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Los BAÑOS - SCIENCE AND NATURE CITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
errr... well, the Science and Nature City of Los Baños (LB) is currently enjoying a booming era after the slump in sometime in 1997 (probably due to the asian financial crisis?)

i'm not sure about this, but i think the current tallest structure is the islacom (or is it a part of globe network already?) cellsite in batong malaki, not sure about the height though...

pero the tallest concrete structure? yung rizal centennary memorial carillon, designed by Leandro Locsin, sa UPLB, dunno about its height also.... there was a time (about a year and a half ago) nag jog ako and my route takes me to the carillon, parang nasa hong kong ako kasi may mga chinese (or vetnamese) nationals na nag tai-chi doon.... every morning sila eh... di ko alam kung meron pa rin ngayon...

malls? small malls only....
(inclusive of commercial centers/supermarket):

-South Supermarket (1990's) - basta malaking supermarket yun...

-Vega Centre (1998) - Mostly Dining Establishments/Restaurants/Fastfood chains

-Olivarez Plaza (1999? or 98?) - i dunno if its still owned by vice gov olivarez, rumors here and there... hehe

-Robinsons Town Mall (2001? i've forgotten...) - Super downsized robinsons place, wanna know why? because yung mga ahente (middlemen) between ng lot owners and robinsons, doubled the price of the piece (set by lot owners) of land that robinsons was interested to buy....so robinsons said no... hehehe

there are rumors of SM LB (stories consistent of its location somewhere in Maahas, near Bay).... much more now that SM Calamba will not be built (accdg. to Calambeños)... however, some say that the lot under negotiation is actually in Bay (the closed ECCO-ASIA Plant Site)... dunno...

Other Large Structures worth noting:

-APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises (ACTETSME), Science Park, UPLB
-UPLB Main Library, Nat'l Arts Center, D.L. Umali Hall (Auditorium) and SEARCA Int'l Residence (all designed by Leandro Locsin)
-NCAS in UPLB
-New EE/CEAT Building in UPLB
-Anest Tower, and LB Doctors Hospital
-UP Open University Headquarters
- i dunno if that building is PCARRD bldg. but its somewhere in that place often referred as PCARRD, it has a very large lobby with blue colored glass facade, its concrete parts of the facade painted light golden yellow (reminded me of Shangrila Plaza)

-and the latest and most modern addition would be the Trace College Campus in Los Baños, boasting with very modern facilities (including the Trace Suites and Trace Aqua Sports Complex and Museum, host to the SEAGames Aquatics 2005)

-well, all this yaddah yaddah, but i'm sorry, i dont have pics here... lemme search the net first.... if you could find some before i could post them, then i'm inviting you to post them too...

by the way, that TRACE Aquatics Complex costs AT LEAST 6 million US Dollars.... (roughly 324 million pesos) and thats the aquatics complex only... hehehe

http://www.2005seagames.com.ph/gallery/photo43.jpg

here's a pic of the trace aquatics complex...the most modern aquatics complex in the philippines

http://www.up.edu.ph/ups_web_html/upsweb_graphics/UPOU-admin-building.jpg

UP Open University Headquarters

http://www.actetsme.org/pics/aboutus/bldg-2.jpg

ACTETSME

http://www.robinsonsmalls.com/images/mallbanner/losbanos.jpg

small pic of Robinsons LB

http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/sa/philippines/images/library.jpg

UPLB Main Library

NICE thread @ vince.
I missed the place a lot! Unfortunately, I didn't have any decent cam back in college.
Your mentioning of PCARRD reminds me of DOST Region V office near the PCARRD office. Being on the slope of Mt Makiling, these two structures enjoy a breathtaking view of Laguna and Laguna de Bay plus some part of Metro Manila. You could see Metro Manila skyline from the place.

Hay...nostalgic! Di niyo alam ang memory ng place na yan sa akin at sa aking mga kaibigan. :( :) Being DOST scholars, we have to visit the place regularly to submit a photocopy of our grades for the sem. (Pacenciya na off topic)...And sometimes, to reimburse our tickets. I remember myself walking that kilometer long (mas mahaba pa ata) stretch from the provincial road to DOST office to complete the process. Nagtitipid kasi ng pamasahe. :D alam niyo na...kaya nga naging scholar kasi walang pera pambayad school.

Nakakatuwa din malaman na me mga ganung ka modern facilities sa part na yun ng bundok. Hehe...pagbisita ko diyan, humanda sila...kukuha ako ng maraming photos.

Nice thread but is Los Baños even a city already? :?

Yeah, Los Banos isn't a city yet!

at last a thread for my second hometown...

actually, according to my sister, LB is already qualified to be a city, just like sta. rosa and san pedro. only the mayor didn't go for it yet....

fyi, hehehe, the status of los baños as a city is quite disputed...

On August 7, 2000, Los Baños was declared as a "Special Science and Nature City of the Philippines" through Presidential Proclamation No. 349 in recognition as a center for science and technology in the development of agriculture and preservation of the environment.

through this proclamation, los baños can be classified as a special city.... however, its government still operates as a municipality, and officially, it is still a municipality.... @ritche's sister is right, LB is already over qualified to be a city by itself, however, we residents and maybe even mayor perez and councilors realize that there's not much need to be a chartered city through congress & plebiscite YET and i think it would be better for now for LB to remain a municipality, while enjoying this boom in infrastructure as the low taxes associated with municipalities would be attractive to investors...

^^ i thought munoz was a science city.

yup, munoz is a science city, only that it is a chartered city compared to LB... i dunno why Estrada made two science cities... in just a year (or was it two years....)

i checked wikipedia and other googled pages, it turns out LB is more populous and has more scientific institutions than Muñoz... only that LB didn't take the opportunity to be a full fledged chartered city...

^^ what perks or benefits does a science city get?

Any pics of the Rizal family's ancestral home???

oh! rizal shrine is in calamba city, not in los baños, hehehe.... but anyway, calamba, los baños, and sto. tomas, batangas, form the urbanized area around makiling....

@demented_pigeon: i'm not sure though....

Oh sorry about that.... anyway, more pics of UPLB???? I know there is a modern research center within it....

plenty of memories at the library, as well as at the dl umali park...hmmm, the student union building will be renovated soon?

yup, the student union building is under renovation, commercial establishments will be put up within that building to bring back the life of that building, it has a lot of potential.........

research center? which research center? hehehe, there are plenty within the campus: IRRI, PhilRice, Biotech UPLB (this is the lab referd in the Head and Shoulders commercial, CASLab, where i'm doin my thesis), IPB, NCPC, and many more....

i actually saw the SEA Games swimming competition in November last year at the Trace Aquatics Center...it's definitely world class!

guys, there will be an upcoming Philippine Olympics Festival, the Aquatics Fest to be held at Trace Aquatics Center, here in LB, Laguna from June 16 to June 25... its your chance to visit the place... banners/tarpaulins are all over LB...

hmm..sure. there was a ticket for the SEA games, each price at Php100 yata. how about this one? will surely go there!

dunno about the price, well, last SEAGames, apart from the ticket for access to the aquatics complex, theres also the ticket for entering the campus... pinoy nga naman talaga oh... hehehe... but anyway, that Php 20.00 ticket (or was that 10?) is worth it since they really have great facilities... only that the space is a little crammed.

here are some UPLB pics courtesy of my good friend cindy (UPian).

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pc5ac894738d14ce0465adb987ff8f967/ee84dec7.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pc2aab1a556ab021812baab8f12ab037e/ee84dea4.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pc05a5d15124333933867b2e27721fa3b/ee84de5f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/ped1f9692709f4e9d50a836af0adb08c6/ee84d569.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pc10591c273a49cdab238a0cc9e7e9f65/ee84d539.jpg

student union bldg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pb5afc6642d0a7ab172d386f47e4c7162/ee84d4c9.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pcd6c0dcc77108119e3bcc0fee7a6990f/ee84d4f8.jpg

dl umali field
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pc3aec6390566fdcf9154db64c23daa37/ee84d4a9.jpg

un muna. :)

guys, you can contact these numbers for more details on the aquatics events hosted by the TRACE AQUATIC COMPLEX for the 1st PHILIPPINE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL (June 16 to 25)

(049) 536 4193
(049) 536 3944

AQUATICS EVENTS: SWIMMING, DIVING, SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING, WATER POLO, and FIN SWIMMING

by the way, we're also inviting you to join the C-Lium Fibre Makiling Challenge 5 this coming July 23, 2006 at UPLB, for more info, click the link on my signature...

LB is abuzz with sporting activities...maybe i can take a look at some of them one weekend.

^^^ indeed, LB is becoming a hub of many sporting events... slowly but surely LB has grown beyond tourism to academics/sciences to commerce/industry to sports and leisure!

just an hour ago, we, residents living around TRACE College, were treated to another fireworks show as the climax of the opening ceremonies for the Aquatics Events of the 1st Philippine Olympic Festival... we're expecting the closing ceremony fireworks to be bigger coz thats what they did in the SEAGames... hehehe...

by the way, that TRACE Aquatics Complex costs AT LEAST 6 million US Dollars.... (roughly 324 million pesos) and thats the aquatics complex only... hehehe

http://www.2005seagames.com.ph/gallery/photo43.jpg

here's a pic of the trace aquatics complex...the most modern aquatics complex in the philippines

http://www.up.edu.ph/ups_web_html/upsweb_graphics/UPOU-admin-building.jpg

UP Open University Headquarters

http://www.actetsme.org/pics/aboutus/bldg-2.jpg

ACTETSME

http://www.robinsonsmalls.com/images/mallbanner/losbanos.jpg

small pic of Robinsons LB

http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/sa/philippines/images/library.jpg

UPLB Main Library

are those pics recent? i dunno... if thats the most 'modern' one in the philippines... looks kinda dodgey to me. they should construc like a Manila Sports and Aquatic Centre! lol like MSAC here in melbourne (Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre lol) something world class!

are those pics recent? i dunno... if thats the most 'modern' one in the philippines... looks kinda dodgey to me. they should construc like a Manila Sports and Aquatic Centre! lol like MSAC here in melbourne (Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre lol) something world class!

well, actually, nope, thats not the most recent pic, it was taken during the later part of the construction... in fact its not the best pic of the aquatic center... definitely its world class coz and the most modern in the philippines, the latest aquatic center to be constructed...it has been praised by athletes, coaches and officials during the SEAGames...(even former athens olympics officials who visited for the SEAGames) though its not that large...

just a piece of trivia: the athens olympics wasn't able to put up roofing for the aquatic center... here in LB, the aquatic center has at least some roofing for the audience....only that it has a very small capacity

The outdoor pool was the subject of significant controversy during the run-up to the Olympic games. A roof that was intended to shield the swimmers from the blazing Athens sun had to be scrapped, leaving the athletes and most of the fans without shade during the events;

really? how cool! but can anyone post recent pics please! i really want to see it but im stuck here in OZ! lol, when was it constructed by the way?

constructed within 1 year... from late 2004 to 2005 (right before seagames) if i'm not mistaken... actually, construction was only noticeable from the highway about 6 months prior to the SEAGames... pretty fast eyy? here's the scoop:

the owner of TRACE College is the president of PAGCOR (philippine amusement and gaming corporation) the government's (and phil's only) casino operator... he was somehow included in allegations of corruption w/ the president....regarding campaign funds...

if you'll visit LB, youll notice a lot of public works funded by PAGCOR, especially the 'Pailaw ni Gloria' street lamps (Pailaw ni Gloria: Street Lighting Program by Pres. Gloria Arroyo)...

sorry if i don't have more recent pics of Trace Aquatic Center... hehehe... i do hope that one of my friends would watch the Phil.Olympic Fest this next two weeks and then take pictures of the Aqua Center....

will try to be there on june 25th, or earlier. that carillion towers reminds me a lot about college years. good and bad.

at last i was finally able to get some better pics of the aquatic center... thanks to this site: http://thespoke.net/blogs/jogsters/default.aspx


i apologize if the pictures do not show up yet, maintenance problems in Zorpia.com.... hehehehe

EDIT: i placed the original pics from the site that i mentioned.... Zorpia.com is having some problems...


by the way, the aqua center has 3 pools if im not mistaken... one of the swimming pools is hidden under grandstand three...

the entrance to the grandstands

[IMG]http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/6474/facade8nl.jpg

the inside viewed from grandstand 1... with a beautiful view of mystical Mt. Makiling

[IMG]http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/4681/grandstand27ig.jpg

grandstand 3 (and the Diving Pool...) with Mt. Makiling view at the back

[IMG]http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/2927/grandstand36cv.jpg

start of eliminations 'heat'... notice the Plasma screen at the far right of the pic.... as far as i know, this is the only sports center in the philippines with a big plasma screen...

