Biliran, Leyte, and Southern Leyte Provinces [Archive] - Page 110

metrogurl11

January 17th, 2010, 05:31 AM

Turnout of Comelec extended registration describes as low Written by Leyte Samar Daily Express Author
Friday, 15 January 2010

By JOEY A. GABIETA
Staff writer
1/16/10

TACLOBAN CITY - The extended registration conducted by the Commission on Elections in Eastern Visayas had only netted over 7,000 new voters, a turnout described as “low” by Regional Director Jose Nick Mendros.

Last December, the Comelec conducted an extended registration among qualified voters based on the decision of the Supreme Court which upheld a petition by a youth group.

Here in the region, the five-day registration, which ended last December 29, resulted for 7,810 new voters, Mendros said.

“It was low,” the regional director said, referring to the turnout of qualified voters who flocked to the various local poll offices in the region.

Mendros had earlier expressed his opposition in the conduct of an extended registration saying that it would affect their schedule relative to the conduct of the May 10 elections on top of the fact of his projection that only very few would avail such undertaking.

“But we are a collegiate body. We have no option but to follow the order,” he said.

During the extended registration, it was learned that several towns in the region yielded less than 10 new voters.

In fact, in one town, Maslog in Eastern Samar, not a single person had availed the extended registration. At present, the registered voters of the said town stand at 2,965.

Among the towns which have less than 10 persons who trooped to their respective Comelec offices during the extended registration were Gandara, two; San Jose de Buan, three, both in Samar province; Padre Burgos, seven, Pintuyan, eight and San Ricardo, nine, all towns located in Southern Leyte.

Meantime, Tacloban City posted the highest number of individuals who availed the extended registration with 678 voters. At present, the city has 101,120 qualified voters. Catbalogan City was second with 236 followed by Maasin City at 118.

The following have at least 100 or more persons who availed of the extended registration: Matuguinao (112) and Basey (101), both in Samar; Palompon, 110; Palo (109), Carigara, (109) and Baybay City, (100), all in Leyte.

The 7, 810 voters who have enlisted during the extended registration would boost the region’s current registered voters of 2,432,370, the records of the Comelec-8 reveals.

Leyte had the biggest number of individuals who availed the extended registration at 3,085 followed by Samar with 1,595; Northern Samar, 1, 322; Eastern Samar, 872; Southern Leyte,660 and Biliran, 276.

Among its six provinces, Leyte has the biggest number of registered voters at more than 1,027,709 followed by Samar with 449,123 voters.

Northern Samar has 343,579, Eastern Samar (265,810), Southern Leyte (247,598) and Biliran (98,551).

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orville1ph

January 17th, 2010, 05:39 AM

CONGRATS SA NEW THREAD!!! Looking forward to a fruitful and more captivating thread ahead :cheers: :)

orville1ph

January 17th, 2010, 05:52 AM

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^^ this is isla verde where it was teeming with illegal settlers before the ormoc tragedy. it was in this area where most people perished in the flood

^^ ormoc is so different now.. wala na yung bahid of the tragedy that happened in 1991... san ba yung Isla Verde that was widely devastated before?

Linguine

January 17th, 2010, 07:16 AM

^^^^^^^^

Thanks for the nice pics of Ormoc, I miss the imposing view of Hotel Don Felipe and the Astrodome while coming to port.......:)

jyvo_rez

January 17th, 2010, 07:33 AM

THANKS @MARS UY FOR POSTING PICTURES OF OUR CITY! :)
VIVA PIT SEÑOR!!!

Mars Uy

January 17th, 2010, 08:14 AM

^^You're welcome Kuya Rez! Naeksakto lang na nagfield trip kami kahapon. We also went to the Ormoc Pineapple Farm, HISUMCO Sugar Mill, and Patag Sugarcane Plantation. Kahit hindi nagcooperate yung weather it was fun. :D I-post ko mamaya yung ibang pictures ko. :)

carl_vilches21

January 17th, 2010, 11:22 AM

Salamat sa Ormoc pictures Mars! Kaupay hit Ormoc.:D

Sana ayusin na ng Hotel Don Felipe ang exterior nila.:D BTW, when was Hotel Don Felipe built?

bukid

January 17th, 2010, 11:22 AM

tikang han nagbarato na an plane. ray na ak agi-agi ha ormoc. danay bagan nakakamingaw gad liwat it hitsura hit ormoc pero bis anhon plane la gihap ak yana kay mas convenient ngan cheaper kumpara hit mag via ormoc ak.

carl_vilches21

January 17th, 2010, 11:23 AM

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What building is this?

Mars Uy

January 17th, 2010, 11:48 AM

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Mars Uy

January 17th, 2010, 12:33 PM

carl_vilches21

January 17th, 2010, 12:46 PM

^^
Han 2007 pa an last ako nga nakada. Lots of memories happened. Both good and bad.:lol:

Salamat na lwiat ha pictures Mars.

may "copyright" na gud.:lol:

carl_vilches21

January 17th, 2010, 12:48 PM

Bagan mauran man Mars han iyo pag fieldtrip ngadto.

Mars Uy

January 17th, 2010, 02:05 PM

^^
Han 2007 pa an last ako nga nakada. Lots of memories happened. Both good and bad.:lol:

Salamat na lwiat ha pictures Mars.

may "copyright" na gud.:lol:

The place is beautiful as in! Yes maulan kahapon we used a tractor papunta sa pineapple farm. Pero ok naman enjoy. hehhee

Syempre kay bangin kawaton. :lol:feeling pro. :lol:

demonoid724

January 17th, 2010, 02:05 PM

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^^ ang ganda... love the shots...

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yung isla verde ba malapit sa port? pagbaba namin kasi sa supercat terminal, diretso na agad kami to tacloban so di na kami nakapagikot sa ormoc aside from the road going out of the port...

back in 2004, medyo di pa ganyan ang ormoc... but im surprised ang laki na talaga ng pinagbago ng ormoc...

yung wife ng pinsan ko is also from leyte btw.. malapit sila dun sa st.bernard where another tragedy happened in 2006 but luckily di naman sila nadamay..

urban Iegend

January 17th, 2010, 02:16 PM

guys, pagkita kamo RHTV yana (FilProducts Ch 37) Tacloban ngan Leyte it ira ginfifeature :D

^^
nvm.. kakatapos la :lol:

Linguine

January 17th, 2010, 02:44 PM

urban Iegend

January 17th, 2010, 03:00 PM

Ormoc ulit :D (from flickr)

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Linguine

January 17th, 2010, 03:18 PM

Mars Uy

January 17th, 2010, 03:38 PM

I was awed when I saw their new city hall up close. :) Ang ganda grabe!

mao rong

January 17th, 2010, 04:26 PM

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae168/parapananggut/183_4911.jpg

^^mayda Mang Inasal na ha Ormoc?

Green Arrow

January 17th, 2010, 04:53 PM

I was awed when I saw their new city hall up close. :) Ang ganda grabe!

SALAMAT MARS SA PICTURES NG ORMOC, I WAS THERE LAST DEC. 28, BEEN TO GAISANO...LOVELY CITY, THE PHOTOS SPEAK FOR ITSELF...DAMO AN TRICYCLE...SUMAKAY KAMI HIN TRICYCLE FROM TERMINAL TIKADTO HA GAISANO...MAS MABILIS PA AN PABALIK NAMIN SA TERMINAL NGA NAGLAKAT LA LUGOD KAMI...GRABE KA CONGESTED IT IRA STREETS KA DAMO NG TRICYCLE...:)

ijun

January 17th, 2010, 06:40 PM

WoW - Tacloban City

Two close friends once told me, "kabaw ray ayo sa Leyte" (only the carabaos are good in Leyte). Never been to Leyte myself, I raised a skeptic brow. I thought they were just unhappy with their boyfriends then who were from Leyte. That was almost ten years ago, now I'm assigned in Tacloban City, Leyte.

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Although dubbed as the home of Waray Waray Gang, this city is really very friendly. As I walked the downtown area, taking pictures as I go with my mobile phone, it felt like Colon Street back home, although its safer here. This is the street I often walked while buying groceries in Leyte Asia Trading, going out for dinner or just whiling away the time in Gaisano. See the yellow lines? You can only cross the streets between those lines. On the second night of my stay here, I got caught jaywalking. I was lucky that the traffic enforcer was lenient.

The food in Tacloban cost more than some places I've been to. I often asked my officemates why it's like that when Eastern Visayas is very rich in seafoods and rice. Some say its because they export to other provinces to get better prices. While others say its because the road networks outside the city are not good therefore making it costly to transport food supplies.

Still, I have my favorite dining places. In addition to Jollibee, Mc Donald's and Chowking, I often order lunch and dinner from Kitchenitos, Ritz Tower, Farenheit and Cindys. When I feel a little extravagant, I would go to Fiesta Grill along Justice Romualdez St. and order baked scallops, fried kangkong and tinola na isda (fish soup). Or I would go to this little resto on Burgos St called Sunzibar. I especially liked to order the House Salad, Jerk Bangus and Redberry Iced Tea.

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For lunch meetings, our office would treat our guests to Ocho Seafood. It is a very well known restaurant located along Senator Enage St. It is a favorite among visitors not only for its delicous food but also for its fast service. For desserts, you can buy yummy cakes and pastries from Elena’s Bakeshop. The city also has other bakeshops like Goldilocks, Mr. Donuts, Julies Bakeshop and Dunkin Donuts.

One can find numerous accommodations in Tacloban City. Ranging from pension houses like GV Hotel and Royal Suites to hotels like the Asian Stars Hotel, Dynasty Hotel, the quaint Hotel Alejandro, the Spanish style Leyte Park Hotel and the state-owned Mc Arthur Park Beach Resort. While having our Family Day in Mc Arthur Park Beach Resort, I had a grand time listening to the sea, feeling the breeze and walking along the beach.

My company was kind enough to let me stay at the staffhouse. I had an airconditioned room with its own toilet, a cable TV, a refrigerator and when I’m lucky, my laptop can sometimes get wifi signal from our office downstairs. I shared these with two other female officemates.

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Plazas (parks), tricycles and basketball courts are facts of Philippine towns. While walking along the Plaza Rizal, I found this scene. Tricycle drivers parked their vehicles inside the plaza to shoot some balls. For me riding tricycles are the best way to go around town. The fare is only P6.00 and the vehicle can wave fast through traffic in downtown area. Plaza Rizal hosts many night entertainments in the city that are shown in the AAC 24 in Leyte Cablenet. Just last night, there were live bands playing and I could hear it all from my room.

