Iloilo City and Province - Compiled Threads [Archive] - Page 30

METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 4th, 2006, 06:59 AM

Church of Sta. Monica -- unique, eye-catching

PAVIA, Iloilo – Just 10 kilometers from the heart of Iloilo City is the beautiful town of Pavia. Aside from the well-manicured plaza, the most eye-catching structure is the century-old Sta. Monica Church made entirely of red bricks and corral stones constructed in a unique blend of Byzantine and Romanesque architecture.

The Church of Sta. Monica was constructed in 1888 by Augustinian Spanish friars. The entire walls were made of bricks and corral stones while the beams and interior columns were made of wood. The binding material was a mixture of lime, sand and egg whites. Construction was terminated in 1894 and the church was opened for public worship.

In 1911 the Spanish friars turned over the pastoral care of the parish to the Filipino clergy.

When World War II broke out, Pavia was among the first towns to be occupied by the Japanese forces and the Church of Sa. Monica was made into a garrison. Filipino guerillas raided it several times, causing minor damages to the walls.

American liberation air force pilots bombed the church in 1945, destroying the entire roof and damaging the walls.

Repairs were initiated by the people of Pavia and until now restoration is still going on.
Nonetheless, the people of Pavia are proud of the major accomplishments they have done in their church.

Rev. Fr. Anastacio Gonzales, the present parish priest, says, “The people of God in Pavia own this church. This is the legacy of their faith – a beautiful heritage which must be preserved and loved by present and future Pavianhons.”

A testament to Majestic Churches of ILOILO!

METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 4th, 2006, 07:02 AM

P45M state-of-the-art coliseum inaugurated By GEROME DALIPE IV

POTOTAN, Iloilo – A state-of-the-art coliseum worth about P45 million was inaugurated here yesterday.

Cong. Arthur Defensor (3rd District, Iloilo) led the blessing and inauguration.

Pototan Mayor Pablo Perez, Vice Mayor Nicia Guanco and local officials welcomed the guests.

The construction of the coliseum was deferred several times due to budget constraints. Defensor also attributed the delay to the incessant increases in the cost of the construction materials.

With modern architectural design and facilities, Defensor said the coliseum will serve as the socio-cultural center of the people in Pototan.

Pototan, a third class municipality, invites nearby towns to visit ts new coliseum.
The newly completed astrodome is easily the most imposing structure in this perennial rice granary municipality in central Iloilo.

Standing on a 3,000-square meter area, it dominates the landscape of the expansive town plaza. Its dome gleams in the sunlight and the fine architectural and engineering design cannot fail to catch the attention of the viewer.

Originally, the structure was planned as a covered gymnasium for various sports activities, especially basketball. But as the work progressed, revisions and changes in the plans were also made.

The total cost of the project amounted to P45,645,000. Twenty four million pesos (P24,000,000) was initially released by then Cong. Licurgo Tirador from his community develop fund. But Cong. Defensor saw the grand design and pursued the project to its eventual completion.

As a basketball court, the facilities of the complex are all first class and up to international standard. The wood parquet covering the court is of imported maple wood. The electronic system is high-tech and ultra modern. There is adequate water supply and the comfort rooms are really designed for comfort.

The seating capacity on the lower portion is 2,500 persons while the bleachers can accommodates more than 3,000 spectators.

Go go go Pototan!

daks2003

May 4th, 2006, 07:06 AM

daks2003

May 4th, 2006, 08:20 AM

in relation to my earlier post...i found this link...where is this??? TAGO ISLAND (http://www.activegroup.com.ph/html/future.htm)

Set on the azure waters of the Guimaras Strait, off the shores of Iloilo Province, this idyllic 586-hectare isle is envisioned as an exclusive beach resort and marina ranked among the world's best.

Pacific_leopard

May 4th, 2006, 01:56 PM

Cabatuan, Iloilo: The Mexico of the Philippines

The wealth of the Cabatuanons :

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/Pacific_leopard/04-05-06_1728.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/Pacific_leopard/whitetrees.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/Pacific_leopard/08-04-06_1121_filtered.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/Pacific_leopard/04-05-06_1737_filtered.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/Pacific_leopard/04-05-06_1714_filtered.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/Pacific_leopard/bathe.jpg

Here's my new pictures na..... enjoy!!! xenxa la ko kalagaw mayo... diri lang ko asta sa Cabatuan(and neighboring towns) this summer... mga after three weeks maka lagaw na ko in different places kay la na na class. Obviously... uma guid ni ang lugar na ginkadtuan ko (except for the church) pro okay lang biskan layo kay nami man ang sites... kaso ang mas nami ga sites la ko guid nakwaan mayo kay ginlagas kami sang upod ko sang ido!!!! literally... BREATHTAKING GUID MAN SYA!!!hehehe

chymera00

May 4th, 2006, 05:44 PM

boybleauXx

May 4th, 2006, 06:15 PM

nice Guimaras sunset

hope to see Isla Naburot pics :)

There was this area in Jaro that two churches seem to face each other....parang sobrang magkalapit lang sila. Yet both are of olden masterpieces.

The church in Molo I remember has big wooden altars and life size religious figures.

I can always remeber myself eating at Ted's Batchoy near that Mitsubishi Motors in Molo going to that highway towards Mandurriao

chymera00

May 4th, 2006, 06:38 PM

I was watching ANC kaina and they featured a resort somewhere in a province in the visayas(di ko lang pag mention ang probinsya hehehe). What really caught my attention was that the resort island is about 3 hours away from the capital and yet it offers world class amenities...my point here, why cant guimaras emulate those kind of development? Its just a short boat ride from Iloilo City and guimaras has a lot of beautiful beaches that can give these other destinations a run for their money.

This maybe OT but when Iloilo will finally get the chance to get hold of international traffic thru the new airport, I just hope Ilonggo entrepreneurs would seize this opportunity and create world class resorts in guimaras or in the beaches of nearby towns.(Boracay Regency, a world class resort in boracay, is owned by ilonggo H. Chusuey).
We'll know in the future ... ano abi Iloilo and Guimaras lacks tourism promotion, and how can these provinces maximize their true potentials when the DOT is putting most of their resources in only 8 anchor destinations? ... they should've included Iloilo as an anchor destination together with Boracay considering most tourists going to boracay use Iloilo as their gateway... hmmm, ever since that Sec. Durano replaced Mr. Gordon ... Iloilo is always neglected in tourism advertisements, even sa national brochures distributed by the DOT very little can you find Iloilo mentioned in them :(

in relation to my earlier post...i found this link...where is this??? TAGO ISLAND (http://www.activegroup.com.ph/html/future.htm)

Set on the azure waters of the Guimaras Strait, off the shores of Iloilo Province, this idyllic 586-hectare isle is envisioned as an exclusive beach resort and marina ranked among the world's best.
cool .... I never noticed this

here's more info about Tago Island ....

It's found in Concepcion .. it is the nearest island to the town proper is uninhabited due for massive tourism development.
http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com/2006/04/municipality-of-concepcion_114589307441721907.html

and it's not just a resort .... it's going to be a country club too!
http://members.tripod.com/~rkgs/about_me.html

________________________

Ari na ang pictures... be patient lang Daks, hehe.
As promised ari ang pictures nga nakwa ko:
(all of these gali are already U/C)

http://static.flickr.com/53/140328192_a29121313f.jpg?v=0
located in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel in the empty lot between EMCOR and MO2

another one (2 storeys lang):
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328193_8ba1c73e73.jpg?v=0

Heres the Riverside Board Walk
http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328198_711ab82f6d.jpg?v=0

Some of the existing establishments

MO2
http://static.flickr.com/48/140328194_ed804e8cc3.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/46/140328197_b3ef0b7031.jpg?v=0

Pirates and Shipwreck
http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0

METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 4th, 2006, 06:42 PM

New City Hall to cost P400MBy Lory Ann B. Bilbao

THE new Iloilo City Hall will cost not less than P400 million, according to Architect Willy Coscolluela.

Iloilo Mayor Jerry P. Treñas requested Coscolluela to make an assessment of the two sites, in Molo and in the old site at Plaza Libertad, which were options as area for the new City Hall.

Coscolluela made a scheme and budgetary estimates for the construction of the building should it be decided to be put up in Molo, where the city owns a lot and or in its old site at Plaza Libertad.

In his budgetary estimate forwarded to Treñas, an 11-storey building was eyed in the old site utilizing 216 square meters. This plan was labeled as Scheme I.

Its budgetary estimate ran P410,298,000 excluding the demolition works, site development or improvement site, internal partitioning for space planning and fit out works, primary transformer, architects and engineering fee and project management fee.

Included were pile driving, earthworks like excavation and backfilling etc., structural works, architectural works like masonry, floor wall and ceiling finishes, external doors and windows and its accessories etc., electrical works, plumbing and sanitary works, installation of fire protection system, mechanical works like ventilation and air con system, elevator and the general requirement like temporary facilities, office supplies etc.

Scheme II is a two-storey City Hall which will occupy 36,000 square meters in Molo estimated to cost P404,731, 372.

Excluded works in this scheme are the same with that of Scheme I.

However, despite the lesser cost of the budgetary estimate of Scheme II, construction of a retaining wall along the riverbanks in the site is required.

The same is not yet included in the budgetary estimate stated.

Plus, the site already has driven piles that might obstruct the new pile driving works and will incur additional cost and will surely delay the construction schedule stated Coscolluela.

In the old site (Scheme I) however, in case the new City Hall be decided to rise there and before the development of the site for construction, the City Hall employees will have to transfer in malls. Cosculluela said the rental expenses will also have to be considered in the budget.

In the old site, the construction will take 20 months but that in Molo or the new site, it will take 24 months to finish the new City Hall.

Treñas however has not yet divulged his final say as to where the building should be constructed but he earlier said that he is considering the accessibility of the same from employees and the people as well.

This is the latest update on the New Iloilo City Hall Project.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph

METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 4th, 2006, 06:51 PM

We'll know in the future ... ano abi Iloilo and Guimaras lacks tourism promotion, and how can these provinces maximize their true potentials when the DOT is putting most of their resources in only 8 anchor destinations? ... they should've included Iloilo as an anchor destination together with Boracay considering most tourists going to boracay use Iloilo as their gateway... hmmm, ever since that Sec. Durano replaced Mr. Gordon ... Iloilo is always neglected in tourism advertisements, even sa national brochures distributed by the DOT very little can you find Iloilo mentioned in them :(

Ari na ang pictures... be patient lang Daks, hehe.
As promised ari ang pictures nga nakwa ko:
(all of these gali are already U/C)

http://static.flickr.com/53/140328192_a29121313f.jpg?v=0
located in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel in the empty lot between EMCOR and MO2

another one (2 storeys lang):
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328193_8ba1c73e73.jpg?v=0

Heres the Riverside Board Walk
http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328198_711ab82f6d.jpg?v=0

Some of the existing establishments

MO2
http://static.flickr.com/48/140328194_ed804e8cc3.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/46/140328197_b3ef0b7031.jpg?v=0

Pirates and Shipwreck
http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0

Chy Salamat gid sa Pics. Wow! Massive development sa diversion. Mayo gid ini! Cheers! :cheers:

About sa Tourism promotion...Exactly my sentiments... Di lang siya INCOMPETENT over BIASED pa! No further comment! :bash:

daks2003

May 4th, 2006, 07:54 PM

amo na gani nga sakto ang move sang governors sang western visayas about sa plan nila to have a tourism expo here in Iloilo instead of joining in the WOW Philippines expo in intramuros...instead of trying hard to get a little piece of attention from DOT...we might as well do the selling of our attractions by ourselves...daw kawawa lang kita aton pirmi nga daw gapakitluoy kita nga mabutang lang sa ila promo hehehe (remember the regine wow phils controversy??)

btw, thanks sa mga pix chyms!!! wohoo...ayos gid ni...sa rate sang development sang smallville...dako gid ang i-catch up sang commercial center sa tupad...wow in less than a year lang grabe ang development sa diversion...i like the riverside boardwalk concept...cant wait to be back there in Iloilo this year hehehe

We'll know in the future ... ano abi Iloilo and Guimaras lacks tourism promotion, and how can these provinces maximize their true potentials when the DOT is putting most of their resources in only 8 anchor destinations? ... they should've included Iloilo as an anchor destination together with Boracay considering most tourists going to boracay use Iloilo as their gateway... hmmm, ever since that Sec. Durano replaced Mr. Gordon ... Iloilo is always neglected in tourism advertisements, even sa national brochures distributed by the DOT very little can you find Iloilo mentioned in them :(

cool .... I never noticed this

here's more info about Tago Island ....

It's found in Concepcion .. it is the nearest island to the town proper is uninhabited due for massive tourism development.
http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com/2006/04/municipality-of-concepcion_114589307441721907.html

and it's not just a resort .... it's going to be a country club too!
http://members.tripod.com/~rkgs/about_me.html

________________________

Ari na ang pictures... be patient lang Daks, hehe.
As promised ari ang pictures nga nakwa ko:
(all of these gali are already U/C)

http://static.flickr.com/53/140328192_a29121313f.jpg?v=0
located in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel in the empty lot between EMCOR and MO2

another one (2 storeys lang):
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328193_8ba1c73e73.jpg?v=0

Heres the Riverside Board Walk
http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328198_711ab82f6d.jpg?v=0

Some of the existing establishments

MO2
http://static.flickr.com/48/140328194_ed804e8cc3.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/46/140328197_b3ef0b7031.jpg?v=0

Pirates and Shipwreck
http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0

daks2003

May 4th, 2006, 08:08 PM

death327

May 4th, 2006, 09:02 PM

It seems that Arroyo is not in lined with her DOT sec... shes prmoting Panay Tourism welll but her cabnet for tourism is not considering it...

Iloilo is really underrated... we need to move to promote it!

daks2003

May 4th, 2006, 09:22 PM

I guess her tourism officer is not interested in promoting panay....sagad man kita ya pilit sang aton lawas sa indi interesado...we might as well do things our way...para wala ta utang na loob sa iban hehehe

It seems that Arroyo is not in lined with her DOT sec... shes prmoting Panay Tourism welll but her cabnet for tourism is not considering it...

Iloilo is really underrated... we need to move to promote it!

sandrin

May 4th, 2006, 10:36 PM

kirby21

May 4th, 2006, 10:38 PM

Hi Jon..
re: the IT Park
According to Boy Mejo, "We will look for a partner to finance the project. Sharing ang plano para wala utang. We plan to offer it for BOT (Build Operate Transfer)."

Hope that answers your query.
Thanks for the info, NTB (I knew nasabat na ni Jon2). I hope the IT Park will be realised soon. I think BOT is the best option for this project, too. And tani damo lang nga IT companies ang mag-invest. :)

CHYMERA, great pictures .. ayod gid!

kirby21

May 4th, 2006, 10:43 PM

Hope that we will also have representative(s) from the city hall para sadya pa gid. Gabasa lang ako sang mga posts nyo Jon kagab-i wala gid ko kaintra sa inyo. Nice to see nga gaamat-amat 'ta damo diri kag mabatian na 'ta sang local government naton about our ideas and concerns sa lugar naton. Let's promote our city and province.
Go Iloilo!!!
I hope nga maka-join man gid sila sa aton. It's a good thing nga ari sila para solid kita diri nga Ilonggo iya. Mas maayo gid basta upod ta ang mga opisyales naton sa gobyerno sa kawsa ta nga ini. :)

kirby21

May 4th, 2006, 10:45 PM

we're still awaiting for Jed or Jamby to join with us diri sa SSC-Iloilo. I hope nga they'll find their way soon diri sa net. We might need to ask the help of Metro and NTB sa bagay nga ini. :cheers:
And si Boy Mejo, too. Hala Bira na gid! :)

kirby21

May 4th, 2006, 10:50 PM

Hi NTB! Huo man makawiwili gid eh...specially if you're away from home gusto mo gid makibalita kung ano na ang nagakatabo dira sa aton.
I was also reading an article nga ang Santana Roots nagconcert dira. Its nice that more international artists are now performing in Iloilo.
Before Santana, there's another international artist nga nag-perform sa CPU .. guess lang kung sin-o? he he.

More and more tourists, celebrities, etc are making Iloilo as part of their Philippine's itinerary. I'm sure, Iloilo City and Province will shine more with the opening of the new Western Visayas International Airport in Sta.Barbara-Cabatuan-San Miguel. Hala Bira gid!

kirby21

May 4th, 2006, 10:55 PM

Yes we watched the show last sunday. Although indi kapanahunan namon, we also enjoyed it. It ended early lang, that's why bitin ang mga bataon kag derecho smallville maski sunday. hehehe.

It's a good thing we're now considered a good market for international artists. The first one was Lettermen, then Santana Roots. I've heard CPU got the deal with The Cascades. We suggested to bring Fra Lippo here but their show in manila will be on May 12 na, kulang kuno sa time.

Tama ka guid man Lew. Mabakasyon lang gani pila ka adlaw sa guwa, subo na how much more kamo nga layo guid di sa Pinas. Good thing guid ning discussion ta di.
I wish CPU will bring more international artist through its biggest auditorium in Western Visayas, The Rose Memorial Auditorium. It was also the world's premiere venue of a play named .... Iloilo will cater somre and more international people every year as it celebrates it's annual International Nights, just a night before or after the Dinagyang Festival. Iloilo's banking in its cultural and historical prowess .. making it more Majestic and Royale as it used to be. As said, Iloilo will and always be "the Heart of the Philippines".

kirby21

May 4th, 2006, 11:01 PM

I am also proud sa mga festivals dira sa aton. Last saturday I watched the Aliwan Fiesta grabe gid ang palapak sang mga tawo diri sa Manila kung taga-Iloilo na ang magperform. I was also there sang gapractice sila kita ko gid ang pagsupporta sang mga LGU kag Dinagyang foundation sila tanan nakauniform kada-gwa kag practice nila, sobra gid ang pagka-decente nila compare mo sa mga participants halin sa iban nga lugar. Syado na gid kalayo ang festivals 'ta compare sa iban nga lugar. This is another thing that we can promote our place.
We are the benchmark of all festivals around the country.
We are the Festivals Province...tama gid hambal ni Gov.
It can never be denied .. all Iloilo's four participants ara sa top ten. I've read somewhere in Lapsus or isa ka article about Aliwan's results and it really made me smile gid. I'm sure most sa inyo nakabasa sini. But isa lang mahamabl ko, no one can beat Dinagyang Festival. It's the Philippine's Premiere Festival right now from the heart of the Philippines, of course. :)

kirby21

May 4th, 2006, 11:05 PM

A 5-storey hotel and convention center is being constructed in Smallville, right in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel.... and not far from the lot, a commercial building is being constructed beside shipwreck ... sa riverside naman dayun, A river boardwalk by the Pison Family is being built beside the Medicus condo-clinic. May ara man Honda showroom being constructed beside Citi Hardware
This is really good news. More and more are coming to build businesses in Diversion Area. I wish the new commercial complex will be able to compete with the present Smallville. Thanks for the info Chy. We're monitoring gid diri sa abroad. :)

kirby21

May 4th, 2006, 11:18 PM

amo na gani nga sakto ang move sang governors sang western visayas about sa plan nila to have a tourism expo here in Iloilo instead of joining in the WOW Philippines expo in intramuros...instead of trying hard to get a little piece of attention from DOT...we might as well do the selling of our attractions by ourselves...daw kawawa lang kita aton pirmi nga daw gapakitluoy kita nga mabutang lang sa ila promo hehehe (remember the regine wow phils controversy??)
agree gid ko sa imo Daks. We really need to have our own diri sa Iloilo. It's a good idea indeed. Isa pa, even sa Intramuros, Western Visayas is the highest income and spectators man. Iloilo City will soon stand on its own together with the rest of Western Visayas. Dapat kita nga regional capital, kita gid man mangusog promote sang aton region. Ang indi mag-join sa WV WoW Philippines, ti iya na ina eh no? Well see .. slowly we are waking up. The once sleeping giant nakabugtaw na. Let's help promote Iloilo here abroad. Mauro is busy promoting Iloilo in Australia and so with his counterpart in Hawaii. Kanami gid ini pamatian. Canadian Institute of Development is helping us in Canada and now, nag-join pa ang Australian and German for Metro Iloilo Development Council. Sadya gid ini. Slowly but surely. ang improtante, wala kita utang para pagusto ta kahulag! Yoohooo!

btw, thanks sa mga pix chyms!!! wohoo...ayos gid ni...sa rate sang development sang smallville...dako gid ang i-catch up sang commercial center sa tupad...wow in less than a year lang grabe ang development sa diversion...i like the riverside boardwalk concept...cant wait to be back there in Iloilo this year hehehe
awaiting progress sang mga projects nga ini. Once a dream, now it's turning into reality .. he he. Basta kita diri buligay lang. Ayos gid ina. :)

spacewagon1

May 4th, 2006, 11:25 PM

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! sa iban na kita nga thread .. pila pa lang gani ka adlaw nga wala ako ka-post, ari na sa iban. Nice conversations sa tanan. Gabasa-basa lang ko kagina while Kirby was posting. Anyway, as part sa akon welcome diri:

WELCOME
TO THE 16TH THREAD OF
MAJESTIC ILOILO!

ps. daw majestic plaza ba ... badduyyy. hehehe.

spacewagon1

May 4th, 2006, 11:30 PM

cool .... I never noticed this

here's more info about Tago Island ....