[IMG]http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1165/image1425dz.jpg

nighttime shot inside the complex...

[IMG]http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1048/nightevent5nq.jpg

underwater view.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/boggartt/pool2.jpg

pool...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/boggartt/pool1.jpg

some other additional pics....
thanks to this site: http://rynong.multiply.com/photos/album/11 (and most of all to its owner of course)

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/4/photos/11/500x500/27.jpg/CIMG2730.jpg?et=rsKRmwMwuMzAvPVl7NV1Xg

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/3/photos/11/500x500/55.jpg/CIMG2775.jpg?et=CQBTieI1msOa4bqM4vRWSw

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/4/photos/11/500x500/3.jpg/CIMG2667.jpg?et=tyr5RGYCm%2CJqWCOfEl4l9w

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/5/photos/11/500x500/35.jpg/CIMG2756.jpg?et=KyxB7a6zIusyjtwEna1DwA

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/4/photos/11/500x500/43.jpg/CIMG2762.jpg?et=JuJprSC5D28%2BJb5ROUmVgA

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/3/photos/11/500x500/49.jpg/CIMG2770.jpg?et=RNWoMPyRAphQhBCNkKJm1w

and ang ganda ng trace aquatic sa los banos. de kalidad nga raw sabi ng announcers. parang di pilipinas. sana ma maintain ito at magtagal. kung ganito facilities natin e di kakayanin rin asian games and olympics kahit papaano.

hmmm... matagal na pala kayo nagtataka sa itsura nung complex...

hmm... parang gusto ko tuloy magpunta ng Los Baños at pumasok jan sa Thrace. ndi ko pa rin napapasok yan. hanggang gate lan.

did you know that the trace aquatics complex should have been built in UPLB?
gossip says that it was moved to trace college because PGMA is a co-owner of that school, or the owner even, i'm not sure though..

^^ ganyan nga ang bali-balita...

REALLY? i would be more delighted if it was built inside the campus para mas malawak sana. kaso nga lang, i wonder where inside the campus would this be built. the Baker Hall area is already jampacked with courts plus there already exists an Olympic size pool there.

Hey guys, do you have an idea how much are the tickets worth?

I think that Los Banos has a serious traffic and pollution issue. It's worse than manila. But......... UP los banos is the nicest i have ever seen in the philippines. And the city hall is very nice as well.

^ yah, traffic and pollution are serious problems here, thats because LB, specifically crossing/junction is a major vehicular bottleneck... its the only major road (of shortest path) connecting eastern laguna to the west of laguna....

wait, our traffic&pollution problem is less than that of calamba city....

city hall? what city hall? los baños only has a ver small/old municipal hall, now i understand, you must be talking about calamba city after all...the Calamba city hall, it is supposedly the most modern city hall in the philippines, calamba being declared capital of calabarzon (see wikipedia)...

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oh! yeah! the aquatic center was planned to be located at UPLB, by the way, the pool at baker hall is only half olympic size, the olympic size pools are located at the botanical gardens and at pook ni maria makiling...why was the aquatic center moved to trace???

see, the official owner of trace college is the president of PAGCOR, the casino arm of the gov't... and that person was involved in the campaign corruption allegations to gloria arroyo... i think this is where some people say arroyo is a co-owner of trace... and so maybe that is why the aquatic center was moved to trace. with regards to space, there's extra large space available for an aquatic center (larger than the area at trace) located beside the UPLB gymnasium under construction (which has taken ... uhh... years, hopefully less than a decade, to build)

dont worry, we're pushing to have a track and field stadium here in UPLB, cojuangco is interested on funding it, but only if he sees that UPLB deserves it by having top quality track and field athletes (asa pa todo-ganahan kami, ni scholarship hindi nga makapagbigay sa amin, right now, we do it for the love of the game)

so LB's pool is only half the size? i just read somewhere that it's olympic sized.
must have misread it.

@ vince rilian, i was asking how much is the price of the ticket since you are advertizing the event. you must have an idea how much is it worth? :)

some other additional pics....
thanks to this site: http://rynong.multiply.com/photos/album/11 (and most of all to its owner of course)

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/4/photos/11/500x500/27.jpg/CIMG2730.jpg?et=rsKRmwMwuMzAvPVl7NV1Xg

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/3/photos/11/500x500/55.jpg/CIMG2775.jpg?et=CQBTieI1msOa4bqM4vRWSw

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/4/photos/11/500x500/3.jpg/CIMG2667.jpg?et=tyr5RGYCm%2CJqWCOfEl4l9w

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/5/photos/11/500x500/35.jpg/CIMG2756.jpg?et=KyxB7a6zIusyjtwEna1DwA

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/4/photos/11/500x500/43.jpg/CIMG2762.jpg?et=JuJprSC5D28%2BJb5ROUmVgA

http://images.rynong.multiply.com/image/3/photos/11/500x500/49.jpg/CIMG2770.jpg?et=RNWoMPyRAphQhBCNkKJm1w
oh wow! :eek2: trace aquatics centre really is the most modern one in the filz. maybe those first pictures were dodgey not the centre lol. those pics really helped. trace aquatics centre is on my list of the places i wanna visit in pinas now :)

@Francis20, really sorry, but i dont know... maybe you could contact them through the numbers that i placed in one of my previous posts... hehehe

IMO, they should put a flyover at the los banos intersection going to manila...tsk, tsk, and many people were talking about putting that much-needed flyover many years back.

UP Los banos has the largest campus in the whole world...i've read that many years back in the inquirer. UPLB campus includes research centers such as IRRI, IPB, Biotech, gov't research centers, even the jamboree site. if UPLB people think of creative ways to use its lands, I think there won't be much problem raising money for those facilities...

BTW, Danding as well as Migz Zubiri are UPLB alumni...

"BTW, Danding as well as Migz Zubiri are UPLB alumni..."

I thought Danding Cojuangco graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Did he take another degree? or Master?

owwws? migz zubiri? UPLB alumnus? maybe thats why he was the one pushing for the energy independence bill, hehehe, UPLB alumni are environment oriented....hehehe

but cojuangco? also from UPLB? if thats true, then the more reason for him to fund the stadium that was informally proposed to him by our DHK Chair....

i dont think a flyover would be a great idea as it would spoil the look of the place... maybe trying to convert the intersection into a roundabout/rotunda (as in a large rotunda) would be a better idea.... but what would be a better alternative is to go on with the plan of constructing the laguna lake coastal road... as i have said in a previos post, only one major road connects east laguna to west laguna... and that passes through crossing Calamba and LB, if they could provide an alternative route, that would greatly decrease the volume of traffic passing thru these bottlenecks.

@ vince, thanks for the info. been there yesterday. then i dropped by at the campus...hehe...but it was almost sundown, kaya daan na lang.
reminisced my first few days at LB. Hehe...And as usual, you would see flock of students - malamang mga freshies na magkakablocmates.


First, mga kuha ko m una sa aquatics

View: A complex with a view!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p012ac03b54ef9cc3613f043e7cc5b171/ee715178.jpg

The Pool
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p2e48cec81d3d5b33094916d3f426a12b/ee715179.jpg

The View: National Arts Centre at the slope...this is one of the nicest place to visit pag nasa Los Baños ka
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pbc71492b254e0ec14ca327a434fc238c/ee716298.jpg

Roofing
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pe0532446afdd15f54375ce61f51e2e4b/ee71601d.jpg

Flags
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p3b1a6c4d4033b409b066ee480c528508/ee716377.jpg

Seats
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p7920c91377049a16359f4e910daa08f7/ee715f7b.jpg

Photographer
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p00e15e299d957d9b031bbc3889d1475c/ee715f98.jpg

Steel
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p0740273cd01f44f6bd9c1a80228c7569/ee714038.jpg

Judges/Diver/Photographer
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p7338c27c66ecb9470c6113c2307aa46f/ee715ee7.jpg


Sponsor
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pe948be4df4e7d6692e241cbe25902d7f/ee715f37.jpg

The second installment

Board
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p767122374366974d60859c41167001f1/ee715ca6.jpg

Floaters...(ano nga ba tawag dito?)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p773a2621d35a999f4adcdc73645bc41d/ee715e70.jpg

Seats 2
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p81cfbf507db7f1cecf7787eb03a2e8a2/ee715c58.jpg

Cleaner
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p74fcd2cf634086116bd1c39b44ec1620/ee7151d0.jpg

Residence
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p6cecd5d4f82e436cb0d723f19cc49ffc/ee71512f.jpg

VIP
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pf66169f3be4cb089ebc7c6dc433c341c/ee7147cc.jpg

Audience/Coach/Chaperon/Yaya/Kapatid
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p9d0bc1d650df62c10108ae3c123c9ab4/ee71575e.jpg

Scoreboard
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p37381f5eca3a4e0347bdfa1609754ef2/ee71475d.jpg

Insulation
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p94b900c8e52573127628b9b8cc7af5fe/ee71463c.jpg

Chairs
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p3b486e5a6c37d6a2334f2d5c9f04fe5a/ee7148e5.jpg

50m pool
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p99db78f304f2ff285e9275c515bdaf66/ee714793.jpg

Refreshment
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pe75af80171249b01ff2fbe5f4721b741/ee714513.jpg

Chaos
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p1ff944d3758f8be50efea65c28ea4c4f/ee71489a.jpg

Truss
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p59e05c10a11fa0e69ff39bc4c64f8d95/ee715911.jpg

Third installment

The Action!

The Japanese style dive
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p875ff4360a894916a81b770d274d25d6/ee715267.jpg

Sommersault
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p1535c1d3337df07afc8b901730c7eb80/ee715240.jpg

I wonder where are these kids from?
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p1b19f3091833ab0ffb1f4fbdc4629215/ee715972.jpg

Splash (Ay naku! napakamot si manong)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p332714b137cbae2de96a9c6ba18a438b/ee7157af.jpg

Too much angle there
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pb085cc898e991c2d4f42ec52cb772695/ee715e65.jpg

Diving pool
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p15385074b18ff2ef9ad5579220bae03c/ee71602f.jpg

Backstroke
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pbfab41cdd3eafe2c30e6a40e64f4760e/ee716375.jpg

On your mark
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p32240e263517fc2d78df26ae47cdfde8/ee714cca.jpg

Go!!!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p02a299f94268055074177b404270433b/ee714b41.jpg

Opps...akala ko da-dive na
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200 m breaststroke
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200m backstroke
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Whew!
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Natatawa pa yung isang judge. The smallest diver! Maninisid siguro ito ng perlas sa Zamboanga...:D
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@vince_rilian: how did you know about that T&F proposal?

@ritche: correct!UPLB has more than 10,000 ha of land under its jurisdiction making it one of the largest university campus in the world.. :D

Fourth Installment

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Freedom Park
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Carillion Tower
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Then na low bat na ang battery! Nakalimutan ko icharge...Hahaha...
But I managed to take a shot of myself...saka ko na i post.

