not by sugarcoating (ei, Guru), but by showing what will entice visitors to come. Maray na Albay satuya gabos.

...Then we will have plane loads of visitors...

5J323 approaches runway 24...
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...here comes 5J327.
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Mga Legazpeeps, let's have fun and be civil even if we disagree on issues and loyalties. Maray pa, mag-iriinom na sana kita ki tinutung o lakadbulan, heheh.:cheers:

Let's promote the true, the good and the beautiful (too Imeldific!) about Albay, not by sugarcoating (ei, Guru), but by showing what will entice visitors to come. Maray na Albay satuya gabos.


I agree Monsi.

Just a reminder to everyone (including Mr. HIV) - SSC is a forum where we are free to voice out our own ideas, thoughts, concepts, opinions and the like. But for sure we do not have a monopoly of these ideas so we should always expect that any one from the forumers will either agree with you or react violently to any idea you presented. Each and every forumer have his/her own way of presenting and reacting to an idea. And ones it is presented here, expect varied reactions some of which will be critical of it.

Ergo, if the idea you presented is criticized and dissected don't be disheartened. Daing lugar digdi sa SSC an mga pikon. If somebody disagrees with your ideas, be ready to reply and rebutt. Some are outrightly harsh and some very diplomatic. But I think most of us will agree that we do this all for fun and most of all for the love of our beloved province and city.

Good Sunday and Cheers to all. :cheers:

MARHAY NA ALBAY SAINDO GABOS!

^Hah! I hope something like this gets realized in the Poliqui Bay Area during my lifetime...

http://images.legazpeep.multiply.com/image/1/photos/11/1200x1200/1/PoliquiBay.JPG?et=cRn2TvdX9GSm5zb10rkpEA&nmid=282718475
^Repost...Poliqui Bay, left side. This plateau (and isthmus) covers southern Legazpi and Daraga in Albay, and Castilla and Pilar in Sorsogon, between the Pacific (Albay Gulf) and the busy shipping lanes of the Visayas and the South China Sea; if you ask me, very strategically located more or less at the geographical center of the entire archipelago. Want to prove it? On a map, use a compass with LeCasPi [Legazpi-Castilla-Pilar] as the center and you'll be able to encompass the northernmost and southernmost islands of the Philippines...:)

Mga Legazpeeps, let's have fun and be civil even if we disagree on issues and loyalties. Maray pa, mag-iriinom na sana kita ki tinutung o lakadbulan, heheh.:cheers:

Let's promote the true, the good and the beautiful (too Imeldific!) about Albay, not by sugarcoating (ei, Guru), but by showing what will entice visitors to come. Maray na Albay satuya gabos.

^haha...its nice to know that..i never knew Albay/Sorsogon area is right at the center of the whole philippine archipelago...akala ko dati masbate island...haha but its nice to know that!

Tama ka dyan...lets promote the TRUE, the GOOD and the BEAUTIFUL about ALBAY...and no..no..no..SUGARCOATING! haha..

Mabuhay ang Albay!!!

Albay government to host 2nd livestock, poultry meet (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/220454/albay-government-host-2nd-livestock-poultry-meet)
By MARVYN N. BENANING
September 13, 2009, 5:00pm

Livestock and poultry industry players are expected to participate in the 2nd National Livestock Summit in Legazpi City this week in cooperation with the provincial government of Albay under Gov. Joey Salceda and several agencies.

Among the attached agencies include the Livestock Development Council, Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), National Dairy Authority (NDA), National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) and the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), all of them under the Department of Agriculture (DA). This summit will be held from September 16 to 18 at the city’s Albay Astrodome.

LDC Director Carlos Mendoza said "this summit will focus on the theme: Coping with emerging challenges to the livestock and poultry sector – climate change, global trade, emerging diseases and food security.” “This gathering will convene all the key players and stakeholders of the industry, and will hopefully be a venue towards the sharing information on the current state of the industry and to promote interaction among private, academic and government stakeholders,” said Mendoza in a report to Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.