It's found in Concepcion .. it is the nearest island to the town proper is uninhabited due for massive tourism development.
http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com/2006/04/municipality-of-concepcion_114589307441721907.html

and it's not just a resort .... it's going to be a country club too!
http://members.tripod.com/~rkgs/about_me.html

________________________

Ari na ang pictures... be patient lang Daks, hehe.
As promised ari ang pictures nga nakwa ko:
(all of these gali are already U/C)

http://static.flickr.com/53/140328192_a29121313f.jpg?v=0
located in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel in the empty lot between EMCOR and MO2

another one (2 storeys lang):
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328193_8ba1c73e73.jpg?v=0

Heres the Riverside Board Walk
http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328198_711ab82f6d.jpg?v=0

Some of the existing establishments

MO2
http://static.flickr.com/48/140328194_ed804e8cc3.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/46/140328197_b3ef0b7031.jpg?v=0

Pirates and Shipwreck
http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0

that's a beauty. Kanami gid sang mga development. By the time, pwede na ako kapahangin-hangin sa kilid sang marina. Ayos gid ang Smallville. The development is so dramatic. May ara naman bag-o nga hotel inugpatindog right in front of Iloilo Business Hotel. I've heard the Castle Hotel will be opened before the end of this year. Paspas gid iya! More and more to come!

spacewagon1

May 4th, 2006, 11:35 PM

whyte

May 5th, 2006, 03:02 AM

Heres the Riverside Board Walk
http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328198_711ab82f6d.jpg?v=0

http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrinbounce2.gifhttp://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrinbounce2.gifhttp://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrinbounce2.gif

yahoo! thanks for the pics and info.

DIVERSION road area is already claiming to be the entertainment capital of the city.Hopefully more riverside establishment with eco friendly atmosphere and architecture would sprout along the river.

alimol

May 5th, 2006, 03:40 AM

[QUOTE=daks2003]amo na gani nga sakto ang move sang governors sang western visayas about sa plan nila to have a tourism expo here in Iloilo instead of joining in the WOW Philippines expo in intramuros...instead of trying hard to get a little piece of attention from DOT...we might as well do the selling of our attractions by ourselves...daw kawawa lang kita aton pirmi nga daw gapakitluoy kita nga mabutang lang sa ila promo hehehe (remember the regine wow phils controversy??)

daks, ano natabo sa regine wow philippines controversy haw? daw wala ko na kabalo...

btw, nami gid ya magtan-aw mga pictures dri. Gadali na gid ko magpuli. Insaktuhan gid ni magpuli ko next year, mga tatlo gid ko guro ka beses mapuli kay may mga okasyon. Dal-on namon mga friends di namon nga mga puti. Night out dayon kada gab-i. Excited na kuno sila makadto sa Iloilo, kita nila mga picture di bal-an. Tani matapos na ang airport para paghugpa, derecho dayon sa balay LOL.

about our DOT, tuod gid man nga neglected ang Iloilo. Bisan sa ila mag jingle kag promotional materials, wala ta ya ma-include kon kaisa. Galain lang buot ko, pro subong kay gaamat-amat ta uswag, siguro kasarang na man ta bisan wala ila bulig. Promote ta aton lugar bisan kita lang ya, maayo na kay mabal-an nila. Pasalamat lang ta nga suportado ta sang presidente ta...well done gid sya ya. Pro ang mga wala gana, indi pagpilita!!! LOL

BYAHILO

May 5th, 2006, 03:57 AM

mayung aga!!1

grabe dies y seis na ka thread? ahahahahah last Saturday Lew, and I upod pa sa iban nga mga ilonggos nalntaw kmi sang Aliwan Fiesta masdya gid.. Grabe ang support sang mga ilonggo all-out gid..

eniways here are some of my shoots...

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For other aliwan Photos please go to http://www.byahilo.com/gallery

daks2003

May 5th, 2006, 06:37 AM

Well the DOT together with Smart, produced a commercial highlighting festivals of the Philippines...would you believe nga wala nila gin include ang dinagyang? hehehe pro, after some uproars from the Ilonggo's and some protest lodged by our local officials....suddenly they edited the commercial and gin include na kita hehehe amo man ina gani nga gina tira man kaisa ang local tourism officer naton kay daw wala gid sya ga lobby for our interest, in fact sang last nga dinagyang medyo may rift man sila ni mayor kay the DOT did not really do much to promote dinagyang...so i guess kun amo na ang attitude sang DOT towards us...we might as well do it ourselves na lang...

[QUOTE=daks2003]amo na gani nga sakto ang move sang governors sang western visayas about sa plan nila to have a tourism expo here in Iloilo instead of joining in the WOW Philippines expo in intramuros...instead of trying hard to get a little piece of attention from DOT...we might as well do the selling of our attractions by ourselves...daw kawawa lang kita aton pirmi nga daw gapakitluoy kita nga mabutang lang sa ila promo hehehe (remember the regine wow phils controversy??)

daks, ano natabo sa regine wow philippines controversy haw? daw wala ko na kabalo...

btw, nami gid ya magtan-aw mga pictures dri. Gadali na gid ko magpuli. Insaktuhan gid ni magpuli ko next year, mga tatlo gid ko guro ka beses mapuli kay may mga okasyon. Dal-on namon mga friends di namon nga mga puti. Night out dayon kada gab-i. Excited na kuno sila makadto sa Iloilo, kita nila mga picture di bal-an. Tani matapos na ang airport para paghugpa, derecho dayon sa balay LOL.

about our DOT, tuod gid man nga neglected ang Iloilo. Bisan sa ila mag jingle kag promotional materials, wala ta ya ma-include kon kaisa. Galain lang buot ko, pro subong kay gaamat-amat ta uswag, siguro kasarang na man ta bisan wala ila bulig. Promote ta aton lugar bisan kita lang ya, maayo na kay mabal-an nila. Pasalamat lang ta nga suportado ta sang presidente ta...well done gid sya ya. Pro ang mga wala gana, indi pagpilita!!! LOL

chymera00

May 5th, 2006, 06:56 AM

[B]Iloilo, Negros Occidental cited as priority in call center plan[/B/]

Iloilo City -- Among the job-seekers in Western Visayas Region, those from the provinces of Iloilo and Negros Occidental will be prioritized for the P500-million call center training program of the Arroyo administration.

"Iloilo and Negros Occidental have been identified as ’hotspots’ in the call center map of the country," said Buen S. Mondejar, regional director of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority in Western Visayas.

The program provides scholarships to the so-called "near-hires," or those who lacked the competency required of a call center employee.

Mr. Mondejar said they will grant scholarships to 450 applicants in Iloilo. Of these, 300 slots will be for call center training while the rest will be for medical and legal transcription, animation and software development. -- J. V. Fernandez
thanks for posting the article, sandrin...

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Here are some more pics:

Sto. Nino Chapel
http://static.flickr.com/56/140648879_c7e031865f.jpg?v=0

ICAG Firestation ... to be rennovated into SM Delgado expansion
http://static.flickr.com/44/140648881_4b32ab928d.jpg?v=0

Amo ni ang Lasallette Building? also to be rennovated into a row of coffe shops/resto/bars

http://static.flickr.com/54/140648882_7ab7dfc807.jpg?v=0

manileño

May 5th, 2006, 07:08 AM

GRACIANO Lopez Jaena saw the light of day at an obscure place on Fajardo-Simon Ledesma streets, now renamed Lopez Jaena, in the Municipio de Jaro on December 18, 1856.

The Municipio de Jaro then was called by the Spaniards as "City Within the City" as she was flourishing with commerce and trade.

Graciano's father Placido Lopez was a general repairman and her mother, Maria Jacobe Jaena, was a seamstress. His parents owned nothing except the small lot on which their old house stood.

As a boy, Lopez-Jaena was exceptionally brilliant. He read Spanish books and periodicals from cover to cover as his play time was spent in a Jaro Spanish library. He was barely 17 years old when he wrote the much-adored Fray Botod, a satirical short story exposing and ridiculing the greed and corruption of a priest in the then Municipio de Jaro.

Graciano entered the Colegio Provincial de Jaro at the tender age of six. Later he transferred to the Seminario de Jaro under the tutelage of the Paules Fathers where he was the topnotcher of his class.

He finished his philosophy and theology at the seminary but his obsession was to become a doctor. He studied medicine at San Juan de Dios Hospital in Manila and later at the University of Sto. Tomas, but had to quit schooling because of poverty.

When he returned to his native town Jaro, he ministered unto his sick neighbors and friends for free.

For a while, he lived in Silay, Negros Occidental, to try his luck in farming. However, he was not cut out to be a farmer.

At the age of 24 years old and because of his love for medicine, two good neighbors, Don Claudio Lopez and Don Eustaquio Lopez, rich Jareños, sent young Graciano to Spain in 1880 to continue his studies in medicine at the University of Valencia and later in Madrid. In Spain, he joined the Masonic league and the Progressive Republican Party.

Graciano Lopez-Jaena was the Filipino Demosthenes, one of the most eloquent orators of his time. On the 391st anniversary celebration of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus held at the famous Madrid's Teatro Real, Lopez-Jaena, who was one of the speakers, advocated a just government for Filipinos and exposed the atrocities committed by the friars and the guardia civiles against his people.

After a much-applauded discourse, a tearful Venezuelan diplomat, Dr. Calcaño, who learned of the sad plight and thirst for freedom of the Filipinos, embraced Lopez-Jaena in the name of the Spanish-American republics.
During his 26 years in Spain, he had the opportunity to speak at many huge gatherings and he vigorously stressed the need for more freedom of the press, for the right of suffrage and for Philippine representation at the Spanish Cortez. Liberal and independent-minded Spaniards considered Graciano Lopez Jaena as one of the most outspoken of Filipino patriots.

On February 15, 1889, Graciano Lopez-Jaena, the great Ilonggo contribution to Filipino heroes, founded LA SOLIDARIDAD, a newspaper of wide circulation in Spain and the outlying countries. He also wrote in many publications in Europe where his name became famous as the "Fighting Filipino Journalist" abroad.

In an area of about 6 meters long and 3 meters wide donated by Ruth Javelosa and family at corner Lopez-Jaena and Fajardo streets, Jaro, Iloilo City, a simple marker of Graciano Lopez Jaena put up by the National Historical Commission in 1970, reads:

"Nagtatangol sa Filipino
Nakiisa kay Rizal, Del Pilar at iba pa
Kilusang Pagpalaganap 1882
Mananalumpati at Mamahayag
Died in Barcelona, Spain,
On January 20, 1896."

December 18 of each year is declared a holiday to honor and commemorate the birthday of the famous Ilonggo national hero, Graciano Lopez Jaena, who died in a foreign country defending his country and people from the oppressors.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ilo/2002/12/19/feat/graciano.lopez.jaena.ilonggo.national.hero.html

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Nació el 18 de Diciembre de 1856

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Murió en Barcelona, España el 20 de Enero de 1896

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Amad a la Patria, amandola ejecutad actos, haced obras para su progreso, para su engrandecimiento.

Pacific_leopard

May 5th, 2006, 07:09 AM

thanks for posting the article, sandrin...

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Here are some more pics:

Sto. Nino Chapel
http://static.flickr.com/56/140648879_c7e031865f.jpg?v=0

ICAG Firestation ... to be rennovated into SM Delgado expansion
http://static.flickr.com/44/140648881_4b32ab928d.jpg?v=0

Amo ni ang Lasallette Building? also to be rennovated into a row of coffe shops/resto/bars

http://static.flickr.com/54/140648882_7ab7dfc807.jpg?v=0

hi chy!... i feel great about Lasallete Building... its my favorite building daan... i like the windows... it gives the street an italian view...

daks2003

May 5th, 2006, 07:12 AM

Yups...amo na chyms...2007 na ina i-renovate and some of the shops there would be temporarily transferred sa kilid sang amigo kuno...definitely dako naman ni buhi sang area nga ina kun matapos kay majority man gihapon sang mga empleyado sa aton ara sa city proper...btw, amo na ina ang chapel sa likod sm delgado??? fully airconditioned ina nga chapel...ayos na ang valeria ah hehehe

thanks for posting the article, sandrin...

_______________________
Here are some more pics:

Sto. Nino Chapel
http://static.flickr.com/56/140648879_c7e031865f.jpg?v=0

ICAG Firestation ... to be rennovated into SM Delgado expansion
http://static.flickr.com/44/140648881_4b32ab928d.jpg?v=0

Amo ni ang Lasallette Building? also to be rennovated into a row of coffe shops/resto/bars

http://static.flickr.com/54/140648882_7ab7dfc807.jpg?v=0

daks2003

May 5th, 2006, 07:21 AM

DOT to adopt Panay Tourism
Master Plan as flagship project

ILOILO City - Department of Tourism (DOT) Regional Director Edwin Trompeta said the Panay Tourism Master Plan, which is included in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's policy statement during her recent visit in the northern town of Pandan, Antique, will be adopted by their agency as its flagship project.

Trompeta said as follow-up to what the President said, he immediately wrote DOT Secretary Joseph Ace Durano informing him about it. He expects they could soon start drafting the master plan with the local government units taking part in the in-house planning committee.

The DOT official said the Panay Tourism Master Plan would expand the Boracay Tourism Master Plan, as the President wanted it to be, so that other provinces in Panay including the nearby Guimaras Island could also attract tourists who usually go to Boracay, touted as the best beach in the world.

President Arroyo said with the Panay Tourism Master Plan, people who go to Boracay island could also be able to have a nice breakfast and evening in nearby places like Pandan.

Thus, tourism development will occur not only in Boracay which is already lacking in facilities due to tourist influx but also in the entire Panay and Guimaras islands.

Trompeta said they need to work closely with the local government units in implementing the plan in Capiz, Iloilo, Antique, Guimaras and Aklan where Boracay island is found.

He said they would determine what best to develop in these areas, whether agri-tourism, heritage-tourism, adventure-tourism or other forms of tourism development.

Trompeta contended that to draft this master plan, they would need a budget of P5 million to P10 million so they could also update the current Western Visayas Tourism Action Plan for 2010, which is now the groundwork for tourism effort in Region VI after it has been approved by the Regional Development Council.

http://www.panaynews.com.ph/news5.htm

That confirms it....that the President and the DOT have different plans hehehe If the President can see the potentials...why can't the DOT see it?? hehehe imagine, somebody else would have to tell you to do the job that you are supposed to do in the first place hehehe

daks2003

May 5th, 2006, 08:40 AM

Friday, May 05, 2006
3 RP bizmen to buy domestic airport space
By Lory Ann B. Bilbao

JOHN GOKONGWEI, Jaime Ayala and Henry Sy were among the big names that will be buying a space in the Iloilo Domestic Airport in Mandurriao.

Aired over Aksyon Radyo, Engineer Allan Java revealed that these businessmen were interested in developing a business in the area. He added that the three businessmen were more interested when they had known that the city will sell for P20,000 each square meter.

Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo

Java said the lot in Mandurriao airport will cost to about P12 billion when sold P20,000 per square meter.

He narrated that the surveyors already assessed the area and made a relocation plan in May 2.

The said airport will be privatized only after the construction of the Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan-Sta Barbara is finished reportedly in December this year.

The privatization was announced by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in her visit her during the Dinagayang celebrations in January this year.

The said airport will be closed when the new one in Cabatuan-Sta. Barabara opens.The same will be opened for developers after the closure.

(May 5, 2006 issue)
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METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 5th, 2006, 09:35 AM

METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 5th, 2006, 09:38 AM

JonJon75

May 5th, 2006, 09:57 AM

wala na ko kabalo kung diin ako masugpon. Ay abaw, a day nga wala di, dasig ang posting. Nice pictures guys. I'll post my comments na lang later. I'm really impressed sa mga pics and articles. More to go!

JonJon75

May 5th, 2006, 09:58 AM

lewdsaint

May 5th, 2006, 01:51 PM

DAR pours P2M worth of infra projects in Badiangan
By Ian C. Espada

The Municipality Badiangan, Iloilo has the reason to celebrate as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) poured out P2 million total worth of infrastructure projects in its five barangays this year.

These projects were turned-over yesterday to beneficiaries/recipient barangays in a ceremony held at Brgy. Tina, Badiangan, Iloilo.

The projects, which is locally funded by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) includes: Rehabilitation of 1.20 kilometers Manaolan-Sitio Baong Farm to Market Road located in Brgys. Manaolan and Agusipan worth P500,000; Rehabilitation of 1.200 kilometers Sariri-Latauan Road in Brgys. Sariri and Latuan, P700,000; Rehabilitation of 1.20 kilometers Sitio Puro Maris-Tina Farm to Market Road in Brgy. Tina, P500,000; Expansion/Rehabilitation of 240 sq.m. Sitio Puro Maris Multi-Purpose Drying Pavement also in Brgy. Tina, P100,000; and Construction of 450 sq. m. Cabangaan Multi-Purpose Drying Pavement in Brgy. Cabangaan, P200,000.

A certificate of Appreciation was extended to the heirs of Francisco Escuadra who donated the lot for Sitio Puro Maris Multi-Purpose Drying Pavement.

Badiangan Mayor Suzette Mamon was very thankful to have these projects materialized in her municipality through the assistance of people whom she said worth mentioning like former Department of Land Reform Secretary Rene C. Villa, Rep. Arthur D. Defensor (Iloilo, 3rd District) and DAR Regional Director Alexis M. Arsenal, among many others.

She said these projects marked another milestone to help the farmers improve their production/farm input by giving them improved facilities and the providing them with integrated development services.

Mamon said these accessible roads are also meant to bring the people closer to the municipality with ease and comfort of travel.

She also vowed to the provide the same projects to other qualified barangays in her municipality, however, for those who are not eligible to avail the same, they will look for other alternative to give them other basic services.

The same promises were also extended by Atty. Rene C. Villa and Congressman Defensor to look for means to deliver more projects to the people of Badiangan.

The turn-over ceremony was graced by the presence of Congressman Defensor, Atty. Villa, Board Member Domingo B. Oso, Jr. in behalf of Gov. Niel D. Tupas, Sr., DAR Director Arsenal, PARO Ricardo Fernandez, PARCOM Chairman Ricardo P. Provido, Jr., Vice Mayor Adrian A. Rendaje, SB Members of Badiangan, Barangay Captains and people coming from recipient barangays.

Source : The News Today Iloilo Online

lewdsaint

May 5th, 2006, 01:54 PM

daks2003

May 5th, 2006, 04:42 PM

btw, ano ang new song/jingle subong sang DOT haw? wala na gid kita ya na include? hehehe

you can start singing the song, Metro. No biases please .. it's too obvious! Sige nang sige lang.

BYAHILO

May 5th, 2006, 05:31 PM

btw, here's another area in guimaras with tourism potentials...sorry kun puro beaches wakal ko subong...summer da abi eh hehehe

HARBOR BAY RESORT - GUISI POINT (http://www.geocities.com/harborbayresort/index.html)

mmmmmmmmmm this sounds interesting.. but theyre closed by october? hayyyyy

mapuli ko da sa october pro! anyways damo pa man beaches saguimaras ah ehehe

im so excited na mag puli dira...

