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GearX

May 16th, 2008, 06:51 AM

Floods and Bad News (May 4, 2007) (http://pulitzercenter.typepad.com/frustrated_peace/2007/05/floods_and_bad_.html)

The southern city of Davao used to be the salvaging capital of the Philippines during the 1980’s and 90’s. The coastal town’s booming economic growth lured a mix of rich and poor migrants that included everyone from farmers, Chinese businessmen, and dirty politicians to ex-Maoist and Islamic militants who became guns-for-hire. The more ruthless entrepreneurs terrorized the wealthy elite, stole cars from the middle class, shot street kids, and turned Mindanao’s largest city into an urban war zone. Clandestine paramilitaries fought members of the Communist New People’s Army in the squatter neighborhood of Agdao while street gangs brawled over turf in Bankerohan. Someone was getting rich, but many more people were dying.

By the mid-1990’s Cotabato City in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao replaced Davao as Mindanao’s most undesirable city. I’ve spent lots of time in both places, and Davao is definitely a far cry from what it used to be, and from what Cotabato is now. While Cotabato continues to slide further into economic disarray, Davao teems with optimism. At least on the surface. The city of one million boasts several large shopping malls, well-equipped hospitals, a smoking ban in public areas, disciplined taxi drivers, an international airport terminal, and a clique of city administrators who don’t mess around when it comes to enforcing the law.

In 1991, Davaenos elected Rodrigo Duterte as their mayor. Duterte, a charismatic, rather unorthodox politician who used to be a policeman, promised to clean up the city’s tough streets. The Harley-riding, sunglass-pimping leader not only cleaned up the streets-he purged the house. Incidents of theft, kidnappings, and drug trafficking dropped significantly during his first and second terms.

By his third term, however, the rate of unsolved murders soared. Motorcycle-riding gunmen began executing thieves and dealers with alarming efficiency and impunity. Davao eventually became safe for anyone who had never stolen a wallet or smoked shabu. For anyone who had rubbed shoulders with the law, it was another story. Petty and hardcore criminals found little comfort in the dank alleys of Davao. They knew that if caught kidnapping, extorting, robbing, killing, raping and loitering, the infamous Davao Death Squad would come after them with a vengeance.

And that it did.

In 2003, I worked on a short book project about girls who belong to the city’s burgeoning street gangs. During the 10 months that I photographed them and wrote about their lives, I ran into Duterte a couple of times, once during an interview where he tacitly approved of the extrajudicial murder of street children and small-time stick-up artists. Duterte told me that if anyone dared to break the law in his town, they better get out of dodge or face his wrath. He never admitted to directly ordering the street-side executions, but rumor had it that sadness over the behavior of his drug-addicted son drove him to support shadowy vigilante groups who killed bad guys for money. A former NPA assassin told me that he received cash from Duterte’s office to rub out drug dealers, car thieves, cell phone snatchers and anyone who looked like a hoodie.

In 2002, UNICEF called Davao the most child-friendly city in the Philippines. It’s more than a little ironic because of the 120 documented summary executions that occurred between 1998 and 2003, 20 of them involved minors.

I write about this today because I’ve just returned to Davao, an alleged oasis on an island of conflict, and learned about some very tragic news. I ate dinner with Pilgrim Bliss Gayo, the former director of Tambayan Center and co-producer of my photo book about the girl gangs, who informed me that Nanay Clarita’s fourth son Fernando.was stabbed to death one month ago. He was 15 years old. Her three other sons, all of whom had rubbed shoulders with Duterte’s version of the law, had died gruesome deaths at the hands of knife-wielding assassins in 1999 and 2000. Clarita still lives in a wooden hovel inside the Bankerohan market and suffers from anxiety and extreme poverty, not too mention total despair.

Poloy, a former DDS hitman, was also killed a couple of weeks ago on a botched assassination job. I interviewed him in 2003 but he wouldn’t go on record. On the day that he agreed to write an affadavit about his experiences as a DDS member, Poloy was killed in a shootout with a local politician’s bodyguard whom-in an ironic twist of fate-he was paid to kill. A tragic turn of tables. Even assassins have to watch their back.

Finally, a journalist friend informed me that a woman with whom I had once worked closely had been physically abused by her husband for many, many years. I can’t believe some men and husbands continue to assault those whom they are supposed to love and care for. Infidelity and spousal abuse are ripe in a land where divorce is not legal nor sanctioned by the Catholic church. The week before a 10-year-old boy in Basilan asked me about my life in America and rather casually inquired about how many girlfriends I had. And you wonder where kids learn how to be assholes!

As if the world of Davao didn’t seem dark enough, a fierce thunderstorm swept across the city at 9pm. As my taxi left Matina Town Square, both the driver and I began to see the floodwaters rise in front of us. Four-wheel drives and trucks began to stall in knee-high water. Yet my driver barreled forward, dodging pedestrians wading in a nasty water-sewage combo and children pushing their father’s cars to the side of the flooded road. At one point, the wake from oncoming traffic poured into our open windows. The taxi finally died at Victoria Plaza which happened to be nearby my hotel. The ordeal wasn’t quite over. I had to wade through thigh-deep water for several blocks to get to a warm shower.

If only I had known to leave the restaurant as soon as it started raining instead of an hour after the storm began.

Once my shoes dry, I’ll be on my way to Cotabato to visit old friends and try to access the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. It was nice to be in Davao for an evening in spite of the bad news and floodwaters. It was my home for 7 months. Davao’s new airport is nicer than Cotabato’s. The local mall’s movie theater has never been bombed and you can eat pasta on a rooftop Italian restaurant.

Yet Davao’s streets are tougher, darker, and until tomorrow morning, a lot muddier than they were three years ago.

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 06:52 AM

kay waway na question didto unta nako pangutan.on sa pikas

kung ang Davao City ug Samal maging seamless , siguro matutloy yan if the bridge will be built magiging Metro na ba and DC , even 2 city component lang?

yung Singapore di ba tawag Metro Singapore?

Sinjin P.

May 16th, 2008, 06:54 AM

ok thanks , pero sinj di ba half tagalog ka ,so it's not so hard for you to talk in tagalog .

Yeah, pero ngayon ko lang nalaman na half-half ako. Even before ko pa nalaman na half-half ako, love ko na talaga ang Tagalog. Hmm, siguro it runs in the blood.

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 06:55 AM

davaoeagle

May 16th, 2008, 07:01 AM

At aba tumatapang si Mike Baños. Anymore gas from your tank?

Floods and Bad News (May 4, 2007) (http://pulitzercenter.typepad.com/frustrated_peace/2007/05/floods_and_bad_.html)

The southern city of Davao used to be the salvaging capital of the Philippines during the 1980’s and 90’s. The coastal town’s booming economic growth lured a mix of rich and poor migrants that included everyone from farmers, Chinese businessmen, and dirty politicians to ex-Maoist and Islamic militants who became guns-for-hire. The more ruthless entrepreneurs terrorized the wealthy elite, stole cars from the middle class, shot street kids, and turned Mindanao’s largest city into an urban war zone. Clandestine paramilitaries fought members of the Communist New People’s Army in the squatter neighborhood of Agdao while street gangs brawled over turf in Bankerohan. Someone was getting rich, but many more people were dying.

By the mid-1990’s Cotabato City in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao replaced Davao as Mindanao’s most undesirable city. I’ve spent lots of time in both places, and Davao is definitely a far cry from what it used to be, and from what Cotabato is now. While Cotabato continues to slide further into economic disarray, Davao teems with optimism. At least on the surface. The city of one million boasts several large shopping malls, well-equipped hospitals, a smoking ban in public areas, disciplined taxi drivers, an international airport terminal, and a clique of city administrators who don’t mess around when it comes to enforcing the law.

In 1991, Davaenos elected Rodrigo Duterte as their mayor. Duterte, a charismatic, rather unorthodox politician who used to be a policeman, promised to clean up the city’s tough streets. The Harley-riding, sunglass-pimping leader not only cleaned up the streets-he purged the house. Incidents of theft, kidnappings, and drug trafficking dropped significantly during his first and second terms.

By his third term, however, the rate of unsolved murders soared. Motorcycle-riding gunmen began executing thieves and dealers with alarming efficiency and impunity. Davao eventually became safe for anyone who had never stolen a wallet or smoked shabu. For anyone who had rubbed shoulders with the law, it was another story. Petty and hardcore criminals found little comfort in the dank alleys of Davao. They knew that if caught kidnapping, extorting, robbing, killing, raping and loitering, the infamous Davao Death Squad would come after them with a vengeance.

And that it did.

In 2003, I worked on a short book project about girls who belong to the city’s burgeoning street gangs. During the 10 months that I photographed them and wrote about their lives, I ran into Duterte a couple of times, once during an interview where he tacitly approved of the extrajudicial murder of street children and small-time stick-up artists. Duterte told me that if anyone dared to break the law in his town, they better get out of dodge or face his wrath. He never admitted to directly ordering the street-side executions, but rumor had it that sadness over the behavior of his drug-addicted son drove him to support shadowy vigilante groups who killed bad guys for money. A former NPA assassin told me that he received cash from Duterte’s office to rub out drug dealers, car thieves, cell phone snatchers and anyone who looked like a hoodie.

In 2002, UNICEF called Davao the most child-friendly city in the Philippines. It’s more than a little ironic because of the 120 documented summary executions that occurred between 1998 and 2003, 20 of them involved minors.

I write about this today because I’ve just returned to Davao, an alleged oasis on an island of conflict, and learned about some very tragic news. I ate dinner with Pilgrim Bliss Gayo, the former director of Tambayan Center and co-producer of my photo book about the girl gangs, who informed me that Nanay Clarita’s fourth son Fernando.was stabbed to death one month ago. He was 15 years old. Her three other sons, all of whom had rubbed shoulders with Duterte’s version of the law, had died gruesome deaths at the hands of knife-wielding assassins in 1999 and 2000. Clarita still lives in a wooden hovel inside the Bankerohan market and suffers from anxiety and extreme poverty, not too mention total despair.

Poloy, a former DDS hitman, was also killed a couple of weeks ago on a botched assassination job. I interviewed him in 2003 but he wouldn’t go on record. On the day that he agreed to write an affadavit about his experiences as a DDS member, Poloy was killed in a shootout with a local politician’s bodyguard whom-in an ironic twist of fate-he was paid to kill. A tragic turn of tables. Even assassins have to watch their back.

Finally, a journalist friend informed me that a woman with whom I had once worked closely had been physically abused by her husband for many, many years. I can’t believe some men and husbands continue to assault those whom they are supposed to love and care for. Infidelity and spousal abuse are ripe in a land where divorce is not legal nor sanctioned by the Catholic church. The week before a 10-year-old boy in Basilan asked me about my life in America and rather casually inquired about how many girlfriends I had. And you wonder where kids learn how to be assholes!

As if the world of Davao didn’t seem dark enough, a fierce thunderstorm swept across the city at 9pm. As my taxi left Matina Town Square, both the driver and I began to see the floodwaters rise in front of us. Four-wheel drives and trucks began to stall in knee-high water. Yet my driver barreled forward, dodging pedestrians wading in a nasty water-sewage combo and children pushing their father’s cars to the side of the flooded road. At one point, the wake from oncoming traffic poured into our open windows. The taxi finally died at Victoria Plaza which happened to be nearby my hotel. The ordeal wasn’t quite over. I had to wade through thigh-deep water for several blocks to get to a warm shower.

If only I had known to leave the restaurant as soon as it started raining instead of an hour after the storm began.

