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chymera00

December 15th, 2005, 05:23 PM

Western Visayas Average - P109,600
Iloilo - P110,114
* Iloilo City - P283,604
Guimaras - no data
Negros Occidental - P73,923
* Bacolod City - P177,501
Capiz - P99,313
Antique - P94,917
Aklan - P99,568

@Chy: About that income thing. Is that for a whole year or a month?
Its for the whole year
I think the smell is improving ... hahaha ... we need more input for Solid Waste Management !
In the old parts especially the ones that are in the vicinity of poor neighrbor hoods or public markets it's still as smelly as ever. But some parts (main roads), the situation has really improved especially Gen. Luna St.
no, we do it on our own ... be kind of adventurous ... besides, when we travel, we just used the travel guides and of course the tourist information center when we arrived in the place. But hotel bookings, ailine bookings, fare tickets, etc, we do it via net. Next year, my sis friends in America will visit us here. they can't wait for London Olympics in 2012 ... hahaha. Right now, I am just accompanying my sis in her tours coz it's her first time pa. I've been to almost all countries she wanted to go. For sure by summer next year, we will be flying together to Switzerland naman. I just to introduce her places I love most ... hehehe .. besides, I'm free of hotel accomodation, so why not?

Living here in London? Not bad at all .. we have two months paid leave .. we don't need medical insurance since we are free of medical brouhaha ... and all European countries is an hour or two away lang naman here. To top it all, our currency is sterling pound which is way bigger than dollar and euro.
Nami lng life mu sbung guru, lagaw2 nlg :) pro I'm sure working there is hard too. Work hard, party hard man ah! ... pwede da kaapas? hapos lng da magsulod sa UK?, ano guid ang req't or dapat ko ubrahon para mas mahapos nlng sa akon kung magwa ko beh/ lol...

wow .. that's great ... you've never told me you like coffeeshops, tani we went there na lang last time ... hehehe .. bay-i lang Chy, mabawi pa ko sa imo pagpauli ko da liwat ... haven't talk much well gid .. so many things to share pa.
Yeah, kanugon. Next time eh.. 2007. Busy ka man ngdan catching up with your life in Iloilo

yes, there's a little expansion for Residence Hotel.. I haven't seen the recent pics yet. If you have one, please post it here. The Castle Hotel is not only renovating, there's two lot of constructions going on .. on its side and at the back, that's why they closed the hotel and the time frame of re-opening it takes quite a while. But it looks great .. hopefully, it will be operational soon as well.
I'm really excited for the re-opening of castle hotel, coz it will be one the grandest in Iloilo. They are now painting the building ... it looks like a blackboard now coz they painted it in a dark greenish color

it's a big difference if you compare the two income per household per year. there's actually no point of comparison, I guess. But you are right Chy, most poor of Western Visayas came from Negros Occidental. I cannot comprehend it in the past since they have too many cities around, a good progressing capital and infras, but hey, you will defintely see the real thing when you go there especially towns outside Bacolod. Child labour is very rampant in Negros as well. Kind of a sad sight. I think their local government should focus more in empowering their people rather than other matters. I even read in one newspaper that child labor protection will be first implemented in Negros. That only means one thing. This bad habit is in the very essence of the place and should be eliminated.
When I go to Bacolod, I see a nice seaport, wide and well-maintained roads. large malls and nice subdivisions ... I had this perception of Negros that most people there are rich because of the sugar industry and since education there is great there maybe a lot of OFWs there too. I guess I just didn't have the chance to see what the real situation there is, which I hope is not true coz I read a lot of great stuff about Negros and Bacolod and all its potentials.
I hope someone can really clarify if and why this kind of thing hapens in Negos Occidental ...

ka-guapo gid ni Chymera, puede na maging future mayor sa kanyang graduation pic
Ngekz :crazy: Its a childhood dream of mine ... ero I think tam-an guid ko ka under qualified

^wag lang ilabas yung pang drakula effect baka sabihin nila lola na siya ay isang hango sa isang dyablo na kilala nila
lol :D

Hey guys, read the invite sa forum, so ari ko di. Present!
Hi berlin, welcome to SSC!

:hi: mangamusta lang ako anay sa kay Wecky kag Chymera ah and of course sa iban man nga mga member and guest sang thread nga ini. ma double time ako anay para maka catch up sa inyo mga balita nga gin post diri and thanks guid, it's really a good job! :applause:
Kumusta na wein?
where is it Chy? Here in Skyscrapercity as well? Besides, why did you post the dear old Muelle Loney ... hehehe ... are you a british supporters as well? ... hehehe ... just a joke, my firned. I'll have a look at it later on. Cheers !
Thanks gd weck sa pag vote, yey may mga 9 na ako hehe
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The Nelly Gardens – symbol of Iloilo’s grandiose past

A visit to Iloilo gives a visitor a feeling of a place with a rich and glorious past. Standing side by side on a busy street is an Internet café and an Antillean mansion. For such is the charm of Iloilo, the cradle of old world genteel aristocracy that has morphed with new age technology like an eclectic tapestry.

When the Spaniards came to Iloilo in the 16th century, they discovered a people with two outstanding characteristics: industry and flair. The women had a penchant for beautiful clothes and jewelry and the men were driven to trade and industry. As early as the 19th century when most of the Philippines was still in siesta, Iloilo’s international harbor was thriving with direct shipping lines to Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, England, Europe and America. Aside from the staples of agriculture and fishing, her textile weaving industry has been on a large commercial scale and because of an abundance in timber, her shipyards were flourishing. So remarkable was the growth of commerce and trade that Spain’s Queen Regent, Maria Cristina elevated the status of Iloilo to that of a city in 1899. Inscribed in her coat of arms are the words, “La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad de Iloilo.”

Thus Iloilo’s golden age had begun… her port was opened to international trade which gave way to the sugar rush during the Commonwealth period. This served as a backbone of Iloilo’s unprecedented growth. The fertile plains of Panay and the rich volcanic soil of Negros were ideal for sugarcane. Exports boomed and sugar farming became a world-class industry. A new breed of wealth emerged – the sugar barons. A number of sugar centrals mushroomed and more work opportunities were available; warehouses lined Muelle Loney, filled to the hilt with sugar to be transloaded to international vessels. Iloilo then became the undisputed leader among the provinces. Sugar money built majestic tree-lined ancestral mansions around the city, afforded family travels to Europe and to the world, opened new business establishments, bought carriages, automobiles and a fleet of servants for the privileged. Because of the expansion of trade and the rapid growth of business and economic activities, a number of foreign and local firms built offices and outlets – banks, stock exchange offices, machine shops, warehouses, retail shops, printing presses, educational institutions, medical facilities, commercial firms and social clubs.

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The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation opened its only branch in the country in Iloilo; its main office was in Manila. The Standard & Chartered Bank, another British bank, opened its only provincial branch also in Iloilo. The first government owned bank; the Philippine National Bank opened its first branch in Iloilo through the efforts of Senator Jose Maria Arroyo. When President Manuel Quezon asked him “Why Iloilo?,” he merely replied, “because it’s where the money is.” Other British, Scottish, Spanish and American firms followed, Ker and Company, Stracchan and MacMurray, Elizalde and Co., Alhambra Cigar Factory, Wolf and Sons, Standard Oil Co., to name a few. Entrepreneurs included Danish, Catalan, Basque, Portuguese, Swiss and Americans. The first Anglo-Chinese commercial enclave emerged in Calle Real (now JM Basa Street) with the building of the first department store in the country, Hoskyn and Co. In 1947 the Panay Railways was constructed by JG White and Co. to link Panay, Capiz and Antique, the first railways built outside of Manila. Brothers Eugenio and Fernando Lopez installed the Iloilo Negros Air Express Co (INAEC), the boldest bid ever made in the Philippines for regular commercial aviation. “Deiers” rolled out its first car assembly plant in Iloilo while the country’s first double-decked buses plied its already concrete roads. By this time there was no limit to Iloilo’s progress, the first city outside of Manila to have modern conveniences like electricity, telephones, telegraph facilities, a railways system, concrete roads, an ice plant, a cinema, an air transport service, a car assembly plant, etc… It was during this golden age that she was dubbed the “Queen City of the South…”

Being a hub of activities, Iloilo became a playground of the rich, the famous and the powerful. Its illustrious sons include Don Ruperto Montinola, Ramon Avanceña, Victorino Mapa, Oscar Ledesma, Julio Ledesma, Vicente Lopez, Gregorio Araneta, Jose Maria Arroyo; and so many more. While Ilonggos knew how to work and run businesses, they also knew how to have fun with flair…
Animo, leave it to you to find the most intriguing and entertaining articles--on top of that, these are very informative! You seem to seek out the most beautifully detailed resources. Bravo!
A Great article ... one of my favorites :)

Animo

December 15th, 2005, 05:24 PM

Animo, leave it to you to find the most intriguing and entertaining articles--on top of that, these are very informative! You seem to seek out the most beautifully detailed resources. Bravo!

Thanks! It seems I'm lucky enough to find these kinds of articles around. Im suprised that the article that I posted haven't been been posted before (or has it). It really was a great article. I didn't know that they serve diamonds to guest in party trays. :eek2:

:cheers:

chymera00

December 15th, 2005, 05:29 PM

The Promenade's Sunday Family Feast: Best time to indulge and feast
By Florence F. Hibionada

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Imagine this - a buffet spread of international favorites mixed and matched to perfection with Filipino Gourmet specials. On ALL Sundays during this Holiday. Where to? Only at Days Hotel's The Promenade.

As promised, truly the 'Sunday Family Feast' in a lunch buffet with that distinct The Promenade-touch.

A steaming bowl of Sopa de Mariscos for the soupy person in you. Or indulge outright in the Chicken Pasta Salad or the best Chinese Shrimp Salad concoction in your first course. Great way to celebrate your Sunday. And you are just starting.

Then indulge in the extensive choices of the appetizers as a tantalizing accompaniment. The Dimsums? A total-winner in the tastiest and meatiest Siomais, Spring Rolls, Pork Spare Ribs and yes, exotic -Chicken Feet. Or one may opt for the various Sushi preparations alongside the Chicken Roulade Galantine.

Still, just starting. Such because the feast that it is, the main course is of course, the main attraction. An all-star cast in the Lengua Estopada cooked to perfection, garlicky and simply delectable. Pair it off with the Lemon Roasted Chicken, Grilled Fish with Lemon Butter Sauce, Paella Valenciana and Combination Chow Mien - marvelous, fabulous! The combination so there goes the reason why it is 'Main Course.'

And round-out your feast in the desserts - Promenade Trifle, Toblerone Cake, Chocolate Corn Flakes, Fresh Fruit platter, the all-time Filipino hit Halo-Halo, the Window Cathedral and oh yes, the Crepes, a station in itself.

Yet feeling so fancy? The answer lies in the Fancy Dessert Corner with truly eye-catching and very satisfying Fancy Fruit Gelatine, Tropical Custard and the classic Chocolate Mousse.

At The Promenade, the feast is as promised - international favorites with Filipino Gourmet Specials. Indulge and feast. This is the winner in December.

(from The News Today Info online)
Ther food here is nice, and the view is even nicer :)

Magni Nominis Umbra: A frasority with a heart
By Reynan Sularan

A FRATERNITY or sorority's reputation nowadays involves trouble, riot, gangwar or hazing.

It is a fact that many had died because of hazing, which is normally done in these organizations.

However, these isolated cases of deaths because of hazing could not blind people from the real reason why these organizations exist.

A fraternity, sorority or frasority aims to build a sense of belonging called "brotherhood" among its members.

This pact remains solemn for some fraternities or sororities that really value their "brothers and sisters".

Magni Nominis Umbra is one them.

March 20, 2005. Vhanisa and her three friends were walking the busy streets of Iloilo when they saw a less fortunate child. He was begging for money for he had not eaten a single meal in three days. Vhanissa and the rest felt sympathy for the child.

"The poor child. Let's help them," she said.

Thus the birth of Magni Nominis Umbra, which means "Shadow of a Great Name."

The group started with 20 members.

At first it was a "trip lang" experience for them --- getting together to bond with each other.

Eventually, the Magni members took their group more seriously, thus they created rules and several projects.

They were put to the test through activities like the Kadang-kadang Race and other traditional sports that they organized, with the support of the City Government and Prosports.

Despite being new to this, they did their job well.

Mission and vision

Now, the Magni members are held together by community service --- and they indeed serve people without expecting any monetary rewards.

They envision to change the impact of the word "frasority" especially to those who equate such organizations with gang wards and no-good activities.

The group

Magni is a haven of different personalities.

They came from different schools and different places.

Whoever is interested to join them can, provided he or she meets the requirements, which are as follows: must be 14 to 25 years old; should be cooperative and willing to participate in every community project; loyal and trustworthy; acknowledge the person in authority; and willing to be initiated within one month under one superior.

Meanwhile, the core officers of Magni are Vhanisa, president; Donna Granada, event coordinator; and Michelle Onyang, secretary.

Vhanisa categorized her group as a civic group. Vhanisa or Stray, as what her members called her, was appointed instantly because of her leadership, patience, and being friendly. Aside from this, Stray is a member of Circulo, a group of artists in the University of San Agustin where she took up her Architecture course.

She's also an artist who could paint and play the piano.

As asserted by her friends, Vhanisa is a kind hearted and high-spirited lady. She narrated that it was her Lolo who influenced her. He was a philanthropist and very kind to children. Although Stray is not crazy about kids, she wants to help them anyhow.

Latest project

On December 22, Magni will hold a gift-giving and Christmas party at the Asilo de Molo.

At present, they are busy with carolings in order to raise funds for their project.

Next year, a Bikini Open, a Deadman's Party and other events for a cause in the offing.
(from Sunstar Iloilo News online)
I go to Deadman's party everytime. It's a rock battle of the bands, where the underground scene of Iloilo hangout ... A lot of talented Ilonggo musicians out there! just waiting to be discovered.

chymera00

December 15th, 2005, 05:31 PM

Animo

December 15th, 2005, 05:47 PM

yes, it ha been posted loong before na .. pero its nice to be refreshed sa article :)

Does Iloilo still have those families listed in the article? They sure are a rich bunch with those parties and having the Secret Service guard the guest with expensive jewelries. :)

wecky

December 15th, 2005, 08:54 PM

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I'll try to list the malls in Iloilo from biggest to smallest:
(Note: Gross Floor Area is based from my own assessment because I don't have actual figures except ofcourse SM, which I know is a little more than 100,000sq.m.)

1. SM City Iloilo
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2. Robinsons Place Iloilo
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3. Gaisano City Iloilo
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4. Marymart Center
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5. The Atrium
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6. SM Delgado
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7. Sarabia Mall
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So that's: 1 mall per 8 sq.km. in Iloilo City (not inc. U/C)
and 1 mall per 57,000pop (2005 estimate), but ofcourse malls also service the iloilo province and other nearby provinces.

Questions:
Are these considered as malls?

I. Iloilo Supermarts
1. Molo Branch - 3 level bldg. with supermarket, coffe shop, chowking(2 floors), stalls and shops on the 1st floor and some office spaces on the 2nd and 3rd floor (occupied by PLDT eVentus callcenter and other establishments)
2. Mandurriao Branch - 2 level bldg. with a supermarket, pharmacy, and food stalls on the 1st floor and an arcade center and a few stalls on the 2nd floor.
3. Jaro Branch - 2 level bldg. with supermarket and food stalls on 1st floor and probably a few more shops on the 2nd floor.

II. SM Jaro (1 level- Groceries, a few food shops, Pharmacy, and Jolibee)
III. Gaisano Guanco (4floors, not sure)
IV. Payless Plaza (4floors, not sure)
V. The U/C mini-"mall" of Mandaue Foam in Jaro (2floors)

Chymera, please clear your inbox. I cannot send you a PM at all kay may ihambal tani ako sa imo ... pero diri ko na lang i-divulge ang iban ... hehehe

"the 4th SM Store in Iloilo City (2nd in Jaro) is soon to open in Mandaue Foam Mall in Jaro Tabuc-Suba. Target date of the opening is set on late January 2006!"

Mandaue Foam Mini-Mall will consist of SM Supermarket, Jollibee, Emcor Trading and Rose Pharmacy in ground Floor .. second floor will be occupied as Mandaue Foam Showroom. My sis just called me yesterday coz they went to look for leasing place within the Tabuc Suba area. Wala na sila nagapangbaton kay wala na space ang Mandaue. Also, Iloilo Supermart is eyeing to build it's 5th or 6th supermarket in Iloilo near Tagbac (Northern Iloilo Public Transport Terminal). It's a good move for SM I guess since they know how populated that area is and yes, it is full of subdivision not a squatter ... hahaha .. if you build a business there, you'll be serving some of Iloilo's elite community ... the residents of Alta Tiera Village, Lawaan Village, Gran Plains Subdivisions, The Metropolis, the Chateau (?), Quintin Salas and other small subdivisions proliferating around. I've known few area in Iloilo that owned by SM na. One is near the u/c Iloilo International Airport. It would probably be the site of another SM City in Iloilo in the future. And of course, an piece of land in Passi City. Well, we will see in the next few years ... daw pamatud-an gid sang SM ang ila logo before in Iloilo which says ... ""Iloilo shops at SM!". I'll update you more sang mga nagakinatabo business-wise in Iloilo City from time to time.

Chy, Robinson's Place Iloilo is much bigger I think than SM City Iloilo. I don't have the figures as well but if you'll walk around in both malls, I guess you will actually define which is which .. or is it just me naman.

Upcoming midnight sale naman in Gaisano City in few days time ... hahaha .. gabato ang Gaisano sa SM kag Robinson's ba .... hahaha .. sorry, I'm just amazed !

wecky

December 15th, 2005, 09:11 PM

Does Iloilo still have those families listed in the article? They sure are a rich bunch with those parties and having the Secret Service guard the guest with expensive jewelries. :)

Most of them have businesses in Metro Manila na. Some of them moved already whilst other members of their families are still very much around the city. The Lopez, Montinola, Jalandoni, Arroyo, Araneta, Avancena, Mapa, Ledesma, etc are still around (the old rich). Actually, Iloilo's rich society even grows bigger with the like of Florete (owner of Bombo Radyo Philippines), Uygongco, Uy, Tan, Sarabia, Trenas, Espinosa, Gonzales, etc. Mostly Ilonggo-Chinese na ang nag-ru-rule nang Iloilo socialites at the moment. The parties and everything are still imminent but not as colourful as they were. It is not also well-broadcasted (what a term!) just like in the past. But yeah, all of them are still around in flesh and spirit .. and the party is still going on ...

All the names mentioned above are all in Iloilo City lang. There are lots of rich people in Iloilo countryside ... there's Gorriceta, Syjuco of Pavia, Palmares of Passi, Parcon of Pototan, Legarda of Lambunao, Yee of Cabatuan, Tupas of Barotac Viejo, Biron of Btac. Nuevo, Zulueta of Oton, Garin of Guimbal, etc .. the list goes on ... and the gap between the old and new rich is very thin leaving a massive top middleclassmen in the province.

wecky

December 15th, 2005, 09:41 PM

:)
In the old parts especially the ones that are in the vicinity of poor neighrbor hoods or public markets it's still as smelly as ever. But some parts (main roads), the situation has really improved especially Gen. Luna St.

that's right .. but what can you expect in wet markets .. they are smelly as ever ... hehehe .. joke only. Hopefully, they'll do something about it or we shall hold a rally in front of city hall to voice our concerns ... hehehe. The area near Central Public Market is improving ... I just don't know with the Super Public Market if the situation is improving at all.

Nami lng life mu sbung guru, lagaw2 nlg :) pro I'm sure working there is hard too. Work hard, party hard man ah! ... pwede da kaapas? hapos lng da magsulod sa UK?, ano guid ang req't or dapat ko ubrahon para mas mahapos nlng sa akon kung magwa ko beh/ lol...

as i said .. work hard and party hard .. classic Ilonggo characteristic gid ... hahaha. Life here outside is not always a bed of roses .. no muchacha to do your laundry, cook for you, etc ... but hey, you'll be more independent here .. and of course the money is great ... who wouldn't want to receive a couple of hundred thousands salary compare to a meager 7 to 10,000 a month.

Chy, it's not that bad coming here in UK. Before, it's just so easy. Now, they require IELTS examination and to top it up a certain amount of money. There's really a big difference compare six years ago. Every two to three years, the NMC (it's the Nursing Council and Registration Board) changes the requirements, etc. Bay-i lang kay if you are done with your board, etc let me know. Hopefully, I can be of great help to you when the time comes. :)

Yeah, kanugon. Next time eh.. 2007. Busy ka man ngdan catching up with your life in Iloilo

amo guid eh ... so many activities when I'm in Iloilo. Catching lives of my friends and/or catching everything ... hahaha. I had never stayed for more than three hours at home lest it's bedtime. It's all party, lakwatsa, etc. But hey, there's always a next time. I'll see you by 2007 then.

I'm really excited for the re-opening of castle hotel, coz it will be one the grandest in Iloilo. They are now painting the building ... it looks like a blackboard now coz they painted it in a dark greenish color

yep .. me as well ... let me know if it opend na ha .. and ano ila resto or bar inside .. hehehe.

When I go to Bacolod, I see a nice seaport, wide and well-maintained roads. large malls and nice subdivisions ... I had this perception of Negros that most people there are rich because of the sugar industry and since education there is great there maybe a lot of OFWs there too. I guess I just didn't have the chance to see what the real situation there is, which I hope is not true coz I read a lot of great stuff about Negros and Bacolod and all its potentials.
I hope someone can really clarify if and why this kind of thing hapens in Negos Occidental ...

sugar industry is all boon na ... you can barely make a profit in sugar business nowadays. It's much cheaper importing sugar in neighbouring ASEAN countries than doing it in the Philippines. Your perception might be clouded depending on who are you with when in Bacolod or Negros. If you go with the filthy rich Negrosanon, then you will see its beauty and grandeur, but if you happen to mend with their regulars, then by all means you will see the real situation. Bacolodnons and Negrosanons studying in Iloilo are mostly rich or at least have a little bit of money in their pockets. Pero how about naman people living within the hacienda? Isang kahig, isang tuka eh. Anyway, let them solve their own problems. Their rich is smiling anyway leaving the rest in a very poor and horrific situation.

Hi berlin, welcome to SSC!

welcome, welcome, welcome man di sa Skyscrapercity.

Kumusta na wein?

sako si Weina. Work hard and party hard man siguro. Wein ... halllllllooooooo !

Thanks gd weck sa pag vote, yey may mga 9 na ako hehe

a vote of confidence, Chy ... ayos ah !

A Great article ... one of my favorites :)

indeed !

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 12:22 PM

Augustinian to present paper in int'l chem confab

Aneline P. Tolones, a faculty member of the University of San Agustin, will present a paper during the 2005 International Congress of the Pacific Basin Chemical Societies (PACIFICHEM) to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 15-20 December 2005. Founded in 1984, PACIFICHEM holds conferences in Hawaii every five years. PACIFICHEM 2005 is the fifth in a series of successful scientific congresses. It hopes to promote collaborations among Pacific Basin chemical scientists and will feature a broadly-based scientific program highlighting recent contributions.

Tolones is one of the 6 presenters from the Philippines and of the 11,501 chosen worldwide. She will present the result of her study, 'Triterpenoids and Sterol from the Antitubercular Fraction of the Leaf Extract of Ficus nota (Blanco) Merrill'.

Aneline Tolones is the Coordinator of the Mendel Institute for Science and Technology Research (MISTeR) of the University's Center for Educational and Institutional Research (CEIR).

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Treñas, Nava cited for urban leadership

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Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas

Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and Guimaras Gov. Rahman Nava were given the Urban Leadership Achievement Awards for their 'exemplary display of leadership that has profound and lasting impact on the quality of life in the community.'

The plaques recognizing Treñas and Nava were handed to them by Lisa Cavicchia, International Project Manager of the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), during the awards ceremony of the Urban Leadership Award on December 14 at the Iloilo Grand Hotel.

Treñas, who is also chair of the Metropolitan Iloilo Development Council (MIDC), was honored for his unwavering support on the value of inter-local government cooperation by leading the MIDC to become one of the Philippines' new models of urban governance.

Nava, for his part, was cited for promoting sustainability in Guimaras. Proof of his support is the inclusion of the published case study on Guimaras' Integrated Solid Waste Management Project in the book 'Innovative Communities: People-Centred Approaches to Environmental Management in the Asia Pacific Region.'

The book, published by the United Nations University, illustrates the concept of community innovation and its role and impact in promoting sustainability. It describes how Guimaras are adopting innovative methods to address complex and unpredictable environmental problems and promote sustainable development.

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Guimaras Gov. Rahman Nava

The plaques for Treñas and Nava consist of artworks by Bill Reid, who has been described as 'one of Canada's greatest artists of the 20th century.' Reid is a goldsmith-turned-sculptor, carver and writer. Cavicchia brought them from Toronto where CUI is based.

'Bill Reid was the pivotal force in introducing to the world the great art traditions of the indigenous people of the Northwest Coast of North America,' says the website of the Bill Reid Foundation (www.billreidfoundation.org).

'His legacies include infusing that tradition with modern ideas and forms of expression, influencing emerging artists, and building lasting bridges between First Nations and other peoples,' it added. Born in 1920, Reid died in 1998.

The awards ceremony marked the culmination of the Canada-Philippines Partnership Program for Good Urban Governance (CPPPGUG), which CUI implements from 2001 to 2006 and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

CUI is a Toronto-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing solutions to important issues that has an impact on the quality of life in urban areas and communicating those solutions to a wide audience through a variety of media.

For over 10 years, CUI has been working in Western Visayas in supporting the country's continued thrust towards decentralization of power to local governments and empowerment of communities in local decision-making as set forth in the Local Government Code of 1991.

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UP Visayas wishes for 'Maayo nga Kabubut-on Maghari sa Paskua'

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Miag-ao, Iloilo -- Political crisis, corruption, inflation, terrorism, flood - these are the things that we lived through in 2005 - enough to send our hearts fainting and perhaps make our souls embittered. Yet, the year did not necessarily end on a bad note for the Philippines, not after scoring an overwhelming victory in the 23rd South East Asian Games and the strong showing of the peso (courtesy of OFW remittances).

So let the spirit of goodwill reign in our hearts this Christmas: 'Maayo nga Kabubut-on Maghari sa Paskua'.

This is a timely theme for the celebration of PASKUA 2005 at UP Visayas from 17 to 21 December.

The amity starts with a Party for UPV Employees' Children on Saturday, December 17, 9:00 a.m. at the UPV Iloilo City campus Auditorium followed by UP High School in Iloilo PTA Family Day at 2:30 p.m. at the same venue.

The University Student Council will lead various student organizations for a Basic Mass Integration on Sunday, December 18. In the morning, simultaneous activities like film showing and literacy program for kids will be held at the UPV Covered Court in Miagao and a barangay clean-up in Relocation I will be conducted. In the afternoon, a Treat for Kids is lined up for the children of Barangays Lumangan, Sapa, Mambatad, Bacauan, Igpaho, Malagyan, Mat-y, Paro-on at the UPV Miagao Covered Court.

On Monday, December 19, UPV topnotchers and passers in various licensure exams will be honored in a tribute called Pagpanginbulahan at 2:00 pm, Graduate and Continuing Education Building Training Room, Iloilo City campus.

The Lantern Parade, a venerated UP tradition, will be on Wednesday, December 21 at 3:30 pm in Iloilo City. For this year, human lanterns will be featured. An Ecumenical Service will be held before this at 2:30 pm at the GCEB Grounds, Iloilo City campus. Thereafter, a Paskua Program, Dinner, Fellowship and Binayle will follow.

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Nigeria in Iloilo

Mr. Dada Olisa, Charge de Affaires /Head of Mission and Mr. Samson Itegboge, Counselor of the Nigerian Embassy in the Philippines were on an official visit in Iloilo city and province on November 28-30, 2005.. The purpose of their visit was to gain "first hand experience/knowledge of the tourism and economic potentials of Western Visayas with a view of finding possible avenues for joint cooperation between the Philippines and Nigeria.".

The Nigerian dignitaries were met at the Iloilo Airport by DOT Region VI Director Edwin G. Trompeta, Atty. Helen J. Camarista also of DOT Region VI and Project Officer of the visit, Iloilo Dinagyang Executive Director Mr. Ben Jimena who represented Mayor Jerry Treñas, Iloilo Provincial Tourism Officer Gilbert "Bombette" Marin and Mary Ann Ybañez of the Iloilo Provincial Government, and members of the Nigerian Community in Iloilo City headed by Dr. Odufonso Oke of Central Philippine University and Mr. Merly Ajayi of Josmef Enterprises Philippines.

Welcome lunch and Ben Jimena's briefing on Iloilo City at the Iloilo Grand Dame Hotel was hosted by the Iloilo City Government after which the visitors were off to a tour of Iloilo City. The tour stops included shopping at the Iloilo Producers Association Showroom and a few minutes over a cup of coffee at Smalville Complex. Dinner of seafood and roasted native chicken was hosted by the Iloilo Provincial Government at Tatoy's Manokan and Seafood Restaurant.

The tour next day brought the visitors to the southern Iloilo countryside up to the idyllic town of San Joaquin, some 50 kilometers from Iloilo City passing by interesting points of interest in the towns of Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal and Miag-ao. On the way to this town, they visited Rebeña Sash and Home Furnishing at Arevalo, Iloilo City, where Mr. Joemarie Yao, Proprietor, explained the process of bamboo furniture making and showcased elegant finished products. Lunch in San Joaquin, Iloilo was hosted by the Municipality of San Joaquin through Mayor Ninfa S. Garin who was represented by Sangguniang Bayan MemberVirgilio Nacion, Chairman, Committee on Tourism and Erlyn Alunan, Municipal Tourism Officer.

On the way back, the dignitaries visited historic Miag-ao Church at the town proper of Miag-ao and observed hablon handloom weaving at Barangay Indag-an, Miag-ao. In Guimbal, GarinFarm welcomed them with a tour of the place and made available the creamy GarinFarm Ice Cream for them to relish.