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Another fact of the Filipino life is the jeepney. I have yet to visit a town in the country with no jeepney. These public utility vehicles ply the route within the highways of the city. Metro Tacloban has a taxi equivalent called Spider. It is a multi-transport hybrid of a multicab. It is fast & economical, sleek & comfortable and with 24 hours service. I have yet to ride one. Driver Noli, was kind enough to offer a mock ride for picture taking but I declined. If you need a ride around the city, you can contact him at 053-3410129 or 0929-2692462.

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The Philippines, being a predominantly Christian country is home to hundreds of churches. The ones closest to my place are the Sto. Nino Church and United Church of Christ along Zamora St. The prayer room of the Sto. Nino Church is open from 7am to 7pm. Within the church compound, you will find five bells which I think used to grace the bellfries. You could also find a small monument with this epitaph " Choose life, God's precious gift".

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zlH336WSvic/SXxYc_XqSPI/AAAAAAAAADA/CT5ZP7gW2NI/s200/DSC00241.JPG The first thing that caught my eye in Tacloban City is the presence of lovely white edifices used as offices for commerce and sporting colorful ads. Somehow, it seems tragic to me.

Below is a picture of the Mc Arthur Shrine in Candahug, Palo. I've been there and the sea breeze feels nice. The park on which the shrine is built is well maintained. Families, lovers and friends are often seen there in the afternoons.

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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zlH336WSvic/SYArJm-9jvI/AAAAAAAAADY/zMuLTx5-w2k/s200/100_3896scenicdarker.jpg Here's an aerial shot of the longest bridge in the country, the San Juanico Bridge - 2.16 kilometers long. Its unique shape is amazing. On the part near Leyte, it is shaped as an L. While curving to an S when nearing the Samar province.

Leyte, particularly Tacloban City, has been my surrogate home for more than a year now. I have found many good things in this province and can even speak a smattering of Waray. This place is a work in progress. In 2009, a few call centers are opening up as well as the Robinsons Mall. The city is now a classified as highly urbanized after the December 18, 2008 plebiscite.

Only the carabaos are good in Leyte? Not to me :)

Posted by miyay at 6:48 AM
SOURCE; http://miyay-iwanttotravel.blogspot.com/2009/01/wow-tacloban-city.html

jpdm

January 18th, 2010, 01:51 AM

Ang linis ng Ormoc, nice shot taken from hotel don felipe...:)

This Bay area is alot better than Manila!

jpdm

January 18th, 2010, 01:53 AM

japogz_dude

January 18th, 2010, 04:45 AM

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City government to construct 3 flyovers
Written by Leyte Samar Daily Express Author
SUNDAY, 17 JANUARY 2010
By JOEY A. GABIETA
Staff writer
1/17/10
TACLOBAN CITY- Soon, flyovers will dot some of the city’s busy streets.

And the construction of these overpasses would mainly help decongest the traffic woes of the city, says Salvador Estudillo, chief of the Traffic Operations, Management, Enforcement and Control Office, during the weekly media forum “Express it at the Park” held at the Leyte Park Resort.

Estudillo said that the planned overpasses would be constructed along the streets of Justice Romualdez, Gomez, Rizal and at Marasbaras district.

The TOMECO chief identified those streets as among the busiest streets in the city where there are heavy volume of traffic.

“We have referred the plan to the City Architect Office for the design and the budget,” Estudillo said.

But he said that planned construction of those overpasses is envisioned to be accomplished within this year.

“Those (structures) will help improve our traffic situation. Motor vehicles on those areas slow down whenever our pedestrians cross the streets. But with an overpass, there will be a smooth flow of the traffic considering that our pedestrians will now use the overpass,” Estudillo said.

According to him, one overpass may cost over P300,000.

“The construction will start within this year,” he said.

Estudillo admitted that because of the worsening traffic situation of Tacloban, their office has devised several schemes to address the problem. And one of them is the construction of flyover or overpass which has been put in place in other big cities in the county like Manila and Cebu.

Aside from constructing overpasses, the city government is also mulling of putting up additional traffic lights along Imelda and Rizal Avenues. Each traffic light costs about P5 million.

The installations of traffic lights in the city over a year ago helped improve its traffic situation.

Estudillo also said that new traffic scheme would also be introduced by the city government anytime soon.

The introduction of this new traffic scheme would be submitted to the members of the city council during their regular session this Wednesday, he said.

He said that all the six rerouting schemes put in place by the city government would be submitted by his office for the members of the city council to reconsider and for them to have a better appreciation of coming up of a new traffic rerouting scheme.

grunge_2009

January 18th, 2010, 04:54 AM

^^
thats a good one..

mao rong

January 18th, 2010, 05:08 AM

^^flyovers or overpass?

grunge_2009

January 18th, 2010, 05:23 AM

^^flyovers or overpass?

^^
oo nga nuh..:nuts::lol::lol:

japogz_dude

January 18th, 2010, 05:27 AM

^^flyovers or overpass?

i think overpass la e2..

Linguine

January 18th, 2010, 06:22 AM

mao rong

January 18th, 2010, 08:14 AM

^^
oo nga nuh..:nuts::lol::lol:

i think overpass la e2..

^^upayon la nira...ayaw unta nira ig construct ha dapit hit mga building nga maghusay ha downtown

ijun

January 18th, 2010, 12:10 PM

Nice write up, thanks for posting @ijun, I like to visit Tacloban again, eat breakfast at Mcdo while watching people at the pier and the bay getting busy starting their day.....:)

^^^^
i agree with you tito @Linguine, nakakahome-sick talaga ìtong article nato. miss ko na toloy ang Tacloban. thanks to @miyay, the author of that article.

2d0k

January 18th, 2010, 01:44 PM

Aside from constructing overpasses, the city government is also mulling of putting up additional traffic lights along Imelda and Rizal Avenues. Each traffic light costs about P5 million.

EACH traffic light? P5 million?:nuts:

urban Iegend

January 18th, 2010, 01:49 PM

^^
title pala han article sayop sayopan na.. GJ, Joey Gabieta.. :lol:

pthfndr19

January 18th, 2010, 02:01 PM

EACH traffic light? P5 million?:nuts:

^^

Ang mahal nman ng traffic light..... wala pa nga 1 million yan e.. tsk tsk:ohno::bash:

urban Iegend

January 18th, 2010, 02:30 PM

^^
siguro yung 5m ay isang intersection na.. sa bawat intersection kasi may 6 traffic lights + 8 pedestrian lights

[earthling]

January 18th, 2010, 02:40 PM

jyvo_rez

January 18th, 2010, 02:45 PM

^^mayda Mang Inasal na ha Ormoc?

Soon to open at Gaisano Capital Ormoc.:)

ijun

January 18th, 2010, 03:04 PM

Soon to open at Gaisano Capital Ormoc.:)

^^^^
that's great...1st o 2nd branch na ba ini hya dida ha Ormoc?
musta kuya @jyvo?
musta dida ha ormoc, any new developments for the City?
musta an City Hall han Ormoc? cguro bonggang-bongga it ira interior...may pixies ka? share it plz....

mao rong

January 18th, 2010, 03:23 PM

Soon to open at Gaisano Capital Ormoc.:)

^^wow...that's good news...:)

urban Iegend

January 18th, 2010, 03:52 PM

^^
dba magkaka-ada na adto McDo ha Ormoc?

mao rong

January 18th, 2010, 04:27 PM

^^uu pala...ambot kun nadayon na....

ijun

January 18th, 2010, 05:01 PM

^^
siguro yung 5m ay isang intersection na.. sa bawat intersection kasi may 6 traffic lights + 8 pedestrian lights

^^^^
plus....kickback....plus....kickback....plus....plus
heheheheh!

ijun

January 18th, 2010, 08:22 PM

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City gov't to construct 6 mini-gyms in different barangays costing P16M

Written by Leyte Samar Daily Express Author
Sunday, 17 January 2010
1/17/10

TACLOBAN CITY- The City Government here will construct six mini-gymnasiums in different barangays in this city this year to the tune of P16 million.

This was disclosed by Executive Assistant Eduardo Manadong in an interview Friday.

“The city government has lined up several multi-million infrastructure projects for this year, and one of them is the putting up of mini-gyms in six different barangays in the city,” he said.

Manadong said that three of the proposed mini-gyms will be put up in barangays in the northern part of the city while the rest will be built in other areas of Tacloban.

He identified the six barangays where new mini-gyms will be put up as Barangays 99 (Diit), 37-A (Palanog), 94-A (Basper), 74 (Nula-tula), 51 (Magallanes), and 88 (San Jose).

Manadong disclosed that the city government has already set aside P16 million for the construction of the six proposed mini-gyms.

He stated that P4 million each was allocated for the mini-gyms projects in Nula-tula and San Jose, while P2 million each was earmarked for the proposed gym projects in Diit, Magallanes, Palanog and Basper.

The executive assistant said the target date for implementation of the mini-gym projects is the first quarter of 2010.

“The projects will be bidded out in the second week of February, and construction work could begin by the first week of March,” he said.

Manadong said that once the six projects will be completed it will bring to 14 the number of prefab-type mini-gyms constructed by the administration of City Mayor Alfred Romualdez since last year.

Earlier, the city government completed the construction of eight mini-gyms, five of which are located in the northern barangays.

Those eight are the mini-gyms constructed in Barangays 106 (Sto. Niño), 12 (GE Palanog); 103 (Palanog); 107 (Sta. Elena), 105 (San Isidro), 60 (Sagkahan), 83-A (Burayan), and 68 (Anibong).

Manadong, who was tasked by Mayor Romualdez to monitor the implementation of infrastructure projects, said that the city government prioritized the mini-gym projects because of their importance and benefit to people in the barangays.

“Mini-gyms serve as a venue for a variety of important activities in the barangays like graduations, meetings and sports and youth activities,” he pointed out. (CIO- RODRIGUEZ T. SEÑASE)

SOURCE:http://leytesamardaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10021&Itemid=233

bukid

January 18th, 2010, 08:31 PM

ijun

January 18th, 2010, 09:19 PM

ano? flyover? kaguguti na ngani hit mga dalan ha tacloban bubutangan pa hin flyover? ta man iton. di iton it sadang nga solution kay it paghimo hin fly-over nanginginahanglan gad gihap iton hin haruhaluag nga dalan kaysa hit ada yana ha tacloban. bis ngani ha cebu di man hira nagpipinanbutang hin fly-over kun dri hiya at least 6 lanes. ha tacloban it mga dalan mga 4lanes man la iton. kun gusto tumawad ibutang ta 5lanes. kaguti la gihap kahuman mag fly-over. atara dama. naiimagine ko la magraraot la mang ga it hitsura hit tacloban hiton. it solution pagpahaluag hit dalan o efficient transportation system ngan diri fly-over.