Once my shoes dry, I’ll be on my way to Cotabato to visit old friends and try to access the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. It was nice to be in Davao for an evening in spite of the bad news and floodwaters. It was my home for 7 months. Davao’s new airport is nicer than Cotabato’s. The local mall’s movie theater has never been bombed and you can eat pasta on a rooftop Italian restaurant.

Yet Davao’s streets are tougher, darker, and until tomorrow morning, a lot muddier than they were three years ago.

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 07:05 AM

^^ di na matiis :lol: aywa namang labanan ang discussion doon sa kabila kala ko pa naman magagaling sila sa debate

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 07:22 AM

:lol: Where in Cebu specifically? Depende na rin siguro sa individual 'yan.

Ako pud bitaw, usahay maslide akong dila makaTagalog ko diri, okay ra man ang mga tao. :)

Sa SM kami nun. Anyway, that was a long time ago. Around 1997 pa yun. Yung mga tindera sa SM ang tumitingin sa amin. :lol:

xzibit31

May 16th, 2008, 07:23 AM

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 07:25 AM

Desperado? :lol:

Advantageous talaga pag writer ka in real life and at the same time a disguised forumer in SSC. :lol:

Floods and Bad News (May 4, 2007) (http://pulitzercenter.typepad.com/frustrated_peace/2007/05/floods_and_bad_.html)

The southern city of Davao used to be the salvaging capital of the Philippines during the 1980’s and 90’s. The coastal town’s booming economic growth lured a mix of rich and poor migrants that included everyone from farmers, Chinese businessmen, and dirty politicians to ex-Maoist and Islamic militants who became guns-for-hire. The more ruthless entrepreneurs terrorized the wealthy elite, stole cars from the middle class, shot street kids, and turned Mindanao’s largest city into an urban war zone. Clandestine paramilitaries fought members of the Communist New People’s Army in the squatter neighborhood of Agdao while street gangs brawled over turf in Bankerohan. Someone was getting rich, but many more people were dying.

By the mid-1990’s Cotabato City in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao replaced Davao as Mindanao’s most undesirable city. I’ve spent lots of time in both places, and Davao is definitely a far cry from what it used to be, and from what Cotabato is now. While Cotabato continues to slide further into economic disarray, Davao teems with optimism. At least on the surface. The city of one million boasts several large shopping malls, well-equipped hospitals, a smoking ban in public areas, disciplined taxi drivers, an international airport terminal, and a clique of city administrators who don’t mess around when it comes to enforcing the law.

In 1991, Davaenos elected Rodrigo Duterte as their mayor. Duterte, a charismatic, rather unorthodox politician who used to be a policeman, promised to clean up the city’s tough streets. The Harley-riding, sunglass-pimping leader not only cleaned up the streets-he purged the house. Incidents of theft, kidnappings, and drug trafficking dropped significantly during his first and second terms.

By his third term, however, the rate of unsolved murders soared. Motorcycle-riding gunmen began executing thieves and dealers with alarming efficiency and impunity. Davao eventually became safe for anyone who had never stolen a wallet or smoked shabu. For anyone who had rubbed shoulders with the law, it was another story. Petty and hardcore criminals found little comfort in the dank alleys of Davao. They knew that if caught kidnapping, extorting, robbing, killing, raping and loitering, the infamous Davao Death Squad would come after them with a vengeance.

And that it did.

In 2003, I worked on a short book project about girls who belong to the city’s burgeoning street gangs. During the 10 months that I photographed them and wrote about their lives, I ran into Duterte a couple of times, once during an interview where he tacitly approved of the extrajudicial murder of street children and small-time stick-up artists. Duterte told me that if anyone dared to break the law in his town, they better get out of dodge or face his wrath. He never admitted to directly ordering the street-side executions, but rumor had it that sadness over the behavior of his drug-addicted son drove him to support shadowy vigilante groups who killed bad guys for money. A former NPA assassin told me that he received cash from Duterte’s office to rub out drug dealers, car thieves, cell phone snatchers and anyone who looked like a hoodie.

In 2002, UNICEF called Davao the most child-friendly city in the Philippines. It’s more than a little ironic because of the 120 documented summary executions that occurred between 1998 and 2003, 20 of them involved minors.

I write about this today because I’ve just returned to Davao, an alleged oasis on an island of conflict, and learned about some very tragic news. I ate dinner with Pilgrim Bliss Gayo, the former director of Tambayan Center and co-producer of my photo book about the girl gangs, who informed me that Nanay Clarita’s fourth son Fernando.was stabbed to death one month ago. He was 15 years old. Her three other sons, all of whom had rubbed shoulders with Duterte’s version of the law, had died gruesome deaths at the hands of knife-wielding assassins in 1999 and 2000. Clarita still lives in a wooden hovel inside the Bankerohan market and suffers from anxiety and extreme poverty, not too mention total despair.

Poloy, a former DDS hitman, was also killed a couple of weeks ago on a botched assassination job. I interviewed him in 2003 but he wouldn’t go on record. On the day that he agreed to write an affadavit about his experiences as a DDS member, Poloy was killed in a shootout with a local politician’s bodyguard whom-in an ironic twist of fate-he was paid to kill. A tragic turn of tables. Even assassins have to watch their back.

Finally, a journalist friend informed me that a woman with whom I had once worked closely had been physically abused by her husband for many, many years. I can’t believe some men and husbands continue to assault those whom they are supposed to love and care for. Infidelity and spousal abuse are ripe in a land where divorce is not legal nor sanctioned by the Catholic church. The week before a 10-year-old boy in Basilan asked me about my life in America and rather casually inquired about how many girlfriends I had. And you wonder where kids learn how to be assholes!

As if the world of Davao didn’t seem dark enough, a fierce thunderstorm swept across the city at 9pm. As my taxi left Matina Town Square, both the driver and I began to see the floodwaters rise in front of us. Four-wheel drives and trucks began to stall in knee-high water. Yet my driver barreled forward, dodging pedestrians wading in a nasty water-sewage combo and children pushing their father’s cars to the side of the flooded road. At one point, the wake from oncoming traffic poured into our open windows. The taxi finally died at Victoria Plaza which happened to be nearby my hotel. The ordeal wasn’t quite over. I had to wade through thigh-deep water for several blocks to get to a warm shower.

If only I had known to leave the restaurant as soon as it started raining instead of an hour after the storm began.

Once my shoes dry, I’ll be on my way to Cotabato to visit old friends and try to access the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. It was nice to be in Davao for an evening in spite of the bad news and floodwaters. It was my home for 7 months. Davao’s new airport is nicer than Cotabato’s. The local mall’s movie theater has never been bombed and you can eat pasta on a rooftop Italian restaurant.

Yet Davao’s streets are tougher, darker, and until tomorrow morning, a lot muddier than they were three years ago.

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 07:30 AM

^^ the writer siguro comes from a cheap tabloid, checked-in in a honky tonk hotel drank in a cheap beerhouse i guess somewhere in boulevard lol, yeah in those kind of environment & the people he had talked to well sure fire that's how he would assesed the city:lol:

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 07:30 AM

the general populace of davao is not complaining Mr. Mike Banos..... :cheers:

haha old issue na man na mr.mike :lol:

but nobody is complaining naman.except maybe for some goody2shoes (tama ba ang term?) struggling-to-make-it: journalist na gagawa ng ganyan tipo ng kwento para mapansin

informative? not so
worth a read?maybe
pathetic writing? definitely!

:rofl:

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 07:33 AM

Desperado? :lol:

Advantageous talaga pag writer ka in real life and at the same time a disguised forumer in SSC. :lol:

:rofl:

i didnt expect that mr.gearx could go so low. di na ata nakaya ang heated pero harapang debate kaya yan na lang ang ginawa :lol:

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 07:35 AM

;20735935']haha old issue na man na mr.mike :lol:

but nobody is complaining naman.except maybe for some goody2shoes (tama ba ang term?) struggling-to-make-it: journalist na gagawa ng ganyan tipo ng kwento para mapansin

informative? not so
worth a read?maybe
pathetic writing? definitely!

:rofl:

Not as pathetic as the writer though! :lol:

By the way, grabe ang PROGRESSION ng construction ng unknown building infront of Chimes. Dinig ang ingay ng pile driver from my office. Ano ba kasing bahay kubo yan at kailangan pang gamitan ng pile driver. :lol:

The only pressure and palpitation I am feeling right now is that how SMALL the Ayala Mall would be at 90,000sqm GLA. :lol:

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 07:36 AM

para wala silang masabi WELCOME po kayong mag tanong sa amin kung meron kayong duda sa mga pinoposts namin dito , we will gladly entertain you , as mr. germs tagline ....walang tulugan! :lol:

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 07:39 AM

para wala silang masabi WELCOME po kayong mag tanong sa amin kung meron kayong duda sa mga pinoposts namin dito , we will gladly entertain you , as mr. germs tagline ....walang tulugan! :lol:

Welcome ba? Welcome nga! :lol:

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 07:40 AM

yeah.gaya ng sinabi ko sa cdo thread,di naman tayo kontra sa kanila diba? yun lang pag may di clear na post andun lang tayo to clarify :) para naman credible ang forums :) and i invite youguys to do the same din para naman mas credible ang mindanao forums :)

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 07:42 AM

eh kung matino ba sila at di bara2 kung magtanong o sumagot.... so the door can be revolving a Welcome or an Exit :lol:

natawa naman ako sa isa parang sinabi niya ang bigas di pa sinasaing kinakain na ! tama ba maestro sinjin ang tagalog ko hehe

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 07:46 AM

correct ka way wala naman tayong tinatago kaya okay lang alam naman natin pag hesitant or pa balik2 lang ang answer may tinatago ..lol

si El Tenore nga binabara natin minsan lol , well pasensya na kayo goys bata pa kasi yun

oi way di mo pa sinasagot ang uestion ko kung ang DC at Samal mag kakaroon na ng bridge at maging seamless na sila puede na bang tawaging Metro tayo hehe

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 07:51 AM

haha pwede siguro ambs :) alangan naman tambakan nag yuta para seamless ang urbanidad :) but the fact nga duol ra sya sa city oks ra man :)

pero imo.pag di seamless ang urbanity unya tawagong metro,trying hard po ang dating :)

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 07:52 AM

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 07:54 AM

was bya ko idea ana ter ambs

:rofl:

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 08:10 AM

so hindi pa pala na aprobahan ang Metropolitanization ng Davao? i've read it somewhere somewhere that Metro Davao will compose of the following cities and muni...: Davao, Tagum, Panabo, IGACOS, Digos, Mun. of Carmen and Mun.of Sta.Cruz...so whatcha happened pala?

boju2

May 16th, 2008, 08:23 AM

;20736079']yeah.gaya ng sinabi ko sa cdo thread,di naman tayo kontra sa kanila diba? yun lang pag may di clear na post andun lang tayo to clarify :) para naman credible ang forums :) and i invite youguys to do the same din para naman mas credible ang mindanao forums :)

Bigyan nyo kami ng panahon to prove what we're saying. Hindi magic ang pinag usapan namin kundi malaking mga proyekto. Hanjin dinoble pa, Ayala nagsimula na, Robinson matagal na yan sa amin, highrises malapit na... wag kayong mainip please.... hindi nga kami naiinip na sa amin yun kayo pa? para tuloy ang kinalabasan ay nangingialam kayo pati below the belt issues ay pinupukol nyo sa amin. Ok, let's be patience enough guys.

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 08:27 AM

Bigyan nyo kami ng panahon to prove what we're saying. Hindi magic ang pinag usapan namin kundi malaking mga proyekto. Hanjin dinoble pa, Ayala nagsimula na, Robinson matagal na yan sa amin, highrises malapit na... wag kayong mainip please.... hindi nga kami naiinip na sa amin yun kayo pa? para tuloy ang kinalabasan ay nangingialam kayo pati below the belt issues ay pinupukol nyo sa amin. Ok, let's be patience enough guys.