“It also envisions to create awareness on the impact of global warming on the livestock and poultry industry, and for industry stakeholders to formulate policies, programs and regulations to mitigate and adapt to its effects” he added.

I agree Monsi.

Just a reminder to everyone (including Mr. HIV) - SSC is a forum where we are free to voice out our own ideas, thoughts, concepts, opinions and the like. But for sure we do not have a monopoly of these ideas so we should always expect that any one from the forumers will either agree with you or react violently to any idea you presented. Each and every forumer have his/her own way of presenting and reacting to an idea. And ones it is presented here, expect varied reactions some of which will be critical of it.

Ergo, if the idea you presented is criticized and dissected don't be disheartened. Daing lugar digdi sa SSC an mga pikon. If somebody disagrees with your ideas, be ready to reply and rebutt. Some are outrightly harsh and some very diplomatic. But I think most of us will agree that we do this all for fun and most of all for the love of our beloved province and city.

Good Sunday and Cheers to all. :cheers:

MARHAY NA ALBAY SAINDO GABOS!

^^:yes:



http://images.legazpeep.multiply.com/image/1/photos/11/1200x1200/1/PoliquiBay.JPG?et=cRn2TvdX9GSm5zb10rkpEA&nmid=282718475
^Repost...Poliqui Bay, left side. This plateau (and isthmus) covers southern Legazpi and Daraga in Albay, and Castilla and Pilar in Sorsogon, between the Pacific (Albay Gulf) and the busy shipping lanes of the Visayas and the South China Sea; if you ask me, very strategically located more or less at the geographical center of the entire archipelago. Want to prove it? On a map, use a compass with LeCasPi [Legazpi-Castilla-Pilar] as the center and you'll be able to encompass the northernmost and southernmost islands of the Philippines...:)


^^Interesting trivia! Thanks!

Wala lang... Here is the city building game I am playing now. CitiesXL. It's currently demo and will be released on october 9. Here is the capture of the City I am building that I named Legazpi. Hehehehe.

When full version is released. I am gonna build a Legazpi City urban layout.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/olineil/CitiesXL2.jpg


^^Wow! I'd like to try this game too! :okay:

ATV in Misibis Bay Raintree

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Wall climbing facilities and amphitheater at Cagraray Island

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Legazpi to enjoy clean water after Jica gives $5-M desalination grant (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/15677-legazpi-to-enjoy-clean-water-after-jica-gives-5-m-desalination-grant.html)
Business Mirror (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/15677-legazpi-to-enjoy-clean-water-after-jica-gives-5-m-desalination-grant.html)
Written by Manly Ugalde / Correspondent
Monday, 07 September 2009 21:00


Just want to let everyone realize that desalination is not the only option for lack of or dwindling water source - it should be the last option after exhausting all other options.
One of the main options that was considered by the NSW government to stop the Sydney water crisis was desalination - a process where salt and water are separated in saltwater. Desalination has caused great controversy in Sydney. The government planned to build desalination plants in particular areas of Sydney to provide extra water.

Reference:
"The Sydney Morning Herald" Thursday November 24, 2005

Desalination works by firstly extracting a reasonable amount of seawater from the ocean. Through reverse osmosis, salt concentration is removed. Water is then pumped into the Sydney Water distribution system for households, industries and businesses to use. The unwanted remaining salt concentration is pumped back into the ocean.

One of the advantages of building a desalination plant, is it can act as a backup in case dam levels are low or if there is a drought occurring.

On the other hand, there are many disadvantages of building a desalination plant. Building a desalination plant in Sydney can be too costly and consume too much energy such as electricity and heat. Also, it reduces oxygen levels in the air and results in an increase of the density of any discharged waste water. In addition, there would be an increase in the greenhouse gas emissions and thus this results in pollution in the atmosphere. Furthermore, there are other alternatives, such as recycling, that does not cause finance and environment issues to arise. Therefore, desalination may not be a good solution.