By 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon the touring visitors were already back in Iloilo City for a courtesy call Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas represented by City Administrator Melchor Tan and Executive Assistant Francis Cruz and Governor Niel D. Tupas. (The official visitors were not able to visit the Mayor's Office and Governor's Office on day of arrival because November 28, 2005 was a national public holiday.) The courtesy calls were followed by a tour of Museo Iloilo after which the visitors had ample time to interact with the Nigerian community in Iloilo.

It was a tour that awed the visitors- - from the airport reception, meal hostings, tours, meeting with local officials and shopping to the tour guiding services of Iloilo-City licensed professional tour guide Yehlen Camarista, back-up / security services provided by two (2) plainclothes policemen sent by Iloilo City Police Director SSupt. Norlito Bautista as requested by RD Edwin Trompeta and driving of Nonito, the tour vehicle driver provided by Mayor Jerry Treñas.

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Sta. Barbara Centenary ( 1907-2007)

The Iloilo Golf and Country Club shall celebrate its centenary in a yearlong celebration of the Centennial Year of Golf in the Philippines. Starting next issue of the TNT, On the Dot will publish interesting details about the Sta. Barbara Golf Course centenary and the Iloilo Golf and Country Club itself. Thanks, Lito Duran, for the info.

(from The News Today Info online)

Weina

December 16th, 2005, 12:42 PM

[QUOTE=wecky]:)

that's right .. but what can you expect in wet markets .. they are smelly as ever ... hehehe .. joke only. Hopefully, they'll do something about it or we shall hold a rally in front of city hall to voice our concerns ... hehehe. The area near Central Public Market is improving ... I just don't know with the Super Public Market if the situation is improving at all.

Wala na da ga tulo ang atop sang central kag public market kon mag ulan?

as i said .. work hard and party hard .. classic Ilonggo characteristic gid ... hahaha. Life here outside is not always a bed of roses .. no muchacha to do your laundry, cook for you, etc ... but hey, you'll be more independent here .. and of course the money is great ... who wouldn't want to receive a couple of hundred thousands salary compare to a meager 7 to 10,000 a
month.

Correct Weck! Life outside the philippines is really damn hard but when you check your account and see lots of monies, everything changes, :nocrook: :carrot:

[I][B]amo guid eh ... so many activities when I'm in Iloilo. Catching lives of my friends and/or catching everything ... hahaha. I had never stayed for more than three hours at home lest it's bedtime. It's all party, lakwatsa, etc. But hey, there's always a next time. I'll see you by 2007 then.

So different with mine, everytime I go back to Iloilo, i'm stuck up in my home, no parties no lakwatsa. I help in the grocery store, I teach and help my nieces and nephews (dozens of them) their homeworks and play games with them. I love them so no choice. Sometimes i feel sad because they grew up having memories without me. But no choice I have to earn dollars to give them pang jollibee, etc. ha ha ha. And besides no party party for my family, since my family is very conservative and religious to the max. Unless I won't stay at home stay in hotel instead then I have a chance to party, he he he

sugar industry is all boon na ... you can barely make a profit in sugar business nowadays. It's much cheaper importing sugar in neighbouring ASEAN countries than doing it in the Philippines. Your perception might be clouded depending on who are you with when in Bacolod or Negros. If you go with the filthy rich Negrosanon, then you will see its beauty and grandeur, but if you happen to mend with their regulars, then by all means you will see the real situation. Bacolodnons and Negrosanons studying in Iloilo are mostly rich or at least have a little bit of money in their pockets. Pero how about naman people living within the hacienda? Isang kahig, isang tuka eh. Anyway, let them solve their own problems. Their rich is smiling anyway leaving the rest in a very poor and horrific situation.

with the soaring oil prices right now, the sugar industry is gaining a momentum. The ethanol business would be a big boast to the sugar industry. So the negrenses still have hope with their sugar industry. There are still many rich family pa rin in negros, but poor family percentage I think is higher. And I think what really need to be given attention in negros is the child labor problem, I think it's really serious in negros compared to other provinces. sounds not so good to our brothers and sisters in negros but hey it's happening there and it's even a common practice to hire children. I've been in and out in negros for almost 15 years kaya I know. even some of my relatives there before na may mga business, they also are doing the same thing. I just don't care dati coz I was still young to understand, but now I realize nga indi guid dapat. Children should be in the school not in the workplace.

sako si Weina. Work hard and party hard man siguro. Wein ... halllllllooooooo !

no partying here Weck, chinese don't party a lot, they save a lot, he he he, kaya ako amo man. ari lang ko di sa thread everyday, ga check sa inyo nga duha ni Chymera nga gin post pero no time na rin mag post so basa basa lang a few minutes. Busy guid subong sa work, ngita ta anay kwarta para may tinapay, he he he...

a vote of confidence, Chy ... ayos ah !

wala pa tapos, puede pa makabulig isa ka boto?

chymera00

December 16th, 2005, 12:52 PM

some stuff I researched at neoit.com:
http://www.neoit.com/pdfs/whitepapers/OIv3i09_1005_Philippines-City-Competitiveness.pdf
Neo IT ranked the Philippines as the best outsourcing destination next to India, this paper called "Outsourcing in the Phil: MM and Beyond" ranked outsourcing sites within the Philippines:

Factors:
1. People (size of labor pool, number of tertiary schools, english proficiency, labor quality)
2. Infrastructure (telecommunication, transportation, airports, power)
3. Financial (cost of doing business, cost of living, cost of real estate)
4. Catalyst (gov't support, social and political stability, climate, prescence of similar companies, key developments catering to ITC industry)

Rank:

1. MM - 100
Catalyst - 4.8
People - 4.9
Infra - 5
Financial - 3
2. Cebu - 82
Catalyst - 3.6
People - 3.7
Infra - 3.5
Financial - 3.5
3. Davao - 78
Catalyst - 2.8
People - 3.5
Infra - 3.1
Financial - 4
4. Clark - 77
Catalyst - 2.2
People - 3.7
Infra - 3.3
Financial - 4
5. Cagayan de Oro - 74
Catalyst - 2.3
People - 3.2
Infra - 3.2
Financial - 4
6. Iloilo - 72
Catalyst - 2.3
People - 2.7
Infra - 2.9
Financial - 4.3
7. Bacolod - 70
Catalyst - 2.3
People - 3
Infra - 2.6
Financial - 4
8. Baguio - 69
Catalyst - 2.2
People - 2.8
Infra - 2.6
Financial - 4
9. Dumaguete - 66
Catalyst - 1.5
People -2.2
Infra - 2.6
Financial - 4

Iloilo - 72
Catalyst - 5th
People - 6th
Infra - 6th
Financial - 1st

Iloilo Profile:
Iloilo
Airport: Iloilo Domestic Airport
PEZA zones: None (2 are found in adjacent municipalities of Pavia and Leganes)
ITEs co.: ePLDT, CallBox, eCommideas, ICT Group

My analysis: Iloilo ranks 6th, which I guess is okay. However, they ranked Iloilo so low on "people" factor, despite Iloilo having one of the highest number of tertiary schools and, more notably, hiring rate in call centers compared to other areas in the Phi. , and a relatively high population. Its also ranked Iloilo low in infra, which maybe because it has no International Airport (yet). And Catalyst was somewhat low.

Davao also had a score of 1.5 in Social and political stability, which is kind of funny.

This article is old but may be useful:

Metro Iloilo: A Struggle for Acceptance and Organization
Ruben G. Mercado and Raul S. Anlocotan1

1. Introduction

Established in 1890, Iloilo City, located in Western Visayas Region, is one of the oldest cities in the Philippines. Currently one of the major urban centers in thecountry, the city is densely populated having a small land area (56 square kilometers) and with a population of more than 300,000 as of 1995. The burgeoning population constricted in a small land area greatly affected the urban functioning of the city. Among other problems, domestic airport cannot be expanded, slum dwellers in the city’s commercial district cannot be relocated and solid wastes cannot be properly disposed of. The easiest solution is to expand the city’s land area. However, this is an impossible option as the city is bounded in the east by Guimaras Strait with a steep trench making re clamation improbable. On the other sides, the city is bounded by four municipalities of Iloilo, namely, Oton in the south, San Miguel in the northwest and Pavia and Leganes in the north. This dilemma has hounded urban planners to seek viable alternative solutions to decelerate urban blight.

The creation of Metro Iloilo has been a dream of many urban planners and
businessmen in the city. The concept involves the formation of a metropolitan
arrangement between Iloilo City and its adjacent municipalities within 15-kilometer radius in the province of Iloilo. While it is difficult to establish how this concept was brought to fore, some precursors to its formation can be identified. In an interview with key informants in Western Visayas Region, the germ for the creation of a Metro Iloilo was first spread by a group of businessmen and eminent persons in Iloilo City sometime in the early 90’s. The idea was not given much attention as the city was experiencing its most turbulent period.

At that time, the incumbent mayor was fighting for his political survival as he battled with the Department of the Interior and Local Governments (DILG) for the lifting of several suspension orders issued to him by DILG. For several months, the city was placed under the care of the vice mayor who eventually gained the mayoral post in the succeeding elections. The incessant political bickering in the city during the first half of the 90’s severely constricted long term development efforts as local officials concerned themselves with parochial matters. The lackadaisical attitude of the Sangguniang Panglunsod towards long-term planning even aggravated the lack of coherence in the city’s developmental efforts.

In 1996, the concept was revived. This time, mayors of the four concerned local government units, namely Iloilo City, Oton, Pavia and Leganes met to identify areas of possible cooperation. These three municipalities and the city of Iloilo are the areas identified to constitute Metropolitan Iloilo. With the help of the private sector, a draft memorandum of agreement was prepared for the creation of the Metropolitan Iloilo Development Council (MIDC) to undertake activities under certain identified areas. For this cooperative undertaking to be legally binding, it has to comply with the requirements of the Local Government Code of 1991 which stipulates that a resolution has to be passed by the respective Sanggunian signifying its concurrence to such agreement. All Sangguniang Bayan of the three concerned municipalities
favorably passed a resolution signifying their concurrence except that of the
Sangguniang Panglungsod of Iloilo City which to date refuses to concur with the metropolitan arrangement.

The operationalization of the Metro Iloilo concept was stalled by the incessant
political stalemate between the present mayor and the Sangguniang Panglunsod. In refusing to pass the necessary resolution, the Sangguniang Panglunsod argued that the Memorandum of Agreement did not pass through a process of consultation with concerned sectors of Iloilo City. The Sangguniang Panglunsod members alleged that the mayor acted on his own and without the Sangguniang Panglunsod providing him the mandate to undertake formal arrangements with the concerned municipalities. The members of the Sangguniang Panglunsod also alleged that the city of Iloilo will
be carrying most of the financial burden entailed by this metropolitan arrangement. On the surface, it seems that the Sangguniang Panglunsod view the issue as not entirely on the substance but rather the process that went through such undertaking. However, there seems to be a deeper issue involved. A comment was made that the Memorandum of Agreement was drafted without a technical study to back it up.

There is, therefore, a very unclear understanding and appreciation of the rationale for such cooperative arrangement. With the foregoing account as a backdrop, this paper attempts to present the initial thinking on the substantive aspects of the aforecited cooperative undertaking in the
way local officials view them. This paper will also try to briefly present the crucial steps to be taken to approach the present dilemma. This is with the end in view of effecting a more acceptable cooperative arrangement and organization in the context of the institutional and political arrangements at work in the subject area.

2. Demographic and Land Characteristics
Metro Iloilo, as to its initial compositional definition, has a population of close to half a million that is largely concentrated in Iloilo City (76.5 percent in 1995). Next to CAMADA (Metro Dagupan), among the metropolitan arrangements in the country, it is the smallest in terms of population and land size and the slowest in terms of population growth rate. The slow growth in population reflects the overall low growth rate in the whole Western Visayas Region which has been attributed to significant level of population out-migration (NEDA, 1993). Relatively high growth rate, however, can be observed in Pavia in view of the designation and promotion of the
area as the Regional Agro-Industrial Center (RAIC).

While the present level and growth rate of population in the various areas of
Metro Iloilo are quite low, prospects for increased urbanization in the area can be anticipated with the increased vigor to establish infrastructure support for the development of the RAIC and other industrial sites. The spatial expansion of the city towards the north (to the municipalities of Leganes and Pavia) is supported with a comprehensive road network which connects Iloilo City to other points in Panay Island. The latest of these projects is the coastal road opening a second link to the municipalities of Leganes and the adjoining municipalities of Zarraga and Dumangas in the north as well as to the Iloilo International Port Complex. The municipality of Leganes has also started a large-scale multi-purpose land development that will establish it as an attractive industrial and residential zone. The plan includes a reclamation of about 200 hectares of seashore along the Guimaras Strait.

3. Identified Areas for Cooperation
The Municipality of Pavia was identified by the Regional Development
Council in the late 80’s as the region’s center for industrial development. Since then, infrastructure support projects were implemented by different government agencies to enhance the attractiveness of the area as an industrial haven in the region.

In the early 1990’s, however, the Municipality of Leganes, an adjoining town, started promoting itself as an industrial center. A grandiose plan was hatched which includes reclaiming part of the seashore to give way to an international port, an industrial site and other facilities. A multinational firm indicated its illingness to finance the project through the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) Scheme.

Confusion as to where the industrial site should be located had ensued. A
presidential directive was issued directing the Regional Development Council of
Region VI to decide immediately which of the two municipalities, Pavia and Leganes, should be proclaimed as the RAIC. The RDC decided in favor of Pavia. This tug-ofwar prompted several businessmen to propose that a cooperative scheme between Iloilo City and the surrounding municipalities will avoid this kind of confrontation in the future. They believe that collaboration rather than competition will provide the synergy necessary for the area’s progress.

The urgency of the matter prompted a group of well-meaning individuals in
the city and the three concerned municipalities to conduct consultative meetings to push through the metropolitan concept. The group, in consultation with the representatives of the four concerned LGUs, proposed the creation of Metropolitan Iloilo Development Council (MIDC) which will be composed of members coming from these four areas. After concurrence by the mayors of Iloilo City and the three concerned municipalities, a Memorandum of Agreement was then drafted and presented to the respective Sanggunian of the concerned local government units.
The draft Memorandum of Agreement listed the following areas for
cooperation to be coordinated by the proposed MIDC:

3.1 Development Planning
This refers to the “preparation of medium and long-term development plans
including the formulation of projects, investment programming and monitoring of its implementation.” It is envisioned that the areas composing Metro Iloilo will have a common development plan. The present composition is within a 15-kilometer radius. If the metropolitan arrangement is found successful, the area can be expanded to cover the 25-kilometer radius. The plan basically identifies their major development roles so that complementarity of development goals will be assured. Moreover, land use planning will be more coordinated and investment planning will be more rationalized. For instance, the network of road system will be more reasonably designed and
implemented if functional service roles will be identified (e.g. Pavia for agro-industry, Leganes for heavy industry, Oton as a primary residential area and Iloilo City as the trade, commercial and industrial center).
Metro Iloilo is seen as a way of sharing benefits especially in logistics and
resources.

The objective is to provide a venue where issues of common concerns can be discussed and addressed. An example of a possible cooperative undertaking is the water resources that Leganes is willing to share if a formal arrangement can be made with other areas. Leganes and interested investors would like to take advantage of the economies of scale in the development of the water system. According to its former mayor, Leganes has approximately 80 million gallons of surplus water. Several investors have indicated their willingness to finance the construction of water reservoirs and distribution systems provided there is a commitment from other areas to open their markets and to share in the investment cost.

3.2 Transport, Traffic Engineering and Management
This refers to “the formulation, coordination, design and monitoring of policies,
standards and programs and projects to rationalize the existing and proposed transport operations, infrastructure requirements with the end in view of integrating into a single network the roads and major thoroughfares of member local government units.” Iloilo City is the center of trade, commerce and industry in Panay Island. As trading center, the city boasts of several shopping malls and supermarkets. It is also one of the major centers of higher learning in the country, having five major universities including the Visayas campus of the University of the Philippines and a number of tertiary schools. Not to mention is the fact that Iloilo City is the regional center of Western Visayas Region. During ordinary days (especially school days), the city’s population bloats significantly. Despite the enormous number of people coming
in and out of the city, there are only four exit points, one for each of the four adjoining municipalities.

Worsening the city’s traffic problems is the tremendous increase in the number of utility vehicles plying the city’s major thoroughfares. Fueled by rising standards of living, car ownership in the city and the surrounding municipalities escalated. Unfortunately, the city shares the woes of other aging cities where the streets are designed to accommodate only the caretela and calesa. Adding to the traffic problem is the entry of provincial buses and public vehicles to the “city proper” (as the downtown area is called). Currently, buses and other public vehicles coming from the provinces of Antique, Aklan and Capiz enter the city proper where the bus terminals
are located. The plan is to locate two bus terminals outside of the city proper, one for southbound buses and another for northbound buses.

The need to design a road network that will ease the ingress and egress of vehicles in the city is imperative. During rush hours, the four exit points are clogged. Collaborative arrangements can, therefore, be made to design a system of roads that will ease the flow of traffic from the city’s commercial district to other urban centers in Panay Island. To encourage city dwellers to reside in Oton and the adjoining municipalities in the south, the main road leading to southern Iloilo must be expanded and rehabilitated. Moreover, there is a need to plan for a road network that will open wide tracks of land in Oton for residential purposes.

A road network directly linking Oton to Leganes and Pavia should be carefully
studied. This will enable industrial workers in Pavia and Leganes to commute to their residences in Oton without passing through the major thoroughfares of Iloilo City. Presently, commuters coming from the north to the south, and vice versa, will have to pass through Iloilo City.

3.3 Environmental Sanitation, Waste Management and Disposal
This refers to “the formulation, coordination, design and monitoring of
policies, standards and programs and projects for proper and sanitary waste disposal.
It shall likewise include the establishment and operation of sanitary landfill,
incinerator, recycling facilities and related facilities intended to develop an
environmentally friendly metropolitan level.” The establishment of a common solid waste management system and facilities will greatly benefit all the concerned entities. Currently, Iloilo City is having difficulty in disposing its solid waste. The current disposal site in the Mandurriao District is being protested by the residents as being too near the residential areas. The
identification of a common solid waste disposal site to be located at the outskirts of the metropolitan area (preferably in Oton) will prove to be more sustainable and costeffective. The needed facilities will not only be built with dispatch through sharing of costs but their use will also be maximized. Moreover, considering that the selection of landfill site is a contentious issue, it can be worked out so that the recipient municipality will be provided disturbance remuneration or other forms of privileges or compensation.

3.4 Flood Control and Sewerage Management
This refers to “the formulation and implementation of policies, programs and
projects for an integrated and comprehensive flood control system, drainage and sewerage.” Like many old settlements in the Philippines, Iloilo City sprouted at the mouth of major rivers -- Iloilo and Jaro Rivers. As transit point for commercial goods, Iloilo City’s economy grew and progressed. As the city became progressive, migrants from outlying municipalities came to reside in the city. The proliferation of squatter colonies especially in the riverbanks took its toll on the environment. Stilt houses were built along riverbanks thereby constricting the flow of the rivers. Adding to these woes are the subdivisions and residential houses in the Jaro District which claimed the several esteros (natural floodway) leading to Jaro River. The onset of the
rainy season which starts during the month of May and brings heavy monsoon rains prove to be devastating to the residents of Jaro and Lapaz Districts and Pavia.
Old residents would claim that only now do they experience floodwaters rise above their roof decks. In some cases, Pavia and Leganes are virtually cut off from Iloilo City for several days, halting commerce and trade between Iloilo City and these areas. The constant flooding of Jaro District and Pavia significantly affected the attractiveness of the latter as agro-industrial zone.

A comprehensive flood control system in the whole metropolis can ease the
perennial flooding in Iloilo City and Pavia. A cooperative scheme can be rranged that will involve the dredging of the Jaro River from Jaro District upstream to Pavia and the construction of a network of floodways that will facilitate the flow of floodwater during heavy rains. Moreover, as the pace of urbanization accelerates, the need to have a comprehensive sewerage system must already be studied. Iloilo City and the surrounding municipalities do not have an efficient sewerage system. Consequently, the underground water aquifer is continuously degraded. 3.5 Urban Renewal, Land Use and Zoning and Shelter Services This refers to the “planning and implementation of policies, rules and regulations and programs and projects to rationalize and optimize land uses and provide direction for urban growth and expansion.”
Iloilo City is constrained to allow varied uses of its small land size. A larger
scale for physical planning will allow for a more rational use of its existing land and permit greater economic and spatial links with its neighboring areas. The concept of a Metro Iloilo and the formulation of an integrated land use and zoning plan for the area will synchronize and give more meaning to existing land use and zoning plans and regulations of each of the member-areas. Urban planning and design for the “metropolis” can look into the identification and development of suitable land for industry, of housing sites for urban dwellers including the resettlement of slum dwellers in the city, of suitable landfill site for solid waste management, among others. It should also see the future in terms of further expansion and implications on infrastructure support to sustain and manage urban growth.

3.6 Networking of Economic Support Infrastructure
This refers to the “identification and implementation of a system of transport
networks linking and integrating the various road networks of the member local government units into one big web of roads and thoroughfares.”
In addition to the existing four exit points from Iloilo City, a new exit point
known as the “coastal road” is soon to be opened (chymera: the coastal road is now open).

The road will link the eastern coast of Iloilo City to the municipalities of Leganes and Dumangas in the north. The eastern coast has been identified by Iloilo City government as the city’s site for industrial development. It is the location of the Iloilo International Port Complex and a number of commercial warehouses. Once completed, it will complement the proposed industrial complex in Leganes and will open a wide area of Iloilo City, Leganes and
Dumangas for housing, industries and commercial establishments. Collaboration between Iloilo City and Leganes is essential for the success of both the Iloilo International Port Complex and the proposed industrial complex in Leganes. Located just less than ten kilometers from each other, the competition between the two ports can result in ill feelings between the two local government units.

The proposed MIDC is the best venue for discussing how the two ports can
possibly complement each other. Another major infrastructure support project which will require collaborative effort between the province of Iloilo and Iloilo City is the proposed construction of an international standard airport in lieu of the present airport located at the Mandurriao district in Iloilo City. The limited land area currently serving the Iloilo Domestic Airport significantly restricted the size of aircraft that can land in the airport’s runway. The mushrooming of residential houses in the airport’s periphery makes aircraft navigation hazardous and difficult.

The province of Iloilo is proposing that an airport of international standard be constructed in the municipalities of Cabatuan and Sta. Barbara, adjacent municipalities to Pavia. The new airport will require the widening of the national highway which incidentally passes through Pavia. The construction of the airport will greatly enhance the attractiveness of Pavia as an industrial area as the airport will increase the volume of traffic along the highway.
3.7 Public Safety, Maintenance of Peace and Order and Disaster Management
This refers to “the creation of metro wide police force and the control and
supervision of police force in the member local government units…the setting up of
mechanisms for the prevention of disasters and effect mitigation of the same.”
The four concerned areas have separate police commands. Coordination of
police matters is done by the police directorates situated in Camp Delgado, Iloilo
City. The current set-up do not create much confusion as police command and
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responsibility are well defined and efficiently structured. The present set-up, however,
can be enhanced if the maintenance of peace and order is well coordinated in the four
concerned areas. A coordinating unit preferably situated at Camp Delgado can be
created to coordinate and supervise police activities in the metropolis. Incidents of
disaster and crimes like kidnapping, carnapping, robbery, hold-up, hit-and-run
incidents, etc. committed within the metropolis can be immediately acted upon if
police activities are monitored in one coordinating unit.

3.8 Trade and Investment Promotion
This refers to “the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive
investment strategy for the whole area, and the rationalization of investment rules and regulations, with the end in view of developing the whole area into one big economic zone.” The controversy between Pavia and Leganes as related earlier prompted several concerned individuals to resurface the idea of creating a metropolitan entity that will promote Leganes, Pavia and Iloilo City as one investment area. The current practice of separate trade and investment promotion is not cost-efficient and oftentimes conflicting. While the Department of Trade and Industry, the Iloilo Business Club and the Iloilo Investors Foundation, Inc. have devised promotional packages for these three growth areas, they did not result in enhanced attractiveness. What is needed for these promotional packages to succeed is an assurance from investors that industrial development in the area is holistic and well coordinated. Only the formulation of comprehensive and integrated socio-economic and physical framework plans, duly ratified and endorsed by all four concerned LGUs, can achieve these ends.

4. Possible Next Steps
Dealing with the Acceptance Dilemma The acceptance dilemma will have to be addressed in Iloilo City where it is evident and strongest. Both the substance and the process have to be dealt with. The basic issue that must be responded to is the provision of a clear understanding of the need to forge an inter-local arrangement. This necessitates a broad discussion of the general concept of the arrangement as well as the specific areas where cooperation will be forged. A concept paper might be needed to invite discussion and raise opinion from various sectors. The paper can articulate the basic discussions and the already established agreements among the leaders of the emberareas
regarding the possible arrangement. In this regard, a Task Force can be created composed of mayors and/or representatives from the member-areas to formulate this basic paper. Defining the Appropriate Institutional Structure
Having a clear understanding of the concept and the objectives of the
arrangement, the next step is to identify the appropriate institutional structure to coordinate such cooperative arrangement. While the draft memorandum of agreement has initially proposed for a council type of body (i.e. the MIDC), there might be a need to consider such in relation with the other alternative structures that may be proposed in the process of consultations that will be held for the purpose. The structure should also be clear about the leadership of the body that will be created as well as how it will be sustained in both organization as well as finance. It should also
define how the organization will relate both horizontally and vertically with existing institutional structures in the region.

5. Concluding Remarks
Metro Iloilo is a metropolitan arrangement that is struggling for acceptance
and organization. Customarily, the difficulty in forging the cooperation occur in the member-municipalities involved in the arrangement. In the case of Metro Iloilo, it is the city which has caused delay in making a headstart. While the problem may be tagged as something political, it may seem to have brought the need to make a rethinking of the whole concept and objectively assess the real need for such cooperative undertaking. The present paper hopefully can be useful in providing impetus for further discussion through the documentation of the initial thoughts articulated by the local executives concerned on the substance of the desired cooperation.

References:
Draft Memorandum of Agreement (between the mayors of Iloilo City and the
municipalities of Leganes, Pavia and Oton)
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) (1993) Western Visayas
Regional Development Plan 1993-1998
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) (1997) Western Visayas
Regional Development Plan 1998-2004

More Recent infos about MIDC:

http://www.geocities.com/metropolitaniloilo/midc_webmap.jpg

Development Framework

The Metro Iloilo is composed of the 4 municipalities of Leganes, Pavia, Oton and San Miguel and Iloilo City. Metropolitan Iloilo enjoys the primary importance in the economic, political and social life of Western Visayas. With Iloilo City as serving as the center for residential, commercial, financial and industrial activities of the region, the following municipalities will focus on:

* Pavia will be considered an agro-industrial center
* Leganes will concentrate on heavy industry
* Oton is best suited as a residential area
* San Miguel will concentrate on agricultural production

http://metroiloilo.mypage.org/

An expanded Metro Iloilo (25km radius) will include:

(Town - Pop / Land area in sq.km. / Density ), 2000census
Iloilo - 365,820 / 56
Oton - 65,374 / 90
Leganes - 23,475 / 32
Pavia - 32,824 / 38
San Miguel - 20,754 / 31
Total - 508,247 / 247 / 2057

Tigbauan - 50,446 / 88
Sta. Barbara - 46,076 / 77
Cabatuan - 45,935 / 112
Zarraga - 18,252 / 54
Total - 668,956 / 578 / 1157

chymera00

December 16th, 2005, 02:06 PM

3rd International Conference on Decentralization
7-9 October 2003
Shangri-La Manila, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines

Emerging Metropolitan Arrangement in the Philippines:
The Case of Metro Iloilo Development Council

By
Jerry P. Trenas
Chairman, Metropolitan Iloilo Development Council
Mayor, Iloilo City, Philippines

INTRODUCTION

The Philippines, like many other countries across the Southeast Asian region, is experiencing rapid urbanization. It is a trend that sees an increasing concentration of people living and working in urban areas. As one of the fastest urbanizing countries in the region, the Philippines experienced an average annual urban growth rate of 5.14 percent between 1960 and 1995. By 1999, the Philippines was estimated to have an urban population of 38.6 million, representing about 52 percent of the total population of the nation. By 2010, it is estimated that six out of every 10 of the nation’s citizens will live in cities of varying sizes.

The Fragmented Metropolis
Another serious challenge facing urban regions in the Philippines is the fragmentation of the metropolitan governance process. As urban development spills out across several municipal jurisdictions and onwards into the countryside, existing institutional arrangements for managing the metropolis have been insufficient. Local government units (LGUs) have tended to focus on development planning within their own jurisdictions, but have rarely shown much regard for regional growth management imperatives across the metropolis. Innovating new institutional models in metropolitan governance that promote integrated and coordinated approaches to planning and development is critical to addressing the complex challenges of the Philippines’ fast growing city regions.

Emerging Innovations in Metropolitan Governance
In recent years, the Philippines has seen the emergence of several new metropolitan governance arrangements in the country’s largest city regions. It has been an experimentation with various types of institutional structures that continues to evolve and strengthen over time. In most cases, these metropolitan arrangements involve a highly urbanized core city and the local government units contiguous to it entering into a cooperative partnership for planning and the delivery of urban services that cross over municipal boundaries. It is a progressive trend in the country’s ongoing pursuit of decentralized governance and improved urban planning and management, which is witnessing LGUs making admirable trade-offs between their local priorities and shared metropolitan-wide needs.

The types of metropolitan arrangements vary across the country. These range from the establishment of a formal, upper-tier governance structure within a metropolitan area (e.g., Metro Manila Development Authority), to the establishment of less-formal, consensus-based metropolitan development councils (e.g., Metro Naga, Metro Cebu and Metro Iloilo) and finally to the establishment of a sub-regional development board encompassing both urban and peri-urban regions (e.g., Metro Davao). Except for the Metro Manila Development Authority, which was mandated through a national-level policy directive, all of the country’s metropolitan arrangements are the result of locally driven initiatives emerging out of a desire to formalize inter-local government cooperation and to improve the quality of urban life.