Ok po. :cheers:

tj_brewed

May 16th, 2008, 08:33 AM

Bigyan nyo kami ng panahon to prove what we're saying.

Yup I agree...:okay:

Hindi magic ang pinag usapan namin kundi malaking mga proyekto. Hanjin dinoble pa..

Good on ya! Yung Hanjin ba yung pinatigil dahil sa corruption? Im not familiar with the project but I hope na masettle na nga ang issue na yan.

Ayala nagsimula na

Yung subdivision...good! im pretty excited for this project. It would be another high end subdivision in CDO ;)

Robinson matagal na yan sa amin..

Ah yung supermarket and some shops...But we're talking about the BPO or IT Building kc....it's the first in the island. I love the walkator in Robinsons CDO though.

highrises malapit na... wag kayong mainip please....

Great! I'd love to see a highrise in the northern part of the island. Sa Davao kc, the highrises craze started more than a decade ago pa with the constructions of Pryce Tower, Landco Tower, Marco Polo Davao, Davao Doctors Medical Tower, and Grand Regal Hotel. Right now, midrise na naman sa Davao...weeeeeeee tapos na ang highrise craze samin, condo craze na naman! weeeeeee midrises but astig ang designs. :okay:

hindi nga kami naiinip na sa amin yun kayo pa?

I think d rin naiinip ang Davao...mejo bz din kc kami....11 condominium buildings under three brands kc ang ginagawa sa Davao. eto yung mga confirmed, preselling, and may budget na. Hindi pa kasali ang mga proposed and planned. Tapos may Ayala Center Davao pa which was confirmed by both Ayala Land and Anflocor. May Samal Davao bridge. Im not sure po ha....but I think my fellow Davao forumers care less with the projects that CDO has or will have.

para tuloy ang kinalabasan ay nangingialam kayo pati below the belt issues ay pinupukol nyo sa amin.
Nako...d ko to maconfirm :D ano ba yung mga below the belt issues?

Ok, let's be patience enough guys.

Yup..let's be patient enough!

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 08:33 AM

^^ mao ba so it's ok kung duha lang ka component city ,naa bay balaod kung pila ka syudad para ma metro siya?

natawa naman ako sa isa parang sinabi niya ang bigas di pa sinasaing kinakain na ! tama ba maestro sinjin ang tagalog ko hehe

parang wala ata...kasi ang MM marami naman ang nag comprise eh...ang Bangkok parang 2-3 cities lng nga ata...ang Melbourne naman, maraming nagcomprise...for me ha, it depends siguro sa land area...ah, ewan...:lol:

here's the definition of a Metropolitan:
A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central cities and their zone of influence. One or more large cities may serve as its hub or hubs, and the metropolitan area is normally named after either the largest or most important central city within it. A metropolitan area usually combines an agglomeration (the contiguous built-up area) with peripheral zones not themselves necessarily urban in character, but closely bound to the center by employment or commerce; these zones are also sometimes known as a commuter belt, and may extend well beyond the urban periphery depending on the definition used. It is mainly the area that is not part of the city but is connected to the city. For example, Pasadena, California would be added to Los Angeles, California's metro area. While it isn't the same city, it is connected.
:)

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 08:46 AM

This thread is really getting more interesting! haha
hi everyone! was a forumer before but dont know what happened to my account!

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 08:46 AM

I think d rin naiinip ang Davao...mejo bz din kc kami....11 condominium buildings under three brands kc ang ginagawa sa Davao. eto yung mga confirmed, preselling, and may budget na. Hindi pa kasali ang mga proposed and planned. Tapos may Ayala Center Davao pa which was confirmed by both Ayala Land and Anflocor. May Samal Davao bridge. Im not sure po ha....but I think my fellow Davao forumers care less of the projects that CDO has or will have.

Paano naman tayo maiinip eh nahihilo na nga ako kung anong project ang susundan ko. :lol:

Mas nakakainip pa nga yung maghintay sa mga projects na hindi naman sure kung darating ba talaga or hindi, di po ba? :)

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 08:53 AM

Cafe Andessa sa Buhangin lampas lang gamay sa mini-arcade didto , mura at ang sarap ng chicken at yung parang mongolian bbq nila ..burp sorry may after taste pa !lol

dami kainan dito past time ata ng mga Dabawenyos ay eating after katkat..opps taboo na ba ang word na yan ?lol

off- duty muna ako davaob4now ikaw muna ang mag tao dito baka kasi may mag loko ..lol

btw ano ba gusto mon itawag namin sa iyo davao , b4 or now? ang taas kasi ng name mo! :lol:

oo nga ang taas ng name ko...napansin mo pala...:lol:
b4now na lng ang tawag niyo sa akin...please, thank you...

reporting for duty po...at anong kaguluhan ang nangyari dito?:lol:

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 08:54 AM

Good Afternoon Davao!!! LQ recently huh?
Excited na kaayo ko sa mga Condominium projects!!!:banana:

ok... we'll call you "b4now"... much better!
;20734822']nyahahahahaha :rofl:

ok il tenore,assignment na nimo to find out kung ngano ha

yeah..a report must be prepared and a final exam wil be administered to you upon submission....:lol:

musta ang singapore yet?
ok po mga sir! hehe! maaasahan niyo po ako...

si El Tenore nga binabara natin minsan lol , well pasensya na kayo goys bata pa kasi yun

unsay bata? I'm old na noh! 19 years old!:lol: bata gihapon!!

This thread is really getting more interesting! haha
hi everyone! was a forumer before but dont know what happened to my account!
hello! welcome! unsa diay imong username before?

tj_brewed

May 16th, 2008, 08:56 AM

This thread is really getting more interesting! haha
hi everyone! was a forumer before but dont know what happened to my account!

Is this Silicon Gulf?

Paano naman tayo maiinip eh nahihilo na nga ako kung anong project ang susundan ko. :lol:

sundan mo yung Filinvest Hotel. ;)

Mas nakakainip pa nga yung maghintay sa mga projects na hindi naman sure kung darating ba talaga or hindi, di po ba? :)

Ah, maraming projects na ganyan dito sa Metro Manila. Like yung Lopez Tower, yung E-City sa Manila, etc. Sana dumating na nga ang mga to. Alam ko proposed na ang mga yun :D

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 08:56 AM

Paano naman tayo maiinip eh nahihilo na nga ako kung anong project ang susundan ko. :lol:

Mas nakakainip pa nga yung maghintay sa mga projects na hindi naman sure kung darating ba talaga or hindi, di po ba? :)

ai! opo! sa dami po ng projects ng davao, hindi ko nga maalala ang iba or nalelebog ako minsan...kasi condo dito condo na naman don tapos mga underconstruction na pala! business is booming, a silent proof that davao is still holding it's premiership! tama ba ako?

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 08:58 AM

tj_brewed

May 16th, 2008, 09:01 AM

ai! opo! sa dami po ng projects ng davao, hindi ko nga maalala ang iba or nalelebog ako minsan...kasi condo dito condo na naman don tapos mga underconstruction na pala! business is booming, a silent proof that davao is still holding it's premiership! tama ba ako?

Para mas madali...ganito...3 condo brands but 12 condominium buildings! O astig diba?

Magallanes Residences - 3 condo buildings
One Oasis Davao - 7 condo buildings
ECO 4000 - 2 condo buildings
================
12 condo buildings

weeeeee^^ ang dami! hindi pa kasali yung other proposed condo complexes ng DMCI and Filinvest sa Maa. Mga iilang buildings din yun. ;)

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 09:02 AM

sundan mo yung Filinvest Hotel.

Hmmmm... So you think that project is worth following? Hmmmm...

Tanong: May businessmans hotel ba na sprawling? Parang contradicting kasi if businessmans hotel tapos sprawling na may landscaping.... IMO lang po...

ai! opo! sa dami po ng projects ng davao, hindi ko nga maalala ang iba or nalelebog ako minsan...kasi condo dito condo na naman don tapos mga underconstruction na pala! business is booming, a silent proof that davao is still holding it's premiership! tama ba ako?

There are not enough SOCO members to cover all projects in Davao right now. We need to recruit more! :lol:

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 09:02 AM

@tj_brewed....huhulaan ko.. mga 3 to 7 buildings... oks ba tj?

Guyz... ang Sampaguita Inn Expansion.. white Elephant gihapon! hahay!

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 09:03 AM

Para mas madali...ganito...3 condo brands but 12 condominium buildings! O astig diba?

Magallanes Residences - 3 condo buildings
One Oasis Davao - 7 condo buildings
ECO 4000 - 2 condo buildings
================
12 condo buildings

weeeeee^^ ang dami! hindi pa kasali yung other proposed condo complexes ng DMCI and Filinvest sa Maa. Mga iilang buildings din yun. ;)

Plus my personal favorite: Santos Land infront of Davao Doctors Hospital TOWER! Lol! :lol:

tj_brewed

May 16th, 2008, 09:05 AM

Plus my personal favorite: Santos Land infront of Davao Doctors Hospital TOWER! Lol! :lol:

Nako...wala pa to eh...but if this plan will be materialized, it will be an addition to a dozen of condo buildings being constructed in Davao. :okay:

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 09:06 AM

Plus my personal favorite: Santos Land infront of Davao Doctors Hospital TOWER! Lol! :lol:
gikapoy hinuon ko ug hulat ani ba! kanus-a pa ba? murag wa nay plano ay...

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 09:07 AM

Tj, This is Global! haha I miss this forum!

tj_brewed

May 16th, 2008, 09:09 AM

Tj, This is Global! haha I miss this forum!

Oh globaldavao! Welcome back! :okay:

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 09:09 AM

~JasoN~

May 16th, 2008, 09:12 AM

Ok po. :cheers:

natatawa ako dito sa phrase na pina bold mo . may pinapahiwatig ba yun? :lol:

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 09:12 AM

Nako...wala pa to eh...but if this plan will be materialized, it will be an addition to a dozen of condo buildings being constructed in Davao. :okay:

Ah yes, let us not count our chicks until the eggs are hatched. :lol:

But I am confident that this project will push through, sooner or later. The fact that someone from Santos Land itself relayed the information, then there must be some truth to it.

gikapoy hinuon ko ug hulat ani ba! kanus-a pa ba? murag wa nay plano ay...

Easy ka lang bro... Let's be PATIENCE guys! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 09:13 AM

sabihin naman natin na...UNDERCONSTRUCTION ang mga yun...baka kasi sabihin na sa salita lang po tayo...so 12 buildings...ang galing ng davao...davao is a short name of a city but entails a big/huge developments...
tj, di ko mahanap ang mga U/C na pinost mo in the previuos pages...pls post it again...para ma refresh po ang iilan...ty
mas appropriate siya na term.. "Under construction"...

and speaking of under construction... Ang Sampaguita Inn na Expansion, under construction gihapon...
naa na bay latest pics? haven't been there since 5 weeks ago...

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 09:13 AM

xzibit31

May 16th, 2008, 09:14 AM

Ah yes, let us not count our chicks until the eggs are hatched. :lol:

But I am confident that this project will push through, sooner or later. The fact that someone from Santos Land itself relayed the information, then there must be some truth to it.