@vince_rilian: how did you know about that T&F proposal?

hehehe, basta..... :lurker::gossip: :jk:

obvious naman yun sa sig ko eh...hehehe

by the way, AFAIK, UPLB has jurisdiction over 15,000 hectares of land....

ganda naman ng mga photos mo kuya francis. :applause:

thanks mhe-ann for appreciating. seems like you're the only one who appreciated the photos :D

thanks mhe-ann for appreciating. seems like you're the only one who appreciated the photos :D

ui nagdrama si kuya francis..hehe..
maganda naman eh..naiinis lang ako kasi sa trace nilagay ung pool hindi sa UP..but anyways, maganda sya..to the highest level! :lol:

by the way, AFAIK, UPLB has jurisdiction over 15,000 hectares of land....

hindi ko un sure kaya nilagay ko lang is 10,000 ha..pero may alam pa ako na 17,000 ha ata..basta ayun..tapos may lupa pa ang UPLB sa negros occ ata..

hala, nagdrama nga... hehehe.... galing ng shots mo francis, taas ng picture quality eh! lalong gumanda tuloy yung itsura ng trace!

hmp...di na yan mauulit...hehe...:D baka abutin na naman ng halos isang taon bago ako makabisita ng LB. by the way, according to the program...at 8 pm on june 24, there will be fireworks after the events. unfortunately, i will be having a work til midnight.

what? on june 24? not on june 25? well, anyway.... we always have a great view of the fireworks show since were close to trace, but far enough from the noise and surrounding trees that block the view! hehehe

YES, I checked the program and it says Olypic Night - June 24. There will be some more competitions the following day. Do you have any idea how long would the fireworks take? If it's better than the Pyro Olympics at Esplanade, then it's worth going there. :D

I was not able to take good shots of ULPB last weekend. Might return there next weekends. I wanna see the new structure where the Chem Bldg used to stand, plus the new EE Bldg, and maybe visit the dairy farm! hehe...

ay, wag ka umasa sa chem building... di maganda! hehehe.... yung EE Building, okay na okay, pero kapag ininspect mo in detail may mga flaws ka na mapapansin....

about the fireworks, nung seagames kasi, mahaba yung duration ng fireworks display noon, umabot ng around 30 minutes nung closing ceremonies sa trace eh.... bale 3 nights sila nagpafireworks noon, nung opening sa trace, around 20 minutes ata, nung last day of games (the day before closing sa trace) maikli lang, mga 5 minutes lang, then all out na nung closing....

nung opening ngayong olympic festival, naka 2 nights na sila, nung June 15, mga 5 minutes din, then June 16, opening ceremonies, di ko napansin kung mga 15-25 minutes yun.... kasi paunti unti muna eh, then frequency progresses as the climax approaches.... so i would expect a more grand fireworks display at the Olympic night, siguro around 30 minutes din, but not as grand tulad nung SEAGames...

ok, thanks vince. wala na kasi bus beyond 8 pm papuntang maynila, sa pagkakaalam ko. so siguro sunday na lang ako pumunta.

anybody who has a high resolution satellite pic of LB? i'm planning on creating 3D models of the buildings... hehehe... for Google Earth! hahaha, so that LB will be the first in the philippines with a complete 3d model in google earth! hehehe .....

Good thing that you didn't go this night, there was no fireworks show, zero, nada.... dunno if there will be one tomorrow night

Laguna is a province of the Philippines found in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. Its capital is Santa Cruz and the province is located southeast of Metro Manila, south of the province of Rizal, west of Quezon, north of Batangas and east of Cavite. Laguna almost completely surrounds Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country. The province got its name from the Spanish word lago, which means lake.

Laguna is notable for being the birthplace of José Rizal, the country's national hero. Laguna is also famous among tourists for the Pagsanjan Falls, Pila, Laguna Town Plaza, the wood carvings created by the people of Paete and Pakil, the hot spring resorts in Los Baños on the slopes of Mt. Makiling, and Hidden Valley Springs in Calauan.

* Natural Resources: Laguna is endowed with abundant natural resources. Its forests are filled with bamboo, rattan, and soft hardwood. Its wide fields and vast forests are ideal for growing rice, coconuts, vegetables, tropical fruits, orchids, and other ornamental flowers and exotic plants. The province is also rich in mineral resources such as clay, jasper and basalt glass.

There are about forty rivers in Laguna with a total area of almost 0.5 square kilometres. In the forests of Mount Makiling and in the waters of Laguna de Bay are an abundance of flora and fauna. The Laguna de Bay has an approximate area of 3800 km² broken down into 2900 km² of land and 900 km² of lake proper with 220 km shoreline.

Laguna's greatest natural resource is water. It has an estimated 300 million US gallons (1,100,000 m³) of underground water, capable of generating energy for Laguna's expanding power needs. At least seven principal water basins in the province with a total of 5,773 km² drainage area and 1,316 km² level area provide an estimated 9.238 km³ total run-off annually.

* Agricultural Activities: Crop Production, Livestock and Poultry Production, Fishing

* Investment Opportunities: Ecotourism enterprises; Convention centers; Coconut inter-cropping; Forest Trees, Cutflowers & ornamentals; Fruit & vegetable processing; Herbal medicines;Herbal essences; Gifts and housewares; Metalcraft (Industrial equipment, Engines, Surgical instruments, Agricultural machinery, tools); Service Facilities (Packaging, Warehousing, Trucking services, dryers); Electronics (Consumer electronics, Telecommunications, Computers & peripherals, Semi-conductors); and Garments and footwear; Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Tourism.

* Financial Institutions: Banking institutions maintain an extensive branch network in Laguna. Commercial banks, savings and mortgage banks, private development banks, stock savings and loan associations, and rural banks operated a total of 267 branches in the province.

Non-bank financial institutions provide supplementary financial services to Laguna residents and businesses. A total of 394 offices have been set up by lending investors, pawnshops, financial companies, nonstock savings and loan associations, and investment houses with quasi-banking functions.

* Exports: US$7.0 Billion (1997) out of total Philippine exports of $25 Billion

US$1.5 billion (1996)

LAGUNA FORUMERS... POST AWAY!!

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Laguna is a province of the Philippines found in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. Its capital is Santa Cruz and the province is located southeast of Metro Manila, south of the province of Rizal, west of Quezon, north of Batangas and east of Cavite. Laguna almost completely surrounds Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country. The province got its name from the Spanish word lago, which means lake.

Laguna is notable for being the birthplace of José Rizal, the country's national hero. Laguna is also famous among tourists for the Pagsanjan Falls, Pila, Laguna Town Plaza, the wood carvings created by the people of Paete and Pakil, the hot spring resorts in Los Baños on the slopes of Mt. Makiling, and Hidden Valley Springs in Calauan.

Economy

Natural Resources: Laguna is endowed with abundant natural resources. Its forests are filled with bamboo, rattan, and soft hardwood. Its wide fields and vast forests are ideal for growing rice, coconuts, vegetables, tropical fruits, orchids, and other ornamental flowers and exotic plants. The province is also rich in mineral resources such as clay, jasper and basalt glass.

There are about forty rivers in Laguna with a total area of almost 0.5 square kilometres. In the forests of Mount Makiling and in the waters of Laguna de Bay are an abundance of flora and fauna. The Laguna de Bay has an approximate area of 3800 km² broken down into 2900 km² of land and 900 km² of lake proper with 220 km shoreline.

Laguna's greatest natural resource is water. It has an estimated 300 million US gallons (1,100,000 m³) of underground water, capable of generating energy for Laguna's expanding power needs. At least seven principal water basins in the province with a total of 5,773 km² drainage area and 1,316 km² level area provide an estimated 9.238 km³ total run-off annually.

Agricultural Activities: Crop Production, Livestock and Poultry Production, Fishing

Investment Opportunities: Ecotourism enterprises; Convention centers; Coconut inter-cropping; Forest Trees, Cutflowers & ornamentals; Fruit & vegetable processing; Herbal medicines;Herbal essences; Gifts and housewares; Metalcraft (Industrial equipment, Engines, Surgical instruments, Agricultural machinery, tools); Service Facilities (Packaging, Warehousing, Trucking services, dryers); Electronics (Consumer electronics, Telecommunications, Computers & peripherals, Semi-conductors); and Garments and footwear; Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Tourism.
Financial Institutions: Banking institutions maintain an extensive branch network in Laguna. Commercial banks, savings and mortgage banks, private development banks, stock savings and loan associations, and rural banks operated a total of 267 branches in the province.

Non-bank financial institutions provide supplementary financial services to Laguna residents and businesses. A total of 394 offices have been set up by lending investors, pawnshops, financial companies, nonstock savings and loan associations, and investment houses with quasi-banking functions.

Exports: US$7.0 Billion (1997) out of total Philippine exports of $25 Billion
US$1.5 billion (1996)

Historical Attractions

Rizal Shrine, Calamba City
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This two-storey, red-tiled roof, Spanish vintage house is being maintained as a national shrine by the National Government. It houses the Rizalian memorabilia ranging from pictures of the late hero and the women in his life, sculptures by Rizal, to laminated excerpts of some of his written works. The house is by no means an all-original. Except for the old well, everything is a reconstruction of the original house of Dr. Jose Rizal. However, the house has maintained much of its colonial appeal.

The museum offers guided tours for groups. It has a gift shop at the ground floor. There is no entrance fee, but donations are welcome. Museum hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 nn and 1:00 to 5:00p.m., everyday except Monday.

Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery Historical Landmark
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Built in 18th century by the Franciscan Missionaries, the underground cemetery is a circular wall structure. The intricately designed wrought iron-gate on the red-tiled walk crosses the grounds leading straight to the opposite side, where an altar-like structure is located. The tombstones are embedded on the brick walls of the cemetery. At the crypt of the cemetery, according to history, is where the Katipuneros plotted against Spanish rule.

The Battle Of Mabitac Mural, Mabitac
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The Battle of Mabitac is considered to be one of the first successful battles fought against the American Regime during the Filipino-American War that happened on September 17, 1900. In the said encounter, the Filipino Forces headed by General Juan Cailles killed the US Commanding General Cheatam.

Cultural Attraction

National Arts Center, UP Los Baños
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The National Arts Center is the show window of Laguna. It is an ideal vantage point for a panoramic view of the Laguna de Bay, Talim Island, Crocodile Lake and the International Rice Research Institute. Also found within its premises is a Ballet Studio and the Rilda O’Brien Cliburn Library or the Humanities, which was established in 1981 as part of the overall logistical support to the operations of the Philippine High School for the Arts. Managed by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), the National Arts Center has 62 cottages, an auditorium, and seminar and convention facilities. Reservation could be coursed through the CCP Main Office at Roxas Boulevard, Manila.

Natural Attractions

Mount Makiling, Los Baños
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The mystical Mt. Makiling is an inactive volcano, rising to about 1,109 meter above sea level. The vegetation consists of approximately 2,048 different species of plants. The lower slope is a tall dipterocarp forest while the summit is a dwarf mossy forest. According to legends, the slopes of Mt. Makiling are shaped like that of a woman reclining down. Some say that it is the profile of the sleeping Mariang Makiling, a legendary goddess. Still others say that Mariang Makiling dwells in this mountain and protects it from harm.

Mt. Makiling is ideal for all types of nature tripping –from trekking to bird and butterfly watching, and even camping. The Pook ni Mariang Makiling Resort offers an olympic-sized pool, cottages, tree houses, huts and a panoramic view of the Laguna de Bay.

Seven Lakes, San Pablo City
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Each of the seven lakes is nestled in a depression created long ago by volcanic activity. The seven lakes are: Sampaloc, Mojicap, Palakpakin, Calibato, Pandin, Yambo and the Bunot Lakes. Sampaloc Lake, the biggest of the seven lakes, is dotted fishpens where tilapia, a local freshwater carp species is breed.

Pagsanjan Falls, Cavinti
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Actually, the name of the falls is Magdapio Falls, located the next town, Cavinti. However, the falls has been popularly known as Pagsanjan Falls because the trip to the falls, referred to as “shooting the rapids”, starts from Pagsanjan.

The trip to Pagsanjan Falls is an experience of a lifetime --- another of nature’s treats. This is an exhilarating three-hour boatride from Pagsanjan River to the fall and back. Two seasoned boatmen expertly maneuver the multi-colored native canoe against strong currents through 16 rapids. Moreover, one can imagine being lost in the wilderness when the boatmen paddle and lift their canoe at least five times going up through the gorges and in between the long 400-foot high cliffs of the clear river. However, there is less during the rainy season as the water level is high. During this time when the current is very swift and the falls gushes heavily through the river, the boat rides are cut short to avoid of the danger posed by the high water.

Religious Attractions

St. Gregory Church (Majayjay Catholic Church)
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Reputedly one of the oldest churches in the Philippines built in 1575 using forced labor. Antique relief statues of saints, which were brought by the Spaniards, are preserved in this church. Its belfry houses four small bells and one big bell – which are probably the oldest in the country. The rooftop of the church offers an obstructed but nonetheless, breathtaking view of Mt. Banahaw and Laguna de Bay. The church has undergone several reconstructions and rehabilitation works, withstood countless calamities, and endured revolutions. The Americans as headquarters during the Filipino-American war used it. Although much of its past glory and beauty have faded, the church shall forever be treasured by the local people for its stands as witness to the history of the town.

St. James The Apostle Church (Paete Church)
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Like many of the churches in the province, the Paete Church was built during the early Spanish period. But the novelty of this church lies in the fact that all the religious images found here were carved and/or painted by the residents of Paete long ago. The intricate baroque altar is a monument to their woodcarving industry and the walls of the church boast of large murals done by Jose Dans (19th Century), a true son of Paete who used color pigments mixed with pulverized volcanic ash and brushes fashioned from cat’s hair. Although the church has been recently renovated, and the construction materials are not like the original, the designs remain mainly the same.

San Pedro De Alcantara Church (Pakil Church)
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Completed in 1767 after 35 years of construction, the architectural design of the Pedro de Alcantara Parish Church is reminiscent of the Corinthian and Ionic styles. In 1788, the Virgin of Turumba was enshrined in this church. Through the years, the church has survived great calamities. Along with the rectory, it was burned in 1851 but was repaired the same year; it survived two earthquakes, one in 1881 and the other in 1937. Now, the church is a major attraction of the area. 14 icons grace its main altar with the Archangel Michael towering above the others. Each icon is housed in an elaborately carved niche. This old Franciscan church also houses an authentic painting of Jose Dans (19th Century), a painter from Paete. Although the interior of the church has been renovated recently, the design of the church remains basically the same.

Its belfry four small bells and one huge bell, which are rung daily at 12:00 noon and 6:00 p.m.

Our Lady Of Candelaria (Mabitac Church)
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The Mabitac Church stands mighty high atop its 126 stone steps. Its façade is definitely old Spanish style but the interior is quite modern. Like most old churches, it has a belfry connected to the main church.

ENCHANTED KINGDOM

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SPLASH ISLAND

ENCHANTED KINGDOM (Part 2)

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by: Peter Tongco

2 year-old city, Sta. Rosa is the fastest growing city in Laguna, if not the entire country. Its fast speeding progress is really phenomenal. Way to go, Sta. Rosa!!

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WOW!!

ang laki ng land!
island ba talaga ang splash island?

^^ Nope. It's just the name for a water theme park. :D

ei guys, were inviting you to join the C-Lium Fiber Makiling Challenge 5! organized by the Makiling Campus Runners, registration is open until July 21, 2006!

guys... sorry if nadiscuss na to dito...

i read from a magazine na meron daw ulo ng syokoy sa uplb?? is this true??


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oh my...i'll faint. how could this happen? hehe...carlos, i have not heard about this. @ vince, could you verify this?

and hey, please tell us more about C-Lium Fiber Makiling Challenge 5. Though i wouldn't be around by that time it will be running.

ano na namang rumor yan, hehehe... syokoy? huwaaaatttt!?!?

nge? hehe. wala naman daw sabi nun workmate ko. paano nga naman mangyayari un? :D

Is it raining hard these days in LB? When I was there last June there was not much rain, but a week before, there were heavy downpours.

I used to jog in this area...is it raining hard these days in Los Banos?

yup! its raining hard, as in, when you say its raining in LB, you mean its raining tigers and hyenas (not just cats and dogs), but then there's the usual sunny times... so its still the same, very unpredictable weather of UPLB, haaayyy...

UPDATE ON LB:

The whole stretch of Lopez avenue has been paved with a fresh layer of asphalt last week, plus 'permanent' road markings as well and a not so permanent fresh layer of paint on the edge of sidewalks on all roads leading to UPLB...

by the way... i found out that la gloria will be visiting UPLB this tuesday...hehehe, kaya siguro...

Ice Carving
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^^ nice I saw those at Unang Hirit some other day :)

nice indeed...
The younger generation of carvers are into ice carving. Most of them work aboard
cruise ships. Really quite impressive to actually see them do it.

Laguna SSCer here.......lol, will try to search for some developments of my town, San Pedro.

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Nga pala, 'di ba 'tuwing summer lang bukas ang Splash Island?

hmm... 14 hours a day, nasa Laguna ako kc sa calamba ako nagwo-work at naglalakwatsa. :D

I love Laguna, spent most of my summer there, and also met my wife there.
I also have a few friends from Marikina that moved to either San Pedro or Calamba, they said its a much easier commute to Makati. Really great place to be.
I'll try to post more pix later...

do we have interior shots of the rizal shrine? thanks.

do we have interior shots of the rizal shrine? thanks.

Yeah.. does anyone have any interior shots, I'm dying to see what's
inside.. never been there.

paulkrps, I searched.. couldn't find anything, their site has a 360 deg shots
of the exterior..

^^ yup same here bourne. one thing though, the exterior (rizal shrine) has developed and changed thru the years.

sana paki sali na rin yung ibang historical shrines in laguna.

here's what i found on the rizal shrine (thanks to lenay of flickr):

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here's what i found on the rizal shrine (thanks to lenay of flickr):

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I think this is in Lipa, Batangas. Casa Segunda (Katigbak).

I think this is in Lipa, Batangas. Casa Segunda (Katigbak).


opppps, my bad. sorry for that.

here's what i found on the rizal shrine (thanks to lenay of flickr):

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Thanks paulkrps...great pix..
bukod sa historical sites eh maraming makikita sa Laguna.. Caliraya lake is one
at maraming secret hideaway where we use to go around Pangil na malinis pa ang ilog

I think this is in Lipa, Batangas. Casa Segunda (Katigbak).

Any pix ng Casa Segunda?
Been to Lipa once, I think before Ate Vi was mayor..

If you're ever in Paete, look towards the east above the Sierra Madre.
You could see 3 Crosses that depicts the crucifixion of Jesus. During
Good Friday, these crosses are lit up.

Shadow of the Cross overlooking Paete
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3 Cross
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One of the last towns in the country that still have the Spanish Colonial setting intact.
Pila is a 4th class urban municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 37,427 people in 7,750 households. Pila has a total land area of 31.2 km².

The town of Pila is site for some well-preserved houses dating back to the Spanish period as well as the old Saint Anthony of Padua Parish Church, the first Antonine church in the Philippines.


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hmmm.. I think it's not allowed to take pics inside Rizal shrine...

^^Everything's postworld war 2 inside the Rizal Shrine, except for the first four steps of the staircase and some antique stuff which have survived the Japanese invasion.

Santa Maria Magdalena Church
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Liliw Church
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Nagcarlan Church (the one in Kampanerang Kuba)
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Lake Caliraya
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from: Wikipedia

SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA

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San Pedro is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is named after its patron saint, Saint Peter. San Pedro is Laguna's gateway to Metro Manila since it lies on the boundary with Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila's southernmost city. This position makes San Pedro a popular suburban residential community, where many residents commute daily for work in Metro Manila. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 231,403 people in 48,341 households.

Aside from being a primarily suburban community, San Pedro also hosts a large number of factories. Among them include Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Alaska Milk Corporation and General Milling Corporation.


Barangays
San Pedro is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.

Bagong Silang
Cuyab
Estrella
G.S.I.S.
Landayan
Langgam
Laram
Magsaysay
Nueva
Poblacion
Riverside
San Antonio
San Roque
San Vicente
Santo Niño
United Bayanihan
United Better Living
Sampaguita Village
Calendola
Narra


History
San Pedro became a town on January 18, 1725, when the Spanish King, Charles II, decreed that the town, formerly known as "tabuko", be a separate town from "Kabullaw", now known as Cabuyao. By virtue of the last will of Philip V of Spain, Rodriguez de Figueroa or "Don Esteban", a group of Augustinian Fathers gained the ownership of the Tunasan Estate. Later on, San Pedro became an hacienda of Colegio de San Jose, a group of Jesuits friars who took over the property which now is known as "San Pedro Tunasan". "Tunasan" came from "Tunas" a medicinal plant, abundant on shoreline area. During that period, agriculture, fishing, duck raising, fruit trees, sampaguita were the main source of income of its residents. This period was highlighted by the growing tenant/landlord dispute. The tenants of Hacienda San Pedro Tunasan fought for their birthrights over their ancestral lands. This struggle took almost 423 years of unsuccessful resistance to Colegio de San Jose, and in 1938, the government bought the homesites of the San Pedro Tunasan Hacienda from the Colegio for re-sale to its tenants. This event laid to rest the tenants/landlord problem in the town.

From the Spanish time until after the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the scenario did change a bit, when on August 30, 1945, President Ramon Magsaysay signed at the historic town plaza the Land Tenancy Act. By virtue of this law, farm lots of the hacienda were bought by the Philippine Government to be sold at cost to the tenants or occupants of the farm lots in Bayan-Bayanan under the Narra Settlement Project of the Magsaysay Administration.

hmmm.. I think it's not allowed to take pics inside Rizal shrine...

That's sad, you can't take any pictures... has anyone of you been
to the shrine? meh-ann or cosmoManila?

yes. pero matagal na un. mga 10 years ago na ata. anyway, minsan puntahan namin un. my workmate is living near that area.

yes. pero matagal na un. mga 10 years ago na ata. anyway, minsan puntahan namin un. my workmate is living near that area.

ok.. tenk u! can't wait to see the pix.. sana pwedeng kumuha ng pix..

^^Everything's postworld war 2 inside the Rizal Shrine, except for the first four steps of the staircase and some antique stuff which have survived the Japanese invasion.

Santa Maria Magdalena Church
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Liliw Church
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Nagcarlan Church (the one in Kampanerang Kuba)
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http://static.flickr.com/49/142828886_daab0dfb19.jpg?v=0

Lake Caliraya
http://static.flickr.com/31/91361858_8acb74f7a5.jpg?v=0

from flickr.com


I'm glad I've been through all these great wonders especially the breathtaking Lake Caliraya, you won't believe it's man-made :)

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SEPTEMBER 13 - 27, 2006
[some pics of 2003 Bañamos... hehehe, 2003 pa pics na yan courtesy of http://community.webshots.com/user/gogolskis]
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Hey can anyone give some info on the Sta. Rosa area? Some basic info and does anyone know where in Sta. Rosa is the new UST campus supposed to be?

The former location of Uniwide Warehouse in Cabuyao will be Mapua's Laguna campus.

my hometown..

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Santa Cruz is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines and the seat of the Laguna provincial government. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 92,694 people in 19,627 households.

Santa Cruz town has no natural tourist spots and no wide areas to develop as man-made tourist attractions unlike other municipalities in Laguna. The development of Santa Cruz as the administrative, commercial, and service center of Laguna makes it accessible for all private/public vehicles going to nearby places particularly Pagsanjan, Lake Caliraya, Liliw, Paete and Nagcarlan.

Barangays
Santa Cruz is politically subdivided into 26 barangays.

Alipit
Bagumbayan
Bubukal
Calios
Duhat
Gatid
Jasaan
Labuin
Malinao
Oogong
Pagsawitan
Palasan
Patimbao
Barangay I (Pob.)
Barangay II (Pob.)
Barangay III (Pob.)
Barangay IV (Pob.)
Barangay V (Pob.)
San Jose
San Juan
San Pablo Norte
San Pablo Sur
Santisima Cruz
Santo Angel Central
Santo Angel Norte
Santo Angel Sur

The former location of Uniwide Warehouse in Cabuyao will be Mapua's Laguna campus.
ah talaga? hmm... magiging traffic na jan pag nagkataon.

Just curious, for a province with at least one city, is it not necessary for the provincial capital to be a city? Afaik, Laguna's capital is Sta. Cruz and the info on the municipality of Sta. Cruz has been posted above by Dvorak. :)

the capital has always been Sta. Cruz.. even before San Pablo and Calamba became a city.

Just curious, for a province with at least one city, is it not necessary for the provincial capital to be a city? Afaik, Laguna's capital is Sta. Cruz and the info on the municipality of Sta. Cruz has been posted above by Dvorak. :)

Uy! Meron palang thread para sa Laguna! Isang tiga-San Pedro po ang nandito. Btw, how should we be called? If Batangas have Batanguenos, Cavite have Cavitenos and Bulacan have Bulakenos, is it correct to call us Lagunenos? (Parang ang pangit yata)Just a question.

As for San Pedro... I really don't have anything to brag about it. Actually, I really pity my little town. We had the advantage of progressing faster than our neighboring towns because of our proximity to Metro Manila, PERO NAPAGIWANAN NA TALAGA KAMI! I will not doubt if Binan can overtake San Pedro's cityhood (may ganitong term ba?) Our town is being run by a TRAPO!!! Haaaay...