Documenting the Metro Iloilo Experience
To date, very little has been written about the Philippines’ emerging metropolitan governance experiences. It is an important topic for the country, given that improved planning and management of the country’s urban regions depends first on the establishment of appropriate institutional arrangements. This paper aims to make a contribution to the growing literature on metropolitanization in the Philippines by documenting the experiences of one of the country’s newest metropolitan arrangements, the Metro Iloilo Development Council (MIDC). The paper begins with a discussion of the legislative context of metropolitan governance. It goes on to describe the political process leading up to MIDC formation and reviews early initiatives by the body to begin planning for improved quality of life across the Iloilo urban region. The paper concludes with some observations about the significance of the MIDC experience to the metropolitan debate in the Philippines.

THE EMERGENCE OF THE ILOILO METROPOLITAN ARRANGEMENT

Metropolitan Iloilo is situated about 500 kilometres south of Manila. It is composed of the Municipalities of Leganes, Oton, Pavia, San Miguel and, at its core, Iloilo City. The metropolitan area is the regional capital of the Western Visayas region. Founded by the Spanish in 1571, the core city of Iloilo is the second oldest in the country and among the five biggest urban centres in terms of population. With a combined population of approximately 500,000 and an annual growth rate of 2 percent or more, the urban region is one of the fastest growing economic, education and industrial centres of the Philippines.

Big City Problems Arrive in Iloilo
The Iloilo urban region has been facing rapid urbanization and poorly coordinated growth in recent years. Development has been occurring without adequate growth management, and services have not been keeping pace with this growth. The result has been mounting and ever more severe urban development problems. The social, economic and environmental problems brought about by urbanization in the core city have begun to slowly encroach on the more serene quality of life of the four neighbouring ‘suburban’ municipalities. If not managed well, they too are bound to suffer what Iloilo City has endured in the past years.

Until the late 1990s, this growth had not been accompanied by suitable improvements in the urban region’s capacity to govern. Strategic thinking, planning and management on a metropolitan-wide scale were needed to ensure orderly development. Local government leaders began to view inter-local governmental cooperation and collaboration as a necessary evolution in local governance arrangements to enable the planning and management of issues and services that cross over LGU boundaries. These included pressing matters related to mounting traffic congestion, inadequate potable water supply, growing deficiencies in solid waste management, environmental degradation and flooding. Inter-local governmental cooperation was also seen as a good potential mechanism for stimulating local partnerships with the private and non-governmental sectors to enhance regional competitiveness and thereby improve economic performance.

A New Metropolitan Arrangement for Iloilo
As a result of the organizational processes, the Metropolitan Iloilo Development Council (MIDC). It is an inter-local government cooperative arrangement between Iloilo City and the four adjacent municipalities of Leganes, Oton, Pavia and San Miguel. It was formed on February 9, 2001 with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement among the local chief executives of the five LGUs in the urban region.

Metropolitan Iloilo Priorities
The following is a summary of some of the main metropolitan priorities that are addressed in the regional urban planning process:

International Standard Airport. A great deal of dialogue was centred on the regional land use implications of the new airport -- to be constructed to international standards -- being planned for the Municipality of Cabatuan. Located just north of the San Miguel municipal boundary, the site was chosen by the Philippine National Government based on its proximity to the city, the relatively flat terrain and stability of the terrain from hydrological elements.

Circumferential Road System. The planning process considered various metropolitan growth management issues related to the development of a new secondary road system that will provide inter-district connections among the municipalities within the metropolitan region and beyond. Initial plans will see new road connections that will provide both a radial connection from central Iloilo City outwards to the peripheral municipalities, and lateral connections between the peripheral municipalities of Santa Barbara, Alimodian, Zarraga, Maasin, Cabatuan and New Lucena, Oton, Pavia, San Miguel, and Leganes. It also envisions new connections between vital economic infrastructure, such as the Iloilo commercial port, the proposed international airport in Cabatuan, the regional agro-industrial centre in Pavia and the Leon-San Remegio Road connecting to Antique Province in the western portion of the island. This sectoral analysis led to the development of terms of reference for a detailed study for the analysis and formulation of an urban road network plan, and agreement has been reached between MIDC, the national Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to fund this secondary plan and related capacity development and know-how transfer.

Solid Waste Management. The Republic Act No. 9003 and its implementing rules and regulations require mandatory conversion of the nation’s open dumps into controlled dumps within three years and ultimately into sanitary landfills within five years.

Iloilo Flood Control Project. The City of Iloilo and the Municipality of Pavia have been experiencing serious flooding in recent years. Floods have resulted in the loss of lives and have caused considerable damage to property and infrastructure facilities, creating an unfavorable business climate and hindering the economic growth of the area (particularly Iloilo City, the regional trade and economic centre of the Western Visayas).

Integrated Water Resource Management: The problem of water resource management in Metro Iloilo is two-pronged. On one hand, there is a surplus of water for agricultural and industrial purposes as shown by the need to control floods. On the other hand, there is lack of access to potable water for much of the population.

Iloilo River Rehabilitation. The recently completed Iloilo River Master Plan, a major initiative to rehabilitate urban region’s largest and most polluted watercourse, was informed by information generated during the Metro Iloilo planning process and its consultations.

Panay Area Business Development Project. Initiated by the Department of Trade and Industry and closely coordinated with the island’s four provincial governments (provinces of Iloilo, Antique, Aklan and Capiz) as well as with the MIDC, the project kicks off the largest economic development initiative ever undertaken on the Island of Panay. The vision of the project is to make Panay Island a premier agricultural and fishery product exporter and tourism service provider. This will be achieved through enhanced agri-fishery industry, world-class standardization of tourism-related support services, and strengthening collaborative partnerships among government, civil society and the business sector. Through the MILUF planning process, the MIDC has ensured that the urban region’s economic development directions are consistent with and supportive of the Panay Area Business Development Project.

Upscaling the Metro Iloilo Plan
The 2001-2004 Western Visayas Regional Development Plan in fact calls for the establishment of a metropolitan arrangement for Metro Iloilo as one of the spatial development strategies required to address urban concerns that extend beyond the political boundaries of Iloilo City, the region’s primary growth centre. This policy statement by the Philippines Government in the Western Visayas Regional Development Framework clearly indicates that any land use plans prepared by the MIDC may be legitimately integrated into the overall national development framework. Early steps have been taken to ensure such integration, by inviting the active participation of the Regional Development Council, through the National Economic Development Authority, in the consultative and planning workshops leading up to the drafting of the MILUF Plan.

At the time of writing (September 2003), the MIDC is currently finalizing the final draft of the Metro Iloilo Land Use Framework Plan.

lewdsaint

December 16th, 2005, 02:26 PM

nice to note Lewdsaint ... thanks for the info ... I haven't been to any Shakeys sang pagpauli ko sa Iloilo last August-September ... I even had a short dine-in sa Pizza Hut with Chymera lang .... after that, I barely eat sa mga malls ... mostly out of the city proper area and of course, our very own Ilonggo foods gid kay wala diri sa sagwa.

Amo gid na basta kis-a lang 'ta gapuli sa aton damo 'ta ginakahidlawan ilabi na gid mga pagkaun. I'll be in Iloilo next week...bakasyon grande!

lewdsaint

December 16th, 2005, 02:28 PM

LTO-6 2nd biggest revenue earner

BY LORALIE SOTELO

ILOILO City – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Regional Office VI has been cited as the second biggest revenue earner among the agency’s various regional offices in the country.

LTO is a revenue-earning agency on top of its being a regulatory body. LTO-6 is a top performer in LTO’s Enhanced Activity and Project (LEAP). It had been consistently a top performer, getting each year perfect points in the leap program.

The regional office is also a candidate for the International Standardization of Operations (ISO).

For 11 months, LTO-6 projected 6.06 percent increase in registration transactions and 3.55 percent increase in the licensing collections, with each employee accounting for three million revenue collection per head.

“We were able to accomplish 1,420,391 transactions in the first 11 months of the year. When you come to the office, you would understand (the significance of our performance) when you see that we are not only understaffed but that we are also overworked. When we go slow sometimes, that should give you the idea of the volume of transactions that come to the office,” said Regional Director Gerard Camiña.

“The LTO is also the first government office in the region to have completed the EHEM and AHA Integrity Development Seminar against graft and corruption. The seminar has developed the employees’ morale and also instilled in them that service is our priority,” Camiña stressed.

“LTO registration and licensing transactions are now being developed. We are in the process of centralizing all LTO transactions so that registrations of cars should not take more than a week to finish. The office is doing away with manual transactions, that is why the office’s equipments are being upgraded,” Camiña added.

chymera00

December 16th, 2005, 02:52 PM

Chymera, please clear your inbox. I cannot send you a PM at all kay may ihambal tani ako sa imo ... pero diri ko na lang i-divulge ang iban ... hehehe
Na clear ko na. Email away!

"the 4th SM Store in Iloilo City (2nd in Jaro) is soon to open in Mandaue Foam Mall in Jaro Tabuc-Suba. Target date of the opening is set on late January 2006!"

Mandaue Foam Mini-Mall will consist of SM Supermarket, Jollibee, Emcor Trading and Rose Pharmacy in ground Floor .. second floor will be occupied as Mandaue Foam Showroom. My sis just called me yesterday coz they went to look for leasing place within the Tabuc Suba area. Wala na sila nagapangbaton kay wala na space ang Mandaue. Also, Iloilo Supermart is eyeing to build it's 5th or 6th supermarket in Iloilo near Tagbac (Northern Iloilo Public Transport Terminal). It's a good move for SM I guess since they know how populated that area is and yes, it is full of subdivision not a squatter ... hahaha .. if you build a business there, you'll be serving some of Iloilo's elite community ... the residents of Alta Tiera Village, Lawaan Village, Gran Plains Subdivisions, The Metropolis, the Chateau (?), Quintin Salas and other small subdivisions proliferating around. I've known few area in Iloilo that owned by SM na. One is near the u/c Iloilo International Airport. It would probably be the site of another SM City in Iloilo in the future. And of course, an piece of land in Passi City. Well, we will see in the next few years ... daw pamatud-an gid sang SM ang ila logo before in Iloilo which says ... ""Iloilo shops at SM!". I'll update you more sang mga nagakinatabo business-wise in Iloilo City from time to time.
Thanks for clarifying weck about the Mandaue Foam blg., so mall man guid siya (or mini-mall .... mall man guihaon). That area is indeed a nice place to put up a business (services) since, as you said, a lot of people live there and people from central and northern Iloilo pass by there too.

So the new mall will open next month, that was fast. Construction just started early this year, I think. So in Febuary there will be 9 malls in Iloilo City:

1. Sm City
2. Robinsons Place
3. Gaisano City
4. The Atrium
5. Marymart Center
6. SM Delgado
7. Amigo Mall
8. Gaisano Guanco
9. Mandaue Foam (Is this really the name of the mall? it sound funny coz people might think it is just a showroom of Mandaue Foam)

that means Iloilo has 1 mall per 6kms, that's like equal MM's figures

Chy, Robinson's Place Iloilo is much bigger I think than SM City Iloilo. I don't have the figures as well but if you'll walk around in both malls, I guess you will actually define which is which .. or is it just me naman.
I rechecked Robinson's and its just 3 floors (Parking building is 2 floors), and SM is 4 floors (4th floor is used only for exhibits). In my assessment (yudi pang nurse naguid ang terms ko), I found SM to be larger.[/QUOTE]

Upcoming midnight sale naman in Gaisano City in few days time ... hahaha .. gabato ang Gaisano sa SM kag Robinson's ba .... hahaha .. sorry, I'm just amazed !
I amazed too ... coz you're too updated about Mall sales here :D hehe
Me, I'm not that aware about sales coz I'm not that fond of shopping (ero sa tuod lng, kay wla man ko pang gastos :D )

Nyways, the opening salvo for the Dinagyang is today. I missed it, stupid classes :( and I would have went there after, if not for the rain. The roads were closed and jeepneys were rerouted and all

Most of them have businesses in Metro Manila na. Some of them moved already whilst other members of their families are still very much around the city. The Lopez, Montinola, Jalandoni, Arroyo, Araneta, Avancena, Mapa, Ledesma, etc are still around (the old rich). Actually, Iloilo's rich society even grows bigger with the like of Florete (owner of Bombo Radyo Philippines), Uygongco, Uy, Tan, Sarabia, Trenas, Espinosa, Gonzales, etc. Mostly Ilonggo-Chinese na ang nag-ru-rule nang Iloilo socialites at the moment. The parties and everything are still imminent but not as colourful as they were. It is not also well-broadcasted (what a term!) just like in the past. But yeah, all of them are still around in flesh and spirit .. and the party is still going on ...

All the names mentioned above are all in Iloilo City lang. There are lots of rich people in Iloilo countryside ... there's Gorriceta, Syjuco of Pavia, Palmares of Passi, Parcon of Pototan, Legarda of Lambunao, Yee of Cabatuan, Tupas of Barotac Viejo, Biron of Btac. Nuevo, Zulueta of Oton, Garin of Guimbal, etc .. the list goes on ... and the gap between the old and new rich is very thin leaving a massive top middleclassmen in the province.
ka familiar guid si wecky sa mga elite sa Iloilo ah, wla lang ko da ya labot sa ila :) ... Most of the families have invested/distributed their wealth outside Iloilo .---> Iloilo's wealth is not in the province itself. There will come a time when the sons and daughters of Iloilo will return to their motherland, and the glory days will be relived again (poetic bah)

It's all party, lakwatsa, etc. But hey, there's always a next time. I'll see you by 2007 then.
I announce ko gle nga there is a plan for a 2nd Iloilo EB sometime after christmas. So far lex_99 will be attending but I have msgd the other ilonggo forumers about the meet. If all goes well, an "Iloilo EB" thread will be created so the other forumers will know about it

yep .. me as well ... let me know if it opend na ha .. and ano ila resto or bar inside .. hehehe.
ok ah

Wala na da ga tulo ang atop sang central kag public market kon mag ulan?

The central market has not had any rennovations but the super has had a major one, and its not as dirty now. I remembered riding Jaro Likos to Robinson's and passing by the area, yuck!

Correct Weck! Life outside the philippines is really damn hard but when you check your account and see lots of monies, everything changes, :nocrook: :carrot:
lol

So different with mine, everytime I go back to Iloilo, i'm stuck up in my home, no parties no lakwatsa. I help in the grocery store, I teach and help my nieces and nephews (dozens of them) their homeworks and play games with them. I love them so no choice. Sometimes i feel sad because they grew up having memories without me. But no choice I have to earn dollars to give them pang jollibee, etc. ha ha ha. And besides no party party for my family, since my family is very conservative and religious to the max. Unless I won't stay at home stay in hotel instead then I have a chance to party, he he he
I'm sure you'd rather spend time with your family but it would be nice to experience fun in the new restos/bars/clubs in Iloilo or host a party in your house instead. Kis-a ka lang man kapuli diri

wala pa tapos, puede pa makabulig isa ka boto?
its in this thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=294080

ferrersky

December 16th, 2005, 03:25 PM

daks2003

December 16th, 2005, 05:11 PM

One thing about Iloilo folks is that we are too humble. I guess thats one reason why we are always underrated and always misconstrued as second only to bacolodnons.

Hello to you all!!!!

I'd been involved with many conversations and forums about the situation of Iloilo City, and I made a conclusion: it was indeed confusing.

If I were too loyal, I would say that Iloilo is the best and such... But if I will be too objective, the other side of my head says that the development of this city is lagged behind compared to others.

That is why I am a regular forumer of this thread. This is to ease up the pain I'm feeling everytime Iloilo is being placed under derision with other folks like Bacolodnons. I know that our city will be the best, just that I need well-publicized facts and figures.

@Chymera - You are very right my friend!!! That article should be the eye-opener for our local officials to make a move on the Metro Iloilo issue. One big problem with our local gov't is that Iloilo City Officials seem to discourage the idea of GMA (Greater Metropolitan Area). It is important, that is why success continues to flow through the bloodlines of Manila, Cebu and probably Davao. The success of a constituent is the success of all. That is why Iloilo's development is lagged behind. It is due to the sub-conscious selfishness of the City people to share their blessings to other towns. Businesses force themselves to build establishments inside the city, to the extent of destroying the beautiful image of the place. Indeed, the financial powers are all siphoned to the Province's capital; but it should not be a good reason why the nearby towns cannot be developed.

I just made this comment in a very quick time so I'm very open to criticisms. I hope this issue will reach our city and provincial gov't. I hope...

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 06:08 PM

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 06:29 PM

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 06:56 PM

Wala na da ga tulo ang atop sang central kag public market kon mag ulan?

I don't know about it ... hehehe .. really, nagatulo dira sa central market? I hope they've fixed it already .. what a mess, just in case.

Correct Weck! Life outside the philippines is really damn hard but when you check your account and see lots of monies, everything changes, :nocrook: :carrot:

there's always te ups and downs anywhere you are ... but you are right, the money is great here abroad ... hahaha .. at least now, I don't have to ask money from my father if I wanted to buy somethingsor roam around other countries ... I can finance myself solely ... all by myself .. and on my own .. no hassle-bustle. That's why my father is too happy nowadays coz nobody bothers him anymore including my other sis here in UK as well. He'll be flying with my youngest sis next year to Disneyland HongKong ... he's already too keen with that and for all his travels around Asia ... hehehe. Well, money is money ... you just have to simply lived with that. Happiness is more important, Wein ... and money makes it the most ... hahaha.

So different with mine, everytime I go back to Iloilo, i'm stuck up in my home, no parties no lakwatsa. I help in the grocery store, I teach and help my nieces and nephews (dozens of them) their homeworks and play games with them. I love them so no choice. Sometimes i feel sad because they grew up having memories without me. But no choice I have to earn dollars to give them pang jollibee, etc. ha ha ha. And besides no party party for my family, since my family is very conservative and religious to the max. Unless I won't stay at home stay in hotel instead then I have a chance to party, he he he

wow ... family-woman ka gid gali Wein. I do spend sometimes with my cousins, etc especially when we go on vacation for three days to a week like in Boracay. But I am mostly with my friends the last time I was in Iloilo. I made my little sis my driver so that I can spend time with them ... hehehe. I asked our driver to have a good rest for a month coz my sis wants to drive me anywhere I go ... would you believe, in two weeks time she asked me already if when am I going back here in London? ... hehehe. I loved to play horrible to them .. I still stirred everything to the max when I'm in Iloilo. That's one weakness I have Wein .. saying "no" to a friend for a party. I go to parties of my friends only. I'm not the type to be asked by everybody. It's against family rule as what my mom used to say ... hehehe. Choose few and keep them .. is always a great reminder to me.

with the soaring oil prices right now, the sugar industry is gaining a momentum. The ethanol business would be a big boast to the sugar industry. So the negrenses still have hope with their sugar industry. There are still many rich family pa rin in negros, but poor family percentage I think is higher. And I think what really need to be given attention in negros is the child labor problem, I think it's really serious in negros compared to other provinces. sounds not so good to our brothers and sisters in negros but hey it's happening there and it's even a common practice to hire children. I've been in and out in negros for almost 15 years kaya I know. even some of my relatives there before na may mga business, they also are doing the same thing. I just don't care dati coz I was still young to understand, but now I realize nga indi guid dapat. Children should be in the school not in the workplace.

hopefully, the ethanol will solve the problem Wein. About child labour, well it's for them to dismiss. They must be vigilant with this kind of practice and should not tolerate it. I can't comment much about them at all.

no partying here Weck, chinese don't party a lot, they save a lot, he he he, kaya ako amo man. ari lang ko di sa thread everyday, ga check sa inyo nga duha ni Chymera nga gin post pero no time na rin mag post so basa basa lang a few minutes. Busy guid subong sa work, ngita ta anay kwarta para may tinapay, he he he...

you sounds very chinese na gid Wein. Anyway, keep on popping here sa aton forum even to say "hi" na lang. Surely, we will miss you kung magbasa ka lang and indi mag-post ... :)

wala pa tapos, puede pa makabulig isa ka boto?

pwede gid eh .. di ba Chy?

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 07:03 PM

Amo gid na basta kis-a lang 'ta gapuli sa aton damo 'ta ginakahidlawan ilabi na gid mga pagkaun. I'll be in Iloilo next week...bakasyon grande!

amo gid Lewdsaint ... foodtripping to the max ... hehehe. Goodluck to you and don't forget to take pictures and post it here !

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 07:05 PM

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 07:10 PM

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 07:46 PM

Na clear ko na. Email away!

I will soon. I'm looking for it in my save inbox but i don't know how na ... hahaha ..

Thanks for clarifying weck about the Mandaue Foam blg., so mall man guid siya (or mini-mall .... mall man guihaon). That area is indeed a nice place to put up a business (services) since, as you said, a lot of people live there and people from central and northern Iloilo pass by there too.

So the new mall will open next month, that was fast. Construction just started early this year, I think. So in Febuary there will be 9 malls in Iloilo City:

1. Sm City
2. Robinsons Place
3. Gaisano City
4. The Atrium
5. Marymart Center
6. SM Delgado
7. Amigo Mall
8. Gaisano Guanco
9. Mandaue Foam (Is this really the name of the mall? it sound funny coz people might think it is just a showroom of Mandaue Foam)

that means Iloilo has 1 mall per 6kms, that's like equal MM's figures

actually Chy I am not so sure if the mall will be called Mandaue Foam ... hahaha .. sounds horrible. If they won't change the name, I won't but anything from them ... hahaha .. just joking. They can start naming that building properly or else it will be known as another SM na naman. Eh SM Supermarket lang naman ang ilalagay diyan .. of course the lovely Jollibee ... hehehe .. pati Jollibee naga-expand naman going out the city na.

I was shocked man gani when my sis told me coz the construction was just started barely three months or less ago .... they are filling up Iloilo City with all these malls ... they can't get too much of the money of Ilonggos in the city. If SM will open soon in this mini-mall ... then the battle between them and the Iloilo Supermart really in good shape. Do you know that Iloilo Supermart is blocking all the main entry route of Iloilo City ... look how they positioned themselves in Iloilo ...

Iloilo Supermart Molo -- for Molo, Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal, Miag-ao, San Joaquin and Antique.

Iloilo Supermart Jaro -- for Northen Iloilo towns, Aklan and Capiz

Iloilo Supermart Marymart Mall -- to compete with SM Delgado - City Proper

Iloilo Supermart Atrium Mall -- same with Marymart, to compete with SM Delgado

There are still few entry points available for Iloilo Supermart to really block SM Supermarkets --- Pavia, Jaro Ungka, Coastal Road and Diversion Road. We'll see in the next few years.

Chy, you are right ... too many malls here in Iloilo City and sometimes they are just facing each other ... or a few minutes walk lang from each other ... do they think Ilonggos are shopper-holic? wahhh ... time to save money naman. But then and again, banks are sprouting in every corners of the city as well ... hehehe ... be aware, baka next time mangutang na lang ang iban to shop in these malls .... but I like them as well coz most of the times they go on sale together .. so save naman kita diri ... hehehe.

I rechecked Robinson's and its just 3 floors (Parking building is 2 floors), and SM is 4 floors (4th floor is used only for exhibits). In my assessment (yudi pang nurse naguid ang terms ko), I found SM to be larger.

might be ... but Robinson's is quite extensive when it come to its wings ... SM City had two only .. it's left and right ...whilst Robinson's Place had four (one going to parking level at the back, then the main entrance one, another on its side with exit to St Therese Church, and the other one with the exit going to Central Market area. I might be wrong as well ... hehehe.

I amazed too ... coz you're too updated about Mall sales here :D hehe
Me, I'm not that aware about sales coz I'm not that fond of shopping (ero sa tuod lng, kay wla man ko pang gastos :D )

because everytime I called my sis and my aunt's family, they are always in SM or Robinsons doing their shopping or groceries. I wonder how many times should you have your grocery in a week? It pisses me off at times coz I paid double calling them in their mobile phones compare to landline. My phonecards just don't last for long at all.

Nyways, the opening salvo for the Dinagyang is today. I missed it, stupid classes :( and I would have went there after, if not for the rain. The roads were closed and jeepneys were rerouted and all

as always ... roads closed basta opening salvo ... and the city is in riotous form ... I hate it at times especially after classes when you want to roam around the city and wala na jeep or sobra ka traffic because of Dinagyang. Anyway, two months of sacrifice lang naman Chy ... January and February is always the busiest months in Iloilo City.

ka familiar guid si wecky sa mga elite sa Iloilo ah, wla lang ko da ya labot sa ila :) ... Most of the families have invested/distributed their wealth outside Iloilo .---> Iloilo's wealth is not in the province itself. There will come a time when the sons and daughters of Iloilo will return to their motherland, and the glory days will be relived again (poetic bah)

no comment about the name. How I wish the rich sons and daugthers of Iloilo will come back again in the near future.

I announce ko gle nga there is a plan for a 2nd Iloilo EB sometime after christmas. So far lex_99 will be attending but I have msgd the other ilonggo forumers about the meet. If all goes well, an "Iloilo EB" thread will be created so the other forumers will know about it

if I can go home, why not? Wishing lang ang akon Chy ... but I can call naman, di ba?

The central market has not had any rennovations but the super has had a major one, and its not as dirty now. I remembered riding Jaro Likos to Robinson's and passing by the area, yuck!

big improvement for Super Market gid.

lol

hahaha ... money matters, Chy ... hehehe.

I'm sure you'd rather spend time with your family but it would be nice to experience fun in the new restos/bars/clubs in Iloilo or host a party in your house instead. Kis-a ka lang man kapuli diri

we had two "a-little-big" parties sang ara ko da ... hehehe ... both are our despidida ... one for my sis, three weeks ahead of me ... and last one akon naman. We always have a mini-party at Savannah every month with our fellow tiga-Alimodian and family friends and relatives. But this Christmas my sis don't want so much mess at home and Savannah security is already complaining for our monthly party there ..so ang ila Christmas gathering will be held in Nes 'n' Tats Oton ... the place is huge with two swimming pools pa so my cousins will really loved them for sure. I've been there last August and I like the place so much ... just away from city's bustle ... fresh air gid kay very near the sea.

Askal82

December 16th, 2005, 07:54 PM

Do Manila ang arrangement sang Iloilo. Ara na ang Iloilo city, ara pa gid ang municipalities. Mas nami kun ginexpand lang nila para hindi magamo.

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 08:01 PM

One thing about Iloilo folks is that we are too humble. I guess thats one reason why we are always underrated and always misconstrued as second only to bacolodnons.

that's right daks ... man sa Iloilo suya ang tanan kung hambog ka .. okay lang kung may ara ka ibuga .. kung wala pahimuyong ka lang sa kilid eh ... hahaha ..

but you are right .. that's one thing we must learn .... we should be vocally proud of what we have in Iloilo .. we'll see who's telling who .. I wonder. Actually, it's not being humble ... we are just taking life easily lang compare sa iban ... BUT it should not be the case by now .. especially IF WE WANT TO PROMOTE OUR PROVINCE ! We should start moving and yelling of what's best we have in Iloilo to let them know.

Daks sureball gid ako nga damo gid masagasaan ang Iloilo City. Indi lang gid Bacolod pati na ang gina-consider nila nga next 2 from the top daw ... hehehe ... Man iban puro lang wakal ... hehehe. Pero let's keep it in stride lang anay hasta mag-abre ang international airport. Dira na ina nila mabal-an ang capacidad sang Iloilo. Amo na man lang ina ang ginahulat sang tanan. Pag-open sina, bantayi lang. Isa ka kilometro halin sa main building sang airport will be Nes n Tats, a mini-hotel, Deocampo's Bakehouse kag ang SM City nga pangaduha. Nakita ko na ang mapa sang mga nagbalakal sang lupa lapit sa airport and even sa sagwa biskan mamangkot ka, from the site of the airport hasta sa Sambag, Jaro wala na lugar kay puro na may mga tag-iya in preparasyon sa pagbukas sang airport.

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 08:16 PM

Iloilo City joins ‘clean’ workshop in Jakarta

ILOILO City – The city government, through city environment and natural resources officer (City ENRO) Noel Hechanova, took part in a recent workshop on development of key indicators for clean air, clean water and clean land in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The workshop, held December 6 to 8, drew 22 participants from various Southeast Asian cities including three from the Philippines.

The seminar was spearheaded by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Working Group on environmentally sustainable cities (AWGESC), which was organized in 2003 to develop strategies and action plans to drive the Asean initiative on environmentally sustainable cities.

Hechanova said that the AWGESC found it necessary to organize the workshop to develop key environmental indicators in order to monitor the progress of cities towards the goals developed in the framework for environmentally sustainable cities.

Some of the key indicators for clean air include the percentage of vehicles that meet standards during random inspection and the number of exceedances of World Health Organization (WHO) standards. Among the key indicators for clean water are protection of water resources, safeguarding ecosystems and public health, inculcating environmental responsibility and ownership.

For clean land, the indicators are the use of recycling and waste segregation for every household and the construction of sanitary landfills good for 20-30 years scientific disposal of waste.

The three categories with their respective indicators will be used to judge the Asean environmentally

(from Panay News online)

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 08:23 PM

Dinagyang Foundation brings MMFF stars to Iloilo

ILOILO City - The Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc. and the city government are facilitating the Iloilo City kick-off Parade of Stars for the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2005 on December 21.

Iloilo City is one of the three areas where the kick-off parade will happen, the two others being Baguio City and Pampanga which will have their parades on an earlier date.

Dinagyang Executive Director Ben Jimena said the MMFF kick off in Iloilo City is expected to add brightness to the Christmas season in the city, as the big stars of the seven official entries to the filmfest will be here to promote their movies.

The seven films and the actors/actresses who will join in the parade are: Ako Legal Wife – Zsa Zsa Padilla, Ruffa Mae Quinto; Enteng Kabisote – Vic Sotto; Exodus - Tale of the Enchanted Kingdom – Bong Revilla, Jr.; Kutob – Rica Peralejo; Mulawin – Richard Gutitierez; Nasaan ka ng Kailangan Kita; and Shake, Rattle and Roll.

The stars will be in their respective floats during the parade which will take off at 2 p.m. at the car park of the Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center, following the parade route, from General Luna to Atrium, turning right at Valeria Street, then left towards Ledesma Street, right to Iznart, Ma. Clara Fountain, straight to Rizal Street, Plaza Libertad, then to J.M. Basa to Iznart where Stage No. 2 of the Dinagyang Festival is located.

From there the floats will head for the provincial capitol, Bonifacio Drive, to Gaisano City and through the main streets going Jaro, turning left to El 98, then Diversion Road towards SM City Iloilo where a free concert will be held.

Ben Jimena said that the stars and the crew will take the first flight on December 21 and will be welcomed by drummers at the tarmac, after which they will be brought to their respective hotels for rest, in preparation for lunch and presscon later.

(from Panay News online)

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 08:44 PM

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BINGKA BLUES.’ Rain or shine, a vendor cooks her bingka in front of the Jaro Cathedral. The traditional nine-day Misa de Gallo (simbang gabi or dawn Mass) has started on Friday. She and fellow vendors hope to make some money from churchgoers.

wecky

December 16th, 2005, 08:49 PM

Thanks! It seems I'm lucky enough to find these kinds of articles around. Im suprised that the article that I posted haven't been been posted before (or has it). It really was a great article. I didn't know that they serve diamonds to guest in party trays. :eek2:

:cheers:

hehehe ... not anymore Animo ... maybe classic Chinawares na lang siguro ... hahaha ... and a little bit of solingen spoons and forks ... I'm sure they already kept their diamonds especially nowadays .. it would not be an appropriate thing to serve for any visitors excpet for a very close family gatherings.

ferrersky

December 17th, 2005, 06:20 AM

That's ryt!!! Let's go Ilonggos!!! We should bite, aaaarrrrrhhhhh.

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 11:36 AM

that's right daks ... man sa Iloilo suya ang tanan kung hambog ka .. okay lang kung may ara ka ibuga .. kung wala pahimuyong ka lang sa kilid eh ... hahaha ..

but you are right .. that's one thing we must learn .... we should be vocally proud of what we have in Iloilo .. we'll see who's telling who .. I wonder. Actually, it's not being humble ... we are just taking life easily lang compare sa iban ... BUT it should not be the case by now .. especially IF WE WANT TO PROMOTE OUR PROVINCE ! We should start moving and yelling of what's best we have in Iloilo to let them know.

Daks sureball gid ako nga damo gid masagasaan ang Iloilo City. Indi lang gid Bacolod pati na ang gina-consider nila nga next 2 from the top daw ... hehehe ... Man iban puro lang wakal ... hehehe. Pero let's keep it in stride lang anay hasta mag-abre ang international airport. Dira na ina nila mabal-an ang capacidad sang Iloilo. Amo na man lang ina ang ginahulat sang tanan. Pag-open sina, bantayi lang. Isa ka kilometro halin sa main building sang airport will be Nes n Tats, a mini-hotel, Deocampo's Bakehouse kag ang SM City nga pangaduha. Nakita ko na ang mapa sang mga nagbalakal sang lupa lapit sa airport and even sa sagwa biskan mamangkot ka, from the site of the airport hasta sa Sambag, Jaro wala na lugar kay puro na may mga tag-iya in preparasyon sa pagbukas sang airport.

So Iloilo is gaining back its glory...nice to hear:okay:
pero mukhang natakot ako ng konte, coz of that bantayi lang...hehe
Sana wag naman sagasaan, wawa naman ang masasagasaan, magkamag anak lang naman tayo lahat:(

Askal82

December 17th, 2005, 12:04 PM

wecky

December 17th, 2005, 09:43 PM

That's ryt!!! Let's go Ilonggos!!! We should bite, aaaarrrrrhhhhh.

all set and ready ka na gali Ferrersky ... like your avatar (the dog) .. tame but ready na gid ... hehehe

wecky

December 17th, 2005, 09:48 PM

So Iloilo is gaining back its glory...nice to hear:okay:
pero mukhang natakot ako ng konte, coz of that bantayi lang...hehe
Sana wag naman sagasaan, wawa naman ang masasagasaan, magkamag anak lang naman tayo lahat:(

Iloilo going back to its glory? I don't know .... maybe yes .. maybe "no". Depende lang ina sa mga Ilonggo Slerz whether they'll take the challenge post to them by the city and provincial government. About sa word nga "bantayi lang" .. don't worry about it ... it's not for anybody else ... the word is very challenging I have set for all of us Ilonggos here ... hopefully all of us Ilonggos will take the "real plunge" ... hahaha .. so nothing to worry about, mi amigo ... hehehe ... kis-a kinahanglan mo i-challenge ang capacidad sang isa ka bagay inorder to move ....

wecky

December 17th, 2005, 09:55 PM

^^, Huod, mag binuligay nalang kita. Mala-in ang competensya.

Mas manami gid kun ang proyekto sang gobyerno nga tulayanan ang bilog ka Visayas, West to East para gadasig ang economic activities sang rehiyon na daw Luzon kag Mindanao ang set-up bala.

a healthy competition Askal ... believe me it will do a lot of good for all of us Ilonggos and Filipinos. The bridge project of government is all good as well ... but when? The plan is hanging ... the planned Iloilo-Guimaras bridge was shelved for more than 8 years na ... i think it's high time for us to re-bid for it again. Btw, Askal, where are you from? The term "huod" is very kinaray-a for me ... hehehe ...

wecky

December 17th, 2005, 09:59 PM

Do Manila ang arrangement sang Iloilo. Ara na ang Iloilo city, ara pa gid ang municipalities. Mas nami kun ginexpand lang nila para hindi magamo.

the setting of METRO ILOILO is so ambiguous, Askal. Hopefully, there'll be a slight modification from what Manila has at the moment.

wecky

December 17th, 2005, 10:01 PM

Dinagyang: At home with its humble beginnings
By Elsa S. Subong

IT MIGHT have copied most of its features from other similar festivals, such that it is perceived to be no different, except for the relatively prestigious competitions in tribe performances. It might just be an imitation of other festivals as some observers opined. It may not have a historical root, as claimed by many critics and historians. Or it may just be a vehicle for economic and tourism development.

For Father Roy J. Margallo, OSA, Parish Priest of San Jose, Iloilo City, these are not the core issues in the celebration of the Dinagyang. After all there are no written documents available that can resolve these issues; only possible explanations and opinions gathered through the years. Fr. Margallo believes that these can always be reconciled, as long as people stick to the fact that Dinagyang had its humble beginnings in the devotion to the Senor Sto. Nino that began to take root, in the hearts of Ilonggos some 39 years ago.

Then parish priest of San Jose Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Galindez started to introduce the devotion to Sto. Nino in November 1967, with the usual novenas and masses in honor of the latter. The devotion sparked a spiritual inspiration among the faithful in the parish such that they readily made it part of their religious lifestyle.

The following year, a replica of the original image of the Sto. Nino de Cebu was brought to Iloilo by Fr. Sulpicio Enderez. He intended that image to be given as a gift to the Parish of San Jose through Fr. Galindez. It was no ordinary arrival in Iloilo, for the faithful, led by members of the Confradia del Sto. Nino de Cebu, Iloilo Chapter, worked to give the image a fitting reception starting at the Iloilo airport, down the streets of Iloilo, where they paraded it.

Since then, the image has made its home at the San Jose Church, where devotees pray honor his Feast, which falls on the third Sunday of January. Fr. Margallo said that the observance of the feast follows the Liturgical Calendar of the Church. The first parish feast of the Senor Sto, Nino was celebrated in 1969, a year after its arrival. The main feature of the feast was the fluvial procession where the image was borne on a decorated banca, starting from the mouth of the Iloilo River at Fort San Pedro, down to the Iloilo Provincial Capitol and back to San Jose Church.

The observance of the feast since the arrival of the image was characterized with merrymaking confined only within the parochial level. The Confradia patterned the features of the Ati-atihan similar to that of Ibajay, Aklan, where natives dance on the streets, their bodies covered with soot and ashes. It was not an imitation in its entirety of rituals, but an imitation done in the spirit of the devotion to the Child Jesus.

Fr. Margallo said that the early ritual in the celebration took its theme from some historical facts, like, the devotion to Senor Sto. Nino was first exhibited by the natives of Cebu, where the image was first brought by the Spaniards. It was the tribal groups who first paid homage and it was in this prototype of devotion that the present festival takes its form, contextualized only in Ilonggo culture.

Fr. Margallo added that wishing not to depart from the original spirit of the devotion and in appreciating the gift of faith that was "transported" from Cebu, the Ilonggos have all the reasons to celebrate, be merry, through street dancing, fluvial processions and local reenactment of that devotion in tribes competitions, conceptualized by participating barangays.

Within a span of ten years, the devotion assumed wider popularity and magnitude, that the yearly observance of the feast became a much awaited event. It could not just be within the parameters of the parish nor the nearby barangays, for the sounds the rhythm and the motion reverberated not only on the streets but in the hearts of the pious Ilonggos. The devotion, the faith, the spirit are all aching to reach out to other aspects of life, hence they must take many significant and relevant forms.

Father Margallo viewed the developments that follow as "perfect timing" for a partnership that tremendously flourished through the years until today.

In 1977 that simple, humble devotion had found its way into the mainstream culture, which, again Fr. Margallo called "a blending of purpose." It was the year, the national government mandated the regions to come up with festivals or celebrations that can boost the spirit of tourism and development into one. The city of Iloilo readily identified the Iloilo Ati-atihan as its tourism potential project, which came on time just as the local parish proponent could hardly handle the growing challenges of the expanding upsurge of devotion.

Fr. Margallo said that the national and local government and the Iloilo Ati-atihan found each other at the right time and the right place and blended their purpose together - to strengthen the devotion to Senor Sto. Nino as well as push the development goals of Iloilo City.

This blending of purpose is captured in that magnetic word Dinagyang, the symbol of devotion in dynamic motion, in making Iloilo today, "the only one", evolving its own story of faith and culture in perfect timing. (ESS/PIA)

(from Sunstar Iloilo online)

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 11:59 PM

Iloilo going back to its glory? I don't know .... maybe yes .. maybe "no". Depende lang ina sa mga Ilonggo Slerz whether they'll take the challenge post to them by the city and provincial government. About sa word nga "bantayi lang" .. don't worry about it ... it's not for anybody else ... the word is very challenging I have set for all of us Ilonggos here ... hopefully all of us Ilonggos will take the "real plunge" ... hahaha .. so nothing to worry about, mi amigo ... hehehe ... kis-a kinahanglan mo i-challenge ang capacidad sang isa ka bagay inorder to move ....

agreed:okay:

Askal82

December 18th, 2005, 01:21 AM

a healthy competition Askal ... believe me it will do a lot of good for all of us Ilonggos and Filipinos. The bridge project of government is all good as well ... but when? The plan is hanging ... the planned Iloilo-Guimaras bridge was shelved for more than 8 years na ... i think it's high time for us to re-bid for it again. Btw, Askal, where are you from? The term "huod" is very kinaray-a for me ... hehehe ...

Yeah, true a healthy one. Well, my mom was born in Davao city but her parents came from the town of Maasin, Iloilo. My Dad is from Roxas City, Capiz. I was born in Manila, raised up and now living in U.S.

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 03:00 AM

Yeah, true a healthy one. Well, my mom was born in Davao city but her parents came from the town of Maasin, Iloilo. My Dad is from Roxas City, Capiz. I was born in Manila, raised up and now living in U.S.

alright. A lot of people coming from Davao knows how to speak Ilonggo (hiligaynon), I wonder. I thought they are purely Bisaya or anything there. I have friends here from Davao as well that literally are too fluent with the Ilonggo language. Most of them came from Gen San. Cotabato or Sultan Kudarat. Ang ila Ilonggo kung kaisa mas maluming pa kesa sa Iloilo. Though at times may mga lakot na nga Bisaya ang ila hambal. Anyway, nakabisita ka na sa Iloilo Askal?

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 03:07 AM

'Pamukaw' starts Dinagyang 2006
By Lory Ann B. Bilbao

EIGHTEEN tribes, which will be competing during the Dinagyang 2006 Grand Ati Category, danced the city streets of Iloilo City Friday during the "Pamukaw."

Despite the rain, Tribu Pag-asa, Pana-ad, Molave, Pari-anon, Atub-atub, Familia Sagrada, Bantu, Kalubihan, Dagyaw Ta, Angola, Aninipay, Hamili, Himala, Halimaw, Silak, Paghidaet, Baryohanon, and Bola-Bola displayed rhythmic dance steps alluring Ilonggos to watch Dinagyang 2006 more than how they did last year.

The tribes jumpstarted from the new Iloilo Provincial Capitol to Iznart and then to the Freedom Grandstand.

Contrary to popular belief, "Pamukaw" is different from the Opening Salvo.

Dinagyang is slated Jan. 28 to 29, 2006. Its theme is "Healing through devotion to Senor Sto. Nino."

Executive Director of the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc. (Idfi), Ben Jimena revealed earlier that some P10 million has been budgeted for the festival.

Around P3.1 million of the said amount, he said will be allotted for the first 12 tribes' subsidy; P820,000 for cash prizes and trophies among others.

A total of P90,000 subsidy was already given to tribes.

During the launching of Dinagyang last month, Jimena said P200,000 will be provided to tribes who had participated in the festival for three years and a lesser amount for others.

Jimena added that P100,000 is at stake for the grand champion in both the Grand Ati Competition and Kasadyahan. This is 150 percent higher than last year's which was P40,000. The second price winner will get P60,000; third, P40,000; fourth, 20,000; and fifth, P10,000.

Minor awards such as Best in Costume (new award), Best Choreographer and Best Choreography among others will be given P10,000 each.

Idfi has firmed up a marketing plan that aims to bring Dinagyang to a higher level of public consciousness and sensibilities so as to strengthen its aim as the premiere festival of the country.

It aims to regain the crown in Aliwan and promote local enterprises through showcases of local products; improve quality performance and continually enhance its preparation and performance.

Next year's Dinagyang tagline is "The Only One" which goes with the aim of raising Dinagyang into a level worthy of being the premier festival of the country.

(from Sunstar Iloilo News online)

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 03:27 AM

Tiruhay sa UP Miag-ao

Painting the town maroon

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Paintball is rather new compared to other sports. Its history dates back to 1970, when James Hale of Daisy Manufacturing made the first compressed air guns for ranchers and farmers to use for marking trees and livestock in the field. Its evolution to becoming an extreme sport begun in May 1981 in New Hampshire, USA as three guys, the principal creators of paintball, took to the woods and hunt each other down. They were the ones who set out the rules that are still being adhered today. Twenty years later, the adrenaline pumping game has reached over sixty countries worldwide including the Philippines.

Defeat is not an option

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The first semester of University of the Philippines-Visayas in 2004 was a fresh start for the UPV Cadet Corps. The officers rallied their resources and strength to campaign to the freshman students in hope to increase the ROTC enrollment. The enrollment did increase; still it was a difficult time. Funds were insufficient, lecturers were lacking, the facilities were ancient, and it was being suggested that the cadets should cross-enroll to other ROTC Units. Fortunately, an alumnus realized that something should be done to uplift the morale of the young UP Vanguards. Vgd Rovel Tomambo says that his tenure as a Corps Commander has seen worst of times, and he has always dreamed of improving the way ROTC is done in UP Visayas. He wanted to turn the present dilemma into an opportunity for the cadets to specialize in the ranger training and emphasize on the importance of marksmanship. Hence, he sent the first batch of weapons which made the study of small unit tactics more enjoyable for the officers. On top of that, a parcel of land located at the hills beside the CAS building was asked by the Corps to be developed into a war course which they themselves shall maintain. The officers began playing wargames every weekend after bunkers and sandbags were dug and erected. Since then, there has been talks of sponsoring a wargames competition among the student organizations in UP.

Preparations

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The preparations took some time. The planning started with a talk with Mr. Alvin Novilla of the Metro Iloilo 'Dinagyang' Jaycees, who then handled the deal with the Guimaras Adventure Park. Letters then were sent, first to the 604th Community Defense Center Commander Lt Col Romeo V Ucag, asking his permission to hold an activity with the participation of the ROTC Units under his command, next to the 602nd Community Defense Center Commander Maj Alfredo L Labro, then to the Corps Commanders of the respective ROTC Units. The UP Vanguards explained that the tournament is not a fund raising event. It is meant to promote camaraderie and sportsmanship among the different ROTC Units, as well as among the students of UPV. As some of the UP Vanguards began training to be marshals in the upcoming event, tournament sponsors were contacted. Emperador Brandy heads the list, followed by the UP ROTC Corps of Cadet Officer's alumni Vgd Rovel Tomambo of the Rov-land Realty, Vgd Augustus Patrick Provido and Vgd Philip Michael de los Santos of Class Bulalakaw '02, Vgd Winston Santos of Fabson Inc., Tibiao Bakery, News Today, and GMA-6 Ratsada.

The Event

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The 'Tiruhay sa UP Miagao' had two categories, the Inter-UPV Student Organization and the Inter-ROTC Unit. Eight teams were invited in the Inter-ROTC category and four teams in the inter-UPV Student Organization category. They were the UPV Lady Corps, Boy's Dorm, UPV Taekwondo Club, and the Partido sang Mainuswagon nga mga Bumulutho. The Inter-ROTC Category was split into two line-ups. The line-up from the 604th CDC included the teams from University of Iloilo ROTC Unit, West Visayas State University-Pototan ROTC Unit, Southern Iloilo Polytechnic College, and University of San Agustin ROTC Unit. The line-up from the 602nd CDC included the two teams from Saint Anthony's College and the teams from Polytechnic State College of Antique-Main and Sibalom Campuses.

The event was truly exciting as the battle between teams heated, and was graced with the presence of the 6RCDG Commander Col Nerio D Valerio; Vanguard and 1st RRBn Commander Maj Mervyn J Misajon; 604th CDC Commander Lt Col Romeo V Ucag; and 602nd CDC Commander Maj Alfredo L Labro. The day ended in a friendly competition among the UP Vanguards, Metro Iloilo 'Dinagyang' Jaycees and representatives of the event sponsors.

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The preparations and the tournament itself were tiring, but the UP Vanguards and Metro Iloilo 'Dinagyang' Jaycees believe that the goal of the tournament was achieved, and they hope to see the competitors again next year.

(from The News Today Info online)

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 05:12 AM

DILG, CPU, I-CODE NGO ink pact on best
LGU practices documentation

ILOILO City -- Effective and replicable practices of local governments in Western Visayas shall be documented and produced as reference material for other interested local governments in the country under the DILG’s Good Practices in local Governance: Facility for Adaptation and Replication (GO-FAR Project).

A Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed between DILG, Central Philippine University and Iloilo Caucus of Development NGOs (I-CODE NGOs) to formalize the working relationship of a core documentation team composed of CPU Assistant Professor Felnor G. Importante, I-CODE NGOs’ Xenia Socorro Barrios, and DILG’s GO-FAR Coordinator Gemma J. Paras.

DILG Region 6 is one of only three laboratory regions of GO-FAR in the country and it is assisted by the Local Government Support Program (LGSP) in the documentation of replicable practices.

It may be remembered that the GO-FAR project assists local governments in building up their capacities by providing simple methodologies to help them choose and easily replicate and / or expand relevant local governance models and practices.

“By facilitating the management of knowledge gained from the replication process, learning materials are made available for training interventions and for program and policy development,” said DILG Regional Director Evelyn A. Trompeta.

“GO-FAR aims to institutionalize the replication of good practices with a systematic and supportive project that are proven and effective solutions to common and similar problems, for the sustainable well-being of citizens and advancement of the replicating local government with the least possible cost and effort,” she added.

(from Panay News online)

Askal82

December 18th, 2005, 05:44 AM

alright. A lot of people coming from Davao knows how to speak Ilonggo (hiligaynon), I wonder. I thought they are purely Bisaya or anything there. I have friends here from Davao as well that literally are too fluent with the Ilonggo language. Most of them came from Gen San. Cotabato or Sultan Kudarat. Ang ila Ilonggo kung kaisa mas maluming pa kesa sa Iloilo. Though at times may mga lakot na nga Bisaya ang ila hambal. Anyway, nakabisita ka na sa Iloilo Askal?

A lot of Davaoenos are Illonggos. Mayor Duterte's mother is from Bacolod. Yes, Cebuano is the main language of Davao because there are many more immigrants from the provinces of Bohol, Negros Oriental, Western Samar and Leyte than the Illonggos are. Ka-intindi ko bisaya, gamay lang.

Ho,o nakabisita na ako dira. Ginbisitahan ang mga ginikanan ko dira sa Jaro kag Maasin satong duwa nga nagligad nga tu-ig. Manami ang Iloilo city kay nag-damo gid ang developments subong. Ang ginahulat ko lang ang pag-abri sang bag-o nga international airport sa Sta. Barbara. :)

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 05:52 AM

New Lucena, Iloilo: Home of the First Cry of the Revolution in Iloilo

Oct 22, 2005, 09:44

ONCE a no man's land - overflowing with talahib, cogon grass and banban plant, Jimanban was a perfect ground for hunting wild animals. Lying on the central portion of Iloilo province, it got its name from the term "nagapanghimanban," the act of clearing the area from banban plants of which it was abundant of.
It was then said to have changed to Lucena (pure and peaceful leader or head) coined from the dialect "Lu" from "Ulo" or head and "Cena", short for "azucena" a flower symbolizing peace and purity. Finally it became New Lucena and said to have gotten its name in honor of the provinces' 36th executive, Provincial Alcalde Mayor Pedro Gonzales Lucena.

When the boundary line between the municipalities of Sta. Barbara and Cabatuan was fixed in the earlier part of the 18th century, people from the former became the first group to migrate and settle in the area, knowing it was once their district town. On Oct. 9, 1887, New Lucena became an independent town, separated from Sta. Barbara in a petition organized by the people themselves in accordance with Direccion General De Administracion Civil.

New Lucena itself is an interesting trip. It is 25 kilometers away from Iloilo City and is bounded by Pototan in the northeast, Zarraga in the southeast, on the southwest by Sta. Barbara and northwest by Cabatuan and a little portion of Mina. It has a land area of 4,412 hectares of which 89 percent is devoted to agriculture. Subdivided by 21 barangays, it has a clean and friendly environment
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It is hard to imagine that the quiet town of New Lucena, a 35-minute jeepney ride from the city, has a very significant past - the first cry of revolution in Iloilo took place in barrio Hilicuon, located at the boundary of Santa Barbara and Cabatuan, where Tan Martin and his company of voluntaries sworn the price of their lives to revolt against the Spanish government and with intense emotions, thundered "Long live independence!" (Sonza, Philippine Free Press, 1953). The only reminder of that historic cry is the celebration of the Cry of Jelicuon, commemorating the uprising against the Spanish conquistadores that took place more than a century ago.

This year, the municipality of New Lucena headed by their mayor, June Mondejar, is inviting everyone to come and witness the commemoration of the 107th Anniversary of the Cry of Jelicuon on October 25 at 9 a.m. The celebration highlights the re-enactment competition from five contesting groups.

Truly, Philippine history is abundant with Ilonggo heroes who fought against all odds to secure freedom, independence, and justice for the Filipino people. Their names linger in every minds of every Filipino as the champions of liberty and democracy in the country.

It is thru this festival, the Cry of Jelicuon, that the people of New Lucena recognizes the historic undertaking of our Ilonggo revolucionarios who have shaped the history of this community and our country as a whole. (sunstar)

(from Good News Philippines online)

tigidig14

December 18th, 2005, 07:45 AM

binabaha daw ang ilo-ilo

chymera00

December 18th, 2005, 09:06 AM

binabaha daw ang ilo-ilo
yes ... but Iloilo City is spared

Heavy rains, flood displace 117 families

BY MONTESA J. GRIÑO

ILOILO – Heavy rains since Friday night brought by tropical depression Quedan caused flooding in three towns, destroying 81 houses and displacing 117 families.

The towns of Calinog, Dingle and Janiuay were flooded when the Moro-Boro dam in Dingle town overflowed, according to the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council 6 (RDCC6).

In Calinog, 36 families mostly from Brgy. Poblacion Ilaya where displaced. They were temporarily sheltered at the village social hall.

Two barangays in Dingle – Brgys. Licu-an and Siniba-an – went underwater. A bridge in Brgy. Siniba-an was rendered impassable yesterday afternoon.

In Janiuay, 405 persons from 81 families from barangays San Pedro, Caranas, Esperanza, Jibolo, Don T. Lotero and Canawili evacuated to higher grounds. Thirteen 13 houses were totally damaged while 68 were partially wrecked by floodwaters.

There were no reported fatalities as of press time.

LOWERED SIGNAL

Late night of Friday until yesterday morning, Iloilo was under storm signal No.1. By afternoon, however, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) lowered it as Quedan moved toward Palawan and the South China Sea at the speed of 15 kilometers per hour.

In its weather bulletin no. 4, PAGASA said that as of 4 p.m., Quedan had crossed northern Palawan. It said that Quedan, which had maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center, was 110 kilometers north-northwest of Puerto Princesa City.

Public storm signal No. 1 was raised only in the islands of Pagasa Island, Palawan and Calamian Group of Islands.

Regional Director Rosario Cabrera of RDCC6 said other provinces in Region 6 experienced moderate and scattered rain showers with partly cloudy skies.

The water level of the Aklan River in Poblacion, Kalibo, Aklan rose due to continuous rains in the municipality of Libacao.

“There are also ongoing evacuation of families in the area of Lacerna interior to Aklan Sports Complex,” he stressed.

manileño

December 18th, 2005, 09:37 AM

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Filipinos and football? What an odd concept! Filipinos y balompié? ¡Qué extraño concepto!
Although basketball has become a national obsession in the Philippines, some Filipinos have found "football" to be much more to their liking. The world's most popular sport has a loyal following in the Visayas, particularly Iloilo.

Paulino Alcántara Aunque el baloncesto se ha convertido en una obsesión nacional en las Filipinas, algunos filipinos han encontrado el "fútbol " mucho más a su gusto. El deporte más popular del mundo tiene un seguidor leal en las Visayas, en particular Iloilo.

Panay's most populated province serves as a hotbed of talent. At Central Philippine University in Jaro, footballers from the school and around the area often gather to play matches. Santa Barbara, Barotac and La Paz are several of the communities where the sport thrives in popularity.
La más populosa provincia de Panay fue cálida cuna del talento. En la universidad filipina central, en Jaro, los futbolistas de la escuela y del área de alrededor se reunen a menudo para jugar partidos. Santa Barbara, Barotac y La Paz son varias de las comunidades en donde el deporte gana en popularidad.

Since football is overshadowed by America's most popular export, the stars of the game live in relative obscurity. But earlier in the century, Iloilo-born Paulino Alcantara made his mark. To this day, he is still the all-time leading goalscorer for Futbol Club Barcelona of Barcelona, Spain, with 374 goals in 375 games.
Puesto que el balompié es eclipsado por la exportación más popular de América, las estrellas del juego viven en una relativa oscuridad . Pero en el siglo anterior, Paulino Alcántara, nacido en Iloilo, dejó su huella. Hasta hoy, él sigue siendo el goleador principal para el Futbol Club Barcelona, de Barcelona, España, con 374 goles en 375 partidos.

FC Barcelona, or "Barça," as it is known in football circles, is considered the world's wealthiest professional football club. It boasts the largest stadium in Europe with a seating capacity of 115,000 and also has a club membership of over 100,000 people worldwide.
El FC Barcelona, o "Barça", como es conocido en los círculos balompédicos, es considerado el club de fútbol profesional más rico del mundo. Se jacta de tener el estadio más grande de Europa, con una capacidad del asiento de 115.000 plazas y también por la cantidad de socios, 100.000.

Paulino Alcantara is considered one of Barça's legendary players because of his goalscoring exploits. He lacked the build of a stereotypical athlete, but he possessed the killer instincts of a matador. This offensive machine knew where the goal was and often made sure that the ball was in it.
Paulino Alcántara es considerado uno de los jugadores legendarios de Barça, debido a sus hazañas golísticas. No correspondió a la estructura del estereotipo de atleta, pero poseyó los instintos asesinos del matador. Esta máquina ofensiva sabía donde estaba la meta y a menudo aseguraba que el balón estuviese en ella.

Alcantara was born in Iloilo in 1896 to a Spanish father, who was in the Spanish Army that was stationed in the province. He began playing football at a very young age and took a liking to it. In 1910, he traveled to Barcelona to continue his education.
Alcántara nació en Iloilo en 1896, de padre español, que estaba en el ejército español estacionado en la provincia. Comenzó a jugar al balompié a una edad muy joven y tomó gusto por él. En 1910, viajó a Barcelona para continuar su educación.

While in school, he played for a club formed by his classmates, called "Galeno". But his heart belonged to Barça, and he ended up joining their youth squad, where his talent made an immediate impression. On the evening of August 14, 1912, at 15 years of age, Alcantara made his debut with Barça's first team, the professional team. He scored three goals in an 8-2 win.
Mientras estaba en la escuela, jugó para un club formado por sus compañeros, llamado " Galeno". Pero su corazón perteneció al Barça, y acabó uniéndose a su equipo juvenil, donde su talento causó una impresión inmediata. En la tarde del 14 de agosto de 1912, con 15 años de edad, Alcántara hizo su presentación con el primer equipo del Barça, el equipo profesional. Se anotó tres goles en un triunfo 8-2.

In football, most professional clubs field reserve and youth squads to supplement the first team - the professional team-. The reserve and youth squads play separate schedules. Players often work their way up the ladder for promotion to the professional team by playing on the youth squads as youngsters, then moving up to the reserve squads as they grow older.
En el fútbol, los clubs más profesionales reservan a sus jóvenes cuadrillas para suplir al primer equipo -el equipo profesional-. La reserva y los equipos juveniles juegan por separado. Los jugadores trabajan a menudo a su manera en su escala para la promoción al equipo profesional, jugando en los equipos de la juventud como juveniles, cambiando después hasta los equipos de reserva cuando envejecen.

The concept of drafting players out of high school and college does not exist in professional football. It is the responsibility of the team to develop players and not the schools.
El concepto de jugadores de reserva fuera de la secundaria y de la universidad no existe en el balompié profesional. Es responsabilidad del equipo desarrollar jugadores y no de las escuelas.

From 1916 to 1918, Alcantara went back to the Philippines. During this time, he played with a team called the Bohemians of Manila.
De 1916 a 1918, Alcántara fue de nuevo a Filipinas. Durante este tiempo, jugó con un equipo llamado "Los Bohemios", de Manila.

After coming back to Barça, he played defense, an unusual position because he was accustomed to scoring goals instead of preventing them. The British coach, Jack Greenwell, made the decision to play Alcantara outside of his normal role. His decision was short-lived. Barca's club membership, "Los Socios," demanded that Alcantara be switched back to his normal position. The paying members received their wish. Alcantara went back to scoring goals on a usual basis.
Después de volver al Barça, jugó en la defensa, una posición inusual porque él estaba acostumbrado a meter goles en vez de prevenirlos. El entrenador británico, Jack Greenwell, tomó la decisión de que Alcantara jugase fuera de su papel normal. Su decisión era de breve duración. Los miembros del Club del Barça, "Los Socios ", exigieron que Alcántara fuese cambiado de nuevo a su posición normal. Los miembros, que pagaban, obtuvieron su deseo. Alcántara volvió de nuevo a marcar goles en su puesto habitual.

In 1920, Spain selected him for the Olympic team, but he turned down the offer because of his medical studies. Since school was his priority, he only represented Spain in international football competition five times. He scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Belgium in his first international match at the age of 25. He also played for the Philippine National Team. Alcantara is on record as being the first player from Barcelona born outside of Europe to represent Spain in international football competition.
En 1920, España lo seleccionó para el equipo olímpico, pero él declinó la oferta debido a sus estudios médicos. Puesto que la escuela era su prioridad, solamente representó a España en la competición de fútbol internacional cinco veces. Anotó los dos goles en un triunfo 2-0 sobre Bélgica en su primer partido internacional, a la edad de 25 años. También jugó para el Equipo Nacional filipino. Alcántara es recordado como el primer jugador del Barcelona nacido fuera de Europa que representó a España en las competiciones de fútbol internacional.

He officially retired on July 5, 1927. The Spanish National Team and Barcelona played a "testimonial" that day, a game in honor of Alcantara. At age 31, he felt it was time to dedicate his life to his profession. But it was not a definite goodbye to football as a whole. He briefly served on the coaching staff of Spain's National Team in the 50s - three matches against Switzerland, Belgium and Sweden. He won one game and tied the other two.
Se retiró oficialmente el 5 de julio de 1927. La Selección Nacional española y el Barcelona jugaron un "amistoso" ese día, un juego en honor de Alcántara. A la edad de 31 años, sentía que era hora de dedicar su vida a su profesión. Pero no era un adiós al balompié en su totalidad. Desempeñó cortos servicios con el personal que entrenaba al Equipo Nacional de España en los 50 -tres encuentros de España contra Suiza, Bélgica y Suecia. Ganó un juego y aseguró los otros dos.

Paulino Alcantara died in Barcelona on February 13, 1964. With his goalscoring titles, he also won five Spanish Cup championships and 10 Catalonia championships (Barcelona being the capital of the province of Catalonia).
Paulino Alcántara murió en Barcelona el 13 de febrero de 1964. Con sus títulos como marcador, también ganó cinco campeonatos de Copa españoles y 10 campeonatos de Cataluña (Barcelona es la capital de la Comunidad de Cataluña).

Alcantara is not only one of Spanish football's most revered legends, but a revered legend in the sport of football as a whole. He represents not only Spain, but the Philippines also. He represents success not only in Catalonia, but also in Iloilo.
Alcántara es no sólamente uno de los futbolistas españoles más legendarios, sino la leyenda en el deporte del balompié en su totalidad. Representa no sólamente a España, sino a las Filipinas también. Representa el éxito no solamente en Cataluña, sino también en Iloilo.

Barça will celebrate its 100-year anniversary as a football club on November 28. It is more than likely Alcantara will be honored along with the other great players who have passed through this region of Spain.
El Barça celebrará su 100 aniversario como club de fútbol el 28 de noviembre. Es más que probable que Alcántara continuará siendo honrado junto con los otros grandes jugadores que han pasado por esta región de España.

Filipinos and football. What a wonderful concept!
Filipinos y balompié. ¡Qué maravilloso concepto!

slerz

December 18th, 2005, 09:40 AM

good for you, coz here in Cebu it was still a Low Pressure Area approaching Bohol and Cebu but it formed as a tropical depression between Cebu and Bohol resulting of heavy rains and the unexpected strong winds without a signal warning thats why several people were scared coz of the unexpected strong winds...

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 10:49 AM

binabaha daw ang ilo-ilo

not as often as it was tigidig ... hopefully not anymore in the near future especially if the Flood Control Project will be fully implemented.

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 10:55 AM

yes ... but Iloilo City is spared

Heavy rains, flood displace 117 families

BY MONTESA J. GRIÑO

ILOILO – Heavy rains since Friday night brought by tropical depression Quedan caused flooding in three towns, destroying 81 houses and displacing 117 families.

The towns of Calinog, Dingle and Janiuay were flooded when the Moro-Boro dam in Dingle town overflowed, according to the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council 6 (RDCC6).

In Calinog, 36 families mostly from Brgy. Poblacion Ilaya where displaced. They were temporarily sheltered at the village social hall.

Two barangays in Dingle – Brgys. Licu-an and Siniba-an – went underwater. A bridge in Brgy. Siniba-an was rendered impassable yesterday afternoon.

In Janiuay, 405 persons from 81 families from barangays San Pedro, Caranas, Esperanza, Jibolo, Don T. Lotero and Canawili evacuated to higher grounds. Thirteen 13 houses were totally damaged while 68 were partially wrecked by floodwaters.

There were no reported fatalities as of press time.

LOWERED SIGNAL

Late night of Friday until yesterday morning, Iloilo was under storm signal No.1. By afternoon, however, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) lowered it as Quedan moved toward Palawan and the South China Sea at the speed of 15 kilometers per hour.

In its weather bulletin no. 4, PAGASA said that as of 4 p.m., Quedan had crossed northern Palawan. It said that Quedan, which had maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center, was 110 kilometers north-northwest of Puerto Princesa City.

Public storm signal No. 1 was raised only in the islands of Pagasa Island, Palawan and Calamian Group of Islands.

Regional Director Rosario Cabrera of RDCC6 said other provinces in Region 6 experienced moderate and scattered rain showers with partly cloudy skies.

The water level of the Aklan River in Poblacion, Kalibo, Aklan rose due to continuous rains in the municipality of Libacao.

“There are also ongoing evacuation of families in the area of Lacerna interior to Aklan Sports Complex,” he stressed.

i never knew that these towns were flood-prone din pala ... anyway, thanks that the typhoon is out na ... kaya pala my sis told me about a great downpour yesterday. I've asked her if there's a typhoon coming ... she said she didn't know .. oh poor girl indeed. Anyway, I just wished that those affected families will be back in their home soon. It's Christmas time. Nothing beats spending Christmas in your own home. :)

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 10:56 AM

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 11:08 AM

Iloilo is in the heart
By Elizabeth Lolarga

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FACADE of Miagao Church, a Unesco World Heritage Site

FLYING down to (Hotel Del) Rio, we have just a few minutes to freshen up, then off we go again in a van headed for marine biologist Munding Robles' seafood restaurant Breakthrough in the flower district of Arevalo, Iloilo.

It's a master stroke on the part of the organizers-the members of the Iloilo City Convention Bureau and the staff of the regional office of the Department of Tourism -- to course through our palates the best that this Western Visayas province right in the center of the country can offer.

"When you think of Iloilo, what comes to your mind is food!" declares Narz Lim, marketing representative of the bureau assigned to promote the province in the national and international convention markets.

And the seduction begins. Down go the giant pearl-like scallops, oysters, the contents of the nylon shells, the rare diwal, abalone, the pillow-soft flesh of steamed crabs, the soothing sinigang broth with the head of a fish called kanlay, its grilled body, some forbidden lechon flavored with lemon grass, and roast game chicken. Each spoonful is accompanied with that most wondrous of no-no's, aligue (crab fat) rice.

All the while, the waves a few meters from the table crash on the shore and a strong breeze tempts us with the idea of napping on a hammock. But a full afternoon of visiting an ancient church and just as ancient houses awaits.

We pay our respects to the third oldest (after Cebu and Tondo) Santo Niño in the Philippines, housed in Arevalo Church. The image is said to have saved the coastal district from an attack by Moro pirates centuries ago by transforming into a tall, forbidding man with a fiery red cape, walking back and forth on the shore and scaring off the invaders.

If you're wondering what to name a newborn girl, the Molo Church, an example of Gothic Renaissance architecture, might be of help. High on the side pillars of the parish of St. Anne are nearly lifesize images of the saints Clara, Monica, Felicia, Cecilia, Marta, Teresa, Isabel de Hungria (Elizabeth of Hungary), Genoveva, Rosa de Lima, Apolonia, Lucia, Juliana and Marcela. Take your pick.

On August 4, 1896, Jose Rizal dropped by on his way back from exile in Dapitan to admire a painting of St. Paul on the road to Damascus. St. Anne's church is also where the altar is carved out of a single tree trunk, but at the time of our visit, it is covered with a huge cloth. (Still, the marble epitaphs of the people who helped build the edifice in cash or in kind can be read.)

Next we pass through downtown Iloilo City, the oldest in the Visayas, and get glimpses of the intact prewar buildings on Calle Real (the equivalent of Manila's Escolta).

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EQUINE grace at Casa Fiammetta

As the van takes the curve that brings us to the harbor, Muelle Loney (named after the British Nicholas Loney, developer of the Iloilo port and the sugar industry on Panay Island and Negros), we catch sight of the isle of Guimaras across the waters. It is just 15 to 20 minutes away by pumpboat, but it isn't on our itinerary. The harbor is considered one of the safest in the country because it is protected from strong winds by mango-blessed Guimaras.

At the Museo Iloilo we are floored by the finely carved image of the Santo Entierro, the dead Christ lying in a glass coffin and with a purple velvet cloth modestly placed around the waist.

Other artifacts are statues, reliefs (one of a female saint holding her lopped-off breast), crosses, weapons of the Mondos (descendants of pre-Malay Indonesians), burial urns, blue and white ceramics, prehistoric tools, a tableau of the Last Supper and other things of interest that have made this museum stake a claim on being the best outside Metro Manila.

The famous Boat House of Eugenio Lopez and Pacita Moreno is in the millionaires' district of Jaro. It does look like a luxury ship with portholes for windows. Decreed by the National Historical Institute as a heritage house, it was built in the 1930s but spared from ruin in the last war when a Makapili pleaded with Japanese authorities not to burn it down. On the roof deck, green Guimaras seems an arm's length away.

If you're gifted (or "cursed," in her estimation) with a third eye like Coke Manlapaz of Expat magazine, you will see ethereal beings walking about or lying around in the huge empty rooms.

Another storied house is Casa Mariquit on Santa Isabel Street, Jaro. Robert Puckett, president of Solar Electric Co. Inc., inherited it from his grandmother Mariquit Javellana, wife of the late Vice President Fernando Lopez.

The 200-year-old house doubled as a bank in the olden days. Some of the money was kept in compartments under the floor. The vault dating back to 1910 still exists.

Puckett admits to having a friendly "white lady" around who, nonetheless, frightened 20 of his basketball players who once visited. Having her there protects the house from thieves and vandals, he says.

Indeed, neither locks nor security guards can be seen.

Puckett is slowly restoring the house to its old grandeur. This has meant scraping off 20 coats of paint to reveal the grain, the hasps, the beautiful everything of the wooden walls on the top floor. On the ground floor he had the cement overlay carefully chipped off to show the original red bricks.

He plans to turn the ground floor into a three-bedroom guesthouse, a bed-and-breakfast place. The house is powered by solar electricity.

Entering the long driveway of Nelly Garden, another house now belonging to a Lopez progeny, Elena J. Golez, we can almost hear the theme from "Gone With the Wind" playing in the background. It has the majesty of the American South, of Scarlett O'Hara's estate, Tara. This is, after all, the land of the sugar barons from the Philippine South.

Built in 1928 by Vicente Lopez, first cousin of Fernando, for his wife Elena Hofileña, the Beaux Art mansion stands in the midst of a two-hectare former riceland. It is named after the original owners' daughter, Nelly.

In the game area is a still usable billiards table, the first one in Iloilo City. In the music area is a baby grand and a harp with broken strings.

Vicente and Elena's children were musically inclined-Nelly's instrument was the piano; Lillia's, the piano and the harp; Benito's, the violin; and Tiking's the cello.

We espy Coke Manlapaz looking stricken as she pokes her head in one room. She says she sees a disembodied old man wearing a red beret looking down at her.

Taking pictures in some parts of the house is forbidden, but we are allowed to click away in the dining room with its multicolor glass windows and long, long hexagonal table made of solid narra (it can comfortably seat 24 guests).

There is an upstairs bedroom suite where, at different times, then first lady Imelda Marcos and then President Corazon Aquino spent the night.

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FAMOUS La Paz batchoy

By this time we are ready for a "must-eat" delicacy of Iloilo-a steaming hot bowl of La Paz batchoy served at Ted's. The soup that comes with yellow noodles, pork innards, crushed chicharon and herbs sells for 47 pesos.

It is to Narz Lim's credit that the tour is well-paced. There is time for the group to recover for the evening meeting with Mayor Jerry Treñas, who recently won by a landslide 100,000-plus votes.

At the Amigo Terrace Hotel where the meeting is held, the mayor talks of how his city is "very much vibrating with life" over a buffet of pancit Molo, watermelon and ubod atsara, guinamos with saut‚ed bagoong and green mango, kinilaw tanguigue, KBL (kadios, baboy and langka), chicken adobo with fried bananas, lamb kaldereta, bangus belly a la pobre and kalkag rice (fried rice with roasted dried baby shrimps, usually the solo fare of the marginalized).

He is drawing up a master plan that will improve the airport at a cost of five billion pesos, reconstruct the waterways so there will be no more flooding, expand the port, and build a new slaughterhouse.

Lim speaks of the charm of Iloilo and the efforts of Ilonggos in Manila, led by Rex Drilon II, chief operating officer of Ortigas & Co., in brainstorming on how they can help the province.

It's said there are more ancestral houses spread over several districts here than in Vigan. If the river is rid of fish pens and other unsightly structures, there can be cruises, boating and a river walk in the future.

On the way to Miagao the next morn, we pass the municipalities of Oton, Tigbauan and Guimbal, and the tour guide explains how they got their names.

Usually it's a case of miscommunication: When the Spaniards would ask what was the name of the place, the native would misinterpret it to mean what time of the day it was. Thus, "ugtong adlaw (high noon)" became Oton.

In another instance, asked the name of the place, the native grass cutter replied, "Tigbao," to indicate the abundant grass. That was how Tigbauan came to be. Guimbal, on the other hand, derived its name from a musical instrument, the drum made from the hollow portion of a tree trunk and covered with goat skin, and beaten hard to warn the townsfolk of pirates.

Miagao gets its name from the water lily. The fortress church, built with sandstone and coral stone in 1787, is a Unesco World Heritage Site in recognition of its uniquely botanical facade showing St. Christopher stooped and carrying the Christ Child, both surrounded by native trees and plants, like guava and banana.

Not too far from the church is the Indag-an Primary Multipurpose Cooperative, where young and old weavers make cloth for patadyong, bandanas, handkerchiefs, uniforms, shawls, place mats and runners. The stuff is sold for a song.

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AT NELLY Garden, reminiscent of Scarlett O'Hara's Tara

We make another stop on Osmeña Street in Arevalo, at the house of sinamay dealer Cecilia Villanueva. Her subtly colored sheer shawls and intricately embroidered barong material are high-end products so the bargain hunter in us heads for the ground floor where her daughter, Corona Delem, bakes assorted cookies and sells them under the Mama's Kitchen label. Everything is under 100 pesos.

But there is a framed letter from St. James's Palace in London dated November 7, 1991, signed by Maureen A. Stevens and thanking the owner for sending "the lovely shawl" to Diana, Princess of Wales. "Her Royal Highness appreciates your kind thought and sends you her best wishes," the letter reads.

The second to the last stop before the farewell barbecue dinner at the poolside of the Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center is the Gemora family's Casa Fiammetta in Tabucan, Barotac Nuevo.

The van stops at the National Football Training Center, we alight, then board a carabao-pulled carroza. There are facilities for horseback riding, camping, kayaking, swimming, hiking and biking, billiards, pingpong and other board games, as well as for garden weddings, parties, barbecuing and lodging.

The name is from the Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio's lyrics to Fiammetta, his "little flame." The main house, painted a subtle shade of lilac, was built in the 1930s and belonged to riding instructor-lord of the manor Nonel Gemora's grandmother, Paz Lopez.

Gemora designed the tea room behind it after the Hobbits' house in "Lord of the Rings," so the door and the ceiling are low. There are rooster-shaped weathervanes atop the Tamasak Hall, a restaurant and multipurpose hall named after the horse hero of Barotac Nuevo.

The buildings are built with adaptive reuse as goal so the log cabins used to house tractors, farm tools, the motor pool and the administrator's quarters. Tamasak Hall itself is a former warehouse for storing grains and fertilizer bags.

The mares Higgins, Fiammetta, Josefa and Uzi and the stallions Boccaccio and Puro are in residence.

Gemora prefers to call the place a lifestyle and riding club. It is late afternoon when he brings out a bottle of red wine to go with a bowl of twister fries and a tray of bruschetta as we admire the horses being walked.

But that's Iloilo. Much, much later, it is a pleasure to go home to Manila to a simple meal of rice, galunggong, sliced tomatoes and salted egg.

(from Inquirer online)

wecky

December 18th, 2005, 11:21 AM

Zarraga celebrates 3rd Pantat Festival
By Bombette G. Marin

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Zarraga's history begins not with the acquisition of its municipal status sometime in 1853, but earlier than that when an intrepid Spanish army visited a nameless jungle abundant with big trees and wild grasses. The name Zarraga was coined after Pedro Zarraga, the Alcalde Mayor of Irong-Irong in 1853. The town used to be an arrabal of Sta. Barbara in 1904, but again re-acquired its municipal status as an independent town in 1940.

This 15.7-kilometer town from Iloilo City, is a union of 24 barangays, with four considered as urban and the rest as rural barangays. Having a population count of 18,252 (2000 Census on Population) the town belong to the 2nd district of the province where it is bounded in the north by Pototan, Leganes in the south, the east by Dumangas and Iloilo Strait, with New Lucena and Sta. Barbara in the west.

Zarraga has been a subject to influxes of people throughout its history, some coming under arms to loot and conquer, others moving in to trade and settle. The municipality was able to absorb the impact to these intrusions because it was able to assimilate or tolerate foreign ideas and people.

Farming and fishing are the primary occupations in this area. Many of the rural folks are employed as tenant farmers and landless agricultural workers.

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Presently, its central government under the leadership of their Municipal Mayor, Hon. GREGORIO S. BRAZAS, has focused on improving the welfare of its people. The focus has been on transforming the health of the population and providing benefits for the weakest members of the society. These efforts have resulted improvements, although the degree varies from areas.

Zarraga has a network of highway lines that serve as a converging point in going to central Panay and the northern towns of the province.

The municipal government's push for industrialization gave Zarraga a diversified and substantial industrial sector. Important industries include bottling plant, rice mills, multi-million piggery projects and housing.

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Although relatively developed on a municipal scale, with agriculture covering almost 70% of its 8,253-hectare land area, small-scale fishing is also widespread, taking place mostly in ponds and are typically sold in street markets.

Zarraga is Iloilo's 'Pantat Capital'---a title that is laden with pride. It's a moniker that also started with Zarraga's location as the trading center of mudfish all throughout Panay and even of the region. Pantat from Zarraga account for about 192 metric tons for the region's harvest, with 15 pantat growers (mostly from Zarraga) for the region. New technologies such as genetic improvement, re-circulating systems, and control of diseases are continued to promote the growth of this industry.

Pantat is one of the Iloilo's finest cuisine and is growing in national popularity. It is prepared either grilled or mixed with fresh ingredients that are not only good for the health but also has a range of tastes to tempt the palate. And to celebrate the town's pride, the people of Zarraga is contributing to the living history of the province as performed through provocative and rhythmic movements honoring and giving thanks to their patron saint for a bountiful harvest reflected through PANTAT Festival.

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PANTAT Festival in the province of Iloilo credits the preservation of Zarraga's unique customs, folktales and culinary skills and interesting development through the merging of the arts, lore and customs of the town. With an infinite variety of theme performed, harvest and thanksgiving rituals are the most common form and considered as the most attractive.

Now on its 3rd year with the theme: 'Pantatan: Kaubay sang Zarraganhon Padulong sa Masanag nga Palaabuton,' a tribe presentation is set to perform on December 21, 2005, 3 o' clock in the afternoon at Zarraga Municipal Plaza.

With thanksgiving celebrated in many lands and at various times of the year, Pantat Festival hopes to inculcate the values of community unity, cultural self-determination, responsibility, creativity, purpose and faith to the people of Zarraga, binding them together in a united fashion that transcends personal concerns.

(from The News Today Info online)

chymera00

December 18th, 2005, 03:24 PM

Hello to you all!!!!
I'd been involved with many conversations and forums about the situation of Iloilo City, and I made a conclusion: it was indeed confusing.

If I were too loyal, I would say that Iloilo is the best and such... But if I will be too objective, the other side of my head says that the development of this city is lagged behind compared to others.

That is why I am a regular forumer of this thread. This is to ease up the pain I'm feeling everytime Iloilo is being placed under derision with other folks like Bacolodnons. I know that our city will be the best, just that I need well-publicized facts and figures.
Yeah as wecky said, it can be very confusing if you don't know the real situation. I too have had that feeling when I first created the Iloilo City and Province thread, but as I learned more about Iloilo and other cities, I realized that each city has its own identity and there is no 'best city'. Iloilo is a great city with a great people and a dynamic economy, let's leave it at that ...

@Chymera - You are very right my friend!!! That article should be the eye-opener for our local officials to make a move on the Metro Iloilo issue. One big problem with our local gov't is that Iloilo City Officials seem to discourage the idea of GMA (Greater Metropolitan Area). It is important, that is why success continues to flow through the bloodlines of Manila, Cebu and probably Davao. The success of a constituent is the success of all. That is why Iloilo's development is lagged behind. It is due to the sub-conscious selfishness of the City people to share their blessings to other towns. Businesses force themselves to build establishments inside the city, to the extent of destroying the beautiful image of the place. Indeed, the financial powers are all siphoned to the Province's capital; but it should not be a good reason why the nearby towns cannot be developed.

I just made this comment in a very quick time so I'm very open to criticisms. I hope this issue will reach our city and provincial gov't. I hope...
I think our officials are now doing a good job at decentralizing Iloilo, it has already won a handful of urban planning awards. You'll notice that the trend of development nowadays is outwards the city center.
One thing about Iloilo folks is that we are too humble. I guess thats one reason why we are always underrated and always misconstrued as second only to bacolodnons.
lol, I do agree with you that Iloilo is underrrated and indeed Ilonggos are too humble ... Just try giving a compliment or "dayaw" to an Ilonggo and he will quickly deny it. Those that don't will be quickly judged by Ilonggos as conceited :)

Iloilo Supermart Molo -- for Molo, Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal, Miag-ao, San Joaquin and Antique.

Iloilo Supermart Jaro -- for Northen Iloilo towns, Aklan and Capiz

Iloilo Supermart Marymart Mall -- to compete with SM Delgado - City Proper

Iloilo Supermart Atrium Mall -- same with Marymart, to compete with SM Delgado

There are still few entry points available for Iloilo Supermart to really block SM Supermarkets --- Pavia, Jaro Ungka, Coastal Road and Diversion Road. We'll see in the next few years.

Chy, you are right ... too many malls here in Iloilo City and sometimes they are just facing each other ... or a few minutes walk lang from each other ... do they think Ilonggos are shopper-holic? wahhh ... time to save money naman. But then and again, banks are sprouting in every corners of the city as well ... hehehe ... be aware, baka next time mangutang na lang ang iban to shop in these malls .... but I like them as well coz most of the times they go on sale together .. so save naman kita diri ... hehehe.[/B][/I]
Indi man 'too many malls', many malls lang. Iloilo can still handle more ... like an Ayala or a Duty Free Mall (after the airport opening) :D :D :D

Don't forget the Iloilo Supermart Mandurriao -- Aleosan and Mandurriao
[QUOTE=wecky]
might be ... but Robinson's is quite extensive when it come to its wings ... SM City had two only .. it's left and right ...whilst Robinson's Place had four (one going to parking level at the back, then the main entrance one, another on its side with exit to St Therese Church, and the other one with the exit going to Central Market area. I might be wrong as well ... hehehe.
To would be nice to have the actual figures ... I estimated some GFA with the help of google earth and this is what I got:

Robinson - 60,000-80,000 sq. m
Gaisano City - 66,000 sq. m.
Atrium - 25,000 - 30,000 sq.m.
Marymart Center - 30,000-40,000sq.m.
SM Delgado - 15,000-20,000sq.m.

I dunno if this is at all accurate but more or less the value is somewhere along the line

if I can go home, why not? Wishing lang ang akon Chy ... but I can call naman, di ba?
hehe, well keep you updated with what happens :)

we had two "a-little-big" parties sang ara ko da ... hehehe ... both are our despidida ... one for my sis, three weeks ahead of me ... and last one akon naman. We always have a mini-party at Savannah every month with our fellow tiga-Alimodian and family friends and relatives. But this Christmas my sis don't want so much mess at home and Savannah security is already complaining for our monthly party there ..so ang ila Christmas gathering will be held in Nes 'n' Tats Oton ... the place is huge with two swimming pools pa so my cousins will really loved them for sure. I've been there last August and I like the place so much ... just away from city's bustle ... fresh air gid kay very near the sea.
Nes 'n' Tats is a good place, I've been there only once.
Iloilo going back to its glory? I don't know .... maybe yes .. maybe "no". Depende lang ina sa mga Ilonggo Slerz whether they'll take the challenge post to them by the city and provincial government. About sa word nga "bantayi lang" .. don't worry about it ... it's not for anybody else ... the word is very challenging I have set for all of us Ilonggos here ... hopefully all of us Ilonggos will take the "real plunge" ... hahaha .. so nothing to worry about, mi amigo ... hehehe ... kis-a kinahanglan mo i-challenge ang capacidad sang isa ka bagay inorder to move ....
Its really kind of hard to tell because a lot of peolple here is in 'a wait and see' attitude but the signs are leading into a more prosperous iloilo
a healthy competition Askal ... believe me it will do a lot of good for all of us Ilonggos and Filipinos. The bridge project of government is all good as well ... but when? The plan is hanging ... the planned Iloilo-Guimaras bridge was shelved for more than 8 years na ... i think it's high time for us to re-bid for it again. Btw, Askal, where are you from? The term "huod" is very kinaray-a for me ... hehehe ...
I do agree it will do us good... Even though we're not federal yet, let's at least adopt the attitude of competition :)

chymera00

December 18th, 2005, 05:29 PM

Images of Oldé Yloilo, from 1900 to 1935

Casa Real (Iloilo Provincial Capitol)
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Warehouses along Muelle Loney
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J. M. Basa Street
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Iloilo Central Market
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Uy Bico Building
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Sinamay weavers
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Hangar of the Iloilo-Negros Air Express Co. (Inaec),
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the first commercial airline in the Philippines.

Iloilo Post Office
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PLDT Building
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Iloilo Customs House
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Iloilo Provincial Jail
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Philippine National Bank
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Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus
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University of San Agustin
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Iloilo Japanese School
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Anti-Tuberculosis Society
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Iloilo St. Paul Hospital
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Iloilo Mission Hispital
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Asilo de San Vicente de Paul
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Aerial view of Iloilo Mission Hospital
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chymera00

December 18th, 2005, 05:32 PM

J. M. Basa Street
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Plazoleta Gay
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Iznart Street
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Iznart Street
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Arroyo Fountain
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San Jose Parish Church
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Casino Español
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Cine Eagle
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Cine Lyric
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Masonic Temple
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Iloilo Golf and Country Club
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(To be continued in thread 6)

chymera00

December 18th, 2005, 05:34 PM

thread closed!!!!!!

head over to the:

Iloilo City and Province Thread 6 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=296031)

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 12:02 AM

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Iloilo City and Province thread I (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=166860)
Iloilo City and Province thread II (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=214487)
Iloilo City and Province thread III (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=257299)
Iloilo City and Province thread IV (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=257299)
Iloilo City and Province thread V (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=277073)
Iloilo City and Province thread VI (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=296031)

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Iloilo City, Philippines

FACTS & FIGURES (Updated!)
Land Area : 56 sq. km (2004)
No. of Barangays: 180 (As of September 2003)
No. of Districts: 6 (As of September 2003)
Total Population: 365,820 (As of May 1,2000 census)
Total Population: 400,000 (2005 Estimate)
Population Density: Iloilo - 6,533 (As of May 1,2000 census)
Population Growth Rates: 1.93 (1995-2000)
Income Class: First
Consumer Price Index (2000=100): 129.1 (2004)
Inflation Rate: 7.7 (2004)
Purchasing Power of Peso: 0.77 (2004)
Average Family Income: 283,604 (2000)
No. of Elementary Schools:
Public: 52 (SY 2003-2004)
Private: 29 (SY 2003-2004)
No. of Secondary Schools:
Public : 14 (SY 2003-2004)
Private: 15 (SY 2003-2004)
No. of Tertiary Schools: 30 (SY 2003-2004)
No. of Health Centers: 7 (2003)
No. of Barangay Health Stations: 44 (2003)
No. of Motor Vehicles Registered: 49,408 (2004)

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Iloilo Province, Philippines

FACTS & FIGURES
Land Area : 4,719.4 sq km (2004)
No. of Barangays: 1,901 (As of September 2003)
No. of Municipalities: 42 (As of September 2003)
No. of Cities: 2 (As of September 2003)
Total Population: 1,925,002 (As of May 1, 2000
census)
Population Growth Rates: 2.10 (1995-2000)
Income Class: First
Consumer Price Index (2000=100): 114.4 (2004)
Inflation Rate: 5.2 (2004)
Average Family Income: 110,114 (2000)
Average Family Expenditure: 91,900 (2000)
No. of Elementary Schools:
Public: 1,043 (SY 2003-2004)
Private: 38 (SY 2002-2003)
No. of Secondary Schools:
Public : 166 (SY 2003-2004)
Private: 19 (SY 2002-2003)
No. of Tertiary Schools: 25 (SY 2003-2004)
No. of Licensed Hospitals: 20 (2003)
Telephone Loads: 50,254 (2003)
Telephone Density: 2.5 per 100 population (2003)
No. of AM Broadcast Stations: 7 (2003)
No. of FM Broadcast Stations: 12 (2003)
No. of Motor Vehicles Registered: 74,316 (2003)
No. of Establishments (3rd Qtr. 2004)
Business Name Registration: 913

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wecky

January 11th, 2006, 12:21 AM

WELCOME EVERYONE

to the

ILOILO CITY and ILOILO PROVINCE

Thread VII

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kiretoce

January 11th, 2006, 12:26 AM

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Hooray! Thread VII! :okay:

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Askal82

January 11th, 2006, 12:30 AM

^^^^ :speech: :speech: :speech:

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see it for myself? see what? your place? no thanks, ive been there, thats why i find this thread funny... how you try to sugarcoat everything with whats happening in your place, c'mon! dont fool yourselves, your stuck in your glory days that has come to pass :ancient: ages :old: ago! :baeh3: :baeh3: :baeh3:

Well, been to Bacolod too and all I can say is that they look all the same. DID YOU GET THAT: THEY LOOK ALL THE SAME. NO BASIS OF COMPARISSON! KUNG MUKHANG HONGKONG ANG BACOLOD BELIEVE NA AKO na ibang iba. BACOLOD CAN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO CEBU so wag ka na magmayabang. DOON KA SA THREAD MO MAGPOST NG DEVELOPMENTS about your city (kung may mahanap ka) :baeh3:. The thing is at least this thread is moving and it just shows that Iloilo city grows. :baeh3: :baeh3: :baeh3:

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 12:46 AM

Foreign dignitaries to attend nat’l convention of cities, too

BY DAVID ISRAEL SINAY

ILOILO City – Not only city mayors are attending the National Convention of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) here on January 23-24. Foreign dignitaries are gracing the event, too.

German Ambassador Axel Weishaupt will be the keynote speaker. He will discuss decentralization and federalism, said Economic Development Specialist Atty. Raul Anlocotan of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).
The theme of this year’s national convention is, “Empowering Cities through Decentralization.” NEDA and the German Development Cooperation GTZ are sponsoring it.

The conference aims to provide city mayors of full understanding of the parliamentary-federal form of government, Anlocotan said.

LCP President Mayor Jerry Treñas said the city mayors will also come up with a common stand on the proposed amendments to the Constitution.

The national convention will be held at the Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center.

LCP delegates to the Constitutional Commission, Mayors Raul Sarmiento of Calbayog City and Oscar Rodriguez of San Fernando City, shall discuss the proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

Of the 117 cities, only 75 city mayors have so far confirmed their attendance as of yesterday noon, Anlocotan said.

Other guests are GTZ Program Advisor Dr. Herwig Mayer, representatives from the Swiss Embassy and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Rosario Manasan of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Professor Ernesto Serote of the University of the Philippines - School of Urban and Regional Planning; and Regional Development Council Chairperson, Antique Gov. Salvacion Perez.

(Panay News online)

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 12:49 AM

More Chinese will invest in Iloilo: Mabilog
By Jay Dooma Balnig

BRANDING a certain area of Iloilo City as "China Town" could result to more investors from Mainland China.

Councilor Jed Patrick Mabilog, the chairman on the Committee of Trade and Industry, said that he is going to pass for the passage of the ordinance that will make the JM Basa-Iznart-Aldeguer Streets as the "Iloilo Chinese Filipino Cultural Center" permanent.

The move is in connection with the letter of Felipe Uygongco, president of the Iloilo Chinese-Filipino Cultural Foundation Inc., who wants the said name be permanent.

Mabilog added that the said move will create an impression to top businessmen from China that Iloilo City is friendly to Chinese nationals.

"Madasig kag mapahapos ang pagganyat naton sang mga negosyante halin sa China nga mag-invest diri sa Iloilo. (It would be easy for us to invite businessmen from China to invest in Iloilo City). More business means more job for Ilonggos," Mabilog said.

But it will take more time considering that this will pass through an ordinance.
Before it can become an ordinance, it has to pass through a public hearing. "We can't rush that. After the hearing on the Panay Electric Company (Peco) and the celebration of Dinagyang Festival 2006, we will be able to give time for that," Mabilog said.

Temporary

Meanwhile, the naming of the said area as China Town is only temporary, based on the City Council's resolution passed last January 4, Wednesday.

Uygongco wants to wrap up the said matter before his term ends this year.

Chinese business tycoons, Henry Sy of SM Prime Holdings and Robert Gokongwei of Robinsons and Cebu Pacific, first invested in Cebu from China before expanding to Metro Manila and other parts of the country.

Cebu is only second to Iloilo to earn the "Queen City of the South" mark and distinction.

Mabilog added that the City must make moves as a business friendly city to attract more investors.

He said that in fact, Iloilo City is second to Binondo, Manila's China Town to hold a Chinese New Year celebration in the Philippines.

(from Sunstar Iloilo News online)

daks2003

January 11th, 2006, 05:54 AM

ok ah VII na hehehe

chymera00

January 11th, 2006, 06:45 AM

I love those dancing vegetables and banana, hehe.
Its a nice intro, wecky ...
I bet Ferrersky is grumbling now coz he missed creating the thread .. again

lex_99

January 11th, 2006, 07:18 AM

cyrusal

January 11th, 2006, 07:21 AM

wow thread VII, Good Job Iloilo!! :)

chymera00

January 11th, 2006, 10:05 AM

Hello Evryone, back to work na naman... Kadali lang sang bakasyon... and congrats gali kay were on thread 7 na. Go Iloilo!
Btw, I have a wonderful time meeting with you chy during our EB last dec. bskan damu pa ko upod hehe... sayang kay 2 lang kmi next time hopefully we can organize a bigger and grander EB. Damo man ta financier d a ara man c wecky and weina hehe... :jk:
I saw a lot of koreans, and westerners nga ngspend Christmas sa Iloilo! Then Smallville was so alive. Before at 2 am close na ang mga bars sbng till 3 or 4 open man ghapon. Happy nEw year galii to all! :)
Welcome Back Lex_99, nice meeting to you too .. thanks gali sa Panyaga , hihihi ... Daw nahuya k 2 gani pero ok lng man, it was nice meeting you. Kung sa ulihi tani mag santu2 schedules ta kag may contact man ta gyapon with each other basi maka grand EB man ta.

PICTURESSsssssss!!!!!!!!!!

makoantz

January 11th, 2006, 10:23 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by lex_99
Hello Evryone, back to work na naman... Kadali lang sang bakasyon... and congrats gali kay were on thread 7 na. Go Iloilo!
Btw, I have a wonderful time meeting with you chy during our EB last dec. bskan damu pa ko upod hehe... sayang kay 2 lang kmi next time hopefully we can organize a bigger and grander EB. Damo man ta financier d a ara man c wecky and weina hehe...
I saw a lot of koreans, and westerners nga ngspend Christmas sa Iloilo! Then Smallville was so alive. Before at 2 am close na ang mga bars sbng till 3 or 4 open man ghapon. Happy nEw year galii to all!

Welcome Back Lex_99, nice meeting to you too .. thanks gali sa Panyaga , hihihi ... Daw nahuya k 2 gani pero ok lng man, it was nice meeting you. Kung sa ulihi tani mag santu2 schedules ta kag may contact man ta gyapon with each other basi maka grand EB man ta.

PICTURESSsssssss!!!!!!!!!!
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sorry guys, didn't see chy's PM about the EB until two days before I was about to depart Iloilo. maybe next time!

Sinjin P.

January 11th, 2006, 10:26 AM

^Great, a new thread! :okay:

lex_99

January 11th, 2006, 11:44 AM

Welcome Back Lex_99, nice meeting to you too .. thanks gali sa Panyaga , hihihi ... Daw nahuya k 2 gani pero ok lng man, it was nice meeting you. Kung sa ulihi tani mag santu2 schedules ta kag may contact man ta gyapon with each other basi maka grand EB man ta.

PICTURESSsssssss!!!!!!!!!!

OK lang to ya huya man ko gani cmu kay damu ko dala hehe... Cge next december naman... I PM ko lang ang pix ta.
Nice to see yellowcab, pancake house and especially Krua Thai, one of my fave restaurants here in Manila, evrytime our bossings from the States came to visit we always bring them to Khrua Thai day after we treat them to Filipino restos. Smallville is so nice, the design mimic that of Eastwood City in Libis. Hopefully next dec. more restos and bars will fill the whole area. :)

slerz

January 11th, 2006, 01:27 PM

Oh Iloilo, I love Iloilo... thread VII :okay:

eazyboy

January 11th, 2006, 01:50 PM

It is not bad planning that's going on...remember what happend to cities in Metro Manila...if you cannot expand horizontally, you have to expand vertically...just keep in mind that Iloilo City has long been here before other cities sprouted and it is one of the most important cities in the country. and you have to remember that each city should help another city.. ..and if you think its bad planning..what's your proof? you just don't know the real situation, so just be careful to say its bad planning...because even during the Spanish era, the city has been the gateway of the Visayas to other parts of the world. It is because of this city, that Bacolod became one and so other cities in Negros...you just have to know your history well...before you say things like that...

hahahahaha this is whaT im talking about! still lingering on the glory days of the past, yes, it was during the spanish era, but dude, wake up, year 2006 na tayo, ur statement is true... noon... but its a different story now, and yes, u were a gateway... during the spaniards, eh ngayon? ano na? u dont even have a decent international airport!!! ur planned airport is not even declared international, it may be international in standards but its not functioning and will never be used as an international airport. no. not any sooner dude. sorry, hehehe. now thats what you call the gateway of the visayas? hahahahaha ur makin a fool of urself

Hehehe kadlaw lang mga Ilonggo sini...gulpi lang nag ulhot mga insecure nga mga tawo diri hehehe lets put it this way...china's civilization started way way back before the western world discovered using stone tools...after that, the western world overtook china and it slept for a very very long time...now that china has awaken from its deep sleep...these western economic powers are starting to feel insecure...that is what's happening to Iloilo right now...apparently some FILIPINO CRABS doesnt want to accept that the sleeping queen is starting to be awaken from its long slumber.

aaaaahhh the word queen again!!! cant you realize how far the current queen has gone from your status? i mean, you dont even need to compare iLOW iLOW with the current queen!!! and u said it has awaken? huh? kelan pa? parang walang nangyari, ah, kayo lang atang mga taga dyan ang nakakaalam, maybe you dont know how other cities has been blazingly progressing kaya u think na ur on an upturn, look beyond the straits, over the seas, baka ma insecure kayo sa kabilis ng economy ng ibang cities. while as you said.... ur "queen" has awaken, ngayon pa lang? nyek! wawa naman, eh kanina pa gising yung iba! and ohhh, enough with the word queen pls, kit just shows how you desperately want to get at par with the current queen, pero sad to say, she has gone a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong long way, your just eating her dusts, hahaha, other cities are not as hambog to compare themselves with the queen today eh kayo pa kayang mumunting barrio.

Sinjin P.

January 11th, 2006, 01:57 PM

^Please stop the bashing. Iloilo's U/C airport is INTERNATIONAL opposing your statement. ;)

eazyboy

January 11th, 2006, 02:04 PM

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:05 PM

hahahahaha this is whaT im talking about! still lingering on the glory days of the past, yes, it was during the spanish era, but dude, wake up, year 2006 na tayo, ur statement is true... noon... but its a different story now, and yes, u were a gateway... during the spaniards, eh ngayon? ano na? u dont even have a decent international airport!!! ur planned airport is not even declared international, it may be international in standards but its not functioning and will never be used as an international airport. no. not any sooner dude. sorry, hehehe. now thats what you call the gateway of the visayas? hahahahaha ur makin a fool of urself

aaaaahhh the word queen again!!! cant you realize how far the current queen has gone from your status? i mean, you dont even need to compare iLOW iLOW with the current queen!!! and u said it has awaken? huh? kelan pa? parang walang nangyari, ah, kayo lang atang mga taga dyan ang nakakaalam, maybe you dont know how other cities has been blazingly progressing kaya u think na ur on an upturn, look beyond the straits, over the seas, baka ma insecure kayo sa kabilis ng economy ng ibang cities. while as you said.... ur "queen" has awaken, ngayon pa lang? nyek! wawa naman, eh kanina pa gising yung iba! and ohhh, enough with the word queen pls, kit just shows how you desperately want to get at par with the current queen, pero sad to say, she has gone a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong long way, your just eating her dusts, hahaha, other cities are not as hambog to compare themselves with the queen today eh kayo pa kayang mumunting barrio.

so NAHISA ka? ... hahaha ... poor you ... you have NOTHING to tell that's why ... :drunk: :drunk: :drunk:

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:06 PM

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:07 PM

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Hooray! Thread VII! :okay:

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

thank you Kiretoce ! Have a good day to you !

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:09 PM

Well, been to Bacolod too and all I can say is that they look all the same. DID YOU GET THAT: THEY LOOK ALL THE SAME. NO BASIS OF COMPARISSON! KUNG MUKHANG HONGKONG ANG BACOLOD BELIEVE NA AKO na ibang iba. BACOLOD CAN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO CEBU so wag ka na magmayabang. DOON KA SA THREAD MO MAGPOST NG DEVELOPMENTS about your city (kung may mahanap ka) :baeh3:. The thing is at least this thread is moving and it just shows that Iloilo city grows. :baeh3: :baeh3: :baeh3:

a really classic attitude of a CRAB MENTALITY ... hehehe ... wonder what's he's doing here considering he doesn't like Iloilo at all ... for me, if I don't like the thread .. I just simply ignored it ... so for our dear visitor ... shoooo , fly ! don't bother us here ! hahaha !

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:11 PM

ok ah VII na hehehe

welcome aboard, Daks ... have a good day dira sa sa imo sa other side of the Atlantic ... mind you, man ... damo diri hisa-on ... wala siguro nagalimos sa iya ...hahaha .. basi may ara ka da coins ... hatagi na lang. pleasssssse ! He's begging for sure ... hahahaha

:bash: :bash: :bash:

eazyboy

January 11th, 2006, 02:11 PM

Well, been to Bacolod too and all I can say is that they look all the same. DID YOU GET THAT: THEY LOOK ALL THE SAME. NO BASIS OF COMPARISSON! KUNG MUKHANG HONGKONG ANG BACOLOD BELIEVE NA AKO na ibang iba. BACOLOD CAN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO CEBU so wag ka na magmayabang. DOON KA SA THREAD MO MAGPOST NG DEVELOPMENTS about your city (kung may mahanap ka) :baeh3:. The thing is at least this thread is moving and it just shows that Iloilo city grows. :baeh3: :baeh3: :baeh3:

at least bacolod is humble enough to the truth, and bacolod is not comparing itself with any city. not unlike cities who once had their title, who once had their glory, but when it was gone, tries to convince herself that she still has the glory and yeah.... the title. ilowilow will always linger in her old glory days and will continue to hallucinate about her glorious past, while bacolod will silently shine to a glorious present and future.

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:12 PM

I love those dancing vegetables and banana, hehe.
Its a nice intro, wecky ...
I bet Ferrersky is grumbling now coz he missed creating the thread .. again

love those, too, my friend !

here we are again ... the "feel and chill" as Iloilo City's culture and hisotry reverberates !
:cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber:

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:13 PM

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:15 PM

Hello Evryone, back to work na naman... Kadali lang sang bakasyon... and congrats gali kay were on thread 7 na. Go Iloilo!
Btw, I have a wonderful time meeting with you chy during our EB last dec. bskan damu pa ko upod hehe... sayang kay 2 lang kmi next time hopefully we can organize a bigger and grander EB. Damo man ta financier d a ara man c wecky and weina hehe... :jk:
I saw a lot of koreans, and westerners nga ngspend Christmas sa Iloilo! Then Smallville was so alive. Before at 2 am close na ang mga bars sbng till 3 or 4 open man ghapon. Happy nEw year galii to all! :)

lucky 7 indeed, Lex ... yoohooo .... kumusta imo bakasyon sa Iloilo? Enjoy gid?

Damo gid man Westerners subong sa Iloilo ... my sis just visited a German community around the city kay naglagaw sila ....

anyway, post di pics mo !

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:16 PM

wow thread VII, Good Job Iloilo!! :)

welcome aboard, cyrusal ! get on with your post, mate !

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:17 PM

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:19 PM

sorry guys, didn't see chy's PM about the EB until two days before I was about to depart Iloilo. maybe next time!

there you go. Makoantz ... welcome, welcome, welcome diri sa aton nga thread .... hahaha ... enjoy your few days vacation in Iloilo? Wish to be there as well .. subong pa nga Dinagyang ... wow, tani ... :)

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:19 PM

^Great, a new thread! :okay:

thank you, Sinjin .. welcome aboard, mate !

kianshi

January 11th, 2006, 02:20 PM

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:22 PM

OK lang to ya huya man ko gani cmu kay damu ko dala hehe... Cge next december naman... I PM ko lang ang pix ta.
Nice to see yellowcab, pancake house and especially Krua Thai, one of my fave restaurants here in Manila, evrytime our bossings from the States came to visit we always bring them to Khrua Thai day after we treat them to Filipino restos. Smallville is so nice, the design mimic that of Eastwood City in Libis. Hopefully next dec. more restos and bars will fill the whole area. :)

love Krua Thai as well .. enjoy Manila, Lex. Smallville is absolutely great haven for you all young lads !

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:23 PM

Oh Iloilo, I love Iloilo... thread VII :okay:

great stuff, Slerz .. welcome aborad to our Lucky VII thread ... welcome, welcome, welcome, mate !

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:24 PM

^Please stop the bashing. Iloilo's U/C airport is INTERNATIONAL opposing your statement. ;)

don't worry Sinjin .. leave him in peace ... he's just a small monger here in our thread ... a totally trying hard to get into our thread ,,, let the fly get off our back !

hahahaha

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:27 PM

Eh,bakit ka ba nakikialam eazyboy kah..??eh wala ka namang pakialam..!haha!! @! @ :bash: :bash:

ILOILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT>>

nakakaintindi ka ba ng salitang INTERNATIONAL ha??!!lol!!MANY businessmen mostly Foreigners are starting buying lots near the INTERNATIONAL(take note:INTERNATIONAL!!) AIRPORT in STA-CABATUAN area..!! :gunz: :gunz: :drunk: :drunk: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :hammer: :hammer: :wallbash:

welcome aboard, kianshi .... welcome to Iloilo City and the Province Thread VII

just leave eazyboy behind .. he's too classic as a crab ... a desperate in his own needs, I guess ... no wonder he keeps on lurking here in our thread ... hahaha. Mind you, he needs to be sling in the bin ! ... hahaha

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:30 PM

The Lettermen live in Iloilo
By Willy Sotto

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The Lettermen: Donovan Scott Tea,
Tony Butala, and Mark Preston

The good things are getting even better for Iloilo in 2006 as the city establishes yet another musical milestone with the coveted performance here of one of the greatest singing sensations of all time — The Lettermen.

The American singing group, which has sold twenty million records and performed in seven thousand concert shows over a span of 45 years, opens their 2006 concert calendar with a four-city tour of the Philippines including Iloilo on January 29. The tour, titled "The Lettermen Live in Manila," premieres with a dinner-show on January 26 at the Manila Hotel. Other shows are slated on January 28 at the Araneta Coliseum, January 29 in Iloilo City, January 30 in Cebu City and January 31 in Davao City.

The Lettermen concert in Iloilo will be held at the Rose Memorial Hall of the Central Philippines University and is for the benefit of the Graciano Lopez Jaena Foundation. A group of local businessmen put together by Ilonggo International Balladeer-turned entertainment impresario Aristeo Demavivas is credited with bringing the act to Iloilo. This early, tickets to the concert at prices ranging from P500 to P3,000 are nearly sold out. Sources said fans from Bacolod and neighboring provinces have already made reservations for the show which coincides with the highlight of thus year's Dinagyang Festival.

The Lettermen was formed in 1960 and first hit the music charts in 1961 with "The Way You Look Tonight." After following that first hit with another chart topper, "When I Fall In Love," they were voted best vocal group of that year. Hit after hit followed: "When I Fall in Love," "Theme From A Summer Place," "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," "Hurt So Bad," and "Shangri-La" as well as over fifty albums filled with special romantic Lettermen harmony. One of their better known songs, "Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You," was a first of its kind when it was released; it was the first hit record ever to completely integrate two songs as one.

The Lettermen were inducted into the "Vocal Group Hall Of Fame" on October 4th, 2001.

The Lettermen, which flourished alongside the effervescence of rock and roll, are an enduring phenomenon because of their timeless appeal and romantic music.

(from The News Today info online)

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:37 PM

Tupas highlights accomplishments for 2005
By Ian C. Espada

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TUPAS:
The outlook for Iloilo is bright...

Iloilo -- With the fizzling out of the year 2005 begins another year of Gov. Niel D. Tupas, Sr.'s undaunted wrestling with the challenges in his administration and continuation and formulation of plans and programs for the good of his constituents. But the year 2005 would not be completed without looking back with the accomplishments of the governor that took place during that year.

Based on the highlights of the governor's accomplishments, the year 2005 is indeed fruitful for his administration.

He made things happened in various fields such as agriculture and fisheries, environmental management, peace and order, entrepreneurship development, health, nutrition and social welfare, education, information technology, organizational restructuring and support infrastructure.

In the field of agriculture, rice production recorded at its highest peak for the last ten years, which recorded highest yield of 9.3 metric tons per hectare of hybrid seeds; the implementation of various crops development projects that promote minimal or non-usage of pesticides on rice, corn and vegetables through the Integrated Pest Management; improved native stocks of livestock, conducted artificial insemination through the various breeding stations of the province; and the establishment of first Dairy Processing Plant in the Municipality of Tigbauan, Iloilo that would process fresh milk coming from dairy zones of Miagao, Igbaras, Tigbauan, Oton and Leon; enhanced campaign against illegal fishing through the "bantay dagat program;

Continued to provide veterinary services such as anti-rabies vaccination projects and conducted advocacies from among the local officials on anti-rabies; and provided technical and financial support to Farmers Association Development Project, Farm Youth Development Project, Rural Improvement Club, etc.

In terms of Environmental Management, Tupas has continued the establishment of communal forest and plant trees along roadsides; strengthened the Iloilo Watershed Management Councils and established river board, strengthened cooperation with the NGO's on watershed management; ranked 3rd in the Most Cleanest and Greenest among the 78 provinces in the country; and consistent number 1 among the Cleanest and Greenest Province in Western Visayas.

Talking about the peace and order, the governor has gained national recognition in the campaign against illegal fishing and illegal drugs; continued to conduct advocacy on the ill effect of dangerous drugs through the Task Force Against Dangerous drugs though the Task Force Against Dangerous Drugs and Other Vices; has an active Disaster Management Councils in the province as well as that of the municipalities; and about to complete the modern Iloilo Rehabilitation Center at Brgy. Nanga, Pototan, Iloilo that would house an average of 1,000 inmates.

In the field of entrepreneurship development, established Iloilo Technology Development Center that provided technology and entrepreneurship training and assistance to existing and would-be entrepreneurs; provided loan assistance to various cooperatives in the province through the Provincial Livelihood Development Fund; provided technical and vocational trainings to 135 Out-of-School Youths through the project MYRNA (Mobilizing the Youth Through Responsive National Advancement); organized and strengthened the cooperatives in the province through the Cooperative Development Office;

Enhanced tourism initiatives such as promotion of tourism sites and destinations, festivals and historical landmarks; strengthened the Association of Tourism Officers in the Province of Iloilo; Assisted job applicants through the Public Employment Service Office of the Iloilo Provincial Government; and supported the operation of GMA Nutri Plant in Barotac Viejo as a pioneer economic enterprise of a local government unit.

For health, nutrition and social welfare, the governor implemented the health reform agenda such as health financing, hospital reform, public health reform and local health system; improved hospital infrastructure such as repair and rehabilitation of hospitals, purchased needed health equipment and facilities; allocated P5M and enrolled more that 40,000 indigents in the province of Iloilo including volunteers such as barangay health workers, barangay service point officers and day care workers;

Activated the Provincial Nutrition Council and provided funding for milk supplementation of the malnourished children of Iloilo; strengthened the organization of marginalized groups such as elderly, disabled, indigenous peoples, women and children; allocated P16 M for the honoraria of more than 10,000 volunteers such as BHWs, DCWs and BSPOs in recognition of their contribution to improve the health, nutrition and social welfare services in the province of Iloilo.

In education, through the Provincial School Board, provided funds for the repair and rehabilitation of school buildings in the elementary and secondary level; hired additional 140 teachers to complement the much needed elementary teachers funded by the local school board funds; hosted the First Education Summit in the province of Iloilo; hosted the Palarong Pambansa; and enrolled 119 scholars in four year Baccalaureate Degree as part of the "Iskolar Sang Iloilo"Program.

For information technology, continued to operate and update the Iloilo Website in cooperation with the National Computer Center;

Established and operated the Geographic Information System, map based decision tool; developed various management softwares through the Management Information System (MIS); and continued to update both softwares and hardwares of the IPG.

The governor also recognized the support of the civil society in governance and has an active Provincial Development Council with NGO as co-chair as way of broadening the private sector participation in governance.

Finally, in support infrastructure, the governor has provided more that 30 million worth of community direct action projects and 10.5 M Povery Alleviation Projects in terms of small infrastructure such as waster system, day care centers, small irrigation projects, electrifications, barangay halls multi-purpose pavement, street lighting to more than a thousand of small projects through the barangay captains, municipal mayors and the sangguniang pambarangay;the Provincial Engineer's Office has completed 89 projects with total cost of P48,915,054.93; and the PEO also constructed 19 on-going bridges , overflow and RC box culverts, roads and pipe culverts, hospitals and building with the total project cost of P45,9433,732.6; and Truck Team maintained a total of 662.619 kms. of provincial roads and 265.9 kms. of barangay roads. (Capitol News)

(from the News Today Info online)

kianshi

January 11th, 2006, 02:46 PM

welcome aboard, kianshi .... welcome to Iloilo City and the Province Thread VII

just leave eazyboy behind .. he's too classic as a crab ... a desperate in his own needs, I guess ... no wonder he keeps on lurking here in our thread ... hahaha. Mind you, he needs to be sling in the bin ! ... hahaha

THANK U KUY WECKY..!!IM yanes 17,nursing,cpu also!!
Ill try my very best to contribute in dis Beloved THREADI-LO-I-L-O..!!!![/SIZE EAZYBOYZ :bash: ,..this POOR GUY COMMITTED ENVY>>!!!and ENVY is ONE of the [SIZE=5CAPITAL SINS>>!!!!HEHEHE...!! :crazy2: :tiasd: :tiasd: :puke: :puke: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :baeh3: :baeh3: :baeh3: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2:

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:50 PM

Exploring the Swiss Chalet House

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There is nothing shy or timid about this house. Standing boldly for more than 50 years in Gen. Luna Street, the 'Swiss Chalet House', as it is often called, is one of the most recognizable landmarks in this city.

The house, a two-storey structure, was built in the style of a Swiss chalet, with a distinct silhouette that will not be easily missed. The façade, painted in off-white and accented with dark brown beams is also defined by the decorative, geometric cut-out designs as well as the huge, half-circle double doors and windows in the front.

Home to the charming and amiable Mrs. Amparo Loring Vda. de Hernandez, the house was given to her by her mother, Concha Gay Loring, who built it prior to the Japanese occupation. However, since the 1950s, Mrs. Amparo Hernandez resided in Puerto Rico with her husband, Hector Hernandez, and consequently, was not able to live in the house that her mother left her. It was only during the early 1980s after her husband's death that she was able to permanently live in the house and when she also took on its full renovation.

Upon entering the house, one will immediately be enamored by its charm and beautiful simplicity. Mirroring the taste and the travels of the owner, the house's downstairs living room, with its red, black, and white geometric designed Spanish tile floor and beamed ceiling, is filled with tapestries, memorabilia and souvenirs from Mrs. Hernandez's trips to exotic countries like India, Hungary, China, Russia and Spain. Two paintings of her grandparents, Trinidad and Vicente Gay of Valencia, Spain, flank an antique table adorned with photographs of her children and grandchildren who are all residing in the US and Puerto Rico. There is also a bar partially separated by a wall in the far end of the room as well as comfortable nooks prettified by red, plump throw pillows where guests could sit down and socialize. Antique Swiss wedding and fiesta prints also decorate the wall on both sides of the bar, giving the room a unique and authentic Swiss ambience.

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On the other side of the room is the dining area where a handsome, antique, wooden table stands complemented by wooden valances lovingly hand-painted with flowers by the owner's sister.

The tiled and wooden stairs leading to the upstairs sala is also one of the distinct features of the house as well as the closed "porch" / "balcony" on the ground and upper floor furbished with native rattan chairs and couches.

There are five bedrooms in the house, one is on the first floor and the rest are all on the second floor. Each bedroom has different interior designs and color motifs and most have their own toilet and bath. A hall decked with assorted, antique knick-knacks, chests, photos and an image of the Sagrado de Jesus separates the bedrooms on the upper floor and leads to the spacious and airy "balcony".