Some Australians believe that desalination is a quick solution to Sydney's water crisis, while on the other hand, other Australians have strongly protested against it. An example of this is the Kurnell protest. In recent media, the state government decided to build a $2 billion desalination plant at Kurnell in the hope of solving Sydney's water shortage issue. This has caused an outcry by the Australian public, in particular by residents in Kurnell. They pointed out that in building the plant, it would result in a rise in noise and traffic problems for local residents and visitors. Furthermore, a large area of Botany Bay's water would be contaminated as a result. Also, large amounts of electricity from the State's coal-fired power stations would be consumed, resulting in polluting the atmosphere and therefore increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

However, because the plans for building a desalination plant in Sydney resulted in widespread protests by Sydney residents, the government decided to put those plans aside. The desalination plans would be put into action by the state government if dam levels were to fall below 30 per cent.

In conclusion, desalination might ease the crisis but other problems, concerning finance and the environment are likely to arise from it.



DESALINATION: A REAL ALTERNATIVE?
Juan Jódar
Civil Engineer, Consultant
http://documentos.fundacionfaes.info/document_file/filename/823/00223-02_-_desalinations.pdf

The advantages of desalination are the quality of the water and its guaranteed supply. The disadvantages are the high price, its energy-dependence, geographical limitation (dependence on the location of plants and water distribution), and the environmental limits set by the marine environment, both in terms of the water supply and the discharges.

Inverse-osmosis desalination, which is the system used by modern desalination plants, has made significant progress in terms of energy savings. It uses different types of increasingly efficient recovery methods, which have reached a ceiling of about 3 kWh/m3 in the osmosis process.

Energy is also used to pump water to the plant from the sea, and to the areas in which it is used. It will be extremely difficult to achieve a rate of consumption below 4-5 kWh/m3 of desalinated water. The impact of discharges on the marine environment, in particular on the prairies of oceanic Posidonia in the Mediterranean, has been studied by reputable bodies and
researchers. However, their long-term effects, and the impact of a significant volume of discharges, are not known.

^ Thanks for the information..Dasilination plants are common in the middleast, too...and they been there for decades and no studies were made to determine the environment impact of the discharges in the environment? reverse osmosis is i think just similar to the process used by the popular nowadays "mineral water stations".

Its like Legazpi City and other parts of Albay will have this "huge mineral water station"..Fortunately Legazpi will rely on geothermal power for the energy needed to operate the plant..

Hope it will be built the soonest!

Maray na Albay!

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Ganda! Sarap mag-perform dyan! Aliw!

Just want to let everyone realize that desalination is not the only option for lack of or dwindling water source - it should be the last option after exhausting all other options.
One of the main options that was considered by the NSW government to stop the Sydney water crisis was desalination - a process where salt and water are separated in saltwater. Desalination has caused great controversy in Sydney. The government planned to build desalination plants in particular areas of Sydney to provide extra water.



Thanks for the info! There should be an awareness campaign about water desalination and its pros and cons. We should all be aware of whatever consequences this particular process will have.

;43026890']Wall climbing facilities and amphitheater at Cagraray Island

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^ Awesome! Yehey mukhang ginastusan itong facility na ito..sa pix palang kita na eh..:banana::banana:

Hey guys, just a thought to introduce some enhancements of the old downtown of Legazpi. What if the two oldest main streets of the city are closed to traffic and just make them a pedestrian avenue. I am referring to the following city thoroughfares:

RIZAL STREET - from the Battle of Legazpi monument to PNB

PENARANDA ST. - from DBP up to St. Raphael's Church.

I have seen old streets in other countries which were converted to just pedestrian streets. This was done by Mayor Atienza to Avenida Rizal, and I like how it looked. It was reverted back though by Mayor Lim to its old function.

Converting Penaranda and Rizal Sts to pedestrian streets can bring back these two thoroughfares into their old role in the city, which was its shopping mecca. These two streets can be beautified with greens and lights. The road pavements can be converted to concrete tiles. Isn't that a nice idea for a change of the old city's look? The store owners should be enticed too to renovate according to a theme that will be adopted for the rehabilitation. After the streets are rehabilitated, and no motor vehicles are allowed, the city folks will be enticed again to make it a pasyalan. It will be like a park then and pollution is minimized.