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amo na, malipong ngani ini nga article kay bagan flyover or overpass it guinyayakan...."flyover" (as we all know) are those structure established as road network diverting the flow of traffic of vehicles to a certain destination...."overpass" (as we all know too) are those structures mainly for pedestrian crossing over the road on a heavy traffic flow road network.

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City government to construct 3 flyovers
Written by Leyte Samar Daily Express Author
SUNDAY, 17 JANUARY 2010
By JOEY A. GABIETA
Staff writer
1/17/10
TACLOBAN CITY- Soon, flyovers will dot some of the city’s busy streets.

And the construction of these overpasses would mainly help decongest the traffic woes of the city.....

But he said that planned construction of those overpasses is envisioned to be accomplished within this year.

“Those (structures) will help improve our traffic situation. Motor vehicles on those areas slow down whenever our pedestrians cross the streets. But with an overpass, there will be a smooth flow of the traffic considering that our pedestrians will now use the overpass,” Estudillo said.

According to him, one overpass may cost over P300,000.

“The construction will start within this year,” he said.

Estudillo admitted that because of the worsening traffic situation of Tacloban, their office has devised several schemes to address the problem. And one of them is the construction of flyover or overpass which has been put in place in other big cities in the county like Manila and Cebu.

^^^^
with that certain amount of P300,000 for every overpass I guess it is a pedestrian overpass just like what we have in Jaro Drive and LNU.

....flyover in downtown area of Tacloban is inappropriate and aesthetically/architecturally bad. baka maging urban jungle it Tacloban if ever it will pursue...

jyvo_rez

January 19th, 2010, 12:17 AM

^^^^
that's great...1st o 2nd branch na ba ini hya dida ha Ormoc?
musta kuya @jyvo?
musta dida ha ormoc, any new developments for the City?
musta an City Hall han Ormoc? cguro bonggang-bongga it ira interior...may pixies ka? share it plz....

1st in Ormoc,
Ok lang me @ijun, medyo busy sa work. Musta din?
Hindi ko pa napasok para kumuha ng pics, so far landscaping yung ginagawa.

urban Iegend

January 19th, 2010, 02:19 AM

"Justice Romualdez, Gomez, Rizal and at Marasbaras district"

siguro it ha Justice aada ha atubang hit Gaisano Central.. Gomez, ha highway... Rizal, ha McDo... Marasbaras, ha RPT.

bukid

January 19th, 2010, 08:39 AM

haligot na ngani it dalan ha tacloban bubutangan pa hin overpass. pati ba naman it gomez? pakatuyaw man hiton. overacting na liwat iton. ano man it nakakaiha hiton pagtalabok dida ha gomez nga di man it mag-iiha pagtalabok kay guti man la it dalan dida ngan one way man ngani iton kun ray ak masasayop. di nala ak mareklamo hiton igbubutang ha justice. pero over na liwat kun hasta it rizal nga halipot la nga dalan bubutangan pa gud. it nga mga city planner mga bubudlot bangin damo ada it sobra nga oras ray nabubuhat o di ba bangin nanonobra it kuarta nangangatol it kamot nga magastos.

mao rong

January 19th, 2010, 09:05 AM

^^ok la ha ak...kay pag rush hours traffic hin duro ha gomez...:D...magiging maraksot la gud ma kay masuok...

ijun

January 19th, 2010, 11:01 AM

[earthling]

January 19th, 2010, 02:54 PM

it LNU ngan Anibong nga overpass kay maraksot....:lol:

wt bout hn arch nga igconstruct ht mga enrty points ht ciudad, myda na news?

mao rong

January 19th, 2010, 03:40 PM

^^again ma traffic talaga ha gomez pag rush hours ngan makuri pag tabok...it resulta na duroy la lugod it traffic ....:)

urban Iegend

January 19th, 2010, 04:28 PM

^^^^
amo na, gastos la ngan nakakaruba hit kadalanan.
kun ira nala guin himo parupareho han Ayala Ave. and Quiapo underpass in Makati and Manila respectively. mas mahusay ko pa pagkitaon ngan butangan nira hin mga stalls just like in Quiapo, Manila.

ayda anay nira it drainage :lol:

[earthling]

January 19th, 2010, 04:33 PM

ayda anay nira it drainage :lol:

and widen the roads....:)

urban Iegend

January 19th, 2010, 04:37 PM

imposible na ito ha downtown... damodamoan pa naman it diri nasunod hit building code..

kun pwede daw la ig pwersa pagparelocate ha ira ha bago nga master planned CBD :lol:

[earthling]

January 19th, 2010, 05:12 PM

imposible na ito ha downtown... damodamoan pa naman it diri nasunod hit building code..

kun pwede daw la ig pwersa pagparelocate ha ira ha bago nga master planned CBD :lol:

ito nga new CBD kay hirayo liwat, aadto ha northern barangay according to ex-Mayor Bejo...abucay unta adto an mas maupay nga place or ha manlurip going to Mac Arthur Park, kay haluag it lot ngadto ht city (kono)....:)

oboi

January 19th, 2010, 10:32 PM

Hey guys! I'm thinking of visiting Tacloban sometime next month. Need help in planning for my 2-day itinerary there. Also, any good budget hotels there that you can suggest? Thanks! :)

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 06:46 AM

^^ there's a small pension house at real st. near santo nino shrine. i think it's called casa real. it's less than 600 a night. very cheap compared to the more known hotel in the city. but if you want a more classy with nice lobby. you can go for those expensive ones, they're probably a little over 1,000.

demonoid724

January 20th, 2010, 02:59 PM

^^ maganda din sa hotel d'angelo...

mao rong

January 20th, 2010, 03:07 PM

Hey guys! I'm thinking of visiting Tacloban sometime next month. Need help in planning for my 2-day itinerary there. Also, any good budget hotels there that you can suggest? Thanks! :)

^^ there's a small pension house at real st. near santo nino shrine. i think it's called casa real. it's less than 600 a night. very cheap compared to the more known hotel in the city. but if you want a more classy with nice lobby. you can go for those expensive ones, they're probably a little over 1,000.

^^ maganda din sa hotel d'angelo...

^^less than 1K: Rosvenil...Budget Hotel (malapit sa RPT)...Your Home Pensione...royal suites...tacloban plaza...Hotel La Rica...GV Hotel...Hotel D'Angelo (may room sila na less than 1K)

[earthling]

January 20th, 2010, 03:09 PM

^^less than 1K: Rosvenil...Budget Hotel (malapit sa RPT)...Your Home Pensione...royal suites...tacloban plaza...Hotel La Rica...GV Hotel...Hotel D'Angelo (may room sila na less than 1K)

maaram gud bsta para check-in....:lol:

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 03:13 PM

@mao: how much is less than 1k? it might be somewhere 700-900+. nag-inquire ako before sa mga hotel na yan and they gave me tariff ranging from 700-900+. the ones i didnt know is GV pension and royal suites. the rest i know them and have already inquired before. i forgot manhattan inn.

mao rong

January 20th, 2010, 03:17 PM

;50440075']maaram gud bsta para check-in....:lol:

^^syempre...:D

@mao: how much is less than 1k? it might be somewhere 700-900+. nag-inquire ako before sa mga hotel na yan and they gave me tariff ranging from 700-900+. the ones i didnt know is GV pension and royal suites. the rest i know them and have already inquired before. i forgot manhattan inn.

^^sugad hito na price range...:D

[earthling]

January 20th, 2010, 03:17 PM

it pnka d'best tlga is rosevenil pensione...wary na iba.....:lol:
jz check in at their new bldg. and wthin the compound la pgod nra it Socsargen Grill....nkaqkamiss ang grilled gindara nila...:)

mao rong

January 20th, 2010, 03:19 PM

^^yup ok an new na rosvenil comparable ira mga rooms ha mga hotels...even better pa nga...:D

demonoid724

January 20th, 2010, 03:23 PM

is hotel alejandro the oldest in tacloban?

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 03:26 PM

is hotel alejandro the oldest in tacloban?

as a hotel, i dont think so.

as a house, it's probably one of the old ones in the city but i believe it had been through lots of renovations already.

mao rong

January 20th, 2010, 03:39 PM

^^yup

demonoid724

January 20th, 2010, 03:46 PM

as a hotel, i dont think so.

as a house, it's probably one of the old ones in the city but i believe it had been through lots of renovations already.

^^its good they were able to preserve the house itself and turned it into a museum, an added attraction..

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 03:50 PM

^^thanks guys. :)

just wondering... pwede ba ang pedestrians sa San Juanico Bridge? I mean, will they allow me to walk from one end to another - from Leyte to Samar? :D

mao rong

January 20th, 2010, 03:53 PM

^^pwede naman...be careful lang...and don't forget your cam...:D

mao rong

January 20th, 2010, 03:59 PM

enjoy your stay here...if you need help post kalang dito marami tutulong sayo...:)

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 04:03 PM

^^ how about if you be his tour guide. :D

^^its good they were able to preserve the house itself and turned it into a museum, an added attraction..

i think the facade was preserved but the interior had been somewhat renovated to make it more hotel-like. i'm sure you dont want an old house that look as if it's inhabited by a ghost. :)

^^thanks guys. :)

just wondering... pwede ba ang pedestrians sa San Juanico Bridge? I mean, will they allow me to walk from one end to another - from Leyte to Samar? :D

yes, you can but just be careful coz there are fast moving vehicles that use the bridge and the bridge shakes when they pass. and the bridge has no railings that separates the pedestrian from the vehicles. someone should keep watch for in-coming vehicles.

mao rong

January 20th, 2010, 04:05 PM

^^bz sa work....:D

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 04:14 PM

demonoid724

January 20th, 2010, 04:14 PM

^^thanks guys. :)

just wondering... pwede ba ang pedestrians sa San Juanico Bridge? I mean, will they allow me to walk from one end to another - from Leyte to Samar? :D

you might feel a bit dizzy 'cause the bridge is vibrating... nakakalula din tingnan ang san juanico strait sa ibaba. I remember, our bus stopped sa gitna ng bridge for picture taking then we headed on to a place just after the bridge.. i forgot the name of the place, if i can recall it right it was dahlia's garden ba yun... its a high point lagpas sa bridge that has resto on top. then headed on to palo sa memorial ni mcarthur..

basi you like i-tour ta ka, sakpon mo ko galing sa fare haha :lol:

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 04:32 PM

^^i think i'll be alright. nasanay na ako sa matataas na lugar. :D

hindi ako rich. :D kaya on a budget tour ako. :D

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 04:35 PM

^^maraming salamat. :)

maiwan lang ang iba. wag lang ang camera. :lol:

wala palang sidewalk? sige, ill bring early warning devices habang naglalakad dun sa tulay. :D :lol:

ikaw na lng bukid. ayaw ni mao rong eh. busy-busyhan daw. :D

wala ako sa tacloban ngayon eh. :) lam mo na kailangan kumita ng pera.

by the way, may parang sidewalk sya. pero wala syang railing na naghahati sa sidewalk at road. the bridge shakes pero not much naman.