There are still so many things one can say about the distinctive interior and exterior beauty of the 'Swiss Chalet House'. But one thing is for sure - the house is a one-of-a-kind Ilonggo landmark worth exploring and savoring. All these years, it has been instrumental in enhancing the city's landscape while it continues to stand strong and proud. And, like its effervescent and gracious owner; the 'Swiss Chalet House' is definitely aging marvelously and beautifully.

Credits:

Text by JONG COMBONG - PIJUAN
Styling by ALDRICH APARICIO
Photography by CHRIS FERNANDEZ
Shot on Location: SWISS CHALET HOUSE, GEN. LUNA ST., ILOILO CITY
Special Thanks to: MRS. AMPARO LORING HERNANDEZ

(from The News Today Info online)

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:53 PM

THANK U KUY WECKY..!!IM yanes 17,nursing,cpu also!!
Ill try my very best to contribute in dis Beloved THREADI-LO-I-L-O..!!!![/SIZE EAZYBOYZ :bash: ,..this POOR GUY COMMITTED ENVY>>!!!and ENVY is ONE of the [SIZE=5CAPITAL SINS>>!!!!HEHEHE...!! :crazy2: :tiasd: :tiasd: :puke: :puke: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :baeh3: :baeh3: :baeh3: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2:

hahaha .. yes, POOR GUY, indeed ... very envious ... he'll live and die "envy" ... hahaha ... look at him now ... a meager fly wishing to fly high ... hahaha .. classic sacada to be exact .... hahaha.

That' what you call INGGIT AND HISA in a very Ilonggo way ! hahahaha !

:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

Pedrillo

January 11th, 2006, 02:55 PM

:master: ILOILO :master:

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:55 PM

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 02:57 PM

:master: ILOILO :master:

como estas, Pedrillo.

Welcome in our thread, Pedrillo ... may you enjoy things here in Iloilo Thread. Thanks and welcome again.

kianshi

January 11th, 2006, 03:02 PM

hahaha .. yes, POOR GUY, indeed ... very envious ... he'll live and die "envy" ... hahaha ... look at him now ... a meager fly wishing to fly high ... hahaha .. classic sacada to be exact .... hahaha.

That' what you call INGGIT AND HISA in a very Ilonggo way ! hahahaha !

:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

Kianshi, great stuff ... another centralian here in Iloilo thread ... si Chy, nursing man in WVSU ... get off yer asses there, mates and come here abroad ... Viva Centralian, mi amigo y amiga !

im frm dmngas..ikw kuy??1st yer college pa lng poh..!!!A long wait pa for INTERNSHIP>>!!

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:03 PM

20 tribes vie for top honors in Dinagyang Festival 2006

By DAVID ISRAEL SINAY

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ILOILO City – It’s final. A total of 20 tribes are competing in the ati-atihan competition of the Dinagyang Festival on January 29.

Dr. Jaime Manila of the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI) said the tribes will be performing in five judging areas.

The tribes are: Tribu Pag-asa, Tribu Panaad, Tribu Molave, Tribu Parianon, Tribu Atub-atub, Tribu Familia Sagrada, Tribu Bantu, Tribu Kalubihan, Tribu Dagyaw-ta, Tribu Angola, Tribu Aninipay, Tribu Hamili, Tribu Himala, Tribu Halimau, Tribu Ilonganon, Tribu Silak, Tribu Baryohanon, Tribu San Pedro, Tribu Bola-bola and Tribu Taga-Jaro.

The Freedom Grandstand is judging area number one; judging area number two is on Bonifacio Drive fronting the Provincial Capitol; and judging area number three is at corner Quezon-Delgado Streets.

Judging area number four is at corner Quezon-de Leon Streets. However, due to the resistance of the Sta. Terisita parish, IDFI has an alternative site – corner Mabini-de Leon Streets.

Judging area number five is on corner Guanco-Rizal Streets.

The tribes will perform carousel-type.

Manila said subsidies to the competing tribes have been released but some balances still need to be disbursed.

Tribes under the barangay category last year shall have a subsidy ranging from P50,000 to P200,000.

Manila explained that those barangays ranked from 1-12 based on their performances last year shall have a subsidy of P200,000.

However, Manila admitted that only P150,000 were released by the IDFI to the tribes.

“The lockout sponsor has yet to release the budget to the IDFI,” he revealed.

Also, those who under last year’s open category shall receive a subsidy of P50,000 (for tribes participating less than three years) up to P75,000.

The IDFI decided to abolish the categories and come-up with a single ati-atihan competition to create a higher level of competition.

(from Panay News online)

Sinjin P.

January 11th, 2006, 03:07 PM

at least bacolod is humble enough to the truth, and bacolod is not comparing itself with any city. not unlike cities who once had their title, who once had their glory, but when it was gone, tries to convince herself that she still has the glory and yeah.... the title. ilowilow will always linger in her old glory days and will continue to hallucinate about her glorious past, while bacolod will silently shine to a glorious present and future.

Well, Bacolod is indeed humble but you are destroying Bacolod's humility. Is the attitude you are showing to us here the attitude of a Negrense? If so, then expect no progress to come to your dear beloved (well, I love it too) Bacolod. :bash:

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I'm guessing that this thread will be closed because of the bashfest brought about by eazy boy

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:09 PM

im frm dmngas..ikw kuy??1st yer college pa lng poh..!!!A long wait pa for INTERNSHIP>>!!

I'm a centralian, Kianshi, batch 1995 ... here in London for six years na ... but I have still a very good tie with our Alma Mater. I was there last year for our centennial. Damo diri taga-Dumangas sa UK. Do you know Jonaline Sison? I have so many classmates from Dumangas but most of them are here in UK osr sa States na. I still do communicate with them through our yahoogroup and even visited some of them across. Let me know kung sin-o mga kilala mo da ... maybe I've known the family, too. Personally, my family is from Alimodian but two years ago we moved to one of the subdivisions near the city na.

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:12 PM

Well, Bacolod is indeed humble but you are destroying Bacolod's humility. Is the attitude you are showing to us here the attitude of a Negrense? If so, then expect no progress to come to your dear beloved (well, I love it too) Bacolod. :bash:

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I'm guessing that this thread will be closed because of the bashfest brought about by eazy boy

ano daw humble daw ang Bacolod .. dream on ... a bashful attitude never reflects any humility at all.

Sinjin, it would be awful if we closed our thread because of eazyboy .... hehehe .. if they want, take the "fly" post outta here .. not us closing our thread ... leave the sacada behind. And thanks.

Sinjin P.

January 11th, 2006, 03:14 PM

^ But indeed, it's an ugly start to have a conflict or bashfest to kick off the thread. The mods will decide anyway. ;)

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:15 PM

well, that's true ... BUT in good taste, it's who who started the bashing will be rebuke first. :)

astroboi

January 11th, 2006, 03:16 PM

Ei, Iloilo peeps,
Looks like you're picking stars from the galaxies or in tagalog, parang sumosobra na ang kayabangan nyo. Sa mga forumers na matagal na dito, bash me if I'm wrong.
Nakaka irita na kase eh. Iloilo should've been a better city in the eyes of the Filipinos here in this forum pero anong ginagawa nyo sa imahe ng Iloilo ngayon sa forum na ito?
Ok lang sana kung nasa vicinity lang ng Iloilo Bacolod conflict ang di pagkaka unawaan nyo pero pati ba naman ang Cebu sinusubukan. Kayo ata ang makapag simula ng WWIII nito ah!
Ok laang naman sa akin ang Bacolod peeps coz meron naman silang delecadesa at inaamin din naman nila na mas lamang ang Iloilo in some aspects pero para ring sumosobra na ang Bacolod peeps ah, parang insecure na rin kayo sa taga Iloilo. Pero ang Iloilo peeps dito, walang pakundangang pagmamataas at pagmamalaki, biruin nyo naman walang takot na hinahamon ang Cebu, SUS MARIA SANTISIMA naman oh! nakakaawa kayo, ang yayabang nyo pare. Ang mga Cebu peeps nga dito parang walal lang, hindi nga sila mapagmalaki at all kase sa threads nila, nagbibisaya sila kahit alam nila na hindi sila naiintindihan ng mga tagalog peeps :bash:, eh ang pinag uusapan nila ay ang ongoing major developments pa naman sa Cebu which is sana sinasabi nila in english o kaya tagalog para naman maintindihan namin para naman ma ganahan kami kase Cebu is all positive and good news. Eh kung mayayabang sila, isusulat nila sa English o tagalog para may point naman kung nagyayabang man sila pero talagang down to earth ang mga un..

At yung sa Queen City title naman, hindi ba kayo nahihiya? Kahit nga anak ng Queen na title, malayo pa rin kayo.
The fact na it was given to Cebu, wala na kayo, city nalang ang natira sa inyo, ang yayabang nyo kase eh!
Binigay na nga sa Cebu eh, meron bang ibinigay tapos naiwan pa rin? wawa naman kayo pero hindi kayo kawawa kung hindi kayo mayayabang.
At kung sinabi nyo na binigay ng Queen of Spain na yun ang title sa Iloilo, may pahintulot naman siguro ang Filipino people sa Queen para i-crown ang title sa Cebu kase kung binigay lang ng ating gov't sa Cebu without the consent ng Queen of Spain na un na may ari ng title, pwede silang ihabla nito.
Eto namang mga Cebuano sumosobra naman ang pagka down to earth kase nung nasa Cebu ako, it's true na walang murmors about that title, I mean Cebuanos are not using that title to promote their place, sa madaling salita ang Queen City title doesn't exist in Cebu. Kahit isa, wala akong nakikitang sign sa buong lunsod na proudly stating "Cebu is the QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH". Pero ang mga Iloilo peeps nagkanda ugaugagang nagsasabing sila ang original, original kuno na Queen City of the South kahit klarong klaro na wala na silan karapatan sa title na yon.
tingnan nyo vodeo na ito na pinost sa Cebu thread
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=Q71kG3QRK6Y (try me to post this peeps) mayor na nila ang nagsasalita. Sya nga pala, kaano ano pala ng Mayor ng Cebu ang Senators na mga Osmeña?
I understand naman coz ayaw ng mga Cebuanos ng gulo. Kase naman may mga taong walang hiyang nagsasabi na sa kanila pa rin ang title.

Ang mas gusto ko sa lahat ay ang CDO at Davao peeps here. Davao peeps down to earth din. Alam nila kung saan sila lulugar. Kahit alam nila na their city is in the top three para tuloy naiiisip ko na hindi famous ang kanilang city, what I mean is that katulad din sila ng mga Cebuanos na hindi nagyayabang. Kahit nga mag hohost sila ng Asian Tourism Forum na isang International event, wala akong nabasa na kahit isang pagyayabang di gaya ng Iloilo sobrang yabang pero hindi pa pala naka pag host ng kahit isang International event, hosting such International events is a big evidence na that city is well known, important and well organized, kaya nga bow din ako sa Bacolod sa pag co host nila ng SEA games.
CDO peeps din, I like them. Kahit sila ang ika apat na city in the Philippines in ranking, di rin sila mayayabang at ginagawa lang nila ang lahat for their city na hindi nagyayabang.

Sory sa pagpasok pero hindi ko na kase matake ang kayabangan ng mga taong tinutukoy ko. Hindi nga nag attempt ang Davao na mag overtake sa Cebu na kahit papano may posibilidad din pero ang mga taga Iloilo, ang lalakas ng loob.

You know, I hate ng mgataong nagpaparinig kase eh. As I am reading the posts of the Iloilo peeps here, meron talagang ibang ipinararating ang mga messages nila. Ok lang na mag malaki but not to the point na mayabang na ang dating at out of coverage na kung baga ang sinasabi kahit hindi naman totoo.

Iloilo at Bacolod, try continuing this bashes of yours, and you will just end up going down. Mind you, I know and I mean it. I like the cicites in the Visayas Mindanao area coz they're totally different from the cities in Metro Manila na naghihilahan pababa pero sa tingin ko i-except ko nalang ang Iloilo and Bacolod coz wala rin palang pinag kakaiba sa Manila.

Dito nalang, sana I made my point clear. Sana matauhan ang mga taga Iloilo sa kayabangan nila. Isa lang ang pinopoint ko dito, ang kayabangan. Yun lang. Salamat. Sana makapagpost pa ako sa forum na ito.

astroboi

January 11th, 2006, 03:18 PM

If this won't mellow down, this one and that should be closed!

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:25 PM

you can always post here in our forum, astroboi ... no problems with that ... we don't own this forum, mate.

In Iloilo's "kayabangan", it's an individual aspect ... you can never say a certain post of any individual would mean a whole lot of it.

About the Queen City of Iloilo and Cebu ... well, nobody is rooting for that.

Iloilo's thread is a hallmark of a combined culture, history and present with us here emphasizing our culture and history, so if Cebu wants to bank with their present, they can do so.

Actually, we haven't much details of anything going on in Cebu thread or anywhere coz our posts are well-focusing here in our own (Iloilo) thread. Mind you, the best solution to that, is ignored it. :)

Sorry for my pun, but really .. you shouldn't be here and be irritated .. we all want peace, and that's how it should be.

chymera00

January 11th, 2006, 03:31 PM

^^^^ kid, its just a proposal, it may be international in standards but not officially an international airport/gateway. it needs a charter and it cant be implemented as an international one, not sooner, not until international traffic has been evaluated, and not after they consider the demand of the flying public. cebu's airport became officially international early ninetys na, think about it.
What makes you think that the New Iloilo Airport will never be made an international airport in the future?

I'm sure it will be one sometime after its opening considering the huge number of Ilonggo OWFs and Iloilo being a potential international gateway to Boracay and a growing tourism industry in Guimaras Is. and Iloilo. Even the old domestic airport in Mandurriao is the fourth busiest airport in the country, even busier than other international airports.

I mean, geeeezz ... It wasn't built to be international standards for nothing.

And we don't dwell on the past! We just have a glorious past and we're proud of it. If your city doesn't have one, then I suggest you shut up. Iloilo also has a glorious present and future ahead of it and we talk about it as much as we talk about the past.

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:33 PM

DOT expects more Chinese tourists this year

The alleged maltreatment of Chinese national by Malaysian authorities has affected Chinese arrivals to Malaysia by 48% for the period January-August 2005 compared to the same period last year.

This report is contained in a letter sent by Department of Foreign Affairs to DOT Manila. The rift created by this situation is seriously threatening to diminish Malaysia's competitiveness in China's outbound tourism market.

This stemmed from a documented case of four Chinese female tourists who were ordered by Malaysian police to squat naked resulting to a strong sentiments in China against Malaysia and its legal system.

For its part, Malaysia and their senior officials including Prime Minister Badawi, have issued an apology to the Chinese government. The Malaysian government is being asked to explain on reports of alleged profiling and harassment of Chinese women below 35 years old, and other unwarranted practices of Malaysian police against Chinese detainees and offenders.

This issue is further eroding Malaysia's effort to attract Chinese travelers, therefore, swaying decisions of potential tourists and shaping public impressions on these countries.

The impact of this report has important implications for the Philippines as it relates to our own efforts of attracting Chinese tourists to our region.

According to Dir. Edwin G. Trompeta, this is an opportune time to further enhance our promotional efforts to get a bigger chunk of Chinese tourists to our country, he said. Chinese nationals have a special place in the Philippines since most of them if not all have relatives in our country.

The Department of Tourism is encouraging our tourism industry partners and other government institutions to continue our efforts to maintain a Chinese-friendly environment to ensure a memorable and enjoyable stay of Chinese nationals in our country.

For 2006, Chinese arrivals is expected to grow as the Department of Tourism is intensifying its promotion and marketing efforts to attract Chinese to come and visit the Philippines. (DOT Region VI)

(from Panay News online)

chymera00

January 11th, 2006, 03:34 PM

Weina

January 11th, 2006, 03:38 PM

^^^^ kid, its just a proposal, it may be international in standards but not officially an international airport/gateway. it needs a charter and it cant be implemented as an international one, not sooner, not until international traffic has been evaluated, and not after they consider the demand of the flying public. cebu's airport became officially international early ninetys na, think about it.

Buhi ka pa gali? abi ko nalunod ka na da....? still barking huh? bad...buhay pa rin sya...Hay... you see even a kid knows what's true. I really pity bacolod because of you. I know a lot of good people there, so for you to be one of them I think is really a BIG SHAME. And what I pity most is your country, for having a citizen like you. I doubt if you're really a Filipino. It's really a shame if there are still more people out there like you who's just keen on belittling other places there in the Philippines. SSC forum is supposed to be a venue for other people especially the foreigners to take a glimpse of our places there in the Philippines but what you're doing here is just pestering everybody out. If you don't believe Iloilo this & that then just leave here, ok?

@Weck & other Ilonggo peeps there don't mind & answer him anymore, i think he's just a bastard not worthy of our attention. Nagapangita lang na sya patas man wala na sya ibuga.

end of discussion

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:38 PM

that's right @Chy ... if there's anybody here who are more right to ask for banning somebody (on offensive side), it's us ... that's why, I am asking everybody if you can't take our thread, then better ignored it ... we can't just simply be bothered with what's going on with other threads ... we don't jump from one thread to the other and bashed around ... we're here in our own thread, and it is more DISRESPECTFUL for anybody to come here and bash us around, isn't it?

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:40 PM

What makes you think that the New Iloilo Airport will never be made an international airport in the future?

I'm sure it will be one sometime after its opening considering the huge number of Ilonggo OWFs and Iloilo being a potential international gateway to Boracay and a growing tourism industry in Guimaras Is. and Iloilo. Even the old domestic airport in Mandurriao is the fourth busiest airport in the country, even busier than other international airports.

I mean, geeeezz ... It wasn't built to be international standards for nothing.

And we don't dwell on the past! We just have a glorious past and we're proud of it. If your city doesn't have one, then I suggest you shut up. Iloilo also has a glorious present and future ahead of it and we talk about it as much as we talk about the past.

he's wishing against the star ... hahaha ... :horse: :horse: :horse:

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:43 PM

I'm sorry if you feel that way but we did not start the bashing over here ... We did try to ignore him, but we can't help but react to his derogatory statements on Iloilo ...

I agree ... he should be BANNED here in our thread ... don't care if mods will let him roam around other thread BUT Iloilo ... but hey, @ love 'em wond'ring around here ... he's strayed ... he needs to be tamed ... hehehe.

chymera00

January 11th, 2006, 03:44 PM

See.... I just want to say I HATE YOU EAZYBOY!, if that's what you want ... To irritate me or any other Ilonggos , well you've done it congratulations ...

astroboi, It seems very odd that you seem to have known a lot of the Philippine forums, yet made only 2 posts ... sa Iloilo thread pa, ngayon pa and you've just registered in Jan 2006 ... what's up with that?

We didn't start the fight here and its not our intention to be "mayabang" as you claim.

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 03:48 PM

Buhi ka pa gali? abi ko nalunod ka na da....? still barking huh? bad...buhay pa rin sya...Hay... you see even a kid knows what's true. I really pity bacolod because of you. I know a lot of good people there, so for you to be one of them I think is really a BIG SHAME. And what I pity most is your country, for having a citizen like you. I doubt if you're really a Filipino. It's really a shame if there are still more people out there like you who's just keen on belittling other places there in the Philippines. SSC forum is supposed to be a venue for other people especially the foreigners to take a glimpse of our places there in the Philippines but what you're doing here is just pestering everybody out. If you don't believe Iloilo this & that then just leave here, ok?

@Weck & other Ilonggo peeps there don't mind & answer him anymore, i think he's just a bastard not worthy of our attention. Nagapangita lang na sya patas man wala na sya ibuga.

end of discussion

I agree .. wala talaga siyang IBUGA .. that's why ... he's pestering around ... and mods don't mind at all ... I don't mind as well ... but it's kinda funny to have such kind of visitor lurking in our doorsteps all the time. We have funny discussions here and somebody suddenly gatecrushed our area ... goodness me, what sense can you get for us closing our thread because of a pup?

chymera00

January 11th, 2006, 03:52 PM

I agree .. wala talaga siyang IBUGA .. that's why ... he's pestering around ... and mods don't mind at all ... I don't mind as well ... but it's kinda funny to have such kind of visitor lurking in our doorsteps all the time. We have funny discussions here and somebody suddenly gatecrushed our area ... goodness me, what sense can you get for us closing our thread because of a pup?
I guess it's up to the mods to decide if they want to close the Iloilo thread or just ban eazyboy ... who oddly rhymes with our newcomer here who just registered today and claimed to know a lot about SSC Phil yet only had 2 posts to show.

Weina

January 11th, 2006, 03:54 PM

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 04:00 PM

I'm sorry if you feel that way but we did not start the bashing over here ... We did try to ignore him, but we can't help but react to his derogatory statements on Iloilo ...

as always .. we are in an offensive side, tapos we are the one to be asked for closure pa? Somebody's joking in here.

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 04:05 PM

Ei rin, Basahin mo sinulat mo para malaman mo sino nagyayabang, bago ka mag sabi na mga Iloilo people dito na mayabang...Sino ka nga ba, akala mo kung mag salita ka parang hari ka nang mga tao dito...kayo lang naman nag pepeste nang thread na to ni easyboy so dapat kayo ang ma ban o dapat lumayas dito sa thread na to, nakakainis na kasi eh...dati nung wala pa kayo dito everything is going well naman, ngayon nandito kayong dalawang mag kakampi gumulo na ang thread namin, happy na kayo dahil nagulo nyo na kami no? Sana palayasin kayo dito na, mga manggugulo!

that's what they want, Wein ... it's a good "plan", indeed ... they come here in our thread and bashed around and have a face to ask the mods for our thread closure? what kind of mentality is that? And so like you, if they're happy with our thread, then pissed off. Nobody's asking them to post here anyway.

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 04:06 PM

I guess it's up to the mods to decide if they want to close the Iloilo thread or just ban eazyboy ... who oddly rhymes with our newcomer here who just registered today and claimed to know a lot about SSC Phil yet only had 2 posts to show.

there's a really good coincidence, ika nga ... too alternicks are not too good at all ... suggesting multiple identities ... @Chy, a future psych patient in the making? ... hehehe.

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 04:12 PM

BSRP-WV counts savings at P2.86M

Iloilo -- By the end of 2005, Bayanihan Centers organized under Bayanihan Saving Replication Program (BSRP) of the Department of the Interior and Local Government in Western Visayas have saved P2,861,731.53, almost double the amount of savings from the year 2004.

Under the active advocacy of DILG Region 6, Bayanihan Centers grew by around 30 percent, with 125 active BCs by end of 2005 compared with 84 in 2004, participated in by 2,974 active members this year as compared with only 1,911 last year. This translates to 41 new Bayanihan Centers with 1,063 active members in the region.

After the six-month period of pure savings, most of the Bayanihan Centers applied their money in micro-lending and micro-business enterprise.

The BSRP remains in the DILG's priority program this year.

"We are glad that our people here in the region already appreciate the value of savings," said DILG Regional Director Evelyn A. Trompeta. "Many of our old BSRP replicators in the LGUs have been so successful that it took our field officers less effort to market the program than to start it about three years ago. These successful Bayanihan Centers, mostly based in in the barangays, were the best advertisement for our program."

Tropmeta said that the DILG will do its best to document BSRP as a best practice this year.

"As we have demonstrated in our year-end activity, the "Pagdayaw 2005", Region 6 has plenty of replicable LGU practices," Trompeta explained. "Despite the possibility of our office undergoing rationalization, we still hope to maintain if not surpass our performance for 2005.

(from The News Today Info online)

slerz

January 11th, 2006, 04:23 PM

kayasa oi, it's my you tube video... why did you use that for something not right...:mad2:

wecky

January 11th, 2006, 04:24 PM

@Chy ... here you go ... want to post those veggies all along ...

:banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2:

:cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber:

:carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

:pepper: :pepper: :pepper: :pepper: :pepper: :pepper: :pepper:

@Chy and Wein, out muna ako ... hehehe .. I'll have to fetch my sis in Victoria Tube Station ... she'll be staying here with me for four days .. shopping daw ... I'm going with her baka makalibre pa kahit konti ... hahaha.

See you both and have a lovely day to all !

Sinjin P.

January 11th, 2006, 04:32 PM

^ Oh no, what a disaster brought about by the "-BOYS" : Eazyboy and Astroboi.

slerz

January 11th, 2006, 04:36 PM

Weina

January 11th, 2006, 04:43 PM

Weina

January 11th, 2006, 04:56 PM

Sobra naman ang sinasabi mo astriboi.. I think you're the one who will start the world war III. Iloilo people here are not yabang for your info, they're just doing their part for their city and please next time ask permision first before you use my you tube video...

tama ka slerz, i hope you Cebu people di mag padala sa mga shortminded na tao na to. Pinapaaway lang tayo nila. Dapat mag improve lahat na places sa pinas, we should help our own places to look desirable not like what these two troublemakers are doing. They are wolves hiding in sheeps skin only. So you, our friends from Cebu shouldn't be carried away by this. Hataw rin kayo dyan advertise sa inyo hataw rin mga taga Iloilo, taga Negros. This is one way of helping our government. Let's work hand in hand to promote our country in the whole world. Wag natin dalhin ang walang kwentang pag iisip sa thread na to. Let's exist in harmony and peace. Amen.

Weina

January 11th, 2006, 05:02 PM

^ Oh no, what a disaster brought about by the "-BOYS" : Eazyboy and Astroboi.

You're right Sinjin! They really succeeded in bringing troubles here. You know what Sinjin you're way... far ...better than this people, you're very young but matured in your thougths & words not like these two guys old but baby IQ & EQ.

blueguy

January 11th, 2006, 05:28 PM

^^^^ kid, its just a proposal, it may be international in standards but not officially an international airport/gateway. it needs a charter and it cant be implemented as an international one, not sooner, not until international traffic has been evaluated, and not after they consider the demand of the flying public. cebu's airport became officially international early ninetys na, think about it.

Well a proposal is a part of planning...Better check your sources and better know the personalities you are trying to talk to...
You don't have to generalize about your views with a certain person because you are just creating chaos. The airport in Iloilo is an International Airport, you have to believe me. I have a colleague who works there. Sooner or later it will accept international flights because of the huge bulk of OFW's in the region. It will be a hub of a Korean Courrier Services. FYI, I have a brother who works at the Air Transporation Office and is now assigned in Bacolod Airport, they will be trained to France and Germany this year because of the airports in Iloilo and Bacolod.

FYI again, once Iloilo Airport can accept international flights it will serve flights form the US and Europe, while the Silay airport will be catering the ASEAN region. Let's just hope that by that time passengers in Cebu will not dwindle. Check with your data and maybe you don't need to say things like what you have said. And better be sure that you will not be known by Ilonggos...tell you what...ask your friends why?

daks2003

January 11th, 2006, 05:29 PM

Actually isa lang naman ang gusto ni eazyboy. Compare Iloilo and Cebu. Para makapagyabang sya na parang may nagawa sya sa economy ng CEBU. Actually consumer sya...consumer ng BAON galing sa tatay at nanay nya hehehe bago ka bumangga sa mga tao dito...tanungin mo muna sarili mo kung may nagawa kang tulong sa lugar mo. At least majority sa amin dito may ginagawa para umangat ang economy ng syudad namin.

MarkiiBoi

January 11th, 2006, 05:34 PM

^ Oh no, what a disaster brought about by the "-BOYS" : Eazyboy and Astroboi.

i hope your not stereotyping all the -BOYS jin. hehehe. :D

anyway to my ilo-ilo friends, congrats to your 7th thread. do not let the others' comments get into your system. continue promoting the city of ilo-ilo. prove the others that they are worng because you guys are very much wrongfully accused...

happy dinagyang! hala bira!

blueguy

January 11th, 2006, 05:35 PM

hahahahaha this is whaT im talking about! still lingering on the glory days of the past, yes, it was during the spanish era, but dude, wake up, year 2006 na tayo, ur statement is true... noon... but its a different story now, and yes, u were a gateway... during the spaniards, eh ngayon? ano na? u dont even have a decent international airport!!! ur planned airport is not even declared international, it may be international in standards but its not functioning and will never be used as an international airport. no. not any sooner dude. sorry, hehehe. now thats what you call the gateway of the visayas? hahahahaha ur makin a fool of urself

aaaaahhh the word queen again!!! cant you realize how far the current queen has gone from your status? i mean, you dont even need to compare iLOW iLOW with the current queen!!! and u said it has awaken? huh? kelan pa? parang walang nangyari, ah, kayo lang atang mga taga dyan ang nakakaalam, maybe you dont know how other cities has been blazingly progressing kaya u think na ur on an upturn, look beyond the straits, over the seas, baka ma insecure kayo sa kabilis ng economy ng ibang cities. while as you said.... ur "queen" has awaken, ngayon pa lang? nyek! wawa naman, eh kanina pa gising yung iba! and ohhh, enough with the word queen pls, kit just shows how you desperately want to get at par with the current queen, pero sad to say, she has gone a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong long way, your just eating her dusts, hahaha, other cities are not as hambog to compare themselves with the queen today eh kayo pa kayang mumunting barrio.

anyway its just good to have someone say bad things about the place...but the people...you have to hide na...I can check and will know who you are

daks2003

January 11th, 2006, 05:36 PM

Igo mo gid sya Van hehehe good for your bro A., may isa man to nga gabais sa imo sa pihak no, daw mayo pa bala utok ya kay henry sy haw hehehe

Well a proposal is a part of planning...Better check your sources and better know the personalities you are trying to talk to...
You don't have to generalize about your views with a certain person because you are just creating chaos. The airport in Iloilo is an International Airport, you have to believe me. I have a colleague who works there. Sooner or later it will accept international flights because of the huge bulk of OFW's in the region. It will be a hub of a Korean Courrier Services. FYI, I have a brother who works at the Air Transporation Office and is now assigned in Bacolod Airport, they will be trained to France and Germany this year because of the airports in Iloilo and Bacolod.