Jimbu

May 5th, 2006, 08:57 PM

BYAHILO

May 5th, 2006, 09:30 PM

ILOILO half day City TOUR now runs DAILY 8am to 12nn... Let your visitors, family and friends EXPERIENCE the fascinating ILOILO! Departure: 8:10am @ Museo Iloilo Parking Area. Tickets available in all ICCB Hotel & Travel Agency Members. Ticket @ P300 only.

lew is this a walking tour? ano ang tour highlights? will this be stilla vailable sa october? i want to try this one magpuli ko..

ive also tried several walking tours diri sa manila like the malacanang, binondo intramuros and chinese cemetery..

invite ko gani si chy may initiate walking tours sa iloilo. eheheh

JonJon75

May 5th, 2006, 09:49 PM

btw, ano ang new song/jingle subong sang DOT haw? wala na gid kita ya na include? hehehe
daw gid tuod ah. Basi nalipat si dods ah. Dapat kita mahimo man single naton iya. Pwede gid.

JonJon75

May 5th, 2006, 09:50 PM

JonJon75

May 5th, 2006, 09:57 PM

World’s top microfinance exec in Iloilo for MFI gab

THE big wheel in global microfinance was recently in Iloilo to visit the Lifebank Group based in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.

Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury is the founder and president of ASA-Bangladesh, the world’s largest sustainable microfinance institution that stemmed from the humble country of Bangaldesh in 1978.

In 2000, the Lifebank Group became ASA’s partner and since then, the strong affiliation between the two microfinance institutions has successfully been bringing forth their advocacy in poverty reduction.

Vicente Perlas, M.D. Head for Microfinance of Life Bank Foundation, Inc. together with VP Dr. Charrie Perlas; Joseph Perlas, Coordinator for Social Services; the Management Committee and Lifebankers welcomed Choudhury in his first visit in Iloilo for the year 2006. Vital information and jovial exchanges were done over a sumptuous lunch at the Iloilo Golf and Country Club, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.

Choudhury recalled the onerous beginnings of ASA. Gaining its freedom from Pakistan only in 1971, Bangladesh was one of the most underprivileged countries in Southeast Asia.

The perfect time and space for social advancement presented itself, and a loud call from disadvantaged Bangladeshis inspired Choudhury to act on his passion to help his fellow countrymen.

ASA was born in a classroom Choudhury borrowed from a school dispossessing even the simplest equipment like a typewriter. He had to borrow one, too, so he could write his communications to start a microfinance institution. But how something so small became the world’s largest and most respected MFI is no mystery for Choudhury.

“From a little seed you will grow into something big. When you dream you have to believe in it,” Choudhury shares his weapon of success with Lifebankers.

Today, ASA is recognized as an International Technical Service Provider (ITSP) under the United Nation’s Development Programs (UNDP) in the Philippines and Nigeria. Its cost-effective Sustainable Microfinance Model is implemented in different parts of the world like Indonesia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Jordan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Peru , Nigeria and of course, the Philippines, where the Life Bank Group is ASA’s partner. The latest mark on ASA’s record is its soaring memberships in its microfinance program in Bangladesh alone reaching to about six million.

The Life Bank Group and ASA will continue to build the ladders of social and cultural change through its progressive microfinance programs.

(article taken from: The Guardian Iloilo
link: http://www.theguardianiloilo.ph/business1.php)

alimol

May 6th, 2006, 02:18 AM

Well the DOT together with Smart, produced a commercial highlighting festivals of the Philippines...would you believe nga wala nila gin include ang dinagyang? hehehe pro, after some uproars from the Ilonggo's and some protest lodged by our local officials....suddenly they edited the commercial and gin include na kita hehehe amo man ina gani nga gina tira man kaisa ang local tourism officer naton kay daw wala gid sya ga lobby for our interest, in fact sang last nga dinagyang medyo may rift man sila ni mayor kay the DOT did not really do much to promote dinagyang...so i guess kun amo na ang attitude sang DOT towards us...we might as well do it ourselves na lang...

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ay abaw! ang mga katonto nila gali!!! kon indi pa kita mag reklamo, indi gid kita nila pag dal-on sa ila promotion? as if nga daw indi ta ya part sang pilipinas...and in the first place, dako pa ang aton gina contribute sa economy sang pilipinas...daw pareho lang nga indi ta importante ba. Gainit lang ulo ko magpamensar! Kon wala siguro presidente, wala-wala man kita gihapon hasta subong. Considering nga ang regional office sang DOT ara sa Iloilo...useless gid!!! So, ang aton lang sini mahimu subong kumo kay wala man sila gahulag, mato-mato anak na lang kita sini. Kay ari na man lang ta di sa gwa, maninguha na lang kita mag-promote sang aton ciudad kag probinsya...para kon makita nila nga naga-progress na tourism sa Iloilo, aku-on dayon nila nga ila!

JonJon75

May 6th, 2006, 09:33 AM

JonJon75

May 6th, 2006, 09:38 AM

thanks for posting the article, sandrin...

_______________________
Here are some more pics:

Sto. Nino Chapel
http://static.flickr.com/56/140648879_c7e031865f.jpg?v=0

ICAG Firestation ... to be rennovated into SM Delgado expansion
http://static.flickr.com/44/140648881_4b32ab928d.jpg?v=0

Amo ni ang Lasallette Building? also to be rennovated into a row of coffe shops/resto/bars

http://static.flickr.com/54/140648882_7ab7dfc807.jpg?v=0

Sto Nino Chapel looks promising ... and i liked the array of cars pic .. thanks Chy

JonJon75

May 6th, 2006, 09:41 AM

J.M. Basa Street

J.M. Basa Street, situated at the heart of the city, has been considered as the shopping center of Iloilo. In the past, it was popularly known as "Calle Real."

In the 1880s, J.M. Basa Street, also known at that time as the "Escolta" of Iloilo, was the site of most of the town's European and Chinese retail stores. Property values on it increased markedly moving eastward along its 800 meters length to the junction of Calle Santo Niño (now Guanco Street) at its middle point. Here the Englishman Henry Hoskyns paid P17,000 in 1887 for the house and lot which became the site of Iloilo's renowned department store, Hoskyn's (Foreman, 1899).

John Foreman (1899), in his visit to Iloilo in the closing decade of the 19th century, had this to say of the appearance of Calle Real at that time: "The Calle Real or High Street is a winding road, which leads through the town into the country. The houses (along it) are indescribable--that are of all styles--three or four architectural adornment. Some are high - others low - some stand back with a few yards of pavement before them - others come forward and oblige one to walk in the road... At the extreme end of Calle Real is the Government House built of wood and stone, and then in a very bad condition but the style is good and it has quite an appearance of an official residence. Before it a semi-circular garden, and in front of this there is a road fenced-in plot, in the middle of which stands a flagpole..."

In the 1930s, modern cinema houses such as Cine Eagle and the Cine Palace, restaurants and cafes, as well as business, professional and commercial establishments were located on it. Foremost among the commercial firms doing business in J.M. Basa Street were: Hoskyn's huge department store, Elizalde y cia, Francisco Campos y hijos, American Bazar, Miranda Book Store, and several Indian stores.

In 1987, based on a survey made by this writer, there were no less than 83 various business establishments lining both sides of J.M. Basa Street, ranging from bazaars to department stores and restaurants and from banks to drugstores. There were 25 bazaars or department stores, 13 garment stores, 15 restaurants and snack bars, 11 banks, and 8 drugstores. There were also 7 boutiques or gift shops, 6 optical clinics, 4 bookstores, 3 hardware stores, 3 tailoring shops, 2 grocery stores, 2 bakeries, and 2 stores selling school supplies. In addition, there were 2 movie houses, 2 insurance offices, 2 lodging houses, 2 mimeographing and white printing establishments, a printing press and a photo studio. Moreover, there were also a music house, a pastry house, 2 beauty shops, a gasoline station, an electronic store, a film processing establishment, a pawnshop, and a jewelry store, aside from a disco house and a pub joint.

As it was in the past, J.M Basa Street is still a lively place in the commercial district of Iloilo up to the present. However, because of the establishment of big malls, it is no longer attracting hordes of shoppers and visitors as it was during the pre-mall days, but it is a great point of interest for bargain hunters and pleasure seekers. More significant is the fact that J.M. Basa Street reminds us of the time when Iloilo City was known as the commercial center of the whole of the Visayas and that it served as the dynamic hub of the "Queen City of the South."

(article from: The News Today
link: http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/05/05/j.m.basa.street.html)

JonJon75

May 6th, 2006, 09:47 AM

JonJon75

May 6th, 2006, 09:51 AM

Carabao Caroza Festival: Highlighting Pavia's Best
By Melanie Maderable and Cheryl Cabarles

THE 33rd Carabao Carroza Festival of the municipality of Pavia is one of the major tourist attractions in Region 6. This year's event is a part of the program of the Department of Tourism I Love Philippines (WOW Philippines). The program promotes the local tourism through the effort of the Municipal Mayor Arcadio Gorriceta and the Local Government Unit of Pavia.

Highlighting the event was the carabao carroza race and the Most Daily Decorated Carroza. It was participated by the 18 barangays in the Municipality of Pavia. Each barangay have its own entry in the said category.

The carabao carroza race was comprised of four hits. On the First hit, Purok 1 won the first place and Barangay Aganan got the second place. In the second hit, Barangay Pandac got the first place while Barangay Balabag ranked second. Barangay Palagon ranked first and Barangay Cabugao Norte placed second in the third hit. In the fourth and final hit, Barangay Pandac became the champion in this year's competition. The winning entry received a cash award of 4,000 and a trophy. Barangay Balabag ranked second, received a cash award of 3,500 and a trophy. Barangay Palagon placed third, received a cash award of 3,000 and a trophy. One thousand pesos were given to the other riders as consolation prizes.

In the Most Decorated Carroza Category, each barangay presented their unique creation. The program started at 7 a.m. where the designers paraded their carrozas in the whole municipality.

The entry from Jibao-an ranked first. Barangay Pagsanga-an placed second and Barangay Cabugao Norte placed third.

(article taken from: The Sunstar Iloilo
link: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ilo/2006/05/04/life/carabao.caroza.festival.highlighting.pavia.s.best.html)

JonJon75

May 6th, 2006, 09:53 AM

JonJon75

May 6th, 2006, 09:56 AM

JonJon75

May 6th, 2006, 09:59 AM

And si Boy Mejo, too. Hala Bira na gid! :)
kirby, gusto mo gid si Boy Mejo ay. Basi magsulod di madula ka sa ere gulpi.

Btw, enjoy your mini-holiday. And kumusta man kay Wecky .. tama na lagaw niya, hambala siya .. he he. :cheers:

marcigerber

May 6th, 2006, 12:31 PM

My name is Marcella Frances Pedregosa-Gerber. I came across this site through google curious to find out about my ancestors. I am filipina-american born her in the US but lived in Manila for 6 years of my life. I want to know if there is anyone that may know any Pedregosa's in Jaro, Iloilo. My father Jose Pedregosa has passed away more than 20 years ago in Manila but I would really like to know something about my father's family. If anyone can help that would be great. I do speak fluent tagalog also.

Maraming Salamat Po.

blueguy

May 6th, 2006, 03:19 PM

Hoping to be there soon. Hidlaw man ta sa Iloilo. Btw, advance thank you sa imo pagpamangkot sa amon query.

in as much as I don't want to boast CPU, halos kalabanan diri sa SSC is from CPU. Wecky (london-UK), Kirby (london-UK) me-JonJon (Birmingham-UK), Marsleg (Eastbourne-UK), Daks (NYC-USA), Pacific (Iloilo), Kianshi (Iloilo), etc. Pasensiya lang kung nalipatan ko ang iban nga centralians diri ha. :cheers:

Ako Centralian man... Civil Egineering...

NTB

May 6th, 2006, 06:28 PM

Thanks for the info, NTB (I knew nasabat na ni Jon2). I hope the IT Park will be realised soon. I think BOT is the best option for this project, too. And tani damo lang nga IT companies ang mag-invest.

Hi Kirb! Fortunately, multi-companies are starting to make their presence felt in Iloilo. Good news to everyone.

Before Santana, there's another international artist nga nag-perform sa CPU .. guess lang kung sin-o? he he.

Ano nga grupo Kirb? Sabagay CPU is undeniably the ideal venue because of its large capacity and able leadership of its administrators.

amo na gani nga sakto ang move sang governors sang western visayas about sa plan nila to have a tourism expo here in Iloilo instead of joining in the WOW Philippines expo in intramuros...instead of trying hard to get a little piece of attention from DOT...we might as well do the selling of our attractions by ourselves...daw kawawa lang kita aton pirmi nga daw gapakitluoy kita nga mabutang lang sa ila promo hehehe (remember the regine wow phils controversy??)

I agree with you daks! It seems may pinilian guid ang administrasyon. It's up to us man Ilonggos how far we'd go in promoting our local destinations and up to what extent we're willing to make sacrifices to reach our goals.

Btw, I was in Pototan last night for the opening program of its annual fiesta and the recognition of its distinguished graduates. Grabe, bilib guid ko sa ila astrodome - definitely a pride not only of Pototan but moreso of the entire Province & City of Iloilo. A clear indication that we have opened our doors to the challenges brought about by development! Go Iloilo!

chymera00

May 6th, 2006, 07:50 PM

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ilo/2006/05/06/article_172979_05-05-2006.jpg

The 3,000 sq.m. state-of-the-art astrodome was inaugurated last May 3 in Pototan. It has a total seating capacity of 5,500 persons - 2,500 in the lower portion while 3000 in the bleachers. (Sun.Star Iloilo photo).
(article from: The Sunstar Iloilo)

The last time I saw the dome, the interior wasn't finished yet ... hope it's worldclass as they say asta sa interiors ... BTW, the dome is best seen during Christmas time :)

http://static.flickr.com/38/76543987_924e788611.jpg?v=0
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chymera00

May 6th, 2006, 07:55 PM

spacewagon1

May 6th, 2006, 10:21 PM

Hi Kirb! Fortunately, multi-companies are starting to make their presence felt in Iloilo. Good news to everyone.
I'm not Kirb but I do agree (smiles), NTB. Multi-companies' eyes are all in Iloilo's development right now. It's their best choice gid.

I agree with you daks! It seems may pinilian guid ang administrasyon. It's up to us man Ilonggos how far we'd go in promoting our local destinations and up to what extent we're willing to make sacrifices to reach our goals.

Btw, I was in Pototan last night for the opening program of its annual fiesta and the recognition of its distinguished graduates. Grabe, bilib guid ko sa ila astrodome - definitely a pride not only of Pototan but moreso of the entire Province & City of Iloilo. A clear indication that we have opened our doors to the challenges brought about by development! Go Iloilo!
Go Pototan! Ayos gid ang Pototan kung mag-amo sini. I hope more and more projects for Pototan will be coming soon. And more national and international conferences will be held in its new world-class Astrodome! Kahipos lang ang Pototan pero mas dako pa ibuga niya kesa sa Passi City and other cities around.

spacewagon1

May 6th, 2006, 10:24 PM

time to change, I guess.. he he. :cheers: only.
absolutely agree. Time for a change na gid man.

spacewagon1

May 6th, 2006, 10:26 PM

btw, ano ang new song/jingle subong sang DOT haw? wala na gid kita ya na include? hehehe
I wanted to know the song as well. Makanta man ako di.

spacewagon1

May 6th, 2006, 10:51 PM

World’s top microfinance exec in Iloilo for MFI gab

THE big wheel in global microfinance was recently in Iloilo to visit the Lifebank Group based in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.
.....
(article taken from: The Guardian Iloilo
link: http://www.theguardianiloilo.ph/business1.php)
Not only big men in the Philippine's Businessworld are interested with Iloilo .. looks like the international agencies are also vying to take their part in this city and provincial developments. As all the saying goes, "hala bira ILOILO!"

spacewagon1

May 6th, 2006, 10:56 PM

ay abaw! ang mga katonto nila gali!!! kon indi pa kita mag reklamo, indi gid kita nila pag dal-on sa ila promotion? as if nga daw indi ta ya part sang pilipinas...and in the first place, dako pa ang aton gina contribute sa economy sang pilipinas...daw pareho lang nga indi ta importante ba. Gainit lang ulo ko magpamensar! Kon wala siguro presidente, wala-wala man kita gihapon hasta subong. Considering nga ang regional office sang DOT ara sa Iloilo...useless gid!!! So, ang aton lang sini mahimu subong kumo kay wala man sila gahulag, mato-mato anak na lang kita sini. Kay ari na man lang ta di sa gwa, maninguha na lang kita mag-promote sang aton ciudad kag probinsya...para kon makita nila nga naga-progress na tourism sa Iloilo, aku-on dayon nila nga ila!
kadali lang akuon ang isa ka bagay especially kung maayo ang maabutan .. need not to say more. Pero happy lang ko iya nga ang mga Ilonggos diri sa sagwa nagapaningwa gid. And tama ka alimol, we have to help kay kita diri sa sagwa. We're mor than capable kay we have resources. Let's do it for Iloilo! btw, pwede na ko kapadalagan sa aton with my speech? .. har har har

spacewagon1

May 6th, 2006, 10:58 PM

spacewagon1

May 6th, 2006, 11:13 PM

DOT to adopt Panay Tourism
Master Plan as flagship project

http://www.panaynews.com.ph/news5.htm

That confirms it....that the President and the DOT have different plans hehehe If the President can see the potentials...why can't the DOT see it?? hehehe imagine, somebody else would have to tell you to do the job that you are supposed to do in the first place hehehe
Okay gid. Maayo kay may ara kita iya. Importante gid ina. Then we have to start our own promotion man diri sa abroad. But GMA is just so good to recognise the potential of Iloilo and Panay. Some person might be clouded pero kahuluya tuod nga hambalon ka sang dapat mo nga himuon especially ikaw ang pinakataas nga official sang departamento nga ina. Daks, man may ara gid nga rason ina. Indi niya lang mabaton siguro. Ti abi?

kianshi

May 7th, 2006, 06:55 AM

Dinho

May 7th, 2006, 09:22 AM

Pacific_leopard

May 7th, 2006, 09:26 AM

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http://static.flickr.com/46/141416555_358deed461.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/52/141416552_0fa16711f5.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/53/141416549_935964e8c3.jpg?v=0

love the pics Chy!... for pila ka days nadula man ko ba... i was very busy studing for the midsummer... well i like la paz church i've seen it once though.... kaisa palang ko daan ka kadto sa La paz town proper.... i've read somwhere na Lapaz Church is a less elegant version of San Jose Parish... i think... Lapaz has her very own charms and elegance...... thanks chy kanami guid ya sang mga pictures mo...

Dinho

May 7th, 2006, 09:35 AM

A 5-storey hotel and convention center is being constructed in Smallville, right in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel.... and not far from the lot, a commercial building is being constructed beside shipwreck ... sa riverside naman dayun, A river boardwalk by the Pison Family is being built beside the Medicus condo-clinic. May ara man Honda showroom being constructed beside Citi Hardware

Remember that Iloilo Convention Center & Hotel renderings I posted several threads ago? That happens to be on the same site as the convention center & hotel you are talking about. That has been planned as much as 4 years ago but I guess the owners just did not have the financial capability then. I can see from the renderings that the facility being built is actually much smaller than the earlier proposal.

chymera00

May 7th, 2006, 10:27 AM

Remember that Iloilo Convention Center & Hotel renderings I posted several threads ago? That happens to be on the same site as the convention center & hotel you are talking about. That has been planned as much as 4 years ago but I guess the owners just did not have the financial capability then. I can see from the renderings that the facility being built is actually much smaller than the earlier proposal.
oo nga ... the one you posted was massive in scale this one has only 4 floors (indi gle 5) ... I wonder why they would build a hotel directly in front of another, which is even bigger.

Dinho

May 7th, 2006, 11:23 AM

oo nga ... the one you posted was massive in scale this one has only 4 floors (indi gle 5) ... I wonder why they would build a hotel directly in front of another, which is even bigger.

