USJR Jaguars! waah! go Jaguars!

LUZON- MANILA

VISAYAS- CEBU

MINDANAO- CDO and Iligan

Yes those are the promising metropolises of the future.

If only the Iligan-Bukidnon Road would be completed soon....

EU diplomats visit MisOr
Laud STEAG for development efforts (http://themindanaocurrent.blogspot.com/)

Ten ambassadors from the European Union spent some time in Misamis Oriental last week and met with provincial capitol officials led by Gov. Oscar S. Moreno.

The visit was part of the 3-day Camiguin-Misamis Oriental trip headed by the French Ambassador Gerard Chesnel. Part of the itinerary was the plant tour at the German-owned Mindanao Power Plant Steag State Phils. Inc. in Villanueva town and the wheelchair factory owned by a French humanitarian organization Handicap International and Freedom Technology in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

The brief visit was concluded by a sumptuous dinner at Pryce Hotel hosted by the French Presidency in honour of Gov. Oscar S. Moreno.

The delegation was composed of the following heads of diplomatic missions : European Union Amb. Alistair Macdonald; Belgium Amb. Gregoire Vardakis; Czech Republic Jaroslav Ludva; Finland Amb. Riitta Resch; French Amb. Gerard Chesnel; German Amb. Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch, Netherland Amb. Robert Brinks; Romanian Amb. Valeriu Gheorgie; Spanish Amb. Luis Arias Romero and United Kingdom Peter Beckingham.

During their visit at STEAG State Power Inc., in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, the European Commission to the Philippines cited the power company for its active involvement in social development and environmental programs.

H.E. Alistair MacDonald expressed delight on the projects implemented by SPI in support of the Philippine government’s programs on social services delivery, livelihood improvement, governance and capability building, and environmental protection. He also cited the power plant’s efficiency, state-of-the-art operations and substantial contribution to the economic progress of Mindanao as it helps secure for the island a stable and reliable supply of electric power.

The Mindanao Power Plant of SPI is one of the big-ticket foreign direct investments by a German company in the Philippines and is seen by many as an affirmation of confidence to the promising business climate in the region.

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Photo above shows Gov. Oscar Moreno exchanging pleasantries with EU Ambassadors. Behind are provincial officials of Misamis Oriental headed by Vice Gov. Norris Babiera.

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Photo above, the EU Ambassadors are welcomed by STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI) Plant Manager Oliver Brock. The group was led by H.E. Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, head of Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines. Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno (extreme right) was also present to receive the visiting diplomats.

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CLOSE-UP OF TERMINAL BUILDING

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can somebody translate this table below... these are the specs of the airport. The 2,100m x 45m is the runway if i'm not mistaken. A330:1,B737:3,F-50:1 I think is the type of aircraft and number it can accomodate at the same time, etc...

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more Korean on this SOURCE (http://www.yooshin.co.kr/pdf/9_2.pdf)

Yes those are the promising metropolises of the future.

Where's Davao? Hehehehehe....

^^^^^^ As you can see in the diagram, 2 aero bridge lang :ohno:, expandable to 5. :banana:

Stevedoring services at Mindanao International Container Terminal in Tagoloan to be bid (http://mwamaarkhh.multiply.com/journal)
Jan 28, '08 8:10 PM
By MARK D. FRANCISCO

THE Mindanao International Container Terminal (MICT) in Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental will bid its stevedoring services soon but at a still undisclosed date.

This was disclosed by an official of the Philippine Veterans Industrial Development Corporation (Phividec) Industrial Authority who spoke on condition of anonymity because the particular bidding date has yet to be finalized.

As an industrial economic zone, Phividec operates the MICT and is also host to dozens of multinational companies operating in the province.

The industrial economic zone covers some 3,000 hectares which include portions of the towns of Tagoloan and Villanueva in the east coast of the province.

Phividec was created under Presidential Decree (PD) 538.

MICT started operations as a government entity solely operated by the Phividec Industrial Authority since 2004.

This early, five companies have already expressed interest to bid for the stevedoring services of the port.

The five are identified as Asian Terminals, Inc., Amer Asia, Harbour Centre Port Terminals, Inc., International Container Terminal Services, Inc. and Maersk Lines.

Maersk Lines is already a regular client to the port along with National Marine Corporation and Lorenzo Shipping Corporation.

Container ships who have business with these companies ply to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia because MICT is part of Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines – East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) transnational economic zone.