The route of the vehicles can be transferred to Elizondo - or that road in front of PNB. Sorry, nalingawan ko na su mga pangaran kan mga streets sa downtown.

So, what do you think people?

The route of the vehicles can be transferred to Elizondo - or that road in front of PNB. Sorry, nalingawan ko na su mga pangaran kan mga streets sa downtown.

the road you are referring to is the Gov Forbes St., that street is extended upto Brgy San Roque.


Maray na Albay tabi mga tugang!!!

@garycooper, Awesome idea! If planned and executed properly, it can spark a renaissance of sorts for Legazpi's urban district. Besides, the streets mentioned are too narrow and become congested during rush hour. Private and ublic utility vehicles can use Quezon Avenue and proceed to Gov. Forbes St. instead.

We can add tastefully designed covered walkways, lamp posts, water features, etc. It will help make the city center more attractive and conducive for walking tours. For example, tourists can casually walk from Landco to the Battle of Legazpi Pylon, Rizal St., Quezon Ave, then proceed to the Embarcadero. Maybe we can also add other points of interests such as public art and historical markers. :okay:

The route of the vehicles can be transferred to Elizondo - or that road in front of PNB. Sorry, nalingawan ko na su mga pangaran kan mga streets sa downtown.

the road you are referring to is the Gov Forbes St., that street is extended upto Brgy San Roque.


Maray na Albay tabi mga tugang!!!


Yes, it's Gov. Forbes. Then it can turn left to that street where the old Joya and Preciosa theaters were located going straight to Oro Site then Quezon Avenue.

;43062512']@garycooper, Awesome idea! If planned and executed properly, it can spark a renaissance of sorts for Legazpi's urban district. Besides, the streets mentioned are too narrow and become congested during rush hour. Private and ublic utility vehicles can use Quezon Avenue and proceed to Gov. Forbes St. instead.

We can add tastefully designed covered walkways, lamp posts, water features, etc. It will help make the city center more attractive and conducive for walking tours. For example, tourists can casually walk from Landco to the Battle of Legazpi Pylon, Rizal St., Quezon Ave, then proceed to the Embarcadero. Maybe we can also add other points of interests such as public art and historical markers. :okay:


Thanks Dex. It is the only way to revive that old downtown, we have to continue to reinvent before it turns to urban decay where it will be difficult to revive later. I hope the city administrators who are reading this thread as per Mega, will take this as a cue.

By the way, good news, the official website of Legazpi City is about to be launched within the next few weeks. I'll just post the URL when it's ready. :okay:

some one told me that the letter "B" Rawis-Daraga route will now be re routed to that area all the way to San Roque then left to calle Siping and then to its regular route of Bonot and Rawis once the new terminal is operational.

Hey guys, just a thought to introduce some enhancements of the old downtown of Legazpi. What if the two oldest main streets of the city are closed to traffic and just make them a pedestrian avenue. I am referring to the following city thoroughfares:

RIZAL STREET - from the Battle of Legazpi monument to PNB

PENARANDA ST. - from DBP up to St. Raphael's Church.

I have seen old streets in other countries which were converted to just pedestrian streets. This was done by Mayor Atienza to Avenida Rizal, and I like how it looked. It was reverted back though by Mayor Lim to its old function.

Converting Penaranda and Rizal Sts to pedestrian streets can bring back these two thoroughfares into their old role in the city, which was its shopping mecca. These two streets can be beautified with greens and lights. The road pavements can be converted to concrete tiles. Isn't that a nice idea for a change of the old city's look? The store owners should be enticed too to renovate according to a theme that will be adopted for the rehabilitation. After the streets are rehabilitated, and no motor vehicles are allowed, the city folks will be enticed again to make it a pasyalan. It will be like a park then and pollution is minimized.

The route of the vehicles can be transferred to Elizondo - or that road in front of PNB. Sorry, nalingawan ko na su mga pangaran kan mga streets sa downtown.

So, what do you think people?

What do i think? PERFECT IDEA!