Easy ka lang bro... Let's be PATIENCE guys! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

darry ha....patience.....peace bro!!!!:banana:

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 09:14 AM

Plus my personal favorite: Santos Land infront of Davao Doctors Hospital TOWER! Lol! :lol:

ikaw biya ang na assign ani sir peng...imoha biya nig nga special assignment...:lol:

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 09:14 AM

natatawa ako dito sa pina bold mo . wala lang ! :lol:

Maikli kasi ang patient ko. :lol:

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 09:14 AM

@davaob4now...
mas appropriate siya na term.. "Under construction"...

and speaking of under construction... Ang Sampaguita Inn na Expansion, under construction gihapon...
naa na bay latest pics? haven't been there since 5 weeks ago...

Easy ka lang bro... Let's be PATIENCE guys! :lol::lol::lol::lol:
bitaw noh! patience is virtue...:)

xzibit31

May 16th, 2008, 09:15 AM

Thank you! This thread is really getting crazy.. haha and i thought your previous replies to that of boju's are funny... but yeah true!
anyway... davao people should grab the opportunity of Cebupacific's Zero fare... the INTERNATIONAL promos of 5j is NOW also for davao!

yeah... i just got a trip to singapore for my wife and kids..dirt cheap man! :lol:....advance planning....hahahahahaha....:lol:

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 09:17 AM

Thank you! This thread is really getting crazy.. haha and i thought your previous replies to that of boju's are funny... but yeah true!
anyway... davao people should grab the opportunity of Cebupacific's Zero fare... the INTERNATIONAL promos of 5j is NOW also for davao!

bro/sis? hello...
pls e detail naman sa akin/amin ang ulat na ito...included ba ang singapore to davao nito?if yes, alam niyo ba kung magkano?i understand that Zero fare po siya, pero may mga taxes pa po and etc...mgkano ba ang taxes and etc...?ty po

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 09:20 AM

yeah... i just got a trip to singapore for my wife and kids..dirt cheap man! :lol:....advance planning....hahahahahaha....:lol:
pls e detail mo naman sa akin ang nabayaran mo all in all...i know na tax ang bayaran and everything...magkano ba?pwede ba ang sin-davao?

xzibit31

May 16th, 2008, 09:21 AM

bro/sis? hello...
pls e detail naman sa akin/amin ang ulat na ito...included ba ang singapore to davao nito?if yes, alam niyo ba kung magkano?i understand that Zero fare po siya, pero may mga taxes pa po and etc...mgkano ba ang taxes and etc...?ty po

taxes around 3K to 4K excluding philippine travel tax(1620) and terminal fee(550)

pre try going to www.cebupacificair.com

~JasoN~

May 16th, 2008, 09:22 AM

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 09:22 AM

Maikli kasi ang patient ko. :lol:

ha!? may maikli ba na pasyente? baka unano?:lol:
pakiayos naman ng grammar...harhar!:lol:

xzibit31

May 16th, 2008, 09:23 AM

Eto chika minute .

nabili na raw ng isang malaking kompanya ang dasi building (the one beside Landco) and gagawin daw itong 3 storey condo . maliit lng noh ? :lol:

galing mismo sa architect na gagawa ng condo ung chika ko :lol:

that is nice...very good location... i bet that will be a very expensive condo...malaki yang lupa ng dasi bah...

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 09:25 AM

you just need to pay for the tax and fuel surcharge... well for davao, its just hk and singapore... it may be not as cheap as last year's Piso fare because of fuel charge but its way cheaper than flying to singapore via Silkair and most especially flying with PAL and Cathay to hk via Manila. its in their website... cebupacificair.com :nuts:

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 09:27 AM

Eto chika minute .
kapuso ka ha..:lol:
nabili na raw ng isang malaking kompanya ang dasi building (the one beside Landco) and gagawin daw itong 3 storey condo . maliit lng noh ? :lol:

galing mismo sa architect na gagawa ng condo ung chika ko :lol:

eto star patrol...sana nag suggest ka na e 30F nlng niya ang building...or baka 30 nakulang lng ng 0 sa last...:lol:
well, another condo naman, magandang balita from you Jason...

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 09:28 AM

yeah... i just got a trip to singapore for my wife and kids..dirt cheap man! :lol:....advance planning....hahahahahaha....:lol:

i know!:cheers: if only they have a better time for their departure and they dont do overbooking! haha you know what i mean!

~JasoN~

May 16th, 2008, 09:29 AM

kapuso ka ha..:lol:

eto star patrol...sana nag suggest ka na e 30F nlng niya ang building...or baka 30 nakulang lng ng 0 sa last...:lol:
well, another condo naman, magandang balita from you Jason...

pambihira . haha . naisipan ko lang ilagay yung chika minute noh :lol: chika lang naman yun . marami rami naring bahay nabebenta yung malaking kompanyang yun kaya tuloy sigurado iyon :)

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 09:32 AM

i know!:cheers: if only they have a better time for their departure and they dont do overbooking! haha you know what i mean!

Gulf Coast, pwede ba magpa book ngayon kahit december pa or january ang flight? di ko kasi alam kasi peak season yang dec-jan, holiday ehh..

xzibit31

May 16th, 2008, 09:32 AM

i know!:cheers: if only they have a better time for their departure and they dont do overbooking! haha you know what i mean!

yup i know what you mean bro. i was bumped off a flight to cebu last week. i blew my top...they gave me a travel voucher (RT) to any destination within the philippines, and a nice smile from a pretty lady at the cebu pacific counter. :lol:

xzibit31

May 16th, 2008, 09:35 AM

Gulf Coast, pwede ba magpa book ngayon kahit december pa or january ang flight? di ko kasi alam kasi peak season yang dec-jan, holiday ehh..

booking period is from may 15 to 18...travel period is from june 9 to december 31.

500,000 free seats available... bookings should be done online...www.cebupacificair.com

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 09:35 AM

Eto chika minute .

nabili na raw ng isang malaking kompanya ang dasi building (the one beside Landco) and gagawin daw itong 3 storey condo . maliit lng noh ? :lol:

galing mismo sa architect na gagawa ng condo ung chika ko :lol:
yey! another condo proj.! 3-storeys lang? it's better to have one (or more!) than nothing..:)
that is nice...very good location... i bet that will be a very expensive condo...malaki yang lupa ng dasi bah...
may I know how big is the lot? (kabalo ko na very big! hehe!)

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 09:37 AM

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 09:44 AM

booking period is from may 15 to 18...travel period is from june 9 to december 31.

500,000 free seats available... bookings should be done online...www.cebupacificair.com

in pesos po ba ang bayaran?or dollars po yung 3-4k na sinabi niyo?ty po.

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 09:45 AM

^^ in Pesos... 3,000-4,000 Pesos:)
less than 100usd

xzibit31

May 16th, 2008, 09:57 AM

haha thats really lucky of you! that is so not cebu pacific! i never knew that they give out travel vouchers! haha i hate stories of delayed flights and worst, being bumped off... thats why i stick with PAL. haha besides, Pal lately has been very generous to their mabuhay miles members!

they have been lately. i also got a trip to HK using my miles..imagine i only got to use 15K miles instead of the usual 25K miles. hehehehe...sarap talaga mag travel...

yes they do give out travel vouchers....if you blow your top....hehehehehe...:lol:

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 10:04 AM

^^ in Pesos... 3,000-4,000 Pesos:)
less than 100usd

gulf coast, tama ba ang napuntahan ko na bookings? sa ma Go Fares nila? and price po from sin-davao is 137 singa..dollar?

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:09 AM

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:12 AM

they have been lately. i also got a trip to HK using my miles..imagine i only got to use 15K miles instead of the usual 25K miles. hehehehe...sarap talaga mag travel...

yes they do give out travel vouchers....if you blow your top....hehehehehe...:lol:

we did that before... family went to hk and macau because of the 50% cut... i wanted to get the jakarta promo... too bad they dont have an office here yet! imagine... 17500 miles to jakarta on a business class! the singapore stopover wouldnt be a headache...

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 10:17 AM

Read this goys...

scoop news from the city hall:

shangrila plaza hotel will have it's upcoming mall here in davao, according to councilor hayanghayang and councilor nahipus. the gateway mall is also planning to put up one here, it's either upcoming or soon to rise, i could not get full information, but it doesn't matter anyway, does it? according to them, there is also a plan to build 30 highrises in riverfront corporate city in the future, therefore davao city will be the newest skyscapercity in the philippines next to makati. ayala mall will also build 2 more malls. the ayala team informed vice mayor sara that they are planning to build malls somewhere in compostela valley to complement the 2 billion dollar chinese investments there. i know that compostela valley is many kilometers away from davao city but anyway, that 3 billion mining investment should be credited to davao city.

and with the plan creation of a super metro consisting of gensan, digos, davao, panabo, igacos, tagum even up to surigao city, it is safe to say that southern mindanao is the most extensive metro in the whole world. it is time to rejoice now, because with all these upcoming events we are 100 percent sure that this will come true because these councilors are very reliable and no one can stop their vision that even the investors themselves can not repute whatever they will say. wow with all these developments, davao is the most progressive city in the philippines.

the vice mayor and the councilors are instructing their secretaries to draft a press statement regarding these news to be distributed to all local newspapers. let's just wait and see but even if these projects are not yet visible, this is a clear sign that davao city is booming, surpassing even makati or ortigas.

Credible na credible diba? Ano kaya kung lahat ng threads dito ay ganito ang post? Ayos ba? :cheers:

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 10:21 AM

^^may i know who did this?

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 10:23 AM

^^may i know who did this?

A reliable officer from city hall... :cheers:

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:23 AM

Read this goys...

Credible na credible diba? Ano kaya kung lahat ng threads dito ay ganito ang post? Ayos ba? :cheers:

:nuts:

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 10:28 AM

if youre coming from davao, your currency i guess should be in peso... 137sd is expensive... the booking for the zero fare is in their homepage... try to scan for the dates for some may be full already

no, im from australia..im going to pay australian dollar...my flight would be from singapore to davao...sa go fares ako pupunta?sorry di kasi ako magaling mag book online...san ako pupunta sa zero fare promo nila?

hahay, sir peng, ingit lang sila...pabayaan mo na na e ipagawas ilang ka ingit nila...masakit malaman na nauunahan sila...pailob lng ta.

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:30 AM

no, im from australia..im going to pay australian dollar...my flight would be from singapore to davao...sa go fares ako pupunta?sorry di kasi ako magaling mag book online...san ako pupunta sa zero fare promo nila?

hahay, sir peng, ingit lang sila...pabayaan mo na na e ipagawas ilang ka ingit nila...masakit malaman na nauunahan sila...pailo lng ta.

oh! im not sure if this is applicable to those who are coming from singapore... but the 137sd rate for sure isnt the promo... its in their homepage... first thing you see on the left side... let me try it for you... wait

~JasoN~

May 16th, 2008, 10:32 AM

Read this goys...

Credible na credible diba? Ano kaya kung lahat ng threads dito ay ganito ang post? Ayos ba? :cheers:

pag xor oi . haha . sino gumawa nito ? pwedeng Shangri-La hotel nalang ? :lol:

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:33 AM

nah... tried checking it... not applicable... but i hope im wrong

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 10:34 AM

A reliable officer from city hall... :cheers:
murag dili man katuohan uy! (it doesn't mean I'm excited!)

nagduda ko aning balita..

glenntoy15

May 16th, 2008, 10:36 AM

o shoke. nakakabigla naman itong news na ito.

patient lang guys. patient.

ha ha ha ha!! di ako maka hinga

~JasoN~

May 16th, 2008, 10:36 AM

councilor hayanghayang and councilor nahipus

Spoof tingali ?

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:37 AM

pag xor oi . haha . sino gumawa nito ? pwedeng Shangri-La hotel nalang ? :lol:

we can forget about the author! the important thing is, it is a scoop from the cityhall! haha:lol:

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:37 AM

murag dili man katuohan uy! (it doesn't mean I'm excited!)

nagduda ko aning balita..