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 04:46 PM

^^takot ka lang ata magpakita ng face mo. :D

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 05:09 PM

^^takot ka lang ata magpakita ng face mo. :D

:D hindi naman basta ba promise mo lang na di mo ipopost dito yung pix ko kapag nakita mo na ako. :D

at wag mong ipagsabi na isa akong koreano ha. maraming bisayang galit sa koreano baka mabugbug ako. :D:D:D

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 06:07 PM

pwede. walang hayden cam. :lol:

paano naman ako? singkit pa naman mata ko. :lol: :bash:

para di OT:

Gaano kalayo ang Jaro, Leyte from Tacloban? Travel time via public transpo.

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 06:16 PM

pwede. walang hayden cam. :lol:

paano naman ako? singkit pa naman mata ko. :lol: :bash:

para di OT:

Gaano kalayo ang Jaro, Leyte from Tacloban? Travel time via public transpo.

sabihin mo lang chinese o japanese ka. :D

yung jaro, mga 30minutes from tacloban yan. bakit ka naman pupunta sa jaro? ang jaro madali mo lang malalaman na yun na yun kasi pagpasok mo madadaanan mo ang sementeryo, paglabas mo sa kabila sementeryo din. napapagitnaan ng dalawang sementeryo ang bayan ng jaro. :)

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 06:29 PM

^^just inquisitive about Jaro, Leyte since I'm from Jaro, Iloilo City. :)

Jaro, now a district, was once a city back in 1891 and later became part of the present day Iloilo City.

Just curious if they have anything in common other than having the same name. :D

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 06:57 PM

^^ yan ang hindi ko alam. baka puedeng makatulong yung mga nasa leyte ngayon. :)

ijun

January 20th, 2010, 06:59 PM

sabihin mo lang chinese o japanese ka. :D

yung jaro, mga 30minutes from tacloban yan. bakit ka naman pupunta sa jaro? ang jaro madali mo lang malalaman na yun na yun kasi pagpasok mo madadaanan mo ang sementeryo, paglabas mo sa kabila sementeryo din. napapagitnaan ng dalawang sementeryo ang bayan ng jaro. :)

^^^^
diri man gad 30 minutes (baga la ngahaw adto Tacloban-Gov't Center, Palo o St. Pauls/Campetic) la it Tacloban-Jaro-vice versa....baka walang traffic. may 3 pa ka bayan madadaanan mo Tacloban-(Palo-Sta.Fe-Alangalang)-Jaro...I guess almost an hour siguro at depende pa sa traffic....

nice dropping by @oboi....sayang wala ako jan magbobolontaryo sana ako maging tour guide mo heheheheeh....anyways, just visit this link if like a tour in our City...here's the links: http://www.taclobanhotels.com/TRAVEL-GUIDE.htm http://www.taclobanhotels.com/TACLOBAN-TRAVEL-PACKAGES.htm

HAVE A PLEASANT STAY IN OUR CITY

.....please don't mind those big billboards and tarpaulins of our lovely / handsome couples in our City malulula ka lang at maiingit ka lang sa ka-SWEETan nilang dalawa, inseparable kasi.:nuts::nuts::nuts:

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 07:04 PM

^^ aw, mga 45 minutes siguro basta di maabot hin one hour. kun paluluparon it sarakyan bagan 30minutes maabot na gad. :D

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 07:11 PM

^^Thanks ijun. Still ironing out my plans. I'm sure I'll get a lot of help from here. Hopefully I can meet some Tacloban/Leyte-based forumers. :)

Almost forgot, how long is the trip to Calbayog, Samar from Tacloban?

bukid

January 20th, 2010, 07:19 PM

^^ i think about 2 and a half hours. but let's try to confirm that from those living in calbayog or catbalogan since they're not that far from each other.

hain naman inin hi carl... may guapo mabisita o, hain ka na? :D

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 07:33 PM

looking for carl? :D

I'll stay put in Tacloban then. I'm initially planning to have my return flight to MLA via Calbayog. It's gonna be MLA-TAC-MLA then. Less hassle, less worries. :D

ijun

January 20th, 2010, 08:22 PM

looking for carl? :D

I'll stay put in Tacloban then. I'm initially planning to have my return flight to MLA via Calbayog. It's gonna be MLA-TAC-MLA then. Less hassle, less worries. :D

^^^^
@carl is busy siguro kasi periodical exams na siguro nila ngayon...hehehe...but I think they're lurking now....sure they'll give you answer once they're online....

taga saan ka talaga @oboi dito sa Leyte o Samar ba?

^^ i think about 2 and a half hours. but let's try to confirm that from those living in calbayog or catbalogan since they're not that far from each other.

hain naman inin hi carl... may guapo mabisita o, hain ka na? :D

^^^^
yup I think 2 hours and half or so it time travel from Tacloban to Calbayog, Samar...

Just tune in to Eat Bulaga, I hooked up to thier segment on (Kahit Sino Pwede) KSP Super-SiReyna edition and one of the contestant is from San Antonio, Basey, Samar. Needless to say, they flash in thier screen stating that contestant no. 02 is from "Samar, Leyte". I was in dismay and disappointed talaga that there are some people parang hindi nila alam HEKASI nila. Elementary geography lang yan hindi pa tama. Naku, pag ganito parati yung conception ng mga kababayan natin (mas lalo na yung mga kababayan at mga dayuhan sa ibang bansa) mahihirapan talaga tayo to promote tourism here in the Region. Kung minsan pa nga nagpapakamalan ang Tacloban City ay nasa Samar dahil sa geographical location nito in-between the two islands. Hope our officials would help out to draw a line and build an image of both islands. Just my two cent lang naman....

ijun

January 20th, 2010, 08:31 PM

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/images/mst/0.jpg

How politics is killing Tacloban
by Bong Austero

I was recently in Tacloban City where I inevitably found myself immersed in pre-election concerns and had a whiff of the stink of local politics.
An unusual spectacle is unfolding in the electoral contest in the city. The incumbent mayor, Alfred Romualdez, is running for re-election. There’s really nothing wrong with his quest for re-election because he has not yet exceeded his term limit. However, his slate includes his father, Bejo Romualdez, who is running for vice mayor. If both win, Tacloban will have a father and son sitting as Mayor and Vice Mayor, respectively.

I know. This situation is not really unusual in this country. Various permutations of political dynasty exist in this country such as husband-and-wife teams sitting as mayor and congressman or father and son sitting as mayor and chairman head of the Sangguniang Kabataan. But I think not very many families have the audacity to actually want to corner both the posts of mayor and vice mayor of the same city.

What adds to the unusual situation is the fact that Bejo Romualdez is the immediate past City Mayor of Tacloban City and he bequeathed the post to his son, the incumbent. In short, he is settling for a lower position in the 2010 elections. The even more twisted thing is that the older Romualdez has been reportedly telling people in campaign sorties that the situation bodes well for Tacloban because this means that the mayor cannot misbehave since he—the father—is watching him.

That’s not it, yet. It gets even more outrageous. Former sexy actress Cristina Romualdez—Alfred’s wife—is also running for re-election as councilor and has made it known that she wants to win as first councilor of the city.

The electorate has irreverently dubbed the trio the Holy Trinity of Tacloban—the son, the father, and the wife. In a rather twisted turn of events, the Romualdezes have latched on to the joke by using the same as some kind of justification for the anomalous situation. The incumbent mayor has been publicly saying that if Catholics don’t have questions about the validity of the concept of the Holy Trinity, then they shouldn’t question Tacloban’s holy trinity. In Alfred’s words: “If there is a Holy Trinity in the Bible, then Tacloban City has its own trinity. Dynasties have existed since the time of Jesus Christ.”

I almost choked on the scallops I was eating when friends and relatives narrated the above to me. There were more reasons for consternation. Everyone had something juicy to contribute to the discussion about how the political situation in Tacloban City has degenerated to absurd levels.

There are 10 slots available for councilor of the city. There are 40 candidates who filed their certificates of candidacies. It stands to reason that anyone running for the post of mayor would field a complete slate. The Romualdez slate, however, is composed of 15 candidates for councilor. The Romualdezes want to convey the impression that they are so loved in Tacloban there’s a long list of people jumping all over themselves to be associated with them. Fielding 15 candidates for the 10 slots increases the chances of cornering majority of the seats of the City council—a highly contentious battleground in the last three years for the incumbent mayor on account of a very strong opposition—but it also smacks of cheap opportunism. What kind of a leader willingly encourages members of his team to openly fight amongst themselves while he watches benevolently waiting to raise the hands of the victors?

Putting up a brave fight against the Romualdezes is media man Bob Abellanosa; the man who for many years read the evening news for the local television channel. Abellanosa is not exactly the first choice among those at the dinner table but most of them were willing to cast their lot behind the guy firmly believing in the mantra “anybody but the Romualdezes.”

The political situation in Tacloban—something that has bordered on the absurd and the comical—has been simmering under the surface for quite some time now. The Romualdezes have only recently returned to power since they were thrown out with the Marcoses after the first Edsa revolution.

All over the city are tarpaulins of the handsome first couple of the city supposedly proclaiming the achievements they have made for the city. The joke among the citizenry is that whatever achievements are printed in the tarpaulins is unreadable as most of the space has been taken up by the huge picture of the very handsome couple. Some critics gleefully proclaim that that’s exactly the major achievements of the couple—they’ve prettified themselves.

The Romualdezes have been at odds with the Petillas for many years now. The Petillas have held sway over the provincial capitol since the matriarch Remedios Matin Petilla became governor a few years after the Romualdezes’ fall from grace. Petilla went on to become congressman and later on as deputy chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation. The current governor of Leyte is her son Jericho Petilla.