;43062904']By the way, good news, the official website of Legazpi City is about to be launched within the next few weeks. I'll just post the URL when it's ready. :okay:

^ Yehey! sa wakas magkaka website na ulit ang Legazpi! Sana ma maintain para masaya!

;43026890']Wall climbing facilities and amphitheater at Cagraray Island

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^ look guys, maluwag pala ang stage:cheers:

taken Sept7(bisperas)

http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv225/leo98/GEDC0108.jpg

^^Maray na Albay, leo. thanks for the update!

Ganda! Sarap mag-perform dyan! Aliw!

Hehe, yup, gari maray dgd magconcert, kaso open air. hehe

^ look guys, maluwag pala ang stage:cheers:

Yup, I think part ini kang Cagraray Ecopark

Marhay na Albay saindo gabos.

Ginatos na turista, piglalaoman na maabot sa Albay huli kan gigibuhong 'National Livestock Summit' (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=108334)
9/14/2009 11:43:03 AM

LEGAZPI CITY-- Ginatos na turista an piglalaoman na maabot sa Albay puon ngonian na aldaw huli kan isasagibong 'National Livestock Summit' sa Setyembre 16 hasta 18.

Segun ki Dr. Jose Losa, hepe kan Albay Provincial Veterinary Office na siyerto na an pag-arabutan kan mga opisyales kan Department of Agriculture (DA) para sa sinambit ng pangnasyunal na pagtiripon na papartisiparan kan mga prominenteng grupo kan mga negosyante na nangangataman kan mga agricultural products gikan sa manlaen-laen na parte kan nasyon.

Ipinahayag kan opisyal na preparado na an lokal na gobierno nganing akuon an sinambit ng mga bisita.

Ipinag-urgulyo kan an magigin magayon na resulta kan summit para sa mga Local Livestock Raisers sa Bicol na inasigurar na mabebenisyaran kan sinambit ng programa.

Enot ng nakipagsundo si Governor Joey Salceda sa Department of Agriculture na naglagak nin 3.5 million pesos nganing maisagibo an duwang aldaw na National Livestock Summit sa provincia kan Albay.

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Mga turista, padagos pa sa pag-arabutan sa Albay para mahiling an Mayon; aktibidad, intense (http://bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=108395)
9/14/2009 5:51:23 PM

LEGAZPI CITY-- Padagos sa pag-arabutan an mga turista na naggikan sa manlaen-laen na parte asin luwas kan nasyon digdi sa provincia kan Albay. Ini nganing personal na manutaran an kagayunan kan majestic Mayon volcano sa ibong kan ipinapahiling na abnormalidad.

Sa impormasyong naguno kan Bombo Radyo Legazpi, puon kan mapabaretang liwat na nag-aalburuto an sinambit ng bulkan nagpapasiring na digdi sa provincia an mga local asin foreign tourists. Segun sa nagkapirang mga turista, dawa aram ninda sa mga baretang peligroso sa ngonian an Mayon asin dai pwedeng magrani sa pamitisan kani urog pa sindang naengganyar na mahiling ini nin harani.

Eot ng nagpasiring digdi sa Albay an Japanese, German, Korean asin Swedish nationals para magsakat sa Ligñon hill asin manutaran an kabilugan kan bulkan. Nagbisita man an mga ini sa opisina kan Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) para matawan nin kaaraman katakud kan pag-aalburuto kan bulkan.

Nagtitiner na nasa alert level 2 an alarma ngonian kan Mayon volcano asin dai pa pwedeng ibaba sa level 1, boot sabihon nagkukusog pa man giraray an aktibidad sa laog kan bulkan. Sa laog nin 24 oras nakapagrehistro an Phivolcs nin sarong low frequency volcanic quake mantang nag-aabot man sa 405 metriko tonelada an ibinugang asupre.

Will post tomorrow the LKY update.

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Hey guys, just a thought to introduce some enhancements of the old downtown of Legazpi. What if the two oldest main streets of the city are closed to traffic and just make them a pedestrian avenue. I am referring to the following city thoroughfares:

RIZAL STREET - from the Battle of Legazpi monument to PNB

PENARANDA ST. - from DBP up to St. Raphael's Church.