:ohno:

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 10:38 AM

no, im from australia..im going to pay australian dollar...my flight would be from singapore to davao...sa go fares ako pupunta?sorry di kasi ako magaling mag book online...san ako pupunta sa zero fare promo nila?

hahay, sir peng, ingit lang sila...pabayaan mo na na e ipagawas ilang ka ingit nila...masakit malaman na nauunahan sila...pailo lng ta.
adto lang sa www.cebupacificair.com

naa didto zero-rate na fare..

~JasoN~

May 16th, 2008, 10:41 AM

we can forget about the author! the important thing is, it is a scoop from the cityhall! haha:lol:

or maybe a spoof from cityhall ! :lol:

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:47 AM

or maybe a spoof from cityhall ! :lol:

oh i get it! maybe some are still having hangovers with the gloria and erap jokes! its the 3rd installment of government jokes! haha :cheers: btw, i miss those jokes

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 10:49 AM

Thank you! This thread is really getting crazy.. haha and i thought your previous replies to that of boju's are funny... but yeah true!
anyway... davao people should grab the opportunity of Cebupacific's Zero fare... the INTERNATIONAL promos of 5j is NOW also for davao!

mag aavail sana ako puntang hongkong ngek last day na pala bukas di ko pa inayos ang passport ,welcome back bro :cheers:

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 10:51 AM

kapuso ka ha..:lol:

eto star patrol...sana nag suggest ka na e 30F nlng niya ang building...or baka 30 nakulang lng ng 0 sa last...:lol:
well, another condo naman, magandang balita from you Jason...

oi hinay-hinay lang sa mga statements na yan let's be proffesors , dapat incredible jud ang source:lol:

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 10:53 AM

mag aavail sana ako puntang hongkong ngek last day na pala bukas di ko pa inayos ang passport ,welcome back bro :cheers:

ay! sayang! meron atang events sa hk for the olympics!
:banana: thank you!

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 10:54 AM

Read this goys...

Credible na credible diba? Ano kaya kung lahat ng threads dito ay ganito ang post? Ayos ba? :cheers:

lol nahayanghayang & nahipus are incredibles , prof. Rajah are here :lol:

~JasoN~

May 16th, 2008, 10:55 AM

oi hinay-hinay lang sa mga statements na yan let's be proffesors:lol:

tama . basig naa napud mag react ! :cheers:

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 11:00 AM

ay! sayang! meron atang events sa hk for the olympics!
:banana: thank you!

:lol: hindi ata aabot october pa ang plano

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 11:01 AM

tama . basig naa napud mag react ! :cheers:
gimme a clue kinsa! hehe!!

para dili OT... unsa updates sa SM? open na ba havaianas?

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 11:04 AM

gimme a clue kinsa! hehe!!

para dili OT... unsa updates sa SM? open na ba havaianas?

i knew it! ayan! nag react na! haha joke lang! :cheers:

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 11:07 AM

i knew it! ayan! nag react na! haha joke lang! :cheers:
^^ngano diay? ako diay to? waah!!

unsa na bitaw updates sa SM? open na havaianas?

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 11:14 AM

ay if i know di ma puno2x ang kanilanga high- end subdivision lol well if not incredible check the website ..lol

neyoneyo80

May 16th, 2008, 11:20 AM

Read this goys...
Credible na credible diba? Ano kaya kung lahat ng threads dito ay ganito ang post? Ayos ba? :cheers:

sabi po ni uncle, this is the height daw po of pagiging KATKAT :ohno: and he requests all concerned daw po to stop this daw po.... :cheers: rumors are good daw po, but we need truthful evidences daw po... :)

btw, i heard, shangrila will manage the lkk hotel in cdo ;) (info subject to change daw po)

tj_brewed

May 16th, 2008, 11:21 AM

murag dili man katuohan uy! (it doesn't mean I'm excited!)

nagduda ko aning balita..

Anovey....nakakalurky ka na ha! Gravacious ang pagiging naive mo...:nocrook: It was supposed to be a sarcastic note! :D but hmmmm bad bad...let's refrain from doing that goys na ha! let's enjoy the investments we're having instead!

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 11:23 AM

oi hinay-hinay lang sa mga statements na yan let's be proffesors , dapat incredible jud ang source:lol:

oo nga po baka may magreact...sa mga gusto po magreact, just read my message thoroughly po...i was just telling jason, that he would have suggested the architect to make the 3f condo into 30f condo...ok po?

:lol::lol::lol:

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 11:27 AM

@tj_brewed....huhulaan ko.. mga 3 to 7 buildings... oks ba tj?

Guyz... ang Sampaguita Inn Expansion.. white Elephant gihapon! hahay!

:lol: dili elephant pero ang facade gi paint ug white

~JasoN~

May 16th, 2008, 11:27 AM

^^ he used the word SUGGESTED . :lol: sa mga hindi nakaka alam ng meaning nyan search nyo nalang sa dictionary :lol: :lol:

davaob4now

May 16th, 2008, 11:29 AM

sabi po ni uncle, this is the height daw po of pagiging KATKAT :ohno: and he requests all concerned daw po to stop this daw po.... :cheers: rumors are good daw po, but we need truthful evidences daw po... :)

btw, i heard, shangrila will manage the lkk hotel in cdo ;) (info subject to change daw po)

ai true po...
good on them if shangrila po...sana e change nlng ang name ng hotel into Shangrila hotel...(my opinion/suggestion po)

DexterTexter

May 16th, 2008, 11:33 AM

MWAH! My Davao, my Daba-daba! I miss you SSC-DAVAO! :)

Goys/Goyettes, PAL Mabuhay Magazine will feature Davao in its June 2008 Issue. I wrote about it in my blog here at this site: http://bridex.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/my-name-flies-around-the-world-via-pal-mabuhay-magazine-in-june/ . Hope you will visit Goys/ettes! Leave your tracks behind... send me a comment. :)

DexterTexter

May 16th, 2008, 11:41 AM

OMG THIS CRACKED ME UP!!!
:rofl::rofl::clown::runaway::bow::bash:

scoop news from the city hall:

shangrila plaza hotel will have it's upcoming mall here in davao, according to councilor hayanghayang and councilor nahipus. the gateway mall is also planning to put up one here, it's either upcoming or soon to rise, i could not get full information, but it doesn't matter anyway, does it? according to them, there is also a plan to build 30 highrises in riverfront corporate city in the future, therefore davao city will be the newest skyscapercity in the philippines next to makati. ayala mall will also build 2 more malls. the ayala team informed vice mayor sara that they are planning to build malls somewhere in compostela valley to complement the 2 billion dollar chinese investments there. i know that compostela valley is many kilometers away from davao city but anyway, that 3 billion mining investment should be credited to davao city.

and with the plan creation of a super metro consisting of gensan, digos, davao, panabo, igacos, tagum even up to surigao city, it is safe to say that southern mindanao is the most extensive metro in the whole world. it is time to rejoice now, because with all these upcoming events we are 100 percent sure that this will come true because these councilors are very reliable and no one can stop their vision that even the investors themselves can not repute whatever they will say. wow with all these developments, davao is the most progressive city in the philippines.

the vice mayor and the councilors are instructing their secretaries to draft a press statement regarding these news to be distributed to all local newspapers. let's just wait and see but even if these projects are not yet visible, this is a clear sign that davao city is booming, surpassing even makati or ortigas.

Sinjin P.

May 16th, 2008, 11:45 AM

Read this goys...

Credible na credible diba? Ano kaya kung lahat ng threads dito ay ganito ang post? Ayos ba? :cheers:

Totoo ba 'yan?

Gulf Coast

May 16th, 2008, 11:47 AM

Totoo ba 'yan?

yup! its a serious joke:)

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 12:12 PM

Anovey....nakakalurky ka na ha! Gravacious ang pagiging naive mo...:nocrook: It was supposed to be a sarcastic note! :D but hmmmm bad bad...let's refrain from doing that goys na ha! let's enjoy the investments we're having instead!
anong nangyari sa'yong post? di ko maiintindihan! hehe!

henji

May 16th, 2008, 12:31 PM

OMG THIS CRACKED ME UP!!!
:rofl::rofl::clown::runaway::bow::bash:

cracked ta tanan if madayun ni..... very massive project if that is the case.

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 12:40 PM

but of course dili ta paliba if ever naay ana na news :) kay kita dire kabalo ta muhimay kung unsa ang reliable na balita or unsa nang murag binuhat lang :)

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 01:31 PM

^^ i always read press releases that reads like this: a certain so and so company is looking (or planning or whatever) into putting a mall (or anything) in this city of so and so. there are companies or group of individuals trying to boost their stock without even checking if they can really do it.

this is the kind of reports that is so easy to manipulate. the end reader sees it as already being built.

we end up drum beating for projects that sometimes never see the light of day. :nuts:

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 01:33 PM

goys request naman :) pa post naman ng pics ng Central Park construction (from G-Mall carpark), Robinsons and yang sinasabi ni darry na naga pile sa may chimes :) thanks

and would it be possible na mag conference ta sa YM unya? say mga 1AM? SSC davao meeting sa ta hehe

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 01:39 PM

yet, are you now really based in singapore?

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 01:51 PM

Thats the plan po kuya paul :) I got a job as an interior designer (and hopefully ma promote to senior designer depende daw sa evaluation ng performance) but I havent started working yet (still waiting for my employment pass from the ministry of manpower)

neyoneyo80

May 16th, 2008, 01:57 PM

i always pass by sq, would like to meet you and the other davao ssc forumers there, sana po kuya matuloy, i'll bring a sack of chewing gum po as pasalubong :lol:

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 02:04 PM

yosi na lang kuya neyo :) mahal kasi yosi dito :D

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:05 PM

;20743517']goys request naman :) pa post naman ng pics ng Central Park construction (from G-Mall carpark), Robinsons and yang sinasabi ni darry na naga pile sa may chimes :) thanks

and would it be possible na mag conference ta sa YM unya? say mga 1AM? SSC davao meeting sa ta hehe

Central Park Hotel as of May 16, 2008

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9881/photo549ff1.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/21/photo548fc7.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2571/photo547cp5.jpg

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:08 PM

Totoo ba 'yan?

Kayo po, ano pong assessment nyo po while reading it?

If ever po na hindi totoo yan, that's how ridiculous SSC would appear if we countenance unsupported and opinionated posts.

:)

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 02:14 PM

i always pass by sq, would like to meet you and the other davao ssc forumers there, sana po kuya matuloy, i'll bring a sack of chewing gum po as pasalubong :lol:

i remember that chewing gum of yours hehe btw my nephew was in Germany. Austria Budapest & other Eastern Europe cities hehe i got a Mozart Kugeln

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:15 PM

Tionko Avenue

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8900/photo551hn4.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1533/photo550bd9.jpg

No big deal. Another medium-rise commercial complex.

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 02:18 PM

Central Park Hotel as of May 16, 2008

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9881/photo549ff1.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/21/photo548fc7.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2571/photo547cp5.jpg

bakit di visible ang mga rebars ?