The conflict between the Petillas and the Romualdezes has resulted in competition that has reached almost farcical levels— whatever programs for the common people initiated by the provincial government has been replicated by the city government and vice versa. For example, the province has a singing contest designed to discover singing talents. The city government has its own contest, held just a block away from the venue of the provincial contest. Even the backdrops of the two competitions seem to compete amongst themselves in terms of size. The provincial and city governments also compete in terms of who has the better morning exercise sessions.

The city folk have come to see the competition as akin to the kapuso vs kapamilya contest not only because it has become entertaining but more because it has become quite shallow although most concede that the competition has also somehow resulted in more services being offered to citizens.

The problem is that the competition had become dysfunctional in many occasions such as during the most recent city fiesta when the provincial government and the city government hosted their own festivals. Reports have it that the street dancing related to one festival was rudely interrupted because activities related to the other festival cut through the street dancing venue. During the recent Palarong Pambansa, which was hosted by the provincial government, the city government reportedly refused to allow the use of certain facilities owned by the city.

The result of all these is that there is now a seeming exodus to relocate most businesses to the nearby town of Palo, which already hosts most government regional offices. SM is reportedly building its first mall in the region in Palo and the Petilla matriarch, Remedios Petilla, is now running for the post of mayor of the town. There is also the plan to move the provincial capitol to Palo eventually. If all these happen, Tacloban will most like degenerate into a shell of what it used to be and what it could have become. No wonder “have mercy on Tacloban City” is an oft-repeated plea that’s being whispered around by concerned citizens.

SOURCE: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideOpinion.htm?f=2010/january/18/bongaustero.isx&d=2010/january/18

^^^^
1. There is no doubt that people of City of Tacloban loves the Romualdezes since they're the one bring out Tacloban to become a well-known City to the country today.
2. "Holy Trinity?" why not....a son and father and wife tandem....one of a kind di ba? Basta para ha kaupayan hit katawhan hit Tacloban.
3. So, it is confirm that SMPHI has plan to layout their grounds at Palo, Leyte and not in Tacloban City.
4. To Petillas and Romualdezes, let us reconcile just for the sake for the upcoming 2010 Presidential Election....

oboi

January 20th, 2010, 08:55 PM

^^^^
@carl is busy siguro kasi periodical exams na siguro nila ngayon...hehehe...but I think they're lurking now....sure they'll give you answer once they're online....

taga saan ka talaga @oboi dito sa Leyte o Samar ba?

I'm from Iloilo. Manila is my second home. :)

ijun

January 20th, 2010, 09:06 PM

I'm from Iloilo. Manila is my second home. :)

^^^^
I see...any friends...relatives...in Leyte or Samar provinces?
....will then have a pleasant stay in our City....hope you'll have fun.

mao rong

January 21st, 2010, 02:57 AM

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/images/mst/0.jpg

How politics is killing Tacloban
by Bong Austero

I was recently in Tacloban City where I inevitably found myself immersed in pre-election concerns and had a whiff of the stink of local politics.
An unusual spectacle is unfolding in the electoral contest in the city. The incumbent mayor, Alfred Romualdez, is running for re-election. There’s really nothing wrong with his quest for re-election because he has not yet exceeded his term limit. However, his slate includes his father, Bejo Romualdez, who is running for vice mayor. If both win, Tacloban will have a father and son sitting as Mayor and Vice Mayor, respectively.

I know. This situation is not really unusual in this country. Various permutations of political dynasty exist in this country such as husband-and-wife teams sitting as mayor and congressman or father and son sitting as mayor and chairman head of the Sangguniang Kabataan. But I think not very many families have the audacity to actually want to corner both the posts of mayor and vice mayor of the same city.

What adds to the unusual situation is the fact that Bejo Romualdez is the immediate past City Mayor of Tacloban City and he bequeathed the post to his son, the incumbent. In short, he is settling for a lower position in the 2010 elections. The even more twisted thing is that the older Romualdez has been reportedly telling people in campaign sorties that the situation bodes well for Tacloban because this means that the mayor cannot misbehave since he—the father—is watching him.

That’s not it, yet. It gets even more outrageous. Former sexy actress Cristina Romualdez—Alfred’s wife—is also running for re-election as councilor and has made it known that she wants to win as first councilor of the city.

The electorate has irreverently dubbed the trio the Holy Trinity of Tacloban—the son, the father, and the wife. In a rather twisted turn of events, the Romualdezes have latched on to the joke by using the same as some kind of justification for the anomalous situation. The incumbent mayor has been publicly saying that if Catholics don’t have questions about the validity of the concept of the Holy Trinity, then they shouldn’t question Tacloban’s holy trinity. In Alfred’s words: “If there is a Holy Trinity in the Bible, then Tacloban City has its own trinity. Dynasties have existed since the time of Jesus Christ.”

I almost choked on the scallops I was eating when friends and relatives narrated the above to me. There were more reasons for consternation. Everyone had something juicy to contribute to the discussion about how the political situation in Tacloban City has degenerated to absurd levels.

There are 10 slots available for councilor of the city. There are 40 candidates who filed their certificates of candidacies. It stands to reason that anyone running for the post of mayor would field a complete slate. The Romualdez slate, however, is composed of 15 candidates for councilor. The Romualdezes want to convey the impression that they are so loved in Tacloban there’s a long list of people jumping all over themselves to be associated with them. Fielding 15 candidates for the 10 slots increases the chances of cornering majority of the seats of the City council—a highly contentious battleground in the last three years for the incumbent mayor on account of a very strong opposition—but it also smacks of cheap opportunism. What kind of a leader willingly encourages members of his team to openly fight amongst themselves while he watches benevolently waiting to raise the hands of the victors?

Putting up a brave fight against the Romualdezes is media man Bob Abellanosa; the man who for many years read the evening news for the local television channel. Abellanosa is not exactly the first choice among those at the dinner table but most of them were willing to cast their lot behind the guy firmly believing in the mantra “anybody but the Romualdezes.”

The political situation in Tacloban—something that has bordered on the absurd and the comical—has been simmering under the surface for quite some time now. The Romualdezes have only recently returned to power since they were thrown out with the Marcoses after the first Edsa revolution.

All over the city are tarpaulins of the handsome first couple of the city supposedly proclaiming the achievements they have made for the city. The joke among the citizenry is that whatever achievements are printed in the tarpaulins is unreadable as most of the space has been taken up by the huge picture of the very handsome couple. Some critics gleefully proclaim that that’s exactly the major achievements of the couple—they’ve prettified themselves.

The Romualdezes have been at odds with the Petillas for many years now. The Petillas have held sway over the provincial capitol since the matriarch Remedios Matin Petilla became governor a few years after the Romualdezes’ fall from grace. Petilla went on to become congressman and later on as deputy chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation. The current governor of Leyte is her son Jericho Petilla.

The conflict between the Petillas and the Romualdezes has resulted in competition that has reached almost farcical levels— whatever programs for the common people initiated by the provincial government has been replicated by the city government and vice versa. For example, the province has a singing contest designed to discover singing talents. The city government has its own contest, held just a block away from the venue of the provincial contest. Even the backdrops of the two competitions seem to compete amongst themselves in terms of size. The provincial and city governments also compete in terms of who has the better morning exercise sessions.

The city folk have come to see the competition as akin to the kapuso vs kapamilya contest not only because it has become entertaining but more because it has become quite shallow although most concede that the competition has also somehow resulted in more services being offered to citizens.

The problem is that the competition had become dysfunctional in many occasions such as during the most recent city fiesta when the provincial government and the city government hosted their own festivals. Reports have it that the street dancing related to one festival was rudely interrupted because activities related to the other festival cut through the street dancing venue. During the recent Palarong Pambansa, which was hosted by the provincial government, the city government reportedly refused to allow the use of certain facilities owned by the city.

The result of all these is that there is now a seeming exodus to relocate most businesses to the nearby town of Palo, which already hosts most government regional offices. SM is reportedly building its first mall in the region in Palo and the Petilla matriarch, Remedios Petilla, is now running for the post of mayor of the town. There is also the plan to move the provincial capitol to Palo eventually. If all these happen, Tacloban will most like degenerate into a shell of what it used to be and what it could have become. No wonder “have mercy on Tacloban City” is an oft-repeated plea that’s being whispered around by concerned citizens.

SOURCE: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideOpinion.htm?f=2010/january/18/bongaustero.isx&d=2010/january/18

^^obviously tikang ini ha kampo nira ehem...:D...sagdi importante umaasenso it tacloban...:D

peejay202

January 21st, 2010, 03:56 AM

Let's think out of the box here.. The culture of dynasty in our political system (in the case of the Romualdezes) is not that bad as long as political leaders deliver and bring good results.. On the other extreme, it diminishes transparency and accountability in the local government..

Tacloban is indeed progressing in terms of TANGIBLE and EMPIRICAL data, or what can be seen and felt by our senses such as blooming infrastructure, consumerism, commercialism, etc. How about in terms of health, employment, education, self-sustainability, quality of life.. These are avenues that needs to addressed with more synergism, vigor, and innovation.. In the end, progress is only monopolized by big business tycoons, and not necessarily trickle down to the masses..

It saddens me that leadership in Tacloban is becoming more "personality-oriented" rather than "community-initiated" such as in the case of the Romualdezes monopolizing Tacloban, and the Petillas on Palo and the Provincial government.. What happened to the virtue that the "power of the government emanates from the people"? The only hope we have is an honest and credible elections this coming May.

bukid

January 21st, 2010, 04:56 AM

^^ i have no problem with echo petilla because he is indeed doing much good to the province. he has a vision and he delivers.

but with the romualdez, i'm not really that sure coz the older romualdez is somewhat dumb. in fact, during his term, he just sign any documents presented to him by the city administrator. while the younger romualdez had an attitude problem. so i'm afraid it's not going to be that good for tacloban if we vote for a romualdez dynasty. but lacking any good choices for mayor, i'd still end up voting for the incumbent coz i'd say he'd be a lesser evil than the other candidates. and though i voted for UY before, i'd dump him now coz i saw how he too is corrupt and had been using his government position for his own family's bizniz interest.

mao rong

January 21st, 2010, 05:00 AM

^^the reason why the Romuladezes keeps on winning in Tacloban is because they can deliver...compared to the previous admins mas ma upay kabutangan han syudad han panahon nga romualdez na an nag kapot...agree ma diminish talaga it transparency and accountability kaya dapat maging vigilant...in the end, it's the people who will decide...

demonoid724

January 21st, 2010, 05:11 AM

pthfndr19

January 21st, 2010, 06:50 AM

mao rong

January 21st, 2010, 09:49 AM

^^ma state visit si oboi... :lol:

^^may 21-gun salute...aimed at the visiting dignitary...:lol:

Minnesota's Finest

January 21st, 2010, 09:54 AM

:lol:^^may 21-gun salute...aimed at the visiting dignitary...:lol:

BWAHAHAHA! HAHA!

bluepanther

January 21st, 2010, 12:43 PM

^^ma state visit si oboi... :lol:

ilo-kalibo ilang hrs?

demonoid724

January 21st, 2010, 12:57 PM

ilo-kalibo ilang hrs?

by bus it would take approximately 3-4 hours... Iloilo-Roxas City is 2.5 hours, then Roxas City-Kalibo another hour and a half... if you're going to Boracay via Caticlan, it would take another hour from Kalibo.