I mentioned in my project study that in order for it to be feasible to build a hotel there, they must build a convention centre that is at least bigger than Bacolod's 2300 seat BCPH. I also said that once the convention centre is built, they would need to have a bigger hotel instead of the small one proposed to accomodate the needs of the organizers and the more affluent delegates. Thus I think, they opted to build it in phases and build several smaller hotels instead of building a single 300 plus room hotel. I'd say that it is a good and wise idea. The IBH has 52 rooms and I guess that the new one being built would have about 80 rooms. Since the convention center is smaller, I guess that these two hotels would suffice for the needs of convention organizers. But for the purpose of my study, I had to say there was none there at the moment (that was before Smallville and IBH was built and I had to stick to one hotel since that was my assignment. I left a copy of my study with the owner of the property.

Is the IBH and the proposed Convention Center and Hotel owned by the Pison's?

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 11:37 AM

hidlaw man ko sa Iloilo Thread ba .. after couple of days nga wala di, kadasig sang postings. It's nice to be back. Kumusta na tanan di? :)

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 11:41 AM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 11:41 AM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 11:43 AM

thanks for posting the article, sandrin...

_______________________
Here are some more pics:

Sto. Nino Chapel
http://static.flickr.com/56/140648879_c7e031865f.jpg?v=0

ICAG Firestation ... to be rennovated into SM Delgado expansion
http://static.flickr.com/44/140648881_4b32ab928d.jpg?v=0

Amo ni ang Lasallette Building? also to be rennovated into a row of coffe shops/resto/bars

http://static.flickr.com/54/140648882_7ab7dfc807.jpg?v=0

Never been to the new Sto Nino Chapel. Okay man iya design. Is it the one beside SM Delgado? Ayos ah.

Thanks for the photos. Nami tulukon ang mga salakyan .. suave amigo!

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 11:46 AM

that's a beauty. Kanami gid sang mga development. By the time, pwede na ako kapahangin-hangin sa kilid sang marina. Ayos gid ang Smallville. The development is so dramatic. May ara naman bag-o nga hotel inugpatindog right in front of Iloilo Business Hotel. I've heard the Castle Hotel will be opened before the end of this year. Paspas gid iya! More and more to come!
awaiting for the new Castle Hotel, Space. Mas maayo gid. Last year gina-renovate pa lang siya. Nagapadako sila ah. The last picture posted by Chymera medyo almost taposna ang hotel. Kabay pa ma-open siya before the year ends. Any idea of the name of new hotel sa atubang sang Iloilo Business Hotel?

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 11:48 AM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 11:50 AM

hi chy!... i feel great about Lasallete Building... its my favorite building daan... i like the windows... it gives the street an italian view...
more of a venetian ang iya style, pacific. Nami gid man. :) Di ba ara dira ang TEDS and NATS Batchoyan sa La Sallette?

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 11:54 AM

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 11:58 AM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:00 PM

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 12:04 PM

West Visayas State University Medical Center
http://static.flickr.com/56/139567124_7fb082a1bd.jpg?v=0

La Maer Mar Beach Resort in Tigbauan
http://static.flickr.com/46/139567121_62259b4efd.jpg?v=0

Sunset in Tigbauan
http://static.flickr.com/54/139567123_6ed205a260.jpg?v=0

Thank you sa pictures, Chy. Daw nag-posh ang Don Benito haw? Okay na pati iya ngalan. The last time I visited WVSUMC was 2 years ago, sang una ko nagpauli. Damo gid nagbag-o even sa sulod niya. Sa ER pa lang, competitive na siya plus ang bag-o niya nga private wards. Hope to revisit the place again. Happy memories gid sa Don Benito during my volunteer's training dira.

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:06 PM

Chy thank You gid sa pics...daw sa Iloilo lang ko ba.

Dako na gid gin improve sang Valeria kag Delgado Sts... Nagnami na gid ang Chapel sa likod sang SM.

Wow! Ano ayhan ibutang sang SM sa ila expansion?

More good news to come! :cheers:

Hala Bira ILOILO!

Maayong Hapon sa tanan!
ako man, awaiting sang ila expansion kay sa pagkakitid sang SM Delgado. Wala lagawan nga dako. Tani gid three or four-storey na lang nila to give amole of space. Even ang department store sang SM dira pamatyagan ko nag-shrink siya. :)

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 12:13 PM

These pictures were taken when I arrived in Iloilo from Bacolod... We boarded the RORO ferry at around 4:00pm and arrived in Iloilo at 7:00pm na :D

La Islas de Siete Picados
http://static.flickr.com/51/139552130_808cd88cdf.jpg?v=0

Roca Encantada in Guimaras
http://static.flickr.com/52/139552131_1bc0437ef9.jpg?v=0

Oceanjet .... this was what we rode going to Bacolod, because I was late and the roro left without us :(
http://static.flickr.com/46/139561618_1f8d24380b.jpg?v=0

The Iloilo Port ... The one with the cranes is the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex and the one with the lights in the distant is the Iloilo Port Terminal where the Superferry and other domestic ships dock
http://static.flickr.com/53/139561619_3679d033a0.jpg?v=0

Iloilo Commercial Port Complex
http://static.flickr.com/52/139561620_bfdda0e632.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/48/139561622_087e977bf8.jpg?v=0

Power Barge in Lapaz
http://static.flickr.com/52/139561623_6ef28134ce.jpg?v=0

Iloilo River Wharf
http://static.flickr.com/55/139561624_9381e7b6f5.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/56/139567119_1cf05498a9.jpg?v=0

Nami gid man ang Siete Picados no? Hope to stayin one of its seven islands in the future .. hehehe. Pwede man ina siguro kay may ara lighthouse sa pinakadako niya island dira.

Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (Loboc International Port) looks really promising sa layo. I hope they'll expand the area. I-connect nila sa Dumangas kay right now Dumangas has its own pier/port servicing big crafts as well though purely commercial basis lang to and from Metro Manila. Mas maayo ini nga vision kay ang Old Pier Wharf naman daw indi na gid ma-expand plus the fact nga congested naman didto kung sea traffic lang ang estoryahan.

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:17 PM

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Hmm lain gid ya kung kita ma promote kaysa magsalig ta sa isa ka Bias na tao. Mo na lang ma-komentar ko. May adlaw gid sila! Or is he insecure kay kung iupod promote ang Iloilo mabawi ang korona?

:bash: la la la
la la la, Metro. Ano ina siya? Daw kilala ko gid ina mo. Funny thing ain't it? But there you go, pwede gid kita ka promote iya. If all Ilonggos diri sa abroad maghulag, indi na naton kinahanglan ang DOT ah. Enough na ang regional sa aton. Though ang undersecretary bala dawtaga-Iloilo man. He could be a good help and all. Anyway, I'm glad the national government recognises the potential of tourism for whole Western Visayas especially Aklan and Iloilo. Hopefully, Guimaras will soon follow the trend. :)

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:19 PM

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 12:24 PM

The ff. were taken in the bus going to and from antique

Arevalo Town Plaza
http://static.flickr.com/54/139552129_458fc75325.jpg?v=0

Guimbal town Hall
http://static.flickr.com/51/139552126_a61c85fd0a.jpg?v=0

Tigbauan
http://static.flickr.com/49/139552125_6eedea22ed.jpg?v=0
the Greeneries.

Guimbal Town Hall is really an icon. Even sa picture kanami gid siya tulukon ah. Last 2004, almost after independence, baskog pa ang Guimbal Town Hall compare sa Capitol with a long string of Philippine Flag across the town hall. pagkadto namon to, daw mabuhi gid nationalism mo. Guimbal is always the seat of power dira sa first district even toppling Miag-ao and Oton, both in progressive towns in its very own way.

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:26 PM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:28 PM

daw gid tuod ah. Basi nalipat si dods ah. Dapat kita mahimo man single naton iya. Pwede gid.
he he. May gin-post sa last thread si Metro, Jon. Pwede man to siguro. Ugaling kay daw official Dinagyang Song lang. Pwede man ina ah. :)

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 12:32 PM

You're right Wecky! You need to make reservation and order ahead of time, especially sa mga ginadumog nga lugar. With Joyjoy you need to tell them you'll be arriving in appproximately this long. Fresh nga daan sila magserve sang food, nami luto and damu guid da ya tawo gakadto EVERYDAY. Here's Joyjoy's no.: 09187078438 in case you're coming home soon or you need to refer the place to a friend. Friendly advice: Do try their managat... it's simply the BEST. haha! Halata guid ya ang palakaon.
Thanks NTB. Try ko revisit sa casa fiametta and then kadto sa joy-joys. I'm sure I'll be everywhere naman sa Iloilo by January. I can't wait na gid. Few more months to go na lang.

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 12:34 PM

GTZ-DP Launches 2 New Projects in WV Region

The Manager of the German Technical Cooperation - Decentralization Program, Dr. Herwig Mayer, came for a 2-day visit in the region to sign two Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) launching two new grant-projects. The NEDA Region VI Office will lead the implementation of these projects in coordination with the concerned local government units.

Last April 27, 2006 at around 6:30PM in Iloilo City's Sarabia Manor Hotel, Dr. Mayer signed a MOA with Mayor Jerry P. Treñas - Chairman of the Metro Iloilo Development Council (MIDC), for the P1million-project titled "Strengthening Local Government and Private Sector Linkages under the Metro Iloilo Development Council as an Institution for Enhanced Political Decentralization." The MIDC covers 5 LGU, namely: Iloilo City and the Municipalities of Leganes, Oton, Pavia, and San Miguel.

....
(article taken from: The News Today
link: http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/05/03/gtz.dp.launches.2.new.projects.in.wv.region.html)

________
good stuff. Canadian-Australian-German are all helping to further strengthen Metro Iloilo Development Council. Kudos to all of them!
I'm glad to read this article. Awaiting sang output sang MOA nga ini. What will it bring sa Province and City of Iloilo? Let's just wait and see na lang.

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:37 PM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:38 PM

loved the idea of more restos within the area. Pwede gid kita sini ka-resto shop .. he he. any news kung ano ang mga restos nga ipatindog dira?
count me in amigo. Pwede gid. From morning til dawn of the next day kung pwede. Mas maayo mag-drive sa city pag-gab-i kay wala traffic. :)

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:39 PM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:45 PM

kirby, gusto mo gid si Boy Mejo ay. Basi magsulod di madula ka sa ere gulpi.

Btw, enjoy your mini-holiday. And kumusta man kay Wecky .. tama na lagaw niya, hambala siya .. he he. :cheers:
he he. Wecky's back naman kahapon from Italy so aga ko pa gin-text nga maghapit di. Gabasa-basa kuno. And I'm back as well after two-days and a half outside London. Nagbisita o to sa mga friends ta ah.

About Boy Mejo, how I wish nga maka-join gid man siya. He could be of help sa mga pamangkot ta di nga indi pa gid clear. I'm glad NTB is around so direct to capitol aton mga concerns di. Indi lang puro newspapers. But there you go, most of the things discussed here ara gid man sa plans sang kapitolyo so I'm happy na. :)

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 12:49 PM

Cultural Heritage Month celebration to feature Iloilo's bests
By Melanie Maderable

ILOILO City is one of the historical places in the country. It has several features and landmarks that made significant contributions in history.

To commemorate this event, the City Council declared May 2006 as the "Heritage Month Celebration" in Iloilo City.

The goal of this program is the preservation, enrichment, and dynamic evolution of a Filipino national culture based on the principle of unity and diversity in a climate of free artistic and intellectual expression.

The Iloilo City Cultural Heritage and Conservation Council is headed by City Councilor Merci Drilon-Garcia. This is a special body created and tasked to undertake the local heritage conservation, protection, rehabilitation and proper utilization of Iloilo's legacy building, architectures, structures, and historical sites.

The Heritage Month Celebration has different activities (see Social Calendar) - both religious and socio-cultural. They include exhibitions, workshop, dance performance, food festival, traditional games, Zarsuela, reception, a walking tour, Santacruzan, Halad, fireworks display and heritage tours.

(article taken from: Sunstar Iloilo News
link: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ilo/2006/05/03/life/cultural.heritage.month.celebration.to.feature.iloilo.s.bests.html)

Nice info. More and more cultural and historical awareness subong ang thrust sang Iloilo government, which is really good para sa mga bag-ong tubo man. The new generation of Ilonggos should be aware sang kaayuhan kag role sang Iloilo in the past til the present why kilalanon siya nga Heritage City. Never in a widest dream sang tanan sa aton di nga the past will haunt the present and the future .. bringing back sang glory sa probinsiya kag ciudad sang Iloilo.

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 12:59 PM

Hi Kirb! Fortunately, multi-companies are starting to make their presence felt in Iloilo. Good news to everyone.
Good news indeed,NTB. Hope to hear more pa for Iloilo. :)

Ano nga grupo Kirb? Sabagay CPU is undeniably the ideal venue because of its large capacity and able leadership of its administrators.
ara na, nasabat mo na sa previous post mo, The Lettermen. Pero looks like more and more international artists doing concerts in Iloilo via CPU Rose gid man. The venue is quite big and looks new pa. Nakatan-aw ka world-premiere sang The Hopevale Martyrs sa CPU last year? Okay man siya though damo pa dapat i-polish sang play nga ina .. he he.

I agree with you daks! It seems may pinilian guid ang administrasyon. It's up to us man Ilonggos how far we'd go in promoting our local destinations and up to what extent we're willing to make sacrifices to reach our goals.

Btw, I was in Pototan last night for the opening program of its annual fiesta and the recognition of its distinguished graduates. Grabe, bilib guid ko sa ila astrodome - definitely a pride not only of Pototan but moreso of the entire Province & City of Iloilo. A clear indication that we have opened our doors to the challenges brought about by development! Go Iloilo!
Iloilo will further open its doors to the world once the Western Visayas International Airport will open soon. Dira siguro ma-challenge na gid ang mga Iloggos diri sa abroad on how makabulig promote sang Iloilo. All eyes in the new Iloilo Airport. Hulat lang sa pag nag-open siya. I'm sure there'll be more things to happen gid for Iloilo when it comes to progress and development. Remember, 40% of OFWs are from WV, making it already a good market for any international airlines, just in case. :)

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 01:02 PM

Chymera, beautiful, beautiful pictures gid. Ayos ah. Even galakat ang bus nagakuha ka photos gali? Guimbal Town Hall is magnificient. Next to the new Iloilo Provincial Capitol, Guimbal Town Hall is the nicest looking government seat in Iloilo.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/IAMME00/100_7299.jpg
(from IAMME)

http://static.flickr.com/51/139552126_a61c85fd0a.jpg?v=0
(from Chymera)
Good contrast. Both claiming to be the best national government building for the entire province. Though Guimbal looks small in nature, mas promising iya architecture.

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 01:09 PM

WVSU gets Unesco-Apnieve membership; Arañador elected Region VI coordinator

THE West Visayas State University has formalized its involvement in the Unesco- Asia Pacific Network for International Education and Values Education (Apnieve) having been installed as institutional member in its 5th Membership Assembly on April 28 to 29, 2006 at the Philippine Normal University in Manila.

During the assembly, Dr. Lourdes C. Arañador, president WVSU was elected coordinator for Region VI. She is tasked to coordinate the activities of Unesco-Apnieve in Western Visayas.

Unesco-Apnieve is a regional network of institutions and individuals in the Asia Pacific Region organized to vigorously pursue international education and values education. The network was founded in 1995 by experts from eight countries: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Russian Federation, and Thailand.

The 5th Membership Assembly on the theme “Celebrating the First Decade of Unesco-Apnieve: Achievements and Challenges,” was attended by more than 200 educators from different parts of the country. Keynote Speaker was Dr. Ruben Umaly, vice president for academic affairs of Angeles University Foundation. His message centered on education for sustainable development. On the other hand, Dr. Lourdes R. Quisumbing, president Unesco-Apnieve reported on initiatives in promoting values for a culture of peace in the Asia Pacific Region.

During the two-day workshop and meeting the participants tackled the interactive modules from Apnieve Sourcebook III “Learning To Do: Values for Learning and Working Together in a Globalized world.” (RGA/WVSU-CIAO)

(taken from: The Sunstar Iloilo News
link: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ilo/2006/05/06/life/wvsu.gets.unesco.apnieve.membership.ara.ador.elected.region.vi.coordinator.html)

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 01:14 PM

We'll know in the future ... ano abi Iloilo and Guimaras lacks tourism promotion, and how can these provinces maximize their true potentials when the DOT is putting most of their resources in only 8 anchor destinations? ... they should've included Iloilo as an anchor destination together with Boracay considering most tourists going to boracay use Iloilo as their gateway... hmmm, ever since that Sec. Durano replaced Mr. Gordon ... Iloilo is always neglected in tourism advertisements, even sa national brochures distributed by the DOT very little can you find Iloilo mentioned in them :(

cool .... I never noticed this

here's more info about Tago Island ....

It's found in Concepcion .. it is the nearest island to the town proper is uninhabited due for massive tourism development.
http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com/2006/04/municipality-of-concepcion_114589307441721907.html

and it's not just a resort .... it's going to be a country club too!
http://members.tripod.com/~rkgs/about_me.html

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Ari na ang pictures... be patient lang Daks, hehe.
As promised ari ang pictures nga nakwa ko:
(all of these gali are already U/C)

http://static.flickr.com/53/140328192_a29121313f.jpg?v=0
located in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel in the empty lot between EMCOR and MO2

another one (2 storeys lang):
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328193_8ba1c73e73.jpg?v=0

Heres the Riverside Board Walk
http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328198_711ab82f6d.jpg?v=0

Some of the existing establishments

MO2
http://static.flickr.com/48/140328194_ed804e8cc3.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/46/140328197_b3ef0b7031.jpg?v=0

Pirates and Shipwreck
http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0
I want to see these pictures over and over again. Kanami siya tulukon ah and dream of walking along the riverside/marina. It's very nice indeed. Any idea of target date of completion?

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 01:19 PM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 01:23 PM

I'm not Kirb but I do agree (smiles), NTB. Multi-companies' eyes are all in Iloilo's development right now. It's their best choice gid.
Good choice. Lady's choice .. he he. Diutay pa lang ah. We need more pa siguro .. he he.

Go Pototan! Ayos gid ang Pototan kung mag-amo sini. I hope more and more projects for Pototan will be coming soon. And more national and international conferences will be held in its new world-class Astrodome! Kahipos lang ang Pototan pero mas dako pa ibuga niya kesa sa Passi City and other cities around.
Amen to that. Ti, ano na plano sang Pototan? Basi maunahan pa sila city sang Dumangas? Btw, increase number of commercial buildings for the meantime before applying for cityhood kay daw indi gid maayo tulukon ang city nga wala high street. Basi bala sari-sari stores tanan haw .. he he.

wecky

May 7th, 2006, 01:31 PM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 01:45 PM

Not only big men in the Philippine's Businessworld are interested with Iloilo .. looks like the international agencies are also vying to take their part in this city and provincial developments. As all the saying goes, "hala bira ILOILO!"

gracie ! maayo man ina ah para damo na kuhaan resources. More investors, more jobs for Ilonggos naman. Okay lang. Hope more to come pa .. basi damo na news sang mga bag-o naman in next few days. :)

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 01:48 PM

Great pics chy...!!Good photographer ka gd yah...!!!More powers to you..!!

HALA BIRA..........!!! I-L-O-I-L-O..!!!! :cucumber: :horse: :horse: :horse:
Same here, too. Kumusta na Kianshi? Long time, no hear ah. :)

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 01:57 PM

kirby21

May 7th, 2006, 02:08 PM

the Greeneries.

Guimbal Town Hall is really an icon. Even sa picture kanami gid siya tulukon ah. Last 2004, almost after independence, baskog pa ang Guimbal Town Hall compare sa Capitol with a long string of Philippine Flag across the town hall. pagkadto namon to, daw mabuhi gid nationalism mo. Guimbal is always the seat of power dira sa first district even toppling Miag-ao and Oton, both in progressive towns in its very own way.
Agree gid ko sa hambal mo nga Guimbal Town Hall is iconic. With an uderground basketball court and a well-maintained plaza, Guimbal will soon rise on its own sooner. go Guimbal!

freezing_pt

May 7th, 2006, 05:11 PM

good morning sa tanan. Happy Sunday. Aga pa nag-text si Kirby di nga mag-post ... hehehe. Kapoy pa halin sa bakasyon migs. But I'll try to catch up. Kadasig sang postings. Ako balik gid from first page. Cheers to everyone!
Grabe weck, damo na gid man ta di ah...remember ko last year sang ikaw pa diri ang nagapaspas post sang mga news articles...

freezing_pt

May 7th, 2006, 05:13 PM

More pics on this thread ba ..Chy, sa diin inang last pic? The place looks familiar pero indi lang ko sigurado. :)

LaPaz ina sila tanan...ang last pic ay sa LaPaz plaza ina...

freezing_pt

May 7th, 2006, 05:17 PM

Go Pototan! Well done gid!
ano na ang status sang proposal para maging component city ang pototan...any updates...

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 12:57 AM

Welcome back Wecky and Kirby. Okay gid ang weather last week. weck, how's Italy? Balik ka na naman sa September? Join na ko. Btw, happy postings. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:00 AM

napaos si regine, alimol ah .. he he. I'm glad western Visayas is developing its own Wow Phil version sa Panay. Mas maayo gid. Btw, san-o ka mapuli alimol? Sadya kuno subong didto sa inyo. Sako ang elementary school niyo for the upcoming grand alumni homecoming next year.
tuod ina? Alimol, all year round din ang alumni homecoming sang Alimodian Elem School? Okay ah. Baskog ang mga taga-alimol. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:03 AM

btw, ano ang new song/jingle subong sang DOT haw? wala na gid kita ya na include? hehehe
basi in tune sa Tie A Yellow Ribbon .. he he. Wala gid ako sina kabati sang DOT jingle ah. Wala diri may naga-subscribe TFC eh.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:06 AM

Never been to the new Sto Nino Chapel. Okay man iya design. Is it the one beside SM Delgado? Ayos ah.

Thanks for the photos. Nami tulukon ang mga salakyan .. suave amigo!
tuod no, pili ka lang. Pwede ka na kabisita sa chapel by next year, Kirb, just in case mapuli ka. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:10 AM

ATO speeds up Aiport Sale
By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE bidding for the Iloilo domestic airport in Mandurriao, Iloilo City among interested investors and developers will be conducted between July and October 2006.

This was confirmed by Air Transportation Office (ATO) manager Alan Java when asked for developments on the efforts to privatize the 60-hectare airport property.

The ATO together with the Department of Transportation and Communication, Department of Finance, Department of Justice and the Iloilo City government is working on the airport privatization.

Java said they have to sell the airport to any interested buyer before the Taisei-Shimizu Joint Venture (TSJV) turns over the new airport in Cabatuan-Sta. Barbara to the national government. TSJV is the contractor of the New Iloilo Airport Development Project.

The target date for the turnover is March 2007 while actual operation of the new airport is expected to begin June 2007.

“The bidding will be in July or August or the latest is October this year. We have to dispose the property before we transfer operations to the new airport,” Java said.

To fast track the privatization of the Mandurriao airport, the national government has hired CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) to assess and study on how convert the area.

CBRE was the same firm that handled the privatization of Clark Airbase and Fort Bonifacio.

The World Bank pledged US$60,000 for the 11-week assessment project of the 60-hectare property which began last month. A task force and technical working group have been created to work on the asset disposition of the airport.

Java said CBRE has also been conducting surveys on the stakeholders and existing structures around the Mandurriao airport.

“The CBRE study will become the terms of reference for the bidding of the property. CBRE will suggest to the government on how to dispose the area at the highest profit possible,” Java said.

The projected sale of the Mandurriao airport is at P12 billion at least, Java added.

Among those reported to have taken interest on the property are Ayala Land, Filinvest, Robinsons Land, SM Prime Holdings and Land Co. of the Metro Pacific Group.

Last week, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas said the domestic airport will become the “center of development” in Iloilo.

Once sold to private entities, Treñas said the airport property will be converted into a recreation and IT center as part of the city government’s efforts to attract more investments into the metropolis.

Part of the earnings from the airport sale will be used to repair and improve existing roads and construct new thoroughfares and bridges in the city, the mayor added. May 8, 2006

(article taken from: The Guardian Iloilo
link: http://www.theguardianiloilo.ph/topstories1.php)

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:14 AM

Gov’t credit agency offers loans for Iloilo exporters
By Jeehan V. Fernandez

A state-run credit agency is offering loans and guarantees to exporters particularly here in Iloilo.

Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency (PhilEXIM) director Quirino B. Baterna, who is an Ilonggo, stressed they are now looking into the capabilities of exporters here especially on the mango industry as Iloilo City is set to hold on May 17-19 a national congress which focuses on enhancing the global competitiveness of mango products.

Baterna, who has been director for the past four years, said the PhilEXIM is a Department of Finance (DOF)-led government-owned or controlled corporation (GOCC) and Government Financing Institution (GFI).

He said they have a credit committee which evaluates the projects before approval of the corresponding fund while they are giving out as much as P70 million to a client payable in around seven years.

“We are interested in the prospects of the local mango industry. Our mandate is to support the exporters of any products for that matter. We offer direct lending but more on guarantees from the government for prospective exporters,” Baterna told reporters yesterday.

“We could help them provided they are qualified with good track record of export operations. The assistance available is quite unlimited or depending on the size of the business,” Baterna explained.

He said they are eyeing to grant loans or guarantees to mango export ventures because of the big potential of the market.

“Europe could be an ideal market for mangoes though we lack supply. The local producers should have a market as what we see in Guimaras mangoes which has already established connections in US, Australia and Japan,” Baterna pointed out.

He added that China and Korea could also be major export markets.

“But we have to adjust with quality standards considering mangoes are very intricate for exports as it is a perishable product. The quality might change once it reaches the market abroad due to the transport period,” Baterna clarified.

He said it is “high-time” for the local mango ventures to penetrate the global market.

“We encourage the mango growers to tap us for their export needs on finances while there is a big opportunity in the export industry,” Baterna suggested.

He noted that Iloilo traders seemed to be “not interested” in availing of said funding. Baterna surmised this maybe because of lack of promotion among the export sector.

“We are here to assist the exporters if the big banks are not available. We could grant credit or issue sovereign guarantee,” Baterna said, adding they have lower interests compared to banking institutions.

Also, PhilEXIM accepts collateral deals with exporters including their factory sites or machineries to secure the financial assistance for the trading of goods overseas. May 8, 2006

(article taken from: the Guardian Iloilo
link: http://www.theguardianiloilo.ph/business3.php)

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:18 AM

Well done, Trompeta! Dapat follow-up niya gid ni sang maayo. You know the national agency, daw indi gid kabulig sang promote sang Panay. Let Panaynons develop their own scheme kay basi mas okay pa. Pwede ta gid ma-email si Trompeta sa DOT VI regional kay ara man email kita. :)
I agree Kirbs. Let's develop our own scheme. Mas maayo and mas pulido kay kabali gid iya ang Panay what needs to be done. Let's just thank the national government for giving us a go signal sa bagay nga ini. I hopeto see the realisation of the project in a year time. Mas manami ini siya kay people from other provinces makadto sa Iloilo to witness our own version of WoW Philippines. Let the capital of Western Visayas soars! :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:23 AM

Thank you sa pictures, Chy. Daw nag-posh ang Don Benito haw? Okay na pati iya ngalan. The last time I visited WVSUMC was 2 years ago, sang una ko nagpauli. Damo gid nagbag-o even sa sulod niya. Sa ER pa lang, competitive na siya plus ang bag-o niya nga private wards. Hope to revisit the place again. Happy memories gid sa Don Benito during my volunteer's training dira.
Pwede interior pic sang Don Benito next time? .. he he. Daw mas progresibo pa ang West Visayas State University Medical Center compare sa Western Visayas Medical Center sa Mandurriao. The WVSUMC is expanding its capacity pero ang WVMC naman stagnant sa ila development. Ara pa ina ang Department of Health Region 6 sa likod niya ha. I want to see WVMC expanding its capacity. They still can build bigger buildings though damo na bag-o dira. Remember, WVMC is the center of health sa region catering all public patients coming from different provinces of Western Visayas and all. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:26 AM

ako man, awaiting sang ila expansion kay sa pagkakitid sang SM Delgado. Wala lagawan nga dako. Tani gid three or four-storey na lang nila to give amole of space. Even ang department store sang SM dira pamatyagan ko nag-shrink siya. :)
Are they expanding na gid man? Wow! Looks like SM really wants to dominate the Iloilo market. Considering of three SMs in a small city plus a new one nga ginahimo subong plus hearing all the expansions, I'm sure SM is making Iloilo its home once more. Tani dakuon nila para damo lalagawan. Two-storey mini-mall within the city proper is kulang pa. Halos ginapalibutan na siya sang mga dalagkonga malls like the Atrium, MaryMart Mall and Amigo Plaza Mall. Few more steps and ara na ang Robinson's Iloilo. So much needed expansion gid man siguro sa part sang SM delgado. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:31 AM

Nami gid man ang Siete Picados no? Hope to stayin one of its seven islands in the future .. hehehe. Pwede man ina siguro kay may ara lighthouse sa pinakadako niya island dira.

Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (Loboc International Port) looks really promising sa layo. I hope they'll expand the area. I-connect nila sa Dumangas kay right now Dumangas has its own pier/port servicing big crafts as well though purely commercial basis lang to and from Metro Manila. Mas maayo ini nga vision kay ang Old Pier Wharf naman daw indi na gid ma-expand plus the fact nga congested naman didto kung sea traffic lang ang estoryahan.
mahal siguro ang arkila sina Weck. The last time I've seen the lighthouse was ages ago pa. I don't know kung naga-cater sila visitors and the like dira. Pero okay siya. Hope the Lopezes will develop it and make it more tourist friendly para makabisita man ta dira.

lately ko lang gani nabasahan ang Dumangas Port, weck. I've heard the plan before pero wala gid ta kabalo nga functional nagali ang port nga ina. It's really good. It'll complement the existing Loboc International Port sa La Paz. kabay pa tuodnga i-expand nila accdg sa plano. That is kung gusto nila ma-augment ang collection sang PPA plus of course, damo nga vessels ang magdaong dira sa Iloilo. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:33 AM

Paspas Badiangan!
gabato ang badiangan ba .. more infras for Badiangan. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:37 AM

the Greeneries.

Guimbal Town Hall is really an icon. Even sa picture kanami gid siya tulukon ah. Last 2004, almost after independence, baskog pa ang Guimbal Town Hall compare sa Capitol with a long string of Philippine Flag across the town hall. pagkadto namon to, daw mabuhi gid nationalism mo. Guimbal is always the seat of power dira sa first district even toppling Miag-ao and Oton, both in progressive towns in its very own way.
Okay ang title a .. daw left wing ka na gid Weck haw .. turning from Labour to Conservative? Go Green eh .. he he.

I like Guimbal. Daw sila na gid man ang sentro sang Southern Iloilo because of the Garins. Pero daw maayo man ang ginahimo sang Garins ah so sila man gihapon ang ginaboto sang taho.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:42 AM

Lovely! More to come for St. Barbs. Glad we're moving globally amidst crisis back home. Amo ina iya. :)
Anong crisis Kirbs? Daw okay man sila. Damo gani development ongoing everywhere kung magbasa ka lang. Galing lang kay daw nagnubo naman ang peso. But well, wala na ta mahimo sina. Promote man lang ta iya .. he he :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:45 AM

Good contrast. Both claiming to be the best national government building for the entire province. Though Guimbal looks small in nature, mas promising iya architecture.
I agree. Any good news for Guimbal?

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:46 AM

slerz

May 8th, 2006, 01:51 AM

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Hmm lain gid ya kung kita ma promote kaysa magsalig ta sa isa ka Bias na tao. Mo na lang ma-komentar ko. May adlaw gid sila! Or is he insecure kay kung iupod promote ang Iloilo mabawi ang korona?

:bash: la la la

sakto ka gid bai, hadlok gid sila bawi ang korona...hehe

Goodmorning Iloilo, long time no visit here... agi lang ko ;)

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:52 AM

FOUR TO RUN FOR VICE MAYOR
IN Iloilo City, there are four fine gentlemen who plan to run for vice mayor.
They are: Councilor Ramon Cua Locsin, former Councilor Joshua Alim, former councilor Tony Pesina and Councilor Jed Mabilog.
In fairness, they are all qualified for the position.
And all of them – in the name of the much-abused phrase “public service” – want to serve the people.
Tony is still hoping that the self-proclaimed king would back him up.
But between him and Ramon, the latter would come out to be the king’s favorite.
Jed and Joshua will never get the king’s blessings.
One advantage of Ramon over his competitors is that he is the “bilas” of Don Fonso.
Say mo, Inday Jam2?

from lapsus calami .. ti sin-o ato kumpanyahan di? JED, where are you?

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:54 AM

Grabe weck, damo na gid man ta di ah...remember ko last year sang ikaw pa diri ang nagapaspas post sang mga news articles...
Hulat lang pagbalik niya Freeze. Manugtapos siya study niya by June so expect full blast posting by July. I'm sure ari gid ina diri siya everyday .. he he. siya pa ... :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 01:56 AM

Lovely! More to come for St. Barbs. Glad we're moving globally amidst crisis back home. Amo ina iya. :)
Go St. Barbie .. yehey! Baskog ang Sta Barbara ah. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:00 AM

he he. Wecky's back naman kahapon from Italy so aga ko pa gin-text nga maghapit di. Gabasa-basa kuno. And I'm back as well after two-days and a half outside London. Nagbisita o to sa mga friends ta ah.

About Boy Mejo, how I wish nga maka-join gid man siya. He could be of help sa mga pamangkot ta di nga indi pa gid clear. I'm glad NTB is around so direct to capitol aton mga concerns di. Indi lang puro newspapers. But there you go, most of the things discussed here ara gid man sa plans sang kapitolyo so I'm happy na. :)
Lucky you guys. Ako next month na naman. Summer na ... yoohooo! can't wait na gid. My feet's itching to roam around Europe. Ma-bank na ako di para sa lakwatsa ta mga migs .. he he.

Pero tani gid man join diri sa Mr. Boy .. looking forward gid Noy. Ara na bag-o mo nga passport?

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:03 AM

http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0
this is where i want to go for a party. Oks gid. :cheers:

spacewagon1

May 8th, 2006, 02:06 AM

hidlaw man ko sa Iloilo Thread ba .. after couple of days nga wala di, kadasig sang postings. It's nice to be back. Kumusta na tanan di? :)
Noy, nadula ka sa ere haw? Maayo ka kay nagabakasyon lang. anyway, welcome di liwat .. daw sa pagbabalik ba.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:08 AM

The last time I saw the dome, the interior wasn't finished yet ... hope it's worldclass as they say asta sa interiors ... BTW, the dome is best seen during Christmas time :)

http://static.flickr.com/38/76543987_924e788611.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/40/76567721_eda694c0cc.jpg?v=0
the pic say it all .. daw wonderland ang Pototan pag Christmas. truly, the Christmas Capital of Western Visayas. :cheers:

slerz

May 8th, 2006, 02:09 AM

btw, I just wanna interact with that DOT promotion of Regine... bakit daw Sinulog lang ang presented ang Cebu, walay beaches at sa delicacies na part. Only the festival was promoted but never the place called Cebu... but the issue was already gone... linaw na...hehe.

spacewagon1

May 8th, 2006, 02:10 AM

nice pictures and articles sa liwat. Salamat nga dako for sharing them with us.

spacewagon1

May 8th, 2006, 02:12 AM

Good contrast. Both claiming to be the best national government building for the entire province. Though Guimbal looks small in nature, mas promising iya architecture.
same thing here. Nice buildings gid pareho. Both have the same capcity to claim as best government buildings in the region.

spacewagon1

May 8th, 2006, 02:14 AM

ano na ang status sang proposal para maging component city ang pototan...any updates...
Basi mauna pa ang Dumangas, Pavia and Guimbal sa ila. Tulog pa siguro ang Pototan subong. Nasobrahan sang celebrar sang ila bag-o nga astrodome.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:19 AM

I want to see these pictures over and over again. Kanami siya tulukon ah and dream of walking along the riverside/marina. It's very nice indeed. Any idea of target date of completion?
By next year siguro tapos na ina Weck. Timing gid ina magpuli kamo. :cheers:

spacewagon1

May 8th, 2006, 02:21 AM

spacewagon1

May 8th, 2006, 02:23 AM

Thanks NTB. Try ko revisit sa casa fiametta and then kadto sa joy-joys. I'm sure I'll be everywhere naman sa Iloilo by January. I can't wait na gid. Few more months to go na lang.
NTB, ano pa gid mga specialities nila? Hambalon ko akon paryente dira nga i-try nila ang Joy-Joy's. Wecky, ano ina ang Casa Fiametta iya? Ngaa ma-book gid haw before going there?

spacewagon1

May 8th, 2006, 02:25 AM

I'm glad to read this article. Awaiting sang output sang MOA nga ini. What will it bring sa Province and City of Iloilo? Let's just wait and see na lang.
Hope so. Para tayoyon na ang development sa aton ah. Include pa gid nila ang mga twons 30km away from the city para mas maayo.

spacewagon1

May 8th, 2006, 02:30 AM

kianshi

May 8th, 2006, 09:18 AM

Hey Guys...!!!Ari lang ko di pirme ah gavisit pero wala lang ko gaparamdam...
Good daY TO ALL...!!!!! Hala biRA........I-L-O-I--L-O...!

chymera00

May 8th, 2006, 09:26 AM

Basi mauna pa ang Dumangas, Pavia and Guimbal sa ila. Tulog pa siguro ang Pototan subong. Nasobrahan sang celebrar sang ila bag-o nga astrodome.
ambot man gani. Pototan is long overdue for cityhood ....

Two new cities loom in WV

Western Visayas is most likely be welcoming two new cities in the region with just two signatures needed to finally obtain an exemption from the requirements set for a municipality to be converted into a city. The municipalities of Pototan in Iloilo and Himamaylan, Negros Occidental are two of the 23 municipalities nationwide with pending applications for conversion to cityhood. Although they fell short of the requirements still they were able to convince the House of Representatives to pass a resolution asking for a joint resolution with the senate for an exemption. Meanwhile, the League of Cities (LCP) in an audience with Senator Aquilino Pimentel was informed that 13 senators have already signed the resolution and only two are needed for the exemption to be approved, to which LCP President and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas vowed to continue to oppose the conversion because this would have an impact on their Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) fund. “We are not like the Metro Manila cities that could survive even without an Internal Revenue Allotment fund,” he pointed out.
http://news.balita.ph/html/article.php/20051012120907057/print

Rep. Cari: exempt 22 towns for cityhood from P100M income requirement
Committee Source: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

THE COMMITTEE on Local Government, under Representative Emilio Macias II (2nd District, Negros Oriental), adopted a resolution exempting certain municipalities, due for conversion into cities, from the income requirement under Republic Act 9009. These municipalities are those whose conversions into cities were embodied in bills filed in Congress before June 30, 2001.

House Joint Resolution 01, introduced by Rep. Carmen Cari (5th District, Leyte), seeks to exempt 22 municipalities from meeting the income requirement of P100 million as provided for under RA 9009 or the law increasing the income requirement for municipalities to become cities.

Rep. Cari said 55 bills seeking to convert certain municipalities into cities were filed during the 11th Congress covering the period 1998 to 2001. Of this number, 32 were enacted into law, one was rejected in a plebiscite and 22 bills were not acted upon because of the impeachment proceedings in Congress against former President Joseph Estrada.

The 32 bills that became law complied with the previous income requirement of P20 million as provided under Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991. RA 9009 was subsequently enacted in June 2001.

“In the interest of fairness and justice to the 22 municipalities which were found to be qualified under the old provision of the Local Government Code, like the 32 municipalities which had already been elevated to city status, there is a need to offer a legal remedy to local government units affected by the implementation of RA 9009,” Rep. Cari stated.

The 22 municipalities are: Carcar, Cebu; Binalbagan, Negros Occidental; Baybay, Leyte; Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro; Bogo, Cebu; San Francisco, Agusan del Sur; Bayugan, Agusan del Sur; Pontevedra, Negros Occidental;

Lamitan, Basilan; San Juan, Metro Manila; Tandag, Surigao del Sur; Tabuk, Kalinga; Batac, Ilocos Norte; Naga, Cebu; Borongan, Eastern Samar; Claveria, Misamis Oriental; El Salvador, Misamis Oriental; Opol, Misamis Oriental; Catbalogan, Samar; Pototan, Iloilo; South Davao, Davao City; and Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte.

Rep. Cari added that early this year, the Department of Justice rendered an opinion that a joint resolution can validly amend laws, provided the joint resolution is passed in the same manner as the passage of a bill and the legislative intent to treat the same as a law is made clear.

Noting that some of the “cityhood” bills have not been re-filed in the present Congress, Rep. Macias reminded the authors to re-file their respective bills before the Committee reports out the resolution.
http://www.congress.gov.ph/committees/commnews/commnews_det.php?newsid=51

Dinho

May 8th, 2006, 10:13 AM

ambot man gani. Pototan is long overdue for cityhood ....

Two new cities loom in WV

Western Visayas is most likely be welcoming two new cities in the region with just two signatures needed to finally obtain an exemption from the requirements set for a municipality to be converted into a city. The municipalities of Pototan in Iloilo and Himamaylan, Negros Occidental are two of the 23 municipalities nationwide with pending applications for conversion to cityhood. Although they fell short of the requirements still they were able to convince the House of Representatives to pass a resolution asking for a joint resolution with the senate for an exemption. Meanwhile, the League of Cities (LCP) in an audience with Senator Aquilino Pimentel was informed that 13 senators have already signed the resolution and only two are needed for the exemption to be approved, to which LCP President and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas vowed to continue to oppose the conversion because this would have an impact on their Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) fund. “We are not like the Metro Manila cities that could survive even without an Internal Revenue Allotment fund,” he pointed out.
http://news.balita.ph/html/article.php/20051012120907057/print

Rep. Cari: exempt 22 towns for cityhood from P100M income requirement
Committee Source: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

THE COMMITTEE on Local Government, under Representative Emilio Macias II (2nd District, Negros Oriental), adopted a resolution exempting certain municipalities, due for conversion into cities, from the income requirement under Republic Act 9009. These municipalities are those whose conversions into cities were embodied in bills filed in Congress before June 30, 2001.

House Joint Resolution 01, introduced by Rep. Carmen Cari (5th District, Leyte), seeks to exempt 22 municipalities from meeting the income requirement of P100 million as provided for under RA 9009 or the law increasing the income requirement for municipalities to become cities.

Rep. Cari said 55 bills seeking to convert certain municipalities into cities were filed during the 11th Congress covering the period 1998 to 2001. Of this number, 32 were enacted into law, one was rejected in a plebiscite and 22 bills were not acted upon because of the impeachment proceedings in Congress against former President Joseph Estrada.

The 32 bills that became law complied with the previous income requirement of P20 million as provided under Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991. RA 9009 was subsequently enacted in June 2001.

“In the interest of fairness and justice to the 22 municipalities which were found to be qualified under the old provision of the Local Government Code, like the 32 municipalities which had already been elevated to city status, there is a need to offer a legal remedy to local government units affected by the implementation of RA 9009,” Rep. Cari stated.

The 22 municipalities are: Carcar, Cebu; Binalbagan, Negros Occidental; Baybay, Leyte; Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro; Bogo, Cebu; San Francisco, Agusan del Sur; Bayugan, Agusan del Sur; Pontevedra, Negros Occidental;

Lamitan, Basilan; San Juan, Metro Manila; Tandag, Surigao del Sur; Tabuk, Kalinga; Batac, Ilocos Norte; Naga, Cebu; Borongan, Eastern Samar; Claveria, Misamis Oriental; El Salvador, Misamis Oriental; Opol, Misamis Oriental; Catbalogan, Samar; Pototan, Iloilo; South Davao, Davao City; and Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte.

Rep. Cari added that early this year, the Department of Justice rendered an opinion that a joint resolution can validly amend laws, provided the joint resolution is passed in the same manner as the passage of a bill and the legislative intent to treat the same as a law is made clear.

Noting that some of the “cityhood” bills have not been re-filed in the present Congress, Rep. Macias reminded the authors to re-file their respective bills before the Committee reports out the resolution.
http://www.congress.gov.ph/committees/commnews/commnews_det.php?newsid=51

That's good news for both sides Chy. I was afraid that Negros Occidental was running out of towns when they raised the standard for cityhood. I think that Himamaylan is already a city. Binalbagan and Pontevedra are not yet cities. It would be good for Iloilo to have another city and I hope that Sta. Barbara and Pavia would become a city in the future.

kianshi

May 8th, 2006, 10:23 AM

That's good news for both sides Chy. I was afraid that Negros Occidental was running out of towns when they raised the standard for cityhood. I think that Himamaylan is already a city. Binalbagan and Pontevedra are not yet cities. It would be good for Iloilo to have another city and I hope that Sta. Barbara and Pavia would become a city in the future.

OH,,,!!DINHO,youre here pala....Long time no talk and post ah....Ever since youre here in our trend.... :) Take care always...i mis you... :shocked: :hahaha: :hahaha:

Dinho

May 8th, 2006, 11:37 AM

OH,,,!!DINHO,youre here pala....Long time no talk and post ah....Ever since youre here in our trend.... :) Take care always...i mis you... :shocked: :hahaha: :hahaha:

Been posting here since yesterday. Bacolod's thread is a bit boring so forgive me for hanging out here a bit.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 11:51 AM

Welcome back Wecky and Kirby. Okay gid ang weather last week. weck, how's Italy? Balik ka na naman sa September? Join na ko. Btw, happy postings. :cheers:
thank you Jon. Glad to post na naman diri sa aton thread. Be ready na da .. paspasi na imo bank. Have a good day! :)

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 11:52 AM

LaPaz ina sila tanan...ang last pic ay sa LaPaz plaza ina...
Thank you Freeze. Ayawan ko scroll sang mga previous threads coz I know na-post na inang picture. Anyway, thanks gid. :)

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 11:53 AM

tuod ina? Alimol, all year round din ang alumni homecoming sang Alimodian Elem School? Okay ah. Baskog ang mga taga-alimol. :cheers:
March-April kuno hambal ni Wecky, Jon. Pero Feb bala balik na diri siya iya so daw indi siya ka-attend .. he he. Anyway, nag-rest naman si Alimol haw? Diin na siya?

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 11:56 AM

Hey Guys...!!!Ari lang ko di pirme ah gavisit pero wala lang ko gaparamdam...
Good daY TO ALL...!!!!! Hala biRA........I-L-O-I--L-O...!

Visit lang di pirmi Kianshi .. nice to see you around. :)

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 11:58 AM

A new thread already? Gee, really been out for a while. New news and pictures abound the whole thread. Keep mthem coming guys! Thank you so much.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 11:59 AM

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:03 PM

welcome to the

HISTORIC and CULTURAL CITY

of

ILOILO

16TH Thread

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:04 PM

ano na ang status sang proposal para maging component city ang pototan...any updates...
still awaiting, Freeze :)

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:07 PM

ba, ginadali-an nila ba .. well, that's good para mabal-an na naton kung sin-o ang nagdaog sa bidding.
maybe they need the money to fund the next election (laughs!). It's barely less than a year for the completion of the new Iloilo Airport so I guess they wanted to set things straight before the actual turnover.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:08 PM

' morning Jik. Nice to see you around once in a while diri. Been missing your post na.

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:10 PM

Basi mauna pa ang Dumangas, Pavia and Guimbal sa ila. Tulog pa siguro ang Pototan subong. Nasobrahan sang celebrar sang ila bag-o nga astrodome.
Pototan having an Astrodome? Wow! I haven't read that post yet. Good for Pototan and for Iloilo Province.

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:13 PM

' morning Jik. Nice to see you around once in a while diri. Been missing your post na.
Good morning to you, too, Kirby. I've been busy working lately so no time for posting and SSC (smiles). Hopefully, I can catch up with fresh news and everything here in Iloilo's thread.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:16 PM

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:21 PM

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:22 PM

San Miguel 2006 fiesta showcases value of unity

The annual town fiesta of San Miguel, Iloilo kicked off last May 1, an event which Mayor Gregorio Villarico said has become an "occasion for showcasing the social, cultural and religious values that have been sustained and nurtured by San Migueleños since time immemorial."

The town fiesta is in honor of the town's patron saint, St. Michael the Archangel who once had made an apparition during the early days of the town's existence in order to drive away bandits who wanted to ransack the parish church convent. The terrified bandits fled, thus saving the convent and its precious possessions from the attackers.

San Miguel is a member of the Metro Iloilo Development Council.

A caravan served as the opening salvo for the 8-day celebration which will culminate on May 8 and has for its theme: Simbahan, Panguluhan, Katilingban Padayon sa Paghugpong para sa Kauswagan."

Villarico said the theme aptly embodies the need for San Migueleños to continue showing their reverence and thanksgiving to their patron saint, "who is our never-ending source of spiritual strength in times of trouble, our fearless protector in times of danger, and our untiring intercessor for more graces from Above."

He thanked the members of the San Miguel Local Government Unit Multi-Purpose Cooperative, which is spearheading this year's festivities, as well as various participating government agencies such as the Department of Education (elementary and secondary) and sectors of the community for their contributions to the celebration.

The opening day also featured a summer disco derby sponsored by SM-LGU-MPC. This was followed by Summer Hot & Crazy Cinemas, also by SM-LGU-MPC, on May 2, High School Nite sponsored by Leonora Salapantan National High School headed by Principal John Torilla on May 4 and Coronation Rites of Little Miss San Miguel sponsored by DepEd Elementary headed by District Supervisor Ninnette D. Ira and San Miguel Central Elementary School Officer-in-Charge Celsa Talite on May 5.

The grand finals of the San Miguel (SM) Star Videoke Challenge Season II sponsored by the local government unit is the highlight for May 6 and the Ms. Summer Look 2006 sponsored by the federation of local farmers and 4-H Club for May 7.

Special masses, coronation rites of Her Majesty Queen Julie Ann Fortuno Arcenas, this year's fiesta queen, and binayle sa plaza will be the culminating highlights of the fiesta.

(PIA-JSC)

(from: The News Today
link: http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/05/08/san.miguel.2006.fiesta.showcases.value.of.unity.html)

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:26 PM

Well done, Trompeta! Dapat follow-up niya gid ni sang maayo. You know the national agency, daw indi gid kabulig sang promote sang Panay. Let Panaynons develop their own scheme kay basi mas okay pa. Pwede ta gid ma-email si Trompeta sa DOT VI regional kay ara man email kita. :)
The DOT has their own priorities, we have our own priorities in Iloilo and in Western Visayas. So if DOT will not support any of our program, we'll have to do it on our own. All we need is a fund. If not coming from DOT itslef, then we can tap NGOs for help. I'm sure, Iloilo's NGOs are just as willing to cooperate and help as DOT. I'm fully supportive of Panay Tourism Hub to be held in Iloilo rather than joining the one in Intramuros.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:31 PM

Are they expanding na gid man? Wow! Looks like SM really wants to dominate the Iloilo market. Considering of three SMs in a small city plus a new one nga ginahimo subong plus hearing all the expansions, I'm sure SM is making Iloilo its home once more. Tani dakuon nila para damo lalagawan. Two-storey mini-mall within the city proper is kulang pa. Halos ginapalibutan na siya sang mga dalagkonga malls like the Atrium, MaryMart Mall and Amigo Plaza Mall. Few more steps and ara na ang Robinson's Iloilo. So much needed expansion gid man siguro sa part sang SM delgado. :cheers:
Plan pa man lang ina. Not until they start the construction, medyo galupad pa ina. Ang importante subong ang gina-umpisahan na. We'll see in a year to two years time. I'm sure may mga pagbag-o na gid man dira nga area. :)

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:34 PM

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:39 PM

We'll know in the future ... ano abi Iloilo and Guimaras lacks tourism promotion, and how can these provinces maximize their true potentials when the DOT is putting most of their resources in only 8 anchor destinations? ... they should've included Iloilo as an anchor destination together with Boracay considering most tourists going to boracay use Iloilo as their gateway... hmmm, ever since that Sec. Durano replaced Mr. Gordon ... Iloilo is always neglected in tourism advertisements, even sa national brochures distributed by the DOT very little can you find Iloilo mentioned in them :(

cool .... I never noticed this

here's more info about Tago Island ....

It's found in Concepcion .. it is the nearest island to the town proper is uninhabited due for massive tourism development.
http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com/2006/04/municipality-of-concepcion_114589307441721907.html

and it's not just a resort .... it's going to be a country club too!
http://members.tripod.com/~rkgs/about_me.html

________________________

Ari na ang pictures... be patient lang Daks, hehe.
As promised ari ang pictures nga nakwa ko:
(all of these gali are already U/C)

http://static.flickr.com/53/140328192_a29121313f.jpg?v=0
located in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel in the empty lot between EMCOR and MO2

another one (2 storeys lang):
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328193_8ba1c73e73.jpg?v=0

Heres the Riverside Board Walk
http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328198_711ab82f6d.jpg?v=0

Some of the existing establishments

MO2
http://static.flickr.com/48/140328194_ed804e8cc3.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/46/140328197_b3ef0b7031.jpg?v=0

Pirates and Shipwreck
http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0
Cool projects. Diversion is becoming a new haven for businesses back home. Few more years and Iloilo's Diversion is the center of commerce, trade and corporate offices of the region. Pictures look very promising with good projects ongoing at the moment.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:43 PM

maybe they need the money to fund the next election (laughs!). It's barely less than a year for the completion of the new Iloilo Airport so I guess they wanted to set things straight before the actual turnover.
maybe .. he he. Anyway, glad to know sang mga target dates for the completion and opening sang new Iloilo Airport. We're looking forward tani nga ma-advance siya. Kabay pa nga mag-favor ang panahon sa aton. Any new updates?

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:45 PM

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:49 PM

gabato ang badiangan ba .. more infras for Badiangan. :cheers:
Badiangan is one of the most quiet towns of Iloilo. You can barely heard any news about it or any related activities ongoing in this town. I hope nga they'll start considering more infras to further develop and strengthen their municipality's economic activity.

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 12:55 PM

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i304/rxport/goodfriday.jpg
I haven't seen this pic before. The plaza looks really alive and full of activities. Alimodian is one of Iloilo's gems left untapped.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 12:57 PM

I agree Kirbs. Let's develop our own scheme. Mas maayo and mas pulido kay kabali gid iya ang Panay what needs to be done. Let's just thank the national government for giving us a go signal sa bagay nga ini. I hopeto see the realisation of the project in a year time. Mas manami ini siya kay people from other provinces makadto sa Iloilo to witness our own version of WoW Philippines. Let the capital of Western Visayas soars! :cheers:
It would be a good plan for Western Visayas and for Iloilo. Tani ma-realised ang project nga ini. Btw, been reading editorials lately .. kabasa ka Jon, you'll surely like it .. he he :)

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 01:00 PM

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 01:04 PM

Anong crisis Kirbs? Daw okay man sila. Damo gani development ongoing everywhere kung magbasa ka lang. Galing lang kay daw nagnubo naman ang peso. But well, wala na ta mahimo sina. Promote man lang ta iya .. he he :cheers:
No further comment Jon. Let bygones be bygones .. he he. :)

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 01:07 PM

These pictures were taken when I arrived in Iloilo from Bacolod... We boarded the RORO ferry at around 4:00pm and arrived in Iloilo at 7:00pm na :D

La Islas de Siete Picados
http://static.flickr.com/51/139552130_808cd88cdf.jpg?v=0

Roca Encantada in Guimaras
http://static.flickr.com/52/139552131_1bc0437ef9.jpg?v=0

Oceanjet .... this was what we rode going to Bacolod, because I was late and the roro left without us :(
http://static.flickr.com/46/139561618_1f8d24380b.jpg?v=0

The Iloilo Port ... The one with the cranes is the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex and the one with the lights in the distant is the Iloilo Port Terminal where the Superferry and other domestic ships dock
http://static.flickr.com/53/139561619_3679d033a0.jpg?v=0

Iloilo Commercial Port Complex
http://static.flickr.com/52/139561620_bfdda0e632.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/48/139561622_087e977bf8.jpg?v=0

Power Barge in Lapaz
http://static.flickr.com/52/139561623_6ef28134ce.jpg?v=0

Iloilo River Wharf
http://static.flickr.com/55/139561624_9381e7b6f5.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/56/139567119_1cf05498a9.jpg?v=0
The pics say it all. An absolute work of art. Loboc International Port remains very promising. Still untapped though. I hope they'll start the expansion soon as planned. Again, it's the region main hub for sea vessels, locally and internationally.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 01:10 PM

“Manamit!”

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Manila will be holding the Iloilo Heritage Month for the month of May . It is in conjunction with the National Heritage Month that is staging annually in May by the Filipino Heritage Festival,Inc.

Various hotels and cultural groups participate in the annual festival, which is headed by Mita Rufino, Bambi Harper and Chi Salas.

This project has brought Mandarin Oriental Hotel Manila to stage successful Davao and a Bulacan festivals over the past two years

“Manamit!” is this year’s title of the festival and will focus on Iloilo’s delicious cuisine . Thru Eugene Jamerlan of the Iloilo Heritage Cultural Group, Pauline Gorriceta-Banusing of Villa Regatta Seafood Restaurant, Al dente Ristorante Italiano and Citrus Global Bistro will lend her talent for this Iloilo Heritage Month Festival. Kinilaw na Tanigue, Lato Salad, Fried Panara with Togue, Fresh Lumpia Ubod, Grilled Managat, Grilled Blue Marlin, Manok na may

Ubad kag Kadios, Adobado na Pantat na may Gata, Steamed Talaba , Grilled Scallops, Pulot with Ibos, Bucarillos, Bucayo and are some of the old Ilonggo dishes that will be featured in “Manamit!”.

The festival will be featured at lunch, from Monday to Friday at the
Captain's Bar. An opening ceremony will be on May 8 and to lead the opening ceremonies are Congressman Raul Gonzales Jr. and Governor Neil Tupaz.

A hablon fashion collection by Rajo Laurel and former senator Loren Legarda will be displayed to complement the Ilonggo cuisine that Pauline will prepare daily.

Robert Blancaflor of Flowers by 1816 will lend his artistic contribution in decorating and styling the venue will no doubt make this no ordinary Ilonggo festival!

Paintings of Iloilo Churches will also be displayed at the Captain’s Bar and these are provided by the Museo Iloilo thru Mr. Zafiro Ledesma. The paintings were executed by local Ilonggo artists namely Norman Posecion, Tiny Firmeza, Liby Limoso ,Carlo Juntado, Arthur Jusa , Nil Capinanes and Scott Sarria.

This festival is also made possible with the support of Mayor Jerry Trenas of Iloilo City, Cebu Pacific and Museo Iloilo.

(taken from: Panay News
link: http://www.panaynews.com.ph/people.htm)

JikJik

May 8th, 2006, 01:12 PM

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 01:27 PM

La Maer Mar Beach looks like Anhawan in the past. Is it in Oton, too, Chymera?

WVSU Medical Center is well way improving. Good job for the administrator amidst controversies.
Agree Jik. Daw Anhawan gid man itsura niya. I miss Anhawan Beach in the past. Sang mga 80's basta beach gani, Anhawan or Seaside dayon ang kaladtuan. I don't know subong kung ano ang famous kay a decade ago, Shamrock tops my list. :)

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 01:29 PM

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i304/rxport/goodfriday.jpg
I haven't seen this pic before. The plaza looks really alive and full of activities. Alimodian is one of Iloilo's gems left untapped.
The church looks massive. Kulang na lang is kay-uhon nila ang ila belltower and okay na gid siya. The dome is very iconic. Look much better than the dome of Senora de la Candelaria Cathedral and St Annes Cathedral.

kirby21

May 8th, 2006, 01:37 PM

Cool projects. Diversion is becoming a new haven for businesses back home. Few more years and Iloilo's Diversion is the center of commerce, trade and corporate offices of the region. Pictures look very promising with good projects ongoing at the moment.
Indeed. It shows a lot of potential in terms of development and infrastructures, and could even compete with the city proper progress in few years time. With lots of projects lined up for construction, Mandurriao's Diversion Area is defnitely a new center of development in the city. Just adjacent to Diversion Road is the upcoming CBD once the Mandurriao Airport is closed and be transformed into a business district. More to come for Mandurriao's district.

IAMME

May 8th, 2006, 01:45 PM

Hello people! Me just reading the posts here once in a while. :)

Hmmm... I wonder what they'll do to the asphalt runway once they sell the airport. A new highway? A giant parking lot?

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:14 PM

Pototan having an Astrodome? Wow! I haven't read that post yet. Good for Pototan and for Iloilo Province.
Picture and article about the Pototan's Astrodome in in previous pages. It has a seating capacity of 5,500 so okay naman ina siya ah. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:16 PM

Hello people! Me just reading the posts here once in a while. :)

Hmmm... I wonder what they'll do to the asphalt runway once they sell the airport. A new highway? A giant parking lot?
Probably Highway na gid man siguro IAMME or main road sang CBD. Kay illogical naman siguro kung bungkalon pa nila ina tanan and construct new roads, etc. Dugang lang sila siguro few smaller roads, just in case.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:17 PM

Hey Guys...!!!Ari lang ko di pirme ah gavisit pero wala lang ko gaparamdam...
Good daY TO ALL...!!!!! Hala biRA........I-L-O-I--L-O...!
Good day, Kianshi. Bisita lang di pirmi. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:20 PM

A new thread already? Gee, really been out for a while. New news and pictures abound the whole thread. Keep mthem coming guys! Thank you so much.
Been a long while nga wala ka kabisita diri Jik. I hope to see you more often para sadya naman ta di. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:23 PM

budlay man mangutang kay dako interest. If you have the money, indi naman kinahangalan mangutang. Maybe ang mga traders nga gina-offer-ran nila may capital man, so what's use with the credit agency?
5 - 6 na lang, okay pa .. :rofl:
pero tuod no, budlay gid mangutang kay budlay magbayad interest.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:25 PM

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:27 PM

Plan pa man lang ina. Not until they start the construction, medyo galupad pa ina. Ang importante subong ang gina-umpisahan na. We'll see in a year to two years time. I'm sure may mga pagbag-o na gid man dira nga area. :)
Agree Kirbs. Pagnabsahan ta na sa newspapers ti, 50% na ina .. pero kung ma-start-tan na ang project, mejo piho na ina amigo.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:29 PM

http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0

this is the most impressive projects nga nakita ko subong. Really, really good. I wish nga matapos siya the soonest. More trees along the riverside kung pwede para daw pareho na gid diri sa Europe. Love eating along riverside. Pwede gid for picnic area. Besides cafe's and restos pag ara sa kilid dagat or suba looks refreshing. I wish .. i wish .. :)
More trees gid man tuod para mas manami siya tulukon. How I wish it'll look like sa mga bar along the riverside here in UK ang Marina nga ini sa Iloilo. Mas manami tulukon. Also, they can start planning for river cruise in the future. Ayos gid. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 02:30 PM

chymera00

May 8th, 2006, 03:31 PM

love the pics Chy!... for pila ka days nadula man ko ba... i was very busy studing for the midsummer... well i like la paz church i've seen it once though.... kaisa palang ko daan ka kadto sa La paz town proper.... i've read somwhere na Lapaz Church is a less elegant version of San Jose Parish... i think... Lapaz has her very own charms and elegance...... thanks chy kanami guid ya sang mga pictures mo...
Yeah, I like the La Paz Church too ... I was surprised seeing it for the first time only a couple of years ago. I kind of like it better than the San Jose Church sa facade ... I haven't seen the interior of the La Paz Church yet, so I can't say kung diin mas nami. But definitely the interiors of the San Jose Church is nice.

Have anyone noticed the building under construction near the La Paz Plaza? Its been unfinished for years, daw na abandon na gani. I wonder kung ano natabo...

I mentioned in my project study that in order for it to be feasible to build a hotel there, they must build a convention centre that is at least bigger than Bacolod's 2300 seat BCPH. I also said that once the convention centre is built, they would need to have a bigger hotel instead of the small one proposed to accomodate the needs of the organizers and the more affluent delegates. Thus I think, they opted to build it in phases and build several smaller hotels instead of building a single 300 plus room hotel. I'd say that it is a good and wise idea. The IBH has 52 rooms and I guess that the new one being built would have about 80 rooms. Since the convention center is smaller, I guess that these two hotels would suffice for the needs of convention organizers. But for the purpose of my study, I had to say there was none there at the moment (that was before Smallville and IBH was built and I had to stick to one hotel since that was my assignment. I left a copy of my study with the owner of the property.

Is the IBH and the proposed Convention Center and Hotel owned by the Pison's?
Ah ok I get it, it seems like a wise idea guid man ... I have no idea who owns the hotel :)
more of a venetian ang iya style, pacific. Nami gid man. :) Di ba ara dira ang TEDS and NATS Batchoyan sa La Sallette?
oo that's the one
Nami gid man ang Siete Picados no? Hope to stayin one of its seven islands in the future .. hehehe. Pwede man ina siguro kay may ara lighthouse sa pinakadako niya island dira.

Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (Loboc International Port) looks really promising sa layo. I hope they'll expand the area. I-connect nila sa Dumangas kay right now Dumangas has its own pier/port servicing big crafts as well though purely commercial basis lang to and from Metro Manila. Mas maayo ini nga vision kay ang Old Pier Wharf naman daw indi na gid ma-expand plus the fact nga congested naman didto kung sea traffic lang ang estoryahan.
I'm a little intrigued sa Dumangas ... I've heard a lot of people already talking about its cityhood like you guys and the mayor of Dumangas on TV (Serbisyo Publiko or Reklamo Publiko or something like that) ... What's the top earning industry of Dumangas aw? ... fisheries and aquaculture or industrial? wala guid ko idea
More pics on this thread ba ..Chy, sa diin inang last pic? The place looks familiar pero indi lang ko sigurado. :)
It's the lagoon area in La Paz Plaza
http://static.flickr.com/53/141416549_935964e8c3.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0

this is the most impressive projects nga nakita ko subong. Really, really good. I wish nga matapos siya the soonest. More trees along the riverside kung pwede para daw pareho na gid diri sa Europe. Love eating along riverside. Pwede gid for picnic area. Besides cafe's and restos pag ara sa kilid dagat or suba looks refreshing. I wish .. i wish .. :)
Ari ko sa Rob subong bagu lang lantwan MI3, hehe ... halin k o sa mandurriao, and as I passed the molo-mandurriao bridge (dunno its name) ... may ara na to part sang river nga guin enclose nila ... , it's located sa kilid sang Riverside Board Walk, I'm not sure if it's still part of the development pero daw indi man. Basi bago naman

Pacific_leopard

May 8th, 2006, 03:40 PM

Yeah, I like the La Paz Church too ... I was surprised seeing it for the first time only a couple of years ago. I kind of like it better than the San Jose Church sa facade ... I haven't seen the interior of the La Paz Church yet, so I can't say kung diin mas nami. But definitely the interiors of the San Jose Church is nice.

Have anyone noticed the building under construction near the La Paz Plaza? Its been unfinished for years, daw na abandon na gani. I wonder kung ano natabo...

Ah ok I get it, it seems like a wise idea guid man ... I have no idea who owns the hotel :)

oo that's the one

I'm a little intrigued sa Dumangas ... I've heard a lot of people already talking about its cityhood like you guys and the mayor of Dumangas on TV (Serbisyo Publiko or Reklamo Publiko or something like that) ... What's the top earning industry of Dumangas aw? ... fisheries and aquaculture or industrial? wala guid ko idea

It's the lagoon area in La Paz Plaza
http://static.flickr.com/53/141416549_935964e8c3.jpg?v=0

Ari ko sa Rob subong bagu lang lantwan MI3, hehe ... halin k o sa mandurriao, and as I passed the molo-mandurriao bridge (dunno its name) ... may ara na to part sang river nga guin enclose nila ... , it's located sa kilid sang Riverside Board Walk, I'm not sure if it's still part of the development pero daw indi man. Basi bago naman

..kamusta si Kuya Tom Cruise? i wasn't able to watch his movie...joke joke... i thinbk Lapaz plaza is the most beautiful plaza in the province.. that must be why many outdoor events are held in the plaza of La pAz...

METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 8th, 2006, 05:35 PM

METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 8th, 2006, 06:00 PM

Another good news for you Guys. Last Saturday in Quison Ave. Show (Dolphy and Sons) in ABS-CBN it features ILOILO! Especially CASA FIAMETTA!

As for the updates... any upcoming malls in ILOILO? Resto/Bars?

In the entertainment side... THE CASCADES is set to do a Concert Tour in ILOILO after the concert in MANILA!

Maayong Gabii sa liwat sa tanan! No postings yet. Damo pa ko gusto i-replyan na post. Kulang lang gid sa tyempo!

Go Go Go ILOILO!

Hala Bira!

METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

May 8th, 2006, 06:15 PM

Happy Fiesta to San Miguel people! Hidlaw man ta sang mga fiesta-fiesta sa aton ba? Sang college halos kung diin may fiesta didto upod man ko, subong wala na gid. Maybe next time na lang.

I agree Jon! Ako sauna gakalab-ot ko Alimodian, Oton, Sta. Barbara, Leon, Guimbal, Janiuay, San Joaquin, Pavia, Cabatuan, San Rafael, Barotac Nuevo, Pototan, Leganes, Zarraga, Passi City, Jaro, Molo, Lapaz etc. puro pamiyesta lang ah!

Anyway... I hope sadya pyesta sa amon subong! Wahehe!

Bayle naman si nene kag si toto! :)

:cheers:

death327

May 8th, 2006, 06:25 PM

..kamusta si Kuya Tom Cruise? i wasn't able to watch his movie...joke joke... i thinbk Lapaz plaza is the most beautiful plaza in the province.. that must be why many outdoor events are held in the plaza of La pAz...

Yup... However, the covered gym doesn't fit the motif of the plaza... they need to renovate the gym

caloy

May 8th, 2006, 06:33 PM

caloy

May 8th, 2006, 06:37 PM

Hello people! Me just reading the posts here once in a while. :)

Hmmm... I wonder what they'll do to the asphalt runway once they sell the airport. A new highway? A giant parking lot?

a car race track ehehehehe... hmnnn those were the days.

NTB

May 8th, 2006, 06:43 PM

Guimbal Town Hall is really an icon. Even sa picture kanami gid siya tulukon ah. Last 2004, almost after independence, baskog pa ang Guimbal Town Hall compare sa Capitol with a long string of Philippine Flag across the town hall. pagkadto namon to, daw mabuhi gid nationalism mo. Guimbal is always the seat of power dira sa first district even toppling Miag-ao and Oton, both in progressive towns in its very own way.

Guimbal's Municipal Hall is really nice Weck. That's thanks to Former Cong. Oscar Garin. By the way, Guimbal is expected to top Miag-ao and Oton. The center of power in the first district is Guimbal where the political bigwigs come from. And Miag-ao is under the leadership of an opposition mayor. That explains so much. But the rate the towns are going, they have their own unique things to offer. Been to Miag-ao a couple of times, aside from their church, the Municipal Hall is really good. Something to be proud of ang structure. It's just too bad I don't have a pic. And tinlo ang lugar. Bay-i lang sa sunod ko kadto, mangpicture man ko. hehe.

Good to hear that you're coming back next year. By that time Weck, mas damo ka pa bisitahan nga mga lugar. :)

ara na, nasabat mo na sa previous post mo, The Lettermen. Pero looks like more and more international artists doing concerts in Iloilo via CPU Rose gid man. The venue is quite big and looks new pa. Nakatan-aw ka world-premiere sang The Hopevale Martyrs sa CPU last year? Okay man siya though damo pa dapat i-polish sang play nga ina .. he he.

Sorry la guid Kirbs, maski Lettermen gani la man ko, parents ko lang. hehe. Daw naengganyo lang ko to watch Santana, just to experience the kind of "music" nga feel kanday Nanay sang una. May ara pa guid na nga mga world class presentations/plays sang Gilopez Kabayao Foundation, Inc. Although may mga areas where there is a need for improvement, recognized na sang mga top national critic ang ila value.

Iloilo will further open its doors to the world once the Western Visayas International Airport will open soon. Dira siguro ma-challenge na gid ang mga Iloggos diri sa abroad on how makabulig promote sang Iloilo. All eyes in the new Iloilo Airport. Hulat lang sa pag nag-open siya. I'm sure there'll be more things to happen gid for Iloilo when it comes to progress and development. Remember, 40% of OFWs are from WV, making it already a good market for any international airlines, just in case.

I know. Everybody's waiting for the opening! i just hope no amount of politicking could stop its construction.

I'm not Kirb but I do agree (smiles), NTB. Multi-companies' eyes are all in Iloilo's development right now. It's their best choice gid.

Basi mauna pa ang Dumangas, Pavia and Guimbal sa ila. Tulog pa siguro ang Pototan subong. Nasobrahan sang celebrar sang ila bag-o nga astrodome.

True Space! I think more and more investors are starting to realize the importance of Iloilo. Space, Pototan is not "sleeping" naman after the inauguration of its astrodome. hehe. Indi man ko Pototanon ah but I don't think the towns you mentioned as possible "cities-to be" are contenders for cityhood yet (although been hearing years before that Dumangas was the one...unfortunately that was still during the time of the late Cong. Monfort). I could be wrong. hehe. Ma research ko parti di later to be sure Space. Take care.

caloy

May 8th, 2006, 06:57 PM

hmmm any news of power improvement to the city? kadugay na sina nga issue, wala pa guihapon matatapan?

chymera00

May 8th, 2006, 07:03 PM

NTB

May 8th, 2006, 07:32 PM

About Boy Mejo, how I wish nga maka-join gid man siya. He could be of help sa mga pamangkot ta di nga indi pa gid clear. I'm glad NTB is around so direct to capitol aton mga concerns di. Indi lang puro newspapers. But there you go, most of the things discussed here ara gid man sa plans sang kapitolyo so I'm happy na. :)

Don't worry Kirbs. I've informed Boy M na. In fact, I shared with him the things you said. :) Kadlaw guid siya. Medyo busy lang siya subong. Kuliton ko naman bwas.

NTB

May 8th, 2006, 07:33 PM

Chy, super nice pics mo! Thank you guid. Go Iloilo!

NTB

May 8th, 2006, 07:44 PM

http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0
this is where i want to go for a party. Oks gid. :cheers:

Hambala pa Jon! They just had a bikini show last saturday. Baskog pa guid atubang sina. MO2- name it, may KTV, billiard, bar, resto and disco. La na guid ya makatupong sa Smallville. :cheers:

daks2003

May 8th, 2006, 08:26 PM

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 09:42 PM

Japanese eyes Iloilo agro-industrial, caregiver manpower
By Jeehan V. Fernandez

A Japanese businessman has expressed intention to pool manpower in Iloilo City to work in agriculture and industrial sectors and caregivers in Japan.

Vice-mayor Guillermo Dela Llana yesterday said that Tokushige Susumu discussed plans of recruiting qualified jobseekers in Iloilo.

“The Japanese company is willing to train Ilonggo applicants while paying for their schooling. The trainees will be sent to Japan for a three-year on-the-job training with salary while working,” Dela Llana said.

Dela Llana added that Susumu plans to hire as many workers as needed from Iloilo.

“Susumu also assured to shoulder the travel expenses of qualified jobseekers that will be sent to Japan. He initially offered some P35,000 monthly pay for the workers,” Dela Llana added.

But before any Filipino can deal with Susumu, Dela Llana clarified that Susumu will have to settle an agreement first with the Philippine Overseas Employment Authority (POEA) and City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas on the procedures in the hiring of local applicants.

The vice-mayor revealed that Susumu will also establish a caregiver school in Iloilo City to train and hire prospective human resources here who are willing to be deployed to Japan in the future.

(article taken from: The Guardian Iloilo
link: http://www.theguardianiloilo.ph/business3.php)

_______

Looks like Ilonggos are set to take Japan by storm as well. There's a very massive manpower pooling for Ilonggos across the globe. Let thisone add to the exisiting places where Ilonggos are working. Kudos to Mr.Susumo. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 09:53 PM

btw, OT na ni guro...ano masiling nyo sa ginamo da subong sa mandu airport involving bernie miaque? reading sa mga news report subong, it seems to be that the local authorities are doing nothing about it...daw asta pulis nakulba-an sa mga security ni bernie...i dunno kun ano stand sini sang provincial govt...although iya man ini problema sang city pero bilog man nga province ang ma apektohan once mag decide ang ATO to temporarily close down the airport as a last resort kun di na gid matabangan ang sitwasyon
Indi gid mapa-pierde si Bernie. I don't know how big his clout is sa city hall. The silence of government agencies regarding the issue is not a good indication at all. And why there's an exclusivity of manpower and business provider in Mandurriao Airport? Siguro grabe lang pangisog ni Berniesubong kay less than a year na lang ang nabilin sa ila dira sa mandurriao.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 09:56 PM

Hambala pa Jon! They just had a bikini show last saturday. Baskog pa guid atubang sina. MO2- name it, may KTV, billiard, bar, resto and disco. La na guid ya makatupong sa Smallville. :cheers:
Wow. Pwede ina gali sa aton ang Bikini Show? I think Boracay lang ang may ara during Summer Fest nila. Good thing to note gid. It seems Smallville is expanding way faster from what we are expecting. With all the upcoming projects posted here, the new commercial complex will find a hard time competing with Smallville. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 09:59 PM

Fountain of Robinsons Place Iloilo
http://static.flickr.com/49/142803606_7a56d889c9.jpg?v=0

Four Season Hotel
http://static.flickr.com/45/142803605_71c54d1309.jpg?v=0

EON Centennial Hotel
http://static.flickr.com/52/142803603_a4b286db47.jpg?v=0

Medicus Condo-clinic
http://static.flickr.com/56/142803601_6b7ba1527e.jpg?v=0
Nice pictures Chy. Robinson's Iloilo always tops my list with its beautiful fountain and well-alived shopping area. Next is the Medicus Condo-Clinic, standing tall and proud. :cheers:

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 10:07 PM

hmmm any news of power improvement to the city? kadugay na sina nga issue, wala pa guihapon matatapan?
as usual, news about power supply in Iloilo are contradicting. Lately, PPC and Dela Llana says that we have ample of power supply for the city's requirements and we don't need extra watts from other sources, just in case. Dingle Diesel Power Plant can help solve this dilemma kay may sobra man sila. I'm just wondering that amidst this crisis, city hall is not looking for other alternatives to address the problem. Power barge 101 will be arriving from Batangas this end of June so may dugang naman. I wish they'll open this sector to other interested investors na. PECOs definitely playing up with the city's residents.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 10:11 PM

I agree Jon! Ako sauna gakalab-ot ko Alimodian, Oton, Sta. Barbara, Leon, Guimbal, Janiuay, San Joaquin, Pavia, Cabatuan, San Rafael, Barotac Nuevo, Pototan, Leganes, Zarraga, Passi City, Jaro, Molo, Lapaz etc. puro pamiyesta lang ah!

Anyway... I hope sadya pyesta sa amon subong! Wahehe!

Bayle naman si nene kag si toto! :)

:cheers:
Pareho gid ta. Kung diin padpadron sang hangin, ato man ko. But enjoying to the max. Time to see different places outisde the city.Sadys gid tuod Metro. Indi lang hamal kung kaisa ah .. udak gid. :cheers:

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 10:22 PM

I can't find my last post anymore .. wahh .. anyway, thanks for new articles and pictures. They're all grand indeed.

JonJon75

May 8th, 2006, 10:32 PM

Kirbs Thank You for posting this News! Sa akon mga kasimawa ja sa may San Miguel masadyahon lang nga Fiesta. Sadya Sadya lang ah!

Maayong Gab-i sa tanan! Wahehe! 2 days lang ako nadula 7 pages na lalagson ko ba. The last time i was here was page 7.. now 14 na. Hmm I can already feel thread XVII coming within this week...

Sa tanan Salamat gid sa updates... damo gid ko nabasa ba!