I have seen old streets in other countries which were converted to just pedestrian streets. This was done by Mayor Atienza to Avenida Rizal, and I like how it looked. It was reverted back though by Mayor Lim to its old function.

Converting Penaranda and Rizal Sts to pedestrian streets can bring back these two thoroughfares into their old role in the city, which was its shopping mecca. These two streets can be beautified with greens and lights. The road pavements can be converted to concrete tiles. Isn't that a nice idea for a change of the old city's look? The store owners should be enticed too to renovate according to a theme that will be adopted for the rehabilitation. After the streets are rehabilitated, and no motor vehicles are allowed, the city folks will be enticed again to make it a pasyalan. It will be like a park then and pollution is minimized.

The route of the vehicles can be transferred to Elizondo - or that road in front of PNB. Sorry, nalingawan ko na su mga pangaran kan mga streets sa downtown.

So, what do you think people?

Awesome Idea! I'll vote for you if you run for Mayor!

This is what will happen if they implement this. Similar to Parco bugis Junction in Singapore. Minus the glass archway and airconditioning. The shopping center is composed of 3 old narrow thoroughfares, 2 blocks of old Shop houses, 1 block of Hotel component operated by Hotel Intercontinental, 1 block of newly built mix-use office and departnment store. The pedestrian mall is open 24hrs to foot traffic although the tenants operate in typical hours.

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Awesome Idea! I'll vote for you if you run for Mayor!

This is what will happen if they implement this. Similar to Parco bugis Junction in Singapore. Minus the glass archway and airconditioning. The shopping center is composed of 3 old narrow thoroughfares, 2 blocks of old Shop houses, 1 block of Hotel component operated by Hotel Intercontinental, 1 block of newly built mix-use office and departnment store. The pedestrian mall is open 24hrs to foot traffic although the tenants operate in typical hours.




Thanks Olineil. Hayaan mo, pagnagretire ako madalagan ako... ki makakaskason! :bash:

Yes, I have seen this in Singapore and this actually gave me such idea. But it may not even be as grandiose as this. But if the city can afford it why not! With the help of the business groups of the city. Imagine a high tech fountain at the corner of Penaranda and Rizal Sts. with the refurbished old Stilianopolous and Los Banos buildings surrounding it. Para kang wala sa Legazpi. :banana:

Marhay na Albay!

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^^Thanks for the update! Still a lot to do: remove and transfer the electric posts, complete the fountain, finish the landscaping, and of course, the business establishments. Looking good so far. :okay:

Here's the same area 2 months ago:

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And the rendering of the LKY Lifestyle Hub

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^ oo nga noh...spoiler yang poste ng kuryente...looks cool so far:)

15 September 2009
8:00 A.M.


This is to notify the public and concerned authorities on the current activity of Mayon Volcano.

At 5:37 AM today, three minor ash explosions occurred at the summit crater of Mayon Volcano (13.2576 N, 123.6856 E). These events lasted for about three minutes. The explosions produced a brownish ash column that rose to a maximum height of about 700 meters above the crater and drifted to the southwest. For the past 24 hours, the seismic network recorded eleven (11) volcanic earthquakes. Steam emission varied from weak to moderate that drifted north-northwest and east-northeast. Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emission rate decreased to 50 tonnes/day compared to the previous reading of 818 tonnes/day (12 September 2009). Faint crater glow ( Intensity I) was observed last night.
The status of Mayon Volcano remains at Alert Level 2. This means a state of unrest which could lead to more ash explosion or eventually to hazardous magmatic eruption. Thus PHIVOLCS strongly recommends that the 6-km radius Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) around the volcano and the 7-km Extended Danger Zone (EDZ) on the southeast flank of the volcano are off-limits due to the threat from sudden explosions and rockfalls from the upper slope. Active river channels and those areas perennially identified as lahar prone in the southeast sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather condition or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall.

Any new development will be posted and relayed immediately to all concerned authorities.



Source: www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph