Davao City and Samal Island [Archive] - Page 338

artvision

April 21st, 2009, 04:56 AM

@ kulas

going back to our discussion on indigenous tribes, I discovered some 'clue' with my personal research just recently. This ancient artifact that were discovered in Southern Mindanao area (particularly in Sarangani) may hold clue that Southern Mindanao may as well be among the earliest (if not the earliest) settlements in the country. This is the pic of the ancient artifact:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/artrocket/anthropomorphic.jpg

The image somehow reminded me of ancient Sumerian artifacts and found on the net this image of an ancient Sumerian figure:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/artrocket/sumerianface.jpg

Ancient Sumeria was supposedly Humanity's oldest civilization after the Flood that flourished in present day Iraq during ancient times. They had highly advanced civilization that time replete with writing, banking systems, etc. but the Sumerians suddenly and 'mysteriously' vanished.

There seems very prominent similarity in comparison with the images. Ancient artworks tend to record the culture of a certain place and usually follow disinct patterns that define their culture, in this case I believe the prominent "eyebrow" pattern of the ancient sumerian artifact seemed related with the artifacts found in Southern Mindanao and may be more than just 'coincidence'. I wonder whether there are other ancient artifacts in Asia that relate with those features, otherwise these figures would be very distinct.

It also provided 'clue' from what I previously read that the creation mythology of the Samal tribe was also strikingly similar with that of ancient Sumerians.

There are also depictions that ancient giant inhabitants in Samal did exist an they were called "Dinagats," who were eventually eliminated by their smaller sized neighboring Davao tribes because of their rude and bullying behaviors. The giants of old were also mentioned in the bible known as the "nephilims" who were borne out from parents of 'gods' and humans. For information, Abraham of the old testament actually originated from ancient Sumeria as his father was a Sumerian priest.

Nabasa pud nako before that the earliest inhabitants in the country may have landed in Southern Mindanao area about 5th century pa, and that the other regions in the country such as visayas and luzon were settled only later. Connecting these clues, it may be possible that Samal and Southern Mindanao may hold very ancient links in history not just in the country but Humanity itself.

akong gi-post personal research sa blog nako:
http://maharlikan.blogspot.com/

Here's a link narrating about the ancient Dinagats from UP-Mindanao (it's good that this university had established itself here, they can make a difference sa pila ka panahon kulang nabuhat ubang educational institutions sa Dabaw mag support sa mga ingon ani):

http://www.upmin.edu.ph/ojs/index.php/banwa/article/viewFile/32/37

Peng Hok

April 21st, 2009, 05:00 AM

Aw mao ba? Hehehe! Sige akong tanawon sa mapa. Actually, dili pud ko sure. Nagbuot-buot ra ko. Pero ang sure nako is naa syay frontage both sa Panacan ug sa Diversion Road na side. :D

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 05:00 AM

Camella to build more units here, boosting Davao’s modern lifestyle
Monday, 13 April 2009 11:03

A housing developer here is eyeing the northern part of the city as location for its new high-end projects which will further add to the business, commercial and shopping destinations in the region.
Marlon Escalicas, general manager of Camella Communities Davao, a subsidiary of the country’s biggest homebuilder Vistaland and Lifescapes, said Camella sees opportunities in the growth of the city’s northern economic hub with the ongoing development of modern office facilities catering to the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and other businesses, as well as high-end commercial and shopping centers.
“We intend to provide Davao the opportunity to be part of this vibrant economic and social environment by giving them a residential location within the city’s emerging urban enclave,” Escalicas said.
He said the development will provide a perfect backdrop for people to have a full and healthy lifestyle while they strike a balance between live, work and play.
“It will be the first of its kind in the northern part of Davao, and will come with many more enhanced features that will give its homeowners the ultimate modern lifestyle,” said Escalicas, adding that their new project will not only be an addition to Davao’s urban development, it will be different in that the natural environs of the location will be preserved and even enhanced in respect to Mother Nature. “We shall preserve the age-old trees and other plant life within the project site, and enhance this with imported Caribbean pine trees worth millions, turning this development into the city’s first pine estate,” he added. Camella Communities is well known for its master-planned residential developments in the city such as the well-admired Caribbean-themed Solarigea in Talomo and the Italian-inspired Toscana in Bago Gallera. [PNA]

Edge Davao (http://http://www.edgedavao.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=287:camella-to-build-more-units-here-boosting-davaos-modern-lifestyle&catid=47:property-forum&Itemid=80)

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 05:17 AM

The doctor is now a businesswoman
By Gigie A. Agtay

AMID a global economic recession, this 36-year-old Dabawenya braces up and explores the world of business.

Dorothy Lim-Bakino is neither a business management graduate nor has experience in it. All she has are guts, optimism, and a supportive sister to venture in a salon and spa business.

"The Manny Pacquiao Blog". Click here for stories and updates on the Filipino boxing champ.

Dorothy, who is a graduate of the Davao Medical School Foundation and a licensed physician, along with younger sister Mary Jenny Lim-Carpio, are the two pillars of Dojen H20 Salon and Spa, the newest beauty center located at the second floor of the Robinson's Cybergate complex along J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada, this city.

After passing the physicians licensure exams, Dorothy decided to work in the US.

"I didn't practice medicine. I wanted to try something new abroad. After several years, I decided to come home for good. Napagod din ako (I got tired)," she narrated.

Inspired by the turnout of Jenny's business partnership on another mall-based salon, Hair Studio, Dorothy was motivated to put up one. She and Jenny agreed to join resources for H20.

The name H20 was derived from a modern hair salon in Malaysia while "Dojen" is a combination of the first syllables of the two sisters' first names. During one of their trips abroad, Dorothy said they saw this H20 Hair Studio in Jusco shopping mall in Malaysia and was inspired to put up one in Davao City.

She initially thought of a "fish spa" service, similar to the one at Ocean Park in Manila and the Sampuotan Spa in Malaysia, which offers a fish therapy designer concept that sets it apart from the rest by having the Garra Rufa fishes from Turkey to rejuvenate and relax the soul while providing great beautification benefits for the whole body.

But the hassles that go with the importation of the highly priced Garra Rufa fishes prompted them to shelve the plan.

For Dorothy, its not just all about earning money in business, it is also giving clients a value for their money through competent hairdressers and staff as well as looking after the latter's economic welfare.

She takes pride in her four hair experts -- Elton John Leonardo, Manolino A. Esmerio, Dennis Asuncion, and Raymond Lozada who, she said, underwent a month-training at the L'Oreal Academy (L Academy) in Manila.

At the L Academy, they were developed into well-rounded hairdressers with a comprehensive understanding of systems, products, and their usage.

Their in-depth training, Dorothy said, allowed them to fully appreciate new, advanced, and complex trends and techniques that will help them handle all situations in a salon with ease.

"Here at H20, clients' hair will undergo hair diagnostics before hairdressers apply anything," she said.

All other 19 staff were also trained in Davao by L'Oreal professionals.

Dorothy believes that in recent years, regular visits to the salon have ceased to be a domain of the rich and famous.

It is now easily available to anyone who wants to feel good about themselves, hence her positive outlook about H20.

"Going to the salon has become a basic need aside from food and shelter," she said. "I noticed na sa mga beauty salons, di nawawalan ng tao."

She, however, said the affordability of salon services shouldn't compromise quality.

"Quality service will satisfy clients. I know because I am a meticulous client myself when I go to a salon," she added.

With her optimism that H20 will churn out a respectable performance, she said there is so much to do to keep salon staff loyal.

"Hindi lang dapat owners ang kikita. Workers should be given a good deal para maging harmonious ang relationship. Aside from other incentives is their continuing education, abroad if necessary," she said. "If they are good, then it follows that they will earn more."

Dorothy, who also took the one-month training at L Academy, said she can also fill in for other hairdressers.

"Though I cannot cut clients' hair, I can say that I am now a hair color expert," she added.

At H20, she said, you can come face-to-face with a new and better look in a luxurious yet comfortable environment. It can service at least 24 clients at the same time.

H20, a place where you can relax and feel rejuvenated as you get personalized attention from its amiable staff, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sun-Star (http://http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/doctor-now-businesswoman)

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 05:21 AM

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 05:34 AM

Chinatown night market to
be made regular attraction

The night market in Davao City’s Chinatown area will soon be a regular feature to attract tourists and businesses.

Councilor Peter Laviña, chair of the City Council Committee on Trade, Commerce and Industry, said the City Council will hold one more public hearing and then favorably endorse the institutionalization of the night market.

He said the next hearing is set on Friday, April 24 at 9 a.m. at the City Council.

Laviña said the proposal to regularize the night market was made by Brezton Hao of Chinatown 168 through councilor Paolo Duterte, president of the Liga ng mga Barangay.

He said the proposal calls for the holding of a night market every last weekend of the month.

“If successful as we have experienced during the Davao Chinese New Year Festival last January, then the night market could progress into a weekly and then later nightly activity,” Laviña said.

He said the night market would boost the image of Chinatown as the city’s premier business district with nightly tourist attractions and help create livelihood and employment. Diana Lhyd Suelto

Mindanao Daily Mirror (http://http://www.dailymirror.ph/Apr/business04212009&05.html)

artvision

April 21st, 2009, 06:02 AM

Davao City’s e-tricycles: Toss-up between old and new
Bworldonline (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW042009/content.php?id=075) April 20, 2009

DAVAO CITY — An electric vehicle assembly plant north of this city’s central district looks like a warehouse, but it represents an emerging toss-up between maintaining tradition and adopting technological revolution in the Southern Mindanao city’s transport industry.

http://www.bworldonline.com/BW042009/tricycle.jpg

Laborers in this city’s Sasa district have been working hard to assemble four-wheel electric vehicle prototypes: a two-seater car and a converted jiffy, both with automatic transmission system.

Within the compound of DC Electric Vehicle Corp., six other electric tricycles have been assembled for sale within the next few days.

First-time visitors might notice the limited manpower in the assembly line, but "you do not need an army to build the vehicles the way they are designed," said plant manager Albert N. Ybañez.

"It’s not really complicated. There are only 36 pieces on an electric tricycle and one person can build one [unit] in just eight hours," he said.

Nobody thought that it would be a business Mr. Ybañez would start up, with no background in engineering and engine details, and with adeptness only at cooking oriental dishes having worked as a chef overseas for many years.

In February, DC Electric rolled out 21 electric tricycles for public transport and, as expected, triggered negative reactions from public utility competitors particularly when it started soliciting passengers without permit from the City Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board. The company twice applied for the permit, which are still on hold to this day.

The board had issued a cease and desist order that prohibited electric tricycle drivers from plying secondary routes pending the case’s resolution.

On April 17, the drivers of electric tricycles asked City Administrator Wendel E. Avisado, who temporarily allowed them to ply their routes.

Davao City, a perennial nominee of green contests, has been active in environmental campaigns. The city is in the second pilot area of the Clean Cities Program implemented by the Sustainable Energy Development Program, in partnership with the US Department of Energy and the United States Agency for International Development.

DC Electric’s push for its project is anchored on the central government’s programs to promote an environment-friendly transport industry.

The Biofuels Act has recognized the need to develop alternative mode of transportation, including hybrid cars.

The Alternative Fuel Vehicles Act of 2004 gives incentives to hybrids "to promote the manufacture, importation, sale, distribution, use and development of hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles in furtherance of the objectives of Republic Act 8749 or the Clean Air Act."

Salaam H. Alibbdon, an electric tricycle driver, said the petition of transport groups against their operations might have been spawned by jealousy as passengers preferred the non-pollutant electric tricycles. "It runs very smoothly and there’s no hassle."

He noted he earns more compared to driving a fuel-powered tricycle. "I used to earn about P300 but I now earn from P400 to P500 [on an electric tricycle]."

That extra P100-P200 savings will go a long way for 59-year-old Alibbdon, who has children and three grandchildren depending on him for support.

Benjamin C. Rafols, 37, used to drive a trisikad — a bicycle with a side car — on a less profitable route earning only P80 a day, but he saw his take-home pay doubles in a month of driving the electric tricycle.

Mr. Rafols said he no longer worries about fluctuating gas prices as the five-battery vehicle can run about 70 to 80 kilometers when fully charged.

"Based on the current electric prices, eight hours of charging will only cost P82.75 or about one peso per kilometer," Renato M. Yap, operations manager of DC Electric, said.

In contrast, traditional light road vehicles run at a cost of P3 to P4 per kilometer based on current fuel prices.

A stripped-down basic model — composed of chassis, body, battery, and the dynamo imported from China and Taiwan — has enabled the company to keep retail prices at affordable levels. A three-wheel pickup type ideal for transporting goods costs P98,000.

Mr. Yap expects a return of investments in his venture in three years. As for safety features, the tricycle runs a maximum speed of 40 kilometers per hour and all the passengers are seated at the rear for easy maneuve-rability

The vehicle can also be charged at ordinary household outlets with 30-ampere capability, or lines that could take 6,600 watts.

A drawback, however, is that the power from its 60-volt batteries is inadequate to hurdle a 30-degree incline.

The company’s vehicles are beginning to become a popular mode of transport among resorts, factories and malls. It has so far sold 36 units and among its list of clients are Gaisano Mall of Davao, Pearl Farm Resort, Monde Nissin Corp., Kuya Ed’s and Fishcado restaurants.

Mr. Yap said the company wants Davao City to be the first in the country to use electric vehicles as a public mode of transportation, but while the city government tarries on the company’s application permit, nearby areas are fast catching up to the electric transport’s potential.

Digos City and Malita town have placed orders of about 60 units, while Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin G. Sema wants to get 600 units plying the city before schools open in June.

"Our vision is not really about making money but for us to help lessen global warming. Just imagine five to 10 years from now, if we can run 1,000 units how much pollution we can avoid," Mr. Ybañez said. — Joel B. Escovilla

This is high time, mabantayan na usahay sa highways sa Davao polluted with smog, basin mapareha sa uban major cities. Sa north banda uban mga bata daw nagkasakit especially with weak lungs due to increased pollution. these should be checked while still in early stage. Pero unta those electric vehicles that ply along major highways would be electric cars and not trikes.

Basin magsamok-samok mga vile forces gi-manipulate raba nila bawalan mga technologies pareha ani sa major streets, ang IMF WB gisupress and nasud magcreate ingon ani nga technology, which is a contemptous thing for them to do and people should be aware and vigilant otherwise ignorance to it would enable them to manipulate to one's and the planet's disadvantage.

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 06:18 AM

^^ are those dumptrucks er waste disposal vehicle?anyway well if the government can iradicate gasoline guzzling trykes and convert itinto these e-trykes that's a good start and just monitor PUVs thats been blowing black smoke( i can still see some of them)

Peng Hok

April 21st, 2009, 06:40 AM

^^
Double post? :D

artvision

April 21st, 2009, 06:43 AM

^^ that's probably an alternative for passenger take-off :lol:

or defense mechanism in the event of holdup

Govinda

April 21st, 2009, 06:43 AM

Is oroderm originally from dvo?

yes it is..owned by dr neil oropesa..

Peng Hok

April 21st, 2009, 06:47 AM

^^
Who, in my opinion, is the best dermatologist outside Metro Manila. Magaling! :okay:

Peng Hok

April 21st, 2009, 06:51 AM

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/536/photo171gq1.jpg
2007

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp299/PengHok/Picture027-1.jpg
2009

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 07:00 AM

^^ for 2 year it's just a scratch on the back of victoria plaza!lol

Peng Hok

April 21st, 2009, 07:20 AM

^^
Paghuman ana mag scratch nalang ug head ang tag-iya sa Victoria. :lol:

Anyway, mao diay ni ang property line sa Panacan, more or less. Although I have no idea unsa ka dako ang building na itukod dira.

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp299/PengHok/PanacanAerial.jpg

davaoeagle

April 21st, 2009, 07:47 AM

Vol. XXII, No. 183
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Corporate News
‘Samal Highlands’ wants to sell to doctors in NY, LA, Las Vegas (http://http://www.bworldonline.com/BW042109/content.php?id=044)

DAVAO CITY — An upscale property complex in the island city of Samal is focusing on medical professionals, both local and foreign, as its primary market.

Jonathan A. Alegre, a member of the board of directors of the RJP Realty which is behind the Samal Highlands Garden Resort, said his team would soon market the project in Las Vegas, New York and Los Angeles in a bid to encourage Filipino medical professionals to buy lots in the 45-hectare project.

The team will also make a sales pitch in European cities where Filipino nurses are employed, he added.

Mr. Alegre, also the president of the Tagum Doctors Hospital and the Davao Medical School Foundation, said several local medical professionals have already bought lots at the Samal Highlands.

"[Medical professionals are] a big market particularly because our nurses and medical doctors have worked abroad and can still afford to buy these properties [despite the global crisis]," he said.

Lemuel R. Podador, president of RJP Realty, said negotiations with banks have started to raise funds for Samal Highlands Garden Resort, as an additional P300-million loan would be needed to augment the P800-million project.