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 02:24 PM

^^^^
3. So, it is confirm that SMPHI has plan to layout their grounds at Palo, Leyte and not in Tacloban City.

i believe it is not confirmed as there are no official reports coming from SM....:)

white_gold

January 21st, 2010, 02:41 PM

soon to open in tacloban city...

NOKIA CARE

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/4181027146_8390fda98b_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/4180219265_53d5315b08_b.jpg

(the picture above is from nokia care, kcc mall in general santos city)

carl_vilches21

January 21st, 2010, 02:45 PM

No press releases yet. :D

carl_vilches21

January 21st, 2010, 02:45 PM

^^
About SM.:D

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 02:46 PM

by bus it would take approximately 3-4 hours... Iloilo-Roxas City is 2.5 hours, then Roxas City-Kalibo another hour and a half... if you're going to Boracay via Caticlan, it would take another hour from Kalibo.

i had a traumatic experience on my recent trip to Boracay.

My friends and I decided to spend 2 days in Iloilo City before going to Boracay and we'll jz take a land trip from Iloilo City to Caticlan (Boracay).

Unfortunately, while on our way to Caticlan, we were left behind by the bus when it had a stop-over in the town of Banga.

Good thing, there was a private van and the driver was so kind that he drove us to Caticlan. And luckily, the bus driver waited for us in Caticlan so he could return our bags....

Twas fun though and ilonggos are certified honest and nice people.:)

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 02:48 PM

soon to open in tacloban city...

NOKIA CARE

wer dapit hra ma-open?:)

carl_vilches21

January 21st, 2010, 02:51 PM

lgseccionph

January 21st, 2010, 02:55 PM

Taiwanese companies pledge to invest in Eastern Visayas (http://www.bworld.com.ph/main/content.php?id=4916)

PALO, Leyte -- Companies based in Taiwan have pledged to invest in Eastern Visayas, particularly in shipbuilding, steel manufacturing and aquaculture.

The investment pledges valued at almost $38 million were made during the visit to Taiwan of a trade mission from the region.

Department of Trade and Industry regional information officer Lemuel R. Montes said representatives of Taiwanese companies that pledged to invest in the region would visit between February and March this year.

The Trade department initially identified the Leyte Industrial Development Estate in Isabel, Leyte; Eastern Samar; and Southern Leyte as potential investment sites for the Taiwanese companies.

Among those that committed to expand to Leyte and Samar areas were Min Hwei Enterprises Co. Ltd., Kaohsiung Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Bun Tung Co. Ltd., Gates Co. Ltd., and Laurel Wreath Tec Trading.

Kaoshiung pledged to make the biggest investment of $30 million while the rest pledged to make investments of about $8 million.

“The investment mission was effective because we asked our local businessmen to help us in the promotion,” Mr. Montes said.

The Trade department targets to generate P150.85 million worth of investments in 2010 through investment missions, investment facilitation, investment matching and financing facilitation.

Priority sectors for foreign investments are information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services, auto, electronics, mining, health care and wellness, tourism, energy, food and marine products, home furnishings, giftware, holiday decors and “wearables.” -- S. Q. Meniano

white_gold

January 21st, 2010, 02:55 PM

;50501707']wer dapit hra ma-open?:)

still looking for a site, but 100% they will open in tacloban city,maybe in the 2nd quarter of this year. nokia store is already in the city.

Haldir07

January 21st, 2010, 03:04 PM

;50501617']i had a traumatic experience on my recent trip to Boracay.

My friends and I decided to spend 2 days in Iloilo City before going to Boracay and we'll jz take a land trip from Iloilo City to Caticlan (Boracay).

Unfortunately, while on our way to Caticlan, we were left behind by the bus when it had a stop-over in the town of Banga.

Good thing, there was a private van and the driver was so kind that he drove us to Caticlan. And luckily, the bus driver waited for us in Caticlan so he could return our bags....

Twas fun though and ilonggos are certified honest and nice people.:)

kamusta bakasyon mo dito sa Panay? saan-saan kayo nagpunta at ano-ano kinain nyo? hehehe

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 03:13 PM

kamusta bakasyon mo dito sa Panay? saan-saan kayo nagpunta at ano-ano kinain nyo? hehehe

d best ang mg land trip from iloilo to caticlan kc ang daming stop-over khit ilang minutes lng...pinkamatagal naming stop-over is in kalibo...punta dn kmi ng dingli, passi city, banga (kung saan kmi naiwan hehehe)....

ntry ko yung La Paz Batchoy...masarap xa.....:)
ung iba nkalimutan ko na ung name...hehehe

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 03:15 PM

still looking for a site, but 100% they will open in tacloban city,maybe in the 2nd quarter of this year. nokia store is already in the city.

is it a franchise biz?:)

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 04:03 PM

still looking for a site, but 100% they will open in tacloban city,maybe in the 2nd quarter of this year. nokia store is already in the city.

diba tutulo it Nokia Stores ha Tacloban?.. Salazar, Gaisano Central (di ak sure hini) ngan RPT :)

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 04:09 PM

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs163.snc3/19046_1193248880263_1499655965_490226_6318325_n.jpg

mao rong

January 21st, 2010, 04:15 PM

^^waray theme na 1st year anniv...

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 04:17 PM

^^
lagi.. medyo nawuwurok ak hit venue.. ha sulod hit dome mismo? or ha ira la bar?

astig ito kun ha dome.. TC's first megaparty :D

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 04:18 PM

for sure this party's gonna be fun...and looking at the ad, crew bar can be deceived as a super club, bt the reality is... it's not.... tac really needs a real super club....:)

bt f m in tac, xpect me there..no choice...:lol:

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 04:20 PM

;50506749']for sure this party's gonna be fun...and looking at the ad, crew bar can be deceive as a super club, bt the reality is... it's not.... tac really needs a real super club....:)

bt f m in tac, xpect me there..no choice...:lol:

bigtime gihap it ira sponsors.. paguli mo ethan pagtindog hin superclub didi.. kayang kaya mo ito nga investment :D

mao rong

January 21st, 2010, 04:21 PM

^^foam party unta...

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 04:27 PM

bigtime gihap it ira sponsors.. paguli mo ethan pagtindog hin superclub didi.. kayang kaya mo ito nga investment :D

ngeekz...sana....:lol:

bangin videokihan la tak mtindog....:lol:

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 04:28 PM

^^foam party unta...

huhuhu, i mizz inzo's 1st foam party...twaz fun...alamz na...:lol:

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 04:30 PM

nahihidlaw ak han Inzo, Sanctu ngan MiGusta days :lol:

mao rong

January 21st, 2010, 04:32 PM

^^waray ak maka sakob ha migusta bisan usa...:D

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 04:35 PM

^^
maaram ak ada kun kayano :lol:

gindadara la ak ngadto hadto nga panahon.. enjoy man gihap.. :lol:

mao rong

January 21st, 2010, 04:39 PM

^^di ko type an crowd....:D

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 04:43 PM

Canto Fresco
Tacloban Astrodome

by hairbrushes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hazelbcaballero/4288779446/in/set-72157623243807960/)

http://www.warayclub.com/WarayClub/The_WarayGuides/Entries/2010/1/17_Canto_Fresco_files/shapeimage_2.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4288779356_07398dff7c.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4288779446_9aa260a480.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4288779098_3decb4d58a.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4288036451_456326cedf.jpg

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 04:48 PM

check out this new site: Waray Club
(http://www.warayclub.com)

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 04:52 PM

nahihidlaw ak han Inzo, Sanctu ngan MiGusta days :lol:

ok mn gypz an Fat Cat Club. an My Venue wary la liwat mg-iha....
maupay la an Mi Gusta han bag-o pa, tikaiha dri na.....

inzo tlga an d bezt...haaayyyzzz!!!!

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 05:04 PM

^^
sayang lagi an Club Fat Cat kay nagsara la tungod nga napa-US an tagiya..

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 05:07 PM

^^
sayang lagi an Club Fat Cat kay nagsara la tungod nga napa-US an tagiya..

twas a nice club actually.....Club Fat Cat, My Venue and Mi Gusta usa la an owner...Dolina an apellido.

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 05:09 PM

^^
tagiya hit Villa Dolina? :D

[earthling]

January 21st, 2010, 05:17 PM

^^
tagiya hit Villa Dolina? :D

yupz, bugto ada ito hiya...kay an my venue,nkadto mn ha villa dolina...:)

urban Iegend

January 21st, 2010, 06:38 PM

post ko la an ak nakitan nga tarp kanina..

David Pomeranz & John Ford Coley Live in Tacloban
Tacloban City Convention Center (Astrodome)
February 20, 2010

Ticket Prices: 150-250-500-800

orville1ph

January 22nd, 2010, 03:22 AM

^^ i'm a fan of these two, but sadly, kon diri hira ngkakalagas, diri hira napakanhi ha tacloban :lol: :lol: :lol: but frankly, i enjoyed john for coley's last concert in tacloban. i'll surely keep a tab on this one

calbayognon

January 22nd, 2010, 07:40 AM

ijun

January 22nd, 2010, 08:28 AM

2 and a half hours for private cars. Tapos pag grand tours 3 hours.

^^^thanks @calbayognon

urban Iegend

January 22nd, 2010, 11:54 AM

Lobby @ APAC, Leyte ICT Park

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8778/dsc00413n.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6969/dsc00412z.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7528/dsc00414n.jpg

ijun

January 22nd, 2010, 02:00 PM

^^^^
nice photos @urban kaso bitin mayda pa ba pics?
hehehehe......
by the way, I'll post some vacancies for APAC Palo, Leyte to those who are interested to move to Tacloban and apply here.

Archive for the ‘APAC Customer Services’ Category

CSR in Leyte – APAC Call Center
Jan 20, 2010 Author: ninja | Filed under: APAC Customer Services
Customer Service Representative – Leyte
(Eastern Visayas – Palo, Leyte)

REQUIREMENTS:

* Candidate must have accomplished at least 2 years of College/Certificate Course
* Required skill: Microsoft Windows
* Above average English communication skills
* Applicants must be willing to work in Palo,Leyte
* Applicants must be willing to work in shifting schedules, including graveyard
* Fresh graduates/Entry level applicants are encouraged to apply

Visit our Recruitment Center:
APAC CUSTOMER SERVICES, INC.
Leyte Academic Center, ICOT Park
Pawing, Palo, Leyte
Monday – Friday
9:00am – 4:00pm

RECRUITMENT HOTLINE:
053 323 8000
0916 439 5839

leyterecruiting@apacmail.com

For more information about our company, visit our website at: http://www.apaccustomerservices.com

QA Manager in Leyte
Jan 20, 2010 Author: ninja | Filed under: APAC Customer Services
QA Manager
(Eastern Visayas – Palo, Leyte)

* Manage quality performance on all programs to meet or exceed client expectations, ensuring all quality goals are met.
* Coordinate center action and quality improvement plans while providing guidance to center on problem solving process.
* Work with Corporate Quality to develop, deliver and maintain statistically sound Quality Performance reports and scorecard information indicating site/center performance on a weekly/monthly basis.
* Partner with OM to identify trends, analyze root causes, determine potential solutions, and implement and track results related to quality opportunities through effective project management.
* Develop and maintain expertise on client expectations regarding quality performance and monitoring interpretations.
* Calibrate internal monitoring practices with all center Team Leaders/Managers, Account Management, and Corporate Quality Analysts.
* Ensure Team Leaders are trained on how to monitor CSR calls (based on client expectations), and provide coaching to Team Leaders on feedback techniques, coaching, and ongoing Quality Management System support.
* Conduct random monitoring of agents if the need arises, focusing on lowest performers, and provide immediate feedback to Operations Managers regarding monitoring results

REQUIREMENTS:

* Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree , any field.
* At least 5 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
* Applicants must be willing to work in Palo,Leyte.
* Preferably Assistant Manager / Managers specializing in Quality Control/Assurance or equivalent.
* Full-Time positions available.

Company Name : Apac Customer Services, Inc.
Industry : Call Center / IT-Enabled Services / BPO
Type of Company : Private Limited Company, Foreign Based Company
Location : Lot 1 Cyber Park Araneta Center Cubao Quezon City 1770
WebSite : http://www.apaccustomerservices.com

APAC Quezon City : E-Witness Administrator
Dec 16, 2009 Author: ninja | Filed under: APAC Customer Services
E-Witness Administrator
(National Capital Reg – Cubao)

* Provides reporting and solicits Witness CIC support for Report and Evaluation issues
* Supports updates to Forms and Evaluations at the request of account management
* Provides audit functions to keep sites within APAC standards and Clients needs
* Maintains and updates Witness Heat ticket Queue
* Maintains and updates business rules for all sites
* Oversees error reports making sure the errors are corrected
* Works with center eSmart and Workforce resources to confirm the correct Team Leads have been setup per client and per TSRs working on those clients
* Moves employees to appropriate groups
* Sets up the business rules, updates employees and groups
* Follows up on HEAT Help Desk tickets for desktop and audio issues, work with site IT Analyst as well
* For new clients, sets up the business rules, the teams, TSRs and contacts
* For new employees, confirms employee information was correctly imported
* May be required to work overtime to support the needs of business

REQUIREMENTS:

* Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent.
* Required language(s): English.
* At least 1 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
* Preferably Supervisor / 5 Yrs & Up Experienced Employees specializing in Technical & Helpdesk Support or equivalent. Job role in IT Support/Helpdesk or equivalent.
* 1 Full-Time position available.
* Applicants should be Filipino citizens or hold relevant residence status.
* Must be willing to work night shift.

* Experience: One to three years related experience in a call center environment or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in handling eWitness or NICE call recording system.

* Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities: Strong project management skills required; demonstrated proficiency with window based applications including Access and Excel; must be detail oriented, organized, analytical, and have the ability to problem solve; experience in call recording system or e-witness system.
* Provides reporting and solicits Witness CIC support for Report and Evaluation issues
* Supports updates to Forms and Evaluations at the request of account management
* Provides audit functions to keep sites within APAC standards and Clients needs
* Maintains and updates Witness Heat ticket Queue
* Maintains and updates business rules for all sites
* Oversees error reports making sure the errors are corrected
* Works with center eSmart and Workforce resources to confirm the correct Team Leads have been setup per client and per TSRs working on those clients
* Moves employees to appropriate groups
* Sets up the business rules, updates employees and groups
* Follows up on HEAT Help Desk tickets for desktop and audio issues, work with site IT Analyst as well
* For new clients, sets up the business rules, the teams, TSRs and contacts
* For new employees, confirms employee information was correctly imported
* May be required to work overtime to support the needs of business

For more information about our company, visit our website at: http://www.apaccustomerservices.com

APAC Customer Services, Inc.
Lot 1 Cyber Park Araneta Center Cubao Quezon City 1770.
Website: http://www.apaccustomerservices.com

HR Assistant – APAC Jobs Leyte
Nov 4, 2009 Author: ninja | Filed under: APAC Customer Services
HR Assistant
(Eastern Visayas – Palo, Leyte)

* Complete all administrative duties relating to this position.
* Complete all necessary paperwork; update and maintain all personnel records in a timely and accurate manner.
* Administers HR policies and procedures.
* Processes and records various new hire, termination, promotion, demotion, performance review, pay change, informational and other confidential forms and records.
* Maintains and distributes current employee information, policy and procedure manuals and other communications.
* Answers general questions and inquiries in all areas of HR.
* Prepares and files reports of accidents and injuries within call center.
* Implement and maintain adherence to all company policies and procedures.
* Support HR Manager to ensure attrition rates are at or below company standards through pro-active employee relations.

REQUIREMENTS:

* Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree in Human Resources or equivalent.
* At least 1 year of work experience in the related field is required for this position.
* Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
* Required language: English
* Applicants must be willing to work in shifting schedules inlcuding graveyard.
* Applicants must be willing to work in Palo,Leyte.
* Full-Time position available.

For more information about our company, visit our website at: http://www.apaccustomerservices.com

Company Name :APAC Customer Services, Inc.
Industry :Call Center / IT-Enabled Services / BPO
Type of Company :Private Limited Company
Location :Plaza C, Northgate Cyberzone, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City
WebSite :http://www.apaccustomerservices.com

SOURCE: http://callcenterjobs.com.ph/category/apac-customer-services/

white_gold

January 22nd, 2010, 02:14 PM

diba tutulo it Nokia Stores ha Tacloban?.. Salazar, Gaisano Central (di ak sure hini) ngan RPT :)

nokia mobile world in gaisano tacloban last only for 3 months i operation and now its already closed and it is not owned by nokia but by cellcom,

nokia store in salazar street is now the new cellcom salazar branch. nokia store transferred at the 2nd level in robinson place tacloban and it is franchised, owned and operated by cellcom

cellcom now has 4 stores i tacloban, 1 in ormoc, and 1 nokia store in tacloban

cellcom is the number 1 cell shop in tacloban city

cellcom is the the number 1 cell shop in eastern visayas

cellcom is the number 2 cell shop in the visayas and number 8 in the entire philippines

source: nokia independent study 2006

ijun

January 22nd, 2010, 02:16 PM

Canto Fresco
Tacloban Astrodome

by hairbrushes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hazelbcaballero/4288779446/in/set-72157623243807960/)

http://www.warayclub.com/WarayClub/The_WarayGuides/Entries/2010/1/17_Canto_Fresco_files/shapeimage_2.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4288036451_456326cedf.jpg

^^^^
yum yum yummy....
wanna try this one....a must have when I go home....
ano ini hiya? FETUCCINI or WHITE SPAGHETTI?

ijun

January 22nd, 2010, 02:23 PM

nokia mobile world in gaisano tacloban last only for 3 months i operation and now its already closed and it is not owned by nokia but by cellcom,

nokia store in salazar street is now the new cellcom salazar branch. nokia store transferred at the 2nd level in robinson place tacloban and it is franchised, owned and operated by cellcom

cellcom now has 4 stores i tacloban, 1 in ormoc, and 1 nokia store in tacloban

cellcom is the number 1 cell shop in tacloban city

cellcom is the the number 1 cell shop in eastern visayas

cellcom is the number 2 cell shop in the visayas and number 8 in the entire philippines

source: nokia independent study 2006

^^^^
ows? really?
....masayaw daw anay ak :banana::banana::banana::banana:
Oh! ha! Mariwa ka pa ba?

ijun

January 22nd, 2010, 02:35 PM

;50507231']huhuhu, i mizz inzo's 1st foam party...twaz fun...alamz na...:lol:

nahihidlaw ak han Inzo, Sanctu ngan MiGusta days :lol:

;50509311']twas a nice club actually.....Club Fat Cat, My Venue and Mi Gusta usa la an owner...Dolina an apellido.

;50508463']ok mn gypz an Fat Cat Club. an My Venue wary la liwat mg-iha....
maupay la an Mi Gusta han bag-o pa, tikaiha dri na.....

inzo tlga an d bezt...haaayyyzzz!!!!