I have been here all my life, and I haven't seen any trace of progress, except that there are more fast food restaurants now as compared to before. Try going inside the municipal hell and judge for yourself the mess inside!!! Grabe talaga! Hate to say this, but San Pedro is really chaotic! I just hope the townspeople will select a new and more promising mayor the next time. But there's another problem to that... there are no good candidates! All are rotten tomatoes!

ganun ba? at municipal hell ang tawag ni kalabaw. or typo error lan. hehe. peace po tau. bihira lan ako makapunta jan sa san pedro. pero sabi nga ng workmate ko, mejo napag-iwanan na talaga ang san pedro.

Can someone clarify to me this, I'm quite confused whether Sta. Rosa is already a city or not, is it?

yup, sta rosa is already a city, 150th city ata ng pinas?

didn't know that Sta. Rosa is a city now.. so 3 na city nang Laguna..

I can't say anything about Sta. Cruz either.. i was born there.. but never really lived there.. pumupunta lang kami pag vacation dati.. until the time when our family moved there for good.. kaso high school na ako non.. so naiwan na ako dito sa manila.. tapos umuuwi na lang pag weekend.. so di rin talaga ako nakatira don.. ngayon eh bihira na rin ako pumunta don.. usually pag all saints day lang.. tapos pag may reunion..

Pero malaki na rin ang improvements nya ngayon.. dami na ring fastfood.. dati eh BIG MAK lang puntahan nang tao don.. hehehe.. ohh.. the congressman pala sa 4th district is kabarkada / kainuman / ka majungan nang mga tito ko don.. so medyo close kami sa kanya..

^ Nadaanan lang namin ang Sta. Cruz on our way to Lake Caliraya at nagstop-over kami sa newly opened Sun Star Mall, so medyo wala akong alam sa Sta. Cruz. Um, how would you compare Sta. Cruz with Los Baños in terms of development?

kung nadadaanan mo lang.. ehh don lang kayo sa highway.. if you turn left at the intersection.. papasok kayo nang Sta. Cruz proper.. minsan ask your dad to go inside Sta. Cruz para makita mo..

Los Banos is different.. nandon kasi ang UP.. so talagang matao.. Sta. Cruz has the provincial capitol, which is about half a kilometer long.. maganda rin mamasyal don.. at mag jogging.. it has a tennis court and a golf course.. tapos we have the provincial hospital.. may mga private hospitals din.. tapos sa town proper.. gasoline stations, mcdo, jollibee, hardwares. Ang isang noticeable eh maraming chinese sa sta. cruz.. halos lahat nang tindhan sa palengke puro chinese may ari.. lahat nang mayayaman ay chinese.. so halos lahat nang establishments chinese may ari.. wala na yatang cinema sa sta. cruz.. it used to have 2, laguna and columbia cinema.. kaya lang parehong matanda na.. so they closed it down na.. 2 rin ang mercury drug sa sta. cruz... columbia garden restaurant I think is still there.. the catholic church, municipal hall and the park are all in one area, sa center nang town proper.. then the provincial capitol and hospital are located in another area, about a kilometer away from the town proper..

^ Nadaanan lang namin ang Sta. Cruz on our way to Lake Caliraya at nagstop-over kami sa newly opened Sun Star Mall, so medyo wala akong alam sa Sta. Cruz. Um, how would you compare Sta. Cruz with Los Baños in terms of development?

^ Ahh, kaya pala parang walang tao sa Sta. Cruz, sa highway lang kasi kami napadaan. Nakakainis nga sa Los Baños kasi palaging traffic hanggang Calamba

Grabe talaga ang powers ni Bagyong Milenyo huh. Sabi ng dad ko, while driving on the expressway, halos tangayin na daw ng hangin ang sasakyan nya. Cabuyao and Sta. Rosa exits are not passable to due to the uprooted trees, and flood

WAAAHHHH!!! KAWAWA KAMING TAGA ELBI! GRABE DEVASTATION DITO! HANGGANG NGAYON WALA PA RING KURYENTE SA BAHAY!!! BWISIT! sayang ang DSL

---Ang raming uprooted trees sa Los Baños! lalo na sa UP
---kawawa yung natabunan ng landslide!!!
---first time kong lumusong sa rumaragasang baha na abot shoulders ko, to think 5'7" ako...at na stranded pa ako sa labas habang bumabagyo pa....
---puno mga compu shops dito, grabe...

pics of UPLB after the storm...thanks to "whats up LB" ... part pa lang yan ng devastation...

http://whatsuplb.blogspot.com/2006/09/aftermath-ng-milenyo.html
http://whatsuplb.blogspot.com/2006/09/aftermath-ng-milenyo-part-ii.html

Yung Los Baños at Sta. Cruz ang pinakasinalanta ni Milenyo sa probinsya ng Laguna, sana may makapagpost ng mga larawan ;)

^andun sa links na binigay ko, kaso UPLB pa lang yan, and hindi pa yan lahat ng nasalanta ng bagyo sa UPLB eh... hmmm, lintik na bagyo yan, hehe, nasira yung walking bridge na shorcut sa engineering, ayun, pati sewage line nasira rin, hehehehee... nangangamoy....

^ Salamat

^ Ahh, kaya pala parang walang tao sa Sta. Cruz, sa highway lang kasi kami napadaan. Nakakainis nga sa Los Baños kasi palaging traffic hanggang Calamba

ay talaga..dapat i extend all the way to los baños yung STAR.. or better yet, to calamba-los baños-san pablo- back to ato tomas batangas..parang iikutin nya yung makiling..

ay talaga..dapat i extend all the way to los baños yung STAR.. or better yet, to calamba-los baños-san pablo- back to ato tomas batangas..parang iikutin nya yung makiling.. may plano na kasama yan sa mga PHASES ng south luzon Express way extension.

Laguna is one of the Giants of CALABARZON, so much pride in every town and City's. San Pablo City The Jeepney Capital of the Philippines,Paete's Wood Crafts, Calauans Famous Piña, Los Baños kung saan may UPLB at IRRI, EcoZones, Food Deli . ETC...

I've never really explored San Pablo, nadaanan ko lang papuntang Liliw. Why is it called the jeepney capital? Because of the enormous number of jeepneys? Or other reasons?

I've never really explored San Pablo, nadaanan ko lang papuntang Liliw. Why is it called the jeepney capital? Because of the enormous number of jeepneys? Or other reasons?

Because almost of the big names in jeepney industry was originated in this city like Armak and Sarao. bukod pa dito halos lahat ng mga car companies ay may store dito to compete but sad to say madami ng nagclose n gawaan ng mga jeep dito dahil na rin siguro sa ating economy

san pablo is one of my hometowns.. we got a small house there..

Can someone clarify to me this, I'm quite confused whether Sta. Rosa is already a city or not, is it?

Sta. Rosa is already a city. Kakatuwa nga kasi it's a first-class city agad when it reached cityhood. Developed na kasi siya bago pa man maging city. BTW, Meron pala akong tita dyan sa Bel-Air. Wala lang. Kaso hindi ko pa napupuntahan ung bahay niya. :lol: Meron din kami relatives sa Liliw. :D

BTW, nabasa ko sa newspaper dati this year na Laguna is the highest tax-paying province in our country. Congrats Laguna! :cheer:

Sta. Rosa is already a city. Kakatuwa nga kasi it's a first-class city agad when it reached cityhood. Developed na kasi siya bago pa man maging city. BTW, Meron pala akong tita dyan sa Bel-Air. Wala lang. Kaso hindi ko pa napupuntahan ung bahay niya. :lol: Meron din kami relatives sa Liliw. :D

BTW, nabasa ko sa newspaper dati this year na Laguna is the highest tax-paying province in our country. Congrats Laguna! :cheer:


Oo grabe ang phasing ng developement ng Sta.Rosa, and of course Laguna is the mother of all CALABARZON Provinces i terms of developements

As soon as the port of Infanta, LRT to Sta. Cruz via Pililla and some of the government facilities are built in Tanay, then development will also proceed in the eastern side of Laguna. My hometown will no longer feel so isolated.

BTW, nabasa ko sa newspaper dati this year na Laguna is the highest tax-paying province in our country. Congrats Laguna! :cheer:

kc cguro sa dami ng companies na nakatayo sa LISP 1 & 2, LTI sa Sta. Rosa, Carmelray Industrial Park I & II, etc. Nidec and FCPP (customers namin) are annually receiving award from PEZA na highest taxpayers. saka best employers din.

Gaano ba ang population ng CALABARZON? kc with the number of industries there, an8g baba pa rin ng real percapita nila..

^^ Malaki population ng CALABARZON. Almost as big as Metro Manila, as far as I know.

ang mega manila ata is 17M, minus mo ang NCR w/c is 12M.. so siguro not less than 5M ang calabarzon..

Population:
Calabarzon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CALABARZON)
NCR/Metro Manila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Manila)

Hindi naman nagkakalayuan ang dalawa. NCR is just 2M-people greater than Region 4a.

Population:
Calabarzon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CALABARZON)
NCR/Metro Manila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Manila)

Hindi naman nagkakalayuan ang dalawa. NCR is just 2M-people greater than Region 4a.

Actually noon pinakamaraming tao ang Region 4 in the entire Country when the region is not divided into two (CALABARZON and MIMAROPA) now Region 4a is CALABARZON and Region 4b is MIMAROPA an acroname of the provinces
of course naman mas malaki ang per capita income ng Metro Manila but CALABARZON is still in Far Second

Metro Manila is composed of 14 Cities and 3 Municipalities
,Mega Manila Which include Some Part of Bulacan,Pampanga,Cavite,Laguna Rizal,Batangas and Quezon.

Actually noon pinakamaraming tao ang Region 4 in the entire Country when the region is not divided into two (CALABARZON and MIMAROPA) now Region 4a is CALABARZON and Region 4b is MIMAROPA an acroname of the provinces
of course naman mas malaki ang per capita income ng Metro Manila but CALABARZON is still in Far Second
far second? i dont think so.. the 2005 figure shows that the top 5 regions having the highest per capita are NCR,CAR,NorthernMindanao,DavaoRegion,and Central Visayas(in order).

far second? i dont think so.. the 2005 figure shows that the top 5 regions having the highest per capita are NCR,CAR,NorthernMindanao,DavaoRegion,and Central Visayas(in order).


Thanks Can you show me that figure?

oh my bad..calabdarzon is 5th... check this link..
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=344677&page=25&pp=20

REGION / YEAR 2004 2005
PHILIPPINES 13,789 14,186
NCR METRO MANILA 33,867 35,742 (1)
CAR CORDILLERA 18,111 17,919 (2)
I ILOCOS 7,442 7,727
II CAGAYAN VALLEY 8,228 7,649
III CENTRAL LUZON 11,054 11,142
IVA CALABARZON 14,068 14,159 (4)
IVB MIMAROPA 12,284 12,735
V BICOL 6,442 6,632
VI WESTERN VISAYAS 12,347 12,825
VII CENTRAL VISAYAS 13,010 13,518
VIII EASTERN VISAYAS 6,555 6,678
IX ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA 9,672 10,159
X NORTHERN MINDANAO 14,587 14,829 (3)
XI DAVAO REGION 13,455 13,892 (5)
XII SOCCSKSARGEN 11,487 11,477
ARMM MUSLIM MINDANAO 3,382 3,433
XIII CARAGA 6,589 6,690


im not convinced with this kind of figures sorry ahehehe i need some links i mean official coming from census of whetever ahehehe

i been only based on this year 2000 kaya nasabi ko yun

PHILIPPINES 27,303 32,141 21,898 26,075

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION 61,211 67,290 48711 53,563
C. A. R 25,544 30,859 19301 24,427
REGION I - ILOCOS 23,020 26,969 18621 21,256
REGION II - CAGAYAN VALLEY 19,847 25,875 15726 20,716
REGION III - C. LUZON 28,300 33,466 22286 26,389
REGION IV - S. TAGALOG 29,478 37,290 23053 30,792
REGION V - BICOL 16,591 19,431 14268 16,848
REGION VI - W. VISAYAS 19,411 24,948 17459 21,377
REGION VII - C. VISAYAS 19,549 21,742 15779 18,164
REGION VIII - E. VISAYAS 15,650 20,667 12168 16,246
REGION IX - W. MINDANAO 18,623 18,770 14590 15,188
REGION X - N. MINDANAO 21,436 23,946 16177 17,968
REGION XI - S. MINDANAO 20,515 23,727 16505 19,638
REGION XII - C. MINDANAO 17,024 19,716 14371 16,165
A. R. M. M. 14,100 14,817 10651 12,230
CARAGA 15,880 18,463 13443 16,140

kaya pag nabigyan mo ko ng latest tnx to you

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:O8ft6BgG_Q0J:www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/2000/ie00fr21.htm+Philippines+per+capita+income+by+region&hl=tl&gl=ph&ct=clnk&cd=15

but thats the lates...2005, published by manila standard.
this is an encoded version..taken from the very same paper. (inorder)


Per capita income of selected regions at current prices, 2005

NCR 184,758
CAR 75,556
NORTHERN MINDANAO 62,850
DAVAO REGION 59,971
CALABARZON 59,320
CENTRAL VISAYAS 59,272
WESTERN VISAYAS 51,872
SOCCSKARGEN 47,826
CENTRAL LUZON 45,789
MIMAROPA 43,406
ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA 38,386
ILOCOS REGION 33,405
EASTERN VISAYAS 31,223
CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION 30,369
CARAGA 28,194
BICOL 26,316
ARMM 15,161
PHILIPPINES 63,556

but thats the lates...2005, published by manila standard.%u00B6


Well sorry tol im not convinced ahehehe. Wow galing ng manila standard nakapagpalabas cla ng latest samantalang walang budget and census ni hindi nga makapag bilang ng tao ngaun kasi alang budget ahehehe kaya magtatyaga tau sa census 2003 edition ahehehhe i need a proof to believe...

pag hindi ba nakapag census hindi rin makukuha ang data fot GDP? toll, magkaiba yun.. kung walang latest population data, yung pinaka huling census ang ginagamit nila..Like in this case, 2000 census..

iba ang population sa GDP..

ftp://ftp.bir.gov.ph/webadmin1/pdf/1...ION_cy2003.pdf

another proof in different aspects ahehehe

ok tol basta ako hindi ako naniniwala yun lang naman...

http://www.nscb.gov.ph/grdp/2005/2005concap.asp

yan.. based on 1985 prices yan.. yung sa manila standard kinonvert nila sa current prices,
it's not ranked..but even at a glance, calabarzon cant be at the 2nd spot at all. nor 3rd and 4th..

Thank you For your info now i agree with you, stats lang naman maybe malapit sa katotohanan

those are facts...not estimates..

Calabarzon's GDP will surely shoot up since the whole region is booming. Btw, this is not a GDP thread, no need to argue which region has the highest GDP here ;)

ahehehe sinjin, sorry po Francis di ko akalain updated k pala sa Per capita Pero nagbase lang ako sa 2000 kaya nasabi ko yun kaya salamat sa info, good to your northern mindanao region and the whole of the philippines ahehehe . Basta ito lang masasabi ko for me Calabarzon Region The Best in all Aspect in terms of Developement excluding manila.

Syempre!wahahahaha...taga calabarzon din ako eh.. my roots are in Sto tomas batangas and san pablo city..

May tirahan din kami sa CaLaBaRzon :D

Syempre!wahahahaha...taga calabarzon din ako eh.. my roots are in Sto tomas batangas and san pablo city..
uy francis, sa may sto. tomas din ako nakatira ngaun.. san ka dun?

uy francis, sa may sto. tomas din ako nakatira ngaun.. san ka dun?

Sta Clara.. yung pasukin.. pero wala ako jan..mga kamag anak ko lang..

Actually noon pinakamaraming tao ang Region 4 in the entire Country when the region is not divided into two (CALABARZON and MIMAROPA) now Region 4a is CALABARZON and Region 4b is MIMAROPA an acroname of the provinces

Mimaropa is not Mimaropa anymore. Palawan was moved to Region VI so Region 4b is now only known as Mimaro. ;)

talaga..so visayas na si Palawan ngayon.. Actually part din kc sya ng Super region's CENTRAL PHILIPPINES.

Yeah, Palawan is part of Western Visayas

talaga..so visayas na si Palawan ngayon.. Actually part din kc sya ng Super region's CENTRAL PHILIPPINES.

Yeah. Sinama siya sa Central Phil kasi mas kilala siya as a tourist attraction, not as a growth center. But I don't think may kinalaman ung pagkakasama niya sa Central Phil sa paglipat sa kanya sa Region VI. And BTW, we're so Off-Topic. :D

wahahaha...pansin ko nga.. this is supposed to be a laguna thread..

^ mag cocomment nga sana ako kanina eh, hehe, kaso kailangan ko umalis ng bahay.... naunahan mo pala ako

Yung mga tubong Laguna talaga, ilan ba ang Sun Star Malls sa Laguna? (Aside from the Sta. Cruz branch) :D

Rockwell at Sta. Elena unveiled

The Philippine STAR 10/27/2006

Rockwell Land Cop. (Rockwell) recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Sta. Elena Properties, Inc. to develop the prime land within the prestigious 260-hectares Sta. Elena golf course community in Sta. Rosa. Laguna.

The new township development is Rockwell’s first of many projects lined up, as it breaks out of its 15-hectare pioneering project in Makati, known as Rockwell Center.

"Rockwell at Sta. Elena is synergy at work," said Rockwell president Tong Padilla.

He added, "The proponents of Sta. Elena have successfully positioned the development as the country’s premiere golf and residential community and continue to retain its brand franchise. The Rockwell brand, on the other hand, is known for creating prime residential spaces situated in a private, secure and complete inner-city community."

Together, the joint venture partners are embarking on improving the master plan of Sta. Elena into an integrated residential golf and leisure community that enhances the beauty of the property’s rolling terrain, rivers and lakes, lush greeneries and its natural environment.

The development of Rockwell at Sta. Elena will happen in two (2) major phases and will embrace the golf landscape of the entire property. There will be villages that will offer residential lots and housing options that include detached houses, villa clusters and walk-up apartments supported by a world-class country-club and a sprawling retail town center.

Rockwell estimates it would take three and six years, respectively, for project development.

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/BUSINESS200610276504.htm

Taytay Falls in Majayjay...
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/req2000/Majayjay-Lucban/P9130095.jpg

We were here last Sunday.
The water is so clean and so cold! (you can compare it from the water taken from the refrigerator). The water is coming from Mount Banahaw
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/req2000/Majayjay-Lucban/P9130103.jpg

^i heard that the water temp there plunges to freezing point (though still at the liquid phase) during the cold months of december to february

ganun ba? at municipal hell ang tawag ni kalabaw. or typo error lan. hehe. peace po tau. bihira lan ako makapunta jan sa san pedro. pero sabi nga ng workmate ko, mejo napag-iwanan na talaga ang san pedro.

ay... typo error lang yan, hihi... pero pwede mo na ring sabihin na municipal hell nga. sana pagbalik ko dun eh may makita naman akong pagbabago.

^i heard that the water temp there plunges to freezing point (though still at the liquid phase) during the cold months of december to february


^^^Brrrr, kahit wla na palang ice cubes for softdrinks, ilagay mulang sa tubig for several minutes, tapos pwede nang inomin,hehehe

Ganda ng waterfalls:)

ako mahilig akong magbasa ng mga newspapers esp sa mga pages na may kinalaman sa business,, at lagi kong nakikita ang sta rosa... saludo talga ako sa starosa.. kakabilib.. naicp ko lang anu bang meron dun at ganun na lang kalaki tiwala ng mga investors.. kung lapit lang namn s mm ang paguusapan mas malapit ang san pedro at binan... ang alam ko maraming car manufacturers at world class subd... sa sta rosa..

andun kc un Laguna Technopark. dami din kc japanese na nakatira dun. andun din un EK.

back to the topic, resorts pala dapat pinag-uusapan dito. hehe

Laguna definitely has a lot of potentials, marami pa ring open spaces huh, hopefully they would be filled by skyscrapers, parks and other stuff. :yes:

Govt to build railway around Laguna Lake
THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES A ROAD NETWORK,
WILL COST $2.4B THROUGH B.O.T. SCHEME

By Max V. de Leon
Reporter

The government announced Thursday its plan to construct a road and railway system around the 220-kilometer Laguna Lake through a $2.4-billion build-operate-transfer (BOT) project.

To be called the Laguna Bay-Rizal Ecological Transport System (Labart), the project will be undertaken by a consortium of foreign and local private and state corporations.

The project was announced Thursday by Laguna Gov. Teresita Lazaro and Panay Railways chair Ofelia Bulaong.

The main objective of the project is to provide adequate accessibility to the towns and cities surrounding Laguna Lake to Metro Manila’s principal road arteries and railway systems to transform all the provinces in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon and Aurora area into progressive industrial centers.

Bulaong said the project, although unsolicited, has been cleared by the National Economic and Development Authority.

Bulaong did not give specific details on the project because they are still finalizing the terms with the other groups that will undertake Labart along with Panay Railways Corp.

It entails the construction of an integrated road and railway system from Metro Manila to all towns and cities along the shoreline of Laguna de Bay in direct linkage with the proposed LRT-1 Coastal Road extension to Cavite and Philippine National Railway at FTI, Taguig.

The first option that the proponents are now looking at is the “shoreline embankment and causeway road” composed of approximately 150 kms of shoreline embankment road, 30 kms of causeway structure, 25 kms of land-based on-grade road and railway.

Bridges and series of box culverts will cross the route lines, accommodating water vessels’ passage and flow of water from land to prevent flooding.

The second option is the “Laguna de Bay on stilt carriageway for road and railway” that would involve the construction of structures above the lake’s waterline to minimize conflict with agencies and groups protecting the Laguna Lake, and issues on land reclamation, squatters and right of way.

The proponents listed 15 main components for the Labart:

the C-5/FTI to Lower Bicutan
Taguig-Calamba segment
Calamba to Bay segment
Bay to Caliraya segment
South Bay segment
Jala-Jala mountain segment
Jala-Jala to Pililia segment
Pililia to Mangahan segment
Mangahan to Lower Bicutan C6
Talim Island Spur Line
Caliraya to Mauban segment
PNR railway rehabilitation
a proposed railway
Rizal container port and Mauban international port.


The derivative components will be side projects on pollution control, water supply, flood control and land development.

The project will strategically provide a direct fast transport system to Makati and Pasig, the country’s premier financial centers, and the expanding Global City in Taguig.

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport will also just be minutes away through the C5 road.

Chinese group funds Laguna project

STA. CRUZ, Laguna—President Arroyo welcomed Thursday members of the Chinese consortium who will undertake the development of the $2.5-billion Laguna-Rizal Ecological Transport System (Labart).

The President had an opportunity to meet anew the Chinese consortium members during the 64th birth anniversary celebration of Laguna Gov. Teresita “Ningning” Lazaro at the Laguna Provincial Cultural Center in this capital town. Su Min and Ji Chen, government liaison officers of China’s Ministry of Finance, and Lin Jian Xin of the Xiamen municipal government, extended their gratitude to the President during the rites.

“It is my pleasure to meet you again. Hope we will have a bountiful relationship for our transport system project,” she told the Chinese investors in return.

The members of the Chinese consortium expressed elation on meeting the Chief Executive and for giving them the opportunity to undertake the so-called LABART project.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno and Presidential Adviser for Region IV-A Ed Manda also graced the occasion.

The American and Chinese consortiums and the provincial government of Laguna signed a Memorandum of Undertaking for LABART in Xiamen, China during the President’s visit to the People’s Republic of China last month.

The LABART project has three main components:

the construction of a circumferential road along Laguna Lake
the railway from Mauban, Quezon going to the Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) in Taguig City; and the
water supply and water treatment facilities of Laguna Lake.


Panay Railways, Inc. chairman Ofelia Bulaong, representative of the Philippine government in the consortium, said they will implement development of Phase 1 of the LABART project next year.

“There would be no problem on the right of way because it encompasses the Laguna Lake. It will open up the eastern seaboard from Mauban, Quezon to FTI then will directly connect to the Pasig River,” Bulaong said

wow sinjin Quezon is included to that project good sign of development.

FINALLY!!! The LABART System will help in decongesting the LB crossing/junction area... grabe traffic!


uhmmm, TRACE College los baños has another building u/c, mukhang bagong hotel na naman.... may helipad eh... unless part yun ng college campus.