Samal Island will soon be home to a medical tourism complex. — BW FILE PHOTO The project is in a good position to attract foreign buyers because it will have medical tourism facilities, he claimed.

Among the key amenities of the project would be a special clinic and other medical tourism facilities in Samal Highland’s medical tourism complex, Mr. Alegre said.

"That makes our project unique [compared with other projects in the nearby city]," he added.

The first phase of the project is the Emilia Garden Residences, an 18.9-hectare "farm subdivision" with 119 lots.

Mr. Podador was optimistic that even with the economic downturn, the lots would be completely sold within the year. The subdivision is home to 1,500 mango trees, making it "truly a garden," he added.

Under standard agreements between the property developer and lot buyers, only 25% of the lots could be used for the house, which will be limited to two floors. The rest will be for gardens and other developments, said Ramon L. Ortiz, director of the company.

The smallest lot in the subdivision is 750 square meters, while the biggest is 1,000 square meters.

The second phase of the project is the 65-lot Terazzas de San Isidro Ridge Lot and Villas, which will be home to bigger villas, he said. The third phase is the Costa de Azure Beachfront Development, which will cover the medical tourism complex and a hotel.

The fourth phase, meanwhile, is the San Isidro Cove Marina and Yacht Club which will feature tourist amenities like floating restaurants, officials said.

Other key features of the project are a 300-meter zipline and a "black" mangrove plantation to be supervised by the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources.

"We are optimistic that we can complete this project in three years or even less. And we are going to fast-track everything," Mr. Alegre said, pointing out that the company has limited the number of its real estate brokers to just 10 because it expects to run out of lots to sell before the end of the year. — Carmelito Q. Francisco

neyoneyo80

April 21st, 2009, 08:19 AM

Before and before :lol: :cheers:

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/536/photo171gq1.jpg
2007

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp299/PengHok/Picture027-1.jpg
2009

abskess

April 21st, 2009, 08:22 AM

Yeah, Dothy is a very good friend of mine... :banana::banana::banana:

neyoneyo80

April 21st, 2009, 08:23 AM

bakit hindi rin i-develop ang trisikad, make it like this ba (spotted in macau ) ;) ....

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs014.snc1/2943_1088764513614_1661510793_193219_2662745_n.jpg

Davao City’s e-tricycles: Toss-up between old and new
Bworldonline (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW042009/content.php?id=075) April 20, 2009

DAVAO CITY — An electric vehicle assembly plant north of this city’s central district looks like a warehouse, but it represents an emerging toss-up between maintaining tradition and adopting technological revolution in the Southern Mindanao city’s transport industry.

http://www.bworldonline.com/BW042009/tricycle.jpg

Il Tenore

April 21st, 2009, 10:12 AM

^^ganda naman!

sana ganyan nalang... tapos Davao City...

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 10:27 AM

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 11:20 AM

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6899/342113293804fca5a2c1b.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=342113293804fca5a2c1b.jpg)
Villa de Mercedes infinity pool

Iris Lahora-Flickr (http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/35574298@N03/3421132938/in/set-72157616370832411/)

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 11:32 AM

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/496/3290443296bba436decao.jpg (http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3290443296bba436decao.jpg)

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 11:50 AM

xzibit31

April 21st, 2009, 12:48 PM

COFFEE EB UGMA, 4/22/09, 5PM SHARP, SA FIGARO (SA MAY CHIMES)

ATTENDANCE: (JUST COPY AND PASTE)
1. PENGHOK
2. XZIBIT31

KulasKusgan

April 21st, 2009, 03:18 PM

artvision

April 21st, 2009, 03:30 PM

aside from maitum, saranggani artifacts and the balanghay of butuan, meron din sa cave ng cagayan de oro. i dunno kung macahambus ba or huluga.

very possible na ang earliest maharlikans were actually the lumads of mindanao. the coming of spandiards in masau, butuan, nakita nila na may kingdom na dito sa mindanao. gold artifacts with similar features of that in south asia were found. deeply rooted ang lumad culture na kahit ngayon almost intact pa rin mga tradition nila. the lumads are peace-loving people. ayaw nila ng gulo. mga original settlements nila nasa mga coastal areas iniwan para lumipat sa mas tahimik na lugar like mountains or sa mga interior part ng mindanao. same case dito sa davao, originally nasa bucana sila ng davao river, ngayon nasa marilog na in just a span of 150-200 years.

and it's the strategy of passive resistance against threats to their culture that enabled their ancient legacy to survive, and even thrive in Mindanao and in Davao up to the present. I believe that in the future when technology would reach a more sophisticated eco-friendly level than the obsolete pollution emitting ones, their culture would once again be revived for holding on to the principle of Universality and harmony with Mother Nature.

KulasKusgan

April 21st, 2009, 03:59 PM

and it's the strategy of passive resistance against threats to their culture that enabled their ancient legacy to survive, and even thrive in Mindanao and in Davao up to the present. I believe that in the future when technology would reach a more sophisticated eco-friendly level than the obsolete pollution emitting ones, their culture would once again be revived for holding on to the principle of Universality and harmony with Mother Nature.

good thing, most technological innovations today were aimed to be eco-friendly like electric cars, green buildings, etc. it took hundreds of years para marealize ng mga mainstream human beings how fragile our nature is.

artvision

April 21st, 2009, 04:01 PM

good thing, most technological innovations today were aimed to be eco-friendly like electric cars, green buildings, etc. it took hundreds of years para marealize ng mga mainstream human beings how fragile our nature is.

it's simply a matter of humanity's survival in the much greater challenges of the future.

artvision

April 21st, 2009, 04:09 PM

very possible na ang earliest maharlikans were actually the lumads of mindanao. the coming of spandiards in masau, butuan, nakita nila na may kingdom na dito sa mindanao. gold artifacts with similar features of that in south asia were found.

I once recalled of a theory that even some of King Solomon's gold may have originated from Butuan, as there was a passage in the bible that mentioned about it coming from certain distant lands. Wonder how accurate that theory could be. Naa man gud characteristic ang gold nga bisan unsa pa ka ancient ang origin ma-preserve gihapon due to the high quality of its luster nga bisan unsa kadugay sinaw gihapon.

KulasKusgan

April 21st, 2009, 04:33 PM

I once recalled of a theory that even some of King Solomon's gold may have originated from Butuan, as there was a passage in the bible that mentioned about it coming from certain distant lands. Wonder how accurate that theory could be. Naa man gud characteristic ang gold nga bisan unsa pa ka ancient ang origin ma-preserve gihapon due to the high quality of its luster nga bisan unsa kadugay sinaw gihapon.

Im sure naa diri sa top gold-producing countries:

1 South Africa 272,128
2 China 247,200
3 Australia 247,000
4 United States United States 242,000
5 Peru 203,268
6 Russia 159,340
7 Canada 104,198
8 Indonesia 85,411
9 Uzbekistan 84,000
10 Ghana 66,205
11 Papua New Guinea 58,349
12 Mali 50,773
13 Argentina 44,131
14 Chile 42,100
15 Brazil 40,075
16 Tanzania 39,750
17 Philippines 36,098
18 Mexico 35,899
19 Mongolia 22,561
20 Guinea 16,336

and in the Philippines, Davao Region is one of the top producer of gold.

Ibex

April 21st, 2009, 04:40 PM

DWP-Deca Wakeboard Park Davao update as of March:

said to be available by June...

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs005.snc1/2817_1050367222911_1337648009_99044_5092130_n.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs005.snc1/2817_1050367262912_1337648009_99045_7506732_n.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs005.snc1/2817_1050367302913_1337648009_99046_2195148_n.jpg

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2678/2/109/1337648009/n1337648009_68655_769552.jpg

Come one come all!!! :cheers:

Ibex

April 21st, 2009, 04:47 PM

DWP-Deca Wakeboard Park Davao Job Opening:

DWP is in need of the following --

Cable Park Operator (6 slots)
- 2 slots reserved for mechanical engineer applicants
- 4 slots open to any interested applicant

All cable park operators will undergo orientation and training
by Rixen of Germany.

Office Staff (4 slots)
- open to any interested applicants with 1-2 years work
experience
- must be a graduate of a 4 year course preferably business
and management related

All applicants must be within 20-30 years of age, must possess excellent interpersonal skills and willing to take on multiple responsibilities.

Please send CV to davaowakeboardpark@gmail.com and indicate position applied for.

Best Regards,

DWP

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 04:49 PM

wakeboarding from Highland to Island!:cheers: dako bai?

Ibex

April 21st, 2009, 04:49 PM

This maybe a repost?

Wakeboarding facility rising in Davao City, Phlippines

A property developer is investing P30 million (€ 370.000,-) on a wakeboarding facility in Davao City, Phlippines. Located in Deca Homes, a residential subdivision a few kilometers north of the city proper, the facility is touted to be one of the biggest water sports spots in the country, together with the Camarines Sur Watersports Complex in the town of Pili.

Jesus B. Atencio, 8990 Housing Development Corp. president, said the facility initially targets local tourists and homeowners of the subdivision, though the company intends to invest more if there is good reception.

"The P30 million is just the initial investment. We can always expand the business," he said.

The man-made lake will feature a cable ski system and cranes that will pull wake boarders at varying speeds.

"We will make the experience affordable and we are thinking of a P500 (€ 8,-) fee for the whole day," he said.

Ibex

April 21st, 2009, 04:50 PM

wakeboarding from Highland to Island!:cheers: dako bai?

Netfind lang na ambs :)

artvision

April 21st, 2009, 04:54 PM

Im sure naa diri sa top gold-producing countries:

1 South Africa 272,128
2 China 247,200
3 Australia 247,000
4 United States United States 242,000
5 Peru 203,268
6 Russia 159,340
7 Canada 104,198
8 Indonesia 85,411
9 Uzbekistan 84,000
10 Ghana 66,205
11 Papua New Guinea 58,349
12 Mali 50,773
13 Argentina 44,131
14 Chile 42,100
15 Brazil 40,075
16 Tanzania 39,750
17 Philippines 36,098
18 Mexico 35,899
19 Mongolia 22,561
20 Guinea 16,336

and in the Philippines, Davao Region is one of the top producer of gold.

The analyses of gold metal concentrations in Compostela Valley even outranks the witwatersrand basin of South Africa.

By the way, a book author commented on my recent blog "ancient Sumerian links?" in maharlikan.blogspot.com and he was talking in his book about gold and some intriguing insights about it with links to Sumeria.

(I have noticed some visitors who suddenly visited my blog came from foreign countries as Australia, UK, Germany, US after my posting the recent blog about Sumeria, and they used the tag "Maharlikan" in the search engines, which is unusual kay diri ra man sa ato ginagamit na nga word. It would not be suprising when Davao and Mindanao may soon be noticed by foreign research such as this. Pero dapat mga Dabawenyo and Mindanaoan discerning ug vigilant especially sa atong interest bahin sa atong kasaysayan. relying on foreign historians obviously palabihon nila ilang interest, so dapat mga Dabawenyo ug Mindanawan magsugod na ug baton kahibalo bahin ani para maampingan atong interes ug kasaysayan.)

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 05:06 PM

^^ mao ba. pero sa akong tan.aw murag or dako pa sa peoples park.

Ibex

April 21st, 2009, 05:18 PM

^^ mao ba. pero sa akong tan.aw murag or dako pa sa peoples park.

Gamay ra ang People's Park compared to DWP sa photos pa lang klareks na :cheers:

Ka pansin ka sa first photo kanang tao nga naa sa likod sa backhoe gamay kaayo... :D

dinabaw

April 21st, 2009, 05:30 PM

kuyawa nimo'g mata mura mag egol lol....sa mga equipments(2nd to the last photo) na lang basehan kay gamay kaayo ug ang kalayo sa tree lines.

Ibex

April 21st, 2009, 05:43 PM

kuyawa nimo'g mata mura mag egol lol....sa mga equipments(2nd to the last photo) na lang basehan kay gamay kaayo ug ang kalayo sa tree lines.

hehehe kompleto sa vitamin A :lol:

IMO lang kanang earthmoving part pa na siya sa body of water nga i construct naa pa space ana sa buildings & open space... so to complete the equation dako gyud sya di hamak. Pero ma prove ra na kung mangadto na ta didto :lol:

reancorbz84

April 21st, 2009, 07:43 PM

hey mga goyz, may rendering na dun sa itatayong hosp ba yun sa may damosa, 3 storey building lang xa pero ok na rin. hehehe.. pandungag sa gateway hehehe.

davaoeagle

April 21st, 2009, 08:31 PM

Bloomfields Davao
Another Prime address in Bajada, Davao City
Robinsons Land Corporation

Bloomfields Davao (Lanang, Davao City)
After Robinson’s Highlands, comes another prime address in Davao City.

Overview

Status: On-going land development, about 60% complete
Target completion date is December 2007

Bloomfields Davao is a 10.5-hectare upscale residential cum commercial development situated within Davao City's main urban cluster. It is just in front of the prestigious Lanang Golf Course & Country Club, and only 15 minutes away from downtown and the Davao International Airport. This is a joint venture project with Security Bank Corporation, which offers lots only, with option for housing, having a predominant lot cut of 200 sqm. About 311 lots are reserved for the chosen few who wishes to experience living in this exclusive community.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AMENITIES
10.5-hectare upscale residential cum commercial development

Located between Davao City’s main urban cluster and the new Davao International Airport

Fronting the prestigious Lanang Golf Course & Country Club

15 minutes away from downtown and Davao International Airport
Charmed with American flower field landscapes
Two (2) entry gates

Entry markers

Clubhouse

Multipurpose playcourt

Landscaped park

Swimming pool

PACKAGE
LOTS ONLY
With option for housing
Minimum lot area of 200 sqm

FINANCING OPTIONS - CASH(Residential Lot)
Reservation Fee: Php 20,000.00 (Residential);
Php 50,000.00 (Commercial)

30% Downpayment (net of reservation fee)
Payable in 12 months, 0% interest

70% Balance
Payable thru bank/government/in-house financing

Deferred Cash payable in 18 months, 0% interest

DISCOUNTS
Spot Downpayment, with 10% discount on the downpayment
Payable within 1 month from reservation

Spot cash, with 10% discount on the total selling price
Payable within 1 month from reservation

FINANCING OPTIONS-INSTALLMENT(Residential Lot)
Reservation fee PhP 20,000.00 (Residential)
Downpayment 50% of TSP (net of reservation fee) Payable in 24 months, 0% interest
Discount: W/in 30 days - 15%, based on d/p
Balance 50% of TSP
PSBank Financing* Up to 20 years 1st year - 11% interest rate* Succeeding years – Prevailing market rate 11% protected rate for the first 5 years*
Pag-IBIG Financing* Up to 30 years, 12% interest
In-House Financing* 5 years @ 16% interest per annum 10 years @ 17% interest per annum 15 years @ 18% interest per annum

Hi Goys,

Any update on this project?

shaKEIRa

April 21st, 2009, 11:56 PM

^^dako ba ang area?

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 02:53 AM

COFFEE EB UGMA, 4/22/09, 5PM SHARP, SA FIGARO (SA MAY CHIMES)

ATTENDANCE: (JUST COPY AND PASTE)
1. PENGHOK
2. XZIBIT31

Oi mga goys, the Capo summons us!

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 03:20 AM

^^ it's already finished vic i guess almost sold-out na Robinson are now concentrating on Monte Claire in Buhangin.

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 03:41 AM

is this the callcenter company will be locating in Robinson's Cybergate?

GetFriday Complain About The Competition: CatchFriday
Philippines presents alternative in India in Outsourcing War

by Lawrence Perry

LONDON, ENGLAND — (OfficialWire) — 04/20/09 —
www.CatchFriday.com
Well I didn't write the 4 hour workweek, and my name isn't Timothy Ferris, and I never claimed to be GetFriday either!

It would appear that Sundar who runs GetFriday in India is afraid of the competition?

He claims that his Virtual Assistant firm is the best, and thinks that it is unethical that CatchFriday in the Philippines is competing against him - ever watched real American football?

The Chicago Bulls would be lost without a fight, wouldn't they?

Let's get back to the call for someone to do your job.....

I think it all depends who answers the call don't you? The times I have heard people call GetFriday in India, and get an answering machine; the company that approaches them and does not get a personal voice.....

It certainly is about culture and service isn't it!

Sundar says that his staff do not understand culture and this is probably why GetFriday are loosing to CatchFriday clients daily.

The number of complaints that come with their success are overwhelming, and Amy says, 'Forget Getfriday'

So what is the difference between CatchFriday and GetFriday, Catch Friday are in the Philippines, and Get Friday are in India. A more subtle difference is that GetFriday has a huge 150 seat call centre/supermarket in which shift are 12 to 14 hours on, and CatchFriday have a 50/50 split between a call center in Davao and homeshoring.

The fundamental difference is that CatchFriday are managed by English immigrants, whereas GetFriday are all Indian. CatchFriday is bent on improving the community and reinvesting, whilst GetFriday is being managed under a different philosophy.