Said to be the most modern port outside of Metro Manila, MICT prides itself with having two gantry cranes, four rubber-tired gantries and can accommodate docking a container ship which can hold up to 150 20-foot metal containers.

ala singapore pala...

uhmmm... da best! :okay:

USJR Jaguars! waah! go Jaguars!

yes, my school
im soon graduating in this year

Three Manila port operators declare interest in running Mindanao facility (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/02042008/shipping02.html)
By VG Cabuag
Reporter

THREE companies, including the Philippines’ largest private-port operator, have formally declared their interest in securing the right to manage the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Misamis Oriental, the government said Friday.

In an interview, an official of the Phividec Industrial Authority, which is tasked to handle the facility’s privatization, said that only Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI), International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), and Harbour Centre Port Terminals Inc. (HCPTI) with its Singaporean partner Overseas Port Pte Ltd. have submitted their bids to operate the port for 25 years.

While all three companies handle almost all cargoes passing through the Port of Manila, only two—ATI and ICTSI—are listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange.

ATI is the cargo handler of the Manila South Harbor, ICTSI operates the Manila International Container Terminal, the country’s largest, and HCPTI manages the Manila Harbour Centre, a private port, which also has a professional basketball team.

According to Engineer Octavio Reciña, who chairs the bids and awards committee of the Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corp. said that Amer Asia and AP Moeller Terminals, not its sister firm Maersk Lines as earlier reported, failed to submit their bids.

“We have already opened the bid on January 28, but we are still evaluating their bids,” he said.

Meanwhile, a Phividec official, said that ICTSI may have an edge over the others.

“From the looks of it, ICTSI has inside track based on preliminary results. However, it is still a long way to go to March 31, and things could change,” the official said.

Government is privatizing the management and operation of MCT, one of Mindanao’s most modern ports, to attract more direct callers and increase the facility’s cargo traffic.

Besides having two gantry cranes and four rubber-tired gantries, the terminal can accommodate ships that can carry up to 150 twenty-foot metal containers. Although the port can handle a total of 270,000 metal boxes a year, it also has provisions for expansion, enabling it to accept larger vessels and expand its capacity.

After two failed biddings, Phividec was mandated to run the facility and begun offering cargo handling operations to ICTSI to attract regular callers.

MCT has already three regular callers including international carrier Maersk and the Magsaysay-owned National Marine Corp. and Lorenzo Shipping Corp.

Earlier, the port was barred from accepting local and international cargoes by the Misamis Oriental Regional Trial on April 27, 2004, three days after President Arroyo inaugurated the terminal.

Oro Port Cargo Handling Services, the cargo-handling operator of Philippine Ports Authority-owned Cagayan de Oro Port, convinced the court that it has the exclusive right to handle cargoes in and out of Cagayan de Oro.

The court, however, lifted its Temporary Restraining Order early 2006, paving the way for the MCT’s commercial operations of the MCT.

LUZON- MANILA

VISAYAS- CEBU

MINDANAO- CDO and Iligan,DAVAO

more! more! :cheers:

^^ Isama mo na lahat, Butuan, Gingoog, Zambonga , etc! :lol::lol::lol:

^^there is a tinge of sarcasm in this post. hehe. pero ok lang, pampasaya.:):):) peace:cheers1::drunk::nocrook:

^^ Isama mo na lahat, Butuan, Gingoog, Zambonga , etc! :lol::lol::lol:

i went to zamboanga last july and the place looks promising. the commercial area is bustling. the seafood is world class (the best lobsters and curacha i've tasted). there's a first-class canning plant there (mega sardines) along with the other canning plants and export industries (mainly seafood). more than 200 huge fishing boats set sail daily between the coasts of zambo and basilan. :cheers:

butuan, however, isn't in good shape. a relative who hails from butuan was there last november, and he was disappointed with what he saw. some of his friends want to relocate and do business elsewhere. i hope this is only temporary :ohno:

gingoog is in the cdo-iligan area, so it's in good company.:cheers:

wow, lobster ha !, I'm from butuan too but i can say that you are right, for me butuan is not in good shape but however it's getting better compared before.. :)

i went to zamboanga last july and the place looks promising. the commercial area is bustling. the seafood is world class (the best lobsters and curacha i've tasted). there's a first-class canning plant there (mega sardines) along with the other canning plants and export industries (mainly seafood). more than 200 huge fishing boats set sail daily between the coasts of zambo and basilan. :cheers:

butuan, however, isn't in good shape. a relative who hails from butuan was there last november, and he was disappointed with what he saw. some of his friends want to relocate and do business elsewhere. i hope this is only temporary :ohno:

gingoog is in the cdo-iligan area, so it's in good company.:cheers:

k2ng niagi ko butuan, ok man siya or maybe na-intimidate lang ko sa gaisano, did2 jud ko nakafcus kai daku

:cheers:

LATEST RENDERING....