^^ Speaking of Trace College, naiinis ako kasi ung swimming facilities na tinayo dun eh dapat dito sa UPLB!:rant:Naiinis talaga ako kasi dapat sa atin un tapos nabigay sa Trace. Hmpf. Naiinis ako. And BTW, ung mataas na building ng Trace, ung kita sa National Highway, mukha siyang mall.:D

hinihintay ko na nga lang na matapos yung bagong ginagawang building... hmmm, ano kaya functions nun... nagulat ako nung nakita ko yun eh, mabilis, 24hr - 3 shifts ata eh... nagsisimula na sila maglagay ng roofing.

astig facilities nila eh... by the way, did i mention already? yung faucets nila sa cr sa main building ay automatic, may sensor... kala mo airport di ba? hehehe. kaso nga lang yung flush ng toilet bowls ay manual pa rin.

Nasabi na sakin un ng blocmate ko na nagpunta dun during the SEA games. Mala-airport daw dating. Okay lang. Hindi naman facilities ang nagpapaganda ng isang school eh, ung quality ng education.:D

psst, huy, wag naman ganyan....

marami rin sa faculty ng trace ang galing sa uplb (there are some with honors too) who knows, they might become catalysts in the progress of Trace college's quality of education... its just that those who choose to study in trace have the financial resources to go there....

while i'm not financially privileged....huhuhu

Me, neither. Tsaka kung mag-aaral ako sa Trace instead of UPLB, sa Naga na lang ako mag-aaral.:D

taga region 3 ako eh.. region 4 talga ung mahigpit naming karibal.. heheeh joke lang po

some photos I took this morning:

SLEX:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p71c792d17ede265960d1ea078fafe781/ebc07944.jpg

on the way to Canlubang:
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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p7daff9578c70b5816c85b5757248755c/ebc07960.jpg

Bayer Phils.
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Carmelray Industrial Park I (located in Canlubang)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/pd430ae86bd7885e576df4edabc9e1f1d/ebc07be5.jpg

Enchanted Kingdom as seen from afar:

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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p43046c36ae23640e43cba19de9963808/ebc07c92.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p1f67f6b10a582698163be449ef0e6d60/ebc07ca3.jpg

sorry for the quality. I was inside the fast-moving car when I took those pics. :)

wow nice photos mhe-ann po!

kaw talaga kuya erwin. hehe. thanks po!

nice photos mhe-ann. keep shooting!:)

we had a workshop at lagos del sol last october, siempre di tayo paawat sa pag-take ng pics :D

lake caliraya...
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lagos del sol resort...
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:)

Ang ganda pa rin ng Laguna. Naalala ko ang Hot Springs. :)

^ Yeah, hot springs of Los Baños, I miss them

yeah, palagi kaming nasa laguna pag may pera.. mura lang ang lodging... but nakakainis, i had experienced discrimination in one of those big public resorts in calamba or los banos. we were all boys and the resort had this policy of not accepting all male group... nakakahiya kasi wala naman kaming ginawa, after we have decided na dun na tumuloy, sasabihan kang ganun....
and i had a similar experience in tagaytay... whats with all-male group...(okay i get their point, but then, mali pa rin...)

some photos I took this morning:

SLEX:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p71c792d17ede265960d1ea078fafe781/ebc07944.jpg

on the way to Canlubang:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p2f9fe4bf9c9253e557e6825a244eff7b/ebc07954.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p7daff9578c70b5816c85b5757248755c/ebc07960.jpg

Bayer Phils.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/pe9fec93a7c5961a540e7fb22adbe0f0a/ebc07bd5.jpg

Carmelray Industrial Park I (located in Canlubang)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/pd430ae86bd7885e576df4edabc9e1f1d/ebc07be5.jpg

nice photos.. suddenly remembered my time working for carmelray and driving all the way from ayala to canlubang

Majayjay Falls
by mr.random.snap of Flickr

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[QUOTE=Jhaelnis;11147916]Majayjay Falls
by mr.random.snap of Flickr

Sobra lamig ng tubig ng Majayjay Falls kahit na sa summer. Parang iced tubig! Di mo na kelangang magdala ng cooler. Babad mo lang drinks sa tubig, malamig na.. :cheers: Sana maalagaan lagi ng mga namamahala dun ang lugar nang hindi masira ang kalikasan. Madami rin kasing nagpupunta dun lalo na kung summer.

CANLUBANG TO BE DEVELOPED AS A SUPER REGIONAL HUB
Ayala Land Inc.’s master plan positions Canlubang, Laguna as regional center

The country’s largest property developer, Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI), is positioning Canlubang, Laguna as a regional center after it has completed its master plan, Chief Finance Officer Jaime E. Ysmael told BusinessWorld.

In an interview, Mr. Ysmael said the company, together with Ayala-owned Avida Land, Inc. and Community Innovations, Inc., will enter into a joint development agreement with CECI Realty, Inc., Aurora Properties, Inc. and Vesta Properties Holdings, Inc. after Canlubang Properties underwent a master-planning review process aimed at developing the area into a complete and intergrated township.

"We are now going into the detailed implementation plan. We will enter into joint development agreement with the Canlubang companies to develop their specific parcels of land. It will be a new regional center not intended to replace Makati [City central business district]. That area that sits at the heart of Calabarzon [Calamba, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon] area has a large industrial base and the beginnings of a university compound complex," he added.

The Canlubang development follows the P6-billion investment of Ayala over the next five to 10 years for the 38-hectare property of the University of the Philippines (UP) into a fully integrated information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services community.

Last October, ALI entered a 25-year contract of lease with the state university to develop the lot named the UP North Science and Technology Park. Development work will start within the first half of 2007.

For Canlubang, ALI plans to develop another business process outsourcing (BPO) campus by the second semester of 2007.

Mr. Ysmael said the Canlubang property calls for a BPO component and residential elements addressing the high-end, middle-income and affordable segment aside from the retail complex which will effectively service the requirements of the BPO campus and adjoining residential communities.

"A lot of the big universities in Manila have positioned in that area. La Salle Canlubang is up; Don Bosco and St. Scholastica’s College are there. UST has broken ground; even Ateneo, University of Asia & the Pacific and Xavier School have parcels of land there. Eventually, it will be a regional hub," he added.

As the Arroyo administration is positioning the Philippines as a Southeast Asian "retirement haven," the Canlubang development plan will also have a retirement village.

"We are still trying to develop specific products that will cater to that market. But the sheer size of Canlubang and characteristics of the terrain lends itself for that kind of development," he said.

ALI is still finalizing its budget for next year but, Mr. Ysmael said this will not be too far from what the company intended to spend in 2006. This year, the company’s consolidated project and capital expenditures budget is set at P16.1 billion, up from the P13.6 billion earmarked for 2005.

In 2007, ALI will launch its foray in the Visayas and Mindanao markets as it introduces residential projects in Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro. It will start construction of its first mall outside Metro Manila. With a leasable space of 70,000 square meters, the mall in Angeles, Pampanga is positioned to be a regional mall.

It will add 226,250 square meters in gross leasable retail area to its portfolio of shopping centers as it opens the 195,000-square-meter Triangle North of Manila (Tri Noma) and 31,250-square-meter Greenbelt 5 next year.

Opening in May, Tri Noma is expected to compete head on with SM City North EDSA which was recently expanded by the Sys. — Ruby Anne M. Rubiov

^^ hey, didn't know that this thread was merged with the LB thread... i'm editing the first post....

hehehe, gumagana na nga pala yung LED screen sa crossing/junction LB

hi xavierdude! san company ka pala sa cip1? pero baka confidential?

some pics. sa may pansol ito.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid222/pe6b403c5056fd76cd3f2c702e0ce010f/eb2c363a.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid222/p48911a13e3f0693a17a5fd64f396e960/eb2c3532.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid222/p88caec298aab2bd723225e35f04ef6b3/eb2c342d.jpg

nakaw na kuha lang dun sa neighbor. :D

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid222/p8e9a42c69c192b94867946a9c3e77c49/eb2c2f4c.jpg

ei guys, anong buzz sa pulitika ngayon sa Laguna? nakita ko tarpaulin ni Board Member Ramil Hernandez kanina sa crossing/junction, LB, ang nakalagay sa kanya eh "Vice Governor", hindi "for Vice Governor", which means tumaas siya ng puwesto (succession: Gov>Vice Gov.>Board Member, with highest votes from previous elections, ata), ang tanong eh sinong na suspend? si Vice Gov. Edwin Olivarez or si Gov. Ningning Lazaro???? :?

hehehe, gumagana na nga pala yung LED screen sa crossing/junction LB

Anong LED screen? Bakit parang hindi ko 'to alam. :lol:

^^ nasa side ng mercury drug, sa tabi ng Panaderia Pantoja, yung malaking poste na nandun, may scaffolding pa ata na hindi tinatanggal, hindi mo mapapansin ito kung eastbound (to Sta. Cruz/Sn. Pablo) or southbound (UP) ka, kasi facing east yung LED screen, kaso kahit westbound ka pa, coming from Brgy. San Antonio, hindi rin pansin yung screen unless naka Bus ka (at nasa window seat ka) or driver ka ng kotse/jeep, ewan ko ba sa mercury kung bakit ganun yung orientation nung LED screen :ohno:. :lol:

^^ Hindi ka na lang sana nag-explain. Hindi ko rin naman ma-imagine kasi hindi ako interesado sa LB junction. :lol: :nocrook:

pansin ko sa San Pablo, the street signs and warnings are in Filipino.. Ang hirap tuloy basahin.. :D is this true to other cities in Laguna?

^^ I don't know 'coz I don't make gala in Laguna. Manila is my gala-ground. :lol:

^^ wooooshooo, nagala ka sa UPLB kanina... hehehe

^^ Eh malamang gumagala ako dito sa LB. :lol: Nakita mo ako kanina? Bakit hindi ka nagpakita! :gaah:

Wala lang. :colgate: :lol:

pansin ko sa San Pablo, the street signs and warnings are in Filipino.. Ang hirap tuloy basahin.. :D is this true to other cities in Laguna?

wow hirap naman niyan para sa mga forengers :D

Carmelray Industrial Park II located at Brgy Tulo, Calamba, Laguna

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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid223/pd7055d4f9cd94c37e4ead9ebcf36c8a5/eae360bd.jpg

ako lang ata nagre-revive sa thread na ito. anyway, pictures ulit.

City College of Calamba

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid224/pe4119978dbaaa0cd1ae56148835d3fd1/eab568aa.jpg

Calam-Banga
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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid224/pd896e79b941bb5b456963b7c1125d155/eab568c6.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid224/p64f36e5e77218174476adde24bdb65a3/eab568a9.jpg

bahay ni Rizal

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bahay kubo nina Rizal
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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid224/p34b625ce5c8136bc02f7b2fd1ae32b8b/eab56cba.jpg

dried wishing well ata ito. :D

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid224/p6aa05caef0dedaf7a22240bca6464154/eab56cf5.jpg

pics courtesy of double_bee

St. Peter of Alcantara (Pakil, Laguna)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/patok/paete1.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/patok/paete2.jpg

here are the raw photos mr. dvorak... sorry di masyadong maganda quality...this church was under renovation nung tumira kami sa pakil about nine years ago na... eto na sya ngayon...

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Cathay Land to pour P2B
on its South Forbes development

By Max V. de Leon
Reporter


CATHAY Land Inc. is pouring P2 billion this year to further develop its South Forbes Golf City in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, after its previous projects in the area proved successful.

Jeffrey Ng, Cathay Land president, said in a statement that fresh capital will be allotted for five new development projects inside the 500-hectare Golf City.

Ng said this was spurred by the overwhelming response its three developments in the area received last year: the Zen-inspired Tokyo Mansions, the French-themed Châteaux de Paris and the Thai-influenced Phuket Mansions.

“To our pleasant surprise, the market is now clamoring for much bigger lots and even plusher houses,” Ng said. “Thus, bigger, grander subdivision projects such as the art-deco Miami and tropical Nirwana Bali will now be introduced to the market. The company is projecting a strong market reception to the Asian modern themed Sentosa Heights—which feature spacious houses on lots of more 1,000 square meters [and] all overlooking the fairways of the South Forbes Golf Club.”

Cathay Land, Ng added, is also going to develop two condominium clusters fronting the golf course—the Golf View Terraces and the Greenview Towers.

He said the continued growth of the upper middle-income to high-income segment and the strong buying interest among overseas Filipinos point to boom years ahead. Plus, Ng added, retirees are now more confident to invest in second homes and estates, as well as easy financing schemes banks now offer their client.