CatchFriday's staff are Christian, and GetFriday are Hindu.

Perry, CatchFriday's CEO is amused at Sandar's claim, and says, "we have no problem competing globally, and we of course want to encourage GetFriday to give a quality service."

OfficialWire (http://http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=1390)

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 04:28 AM

naunahan mo ako peng mag post nito hahaha..

Innolab to revolutionize technology in Mindanao
Monday, 20 April 2009 02:23
PDF

PLDT sets inauguration of innovation center in May

by Antonio M. Ajero

A MAJOR technological development will unfold in Mindanao with the launching in Davao City next month of an innovation laboratory and telecommunications education center (Innolab) by the country’s largest telecommunications company, the Philippine Long Telephone Distance Co., Inc.

The Innolab will serve as incubation area or breeding ground of software, inventions and all sorts of business solutions and new technological discoveries, according to Ben Melasa, head of the company’s Corporate Business Group in Mindanao.

To be inaugurated inside the sprawling PLDT headquarters on Ponciano Reyes St. in Davao City in May, the center will serve as an area where startup businesses, software developers, inventors and researchers in the academe can pilot their new technological solutions and computer programs before these are used privately by their individual companies or offered to the market for propagation and commercial use.

Melasa told business editors and reporters meeting regularly at the MediSpa Clinic at SM City Davao that the use of the center will be for free and that the company may even buy or help market the solutions that will be developed or validated in the Innolab.

The Innolab, the fourth in the country, will also serve as showcasing center for the PLDT’s new solutions. “We will be able to showcase our new products to these startups,” he said. The other areas where PLDT has opened Innolab are Manila, Cebu and Subic.

As a melting pot of innovative ideas and venue where new products and cost-effective solutions are tested, Melasa said the Innolab is expected to lead to some kind of technological revolution in Mindanao since it is going to service the needs and requirements of startup businesses, researchers, inventors and other stakeholders in the island region.

Aside from benefiting the academe in their research and development activities, the Innolab will also be very helpful in the solutions developed by members of the expanding information communication technology (IT) sector in Davao City.

Melasa first made a presentation about Innolab during a recent general membership assembly of the Davao ICT Inc. presided by Ms Lizabel “Wit” Holganza, head of the Medical Transcription Academy in Davao City.

Earlier, Samuel Abrenilla, chair of the Filipino Inventors Federation Inc., a national organization, said that one of the projects that his organization is implementing is helping new solutions developers be able to market their products.

Abrenilla said that the federation is planning to partner with big companies to help these thriving startup businesses.

Also, he said the organization is partnering with schools in developing the inventions of students, including those that are needed for the information and communications technology industry.

Abrenilla complained that while schools hold fairs for students to showcase their inventions, there is still not much effort provided to develop those inventions that can be mass produced.

“It is sad, but sometimes students are just contended and happy that some foreign companies imitate their inventions, failing to realize that they could have made huge profits out of these inventions,” he lamented.

http://www.edgedavao.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=305:innolab-to-revolutionize-technology-in-mindanao&catid=51:on-the-cover&Itemid=83

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2009, 04:33 AM

^^

Thanks Ambs, I also would like to know if there are locators in the area now.

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 04:40 AM

^^ several houses are already erected much more if SM Lanang will be opreational na! tiba2x ang Robinson's dito they bought the area(formerly Centennial subd.) in lower cost bec of the 1997 financial crises maybe now kung may nanaiwan pang lots i'm sure it's double or triple from it's original price.

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2009, 04:43 AM

^^

Nice to know that. I'm wondering where Centennial Subd is located though.

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 04:43 AM

COFFEE EB UGMA, 4/22/09, 5PM SHARP, SA FIGARO (SA MAY CHIMES)

ATTENDANCE: (JUST COPY AND PASTE)
1. PENGHOK
2. XZIBIT31

not definite pa ako capo kasi i have 2 engagements later..

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 04:45 AM

naunahan mo ako peng mag post nito hahaha..

Hahahaha! Sa iyo ako nagka idea kumuha ng articles sa Edge Davao. :lol:

Btw, sasabay ba kayo mamaya sa EB? Kasi if dalawa lang kami ni Head Capo, ipopostpone nalang namin...

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 04:45 AM

^^ yan yung defunct centennial subd. bought by robinson aabot yan hanggang belisario road(?)

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 04:59 AM

Hahahaha! Sa iyo ako nagka idea kumuha ng articles sa Edge Davao. :lol:

Btw, sasabay ba kayo mamaya sa EB? Kasi if dalawa lang kami ni Head Capo, ipopostpone nalang namin...

hahaha marami kasi business news pag Edge Davao..i am a subscriber eh hahaha..not sure ako peng mamaya kasi may 2 akong engagements..postpone na lang muna natin, if ok lang kay capo hehe..

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 05:00 AM

^^
Walang choice si Capo. Si Nyor Ambie mukhang busy din yata :lol:

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 05:04 AM

You should see goys the new City Urban Plan..grabe declared na pala talaga that North Davao is the newest urban hub..and nasa urban plan ang Ayala Abreeza, Camella Northpoint, Robinson's Cybergate, NCCC and SM Lanang, amongst others..

The price per sqm sa Ayala area ay magiging Php 520 per sqm na..and the rest Php 450 per sqm..

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 05:07 AM

^^
Walang choice si Capo. Si Nyor Ambie mukhang busy din yata :lol:

sige ok basta mga 6pm ...try ko i contact si kulas rean at carrotz :cheers:

artvision

April 22nd, 2009, 05:07 AM

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 05:08 AM

Downsouth
By Hernani De Leon

Davao City-
x x x

Banks operating in this city are posting increases in deposits, some as high as 20%, in the first quarter. Earlier, the buzz is that big banks reported by local media as having investments in troubled US financial institutions have suffered mild withdrawals. Depositors have transferred their money to medium-sized conservative banks.

While sources from the affected banks admitted they had such withdrawals early this year, the situation has returned to normal, confidence of depositors has been restored, and lost accounts are returning. The bottom line: deposit levels in the city, which includes resources from neighboring provinces and cities, are rising amid the global crisis’s aftershocks.

Outside of the banks, businesses are doing okay and for as long as the currency exchange rate remains relatively stable and farmers keep producing food for the domestic and export markets, Davao’s economic prospects will be bright in the near term.

Growth in the property sector as well as in commercial-scale fruit plantations would neutralize the impact of low copra price affecting the island’s rural sector and the reported slowdown, or even dormancy, in the mining sector. Still, Diwalwal’s independent gold miners are quietly extracting gold within projections.

The sentiment now is so different compared with the crisis in late 1990s when the peso shed its value by over 50% forcing firms with dollar loans either to seek restructuring or to close shop. The Asian financial flu that forced Malaysian investors to leave the region in late 1990s was compounded by the Estrada administration’s all-out war in Central Mindanao that resulted in stalled expansion or suspension of business start-ups in the island.

x x x

http://www.bworldonline.com/BW042209/content.php?id=079

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 05:10 AM

^^ counterpart ata ni Hernani si Eskol Bukol? di kaya?lol

You should see goys the new City Urban Plan..grabe declared na pala talaga that North Davao is the newest urban hub..and nasa urban plan ang Ayala Abreeza, Camella Northpoint, Robinson's Cybergate, NCCC and SM Lanang, amongst others..

The price per sqm sa Ayala area ay magiging Php 520 per sqm na..and the rest Php 450 per sqm..

sobrang baba naman yan Govs.
:lol:

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 05:12 AM

is that P 5200 and 4500/sqm or basin zonal value lang

Php520/sqm..
Php450/sqm..

not sure ako kung zonal value sya kasi di na specify kanina when it was mentioned..

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 05:14 AM

^^ counterpart ata ni Hernani si Eskol Bukol? di kaya?lol

[/b]

sobrang baba naman yan Govs.
:lol:

hahaha di ako sure eh..yun ang narinig ko na rates..i think sa rental yun pag commercial spaces sa area..

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 05:14 AM

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 05:14 AM

^^ mataas pa diyan peng Bo. Obrero area alone commands @ least 3500 to 4500 or even more depende sa area.

^^ yup that's zonal value lang

artvision

April 22nd, 2009, 05:14 AM

Php520/sqm..
Php450/sqm..

not sure ako kung zonal value sya kasi di na specify kanina when it was mentioned..

zonal value most likely and based on 2nd lot not along main road, it won't be surprising kung ma-develop ang area it could easily reach 7-digit figures.

carrotz

April 22nd, 2009, 05:31 AM

xzibit31

April 22nd, 2009, 05:44 AM

^^
Walang choice si Capo. Si Nyor Ambie mukhang busy din yata :lol:

sige cancel nalang. pag balik ko nalang from cebu...:)

xzibit31

April 22nd, 2009, 05:47 AM

^^
Inaccurate yata yung figure. As of October 2008, ang land value sa Bajada-Lanang area, particularly those along JP Laurel Ave, is P4,500.00 per square meter (zonal value of BIR). That amount could have gone up this year. I should know. ;)

zonal valuations of the BIR are not accurate. the value of that land could be at least twice the amount of the bir zonal valuation.

example...zonal valuation ng lupa namin sa cm recto ay only 20,000 p/sqm, but the market price is around 50,000 to 60,000 p/sqm.:)

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2009, 06:52 AM

^^

You mean Millenium Business Park?

xzibit31

April 22nd, 2009, 08:04 AM

^^

You mean Millenium Business Park?

yes thats the one. bloomfields got sold out even before robinsons started developing the place.

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 08:11 AM

^^ yan yung defunct centennial subd. bought by robinson aabot yan hanggang belisario road(?)

Natingala ko kay karon lang nako nadunggan ni. Kato diay Millenium Business Park iyang pasabot. :lol:

I could just imagine how Bajada-Lanang would have looked like now had the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis not occurred.

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2009, 08:53 AM

yes thats the one. bloomfields got sold out even before robinsons started developing the place.

I thought so...thanks!

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2009, 09:12 AM

Natingala ko kay karon lang nako nadunggan ni. Kato diay Millenium Business Park iyang pasabot. :lol:

I could just imagine how Bajada-Lanang would have looked like now had the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis not occurred.

Grabe na gyud unta nang Bajada-Lanang area ka booming karon with all the highrise buildings all over the place.

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 09:21 AM

davaob4now

April 22nd, 2009, 09:39 AM

Just an afternoon interlude...

Davao, as we are aware, is in the network of Singapore Airlines, the world's best airline. Thus, it is a strong authentication that Davao is indeed a world-class international city..

Singapore Airlines A380 Virtual Experience

Singapore Airlines A380, which recently flew its one millionth passenger, was brought closer to the public recently through an A380 exhibit held at the SMX Convention Center. Visitors learned more about the exclusive features of its "Class beyond First" Suites, New Business Class, New Economy Class and state of the art Krisworld through the clarity of LG flatscreens. Singapore Airlines A380 now flies twice daily to London, daily to Tokyo and Sydney and by June 1 of this year, to Paris with convenient same day connections from Manila, Cebu and Davao by Singapore Airlines and SilkAir flights. Seen during the exhibit opening were Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, Tourism Undersecretary Eduardo Jarque, Chairman of the Travel Expo Jose Clemente III, SIA GM Clinton Tan, SIA marketing and communications and services manager Rita Dy and Philippine Travel Agencies Association President Paz Alberto.

Source:

The Philippine Star 19 April 2009

im really glad that Silk Air is servicing davao...thus making davao accessible to the world with singapore airlines's connecting flights...saraaaap! :cheers2:

davaob4now

April 22nd, 2009, 09:41 AM

^^
Inaccurate yata yung figure. As of October 2008, ang land value sa Bajada-Lanang area, particularly those along JP Laurel Ave, is P4,500.00 per square meter (zonal value of BIR). That amount could have gone up this year. I should know. ;)

bajada ang pinaka business district sa davao...
how about the quirino area? and the chinatown area, kay daghan man mga mid-rise building ang nag mushroom around chinatown, maybe cheaper ang land price?

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 09:57 AM

Just an afternoon interlude...

Davao, as we are aware, is in the network of Singapore Airlines, the world's best airline. Thus, it is a strong authentication that Davao is indeed a world-class international city..

Singapore Airlines A380 Virtual Experience

Singapore Airlines A380, which recently flew its one millionth passenger, was brought closer to the public recently through an A380 exhibit held at the SMX Convention Center. Visitors learned more about the exclusive features of its "Class beyond First" Suites, New Business Class, New Economy Class and state of the art Krisworld through the clarity of LG flatscreens. Singapore Airlines A380 now flies twice daily to London, daily to Tokyo and Sydney and by June 1 of this year, to Paris with convenient same day connections from Manila, Cebu and Davao by Singapore Airlines and SilkAir flights. Seen during the exhibit opening were Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, Tourism Undersecretary Eduardo Jarque, Chairman of the Travel Expo Jose Clemente III, SIA GM Clinton Tan, SIA marketing and communications and services manager Rita Dy and Philippine Travel Agencies Association President Paz Alberto.

Source:

The Philippine Star 19 April 2009

Underscores Davao's crucial role as the gateway of Mindanao.

bajada ang pinaka business district sa davao...
how about the quirino area? and the chinatown area, kay daghan man mga mid-rise building ang nag mushroom around chinatown, maybe cheaper ang land price?

I have no idea how much ang value sa old downtown. But land value in Bajada and Lanang has skyrocketed in the past year. Yung value na P4,500.00 per square meter is just the zonal value of BIR. But the actual selling price in most transactions is significantly higher than the zonal value.

WawaY[625]

April 22nd, 2009, 09:57 AM

im really glad that Silk Air is servicing davao...thus making davao accessible to the world with singapore airlines's connecting flights...saraaaap! :cheers2:

kato bitaw flight nako from Davao to SG kay pipila ra mi na nag gawas sa terminal maski puno ang flight..kasagaran kay wala na nag gawas sa terminal and balhin lang sa ilang connecting flight (akong katapad sa plane kay padulong new zealand)

bajada ang pinaka business district sa davao...
how about the quirino area? and the chinatown area, kay daghan man mga mid-rise building ang nag mushroom around chinatown, maybe cheaper ang land price?

I still say ang downtown gihapon..bajada is just an emerging district but most offices are still located sa downtown with sta.ana/monteverde being the second choice as location..pedestrian traffic mas dako gihapon di hamak sa downtown area and sa chinatown.

davaob4now

April 22nd, 2009, 10:06 AM

;35556344']kato bitaw flight nako from Davao to SG kay pipila ra mi na nag gawas sa terminal maski puno ang flight..kasagaran kay wala na nag gawas sa terminal and balhin lang sa ilang connecting flight (akong katapad sa plane kay padulong new zealand)

I still say ang downtown gihapon..bajada is just an emerging district but most offices are still located sa downtown with sta.ana/monteverde being the second choice as location..pedestrian traffic mas dako gihapon di hamak sa downtown area and sa chinatown.

yeah just like when i went home to davao last december...kasagaran kasakay nako is from europe and the middle east..ive aksed one of them why not fly with emirates or etihad or PAL...and they told me singapore airlines ra ang dali maka connect sa davao without the hastle of check in na pud sa mga bagahe.

so maybe soon, with the opening of ayala and the start of big businesses in the north, momahal na ang land price sa bajada.

davaob4now

April 22nd, 2009, 10:09 AM

PBB eyes expansion of branch network
Banking & Finance
Written by Erik de la Cruz / Reporter
Monday, 20 April 2009 20:08

PHILIPPINE Business Bank (PBB), a medium-sized thrift bank which is part of the conglomerate AMY Group of Ambassador Alfredo Yao, plans to expand its branch network to 60 by the end of this year from 35 at present, according to a senior bank official.

“We are looking to expand our network to 50 or even up to 60 branches this year, and our initial plan is to establish our presence in Cebu and Davao,” Constantino Bombais, PBB first vice president and treasurer, said.

PBB, which started operations in 1997 as Total Savings Bank, also plans to put up branches in Iloilo, Bacolod and Cagayan de Oro.

Bombais said PBB was planning to initially open three branches in Davao and another three in Cebu before the second half of this year.

Yao also owns the Zest-O line of fruit juices and the majority of Zest Air (formerly Asian Spirit airline).

Bombais said the goal is to establish PBB’s presence in areas where other AYM companies also operate to serve the banking needs of the conglomerate and its employees.

Zest-O Corp. operates five manufacturing plants in Novaliches in Quezon City, Marilao in Bulacan, Canlubang in Laguna, Mandaue City in Cebu and Cagayan de Oro in Misamis Oriental.

Zest Air flies from Manila to Virac, Busuanga, San Jose in Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Cebu City, Catarman, Caticlan, Puerto Princesa, Naga, Legaspi, Iloilo, Kalibo, Tacloban, Bacolod and Tagbilaran.

Most of PBB’s branches are in Metro Manila. It also has branches in Pangasinan, Laguna, Bulacan, Rizal, Pampanga and Cavite.

PBB’s main clientele are small and medium business enterprises.
-----------------------------------------------------

PBB...Pinoy Big Brother...hehe...this just one of the proofs that davao is indeed the financial and commercial center of mindanao.