Cheers to all! :cheers:
taga-San Mig ka gali, Metro? Wow nice. Happy fiesta lang sa mga kasimanwas niyo dira. we have several classmates from San Mig, mga Saclauso, Saul, etc. Any idea how far San Miguel's development at present? Though it's a small town, area-wise, sam Miguel houses big industries like Pepsi-Cola Plant, The Egger Farm, The Gorriceta rice Mill, Crown Agricultural Supply ext, etc. Hope to see San Miguel blooming as well with its metro counterparts (oton, pavia, leganes, sta barbara). :cheers:

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 10:51 PM

A 5-storey hotel and convention center is being constructed in Smallville, right in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel.... and not far from the lot, a commercial building is being constructed beside shipwreck ... sa riverside naman dayun, A river boardwalk by the Pison Family is being built beside the Medicus condo-clinic. May ara man Honda showroom being constructed beside Citi Hardware
Sounds very promising to me .. kadamo gali bag-o nga plan for Smallville. Glad to take note each one of them. Di updated naman ako ... hihihi. Btw, kita ko na last post ko, sa page 3 pa gali.

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 10:57 PM

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 11:03 PM

Here's a pic (from flickr) of the Pavia Church:
http://static.flickr.com/51/130054622_c79ae582ff.jpg?v=0

other photos (not mine):

St. Clement's Church in La Paz, Iloilo City(newly painted, except for the tower)
http://static.flickr.com/48/130039128_7fd6d2e999.jpg?v=0

Apolo Island
http://static.flickr.com/46/131328796_cde376191e.jpg?v=0

Guimaras Strait Sunset
http://static.flickr.com/41/118428131_eaf9eb230a_m.jpg
thanks for the pics, Chymera. St Clements church is the counterpart of Baclaran in Metro Manila. It's a Redemptorist one for Our Lady of perpertual Help. The new paint made the church more alive and consecrated.

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 11:11 PM

We'll know in the future ... ano abi Iloilo and Guimaras lacks tourism promotion, and how can these provinces maximize their true potentials when the DOT is putting most of their resources in only 8 anchor destinations? ... they should've included Iloilo as an anchor destination together with Boracay considering most tourists going to boracay use Iloilo as their gateway... hmmm, ever since that Sec. Durano replaced Mr. Gordon ... Iloilo is always neglected in tourism advertisements, even sa national brochures distributed by the DOT very little can you find Iloilo mentioned in them :(

cool .... I never noticed this

here's more info about Tago Island ....

It's found in Concepcion .. it is the nearest island to the town proper is uninhabited due for massive tourism development.
http://iloiloonline.blogspot.com/2006/04/municipality-of-concepcion_114589307441721907.html

and it's not just a resort .... it's going to be a country club too!
http://members.tripod.com/~rkgs/about_me.html

________________________

Ari na ang pictures... be patient lang Daks, hehe.
As promised ari ang pictures nga nakwa ko:
(all of these gali are already U/C)

http://static.flickr.com/53/140328192_a29121313f.jpg?v=0
located in front of the Iloilo Business Hotel in the empty lot between EMCOR and MO2

another one (2 storeys lang):
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328193_8ba1c73e73.jpg?v=0

Heres the Riverside Board Walk
http://static.flickr.com/56/140339837_378441947d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/52/140328198_711ab82f6d.jpg?v=0

Some of the existing establishments

MO2
http://static.flickr.com/48/140328194_ed804e8cc3.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/46/140328197_b3ef0b7031.jpg?v=0

Pirates and Shipwreck
http://static.flickr.com/56/140328196_49e2425a05.jpg?v=0
Development on its way to Smallville-Diversion Area. Thanks for sharing the photos. Btw, Chy, we both sense same thing for DOT. I rather have Gordon, which is more capable and willing.

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 11:20 PM

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 11:25 PM

Iloilo, Negros Occidental cited as priority in call center plan

Iloilo City -- Among the job-seekers in Western Visayas Region, those from the provinces of Iloilo and Negros Occidental will be prioritized for the P500-million call center training program of the Arroyo administration.

"Iloilo and Negros Occidental have been identified as ’hotspots’ in the call center map of the country," said Buen S. Mondejar, regional director of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority in Western Visayas.

The program provides scholarships to the so-called "near-hires," or those who lacked the competency required of a call center employee.

Mr. Mondejar said they will grant scholarships to 450 applicants in Iloilo. Of these, 300 slots will be for call center training while the rest will be for medical and legal transcription, animation and software development. -- J. V. Fernandez
Thanks for posting, Sandrin. IT on its way to Iloilo by now. More jobs indeed for our IT graduates back home.

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 11:28 PM

marsleg

May 8th, 2006, 11:32 PM

ILOILO half day City TOUR now runs DAILY 8am to 12nn... Let your visitors, family and friends EXPERIENCE the fascinating ILOILO! Departure: 8:10am @ Museo Iloilo Parking Area. Tickets available in all ICCB Hotel & Travel Agency Members. Ticket @ P300 only.
lovely! Thanks for the info. Basi makasakay man taone time diri. It's a treat gid sa mga may bisita, just in case. Pwede na ini. Besides, the amount is affordable to all. Cheerio!

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 03:32 AM

kadali lang akuon ang isa ka bagay especially kung maayo ang maabutan .. need not to say more. Pero happy lang ko iya nga ang mga Ilonggos diri sa sagwa nagapaningwa gid. And tama ka alimol, we have to help kay kita diri sa sagwa. We're mor than capable kay we have resources. Let's do it for Iloilo! btw, pwede na ko kapadalagan sa aton with my speech? .. har har har

insakto ka gid 'tol. Waay na kita mahimu kon amo ina ang kamatu-uran, nga kita nga mga Ilonggo, wala value sa mga tawo sa National DOT. Pro andaman lang na nila sa pila ka adlaw. Dako nga daan sang porsyento sang taga-abroad, Ilonggo. Basta, maninguha lang ta promote sa aton lugar para bulig ta man sa mga nabilin didto sa aton...Btw, ano padlaganan mo 'tol sa aton? Mayor? Governor? Congressman? 100 meter dash?..ha ha ha...ara lang ko sa likod mo ah....

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 03:45 AM

[QUOTE=alimol]

napaos si regine, alimol ah .. he he. I'm glad western Visayas is developing its own Wow Phil version sa Panay. Mas maayo gid. Btw, san-o ka mapuli alimol? Sadya kuno subong didto sa inyo. Sako ang elementary school niyo for the upcoming grand alumni homecoming next year.

paano nga indi mapaos kay wala pa kapa-mana...he he...Next year pa ko mapuli Kirby...mga cuaresma (reunion sang high school and elementary) kag sa september (pista). Insakto ka gid. Sadya gid man subong didto kay alumni sang elementary. So, whole year gid guro mga activities until next year sa cuaresma kay amo ang inug-puli sang mga abroad. Pamasyar lang sa Alimodian kon may tiempo ka ah...pangitaa lang ko (baw! daw kilala mo gid ko ba) he he he...si Wecky, kilala ya gid ko...

Wecky, sa central ka man nag-graduate no?

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 03:52 AM

tuod ina? Alimol, all year round din ang alumni homecoming sang Alimodian Elem School? Okay ah. Baskog ang mga taga-alimol. :cheers:

salamat gid Jon...yes, it's all year round...invited and tanan to witness ah...

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 04:11 AM

March-April kuno hambal ni Wecky, Jon. Pero Feb bala balik na diri siya iya so daw indi siya ka-attend .. he he. Anyway, nag-rest naman si Alimol haw? Diin na siya?

uy! ari pa ko di...wala lang ko tiempo mag-type kay kadamo gid assignment kag tulun-an. maayo pa kamo gani kay ga bakasyon around europe, lagaw-lagaw lang. ako ya, wala pa ka gwa sa england, he he he..daw prefer ko pa magpuli sa pinalangga ko nga iloilo kag alimodian, ha ha ha ...kanugon Wecky, tani ka-attend ka man kay sigurado nga masadya gid ni ya. Kitaay ta tani. sigurado gid ko nga puro taga-abroad ang mga starring ka dya...

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 04:18 AM

Been posting here since yesterday. Bacolod's thread is a bit boring so forgive me for hanging out here a bit.

hi dinho. I was reading all your previous posts and saludo gid ko on how you promote your place. No need to ask forgiveness kay puro man di Ilonggo tawo, palareho man lang ta...

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 04:31 AM

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 04:36 AM

The church looks massive. Kulang na lang is kay-uhon nila ang ila belltower and okay na gid siya. The dome is very iconic. Look much better than the dome of Senora de la Candelaria Cathedral and St Annes Cathedral.

salamat gid kirbs kay may naka appreciate man sang simbahan ba. Next project siguro sang simbahan is bell tower restoration as it was once 3 level. Isa na lang nabilin kay natumba sang paglinog...

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 04:42 AM

More trees gid man tuod para mas manami siya tulukon. How I wish it'll look like sa mga bar along the riverside here in UK ang Marina nga ini sa Iloilo. Mas manami tulukon. Also, they can start planning for river cruise in the future. Ayos gid. :cheers:

yes, I agree. Nami siguro kon may cruise para damo turista. Siguro, may mga bars and cafe' man sila ibutang. Tiempo lang na nahulat. In few years time, maka-stroll na kita kag mangape-kape sa kilid suba...in a "posh" way...

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 04:55 AM

I agree Jon! Ako sauna gakalab-ot ko Alimodian, Oton, Sta. Barbara, Leon, Guimbal, Janiuay, San Joaquin, Pavia, Cabatuan, San Rafael, Barotac Nuevo, Pototan, Leganes, Zarraga, Passi City, Jaro, Molo, Lapaz etc. puro pamiyesta lang ah!

Anyway... I hope sadya pyesta sa amon subong! Wahehe!

Bayle naman si nene kag si toto! :)

:cheers:

pareho gid ta metro...halos tanan nga banwa sang Iloilo, nalibot na sang pamyesta hasta baryo sa putok-putokan sang bukid, tapos kadto sa baylehan pagka gab-i then tulog pa sa balay ang classmate. Pagka aga, daw mga lub-ok nga aloy, sakay sa jeep pauli sa Iloilo, tulugan sa jeep...kon kaisa, may klase, late pa, kigan sang mistra kay mga wala espiritu kay nagbayle kagab-i...ha ha ha

alimol

May 9th, 2006, 05:16 AM

ay, daw ako lang di isa haw. Gahalapdos na mata ko sang basa kag type...tulog na ko ah...alas tres na sang aga...halong lang sa tanan! Enjoy gid ko di guys.

kirby21

May 9th, 2006, 07:46 AM

ay, daw ako lang di isa haw. Gahalapdos na mata ko sang basa kag type...tulog na ko ah...alas tres na sang aga...halong lang sa tanan! Enjoy gid ko di guys.
he he.. baskog imo postings alimol ah. Tulog lang sang maayo da. Been enjoying reading your posts as well. Abi ko nadula ka na naman.

Good morning lang da sa imo.

kirby21

May 9th, 2006, 07:49 AM

salamat gid kirbs kay may naka appreciate man sang simbahan ba. Next project siguro sang simbahan is bell tower restoration as it was once 3 level. Isa na lang nabilin kay natumba sang paglinog...
That's really good kung mag-amo sina. It could rival the Great Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral. I once read somewhere in the past that Alimodian's Church is considered to be the biggest before the earthquake. Maayo man kung ma-restore ah biskan two levels lang kay kung tulukon mo subong, daw nagalubong ang bell tower against the dome. Inform lang di kami alimol sa mga bag-o sabanwa ninyo.

kirby21

May 9th, 2006, 07:54 AM

uy! ari pa ko di...wala lang ko tiempo mag-type kay kadamo gid assignment kag tulun-an. maayo pa kamo gani kay ga bakasyon around europe, lagaw-lagaw lang. ako ya, wala pa ka gwa sa england, he he he..daw prefer ko pa magpuli sa pinalangga ko nga iloilo kag alimodian, ha ha ha ...kanugon Wecky, tani ka-attend ka man kay sigurado nga masadya gid ni ya. Kitaay ta tani. sigurado gid ko nga puro taga-abroad ang mga starring ka dya...
he he .. si Wecky ang palalibot around Europe, alimol. Ga-join man ako kung kaisa depende sa tiempo kag availability sang funds. I barely go back home myself .. siguro every 2-3 years time lang alimol kay akon mga utod wala man sa Pinas, so less chance lang ang magpauli didto especially kung wala man lang activities nga kaladtuan. Like the one we had last year, ang alumni homecoming sa CPU, so pnakapuli ako. Otherwise, stay ako diri ah. Ti, sa pagkadamo sa inyo sa abroad, puro kamo starring sina eh .. hehe :)

wecky

May 9th, 2006, 08:02 AM

Pwede interior pic sang Don Benito next time? .. he he. Daw mas progresibo pa ang West Visayas State University Medical Center compare sa Western Visayas Medical Center sa Mandurriao. The WVSUMC is expanding its capacity pero ang WVMC naman stagnant sa ila development. Ara pa ina ang Department of Health Region 6 sa likod niya ha. I want to see WVMC expanding its capacity. They still can build bigger buildings though damo na bag-o dira. Remember, WVMC is the center of health sa region catering all public patients coming from different provinces of Western Visayas and all. :cheers:
Basi wala na gid man lugar ang WVMC, Jon or probably gina-regulate man nila ang capacity sang mga public hospitals due to funds, etc. Kabalo ka man sa aton. Pila man lang ang budget sang government when it comes to health. Halos mabudlayan gani mag-purchase sang cotton balls kag alcohol. I'm sure WVMC is developing but in a very slow pace or else halos tanan na pasyente sang iban nga lugar dira na sa aton makadto. ang bal-an ko subng sa ila is they are refurbishing and buying sang mga bag-o nga equipments to cater the needs of the patients and updating its technologies man para ma-alternative ang mga pumuluyo kung diin makadto.

kirby21

May 9th, 2006, 08:09 AM

Yeah, I like the La Paz Church too ... I was surprised seeing it for the first time only a couple of years ago. I kind of like it better than the San Jose Church sa facade ... I haven't seen the interior of the La Paz Church yet, so I can't say kung diin mas nami. But definitely the interiors of the San Jose Church is nice.
I haven't been to La Paz Church pa gid. I hope to visit it one day.

Have anyone noticed the building under construction near the La Paz Plaza? Its been unfinished for years, daw na abandon na gani. I wonder kung ano natabo...

I'm a little intrigued sa Dumangas ... I've heard a lot of people already talking about its cityhood like you guys and the mayor of Dumangas on TV (Serbisyo Publiko or Reklamo Publiko or something like that) ... What's the top earning industry of Dumangas aw? ... fisheries and aquaculture or industrial? wala guid ko idea
mas pushy pa ang Dumangas compare sa Pototan when it comes to cityhood issue. Their aquaculture industryang pinakadako dira Chy. Most people may ara punungan. I've been to lots of them kay damo kami taga-Dumangas nga classmates. and nami to mamunit or much better kadto ka bala by the time nga naga-haw-as sila bangrus. Mas maayo gid and barato. Once we went home full of bangus from our friend's house.

It's the lagoon area in La Paz Plaza
http://static.flickr.com/53/141416549_935964e8c3.jpg?v=0
thank you Chymera.

Ari ko sa Rob subong bagu lang lantwan MI3, hehe ... halin k o sa mandurriao, and as I passed the molo-mandurriao bridge (dunno its name) ... may ara na to part sang river nga guin enclose nila ... , it's located sa kilid sang Riverside Board Walk, I'm not sure if it's still part of the development pero daw indi man. Basi bago naman
Hopefully bag-o naman. Are you referring sa bridge connecting Mandurriao and Molo .. dira dampi sa may Riverfront International Hospital? Kay daw amo lang ang bridge nga ina dira?

wecky

May 9th, 2006, 08:15 AM

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paano nga indi mapaos kay wala pa kapa-mana...he he...Next year pa ko mapuli Kirby...mga cuaresma (reunion sang high school and elementary) kag sa september (pista). Insakto ka gid. Sadya gid man subong didto kay alumni sang elementary. So, whole year gid guro mga activities until next year sa cuaresma kay amo ang inug-puli sang mga abroad. Pamasyar lang sa Alimodian kon may tiempo ka ah...pangitaa lang ko (baw! daw kilala mo gid ko ba) he he he...si Wecky, kilala ya gid ko...

Wecky, sa central ka man nag-graduate no?
Yes, dira ko nag-graduate sang elemntary then sa CPU na ako nag-HS til college. I think kilala ta gid ka eh. Don't know how sure nga kilala mo ako sa postings. But I'm glad you're here to join us Alimol. It's nice hearing from my kasimanwa all along. Wala pa ta di nag-meet sa UK ah ... hehehe. actually kayuhum man ko sa imo ba, ang puli mo nga cuaresma kag piyesta time, daw puligid sang mga taga-Singapore sa aton. Dumduman mo man nga mostly Alimodianons from Singapore, amo ini nga time ang puli nila sa Alimol? Anyhow, enjoy the reunion, Alimol. I'll try to pop around kung may makita ako kay most of the time, wala naman ako nagapuli sa aton banwa kay nagsaylo na kami two years ago. Bisita lang kami sa mga relatives namon dira sa may plaza, just in case.

kirby21

May 9th, 2006, 08:30 AM

Guimbal's Municipal Hall is really nice Weck. That's thanks to Former Cong. Oscar Garin. By the way, Guimbal is expected to top Miag-ao and Oton. The center of power in the first district is Guimbal where the political bigwigs come from. And Miag-ao is under the leadership of an opposition mayor. That explains so much. But the rate the towns are going, they have their own unique things to offer. Been to Miag-ao a couple of times, aside from their church, the Municipal Hall is really good. Something to be proud of ang structure. It's just too bad I don't have a pic. And tinlo ang lugar. Bay-i lang sa sunod ko kadto, mangpicture man ko. hehe.
I agree, NTB. Guimbal is the seat of power dira sa First district that's why people of Miag-ao are clamouring now kung diin ang parte nila iya sa pork barrel ni Cong Garin. Well, in fairness to Miag-aonons, they have the right to do so kay gabayad man sila tax. And kung wala support ang ila mga projects, then sila gid pierde eh. This goes with what's happening in the fourth district of Iloilo where Biron is not helping Passi City for its infras and projects. Looks like politics back home never changes at all.

Sorry la guid Kirbs, maski Lettermen gani la man ko, parents ko lang. hehe. Daw naengganyo lang ko to watch Santana, just to experience the kind of "music" nga feel kanday Nanay sang una. May ara pa guid na nga mga world class presentations/plays sang Gilopez Kabayao Foundation, Inc. Although may mga areas where there is a need for improvement, recognized na sang mga top national critic ang ila value.
Hope more to come in the very near future, NTB. We're slowly changing our culture, mas open na kita subong sa Iloilo. I remember nga mga 80s to early 2000 daw nagtululog kita tanan dira. The activities back are so lame, kag even people are living in langour and sedentary lifestyles. at least subong medyo amat-amat na aton hulag, which can be help all around na gid man. We can, if we want. We have resources, di bala?

I know. Everybody's waiting for the opening! i just hope no amount of politicking could stop its construction.
Again, this will signal nga open na kita for the world to see.Dali na man lang ah. It's a matter of time, should I say.And people here abroad are helping gid, a lot. Mas madamo pa di gani Ilonggos nga nationalistic kung tan-awon mo. Try visit the Dinagyang.Com. Another Ilonggo group in Washington is forming its way to help our kababayans back home.

True Space! I think more and more investors are starting to realize the importance of Iloilo. Space, Pototan is not "sleeping" naman after the inauguration of its astrodome. hehe. Indi man ko Pototanon ah but I don't think the towns you mentioned as possible "cities-to be" are contenders for cityhood yet (although been hearing years before that Dumangas was the one...unfortunately that was still during the time of the late Cong. Monfort). I could be wrong. hehe. Ma research ko parti di later to be sure Space. Take care.
With the rate of developments ongoing sa aton, Pototan will have to go with other contenders pa siguro, NTB. Dumangas mas matunog gid man before during Monfort's time and so with Pavia, kay even sa mga quiz bee ara na siya. But seems nga nadula lang .. and now it's reviving .. giving the chance that Dumangas has its own port na plus may mga industrial na sa ila .. and Pavia as well. Gadamo na iya industrial invesments sa ila banwa. We'll see ... but every each of them looksvery promising.