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 02:19 PM

Tionko Avenue

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8900/photo551hn4.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1533/photo550bd9.jpg

No big deal. Another medium-rise commercial complex.

so naa na ka info kung unsa ni?

medium rise huh? pag sure ha :lol:

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:20 PM

^^
Sorry kay hanap akong phone camera. :D

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:22 PM

;20744829']so naa na ka info kung unsa ni?

medium rise huh? pag sure ha :lol:

As always, mga laborers lang naman yung kinakaya-kaya kong tanungin. Yun yung sabi nya sa akin. :lol:

Yung sa may chimes naman, laborer lang din yung napagtanungan ko noon. Although gusto ko sana malaman from the architect mismo yung details ng building. Full-blast kasi yung construction. Mukhang seryoso yung may ari sa kung ano man yung pinapatayo nya dyan. :lol:

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 02:24 PM

di ko maisip ko ano ang entrance ng Central Park Hotel , sa porma ng perspective eh grandioso naman , siguro aalisin nila yang istorbong bldg. ng Robinson's Bank :lol:

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 02:25 PM

As always, mga laborers lang naman yung kinakaya-kaya kong tanungin. Yun yung sabi nya sa akin. :lol:

Yung sa may chimes naman, laborer lang din yung napagtanungan ko noon. Although gusto ko sana malaman from the architect mismo yung details ng building. Full-blast kasi yung construction. Mukhang seryoso yung may ari sa kung ano man yung pinapatayo nya dyan. :lol:

nakausap ko nga yung manager ng fresynet medium-rise lang daw ;)

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:26 PM

di ko maisip ko ano ang entrance ng Central Park Hotel , sa porma ng perspective eh grandioso naman , siguro aalisin nila yang istorbong bldg. ng Robinson's Bank :lol:

I can't imagine either. Baka nga aalisin nila yung building sa front. Kung pareho lang yung may ari, I suppose he will do just that.

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:27 PM

nakausap ko nga yung manager ng fresynet medium-rise lang daw ;)

So tama yung sabi nung trabahante na 7 storeys...?

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 02:28 PM

As always, mga laborers lang naman yung kinakaya-kaya kong tanungin. Yun yung sabi nya sa akin. :lol:

Yung sa may chimes naman, laborer lang din yung napagtanungan ko noon. Although gusto ko sana malaman from the architect mismo yung details ng building. Full-blast kasi yung construction. Mukhang seryoso yung may ari sa kung ano man yung pinapatayo nya dyan. :lol:

so unsa daw ang buhaton dira sa tionko? pila ka andanas daw?
kanang piles sa may chimes ba, murag dako sab siguro na kay ga piles man :) or pwede pud kay diba swampy man nang area na na

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 02:28 PM

sa porma perpendcular siya sa lot parang yung gym & spa sa Jacinto ext.

Chrisvenz

May 16th, 2008, 02:29 PM

naku waway625! Next top Model ka pala!!! hahaha =)

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:30 PM

sa porma perpendcular siya sa lot parang yung gym & spa sa Jacinto ext.

Ahhhh.... Tama pala yung trabahante na seven storey building....

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 02:31 PM

naku waway625! Next top Model ka pala!!! hahaha =)
??? bakit po?

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:31 PM

;20745055']so unsa daw ang buhaton dira sa tionko? pila ka andanas daw?
kanang piles sa may chimes ba, murag dako sab siguro na kay ga piles man :) or pwede pud kay diba swampy man nang area na na

Sabi lang nung trabahante sa Tionko commercial building daw. Five storeys yata yun...

Yung sa may Chimes naman, seven storey residential/commercial building...

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 02:32 PM

yun sa quirino po? yung malapit sa jo's hanggang 4 floors lang po yun noh?

dinabaw

May 16th, 2008, 02:33 PM

^^ tama 4th flr. patapos na , yung Sampaguita nag papaint narin parang mas mabilis sila ngayon hinahabalo ata ang Kadayawan ..lol pero i really like the Sampaguita bldg. kahit medium rise lang pero yung triangular shape ang ganda tingnan! parang dito lang ako nakakita sa Davao ng nagsalubungan ang 3 roads well not only that diba marami pa ditong ganyan

oo nga nakita ko mga piles ang hahaba tapos ang dami , para atang mas maingay pa siya sa Central Park Hotel , bakit kaya?

Peng Hok

May 16th, 2008, 02:35 PM

;20745194']yun sa quirino po? yung malapit sa jo's hanggang 4 floors lang po yun noh?

Uu, hanggang fourth floor lang...

^^ oo nga nakita ko mga piles ang hahaba tapos ang dami , para atang mas maingay pa siya sa Central Park Hotel , bakit kaya?

Baka tataasan pa nila... Hehehehe :lol:

Chrisvenz

May 16th, 2008, 02:36 PM

;20745177']??? bakit po?

Astig mo!:lol:

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 03:12 PM

^^ di ko gets:dunno::dunno:

qwert_guy

May 16th, 2008, 03:16 PM

uso pa ba yung kwek kwek sa davao?

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 04:12 PM

;20746267']^^ di ko gets:dunno::dunno:
just refer sa SSC Next Top Model... naa didto imong nawong...

neyoneyo80

May 16th, 2008, 04:15 PM

;20744373']yosi na lang kuya neyo :) mahal kasi yosi dito :D

okay, yosi na lang ton-wins or marlboro? meantime, try to drop by johore bahru to get some imported malaysian yosis :lol:

neyoneyo80

May 16th, 2008, 04:16 PM

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 04:37 PM

rainy lately sa dvo?
opo.. for 2 days na... it starts at 4 pm..

reancorbz84

May 16th, 2008, 06:03 PM

hala, legazpi nanaman? ngano davao dili jud ibutang dinha:nuts::nuts:! ataya... hehehehehe..

Il Tenore

May 16th, 2008, 06:11 PM

^^ganito kasi yun..

kanang kuan gani... basta kuan na siya.. haha! gets?

reancorbz84

May 16th, 2008, 06:17 PM

aba aba nahawa ka na sir il tinore sa kuan kuan na yan ha.. nakaka kuan ba ang kuan sir? hahahaha:bash::bash:

WawaY[625]

May 16th, 2008, 06:51 PM

Gov't urged to emulate Davao approach vs food crisis (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/05/17/news/gov.t.urged.to.emulate.davao.approach.vs.food.crisis.html)

AN ENVIRONMENTAL group has urged the National Government to emulate the laudable approach of the Davao City government in containing the food crisis through planting crops for consumption.

Interface Development Interventions Inc. (Idis) Executive Director Lia Jasmin Esquillo said the plan of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to fund local food production is a good food security approach.

He explained this is particularly beneficial for the poor who are not only confronted by the lack of money to buy food but also by the lack of opportunity to help themselves escape from poverty and hunger.

Duterte recently announced the release of P5 million to P10 million to fund local food production as he urged the people to "plant if you want to eat".

The fund will be coursed through different accredited cooperatives of small farmers and will be used to buy farm inputs.

Esquillo said this approach would again empower small farmers who have been deprived of the chance to improve themselves when the lands surrounding them have all been converted to banana, pineapple, and oil palm plantations, and even mining exploratory sites.

"The Davao City government is embarking on a sustainable way of arresting the food problem and this program will not only contain the problem but also empower the people, the small farmers," Esquillo said.

Esquillo, however, said that the local government must be very careful in the implementing the program by following the conventional way of farming, which requires intense amount of synthetic chemicals and other farm inputs as this will definitely defeat the concept of sustainable agriculture.

"The sustainability of the food production will still rely on the kind of farming system. We all know that if synthetic chemicals are introduced, the sustainability of agriculture is imperiled," Esquillo said.

He added that they are urging the City Government to practice organic agriculture instead of sticking to the chemical-dependent system.

"But this is already a good start and something that must be followed by the National Government," Esquillo said. (GLP)

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 06:53 PM

opo.. for 2 days na... it starts at 4 pm..

sharp?:lol:

davaoeagle

May 16th, 2008, 07:04 PM

Saturday, May 17, 2008
US envoy to open teachers' workshop
Sunstar Davao

US Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney will deliver remarks at the opening of a US-funded training workshop.

The workshop is for selected secondary school teachers from Mindanao at 5:30 p.m. on Monday at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City.

While the training, conducted in partnership with international non-governmental organization My Community Our Earth, will be held from May 19-23 at the Philippine Science High School in Tugbok District, Mintal, Davao City.

The training is part of a US government program to promote science inquiry.

It is also aimed to build curriculum content, and improve teacher training while building bridges of communication between the US and regional educators, local government, and the civil society.

The weeklong specialized training will focus on empowering teachers and their students to tackle local community environmental issues through geographical mapping.

It will also provide them resources to complement their regular classroom lesson in science and math.

The training will highlight the use of geographic information systems.

Participating teachers will become "master trainers" who will pass information and resources to their colleagues across Mindanao.

Media interested in covering the opening program should contact US Embassy Deputy Press Attaché Karen Schinnerer at 0918-948-6455.

davaoeagle

May 16th, 2008, 07:04 PM

i remember that chewing gum of yours hehe btw my nephew was in Germany. Austria Budapest & other Eastern Europe cities hehe i got a Mozart Kugeln

Hey, Ambie!

Your inbox is FULL.....! :( :lol:

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 07:40 PM

few more and it's time for a new thread goys.

oradude23

May 16th, 2008, 08:04 PM

Saturday, May 17, 2008 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Corporate News

Metro Pacific Investments acquires stake in Davao hospital

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) will acquire 34% of Davao Doctors Hospital, Inc. (DDH) for P498 million, as it continues to pursue the creation of the first nationwide network of hospitals.

In a disclosure to the stock exchange, the company said it signed share purchase agreements with several shareholders of DDH yesterday, who hold 34% of the hospital’s issued share capital.

Melody M. del Rosario, assistant vice president for media and corporate communications, in a text message to BusinessWorld, said the stake represents 310,999 shares worth P1,600 per share.

The transaction is expected to be completed by month’s end, MPIC said.

Incorporated in 1966, DDH is one of the largest private hospitals in Davao City with 250 beds. It is considered the best medical facility in Mindanao.

"Our investment in Davao Doctors is a significant step in realizing our desire to expand into the hospital business and help improve the delivery of health care services throughout the country," said MPIC Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan in a statement.

MPIC is an investment and management company with interests in water utility, real estate development and healthcare.

The company presently holds 33.45% of Medical Doctors, Inc., the owner and operator of the Makati Medical Center. — Lovely Nica P. Lee

davaoeagle

May 16th, 2008, 08:37 PM

few more and it's time for a new thread goys.

Hi Paul, called you up but no answer...

I was chatting with Boyet and we're trying to teleconf with other Goys...

davaoeagle

May 16th, 2008, 08:40 PM

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Habagat to open in MTS
Sunstar Davao

IN 1987, a year after the shining moment of the Philippines in world history with its "People Power" revolt, three friends Junx Muaña, Randy Su and Dindo Sugatan, avid outdoors men and architects, all decided once again to revisit their earlier dreams.

They pooled their money, a grand total of P4,500 and decided to set up Habagat Outdoor Equipment Inc.

They built on their earlier, if somewhat limited, success with manufacturing packs of their own design in the late 70's.

In no time, the country's growing mountaineering community was won over as the initial packs were introduced in climbs of the Mountaineering Federation of the Philippines (MFPI), climbs of other mountaineering groups and in other outdoor activities.

From then on, Habagat steadily expanded their manufacturing capabilities introduced innovative products and established dealerships throughout the Visayas and Mindanao. With the opening of SM Megamall in 1997, Habagat truly became a national brand.

Hand in hand with these, Habagat continued to be involved in outdoor activities, hosting them or supporting individuals or teams that join them. These include being part of the pioneering efforts in promoting mountain biking, caving, kayaking rock and sports climbing - at one point setting up the first sports climbing wall outside Metro Manila - and, of late, multi-discipline adventure racing - the Carrera Habagat.

Guided by the values of good design, use of quality materials with careful craftsmanship and having these tested in actual conditions by mountaineers and other outdoor enthusiasts coupled with a consistent advocacy for environmental protection and the regarding of nature not only as playground but more so as life ground.