OT: so nakita na nako ang connection sa names nga Zest-O ug Zest Air..:lol:

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 10:18 AM

^^
Correct. MMG Towers (Bajada) and Insular Life Tower (Bonifacio St) were among those abated due to the crisis.

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 10:21 AM

OT

Boyet, murag kaila ko aning "object" sa imung siggie. :lol:

I may not be the nicest visitor in your thread, but dili ko magpaka nice2x aron kay para gamiton mo against my adversaries..dili nako na style kay dili ko manggagamit.I may not seem nice, but really, Im just trying to get the best out of you

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 10:30 AM

^^

You mean Millenium Business Park?

Natingala ko kay karon lang nako nadunggan ni. Kato diay Millenium Business Park iyang pasabot. :lol:

I could just imagine how Bajada-Lanang would have looked like now had the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis not occurred.

sa sobrang tagal di ko na matandaan na business park pala yun!:lol:

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 10:37 AM

^^
Correct. MMG Towers (Bajada) and Insular Life Tower (Bonifacio St) were among those abated due to the crisis.

include the Pryce twin tower condo and the Hotel Nikko :lol:

that was really the time high-rise boom started... like Marco Polo, Landco, Pryce and Grand Regal if the paced was not abrupted probably that will be the trend especially on Bajada/Lanang area.

Peng Hok

April 22nd, 2009, 10:42 AM

^^
Oh well. No use crying over spilled milk. Let's all blame Soros for triggering the Asian Crisis. :lol:

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 10:51 AM

^^ nope not crying here, it's better to have midgets lord over Bajada than Goliaths that probably will be white elephants lol

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 11:07 AM

im really glad that Silk Air is servicing davao...thus making davao accessible to the world with singapore airlines's connecting flights...saraaaap! :cheers2:

Underscores Davao's crucial role as the gateway of Mindanao.

;35556344']kato bitaw flight nako from Davao to SG kay pipila ra mi na nag gawas sa terminal maski puno ang flight..kasagaran kay wala na nag gawas sa terminal and balhin lang sa ilang connecting flight (akong katapad sa plane kay padulong new zealand)

yup because it's -- Davao to the world..

Govinda

April 22nd, 2009, 11:10 AM

OT

Boyet, murag kaila ko aning "object" sa imung siggie. :lol:

hahaha the who ?

junax

April 22nd, 2009, 12:36 PM

good evening davao!

fresh from the news GMA davao...

pioneering na naman ang davao sa implementation ng Electric vehicles. meron ng factory ng mga E-vehicles ang Davao sa may Sasa banda. available models ay trikes, owner jeep, multicab at kotse na parang brand new volkswagen ang porma. prices starts at 114k. i would like to buy the volks shape car kung kakayanin ng bulsa. :) the E-trikes are already plying sa mga trikes allowed areas, while yung mga 4 wheels ay ginagamit pang delivery like malls, fastfoods, etc.

ito ang gusto ko sa davao... implement agad bago news.

artvision

April 22nd, 2009, 12:45 PM

^^ haha vision accomplished, that's what I wanted to happen in Davao and had been advocating it since before.

unta makapalit na ko ana, that kind of car meets my "standard" :D

spacedrive vehicle man unta kanang mulutaw using "free energy" pero gipulitika pa sa mga vile forces ang inventor friend nako.

very refreshing news that Davao can give to the Planet.

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 01:01 PM

davaob4now

April 22nd, 2009, 02:17 PM

"ZukiChirO"

April 22nd, 2009, 03:07 PM

Philippine's busiest airports by passenger traffic 2008

1. Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) - 22,253,158

2. Cebu (Mactan-Cebu International Airport) - 3,642,862

3. Davao (Francisco Bangoy International Airport) - 1,692,877

4. Iloilo (Iloilo International Airport) - 1,073,907

5. Cagayan de Oro (Lumbia Airport) - 902,184

6. Bacolod (Bacolod-Silay City International Airport) - 843,488

7. Caticlan (Godofredo P. Ramos Airport) - 761,961

8. Tacloban (Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport) - 627,201

9. Puerto Princessa (puerto Princesa Airport) - 481,756

10. Zamboanga (Zamboanga International Airport) - 469,540

11. Kalibo (Kalibo Airport) - 400,042

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

Davao is on No#3. Congratz

bel1river

April 22nd, 2009, 03:54 PM

dinabaw

April 22nd, 2009, 04:07 PM

Happy Earth Day!

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4152/06222008vanishingjonald.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=06222008vanishingjonald.jpg)
VANISHING ISLAND.This strip of white sand is only visible during low tide, one of the many wonders at the Island Garden City of Samal, Province of Davao del Norte (IGACOS). (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6268/06222008vanishingjonaldi.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=06222008vanishingjonaldi.jpg)
NOW YOU SEE IT.Mangrove seedlings are placed inside these bamboo cuttings so that the young plants will not be carried by the waves before they take root. During high tide, this piece of land at the Island Garden City of Samal vanishes only to be visible again when the water subsides. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

[http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/549/vanishingislandbary.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vanishingislandbary.jpg)
VANISHING ISLAND.This strip of white sand is only visible during low tide, one of the many wonders at the Island Garden City of Samal, Province of Davao del Norte (IGACOS). (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

KulasKusgan

April 22nd, 2009, 04:41 PM

so this saturday na daw ang meet...

1. penghok
2. xzibit
3. kulas
4.
5.
6.

Noize_320

April 22nd, 2009, 04:42 PM

neyoneyo80

April 22nd, 2009, 04:45 PM

1. penghok
2. xzibit
3. kulas
4. D' Eagowl :lol:
5.

KulasKusgan

April 22nd, 2009, 04:49 PM

The analyses of gold metal concentrations in Compostela Valley even outranks the witwatersrand basin of South Africa.

By the way, a book author commented on my recent blog "ancient Sumerian links?" in maharlikan.blogspot.com and he was talking in his book about gold and some intriguing insights about it with links to Sumeria.

(I have noticed some visitors who suddenly visited my blog came from foreign countries as Australia, UK, Germany, US after my posting the recent blog about Sumeria, and they used the tag "Maharlikan" in the search engines, which is unusual kay diri ra man sa ato ginagamit na nga word. It would not be suprising when Davao and Mindanao may soon be noticed by foreign research such as this. Pero dapat mga Dabawenyo and Mindanaoan discerning ug vigilant especially sa atong interest bahin sa atong kasaysayan. relying on foreign historians obviously palabihon nila ilang interest, so dapat mga Dabawenyo ug Mindanawan magsugod na ug baton kahibalo bahin ani para maampingan atong interes ug kasaysayan.)

parang nabigyang linaw yong claims mo regarding our roots.

i asked someone ganiha bale escort guard namo. he told me na basi masurprise daw ko nga sa ilang tribo, dili daw kasagaran mga itum og lapad ang ilong og nawong nila. some of them mga mukhang tisay/tisoy daw. siya mismo both his parents are matigsalog na puro. pero sa profile sa iyang nawong taas siyag ilong. daghan daw sa ila mga itsuraan. mga oldies daw nila nagabuhat daw og mga brass, gold, bronze na mga borloloys. once nianhi siya sa balay, magkasinabot sila sa among assistant na bagobo. related lang ilang inistoryahan. some bagobo words are related pud sa bisaya. pero mas preserved sa ilaha kay walay halong spanish words.

artvision

April 22nd, 2009, 05:08 PM

parang nabigyang linaw yong claims mo regarding our roots.

i asked someone ganiha bale escort guard namo. he told me na basi masurprise daw ko nga sa ilang tribo, dili daw kasagaran mga itum og lapad ang ilong og nawong nila. some of them mga mukhang tisay/tisoy daw. siya mismo both his parents are matigsalog na puro. pero sa profile sa iyang nawong taas siyag ilong. daghan daw sa ila mga itsuraan. mga oldies daw nila nagabuhat daw og mga brass, gold, bronze na mga borloloys. once nianhi siya sa balay, magkasinabot sila sa among assistant na bagobo. related lang ilang inistoryahan. some bagobo words are related pud sa bisaya. pero mas preserved sa ilaha kay walay halong spanish words.

I met my highschool classmate just recently after many years. Gipangutana nako unsa iyang lineage kay tisoy. I was surprised kay recently lang nako nahibaw-an Dabawenyo ilang tribe. Once, naa ko nakaistorya, he belonged to an indigenous tribe and I believe was studying law. Nag-istoryahanay mi bahin physics kuha kaayo niya. It's not surprising kay universal kaayo ang language sa physics from molecule to galaxy and it's inherent in their culture nga Universal. Bahin man gud to sa geometric patterns sa ilang weaving gi-istoryahan namo. Our helper before who belonged with the bagobo tribe. ako siyang giistoryahan bahin sa spacedrive vehicle na hi-tech na kay mag-levitate. she didn't look surprised at all (as I expected) and she said: "kana man ang ginasakyan sa among mga katigulangan tung unang panahon," (which provided clue to my personal research); later she remembered I wasn't from her tribe kay taga mainstream ko and it's knowledge from their people, nag-deny na siya and moingon na lang ambot when I prodded to discuss further. I understand, they value their precious knowledge but sometimes naive mainstream people used to downgrade and disregard their beliefs kay mas "modern" lagi kuno.

by the way, I believe the sudden surge of blog view on my maharlikan.blogspot.com site via search engines was due to an article about Manny Pacquiao and his being Maharlikan:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/gareth_a._davies/blog/2009/04/21/video_exclusive_is_pacquiao_a_symbol_of_the_return_of_the_maharlikan_

nick4ubaby

April 22nd, 2009, 05:18 PM

nkita na ninyo ang sign sa camela north point? ala hollywood :D
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/nick4ubaby/04202009002.jpg

Il Tenore

April 22nd, 2009, 05:28 PM

^^kung sa american idol pa...

YOU'RE GOING TO NORTHPOINT!:D

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2009, 05:57 PM

^^
Correct. MMG Towers (Bajada) and Insular Life Tower (Bonifacio St) were among those abated due to the crisis.

Count in the 35 flr corporate building of the Escora's at the diversion road and the 16 flr condo building beside former Acropolis Disco.

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2009, 07:54 PM

Davao tankers salvage bronzes
in Nat’l PRISAA championships
Mindanao Daily Mirror
April 23, 2009

NAGA CITY––Davao Region’s tankers could salvage only four bronzes at the start of the National PRISAA Championships last Tuesday at the Metro Naga Sports Complex in Brgy. Pacol.

Haroon Cali of the University of Mindanao won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly event while Isidro Penales, Junie Barani, Rey Coberos and Cali teamed up for another bronze in the men’s 4x50-meter relay.

Shahani Navarro, Angelie Zuniga, Analie Rodriguez and Rodora Atienza, all from UM, settled for the bronze medal in the women’s relay while the group of Joyfe Tumulac, Zapphire Urtado of San Pedro College, Shiella Mae Esmale and Kris Vargas of DMMA College of Southern Philippines added another bronze medal performance in the 4x100-meter relay.

At the Ateneo de Naga University, light-weight Marija Catague defeated Maree Pacson of Central Luzon to advance to the next round but finweight Marlon Cruzpero lost to Raffy Futolan of Central Mindanao.

The sepak takraw squad braved the heat of the sun to wallop Central Luzon, 2-0 to start on a high note while the baseball team showed too much firepower in beating Western Mindanao, 15-1 behind the home run of Rogue Emiliano of UM-Tagum in the second inning. “Natsambahan lang gud,” said Emiliano.

The women’s basketball also showed no mercy in thrashing Central Visayas, 77-42 with Geraldine Villa and Lorelaine Gestopa leading the charge with 20 points, each. Charissa Mae Cuevas and Ma. Christina Lantion joined as double-digit scorers with 10 points, apiece.

The women’s volleyball team whipped Ilocos Region, 25-15, 25-23, 25-13 at the Universidad de Sta.Isabel covered court.

kronology

April 22nd, 2009, 08:14 PM

i hope the design of the trikes are good...pang export quality...unta walay mga extensions para nindot tanawon...wala pud untay magkabit or overloading to keep it safe for the commuters and dili hugaw tanawon...plus nindot unta ang paint...hehe too much to ask? :D

^^it would be best if they will have partnership with either BELMERIT or BELMARK in tagum. they are responsible for those classy modern trikes in tagum. i think that is a good idea then. mas mag succeed sila sa ilang pagmarket sa ilang e-trikes if astig ang looks sa trikes nila.:cheers:

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2009, 08:36 PM

I am a bit hesitant to post this article thinking that it might spark up another protracted discussion on the issue but this one is just too good (IMO) to pass up on.

Home » Sun.Star Davao » Opinion
Ledesma: Where will we be if CHR had its way?
Jun Ledesma
Sunbursts
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Print Email Comment Subscribe

JUST because the United Nations Humans Rights Council bestowed the Commission of Human Rights a hefty $5-million booty, should CHR now conduct a grand inquisition into what had been reported by UNHRC rapporteur Philip Alston as "extrajudicial killings" in Davao City?

It looks like the United States cannot forgive Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for attempting to detain its agent, a certain Michael Meiring, for investigation after he was seriously injured and brought to the Davao Medical Center for treatment when the improvised bomb he was assembling prematurely exploded.

Back then, Davao City had experienced the brutalities of terrorists who bombed the churches, airport, and seaport facilities, killing scores of innocent civilians and maiming thousands others. For one reason or another, US agents ferreted out Meiring much to the disgust of local police and the Mayor himself. Meiring, to the best of my recollection, was suspected to be a CIA agent with links to Muslim militants and the Abu Sayyaf guerillas. His cover was that of a treasure hunter which was not limited to the search for Yamashita's treasure but also US missing wartime treasury notes. I am inclined to believe that the stoic stand of Duterte against the holding of Balikatan exercise in Davao City must have sprung from that cavalier conduct of the American agents in surreptitiously whisking Meiring into a private jet.

Rapporteur Alston himself was another ugly American peon who came to Davao, conducted his probe on extrajudicial killing in the confines of Marco Polo Hotel. He interviewed some relatives of alleged victims of the fabled Davao Death Squad and a couple of lawyers who had earlier worked with a mayoral candidate whom Duterte trounced in an election. These lawyers had compiled death statistics from gang war, rivalry of drug cartels along with legitimate police operations all into one heap of victims they attributed to DDS. They went on to identify DDS with Mayor Duterte in the hope that the electorate will be horrified and deny the mayor their votes.

To the disgust of Duterte's adversary, the scheme did not work. It cannot be denied that the mayor used an iron fist policy against the drug syndicates, which had spread their tentacles in the city victimizing the rich and the poor. Davao was just liberated from the clutches of communist insurgents, and the horror of terrorist attacks, robbery, and kidnapping syndicates. And then the illegal drug trade surfaced.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), somehow, came with a long list of suspects. The late Colonel Efren Alquizar, made it public. Mayor Duterte warned the suspects to either reform or be rehabilitated and they cannot just leave the city.

In retrospect, the revelation of the names of suspects by PDEA must have been a mistake because members of the drug syndicates went after rival groups with impunity and even those of their own members whom they must have suspected will squeal on them. But Davao city residents considers this expos a blessing in disguise for the "killing for silence" effectively eliminated members of drug syndicates.

Such is the reality in the world of the drug lords. But they too scored against the police and police assets. Colonel Alcuizar was killed by a sniper's bullet. His death remained a mystery to date, but his knowledge of who were the members of the narcotics gang must have done him in.

But Mayor Duterte himself ran after the drug syndicates without let-up. He was among those who staged a siege on a shabu laboratory in Dumoy. The assault resulted in the killing of the drug lords and their laboratory technicians who turned out to be undocumented Chinese nationals.

Attempts of politicians from Cotabato and Lanao who were moonlighting as drug dealers to sneak in amphetamines to Davao City was blocked by the mayor who came to know that the contraband was to be loaded on an ambulance. The mayor threatened to bring his war against drugs right in the bastions of the drug lords if they make another attempt.

That in retrospect was what was obtaining in Davao City. Philip Alston who stayed here overnight in the comforts of Marco Polo went back to Manila with death statistics and narratives, which Davao City residents found uncanny as it portrayed only how ignorant he was on the menace that the drug cartel had wrought on the community and how many lives of young people had they wrecked.

I suspect that CHR Chair Leila de Lima had been using the same report that Alston quickly stashed inside his briefcase. Now she sings the same tune and joined in by Speaker Boy Nograles who, ironically, does not seem to have any knowledge of how Davao City was precariously in the brink of becoming a drug haven. How could anyone from Davao deny the scourge that we went through?

But after all is said and done, the alleged extrajudicial killings in Davao that CHR had been so pre-occupied with is nothing compared to what is presently happening in Mexico, Thailand, Canada, and even in New York -- the heartland of America where the mafiosi thrive under the nose of Alston.