^^^^
nag-iba na manggud it nightlife ha Tacloban...
damo na it bag-o, damo guihap an nawara...
sori guys, di ak familiar hito nga mga bag-o nga clubs.
an ak maaram la ANDRES CLUB, H2O, SHINDIG and clubs/disco in Leyte Park Hotel and Baluarte Beach Resort (nahingalimot ak han ngaran hehehehehe....)!

grunge_2009

January 22nd, 2010, 03:44 PM

^^
also @ijun..don't forget han 80's and late 90's..nakada an Spacer's, Senses, Stone Age, Strawberry Fields..may ada pa ba?:lol::lol::lol:

bukid

January 22nd, 2010, 03:47 PM

^^ uy, mga uncle na ngayan kamo nam kay bagan ray man kami magpakaabot hiton. :D

mao rong

January 22nd, 2010, 04:07 PM

^^nasasabtan it mga age....:D

bukid

January 22nd, 2010, 04:39 PM

^^ api ka hiton ha ira ano? :D

mao rong

January 22nd, 2010, 04:49 PM

^^syempre lagas na ako....pero shindig la ak na abtan :D

ijun

January 22nd, 2010, 05:03 PM

^^
also @ijun..don't forget han 80's and late 90's..nakada an Spacer's, Senses, Stone Age, Strawberry Fields..may ada pa ba?:lol::lol::lol:

^^^^
ha mga imo guinpanngaran STRWBERRY FIELDS la it ak maaram hehehehe....
diri gad mga lagas....kabaw la an lagas....edaran la hehehehe....

mao rong

January 22nd, 2010, 05:09 PM

^^na curious lugod ak hito na strawberry...:D

bukid

January 22nd, 2010, 05:14 PM

^^ atara dama. :D

mao rong

January 22nd, 2010, 05:24 PM

^^resto ba yun?

bukid

January 22nd, 2010, 05:26 PM

^^ umahan ga it kay fields mang ga it.

mao rong

January 22nd, 2010, 05:33 PM

^^umahan hin manga it?

ijun

January 22nd, 2010, 05:39 PM

^^ umahan ga it kay fields mang ga it.

^^^^
hingan STRAWBERRY diri MANGGA...
hehehehe jowk la @bukid...
ito nga Strawberry Fields nkada ito hiya ha solod han Rovic theater nasunog it hiya amo nagsara. Bali hinimo han Kevin's nga extension kaya kun sumulod ka ngani ha Kevin's, the whole Children's and Women's apparel amo ito an hadto anay Strawberry Fields. An iya entrance dida mismo han entrance han Rovic Theater nga guinhimo nga stall na yana an Rose Pharmacy ngan ito nga Chinese Turo-turo it aada na-operate. Baga hiya hin Ratsky, hadto amo an sikat nga hang-outan....

bukid

January 22nd, 2010, 05:54 PM

^^ by the way, ray na an kevin's ngan bryan's, bangkarote na daw amo an bati ko.

mao rong

January 22nd, 2010, 05:55 PM

^^nasunog man....

bukid

January 22nd, 2010, 05:57 PM

^^ ginkiha man daw hin arson kay duda nira ginsunog liwat kay ray na kuno kuarta para makakubra hin insurance. asya la ak nabatihan ha mga chismis ha tacloban pero di ak maaram kun naano na it didto kay ray ak ha tacloban, panalagsa la ak nauli ha tacloban.

mao rong

January 22nd, 2010, 06:23 PM

^^yup amo it tsismis gin kasuhan hira....

[earthling]

January 22nd, 2010, 07:05 PM

^^yup amo it tsismis gin kasuhan hira....

let the truth prevail....pakapakerz mn ito nga Mr. Rompal of Kevin's...:lol:

ijun

January 22nd, 2010, 07:56 PM

urban Iegend

January 23rd, 2010, 10:20 AM

ano nahinabo han Bosjan ha del Pilar? nagempake man hira :D

OT.. tikang ha facebook:

Carl Niccolo discovered his Lover of the day and the result was Michael Morelos

:lol:

mao rong

January 23rd, 2010, 10:21 AM

JANUARY 25, 2010 - GRAND OPENING

http://www.stpeter.com.ph/images/spglogo.gif

mao rong

January 23rd, 2010, 10:32 AM

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ej-3yrsxYN4/SISN4VskM5I/AAAAAAAAAI0/W5LPfhihhRg/s400/eriksantos.jpg

ERIK SANTOS
Robinsons Place Tacloban
Level I Activity Center
Jan. 30, 2009

ijun

January 23rd, 2010, 11:30 AM

JANUARY 25, 2010 - GRAND OPENING

http://www.stpeter.com.ph/images/spglogo.gif

^^^^
WOW! May celebrity nga magcucut hin ribbön ngan may pakaon ba guihap? heheheh...jowk!
Curious gad ak ini hya unta may magtake hin pixies ha solod ngan gawas hini nga building.

OT: hagit hi @carl ay gad paglubad heheheh....jowk!

mao rong

January 23rd, 2010, 11:57 AM

^^makuri pag take hin pix kay damo na agi na awto...

mao rong

January 23rd, 2010, 12:11 PM

http://www.ayosdito.ph/images/71/7132248292.jpg

^^anibong...along la national highway...U/C

[earthling]

January 23rd, 2010, 12:22 PM

^^^^
WOW! May celebrity nga magcucut hin ribbön ngan may pakaon ba guihap? heheheh...jowk!
Curious gad ak ini hya unta may magtake hin pixies ha solod ngan gawas hini nga building.

OT: hagit hi @carl ay gad paglubad heheheh....jowk!

wary special offer dda ht opening....:lol:

mao rong

January 23rd, 2010, 12:24 PM

^^mayda...die now pay later...:D

[earthling]

January 23rd, 2010, 12:24 PM

^^mayda...die now pay later...:D

:lol:

mao rong

January 23rd, 2010, 12:25 PM

^^gusto mo mag avail?...:D

[earthling]

January 23rd, 2010, 01:09 PM

^^gusto mo mag avail?...:D

hehehe, iraha nla ito nga ira promo....:lol:

[earthling]

January 23rd, 2010, 01:26 PM

Top 30 Philippine Cities according to Income in 2010 (in thousand pesos)

1. Quezon City (Metro Manila) – P9,042,876
2. Makati (Metro Manila) – P8,308,262
3. Manila (Metro Manila) – P6,309,862
4. Pasig (Metro Manila) – P4,377,611
5. Davao City – P3,279,863
6. Cebu City – P2,938,270
7. Caloocan (Metro Manila) – P2,682,815
8. Paranaque (Metro Manila) – P2,246,421
9. Pasay (Metro Manila) – P2,239,910
10. Taguig (Metro Manila) – P2,006,728
11. Zamboanga City – P2,004,040
12. Muntinlupa (Metro Manila) – P1,949,529
13. Mandaluyong (Metro Manila) – P1,888,315
14. Valenzuela( Metro Manila) – P1,571,950
15. Cagayan de Oro (Misamis Oriental) – P1,452,191
16. Marikina (Metro Manila) – P1,440,384
17. Las Piñas (Metro Manila) – P1,339,279
18. Calamba (Laguna) – P1,338,300
19. Batangas City (Batangas) – P1,335,253
20. Antipolo (Rizal) – P1,277,213
21. Iloilo City (Iloilo) – P1,162,912
22. Puerto Prinsesa (Palawan) – P1,158,317
23. Iligan (Lanao del Norte) – P1,081,773
24. General Santos (South Cotabato) – P1,075,419
25. Olongapo (Zambales) – P1,039,921
26. Bacolod (Negros Occidenal) – P961,734
27. San Juan (Metro Manila) – P913,502
28. Baguio (Benguet) – P907,130
29. Butuan (Agusan del Norte) – P879,633
30. Angeles (Pampanga) – P797,846

*Source: 2008 FY Annual Financial Report, Commision on Audit
COA usually takes a couple of months to audit and gather the financial reports of all government agencies and another couple months before it is released online for public viewing, which explains the delay.

http://www.pueblophilippines.com/top...income-in-2010

this is confusing, the heading shows 2010 yet the source is 2008 and 2010 has just started, how come they already have the financial figures...:lol:

mao rong

January 23rd, 2010, 04:56 PM

^^diri sugad kadali mag gawas hin report it COA

ijun

January 23rd, 2010, 05:18 PM

^^^^
baka typo error lang.....
laglag pala ang Tacloban City sa listahan....

mao rong

January 23rd, 2010, 05:19 PM

^^most probably...:)

[earthling]

January 23rd, 2010, 07:17 PM

^^most probably...:)

then how come ormoc is not on the list? dba billionaire city na it ormoc.:)

ijun

January 23rd, 2010, 08:12 PM

;50633441']then how come ormoc is not on the list? dba billionaire city na it ormoc.:)

^^^^
hindi pa ata @kuya ethan...
may-ada ak napost han nauna nga thread last portion stating the income of Tacloban and Ormoc Cities...600k++ la an Tacloban while Ormoc is 400k++ la
as you've observed, most of the cities (if not all of them) are HUCs and Ormoc is not one of them...

jpdm

January 24th, 2010, 04:14 AM

Eastern Samar nightmare

HIDDEN AGENDA
By Mary Ann Ll. Reyes
(The Philippine Star)
Updated January 24, 2010 12:00 AM

What should be Eastern Samar’s most ambitious infrastructure project to date has been generating lot of controversy.

A P500-million road fund for Eastern Samar, tucked into the Public Works and Highways 2010 budget, aims to modernize 20 kilometers of the main Wright-Taft-Borongan-Guiuan section of the national highway, the single biggest investment for a highway project in the province in years.

Unfortunately, some people are seeing this multi-million road fund in another light.

The project covers a single stretch of Eastern Samar’s main highway. To ensure uniformity in structural integrity and standards, it should be bid out as a single project. And because it is worth P500 million, it should be the DPWH national office which should be in charge of the bidding and the awards process to ensure full transparency and integrity.

Big, single infra investments for a single stretch of a highway are normally included in the budget as that – a single spending item. Even the Government Procurement Act prohibits splitting of contracts. However, a legislator known for his vulgar and meddling ways arm-twisted the DPWH into chopping, slicing and dicing the P500 million fund.

The DPWH budget says that the P500 million road project is a project of two packages broken down into 12 projects. The amounts of the 12 vary, two of which are worth P60 million each, and the rest between P40 million and P50 million.

But still, the amounts are beyond local jurisdictions. And so two officials of Eastern Samar are said to be moving to chop the project into parts apparently to control the bidding process.

Because DPWH bidding rules provide that district engineers can bid out projects worth P20 million and below (with regional offices of the DPWH taking care of projects from P20 million up to P200 million and the central offices of the DPWH taking care of all projects above P200 million), a certain district engineer, with the backing of his congressman, are said to have asked the DPWH Secretary for authority to bid out all components of the road project worth P50 million and below.

If this is allowed, this district engineer can bid out all 10 of the 12 components of the P500 million road project.

Fortunately, the Secretary has held off decision on the matter. The regional director for Eastern Visayas is also said to be lukewarm to the idea. It is also a good thing that Budget Secretary Noynoy Andaya has withheld funds for the project.

A dramatic intercession from President Arroyo, who can very well order the bidding of the P500 million construction as a whole, is in order to once and for all stop the slice and bid scheme for an all-too-important road project.