“For the first time ever, banks are now offering end-users low interest rates fixed for up to 30 years,” he said. “There has never been a better time to own a home and invest in real estate.”

To attract more clients, the South Forbes Golf City is offering its club membership for free. Its 18-hole golf course will be completed this year and the first nine holes will open in May.

“South Forbes Golf City redefines residential and commercial development into an inclusive mix that combines distinctive lifestyle choices for the whole family,” Ng said. “We are expecting investors, home buyers, retirees, and Filipinos working abroad to embrace and experience the golf lifestyle only here at South Forbes.”

Unilab opens P1.7-billion plant in Laguna
By Mia Gonzalez
Reporter

PRESIDENT Arroyo said on Tuesday that the decision of United Laboratories (Unilab) to open its P1.7-billion manufacturing subsidiary, Amherst Laboratories Inc., in Laguna is proof that the Philippines continues to be a competitive investment site.

The President made the statement in an interview with Biznews Asia, hours after she inaugurated Unilab’s newest facility at its headquarters in Biñan, Laguna.

“We are competitive; we’re seeking to be more competitive. Today I just came from Unilab, they opened an investment that cost P1.7 billion and they’re putting up two more plants that will bring their [new investments] all in all to P7.5 billion,” said Mrs. Arroyo, who did not give a speech at the Unilab event.

Asked what she would tell investors about prospects in the Philippines, the President said that if her schedule allows it, she would be willing to attend the inauguration of factories and business process outsourcing centers “every day” to show how attractive the country has become for investors.

“When I open a factory, a picture is worth a thousand words. If they see us opening factories and BPOs almost every week [they will be enticed to invest]. If my schedule allows it, maybe every day I will be doing it,” she said.

The President also said Unilab is “bidding to be the first US FDA-accredited factory in the Philippines,” which would allow Philippine-made products to be sold in the United States.

Amherst Laboratories, Inc., located in the Unilab Pharma Campus, is said to be on a par with the world’s best, making it the most modern manufacturing plant for pharmaceutical and healthcare products in the country today.

Unilab executives led by Jocelyn Campos Hess gave Mrs. Arroyo a tour of the plant and briefed her on the various stages of manufacturing medicines. The President was informed about the plant’s state-of-the-art air filtration system to ensure that its facilities are 100 percent or close to 100 percent dust and bacteria free.

“This ensures that utmost care is taken by the company to provide the consumers with clean, high quality medicines,” Nestor Felicio, Unilab vice president for strategic manufacturing and supply chain management, told Mrs. Arroyo.

The new plant has a total building area of 24,000 sq. meters, with a 5,500-sq. meter single floor interstitial machine room, a 4,000-sq. meter warehouse for common materials and finished goods, a quality assurance laboratory, and a two-storey administration building.

It produces mostly prescription medicine, and has a projected annual capacity of more than one billion tablets a year. Unilab, and now through Amherst, manufactures Biogesic, Hydrite rehydration salts, Dolfenal and Lormide tablet, among others.

^^ good news! :okay: dami talagang companies jan sa technopark, sta. rosa.

mag e-expand rin daw po ang Toyota Motors...

see here (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=70244)

^^ good news! :okay: dami talagang companies jan sa technopark, sta. rosa.

hindi lang companies, pati mga townships! anjan ang south forbes, ayala westgrove heights, bel-air.. i heard nga that south forbes' city center will "ape" the ayala center in makati... with giant malls and skyscrapers... haha!:lol:

go sta. rosa!

^ Ayala also has a 1,600 hectare + property in Canlubang and they're planning to launch it within the year

^ Ayala also has a 1,600 hectare + property in Canlubang and they're planning to launch it within the year

I think Ayala will develop this in partnership with the Yulo family of Iloilo. The Yulos own vast properties in Canlubang.


"Miriam Katigbak, head of signature projects of ALI's strategic landbank management group, said the company is optimistic on the development of a 1,696-hectare property in Canlubang, Laguna.

In partnership with the Yulo family, Katigbak said the Canlubang property will be launched in the third quarter of 2007.

The Canlubang property will house residential, office and retail projects and a business process outsourcing campus to be located at the center. The project will also be built in a Laguna lake area."

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=71685

Yup.

" ALI has allotted P16.2 billion for capital expenditure this year for its other properties, the bulk of which would fund residential and shopping center developments.

Company president Jaime I. Ayala said the company will launch 27 residential projects this year located in various parts of Luzon like Antipolo, Bulacan, and Canlubang. It would also open the Trinoma Mall in Quezon City this May and expand Greenbelt Cebu and Ayala Center Cebu."

Source: http://businessmirror.com.ph/03292007/headlines03.html

"The firm will also be expanding Asiatown I.T. Park, which has become the BPO/IT capital of the south and begin construction on the Canlubang Business and Technology Campus towards the end of the year.

Ayala said they will also have a host of projects that will prime development in its three strategic landbank areas in Makati, Bonifacio Global City, and Canlubang.

In Makati, work has already begun on implementing the first phases of the redevelopment of Ayala Center, which will continue in earnest through the course of the year.

ALI will also continue driving growth in land values through additional priming activity in Bonifacio Global City, with a particular emphasis on building-up the area as a business district.

And in Canlubang, ALI will be bringing to market the first phases of the development towards the end of the year, beginning with the grand launch of the master plan which captures its vision for the community.

All three of ALI’s residential brands will also be simultaneously launching projects in Canlubang in the third quarter, said Ayala."

Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS2007032990677.html

"Miriam Katigbak, head of signature projects of ALI's strategic landbank management group, said the company is optimistic on the development of a 1,696-hectare property in Canlubang, Laguna.

In partnership with the Yulo family, Katigbak said the Canlubang property will be launched in the third quarter of 2007.

The Canlubang property will house residential, office and retail projects and a business process outsourcing campus to be located at the center. The project will also be built in a Laguna lake area."

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=71685

sayang lang na hindi pwede i-demolish lahat ng mga bahay sa old national hgwy kasi naman hgwy......2 lanes lang grabe

nice photos mhe-ann. keep shooting!:)

we had a workshop at lagos del sol last october, siempre di tayo paawat sa pag-take ng pics :D

lake caliraya...
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lagos del sol resort...
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:)

I've drove through here before.....a lake on top of the mountain.....ganda talaga

^ Yeah, napakaganda, grabe. Btw, Lake Caliraya is the most elevated lake in Asia?

mag e-expand rin daw po ang Toyota Motors...

see here (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=70244)

Great for Sta. Rosa! :okay:

Natutuwa ako dito kasi first class city agad siya ng maging city. Wala lang. Amazing. Hehe

Great for Sta. Rosa! :okay:

Natutuwa ako dito kasi first class **** agad siya ng maging ****. Wala lang. Amazing. Hehe

ako din bilib sa sta rosa.. dami kong nababasang mga developments ***

^^ Bilib rin ako sa Sta. Rosa, truly a model city sa CALABARZON region. But they have to make it good because Canlubang will have it's boom pretty soon. =)

actually adjacent to each other naman ang sta.rosa and canlubang... malay natin in the near future we will have a "metro manila"-like area in laguna, composed of binan, sta. rosa and canlubang.... wehehe...:)

^^ if that is the case idamay mo na rin ang adjacent towns of cavite---carmona, GMA & silang...:lol:

^ If that's the case, hintayin nalang ninyo na sakupin at isabilang sa Metro Manila ang Calabarzon at Central Luzon :yes:

greetings!

Its been long time since i last posted here in SSC.

anyway, i'd just like to announce that Mt. Makiling will be closed during this holy week (until April 8) due to still possible dangers left by typhoon milenyo last september 2006. This would cover the trail/road from the T.R.E.E.S., College of Forestry and Natural Resources, UPLB up to Peak 2. The Boy Scouts of the Philippines and National Arts Center roads will still be open (as far as i know, coz we'll be doing our annual maundy thursday jog there instead since our usual route will be closed)

also,the 5th ASEAN Inter Club Age Group Swimming Chamionships is being held at Trace Aquatic Center, LB (April 3-8) while a Summer Science Clinic is being held at UPLB.

^^ if that is the case idamay mo na rin ang adjacent towns of cavite---carmona, GMA & silang...:lol:

nakakatuwa talaga ang laguna at cavite,, ung mga towns talgang umaarangkada,samin sa pampnga angeles at san fernando lang. ung mga towns napagiiwanan na.. but i love my province

^^ Dasma ang sasakop dyan sa GMA, Silang at Carmona! hehe. :D joke.

from NEDA-REGION IV-A (CALABARZON):

Population catchment areas... eto ata un "metro" regions/groupings for calabarzon...

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2550/urbannj1.png

^^ Pansin ko napasama yung San Pablo City sa Metro Quezon. :D

Repost:

Pa-share lang ako. Pasensya na kung amateur pa ung shots. :colgate:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/kevinb_3410/Laguna/palmdrive.jpg
Royal Palm Drive, UPLB

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/kevinb_3410/Laguna/kwek-kwektower.jpg
Centennial ***** (?), UPLB

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Saint John the Baptist Church, Calamba ****

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bench at the back of Rizal's house, Calamba ****

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CCP Hostel, UPLB

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/kevinb_3410/Laguna/hauntedverbum2.jpg
Verbum House, UPLB

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Carillion *****, UPLB

^^ Pansin ko napasama yung San Pablo City sa Metro Quezon. :D

Carry lang un. Nasa boundary naman na kasi ng Quezon and Laguna ang San Pablo eh. And if I'm not mistaken, malapit na sa part ng Quezon ang CBD niya.

^^ Di ko lang ma-imagine ano itatawag sa kanya. San Pablo City, Metro Quezon o Metro Laguna. :D Anyway, magme-merge naman malamang ang Metro Laguna at Quezon.

^^ Metro Lucena 'ata tawag dun. Hindi ko lang sigurado.

^^ pls note guys... the map only represent "population catchment basins" and not metro regions... IMO this means dito ang magiging concentration ng population sa calabarzon, but metro regions will still be classified per province...
sa case ng metro regions, wala ang Sn. Pablo kasi parang stand alone sya unlike Metro Lucena, Metro Batangas, Metro Lipa, Metro Dasma, etc. where the contigious towns are incorporated to become a Metro region.

Sunday, April 08, 2007
Laguna is fastest growing province in S. Tagalog


REELECTIONIST Senator Edgardo Angara has commended Laguna province for maintaining its status as the fastest-growing province in the Southern Tagalog region.

Angara noted that Laguna is contributing 11.79 percent of the region's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the biggest share in the GDP outside of Manila.

He attributed this big contribution to the province's tourist attractions and agricultural ventures.

"Laguna has a balanced agro-industrial economy that is very close to Metro Manila, and at the same time, it offers varied tourism destinations like hot springs, lakes, water falls, forests and fisheries," Angara said.

He cited records showing that Laguna has the second highest number of registered tourists in Southern Tagalog in 2005, just 250,000 visitors less than the registered visitors in Cavite in the same year.

The senator also noted that the province is now becoming a center of economic activity in Southern Tagalog by hosting almost half of the region's manufacturing businesses.

"Business in the area is building up as shown by the presence of several industrial estates designed for handling small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in textile manufacturing, electronics, food processing, industrial machines, and car assembly," he explained.

Angara, a former agriculture secretary, also pointed out that Laguna's economic progress has been enhanced by its potential as the fruit basket of Southern Tagalog.

"Sweet tropical fruits abound in Laguna. These are the lanzones from Paete; pineapple from Calauan; and chico, banana, mango, rambutan and avocado from Sta. Cruz. Indeed, Laguna has been a top contributor to our country's national income, not only through its industrial production, tourism but also through its agricultural harvests," he said. (CPB/Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2007/04/08/feat/laguna.is.fastest.growing.province.in.s..tagalog.html

hi! just wanna share my pics of enchanted kingdom.. enjoy talaga ako sa mga rides lalo na sa space shuttle.. :cheers:

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pa post din ako.. photos from my visita iglesia in Laguna..

1. Santa Rosa Laguna
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/ericd001/Image00003-5.jpg
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2. Cabuyao
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/ericd001/66010010.jpg

3. Calamba
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/ericd001/66010013.jpg
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4, Pila
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/ericd001/66010031.jpg
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Relic of San Antonio de Padua

5. los banos
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6 Liliw
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7 Magdalena
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