As I write this, some cities in Mexico have become a virtual battleground between rival drug syndicates. While they exterminate each other, they have enough firepower and men to fight the Mexican government forces, who are aided by the United States. The casualties in the drug battleground in Mexico have exceeded the daily death statistics in war-ravaged Iraq. What was once a social menace has become a security problem, and now Mexico and America have been waging another veritable war. War against drug lords army.

Now, aren't we happy we live in peace and quiet in Davao City? And then think of the conditions and atmosphere we will be if De Lima and Nograles had their way.

Peng Hok

April 23rd, 2009, 03:06 AM

Peng Hok

April 23rd, 2009, 03:11 AM

^^ nope not crying here, it's better to have midgets lord over Bajada than Goliaths that probably will be white elephants lol

Not even white elephants, Ambs. More like Goliaths that were never able to pass through into the realm of reality. Lolz!

Count in the 35 flr corporate building of the Escora's at the diversion road and the 16 flr condo building beside former Acropolis Disco.

Oh I saw the rendering of this corporate building at Diversion Road. I was in 2nd year high school then. But I never heard of the condo building beside Acropolis.

dinabaw

April 23rd, 2009, 04:57 AM

Sec. Ace Durano conquered Mt. Apo

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/5292/img5898small.jpg (http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img5898small.jpg)
at Mt. Apo boulders

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3656/img5921small.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img5921small.jpg)

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/1250/img5969small.jpg (http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img5969small.jpg)
Sec. Durano & his Family with Leo Oracion 2nd from left

dinabaw

April 23rd, 2009, 05:43 AM

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6317/p1050915.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1050915.jpg)
Leo Oracion 1st Filipino to conquer Mt. Everest

dinabaw

April 23rd, 2009, 05:53 AM

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5035/img6113.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img6113.jpg)
Sec. Ace Durano , Leo Oracion, DOT XI Dir. Sonia Garcia and friends at the summit.

http://rhonson.multiply.com/photos/album/116/Mount_Apo_2009

artvision

April 23rd, 2009, 06:11 AM

I am a bit hesitant to post this article thinking that it might spark up another protracted discussion on the issue but this one is just too good (IMO) to pass up on.

It should spark up discusion rather than be mum about it because there are people who prefer to think for themselves rather than just be spoonfed or 'play safe' or suppress other reactions. the latter may not be the way solve the city's problems. Davao has achieved because there are individuals who choose to make a difference and seek solution in whatever they are able to rather than merely follow the rest of the herd or just because of shallow concern of 'image' to please others. In contrast to other opinion, this forum is also one venue to speak one's mind because the motive is eventually for the city's betterment.

shaKEIRa

April 23rd, 2009, 06:56 AM

I believe the airports in Iloilo and Bacolod are NOT international airports but airports of international standard.

international naman ata ang iloilio...

sandman.ink

April 23rd, 2009, 07:01 AM

It should spark up discusion rather than be mum about it because there are people who prefer to think for themselves rather than just be spoonfed or 'play safe' or suppress other reactions. the latter may not be the way solve the city's problems. Davao has achieved because there are individuals who choose to make a difference and seek solution in whatever they are able to rather than merely follow the rest of the herd or just because of shallow concern of 'image' to please others. In contrast to other opinion, this forum is also one venue to speak one's mind because the motive is eventually for the city's betterment.

^^ the CHR needs to establish facts first before pointing fingers. they should show their objectivity, and be without bias.

having said that, needless to say, it should be without question na dapat the authorities should get to the bottom of the killings. find out who are behind the killings, whether these are government sponsored or plain gang wars...if plain gang wars, then it should be within their authority to apprehend the culprits.

if these are government sponsored killings, I think dapat itigil na ito. well, first, I'd like to say na meron talagang positive effect sa peace and order itong mga killings. but, 2 wrongs won't make things right. and it's very dangerous and alarming that apparently we are getting used to all these killings. We are in danger of becoming morally corrupted, and nakakatakot din as a Christian to just let things be...I am reminded of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. I am not comfortable with the idea that justice w/out proper due process is tolerated and sponsored by the state. I've really had a change of heart with the issue. It's hard to sleep at night knowing that the peace I enjoy was bought by blood money. :D

Peng Hok

April 23rd, 2009, 07:12 AM

Adarna's hotel project

http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr349/justagurl2000/SMM.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5234/picture079q.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8008/picture080l.jpg

sandman.ink

April 23rd, 2009, 07:25 AM

malapit lng pala sa daan...

Peng Hok

April 23rd, 2009, 07:28 AM

^^
Yup! Just behind the ugly commercial building with a blue gutter. :lol:

artvision

April 23rd, 2009, 08:02 AM

^^ the CHR needs to establish facts first before pointing fingers. they should show their objectivity, and be without bias.

The problem with de Lima et. al. is cheap intawon approach nila probably thinking their strategy would work in Davao with their conventional media puppetry to the gullible, that's how wrong they were. Naa pa gauna ug publish libro wala pa gani nahuman ang investigation, then the title very misleading "you can die anytime" as if tanan mobasa sa libro pareha nila & co. (i.e. drug pushers, extortionists, carnappers, etc. para maka-relate sa title), in attempt to manipulate the psyche of people. Then highly sensationalized and lucrative crimes pa gipalabi sa commision ang criminal rights, er "human rights" sa drug pushers, carnappers et. al. These are obviously well funded people by whosoever pero one thing is obvious, their actions seem to imply their sympathy more on the "rights" of lucrative criminality instead of those that truly need their rights: the victims.

If de Lima & co. is handling the commission, no need to advice them, they already threw their credibility out in the window and corrupted the otherwise noble term "Human Rights".

neyoneyo80

April 23rd, 2009, 08:40 AM

artvision

April 23rd, 2009, 09:39 AM

if these are government sponsored killings, I think dapat itigil na ito. well, first, I'd like to say na meron talagang positive effect sa peace and order itong mga killings. but, 2 wrongs won't make things right. and it's very dangerous and alarming that apparently we are getting used to all these killings. We are in danger of becoming morally corrupted, and nakakatakot din as a Christian to just let things be...I am reminded of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. I am not comfortable with the idea that justice w/out proper due process is tolerated and sponsored by the state. I've really had a change of heart with the issue. It's hard to sleep at night knowing that the peace I enjoy was bought by blood money. :D

I don't think there were evidences that contrary to the accusation, it was a state-sponsored phenomenon so as to perceive it as such. What is obviously state sponsored were crime deterrent ones like the 911 and perhaps intelligence networks against criminality that obviously worked against their interest.

The concept of "morals" is not a monopoly of the Christian doctrine. For the individual to learn in his lifetime is a moral achievement in itself (yet some organized religions tend to supress it instead that make people behave more like sheeples lacking in independent thinking and susceptible to manipulation). If a "criminal" refuses to learn that he chose his fate in such a way so as to be forced to learn, even with Eastern Philosophy, the fate he 'chooses' "reincarnates" him either towards higher awareness for finally learning in his previous lifetime, or otherwise to lower level for not being able to learn (as for the Buddhists, they prefer Nirvana over the cycle of rebirth). This may be the reason why from generation thru generation, Humanity in general strives towards higher civilization as accumulated by the learning process of many lifetimes.

With regards to Sodom and Gomorrah, an ancient Hittite document revealed that it was part of the political powerplay of the "gods". A horrible aftermatch actually occured after the destruction of the place, for it backfired against the source of its destruction. In a twist of fate, the "black cloud" (radioactive fallout) remnants were suddenly blown by the wind towards the highly advanced civilization of Sumeria whose "gods" masterminded the destruction of the two cities, causing the annihilation of the entire Sumerian population. In a very short matter of time the once mighty civilization of Sumeria that spanned for thousands of years, suddenly vanished even in history books. As for the survivors of sodom and gomorrah, Lot and his daughters, they eventualy committed incest.

As with the situation in Davao or the fate of ancient Sumeria, life is always a continuous process of learning, that is if the individual has enough sensibility to choose to.

Peng Hok

April 23rd, 2009, 10:17 AM

malapit ba to sa may PTA?

Hindi po. Sa may Jacinto Extension po yan, harap po ng new Metro Lifestyle na building po. :lol:

artvision

April 23rd, 2009, 10:22 AM

Making gold by going green: The Best Environment-Friendly Practices Awards

Davao City (22 April) -- Committing to responsible and sustainable development practices is one of the best ways of ensuring your place in your industry, in your community and in your future.

To facilitate this, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines), in partnership with Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the Davao Gulf Management Council, calls for businesses and local government units surrounding the gulf to participate in the first Best Environment-Friendly Practices Awards.

This award will highlight best practices in tourism and industrial operations and shall feature a community's outstanding efforts in environmental conservation.

Three winning entries will be chosen for each category (Tourism, Industries and Local Communities) according to their active participation in waste management, resource utilization efficiency and other pro-environment practices, as well as innovations and contributions to sustainability.

Winners will be given cash prizes amounting to P12,000 (1st place), P8,000 (2nd place) and P5,000 (3rd place). Also, they will receive a special plaque of recognition, aside from the potential local and national acknowledgement of their leadership and commitment in helping serve the environment. This is the best time to showcase your efforts, invest in your future financially and ecologically, and consequently fulfill your responsibility as nature's stewards.

The deadline of submission for entries is on 20 June 2009. The winners will be announced on 30 June 2009 at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City. (WWF/PIA XI)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090422.htm&no=05

Ibex

April 23rd, 2009, 12:45 PM

Dito din ang aming jump-off point... They we're 1 day ahead of us :okay:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6317/p1050915.jpg

Ibex

April 23rd, 2009, 12:55 PM

Lets do some neck exercise... lol :lol:

Central Park Hotel Update (today)

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3435/dsc07811.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/130/dsc07813r.jpg

Ibex

April 23rd, 2009, 01:03 PM

LED display na gyud? hmmmmmmm... nice :cheers:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4109/dsc07814l.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3341/dsc07819.jpg

dinabaw

April 23rd, 2009, 02:11 PM

^^ wow klarex na kaayo ...spiral staircase pa gyud!

dinabaw

April 23rd, 2009, 02:42 PM

malapit lng pala sa daan...

peng di mo nakuha ang ibig sabihin ni sandie bago na naman na hotel na papasukan niya :lol:

btw count lang natin ilang percentage ang tumama sa mga rumor natin i guess 90% :nuts:

this hotel
SM Lanang
Camella Northpoint
NCCC Hypermart :lol:
NCCC Lanang :D
Renvation NCCC Tagum :lol:

still in the rumor pipeline....

DDH Tower
Gaisano North
30 storey Condominium somewhere in the north....oppps sorry rean :D

dinabaw

April 23rd, 2009, 02:47 PM

LED display na gyud? hmmmmmmm... nice :cheers:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4109/dsc07814l.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3341/dsc07819.jpg

nice pero kung yung e-vehicle na yung pormang parang latest volkswagon gagawin nilang taxi ..definitely i will ride it even it's more expensive. :cheers:

Noize_320

April 23rd, 2009, 03:04 PM

LED display na gyud? hmmmmmmm... nice :cheers:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4109/dsc07814l.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3341/dsc07819.jpg

lol...i-baligya na ilang mga kia.... :D

Il Tenore

April 23rd, 2009, 04:00 PM

nice pero kung yung e-vehicle na yung pormang parang latest volkswagon gagawin nilang taxi ..definitely i will ride it even it's more expensive. :cheers:
taxi na volkswagen? one of a kind...

it is possible..;)

Noize_320

April 23rd, 2009, 04:07 PM

Sunset....

http://img2.cdn.crunchyroll.com/i/spire4/b2befaa4d7b11e5837358cd2f1af29611240494914_full.jpg

http://img2.cdn.crunchyroll.com/i/spire4/ccd0884f37635c5b5753fb6bec0af70e1240494918_full.jpg

dinabaw

April 23rd, 2009, 04:13 PM

New Samal resort project likened to Singapore's Sentosa
By Jean Duron-Abangan

Davao City (23 April) -- "It's beautiful! It's a promising site. It would be like a small version of Sentosa in Singapore once fully developed."

Architect Ferrychie B. Cuasito summed up her impression and her vision of the 45 hectare property introduced to the public as Samal Highlands Garden Resort.

It is owned by Podador-Alegre-Navarrete and Associates and developed by RJP Realty and Development Corporation which has brought in the planning and architectural expertise of Kintanar, Santamaria, Estalillia, LG&V, and Cuasito and Perez.

The recent broker and press presentation of the property development revealed that the site is located at the northern tip of the Island Garden City of Samal particularly in Barangay San Isidro, District of Babak.

Just nine kilometers away from the Babak Ferry Terminal, the property which stretches along 800-meter beach-line is fronting the big and small Liguid islands.

With a project cost pegged at P800 million, the 45-hectare property will undergo a three-phase development particularly named as Emilia Garden Residences, Terazzas de San Isidro and Costa de Azure.

The Emilia and the Terazzas will unfold a mix of high-end residential areas at a flat and highland terrain sites while the Costa de Azure will feature leisure, recreational and wellness facilities.

Since the residential areas used to be mango and coconut tree plantations, lot buyers would have their share of at least two of the full grown trees, giving a ready-made natural shade.

Lying below a 30-meter-high cliff at the back of Terazzas de San Isidro area, the Costa de Azure would become a versatile place to enjoy sports activities such as swimming, kayaking, jetskiing, rappelling and taking a zip-line thrill.

It would also serve as an educational tour site of students who would like to see and observe the environment of a naturally-grown mangrove area.

There would be gazebos, a coffee shop, a convention center, cottages and hotel rooms at Costa de Azure to serve those who want to do business while enjoying leisure at the beach.

One of the property owners, Dr. Jonathan Alegre during the property development presentation rites said the project started with just a dream of having a place to while away the stressful living of city life.

But the location his family has found, turned out to be more than just a place to rest but a "God-given" site whose grandeur they want to share with other people.

In the same event, co-owner Emilia Podador-Navarette Alegre revealed that the real property development project has been hatched as a tribute to the late Engineer Emilia Lim Podador, who she said, was a visionary and dreamer. (PIA XI) [top]

PIA News (http://http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=1&fi=p090423.htm&no=3&date=)

WawaY[625]

April 23rd, 2009, 04:27 PM

^^ gi atay ning si Chi Chi, little sentosa man jud daw :lol:

carrotz

April 23rd, 2009, 04:53 PM

nkita na ninyo ang sign sa camela north point? ala hollywood :D
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/nick4ubaby/04202009002.jpg

this is really nice...:cheers:

this saturday night is caracoles festival i think..sa sta. ana wharf grabe naman ilang stage didto g taod gud..

asa ang location sa eb?:)

dinabaw

April 23rd, 2009, 05:02 PM

^^ text lang mi imo hehe wala pay definite place

unsa diay porma sa stage ?

Ibex

April 23rd, 2009, 06:03 PM

^^ wow klarex na kaayo ...spiral staircase pa gyud!

wrong! dili man na spiral staircase... dragon figure man na para sa ila opening ang access para sa next floor kay "teleporter" man toinkzzzz :nuts: :nuts: :lol:

reancorbz84

April 23rd, 2009, 06:17 PM

LED display na gyud? hmmmmmmm... nice :cheers:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4109/dsc07814l.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3341/dsc07819.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j187/tonioboi/taxi.jpg

davaob4now

April 23rd, 2009, 06:20 PM

wow impressive and mga new cabs...:)

nice pud ang northpoint....
kinsa man ang developer ug tag iya sa 30F condo somewhere in the north???
:)

Ibex

April 23rd, 2009, 06:31 PM

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j187/tonioboi/taxi.jpg

call taxi from landline or cell? 24/7 radio dispatch?

hmmmmmm parang 911 :cheers:

nobody does it better ^^

marlowe_cano

April 23rd, 2009, 06:38 PM

for me, if i were to commend, model city tlga ang davao... ayos na ayos!!! :applause:

jhunix

April 24th, 2009, 12:44 AM

MARCO POLO, DAVAO

http://static4.bareka.com/photos/medium/13965307.jpg

Photos by Jim de Francia (http://www.panoramio.com//user/1648563)

Peng Hok

April 24th, 2009, 02:42 AM

30 storey Condominium somewhere in the north....oppps sorry rean :D

Atay ning si RA wala man ko gitimbrehan ani. Asa daw ni banda? Is this the same sa giingon ni xzibit na ang developer kay naay initial na "M?"

Peng Hok

April 24th, 2009, 02:56 AM

Camella to launch posh condo project

CAMELLA Communities Davao, a subsidiary of the largest homebuilder in the country, Vista Land and Lifescapes, is set to stage a grand launch of Camella Northpoint on Friday, its exclusive condominium project and first ever vertical development in Davao, the only one of its kind north of the city.

Camella Northpoint is the ultimate choice for convenient and stylish condo living for those who value residing within the heart of the emerging urban centre in the city's northern part, and yet seek a serene and natural environment when they come home.

Situated within the elevated land at the corner of JP Laurel Avenue and Buhangin Road, which was formerly owned by the Scottish family Ker, Camella Northpoint offers its residents a unique living proposition: an exclusive urban home within the heart of the fast emerging business and commercial area of Davao, yet set within an oasis-like environment.