Habagat started operating in 1987 in a garage in Kamuning St., with one high-speed sewing machine. The flagship models, Venado and Margaja, both 50 Liter Internal Frame (IF) packs were launched. These were soon introduced to the Mountaineering Federation of the Philippines, Inc. (MFPI) national federation climb in Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon, Mindanao. Received with overwhelming enthusiasm, orders poured in and inquiries for dealerships made.

At a mid-year climb in Camiguin Island, North Mindanao, the Bumbag (Hip pack) was introduced.

Formal dealerships were established in Cagayan de Oro City, Davao City and Manila mostly through mountaineering clubs. In December 1993, SM City Cebu Habagat shop opened.

This year alone, Habagat hosted the 5th Visayas Mountain Festival together with COAT (Cebu Outdoor Adventure Team) and USCM (USC Mountaineers) in Barangay Magtangtang, Danao Municipality, Bohol last March 6 to 9, 2008.

Habagat's new shop in Davao now opens in Matina Town Square featuring the popular items for outdoor activities. Proudly Philippine-made, Habagat stays true to its slogan of "Built by Hand, Tested by Nature." (Press release)

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 09:08 PM

bai, my cellphone didn't ring. probably you had the wrong number.

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 09:09 PM

:lock:

davaoeagle

May 16th, 2008, 09:40 PM

bai, my cellphone didn't ring. probably you had the wrong number.

I thought so too...I rang you up at home too....no worries!

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 09:44 PM

a, wa nay daghang istorya, post na mo.:lol:

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 09:56 PM

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2341/oldcityhalldf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The Old City Hall (formerly a Municipal Building) was constructed in 1926, or ten years before Davao finally became a city. This rare photograph is courtesy of the Davao Tourism Office and Digilution.

who would ever imagine that this city would be one of mindanao's driving force.

neyoneyo80

May 16th, 2008, 10:05 PM

nostalgic po ba ang dating nating ngayon....para po sa inyo tito uncle paul... :lol: :cheers:

let's not forget Davao's humble beginnings.... :cheers:
Happy Diamond Thread po!!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2013/2431247630_d494258523_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2430445375_149d983f38_o.jpg

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 10:08 PM

paulkrps

May 16th, 2008, 10:10 PM

dako nga yis. why not trace our very own davao's humble past. tsur.

neyoneyo80

May 16th, 2008, 10:11 PM

i'm so humbled. *char:lol:

fyi lang po, uncle po is third to the right po front row po in 45 degree sitting position :lol: hs class 1932 :lol: :jk:

davaoeagle

May 16th, 2008, 10:38 PM

Repost

IBM global financing (IGF) goes to Davao
Manila Bulletin (http://http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20080517124373.html)

IBM Philippines recently hosted a C-level event on IBM Global Financing (IGF) held in the Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City.

This is one of many activities being implemented in line with IBM’s Geo-Expansion initiatives aimed to expand IBM’s reach and operations in the key cities and locations outside Metro Manila. IBM Global Financing is the world’s largest technology financier with over 125,000 clients in more than 50 countries.

IGF provides a range of solutions to enable our clients to fund technology investments, manage asset lifecycles, and finance supply chain and working capital. Solutions are available for organizations of all sizes, from small and medium businesses (SMBs) to global corporations.

davaoeagle

May 16th, 2008, 10:58 PM

Footprints By Tony Vn. Figueroa
Samal in my mind
Mindanao Times

AFTER barely making it to the final session days of the last Congress (but without a counterpart bill approved in the Senate), the bill proposing the conversion of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) into a special economic zone is on track again.

Filed by then congressman Antonio ‘Tonyboy’ Floirendo Jr., the bill, taken over by Rep. Anton Lagdameo (2nd District, Davao del Norte) is getting good support in the House, raising optimism the initiative will in no time at all be passed and a complement piece of legislation will similarly be pursued in the Senate.

Samal bill does not only make part of the island-city into a light-industrial area, but also proposes to install investment come-ons and offer incentives that will hasten the development of tourism. If enacted into a law, the Lagdameo bill will pave the way for the development of the zone into a ‘little Macau’.

As it is now, Samal is home to the Floirendo-owned, world-class Pearl Farm Resort and other similar establishments that have slowly been expanded as alternates for the more popular destinations found in the Luzon and Visayas regions.

With that in mind, there are already plans of building a span that will bridge Davao City to the island. Even the tantalizing prospect of developing a cruise travel industry in Davao Gulf has already caught fire in some boardrooms.

With the possible revival of the moribund Samal Casino and the Ekran Berhad Hotel in the island, things will surely be optimistic for the island-city.
But Lagdameo has also maintained his focus on growth initiatives.
Only recently, he earmarked a P20 million for projects for the first quarter alone.

The appropriation, mainly sourced from his development fund, was allotted for the improvement and rehab of PNP buildings in Tagum City (P1 million), Panabo City (P5 million), and B.E. Dujali town (P1 million).

Funds were also set aside from the construction of two classrooms at San Miguel, IGACOS (P1.750 million); an HE building at Kaputian, IGACOS (P1 million); improvement and rehab of two school buildings at Dujali town, namely at DAPECOL (P2 million), and Cabay-angan (P1 million).

The remainder of the allotment was used for the improvement of IGACOS barangay halls in Villarica, Babak, IGACOS (P300,000); San Isidro, Babak (P300,00); Tagbay, Samal (P300,000); and Kanaan, Kaputian (P300,000); improvement of the municipal health center in Carmen (P2.5 million), day-care center in Ising, Carmen (P360,000); construction of day-care center in Cawag, Samal (P1M); San Vicente, Panabo (P730,000); San Miguel, Sto. Tomas (P730,000); and Magwawa, Sto. Tomas (P730,000).

Some of these infra projects, through the help of the Department of Public Works and Highways, are already completed.

Lagdameo was categorical in saying that the projects, pursued in line with his Barangayanihan program, seek to provide basic services like education, health and infrastructures for the school children, equip day-care centers with rudimentary needs, and support policemen and barangay officials who have dedicated to serve and protect the people in the province.

davaob4now

May 17th, 2008, 12:31 AM

Saturday, May 17, 2008 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Corporate News

Metro Pacific Investments acquires stake in Davao hospital

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) will acquire 34% of Davao Doctors Hospital, Inc. (DDH) for P498 million, as it continues to pursue the creation of the first nationwide network of hospitals.

In a disclosure to the stock exchange, the company said it signed share purchase agreements with several shareholders of DDH yesterday, who hold 34% of the hospital’s issued share capital.

Melody M. del Rosario, assistant vice president for media and corporate communications, in a text message to BusinessWorld, said the stake represents 310,999 shares worth P1,600 per share.

The transaction is expected to be completed by month’s end, MPIC said.

Incorporated in 1966, DDH is one of the largest private hospitals in Davao City with 250 beds. It is considered the best medical facility in Mindanao.
"Our investment in Davao Doctors is a significant step in realizing our desire to expand into the hospital business and help improve the delivery of health care services throughout the country," said MPIC Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan in a statement.

MPIC is an investment and management company with interests in water utility, real estate development and healthcare.

The company presently holds 33.45% of Medical Doctors, Inc., the owner and operator of the Makati Medical Center. — Lovely Nica P. Lee

very true! proud ako sa hospital ng alma mater ko...:)

wow! legazpi ulit ang banner...good morning mga early birds...:)

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 12:37 AM

very true! proud ako sa hospital ng alma mater ko...:)

wow! legazpi ulit ang banner...good morning mga early birds...:)

taga Davao Doc diay ka bro? nice...daghan baya cute dinha :okay:

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 12:40 AM

May bagong thread na pala...ehehehhe naiwan ako dun sa kabila!

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2341/oldcityhalldf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The Old City Hall (formerly a Municipal Building) was constructed in 1926, or ten years before Davao finally became a city. This rare photograph is courtesy of the Davao Tourism Office and Digilution.

who would ever imagine that this city would be one of mindanao's driving force.

Nice pix....do u have more pix of Davao such as this? Post nyo naman dito... ;) Thanks.....

Based on the pix, the back part of the City Hall, which is now a busy commercial district, was lasang/forest then pala.... :D

nostalgic po ba ang dating nating ngayon....para po sa inyo tito uncle paul... :lol: :cheers:

let's not forget Davao's humble beginnings.... :cheers:
Happy Diamond Thread po!!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2013/2431247630_d494258523_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2430445375_149d983f38_o.jpg

:applause: Wow...so this was one of the streets in Davao then....nice...thanks for posting these pix....Wala na ang mga buildings na yan now ano? sayang...

xzibit31

May 17th, 2008, 01:19 AM

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 01:23 AM

Kadayawan 2008 calendar

Here’s the schedule of activities for the celebration of Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2008, as provided by the City Tourism Office.

This year’s theme is “Musanay Lumadnong Kagikan, Yutang Kabilin Panalipdan!“

17 August • Sunday
EVENING
MODA MINDANAW: Designers’ Cut (Gaisano Mall)

18 August • Monday
MORNING
Festival Press Launching
HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN: Indigenous Peoples Visual Arts Exhibit Opening (Museo Dabawenyo)
AFTERNOON
DAYAW: Kadayawan Festival Grand Opening (Peoples’ Park)
EVENING
LUMADNONG KASAULOGAN: Indigenous Peoples Festival Opening
LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Tagabawa (Rizal Park)

19 August • Tuesday
MORNING
KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Sama
HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
AFTERNOON
LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Matigsalog (Rizal Park)
Tribal Mass Wedding
EVENING
HIYAS SA KADAYAWAN: Search for Festival Symbol (CAP Auditorium)

20 August • Wednesday
MORNING
KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Ata Manuvu
HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
AFTERNOON
LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Tausug
EVENING
LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Maranao (Rizal Park)
TUNOG MINDANAW: World Music Competition (NCCC Mall)

21 August • Thursday
MORNING
KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong K’lata
HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
AFTERNOON
LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Ubo-Manobo
EVENING
LUMADNONG BATANWAN — Tribong Kalagan
SAYAW MINDANAW: The Mindanao Dance Competition (SM City Davao)

22 August • Friday
MORNING
KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
TUGTOGAN: Indigenous Music Festival (Victoria Plaza Mall)
HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
AFTERNOON
TUGTOGAN (Rizal Park and Peoples’ Park)
DAWOW: TUBOD SA SINUGDAN (Davao River Festival)
EVENING
TUGTOGAN (Rizal Park and Peoples’ Park)
MODA MINDANAW: Fashion Night (The Venue)

23 August • Saturday
MORNING
KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
AFTERNOON
INDAK-INDAK SA KADALANAN: Street Dancing and Festival Showcases
[STREET PERFORMANCE]
EVENING
INDAK-INDAK SA KADALANAN: Street Dancing and Festival Showcases
[SHOWDOWN PERFORMANCE]

24 August Sunday
MORNING
KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until afternoon)
PAMULAK KADAYAWAN: Floral Float Parade and Competition
HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
AFTERNOON
KALASIKAS: Music and Dance Concerts (Rizal Park and Peoples’ Park)
EVENING
PAHALIPAY NI MAYOR SA KADAYAWAN (Rizal Park)
PASALAMAT: Dinner and Fellowship of Kadayawan 2008 Team (The Venue)

It should be interesting to note that, for the first time, the traditional Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan (”street dancing”) will be held from the afternoon all the way to the night. More teams, more color and creativity, and fiercer competition are what you can expect to see on this day!

- by Blogie Robillo - www.angdabawenyo.com

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 01:27 AM

i had a talk with one of the metro pacific guys and they said that upon completion of the sale of the shares of DDC, they are going to build a new multi billion building for DDC in matina. they are going to convert the existing building into a commercial space.