FYI again, once Iloilo Airport can accept international flights it will serve flights form the US and Europe, while the Silay airport will be catering the ASEAN region. Let's just hope that by that time passengers in Cebu will not dwindle. Check with your data and maybe you don't need to say things like what you have said. And better be sure that you will not be known by Ilonggos...tell you what...ask your friends why?

blueguy

January 11th, 2006, 05:52 PM

daks2003

January 11th, 2006, 06:30 PM

So its true gid man gle ang huring huring about the ICAG, and about the fiesta strip...when ni ang proposed target date? I just hope pasulod kamo locals. :) :) :)

Anyway just a little update, SM will open a new supermarket branch in Tabuc Suba, and SM Jaro will be renovated. SM Delgado will have an expansion..the old ICAG fire station...and lastly there is a proposal to build a "Fiesta Strip" at SM City Iloilo. Like the Megastrip...

Then right near SM City Iloilo, Florete will build a 200 room hotel. He is just waiting for the expiration of Nes and tats rent. And lastly a new stretch of road will be built at the back of SM City Iloilo...Ayala Land is one of the bidders of the old Iloilo airport

At the tip of the newly built bridge near Residence is a new CBD..with mixed used commercial residential dsitricts...from the tip to the area near Marina is a garden park to be donated by the Iloilo Flood Control Project, portions of the Iloilo River bank will be landscaped up to the Carpenters Bridge near the old abattoir...Then in that area a new bridge will be built...Exciting no? I'll just post the pix...which I actually did through 3D when I am still working with the Iloilo Flood Control Porject.

blueguy

January 11th, 2006, 06:33 PM

So its true gid man gle ang huring huring about the ICAG, and about the fiesta strip...when ni ang proposed target date? I just hope pasulod kamo locals. :) :) :)

Just give me your contact details and send it at vva@smsupermalls.com The ICAG expansion will house ACE Hardware and SM Appliance and a row of bars and restos...

blueguy

January 11th, 2006, 06:40 PM

eazyboy

January 11th, 2006, 06:47 PM

Well a proposal is a part of planning...Better check your sources and better know the personalities you are trying to talk to...
You don't have to generalize about your views with a certain person because you are just creating chaos. The airport in Iloilo is an International Airport, you have to believe me. I have a colleague who works there. Sooner or later it will accept international flights because of the huge bulk of OFW's in the region. It will be a hub of a Korean Courrier Services. FYI, I have a brother who works at the Air Transporation Office and is now assigned in Bacolod Airport, they will be trained to France and Germany this year because of the airports in Iloilo and Bacolod.

FYI again, once Iloilo Airport can accept international flights it will serve flights form the US and Europe, while the Silay airport will be catering the ASEAN region. Let's just hope that by that time passengers in Cebu will not dwindle. Check with your data and maybe you don't need to say things like what you have said. And better be sure that you will not be known by Ilonggos...tell you what...ask your friends why?

after bacolod your hitting cebu na rin? grabe na talaga kayo! nakakatawa, ur really a BIG joke, tanong ko lang sa inyo mga ilowilow unggoys here, bakit pag may taga ibang place na nagpost dito sa thread nyo and would harp about their place eh umuusok na kayo? para naman sa mga ibang forumers na bumabasa nito (excluding the ilowilow unggoys) try reading their posts at bacolod thread, ang aangas ng mga posts, their gloryfying their city, iloilo city in a bacolod thread, ngayon pag ginawa ko sa inyo yung ginawa nyo sa ibang thread ang laking gulo! well well well! takin ur own medicine huh? a bitter pill to swallow? yan ang problema pag mayabang... d na bale mawalan ng pera, wag lang ng yabang, what a lifestyle! and if you people here are saying na comment about your tribe (iloilo) as being mayayabang is isolated, and it should not be concluded as a trait of the whole tribe, eh bakit popular kayo sa kayabangan? and it REALLY shows sa thread nyo. may nag comment din dito na they dont jump from one thread to another and they just focus on their thread! nyak!!!!!! nagka amnesia ka ba? eh ang dami mong pinost sa bacolod thread ah, and all you did was glorify iloilo, in a bacolod thread for goodness sake!!! T@ng@ mo!

daks2003

January 11th, 2006, 07:08 PM

OK. Suit urself boy! You havent proved anything yet. Palamunin ka pa rin ng tatay mo. Yabang mo BOY! may pera ka ba???

after bacolod your hitting cebu na rin? grabe na talaga kayo! nakakatawa, ur really a BIG joke, tanong ko lang sa inyo mga ilowilow unggoys here, bakit pag may taga ibang place na nagpost dito sa thread nyo and would harp about their place eh umuusok na kayo? para naman sa mga ibang forumers na bumabasa nito (excluding the ilowilow unggoys) try reading their posts at bacolod thread, ang aangas ng mga posts, their gloryfying their city, iloilo city in a bacolod thread, ngayon pag ginawa ko sa inyo yung ginawa nyo sa ibang thread ang laking gulo! well well well! takin ur own medicine huh? a bitter pill to swallow? yan ang problema pag mayabang... d na bale mawalan ng pera, wag lang ng yabang, what a lifestyle! and if you people here are saying na comment about your tribe (iloilo) as being mayayabang is isolated, and it should not be concluded as a trait of the whole tribe, eh bakit popular kayo sa kayabangan? and it REALLY shows sa thread nyo. may nag comment din dito na they dont jump from one thread to another and they just focus on their thread! nyak!!!!!! nagka amnesia ka ba? eh ang dami mong pinost sa bacolod thread ah, and all you did was glorify iloilo, in a bacolod thread for goodness sake!!! T@ng@ mo!

ryanr

January 12th, 2006, 05:42 AM

easyboy, you are going down.:banned: Stop bashing Iloilo, this is not the place. We cant change your hatred towards iloilo...we get it, now get lost.

Gandhi

January 12th, 2006, 05:49 AM

No se peleen amigos :no:

Esta chevere el thread...uiy bonita la provincia Iloilo...y muy buena informacion..ustedes son ordenados :)
saludos desde Colombia :)

chymera00

January 12th, 2006, 06:02 AM

Anyway just a little update, SM will open a new supermarket branch in Tabuc Suba, and SM Jaro will be renovated. SM Delgado will have an expansion..the old ICAG fire station...and lastly there is a proposal to build a "Fiesta Strip" at SM City Iloilo. Like the Megastrip...

Then right near SM City Iloilo, Florete will build a 200 room hotel. He is just waiting for the expiration of Nes and tats rent. And lastly a new stretch of road will be built at the back of SM City Iloilo...Ayala Land is one of the bidders of the old Iloilo airport

At the tip of the newly built bridge near Residence is a new CBD..with mixed used commercial residential dsitricts...from the tip to the area near Marina is a garden park to be donated by the Iloilo Flood Control Project, portions of the Iloilo River bank will be landscaped up to the Carpenters Bridge near the old abattoir...Then in that area a new bridge will be built...Exciting no? I'll just post the pix...which I actually did through 3D when I am still working with the Iloilo Flood Control Porject.

So it is true pala (Guess you're right weck) ... It seems SM is really confident with Iloilo's economy. A new SM Supermarket and a rennovation of 3 existing SMs in Iloilo, that's great news!

I'm really interested sa 3D models nga na and sa mga future posts mo about the projects ... keep em coming van.

The new bridge, it name is the Dungon Bridge right?, third phase of the Jalandoni Bridge Project ... I was wondering how many lanes it would be, kase I got a bit upset when I knew the Jalandoni Bridge was only 2 lanes wide which is a bit lame considering the streets in Iloilo are already narrow enough then they make new ones even narrower.

Just give me your contact details and send it at vva@smsupermalls.com The ICAG expansion will house ACE Hardware and SM Appliance and a row of bars and restos...
ako man :D

easyboy, you are going down.:banned: Stop bashing Iloilo, this is not the place. We cant change your hatred towards iloilo...we get it, now get lost.
Finally, my eyes were getting tired of having to read eazyboy's senseless bashing, if anything we deserves to bash himself.

No se peleen amigos :no:

Esta chevere el thread...uiy bonita la provincia Iloilo...y muy buena informacion..ustedes son ordenados :)
saludos desde Colombia :)
Could anyone please tell me what this means...

chymera00

January 12th, 2006, 06:05 AM

ILOILO ONLINE (http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com)
http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com

Well, I've done it FINALLY! After months of development finding ways to build the site, I came across Blogger and did the whole thing in less than 2 days.

I hope you guys find the time to visit it... and click at my ads! like a lot of times or something, hehe(It will help me buy a new camera, which will be used to take pictures of Iloilo).

Enjoy!

Askal82

January 12th, 2006, 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by Felixpo

No se peleen amigos

Esta chevere el thread...uiy bonita la provincia Iloilo...y muy buena informacion..ustedes son ordenados
saludos desde Colombia

Could anyone please tell me what this means...

"No se peleen amigos" - It means na wag na tayo mag-away dito! He likes the information about the province of iloilo city and he is greeting from Colombia

Sus mariosep, nakakahiya no! kahit hindi nya maintindihan mga pinagsasabi dito alam nyang may awayan. pangit ng projection natin sa labas.

chymera00

January 12th, 2006, 06:19 AM

Recap of Pictures from previous thread Part I:

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daks2003

January 12th, 2006, 06:56 AM

Good job chyms!!

ILOILO ONLINE (http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com)
http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com

Well, I've done it FINALLY! After months of development finding ways to build the site, I came across Blogger and did the whole thing in less than 2 days.

I hope you guys find the time to visit it... and click at my ads! like a lot of times or something, hehe(It will help me buy a new camera, which will be used to take pictures of Iloilo).

Enjoy!

Weina

January 12th, 2006, 07:33 AM

easyboy, you are going down.:banned: Stop bashing Iloilo, this is not the place. We cant change your hatred towards iloilo...we get it, now get lost.

thanks GreyX! :applause: hope the two troublemakers will be forever banned here in the SSC for us to have a peaceful & friendly atmosphere here.

@ Happy posting everyone!

Weina

January 12th, 2006, 07:38 AM

daks2003

January 12th, 2006, 08:10 AM

If ur in china right now, di bala blogs are banned in that country? im not sure about the ban but i could have read it somewhere hehehe

Chy, why this http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com is not working with my computer? I can't access it.

Animo

January 12th, 2006, 08:16 AM

^^ Only if your saying something against the government and those secret government stuff.

zeos

January 12th, 2006, 08:32 AM

Well a proposal is a part of planning...Better check your sources and better know the personalities you are trying to talk to...
You don't have to generalize about your views with a certain person because you are just creating chaos. The airport in Iloilo is an International Airport, you have to believe me. I have a colleague who works there. Sooner or later it will accept international flights because of the huge bulk of OFW's in the region. It will be a hub of a Korean Courrier Services. FYI, I have a brother who works at the Air Transporation Office and is now assigned in Bacolod Airport, they will be trained to France and Germany this year because of the airports in Iloilo and Bacolod.

FYI again, once Iloilo Airport can accept international flights it will serve flights form the US and Europe, while the Silay airport will be catering the ASEAN region. Let's just hope that by that time passengers in Cebu will not dwindle. Check with your data and maybe you don't need to say things like what you have said. And better be sure that you will not be known by Ilonggos...tell you what...ask your friends why?

i am not a cebuano by blood but i frequent cebu because of work, i just dont feel comfortable with whats written here in bold letters, why say something like that about cebu? "Let's just hope that by that time passengers in Cebu will not dwindle" for all i know, presently, cebu is overflowing with tourists, not just on sinulog season but almost the whole year, you may reason out that youre not talking about the present situation but rather your stating a forseeable situation, cebu is already an established destination and situations like that happening to cebu is nil, ive been lurking at SSC for many months now i just hope you can provide data's on how and why you specifically said that statement, any statistics will do. thanks a lot.

we can defend our own cities from illiterate behaviors and posts without dragging other cities.

ive had many nice experiences with iloilo, though not aesthetically and not superficial, not with how the city looks and not with how clean the city is. its not about tall scrapers, business parks and malls, my nice experiences in iloilo are fond memories of nice people who are probably the most thoughtful of all the people i know.

Weina

January 12th, 2006, 08:59 AM

If ur in china right now, di bala blogs are banned in that country? im not sure about the ban but i could have read it somewhere hehehe

Yup your right, but sometimes i am lucky to open other blogs. It's really kinda frustrating here since you just can't access what you wanna access. And it always pissed me off when i access taiwan sites. grrrrh... and in fact they are even hacking my computer right now so everytime I open a site the local site here will just pop up and block the site I wanna see. peste guid., :bash: :gaah:

Weina

January 12th, 2006, 09:07 AM

^^ Only if your saying something against the government and those secret government stuff.

not only this Animo, they have a lot of limitations here but will not elaborate na since i'm afraid that they will have an eye on skyscaper too and will be banned here also, kawawa naman ako dito, eh eto lang naman ang hangout place ko, he he he...my stay here kasi is very sensitive since i'm from across the straight so very obvious talaga...

rustyboi

January 12th, 2006, 09:26 AM

slerz

January 12th, 2006, 10:36 AM

hmmm, is this because of the word dwindle?
ok...
I think if Iloilo will be established as a tourist destination and will equal or surpass Cebu in volume, Cebu will still not dwindle coz Cebu is already known internationally and the shining back of Iloilo won't diminish Cebu with only an airports passenger traffic. Cebu's airport maybe is the ugliest in the country but it still can sustain big volume of tourists flocking the province as of this time and the years to come and I'm sure the need of bigger and more modern Cebu airport will be realized sooner ;)
and I think the one who's dwindling now is not Cebu but some Mayors of other cities up there :D

makoantz

January 12th, 2006, 11:05 AM

let's keep it cool guys. criticize as constructive as possible...let's respect the opinion of everyone...

ok, can we go back to the topic? where were we now?

slerz

January 12th, 2006, 11:23 AM

but you know what? I really like Iloilo, yan ang palagi kong sinasabi dito and I dunno why...:D
btw, that comment of mine is only intended exclusively with that statement, no pun intended ;)...

makoantz

January 12th, 2006, 12:30 PM

btw, that comment of mine is only intended exclusively with that statement, no pun intended ...

no problem, there was nothing wrong with your comment in the first place :)

eazyboy

January 12th, 2006, 01:22 PM

well well well...... how typically ilonggo, mahahangin, they cant even prove data to support their claim, ni walang trend of the of the so called dwindling stuff.

lex_99

January 12th, 2006, 02:20 PM

ILOILO THE SUPER DESPERATE QUEEN HEHE...

chymera00

January 12th, 2006, 02:36 PM

edited

wecky

January 12th, 2006, 02:42 PM

well well well...... how typically ilonggo, mahahangin, they cant even prove data to support their claim, ni walang trend of the of the so called dwindling stuff.

are you welcome here? just to take note that nobody's like you here .. why keep pushing yourself in our thread ... hehehe .. you're such a desperate, man .. or by the way BOY pala ... hahaha .. you've got a thick face to come here in our thread all the time ... what a waste !

wecky

January 12th, 2006, 02:46 PM

after bacolod your hitting cebu na rin? grabe na talaga kayo! nakakatawa, ur really a BIG joke, tanong ko lang sa inyo mga ilowilow unggoys here, bakit pag may taga ibang place na nagpost dito sa thread nyo and would harp about their place eh umuusok na kayo? para naman sa mga ibang forumers na bumabasa nito (excluding the ilowilow unggoys) try reading their posts at bacolod thread, ang aangas ng mga posts, their gloryfying their city, iloilo city in a bacolod thread, ngayon pag ginawa ko sa inyo yung ginawa nyo sa ibang thread ang laking gulo! well well well! takin ur own medicine huh? a bitter pill to swallow? yan ang problema pag mayabang... d na bale mawalan ng pera, wag lang ng yabang, what a lifestyle! and if you people here are saying na comment about your tribe (iloilo) as being mayayabang is isolated, and it should not be concluded as a trait of the whole tribe, eh bakit popular kayo sa kayabangan? and it REALLY shows sa thread nyo. may nag comment din dito na they dont jump from one thread to another and they just focus on their thread! nyak!!!!!! nagka amnesia ka ba? eh ang dami mong pinost sa bacolod thread ah, and all you did was glorify iloilo, in a bacolod thread for goodness sake!!! T@ng@ mo!

hahaha ... what a crap! Such full of hate and envy ... hahaha ... bless you BOY ... hahaha.

wecky

January 12th, 2006, 02:53 PM

Anyway just a little update, SM will open a new supermarket branch in Tabuc Suba, and SM Jaro will be renovated. SM Delgado will have an expansion..the old ICAG fire station...and lastly there is a proposal to build a "Fiesta Strip" at SM City Iloilo. Like the Megastrip...

Then right near SM City Iloilo, Florete will build a 200 room hotel. He is just waiting for the expiration of Nes and tats rent. And lastly a new stretch of road will be built at the back of SM City Iloilo...Ayala Land is one of the bidders of the old Iloilo airport

At the tip of the newly built bridge near Residence is a new CBD..with mixed used commercial residential dsitricts...from the tip to the area near Marina is a garden park to be donated by the Iloilo Flood Control Project, portions of the Iloilo River bank will be landscaped up to the Carpenters Bridge near the old abattoir...Then in that area a new bridge will be built...Exciting no? I'll just post the pix...which I actually did through 3D when I am still working with the Iloilo Flood Control Porject.

Thanks Van for an update ... soon SM will have its 4th store in the city na ... it's a good thing for people in that area coz they don't need to travel far to the proper and Diversion Road. SM is very lucky indeed to choose that location coz it will cater almost all subdivisions along that side of the city and of course, the northen towns of Iloilo. Anyway, glad to note all the plans ... I'm really excited. Btw, we are opening business along that area as well .. our "mini-business" opening will be on the 21st of January na .. my sis is so, so busy nowadays .. our area is located on the 5th Street of Lawaan Village fronting the Department of Agrian Reform Office. Lots and lots of new businesses is opening in that area right now Van to the Northern Iloilo Terminal in Tagbac.

wecky

January 12th, 2006, 03:00 PM

Well a proposal is a part of planning...Better check your sources and better know the personalities you are trying to talk to...
You don't have to generalize about your views with a certain person because you are just creating chaos. The airport in Iloilo is an International Airport, you have to believe me. I have a colleague who works there. Sooner or later it will accept international flights because of the huge bulk of OFW's in the region. It will be a hub of a Korean Courrier Services. FYI, I have a brother who works at the Air Transporation Office and is now assigned in Bacolod Airport, they will be trained to France and Germany this year because of the airports in Iloilo and Bacolod.

FYI again, once Iloilo Airport can accept international flights it will serve flights form the US and Europe, while the Silay airport will be catering the ASEAN region. Let's just hope that by that time passengers in Cebu will not dwindle. Check with your data and maybe you don't need to say things like what you have said. And better be sure that you will not be known by Ilonggos...tell you what...ask your friends why?

Van, he's such a boy .. what can you expect ... he can't even stand on himself ... he's comment is absolutely useless ... for somebody to be compared with anybody here in our thread .. mind you, he's probably never had a good contribution of tax in the Philippines to be minded.

Good to note that Iloilo is moving fast and well ... and I'm glad if GMA will keep her promises about Iloilo International Airport direct flights from Europe and USA ... at least, we don't need to pass any other airports in our country ... deretso uwi na nang Iloilo .. yehey !

wecky

January 12th, 2006, 03:12 PM

Just give me your contact details and send it at vva@smsupermalls.com The ICAG expansion will house ACE Hardware and SM Appliance and a row of bars and restos...

grand ! ... more SM expansions in Iloilo City, huh? SM is really preparing for whatever the results of Iloilo Airport's bidding ... looks like they are also trying to block entry points to Iloilo City area (like what Iloilo Supermart is doing) ... their expansion notably in Jaro denotes further expansion in the northern part of the province.

chymera00

January 12th, 2006, 03:16 PM

Iloilo Pics Recap Part II
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wecky

January 12th, 2006, 03:28 PM

Treñas bullish of 2006

By DAVID ISRAEL SINAY

ILOILO City – The city government hopes to further boost tourism and economic activities in this city this year.

Mayor Jerry Treñas is confident that the city’s investment promotion board headed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) would enhance economic activities here.

With the DTI, it would be easier for the city to attract investors and tourists, he said.

The Iloilo City Convention Bureau (ICCB), which caters conventions being set here, is also very active, the mayor added.

Treñas said the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Incorporated (IDFI) is also helping promote Iloilo City through tourism.

However, Treñas lamented the high cost of power and the lack of raw materials in the City of Iloilo.

There is also the Task Force on Economic Promotion chaired by Councilor Jed Mabilog.

On the first week of February, Mabilog said, the task force shall hold a seminar regarding the benchmarking of economic activities in the city together with the Canadian Urban Institute.

Benchmarking of economic activity “will give us direction, help us know where to start and measure how effective our programs are,” explained Mabilog.

In 2005, according to Mabilog, the Task Force on Economic Promotion conducted livelihood programs, trade and job fairs.

(from Panay News online)

daks2003

January 12th, 2006, 03:28 PM

I just hope you have been here much much earlier so you will have an idea how this stupid things started. This is a very peaceful site and people here are not easily provoked by criticisms especially if it is constructive by nature. I just hope people who would want to pretend to know more about whats happening in this part of the archipelago should try to ask themselves first if they have really contributed to their local economies.

There's no bad blood between Iloilo and Cebu but there's this one bad egg here who wants to start a bloody confrontation between the two cities hehehe

Anyway, people are all welcome to criticize here, and we also want data to back up those tirades against us. Di yung puro pa "unggoy-unggoy" at "yabang-yabang" lang na tira.

i am not a cebuano by blood but i frequent cebu because of work, i just dont feel comfortable with whats written here in bold letters, why say something like that about cebu? "Let's just hope that by that time passengers in Cebu will not dwindle" for all i know, presently, cebu is overflowing with tourists, not just on sinulog season but almost the whole year, you may reason out that youre not talking about the present situation but rather your stating a forseeable situation, cebu is already an established destination and situations like that happening to cebu is nil, ive been lurking at SSC for many months now i just hope you can provide data's on how and why you specifically said that statement, any statistics will do. thanks a lot.

we can defend our own cities from illiterate behaviors and posts without dragging other cities.

ive had many nice experiences with iloilo, though not aesthetically and not superficial, not with how the city looks and not with how clean the city is. its not about tall scrapers, business parks and malls, my nice experiences in iloilo are fond memories of nice people who are probably the most thoughtful of all the people i know.

daks2003

January 12th, 2006, 03:38 PM

Baka Ilonggo ka in a previous life. Di ba "dating" queen ang mga Ilonggo at ngayon Cebuano na ang queen :) hehehe

but you know what? I really like Iloilo, yan ang palagi kong sinasabi dito and I dunno why...:D
btw, that comment of mine is only intended exclusively with that statement, no pun intended ;)...

chymera00

January 12th, 2006, 04:41 PM

Go West, young man!

This title of New Yorker John B. L. Soule’s 1851 editorial triggered an exciting episode in American history as it encouraged young, unattached men to travel westward for some adventure and to avail of better opportunities. A steady flow of able-bodied young men then forged a path through the wilderness of the untamed West. They went in great numbers, building another pillar in the foundation upon which the great American nation now stands.

Faced with having to go to practically the same venues for the local party scene, I was itching to discover new horizons, so to speak. In one of my carefree, playful moments, the aforementioned quote somehow just rang in my head, so I thought—why not give Western Philippines a look-see and check out the party scene in that area?

So, off I went with some friends on a weekend visit to Iloilo, a bustling metropolis of close to a million people with the friendly smiles that mirror sincere hospitality, and a sing-song dialect that echoes a proud past.

I remember my first trip to Iloilo “eons ago,” to visit a friend who was then boarding at Institucion Teresiana. That really must have been a very long time ago because, during this second trip, I found out that the facility no longer exists, although the building still stands but is now part of a medical complex. This discovery made me feel ancient! And it didn’t help that when I met the city’s highly-popular, dynamic, second-termer Mayor Jerry Trenas. His charming wife, Rosalie of the Sarabia clan, reminded me that she used to be my student in one of my Tourism classes at St. Scholastica’s College here in Manila. The thought of being “Jurassic” threatened to dampen my party mood but, thank goodness, my eagerness to discover more of the city kept my spirits high.

Iloilo’s contribution to our country’s history and progress is valuable. Aside from being the birthplace of Malayan civilization in the Philippines, it is also home to freedom fighters Graciano Lopez-Jaena and Martin Delgado. It is the country’s forerunner in aviation—the first commercial airline in the country was the Iloilo Negros Air Express Co. (Inaec); in shipping—the first city outside Manila to have direct shipping lines with Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Europe, and America; in land transportation—the first city to have double-decker buses; in telecommunication and electrification—the first city outside Manila to have electricity and offer communication facilities to customers; and in education—it had the first school for boys and the first provincial high school in the country. The city prides itself with dozens of other “firsts,” but I’ll leave the rest up to you to discover on your next visit.

Food, glorious food

Together with a slew of ICCB officers, Narz Lim, marketing director of the Iloilo City Convention Bureau (ICCB), and DoT director Edwin Trompeta met us at the airport. After a brief stopover at our home for the weekend, Hotel Del Rio, by the scenic Iloilo River, they whisked us off to Breakthrough, the city’s most famous seafood facility. As the restaurant was right on the beach, the relaxing sound of waves lashing at the shoreline further enhanced our appetite for the various seafood specialties on the menu.

Among the many things that beckon you to make that second or third or fourth visit to the city is its wealth of culinary specialties! We were barely an hour into our visit and we were already gorging on the tastefully rich menu laid out before us! Munding Robles, the restaurant’s genial owner and manager, made sure we tried every specialty of the house, much to our delight! The photographs on this page will show you why we almost didn’t want to leave the restaurant, especially when we found out that it also had hammocks right by the shoreline where diners can rest after a hearty meal!

Sensing our reluctance to do anything else after that sumptuous lunch, the ICCB officers had to lure us with the promise that, after a short round of the city’s beautiful old homes, we would be treated to a merienda of the city’s culinary claim-to-fame, the La Paz Batchoy. This rich clear soup of noodles and pork innards topped with crushed pork crackers and spicy herbs is a “must” every time one visits the city. Somehow, the other “versions” made available here in Manila can’t hold a candle to the original recipe served at Ted’s Old-Timer Restaurant in downtown Iloilo.

Just as filling is the famous Pancit Molo, a concoction of pork-chicken meatballs wrapped in thin dough and cooked in peppery broth. We had the chance to order several portions of it and bring home to Manila, straight from the original Panaderia de Molo, owned and managed by the serenely elegant Teresita Larraga, who saw to it that we tasted all the other offerings of her panaderia. Ilonggo hospitality is certainly not complete without the food because the residents themselves have made eating a hobby! With tasty recipes like these, small wonder!

Old houses

Part of every visit to the city is a tour of some of the beautiful ancestral homes that stand as living witnesses to Iloilo’s opulent past, and the landed gentry’s love for elegance. We had our fill of these houses with their unique and stunning architecture when we visited some. First up was the quaint-looking Boat House, a Lopez mansion whose façade is shaped like a boat’s stern, complete with portholes. We were told that this well-preserved house is not open to the public, but our friends at ICCB pulled the right strings just to give us the chance to take a quick peek at its elegant and stately interiors.

Next stop was the Casa Mariquit, now owned by Robert “Panchito” Puckett, where Mariquit Javellana-Lopez, the lady of former Vice President Fernando Lopez Sr. was born and raised in. While the ground floor in the other old houses was used as storage space for furniture, or for carriages of saints used for religious processions or for palay, this house stored money under the floor. The huge wooden vault hidden under the wooden planks still exists, as pointed out to us by Panchito who toured us around this 200-year-old wood-and-stone architectural masterpiece.

The most imposing ancestral home we visited is the two-hectare Nelly Gardens, another Lopez property, with its 1928 Beaux Art mansion. Its stately white exteriors remind me of the White House especially because its front lawn is just as big. The elegant furnishings and tasteful décor of its interiors, indeed a testimonial to the unrivaled class and style of its owner, match its majestic façade. In fact, many of the country’s presidents and their first ladies have stayed at this charming mansion during their respective campaign periods.

What makes the property even more appealing is that the house and the gardens are available for private functions, corporate parties, or garden receptions. My mind couldn’t help imagining that garden party scene in Gone With The Wind. What a thrill it must be to celebrate in such beautiful surroundings!

The night life

I was lucky an old friend, Nonoy Ybiernas, Iloilo’s ultimate party animal, offered to take me around the city’s exciting watering holes. It was actually a night-‘till-morning tour of the more popular fun places.

We started with dinner at the Amigo Terrace Hotel, which is right smack in the crossroads of Iloilo City’s shopping and financial districts, followed by several rounds of drinks at Juan’s, a roadside al fresco bar frequented by the city’s yuppies and other fun-loving denizens. It was interesting to overhear the people in the nearby tables speaking in their melodious dialect, almost synchronizing with the soothing sounds the bar’s DJ played.

Close to midnight, we moved to a nearby bar teeming with the city’s college students—Tijuana’s, jumping with music from a live band, which played all my favorite pop songs. This very popular open-air hangout of the younger set is set in the rear terrace and backyard of an old concrete house, with some tables inside clusters of nipa huts. The moment I walked into the place, I right away felt the energy—I saw a group screaming their lungs out as they tried to sing along with the band. There was a group of young girls dancing among themselves in carefree abandon right beside their table! There were also young men taking photographs of each other with what I presume were their new cell- phones. The anything-goes atmosphere brought more rounds of tequila to our table until we decided it was time to move on to another place while we could still walk back to our car.

I was planning to order some coffee to detoxify myself from all that alcohol but Club Bwana at the Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center was no place to do that. It was just as swinging and as fun as the previous joint! But I had to shake off the alcohol from my system so, there we were, dancing the night away with people we didn’t even have a chance to get to know. After having perspired to the core, from 45 minutes of nonstop dancing, we knew it was time to head for home. All the alcohol had seeped out of my skin pores and my muscles were starting to complain. Besides, I could almost feel the sun ready to banner the start of another day!

Manila certainly doesn’t have a monopoly of fun places so, when you’re bored with the local party scene, there’s always fascinating Iloilo. It’s only 50 minutes away from Manila and served by 12 daily flights, including four on Cebu Pacific. If you prefer to do it in a more leisurely pace, Negros Navigation and WGA provide access through their luxury vessels, and you’re there in less than a day.

Mag-kadto na kita sa Iloilo!