The condo's prime location is very convenient and accessible to all the major locators in the city, such as the international airport, seaport, IT parks and BPO centers, large manufacturing plants, business establishments, and soon-to-rise modern commercial areas and high-end retail and shopping centers.

The development will have all the modern conveniences and first-class amenities, such as a swimming pool, fitness gym, playgrounds, pocket parks, cabanas with grill pits, gardens, a grand entrance and gatehouse, secure perimeter fence, and a clubhouse that features a function room, recreation hall, and a veranda overlooking the pool, among other facilities.

Camella Northpoint is an attractive union of contrasts. It is located within the throbbing growth area of the city, yet its property will be a serene and natural haven replete with lush foliage, natural streams, blooming pocket gardens, and scenic green surroundings.

Imagine coming home to the refreshing sight and scent of Caribbean pine trees dotting the manicured landscape, inviting gardens and promenades full of colorful blooms, and natural streams meandering slowly and freely around the development.

Once inside their condo unit, residents have all the freedom to relax, unwind, and do what they enjoy most without worrying about home repairs, maintenance, and security, which are all managed for them.

The tranquil and relaxing setting of Camella Northpoint will invigorate its residents to face the next day's toil in the modern world, and afford them more time and energy to enjoy all the urban luxuries that are close to their home.

Camella Northpoint's appeal is not only its commercially viable location within this thriving urban enclave, the condo's modern facilities and amenities, and the freedom and convenience of condo living.

This posh and exclusive development will also be Davao's first ever pine estate as Camella Communities intends to dot the whole property with imported Caribbean pine trees to complement the existing lush foliage and the age-old trees that they intend to preserve.

"Camella Northpoint offers the ultimate city living with a plus. Its natural havenlike ambiance will make it a unique oasis in the heart of Davao's urban centre, making it a landmark in the city and making Camella Northpoint the most-sought after residential location in Davao," remarked Marlon Escalicas, general manager of Camella Communities Davao.

The official unveiling of Camella Northpoint will be held tomorrow at the iconic white house perched on the highest point of the project site.

Further inquiries can be made at telephone numbers 298-0387 and 298-0300 or at the Camella Communities offices at Karpentrade Bldg., McArthur Highway, Matina.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/camella-launch-posh-condo-project

junax

April 24th, 2009, 03:45 AM

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 04:08 AM

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j187/tonioboi/taxi.jpg

"First and the Only cab company in the Philippines with LED taxi toplights.Awarded Most Outstanding Taxi of 2005(Philippine Marketing Exellence Awards) 24 Hour Radio Taxi Dispatched Service in Davao City."

wala lang naalala ko lan yung siggy nuong isang forumer boasting there taxis is the best daw! :lol:

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 04:10 AM

Atay ning si RA wala man ko gitimbrehan ani. Asa daw ni banda? Is this the same sa giingon ni xzibit na ang developer kay naay initial na "M?"

lahi na...nag sugod sa letrang F :lol:

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 04:11 AM

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 04:16 AM

goys ang g-mall murag gina extend na ang mall area utilizing part of the old department store. starting sa may 3rd floor dep't store notice the construction. please confirm SOCOs. and also, nag start na ang 3rd building sa one oasis, excavation stage.

last time naa ko didto parang by floors lang ginaayo... but anyway i pa dispatch lang nako si SPO1 Il Tenore para ma confirm :D

Il Tenore

April 24th, 2009, 04:40 AM

^^just went there yesterday and yes, they're renovating.. ang 2nd floor sa dept. store, nag-extend na... gotta bring my cam..

ang 3rd floor, on-going ang renovation..
pero, puro ra sa right side.. anam-anam siguro na ug renovation..

Animo

April 24th, 2009, 04:50 AM

I miss eating at Harana! :D Any photos or renovations of the place? :)

Govinda

April 24th, 2009, 04:58 AM

for me, if i were to commend, model city tlga ang davao... ayos na ayos!!! :applause:

:cheers: to that..

by the way, the address in your signature is tetuan..
i stay at sweet home suites in tetuan everytime i'm in zamboanga..

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 05:14 AM

napa ka mura nito !:cheers:

Weeee, Zipped!
BY MAYA M. PADILLO

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_hCTRg6xFc/Sd4SwMzSiNI/AAAAAAAAA-w/b6ZR32suN_E/s400/DSCF1453.JPG

Work continues on the slides at Bluejaz Resort – touted as the country’s biggest – guests can now enjoy unlimited use on two of them at P90.

The slides end at the four-foot deep pool and can be used by children aged five and above as well as adults.

Assistant general manager Noel Martin said guests are advised to wear nylon clothing when using the slides.

Those who want to fly high can use the zipline that runs above the pool and slides for only P50.

Bluejaz Resort and Waterpark, located in Caliclic, Babak Island Garden City of Samal, is now the preferred leisure destination among locals and tourists. It is eying to put up eight big slides, considered the biggest in the country.

This unique and amazing resort has fascinated TV personalities and adventure lovers from all over the country. In fact, it was featured in one of the national sports channels.

Martin said the whole facility will be fully operational after summer. The official opening of the slides will be on May 1.

The P90 day tour allows guests to enjoy the white sand beach with clear blue water as well as free use of three swimming pools, free use of children’s water play area and kiddie slides, free open cottages, and free wifi connection.

Closed cottages, white house, and suites are also available in the resort. The resort also has function rooms for all occasions.

Boat fare of P15 will take clients from Beachside Resort to Bluejaz.

For reservation and inquiries, call telephone numbers 302-8411 and 303-1117.

Mindanao Daily Mirror (http://http://www.dailymirror.ph/Apr/weekdays04242009.html)

reancorbz84

April 24th, 2009, 05:20 AM

Atay ning si RA wala man ko gitimbrehan ani. Asa daw ni banda? Is this the same sa giingon ni xzibit na ang developer kay naay initial na "M?"

hehehe. 30 storey condo na ang magdevelop kay italian firm.... di pa man sure toh sir peng.. pero naginquire na sila sa city planning....hehehe....

____________________

same tao naghatag sa info katong "dili maaprubahan ang cola plant".... hehehehe...

reancorbz84

April 24th, 2009, 05:25 AM

hahay goyz, last year na pala ngayon sa mga non aircon taxis????

na notice naba ninyo ang mga new units sa mabuhay, holiday and maligaya taxis?
sa mabuhay kay VIOS latest model... sa holiday mga nissan sentra and sa maligaya kay vios na 2007 model yata.....

ang maligaya taxis diay, (sentra and vios units) naay mga bayan span kada unit. hehehe sosyal!

hotlines:

holiday = 3001717
maligaya = 2991111
mabuhay = 2351784
midvalley = 3010479

*first pala ang davao sa kanang 24 hours radio dispatch sa philippines....

L.A.X.

April 24th, 2009, 05:42 AM

leml

April 24th, 2009, 05:48 AM

^^ Indeed. Better get a unit at Camella Northpoint, convert it to a boarding house, I'm totally kiddin' :JK:

Well, SIR.
I also think the government wants to take it back.
It's block away from the river and hardly liveable.

Better invest in the North fringe, IMO.

Waahhh. :D

xzibit31

April 24th, 2009, 05:50 AM

question:

Is it wise to invest in a property in SIR Village? I plan to convert it into a boarding house or apartment since it's near Agro, UM, Ateneo and other businesses. However, I know that it's kinda in a socialized housing zone or reclamation or something. Im worried that government might take it back or relocate the settlers someday which put my investment to waste.
Do you know how much the usual cost of this property. Somebody offered it to me, a lot with a very modest small house(hardly livable). I think it's a block away from the river.
I know that there's a lot of knowledgeable people here so I hope somebody can enlighten me on this. Thanks a lot.

i would think twice if ever i would invest in that area, especially near the river.:). petty thieves thrive in those kinds of places. in that area you cannot command a good price for your boarding house.

a good place to set up a boarding house is in the juna subdivision or ecoland subdivision area.

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 05:50 AM

question:

Is it wise to invest in a property in SIR Village? I plan to convert it into a boarding house or apartment since it's near Agro, UM, Ateneo and other businesses. However, I know that it's kinda in a socialized housing zone or reclamation or something. Im worried that government might take it back or relocate the settlers someday which put my investment to waste.
Do you know how much the usual cost of this property. Somebody offered it to me, a lot with a very modest small house(hardly livable). I think it's a block away from the river.
I know that there's a lot of knowledgeable people here so I hope somebody can enlighten me on this. Thanks a lot.

why would the government take it back? afaik it was intended for the homeless i guess the R in SIR stands for relocation forgot the SI though... so how big the house? imo the normal house size is 30-40 sq. mts. maybe the price value 250T more or less

Peng Hok

April 24th, 2009, 05:53 AM

lahi na...nag sugod sa letrang F :lol:

F, as in, Vice-Ganda? :lol:

leml

April 24th, 2009, 05:54 AM

^^ Ahhhh. So relocation na pala yun dun? Tsk, bakit sa Riverside? Sayang.
Anyway, Kaya pala Pugad ang SIR :D :bash:

Peng Hok

April 24th, 2009, 05:55 AM

hehehe. 30 storey condo na ang magdevelop kay italian firm.... di pa man sure toh sir peng.. pero naginquire na sila sa city planning....hehehe....

____________________

same tao naghatag sa info katong "dili maaprubahan ang cola plant".... hehehehe...

Mao ba? 30 jud? Asa daw ni sya banda if ever?

xzibit31

April 24th, 2009, 05:56 AM

why would the government take it back? afaik it was intended for the homeless i guess the R in SIR stands for relocation forgot the SI though... so how big the house? imo the normal house size is 30-40 sq. mts. maybe the price value 250T more or less

SIR A - Slum Improvement Resettelment Area

reancorbz84

April 24th, 2009, 05:58 AM

Mao ba? 30 jud? Asa daw ni sya banda if ever?

kana daw sa quirino sir.. pero i doubt it ha, kay di baya kaya sa davao ang 30..

aw kaya ba? hehehe

xzibit31

April 24th, 2009, 05:58 AM

OT - have you noticed the number of posts that you have. biglang kumonti nanaman. i had 400++ before, ngayon 200++ nalang.

xzibit31

April 24th, 2009, 05:59 AM

kana daw sa quirino sir.. pero i doubt it ha, kay di baya kaya sa davao ang 30..

aw kaya ba? hehehe

kaya man, with modern technology. but is going to be very expensive.

L.A.X.

April 24th, 2009, 06:13 AM

question:

Is it wise to invest in a property in SIR Village? I plan to convert it into a boarding house or apartment since it's near Agro, UM, Ateneo and other businesses. However, I know that it's kinda in a socialized housing zone or reclamation or something. Im worried that government might take it back or relocate the settlers someday which put my investment to waste.
Do you know how much the usual cost of this property. Somebody offered it to me, a lot with a very modest small house(hardly livable). I think it's a block away from the river.
I know that there's a lot of knowledgeable people here so I hope somebody can enlighten me on this. Thanks a lot.

THANKS EVERYBODY! I KNEW THAT I CAN REALLY SOLICIT A LOT OF OBJECTIVE INPUTS HERE.

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 06:21 AM

SIR A - Slum Improvement Resettelment Area

:bow: sori master resettlement pala ...iba talaga yung professor sa ADDU !:lol:

oi sa Rob daw bukas may caracoles festival ..someone texted me hindi ko alam kung sino bago number.:D

reancorbz84

April 24th, 2009, 06:36 AM

wahh san ba tlga yang caracoles na yan? sa sta ana or sa rob? hehehe...

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 06:44 AM

Davao gov urges people to nurture nature
By Noel Baguio

Davao City (24 April) -- Amid the tide of technological advances that seem to have dominated our everyday lives, the fact remains that the modern and industrialized world still largely depends on nature for sustenance.

Since nature is indispensable to man's continued existence, Gov. Rodolfo Del Rosario asked his people to nurture it and make it sustainable so that the future generations will also be able to enjoy "what we are presently enjoying."

"Nature has loved us so much by providing the basic necessities for our existence. So, it is but right for us to love nature back, way more than it does to us," Del Rosario said in a reflective mood, after he has been through throwing banters with the local officials during the 5th Anniversary of the Sua-on Nature's Park in Sua-on, Kapalong, Davao del Norte, last April 17, 2009.

Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Felix Abangin said the nature's park was established five years ago to raise awareness about the importance of nature conservation.

Since then, the project has become fruitful in protecting and managing the natural attractions in the area, such as caves and natural forest, that have increasingly become valuable for the public's enjoyment of nature-related activities.

Gov. Del Rosario also stressed the importance of the park in nature plays, where the children could develop their interest and knowledge of the environment to make them responsive to environmental issues in the future.

During the occasion, the governor unveiled an imposing billboard announcing the passage of Municipal Ordinance 815, Series of 2009, declaring Sua-on Nature's Park as Eco-Tourism Destination of the Municipality of Kapalong.

He was assisted by Mayor Edgardo Timbol, PENRO-DENR Ruth M. Tawantawan, Board Members Janet Gavina, Leopoldo Monteroso, Ely Dacalus, Larry Caminero and Dimitrio Maligro, together with other local officials.

The park covers Puroks 5 and 6 of Special Barangay Sambayon and Puroks 8, 14 and 15 of Barangay Suaon, all in the hinterlands of Kapalong town.

The property has become famous for the Sua-on Underground Water, where the Sua-on River passes through a 1-km cave. It also features the Sambayon Cave, which was believed to be the haven of a giant snake.

The local government of Kapalong is now putting up a protective fence at the opening of the cave to protect the locals from falling and to establish a landmark for cave conservation and for educational purposes. The LGU has partnered with the DSpeCS "Conserve a Cave Project" for community awareness on cave protection, conservation and rehabilitation.

Del Rosario said caves are more than just wonderful places worthy to be explored, since they contain substantial cultural remains and biological life associated with the cave environment.

He said through the RDR WHEELS agenda, with the 7th component called Environment Protection and Rehabilitation, the province continues to help create and build awareness and responsible attitudes towards cave resources for better interdependence of people and nature.

The establishment of the park, Abangin further added, has helped address some environmental issues and concerns affecting the community, such as the slash and burn method, or locally known as 'kaingin', traditionally used by some villagers, which has been criticized as harmful to the environment and its sustainability.

Many villagers have since derived economic benefit from the community-based eco-tourism project. But, Abangin urged the local governments to revive and strengthen the homestay program as a sustainable ecotourism and rural tourism venture, where residents can share to the tourists their local lifestyles close to nature and culture.

He said the province has extended and continues to provide assistance to the local government by sponsoring cave education and protection initiatives, reforestation activities, among other related endeavors. (CIO-Tagum/PIA XI) [top]

PIA News (http://http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090424.htm&no=05&r=R11&y=09&mo=04)

Il Tenore

April 24th, 2009, 07:01 AM

OT - have you noticed the number of posts that you have. biglang kumonti nanaman. i had 400++ before, ngayon 200++ nalang.
some of your posts are in the archive na.. and mudeduct jud na imong post count..

ako, from 920 something, 910 na karon

Peng Hok

April 24th, 2009, 07:29 AM

kana daw sa quirino sir.. pero i doubt it ha, kay di baya kaya sa davao ang 30..

aw kaya ba? hehehe

Ideal bitaw ang place. Siguro if they will not force it to 30, somehow it will still be tall, probably the height of Marco Polo. :)

leml

April 24th, 2009, 07:38 AM

Kaya man siguro 30. Kanang ubuson lang kaayo ang ceiling :lol:

leml

April 24th, 2009, 07:39 AM

some of your posts are in the archive na.. and mudeduct jud na imong post count..

ako, from 920 something, 910 na karon

Bitaw, kay ang kay Il Tenore, maremember nako 911 na atong last month..

xzibit31

April 24th, 2009, 07:59 AM

eto sobrang OT:

FOR ALL 80'S KIDS.... you should watch and hear this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcCtRtDvCFU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5oniErmeuE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4JCtexZ_Oo

enjoy!!!

Peng Hok

April 24th, 2009, 08:01 AM

^^
Sorry but I'm a 90's kid. :cheers:

xzibit31

April 24th, 2009, 08:11 AM

^^
Sorry but I'm a 90's kid. :cheers:

kaya nga nakalagay 80's eh....kaw talaga peng....:lol:

Noize_320

April 24th, 2009, 08:12 AM

^^
Sorry but I'm a 90's kid. :cheers:

yeh, yet nostalgic...heheh... :)

davaoeagle

April 24th, 2009, 08:25 AM

kaya nga nakalagay 80's eh....kaw talaga peng....:lol:

Wag kang mag-alala Capo, di ka nag-iisa..:lol:

neyoneyo80

April 24th, 2009, 10:27 AM

^^
Sorry but I'm a 90's kid. :cheers:

younger ka pala kay sa kay uncle rajah :cheers: ( :lol: )

eto sobrang OT:
FOR ALL 80'S KIDS.... you should watch and hear this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcCtRtDvCFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5oniErmeuE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4JCtexZ_Oo
enjoy!!!

di ako maka-relate ;) ( :lol: )

"ZukiChirO"

April 24th, 2009, 12:15 PM

GOOD NEWS~

Cebu Pacific Air. using brand new ATR Flight 215 fly from Davao to Cagayan de Oro City starting on May 14, 2009.