Existing building into a commercial space? u mean the existing building of Davao Doc dinha sa downtown? :dunno: Anyway, it's also interesting to note that MPIC (the company that would acquire a share in Davao Doctors Hospital is the same company which acquired a share in Makati Medical Center (last 2007), in which it had taken a 33-percent interest. :okay: One of the outcomes of the acquisition is the construction of its modern medical facility. Today, malapit na macomplete ang new medical building ng Makati Med. :okay:

henji

May 17th, 2008, 02:22 AM

^^^^asa dapit kaha sa Matina?

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 02:25 AM

^^^^as dapit kaha sa Matina?

Good morning henji...

henji

May 17th, 2008, 02:30 AM

^^mownin.... hehehhe daku man gud ng stretch diha sa atbang sa GSIS. I hope not kay naa koy paryentes diha. hehehhe

henji

May 17th, 2008, 02:39 AM

hala ang Bilis thread 75 na tayo...... zoooom.....

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 02:39 AM

^^mownin.... hehehhe daku man gud ng stretch diha sa atbang sa GSIS. I hope not kay naa koy paryentes diha. hehehhe

across GSIS? which part of GSIS? ehehehhehe ang lapad kc ng GSIS eh...

henji

May 17th, 2008, 02:44 AM

across GSIS? which part of GSIS? ehehehhehe ang lapad kc ng GSIS eh...

kanang atbang GSIS building and subdivision. kanang brgys. San Antonio, San Miguel, Sto. Nino stretch diha.... upto corner Matina Crossing. its a vast land but is presently occupied by settlers.

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 02:47 AM

kanang atbang GSIS building and subdivision. kanang brgys. San Antonio, San Miguel, Sto. Nino stretch diha.... upto corner Matina Crossing. its a vast land but is presently occupied by settlers.

^^ Oh...i thought they legally owned the land... Ive been there before, nice man...i thought its a mini village :D

Il Tenore

May 17th, 2008, 03:07 AM

pahabol!!! thread 75 na!!

Il Tenore

May 17th, 2008, 03:17 AM

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 03:19 AM

^^ hindi pa kasali ang mga activities initiated by private companies and orgs. :okay:

Il Tenore

May 17th, 2008, 03:45 AM

what? di pa pala kasali ang activities sa private sector?

parang ang astig na ng activities!!

GearX

May 17th, 2008, 05:57 AM

any updates sa The Royalties Castle?

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 06:05 AM

^^ never heard of it...what's that? I cant remember someone posting about it din sa thread na to...

GearX

May 17th, 2008, 06:09 AM

^^ never heard of it...what's that? I cant remember someone posting about it din sa thread na to...

oh, I thought you knew it already, supposed to be a 7-star hotel...last month pa tong news na to...
:cheers:

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 06:11 AM

^^ nah...i havent heard of it...and i bet the other davao forumers too...coz if we have, then we could have been discussing about it already. :okay:

GearX

May 17th, 2008, 06:17 AM

^^ nah...i havent heard of it...and i bet the other davao forumers too...coz if we have, then we could have been discussing about it already. :okay:

It was mentioned in the Metro Manila SSC Forums ... they were talking about hotel ratings. here's the link (http://www.ohicc.com/class,Hotel-Star-Rating.php) and this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=19949095&postcount=324)

WawaY[625]

May 17th, 2008, 06:18 AM

^^ nah...i havent heard of it...and i bet the other davao forumers too...coz if we have, then we could have been discussing about it already. :okay:

isa pa, a 7 star hotel na wala naman press release sounds too good to be true..eh dito naman di natin agad sineseryoso ang mga balita lalo na yung mukhang gawa gawa lang

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 06:20 AM

;20770636']isa pa, a 7 star hotel na wala naman press release sounds too good to be true..eh dito naman di natin agad sineseryoso ang mga balita lalo na yung mukhang gawa gawa lang

I saw an info (just now) about it in Wikipedia. But wikipedia is not a reliable source :okay:

WawaY[625]

May 17th, 2008, 06:22 AM

yun nga...tayo kasi, unless mukhang credible, di natin sineseryoso :)

tj_brewed

May 17th, 2008, 06:22 AM

It was mentioned in the Metro Manila SSC Forums ... they were talking about hotel ratings. here's the link (http://www.ohicc.com/class,Hotel-Star-Rating.php) and this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=19949095&postcount=324)

yup...ive seen the links...but i wont believe those news until it would be confirmed by the hotelier and developer themselves. :okay:

;20770688']yun nga...tayo kasi, unless mukhang credible, di natin sineseryoso :)

Out of curiousity, i tried googling about it. may mga sites nga that talks about it pero hindi naman credible tingnan. Mamaya na ako maniniwala if Inquirer or PSE mismo ang magrelease or if the company behind it would make a statement na. But well, it's a welcome development sa davao if totoo man...but for now, let's talk about those confirmed projects muna. :okay:

Gulf Coast

May 17th, 2008, 08:28 AM

I saw an info (just now) about it in Wikipedia. But wikipedia is not a reliable source :okay:

agree... wikipedia's not really that credible... and who knows? someone just inserted davao.... :ohno:

;20770688']yun nga...tayo kasi, unless mukhang credible, di natin sineseryoso :)

cant agree more... when its about davao, we should know more

davaoeagle

May 17th, 2008, 08:38 AM

^

Agree with your take on it guys..I guess someone has just poked fun on Davao in that website...but like they say..."who knows" :)

davaoeagle

May 17th, 2008, 08:54 AM

Here's some interesting twist in coffee drinking a la Davaoeño!

Why has coffee developed into a thriving industry in Philippines
Josephine Aguilar-Placido
Manila Bulletin

Filipinos have developed their own unique ways of drinking NESCAFÉ and these have all been largely influenced by practices handed down to them by their elders, their living conditions, and their work environment.

Some of them, though, just wanted to experiment on the flavors of this iconic coffee brand and in the process of trying out new concoctions, have developed delightful coffee treats.

Inherited coffee habits

Mang Rudy, 46, is a school bus driver who has developed the habit of drinking coffee while eating a kakanin. Before he sends students to school in the morning, he always buys suman, puto, kalamay, or biko—native delicacies that are readily available in the neighborhood where he parks his vehicle.

Enjoying coffee with these foods is a habit that Mang Rudy has developed over the years. These native treats served as "snacks" or even "full meals" for people like him who grew up in the province.

Talk about having coffee as a meal, Mang Rudy’s fellow school bus drivers, meanwhile, mix their prepared NESCAFÉ coffee with rice—serving as both soup and viand.

The Ramos children, whom Mang Rudy drives to school, on the other hand, has a more unique "take" on enjoying their coffee; they’ve transformed it into a frozen treat. What they do is to prepare coffee with cream and then place it inside the freezer. Once the "concoction" is frozen, they take it out and enjoy it as a dessert or even as a merienda.

All these practices—from Mang Rudy’s to the Ramos children—are something that they all inherited from their parents and even grandparents.

Fast-paced lifestyles

One’s enjoyment of NESCAFÉ has likewise been largely influenced by their work and lifestyles. Today’s busy youth, for example, has taken to liking the ready-made mix of NESCAFÉ 3-in-1 and the coffee provided by NESCAFÉ’s vendo machines.

The NESCAFÉ vendo machines are popular in workplaces because they help employees to be alert and ready for work. Drinking coffee is also a sound way to increase concentration and improve performance at work.

Kenneth, a call center agent, for example, swears that the coffee he gets from the NESCAFÉ vendo machine is the perfect companion when he goes on his graveyard shift. It charges him up and helps him to stay awake and focused on his tasks.

For Nicole, a supervisor in a prestigious management consulting and outsourcing company, NESCAFÉ 3-in-1 is perfect for hectic days. When not busy, she enjoys her coffee with a cookie or biscuit, dipping them in the concoction. Good thing the company Nicole works for keeps stocks of NESCAFÉ 3-in-1 for its employees.

Experimenting on flavors

If some people like to combine their coffee with pandesal or suman, there are also other coffee-lovers who like their coffee paired with fresh fruits. Davaoenos, for example, have an exceptional manner of drinking NESCAFÉ. Jayson, born and raised in Davao, has learned to drink coffee while eating durian.

Jayson says that durian and coffee are a perfect match in Davao. He explains that durian adds an exciting taste to his enticing hot coffee. Whenever there is durian in his house, his routine is to pair it with a deliciously hot NESCAFÉ. Since the fruit is widely available, Davaoenos learned to match coffee with fresh durian. The fruit’s sweet taste and custard-like texture makes coffee-drinking more pleasurable for many of them.

And for those who do not have sweet delicacies and fruits on hand, they have found other ingredients to complement their coffee.

Tisha, a college student, for example, uses caramel to enjoy her NESCAFÉ. By just mixing caramel syrup and powdered creamer with coffee, she can instantly have a sweet and delightful beverage. She likes ice-cold drinks so sometimes she also adds ice cubes to her coffee. If there’s vanilla syrup available, she also uses it to make her instant coffee more flavorful and aromatic.

These are just some of the ways that Filipinos enjoy their NESCAFÉ. How about you?

How do you enjoy yours?

Josephine Aguilar-Placido is a Sociology professor at the University of Sto. Tomas and has been a regular resource person in several talk shows and symposia.

Il Tenore

May 17th, 2008, 09:05 AM

Hi Goyz! hehe!

hindi ako nakasali sa meet ngayon (langayan man!)

dito lang ako sa NetExpress...

@tj_brewed... may no. ka ni dinabaw or ni kulaskusgan?

~JasoN~

May 17th, 2008, 09:18 AM

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5176/image525xrl8.jpg

according to a chery SA ( may display sila in front of the lot sa pic above ) jan daw nila gagawin yung davao showroom nila . The lot is a few blocks away from water district and the new honda davao showroom . :lol:

davaob4now

May 17th, 2008, 10:50 AM

Saturday, May 17, 2008 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Corporate News

Metro Pacific Investments acquires stake in Davao hospital

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) will acquire 34% of Davao Doctors Hospital, Inc. (DDH) for P498 million, as it continues to pursue the creation of the first nationwide network of hospitals.

In a disclosure to the stock exchange, the company said it signed share purchase agreements with several shareholders of DDH yesterday, who hold 34% of the hospital’s issued share capital.

Melody M. del Rosario, assistant vice president for media and corporate communications, in a text message to BusinessWorld, said the stake represents 310,999 shares worth P1,600 per share.

The transaction is expected to be completed by month’s end, MPIC said.

Incorporated in 1966, DDH is one of the largest private hospitals in Davao City with 250 beds. It is considered the best medical facility in Mindanao.
"Our investment in Davao Doctors is a significant step in realizing our desire to expand into the hospital business and help improve the delivery of health care services throughout the country," said MPIC Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan in a statement.

MPIC is an investment and management company with interests in water utility, real estate development and healthcare.

The company presently holds 33.45% of Medical Doctors, Inc., the owner and operator of the Makati Medical Center. — Lovely Nica P. Lee

this is true mga goys.

i had a talk with one of the metro pacific guys and they said that upon completion of the sale of the shares of DDC, they are going to build a new multi billion building for DDC in matina. they are going to convert the existing building into a commercial space.

true! ganyan po ka modern ang base hospital ng school ko po...:) at yan ang isa sa dalawang ISO Certified na hospital sa city, at ang unang ISO Certified.

DDC, also got a huge lot in mintal, they will use it for their future expansion...masyado kasi maliit ang area nila sa downtown...:)

davaob4now

May 17th, 2008, 10:55 AM

credible at reliable ba ang source na to?

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wala ata akong narinig na balita about this...hmmm...somethings wrong/fishy... bro tj, may The Pentominium, Manila ba? tanong ka daw diyan..ty.