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 12:17 PM

Confessions of a Partyphile - The new tribe of Davao
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 05:54
by Zhaun Ortega

BAGOBO.
Bilaans.
Guiangans.
Tagacaolos.
Manobos.
Mandayas.
Mansakas.
Gimikeros.
Alright, alright, I know what you are thinking. The last word does not really belong in that particular line up. But if you really think about it, maybe it does, doesn’t it?

When we speak of tribes in Davao we often think of the Lumads and the natives who live high above in the mountains; but what you, and the rest of the people who belong in our generation, do not realize is that this isn’t necessarily the case. No matter where you originally come from, no matter how long you have been settled in this city, and no matter how little you know about your other Davaoeño brothers and sisters; you are now part of the New Davaoeño tribe.
Yup, you may not be consciously aware of it but you are now a part of this breed of educated, street-smart, and confident people. The yuppies and students that walk the city streets unknowingly form one homogenous tribe; we share the same interests, attitudes and points of view. We may not know it, but we share a lot of common traits which now dictate, not only how the economy of Davao moves, but also how we deal with each other.

Unlimited Rice, Pito-Baynte and Eating Hearty

Surprisingly (or not), the new breed of Davaoeños is still much like the past generations of Pinoys. We still eat five times a day; merienda is still a must, and Banana-Cue, Pito-Baynte (7 for 20 pesos) Barbeque and Tulo-Diyes (3 for 10 pesos) Siomai are still staples of the dining table, or at least of the side walks right outside the school gates.
We still use sawsawan with every meal, thus explaining the abundance of toyo (soy sauce), suka (vinegar), calamansi (native lemon), sili (chili), patis (fish sauce), ketchup and pinakurat (well. there’s no translation. You will just have to try this one yourself) in all Davaoeño restaurants. We still invite whoever happens to pass by our dining tables to join us in eating with a loud “mangaon ‘ta!”. And we still enjoy eating our favorite sud-an (viand) with a steaming hot cup of rice, no matter how many times Ms. Winfrey tells us to do otherwise.
My humble opinion: Unless Oprah has tried eating a hot, freshly cooked piece of Bulad (dried fish) dipped in vinegar, chili and paired with fresh tomatoes, served over some steaming white rice… she can’t tell us Davaoeños to quit rice completely.
What’s more, unlike the Manila crowd, we are less obsessed with eating healthy thus Kwek-kwek, Fish Ball, Balot, frozen strong beer and, much to the horror of Manilenyos, unlimited rice are favorites among Dabawenyos.
And this is actually good for us: we still get to enjoy our food, no matter how embarrassingly cheap they are; and we don’t even need to feel guilty about stuffing our hearts with all the cholesterol it can take (seriously, now is a good time to bring in the Sisig, Bulalong Kalabaw and Crispy Pata)

Anti-Sosyal, Passing Gas and the Magic F. Torres Brings.

Unlike past generations, we have stopped trying to be “sosyal”. We are now content with being ourselves and even put a premium on simple living. Thus, fancy restos are now being snubbed; we appreciate simple Filipino food like Barbeque, Inihaw na Isda and other home-cooked favorites that can compete (in price) with even the most established fast-food chains.
Even bars are now getting shrugged; partyphiles have gone back to the old Filipino way. It used to be, when you walked the streets at night, you would see a group of men sharing chit-chats over some cold beer in every baranggay, in every kanto, in every sari-sari store in the city. Yes, we have gone back to this very Noypi tradition of conversing over beer, but unlike the generations of our parents, we now find the right place and time for it: thus, as everyone has probably realized by now, F. Torres is where all the magic happens.
And, unlike generations before us, we are never embarrassed to admit that we don’t have money in our pockets, that our feet smell or that we just let out a silent but deadly fart. Trust me, we have become anything but sosyal.

Free WiFi, Chillaxing and Gym Buddies

The only exception to the “anti-sosyal” rule would probably be the coffee shops. We still frequent them even if we know we can get our caffeine fix at home for a much, much, much lower price; because coffee shops are the perfect venue for lazy conversation (and of course, free WiFi). They set the stage for great conversations and somehow, after a trip to your favorite café, you feel relaxed. And this is what we are after: stress-relief.

Wellness and relaxation have become the priorities for the new Dabawenyo tribe. We spend money for spa services and massages, and no, I don’t mean the local manghihilot. We go out partying to forget all the chaos that life brings (yes, Mom and Dad, the only reason why we go out on gimmicks is to relieve stress) and kiss our worries goodbye. And we now enroll in our local gyms to help sweat our stress away (aside from the fact that it is also a great way to find new friends. Gym buddy, anyone?). We put a premium on good living and letting our hair down after a hard day at work. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have our share of mischief and misdemeanor.

Informed Wild Children, Not-So-Squeaky-Clean Images, and Owning up to Mistakes

Older generations often think of us as rowdy or “wild”, but I think my generation is more informed and make wiser decisions. That is not to say that we do not have our share of wild nights, but I’m pretty sure, we have not been doing anything that our parents’ generations haven’t done before. However, the difference is in the way we handle these facts of life. We may be wild (but I am doubtful that we are wilder than any of the generations before us) but this time, we are confident enough to admit that we are. We admit to doing what we do, we are not a generation who tries to seem squeaky-clean; we have gone away with all the “kaplastikan” and we have matured well enough to realize that, although it is not okay to make stupid mistakes, it definitely is okay to own up to them.

Things I Know For Sure

Of course, an article could never capture the true essence of the new Dabawenyo tribe but these things I know for sure: we know what we want and we know how to get it; we have mastered the art of remaining under the radar while moving mountains; we are oblivious to the fact that we have great potential; we still love fried food, Hebi and Choc-nut; we have done away with social-climbing; farting is not that big a sin as it used be and more importantly, we love and appreciate Davao and all the quirks it brings along with it.

Edge Davao (http://http://www.edgedavao.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=334:confessions-of-a-partyphile-the-new-tribe-of-davao&catid=44:indulge--lifestyle&Itemid=77)

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 12:26 PM

now Manny Pangilinan calls Davao 'a regal city' :cheers:

MVP recalls early days in Mindanao, talks on economy, healthcare
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 05:47
-Calls Davao ‘a regal city’

by Manuel V. Pangilinan

REGAL city, with kings and queens calling it home. The king of Philippine skies – the Philippine Eagle; the queen of Philippine orchids – the Waling-waling; the king of exotic fruits – the durian; and the king of Philippine mountains – Mount Apo – are all found in this land of natural plenty. And here with us today are Davao`s future kings and queens: the class of 2009 – inspired and strengthened by the values and guiding hand of Davao Doctors College.

Edge Davao (http://http://www.edgedavao.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=329:mvp-recalls-early-days-in-mindanao-talks-on-economy-healthcare&catid=39:community-sense&Itemid=73)

deadspyder

April 24th, 2009, 12:28 PM

davao based ssc forumers, cge pa ba tukar si Norbing a.k.a. RJ(i think hes in 50's na to date) and his band@ apo view hotel?murag naka base ni sya diha sa buhangin.ngilgig kaayo ni motukar kay i once see him performed in bxu,mokaon ganing ni sya ug kwerdas sa gitara ala jimi hendrix :lol::lol::lol: ug tinood ba nga hes the godfather of the veteran and alike musikeros in davao and one of famous musikeros of davao?
just want to inquire kay musikero sab ko gamay and would like to know if hes active in gigs kay gusto ko modayo ug davao para makakita niya pag usab kung nagtukar pa ba guihapon sya:cheers:

elow active p giyapon c nong norbing... kauban ra na cla popong landero... we look after sa kining mga musikeroha.. taga mineral village n xa dapit sa may bacaca...usahay ga jam ko kauban nila..though dili nko cla ka edad ah..daghan k matun an sa ila.... even though i was active before sa music scene diria sa davao from wayback 1996 up to 2005..cla dugay n jud... gs2 nimo xa m contact??? ill ask for his number if u want to...

reancorbz84

April 24th, 2009, 12:50 PM

GOOD NEWS~

Cebu Pacific Air. using brand new ATR Flight 215 fly from Davao to Cagayan de Oro City starting on May 14, 2009.

uy nice!. hehehe duol na lang kaau ang cdo... how much din ang fare? hehehe

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 12:56 PM

davaob4now

April 24th, 2009, 12:59 PM

davaob4now

April 24th, 2009, 01:04 PM

rumor .... Aldevinco is goin to be closed wala ng renegotation sa mga tenant afaik they'll demolish the exisitng building and build a 3 storey bldg. a tube(bridge) will connect Marco Polo( this is possible bec. Alcantara is also a stakeholder of MP)

why not utilize the aldevinco area for its expansion...build a new hi rise facing the existing MP building...why 3 storey ra?hehe

unsa na ang mahitabo sa mga hilig ug pasalubong from aldevinco, siiguro mag relocate sila...unsaon na lang ang mga suki sa mga money changer diha..(isa nako :D)

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 01:04 PM

^^ bakit kaya siya ang speaker.. any clues?hehe

davaob4now

April 24th, 2009, 01:10 PM

^^ bakit kaya siya ang speaker.. any clues?hehe

pwede na ma clue ang DDH tower...? :D

uy nice!. hehehe duol na lang kaau ang cdo... how much din ang fare? hehehe

i gather mga 15 to 20 minutes na lang???

Peng Hok

April 24th, 2009, 01:20 PM

Ibex

April 24th, 2009, 01:30 PM

Al Fresco na pala ang Mama Mia :cheers:

"Davao Sikwate" hmmmmm :okay:

dinabaw

April 24th, 2009, 01:35 PM

^^ ganun rin but more classy ..... matagal na itong plano but stalled because of some protest from the tenants...maybe na paso na gyud ang palugit nila.

Noize_320

April 24th, 2009, 02:08 PM

GOOD NEWS~

Cebu Pacific Air. using brand new ATR Flight 215 fly from Davao to Cagayan de Oro City starting on May 14, 2009.

source po...any links to press releases? para ma-confirm... :)

EDIT : confirmed na...ok :okay:

http://img1.cdn.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/ab08ff367dc5c6c80891a1278c7e0c991240575740_full.png

reancorbz84

April 24th, 2009, 03:09 PM

source po...any links to press releases? para ma-confirm... :)

EDIT : confirmed na...ok :okay:

http://img1.cdn.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/ab08ff367dc5c6c80891a1278c7e0c991240575740_full.png

feeling nako daghan manakay aning davao - cdo.... kay daghan baya gabyahe na mga negosyante dvo - cdo v.v. mas dali kung magplane. hehehe..

Noize_320

April 24th, 2009, 03:18 PM

^^ yes, para di na ko mag landtrip...yeh...wla pa ko kasakay turboprop~ hehehe...gusto nako...bahala na cramped~ :D

reancorbz84

April 24th, 2009, 03:36 PM

^^ yes, para di na ko mag landtrip...yeh...wla pa ko kasakay turboprop~ hehehe...gusto nako...bahala na cramped~ :D

ito yun diba?

http://www.jetphotos.net/news/media/userfiles/2851234240.jpg.400.jpg

WawaY[625]

April 24th, 2009, 03:46 PM

2nd to 3rd quarter ng 2009 may condo na naman na mag pre-selling.inaayos na lang ang documentation.na announce na ito dati dito pero naging tahimik lang lately..pero dayon gihapon ni

sir neyo tagpila gani ang per square meter sa One Oasis?

any idea tagpila ang per square meter sa mga current condo sa Davao?

Noize_320

April 24th, 2009, 04:02 PM

ito yun diba?

http://www.jetphotos.net/news/media/userfiles/2851234240.jpg.400.jpg

yeh, an ATR-72 500...i hope PALEx would ply the route also :)

..pwede ang A380 ang gamiton? :D

Il Tenore

April 24th, 2009, 04:40 PM

Personally, dako jud siya kung kamo mismo muadto..
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs024.snc1/3109_1082868765382_1636245579_183083_3202237_n.jpg

Opened Stores in Robinsons Cybergate

H2O Salon
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs024.snc1/3109_1082868485375_1636245579_183076_2614061_n.jpg

CD-R King
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs024.snc1/3109_1082868525376_1636245579_183077_3822668_n.jpg

Rai Rai Ken
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs024.snc1/3109_1082868565377_1636245579_183078_3430723_n.jpg

Mang Inasal
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs024.snc1/3109_1082868605378_1636245579_183079_4649144_n.jpg

Soon to Open...

Mercury Drug
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs024.snc1/3109_1082868645379_1636245579_183080_2711788_n.jpg

Bangkok Wok
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs024.snc1/3109_1082868685380_1636245579_183081_727565_n.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs024.snc1/3109_1082868725381_1636245579_183082_2363245_n.jpg

Soon to open din pero walang pic..
1.) Dunkin Donuts
2.) Sun Shop (Sun Cellular)
3.) LBC
4.) Robinsons Supermarket

WawaY[625]

April 24th, 2009, 04:52 PM

^^ mura syag Damosa Gateway nga naay dako nga supermarket ug BPO space

come to think of it, mura jud syag Damosa since naa man diay supermarket (masket basket) and BPO space (Damosa IT park) ang Damosa :D

pildi pa gani sya sa Damosa kay ang Damosa naay Hotel :lol:

Il Tenore

April 24th, 2009, 04:55 PM

^^haha! lagi!

mao pud na akong na-compare ganina...

davaoeagle

April 24th, 2009, 06:49 PM

;35677284']2nd to 3rd quarter ng 2009 may condo na naman na mag pre-selling.inaayos na lang ang documentation.na announce na ito dati dito pero naging tahimik lang lately..pero dayon gihapon ni

Any clue as to the location?

Peng Hok

April 25th, 2009, 12:12 AM

^^ ganun rin but more classy ..... matagal na itong plano but stalled because of some protest from the tenants...maybe na paso na gyud ang palugit nila.

Unsay balak nila sa three storey building?

WawaY[625]

April 25th, 2009, 02:04 AM

Any clue as to the location?

Bajada :D na mention na ni before hehe dili lang ko mag mention ug exact developer ug location kay dili baya to sa akong kaila hehe sa gf nako then akong gigamit iyang email to fish for info :lol:

KulasKusgan

April 25th, 2009, 02:11 AM

^^ filinvest?

KulasKusgan

April 25th, 2009, 02:12 AM

...
EB -April 25
Caracoles Festival sa Sta. Ana
Meeting Place: Figaro (Chimes)-6:00 pm

davaoeagle

April 25th, 2009, 03:15 AM

;35703082']Bajada :D na mention na ni before hehe dili lang ko mag mention ug exact developer ug location kay dili baya to sa akong kaila hehe sa gf nako then akong gigamit iyang email to fish for info :lol:

I guess this would be the 25-storey Filinvest condo. Don't worry, you won't be incriminated by doing this...:D

artvision

April 25th, 2009, 04:05 AM

enigmatic Samal

Even for locals living in Davao City, nearby Samal that's only about 7 minute ride by barge from the mainland, is an island now gradualy revealing not just her beauty, but also her mystery. It was a paradise-like island we thought we knew. We thought the island was just the next byword for tourism destination owing to its pristine beaches with even some areas having powdery white sand so fine that its shore could diffuse heat of the tropical sun as one walks over it, an island of breathtaking sceneries and unspoilt wonders that Davao region hopes to keep that way while balancing progress. Just a few years ago, it was also discovered that the island's batcave is the world's largest fruit bat (Geoffrey's Rousette species) colony. It turned out there's even more to the island.

From my recent personal research posted in the previous blog, enigmatic Samal may also have one of the country's oldest history, with its rich past even inhabited by legendary giants of yore (well, not necessary "legend," there were actual discoveries of giant skeletal remains that unfortunately were looted or neglected, add up the Philippines authorities' lack of enthusiasm in archiving these otherwise valuable legacies).

It also made me recall of another enigmatic religious group in Samal, the Moncadistas. They are a religious colony known for their tradition of eating uncooked and raw food with no fish or meat. The group was founded by Hilario Camino Moncado (1898-1956). At nine years of age, he graduated with honors from the College of Mystery and Psychics in Calcutta, India. During earlier times, many of the group's male members sported long hairs and beards. The Moncadistas are known to be peaceful and law-abiding citizens.

Another personal observation that I tend to notice while in Samal, were the local dogs, yup, the local canines. Unlike their counterparts in the mainland, it seemed that most island dogs in Samal do not have the habit of barking at strangers. Perhaps it was due to the geographical confines of the island, but I least expected that even these creatures could create a " canine culture" that is uniquely Samal. I wonder if other visitors had noticed it too.

It makes one wonder, even us locals, what enigmatic character would this beautiful island reveal next.

http://maharlikan.blogspot.com/2009/04/enigmatic-samal.html

WawaY[625]

April 25th, 2009, 06:27 AM

I guess this would be the 25-storey Filinvest condo. Don't worry, you won't be incriminated by doing this...:D

:lol
but dont count on it being a high rise yet..

from what i heard, parang One Oasis pa rin ang gagawin..

the high rise condotel is next pero di pa yan ang immediate project nila

eflex

April 25th, 2009, 07:43 AM

like the tag line "Regal City"...its like the Royal City...:D

so si Mr. Pangilinan pala ang guest Speaker sa Graduation ng Davao Doc College? nice.....:)

owner rin kasi sya nang DDC..:)

neyoneyo80

April 25th, 2009, 08:49 AM

I guess this would be the 25-storey Filinvest condo. Don't worry, you won't be incriminated by doing this...:D

wow.... parang hindi ako makakatulog nito ah.... you mean, four stories higher than the current Mindanao's Tallest ( :lol: ) :cheers:

Peng Hok

April 25th, 2009, 08:49 AM

wow.... parang hindi ako makakatulog nito ah.... you mean, four stories higher than the current Mindanao's Tallest ( :lol: ) :cheers:

Lumusot na ba sa realidad ito? :lol:

neyoneyo80

April 25th, 2009, 08:50 AM

^^ reality is reality, kahit virtual :lol: ang cocontra talo.... ( :lol: ) peace :cheers:

leml

April 25th, 2009, 09:23 AM

^^ Eto ba yung sa harap ng Abreeza?

leml

April 25th, 2009, 09:49 AM

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4677/34051198397066eb7a4co.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=34051198397066eb7a4co.jpg)

makieeduardo(flickr) (http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/kriseduardo/3405119839/sizes/o/)

NAPAKAMAHAL DiTO.

leml

April 25th, 2009, 09:51 AM

^^oh! gotta try it! (kung naay time!) lami ba siya? ok ba ang lasa? di ba kaayo tam-is?

DILI (kaayo ko ganahan), Kung ganahan ka ug Olives, maTagam ka.

WawaY[625]

April 25th, 2009, 10:29 AM

di nga po 25 storeys, MRB pa rin ala one oasis (mas mahal lang sa One Oasis ang per square meter)

anyway

One Oasis Status

First Building - sold out
Second Building - 6 available units
Third Building - 82 Available, 38 sold
NOW accepting Reservations for 4th building

neyoneyo80

April 25th, 2009, 10:37 AM

;35715694']di nga po 25 storeys, MRB pa rin ala one oasis (mas mahal lang sa One Oasis ang per square meter)

anyway

One Oasis Status

First Building - sold out
Second Building - 6 available units
Third Building - 82 Available, 38 sold
NOW accepting Reservations for 4th building

sabi daw ni uncle rajah, marami pala daw syang kapitbahay :lol: :cheers:

Rall

April 25th, 2009, 11:56 AM

from Cebu thread

Cebu favorite destination of tourists; Palawan breaks record for domestic visitors
04/24/2009 | 09:08 PM
Email this | Email the Editor | Print | ShareThis

MANILA, Philippines - Cebu and Palawan were the top destination of local and foreign tourists in the first quarter of 2009, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Friday.

The DOT also reported that tourist arrivals grew by 10.33 percent for a total of 1.3 million.

A bulk of the number trooped to Cebu, with a share of 32 percent or 184,790 arrivals, followed by Boracay (12 percent), Davao City (11.9 percent), Camarines Sur (11 percent), Zambales (seven percent) and Bohol (five percent).

Two famous destination sites in Palawan, the country’s so-called “last frontier," posted record-breaking growth as more flights were opened to these destinations.

Puerto Princesa City and Coron’s tourist arrivals grew by 392 percent with visitors pouring in from Manila, Cebu, and Caticlan as well as Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia.

The DOT added that water activities like wakeboarding and whale shark interactions have attracted tourists to the Bicol provinces of Camarines Sur and Sorsogon, respectively.

Recreation activities in the pristine beaches of Zambales (Subic), Ilocos Norte and La Union also resulted in double-digit gains in tourist arrivals.

“Overall, the volume of domestic tourists visiting key destinations grew faster at 13% while foreign arrivals recorded a 4% hike in the first quarter," the DOT said.

Increased passenger volumes resulting from cheaper fares of both budget airline Cebu Pacific and the Philippine Airlines (PAL) have enticed tourists to go on holidays — both foreign and local — during the summer season, the DOT earlier said. - Mark Joseph Ubalde, GMANews.TV

davaoeagle

April 25th, 2009, 01:24 PM

;35710536']:lol
but dont count on it being a high rise yet..

from what i heard, parang One Oasis pa rin ang gagawin..

the high rise condotel is next pero di pa yan ang immediate project nila

:okay:

regjeex

April 25th, 2009, 02:01 PM

Top Stories 28 top Philippine students join AmCham orientation program
04/25/2009 | 06:00 PM

MANILA, Philippines — Twenty-eight college achievers pursuing degrees in accounting, management and economics from various Philippine universities have been chosen to participate in the American Chamber of Commerce’s (AmCham) week-long Business Orientation Program (BOP).

AmCham Executive Director Robert Sears said that the participants in the 7th BOP are from the University of the Philippines system (Diliman, Cebu and Davao), St. Louis University (Baguio), the University of Asia and the Pacific, the Mindanao State University, the University of Baguio, Holy Angels University (Pampanga), Siliman University (Dumaguete), Ateneo de Zamboanga, Centro Escolar University, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, De La Salle University, Far Eastern University, University of Cebu, and the University of the East.

Dubbed as “The Best Meets the Best," the annual AmCham BOP aims to give future business leaders valuable business insights and a “real life" feel of the corporate world.

“The experience leaves them with a better understanding and appreciation of business workings across industries that can be applied to both their learning and career choices," Sears said during the welcome celebration for the participants on April 18.

“Despite the effects of the economic recession on our member companies, support for this project continues. This sends a very strong message of belief and a vote of confidence in the Filipino youth and future leaders of this country," he said.

The participants were thoroughly screened based on their excellent performances in both academic and co-curricular endeavors.

“We try to widen our reach each year and in 2009, we are proud to say we have student leaders from as far away as Marawi," said Dave Morin, AmCham BOP 2009 chairman and Goodyear Philippines president.

AmCham said culminating business case will be supported by respected professionals from different industries and will be handled by some industry leaders, John Clements Consultants president Carol Dominguez, Jollibee Foods Corporation vice president for marketing Gold Tantoco, and Goodyear Philippines director and Asian Institute of Management Professor Ning Lagman. - GMANews.TV

scarletwitch.wanda

April 25th, 2009, 02:37 PM

regjeex

April 25th, 2009, 02:44 PM

maayo man ng i distribute kada recipient aron mabalitaan dayon.. :lol::lol:

That's good to hear. Congratulations!...:):):)..But there is a thread for this kind of news at mindanao colleges and universities....):):)

artvision

April 25th, 2009, 04:01 PM

LGUs urged to set up showrooms for native products
By Noel Baguio

Davao City (24 April) -- In preparation for the influx of tourists this summer, the Regional Development Council (RDC)-XI has enjoined all the local chief executives of all the cities and provinces of the Davao region to establish showrooms for their indigenous products.

During the recent RDC-XI meeting at the Bulwagan ng Lalawigan in Tagum City, the Council approved a resolution directing all the governors and mayors in the region to set up a display center for all their native products and services, especially the products identified under the One Town - One Product (OTOP) program of the government, which promotes entrepreneurship.

OTOP Philippines is a priority program of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to help establish three million new businesses and create six to ten million jobs. Through OTOP Philippines, local chief executives of each city and municipality take the lead in identifying, developing and promoting a specific product or service, which has a competitive advantage.

RDC-XI Chairman Vicente Lao, however, clarified during the council meeting that the local showrooms should not only display the particular OTOP products identified by the LGUs, but also other local products that are endemic in the localities.

He said this will make it easier for the local tourism stakeholders and hosts where to bring the tourists and guests when they look for native products, souvenir items and the likes.

The project is expected to brisk up the income, especially of small entrepreneurs. Lao encouraged the LGUs to tap the resources of the private sector in implementing the project.

The council adopted the resolution after Tourism Regional Director Sonia Garcia has presented the Davao Region Tourism Plan (DRTP), which envisions the Southern Mindanao region to be an anchor world-class destination of the country and a gateway to Mindanao and to the BIMP-EAGA.

The DRTP further envisions the Davao region to be a world-class destination which is safe and secure for tourists with accredited accommodation and standardized services, as well as, an island to highland destination highlighting on culture, adventure and nature with diving and golf.

Under the DRTP, the marketing strategy for the province of Davao del Norte province, which is tagged as the heart of the Davao region, includes the historical tour, banana biz tour, cultural tourism, eco-adventure tourism and culinary tourism.

Dir. Garcia also revealed the DOT-XI will start establishing this month 10 cultural villages within the region that will actually become unique cultural destinations.

"These villages will create unique indigenous products, like weaves, beadings and others that will be produced by the villagers themselves," Garcia said.

She added the project was made possible through an P8-million grant from Senator Loren Legarda, which will be utilized for livelihood programs within the cultural villages. (CIO-Tagum/PIA XI)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090424.htm&no=04

dinabaw

April 26th, 2009, 05:36 AM

Adventures in Davao

by Marist Nagera

For many backpackers and nature trippers, a trip to the country’s gateway to Mindanao is a sure treat.

Davao is a Hispanicized pronunciation of “daba-daba,” the Bagobo word for “fire.” Indeed, Davao is a fire that arouses its visitors with its best destinations from sunup to sundown.

Land of extreme adventures

An hour’s drive away from Davao City is the famous Crocodile Park which is the meeting point for the adventurers who want a taste of wild white water rafting at the heart of Davao River.

Rafting is an extreme sport that will test your determination, balance and fitness to cope with the surprising wildness of the water.

From the river, we trekked uphill to Camp Sabros to surf the skies—a 700- meter trek on a muddy hill but one is rewarded with a breathtaking view of Mt. Apo which seems almost close enough to touch.

At Camp Sabros is the 820-meter-long zipline, the longest zipline in Asia. The zipline is a one-minute ride where the thrills start even before you wear the safety gears.

I donned the safety gears and prepared for a one-minute zipline adventure. The next thing I knew, I was shouting at the top of my lungs and almost woke the birds silently resting beneath the trees with my voice reverberating everywhere.

Haven of culture

Mindanao, as the Land of Promise, is a haven for diverse ethnic groups and indigenous tribes in the country. Contrary to popular belief, Mindanao’s population is now predominantly Christian but sectarian and ethnic conflicts as well as land disputes are central features of the complex 30-year-old conflict on the island.

The Pamulaan Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Education is an educational institution dedicated to the indigenous peoples in the country. Its main thrust is to create culturally appropriate and relevant pathways of training and formation for the indigenous children, youth, community leaders and development workers.

Pamulaan is a home for various indigenous tribes where the youth are trained and formed to live and protect their tribes.

Kristine Mae Sumalinab, a Mandaya, an ethnic group in Mindanao, is a second year Anthropology student at the University of Southeastern Philippines which is located beside the Pamulaan Center. “Dapat talagang maging proud sa culture,” she said. She also hopes to protect and work for their tribe’s culture and tradition one day.

USP is a university exclusively built for Pamulaan’s college students to give them a normal life in the face of today’s discrimination against tribes. Its curriculum is approved by the Commission on Higher Education.

The Pamulaan Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Education and the University of Southeastern Philippines are located at the Mintal Campus, Davao City.

The King’s sanctuary

Some 20 km away from the city is where the king of birds dwells. Despite being critically endangered, the Pithecophaga jefferyi soars high and proud.

Birds of different kinds greet you at the entrance of the Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos. Some birds are rescued from forest destruction and hunters.

The center houses Philippine eagles and many other animal and plant species that are unique to the Philippines. Primarily a research facility, the center is also a vital education venue and a key tourist attraction where visitors are given a glimpse of the country’s forest ecosystem.

A trip to Davao is not complete without paying homage to the country’s mighty eagle. PEC is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., including holidays.

Island tour

A 30- to 45-minute drive from the metropolis is the Island Garden City of Samal where one can literally bond with nature. The paradise at the very end of Samal is the world-famous Pearl Farm—known for its world-class beach facilities.

Peaceful and majestic, indeed, is Davao. It is not a gateway to fire, but a dwelling place of the Philippines’ rich culture and natural wonders.

ManilaStandardToday (http://http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife1_april23_2009)

dinabaw

April 26th, 2009, 05:44 AM

Al Fresco na pala ang Mama Mia :cheers:

"Davao Sikwate" hmmmmm :okay:

wala pa U/C pa try nyo ang sikwate ang source kay sa original cacao bean ng Askinoskie's Davao Bar :lol:

Ibex

April 26th, 2009, 07:06 AM

wala pa U/C pa try nyo ang sikwate ang source kay sa original cacao bean ng Askinoskie's Davao Bar :lol:

I'd love to try it kaso always lang napapadaan no time to drop by :cheers:

artvision

April 26th, 2009, 07:21 AM

Adventures in Davao

by Marist Nagera

Davao is a Hispanicized pronunciation of “daba-daba,” the Bagobo word for “fire.” Indeed, Davao is a fire that arouses its visitors with its best destinations from sunup to sundown.

The description that Davao originated from the word "daba-daba" is erroneous. It is wrong to assume that Davao came from the word "daba-daba," which is a cebuano word and not bagobo; the place was not named by visayan settlers but by its original inhabitants, the lumads; the word originated from davoh or duhwow that means the "place beyond the high grounds." For one there is no "v" in cebuano language.

dinabaw

April 26th, 2009, 08:27 AM

Zip City will open on May 1 .. avail of the white water rafting adventure and you get FREE zipline adventure in Zip City:cheers:

Welcome to Zip City Online

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9928/picluf.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picluf.jpg)

And here’s something to look forward to in early 2009, we are going to open the first phase of a series of ziplines here in Davao City. The ZIP CITY is at Hilltop, Barangay Langub. And has the view of Davao Gulf and Mount Apo. This state of the art facility, is also very accessible, on site is a resto bar to cater to your cravings and nearby is Dencio’s sa Hilltop, a famous native restaurant.

The ZIP CITY will be using the standard equipments approved by UIAA (Union of International Alpine Association).

Zipcity (http://http://zipcity.psdgroupph.com/)

Noize_320

April 26th, 2009, 10:05 AM

mingaw lagi mo ron? nag-complain na hinuon ang uptown... :D

Il Tenore

April 26th, 2009, 10:41 AM

^^let them... atang lang ta sa surprises!:D

leml

April 26th, 2009, 10:43 AM

TEN BEST FEATURES OF DAVAO

1. THE DAVAO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The new Davao Internationl Airport is one of the busiest airports in the Philippines with daily flights to major destinations in the country. Davao City also serves as a gateway to the sub-regional trade bloc known as the EAST ASEAN growth area with direct flights to Singapore and Indonesia.

2. PERFECT WEATHER

The Davao City is situated in a typhoon-free zone. The all-year round predictability of its tropical weather (sunshine by day and occasional rain shower by night) makes the place conducive for business, leisure, agriculture and other worthwhile activities.

3. EFFICIENT PUBLIC UTILITIES

Davao City has excellent public utilities that offer the best products and services. From abundance in the supply of potable water, to cost efficient electricity through hydropower generation, innovative players in telecommunications industry (phone companies, Internet Service Providers, Cable-TV, etc.)

4. REGIONAL CENTER OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES

Davao City is the financial center of Mindanao Island with more than 1,200 institutions classified as banks and other financial institutions.

5. MOST PEACEFUL CITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Davao City is one of the most peaceful cities in Asia. The Davao City Police is a consistent top pick for the Country, Best Police Award. The effective Emergency Hotline 911, with a very quick response.

6. COMPETITIVE COST OF DOING BUSINESS

In Davao City, quality products and services do not necessarily equate to high cost. Almost everything of quality in Davao City costs cheaper compared to other major cities.

7. BEST PROFESSIONALS AND LABORERS

The City is home to the best professionals and laborers in Southern Philippines. Its human resource are touted as competent, highly literate, English-speaking and very cost-effective.

8. FRUIT BASKET OF THE COUNTRY

Almost all kind of fruits grow in abundance in the City. It is host to a lot of fruit platations and it is famous for its exotic Durian.

The City is one of the biggest exporters of Banana in Asia. Other fresh produce incluedes delectable delights such as Pomelo, Mango, Mangosteen, Rambutan, Strawberry, Lanzones and Pineapple among others.

9. INVESTOR-FRIENDLY CITY

Investors are taken cared of in Davao City. Being the pioneer city in establishing an investment promotion center that proviedes free professional assistance including processiong of applications for local fiscal incentives.

10. RESPONSIVE AND FORWARD LOOKING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The City Government of Davao is very positive on developmental projects. Infrastructure modernization such as international standard airport, roads, bridges, and seaports are being one in response to the present challenges of the new millennium.