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nice ^^

yan ba yung nasa project board along the highway?

LATEST RENDERING....

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lumaki ang terminal compare sa old rendering,,,nawala dito ang basketball court...nice

yan ba yung nasa project board along the highway?

i haven't passed by the highway yet. I got it here (http://www.schemakonsult.com/)

ICTSI has upper hand in initial MCT bidding (http://www.portcalls.com/html/news/news20080204.html)

INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) has an inside track on landing the 25-year management and operations contract for the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT), according to a ranking official of the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA), the port’s present operator.

According to the source, ICTSI bested in almost all criteria the two other bidders—Harbour Centre Port Terminals, Inc and its Singaporean partner, and Asian Terminals, Inc.

Amer Asia and Maersk, through A.P. Moeller Terminals, failed to submit their bids for the terminal on January 28.

“From the looks of it, ICTSI has an inside track based on preliminary results. However, we still have a long way to go to March 31, and things could change,” the PortCalls source said. PIA will award the contract to the winning bidder on March 31.

The minimum fixed concession fee for the management and operation of the terminal is P2.145 billion. According to the bidding terms of reference, bidders should have a minimum paid-up capital of P2 million.

The bidding is the third attempt of PIA to privatize MCT, but the first since PIA secured a permit for MTC to handle international cargoes of non-locators.

Located along the Macalajar Bay in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, MCT is seen as a catalyst to economic and industrial development of Metro Cagayan De Oro and Northern Mindanao.

soon po mr caturay! :D

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From GearX

Limketkai Expansion Plan
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Gateway ng Limketkai
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Source: Year-end 2007 Performance (http://ir.ayalaland.com.ph/Events_and_Presentations/Presentations/default.aspx)

august 2008 daw target matapos ning hospital sa polymedic

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lol i know where that is! bodega manang gi enserkolan :lol:
naa na sa phase 3 sa NHA :D aw dili jud diay sa likod diay na sa shell station

i gotta say the whole philippines is mall hungry talaga!

^ because the Phil. is a tropical country so Filipinos loves to hangout in a cold place like malls, imho.

52 hectares is just part of the 300-hectare Ayala property in that area...^^

sadly though, these "cathedrals of commerce" IMO has caused the decline of our cities' traditional commercial districts :ohno: imagine if we didnt have malls and the restos and boutiques in these malls were in the downtown instead :) mas lively siguro ang mga downtown natin

mas congested i should say..mas ma traffic.. mas sakit ng ulo..

dumaan kami kahapon.. parang nasa 3rd storey na ang construction..looks like august 2008 opening is doable.

not if may proper planning.. ;)

kahit nga yung mga well planned cbd's sa manila nagtatraffic pa rin. kaya ang suluyson eh to scatter the people.

what i had in mind was yung ala rodeo drive ang dating or ginza (sure medyo congested ang ginza pero tokyo yun eh)..yun bang may streets lined with high end shops ..besides di naman siguro sa isang street lang magcoconcentrate ang commercial activity diba?

wala lang, naaalala ko lang noon wala pang malls and marami pang small department stores and mom and pop shops sa san pedro st (sa davao) ngayon kasi san pedro is more on low end stores na lang

Hanjin now hiring for LADP

Hanjin Heavy Industries and Const. Co. Ltd., the Contractor of Laguindingan Airport Development Project is in need of highly qualified individuals between 25-45 years of age to fill up the following positions:

- Mechanical Engineers (Licensed)
- Survey Engineers (Licensed)
- Electrical Engineers (Licensed)
- Material Engineers (Licensed)
- Office Engineer
- CADD operator (preferably knows MS project software)
- Architect (Licensed)
- Office Adminsitrator

Interested applicants should personally submit their biodata for interview at our temporary office address Sinaluc, Duyugan, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental and look for Mr. Jung Min Jung or Mr. Young Jun Kwak, Cell No. 0920-954-9680


:applause::applause::applause:

Tanduay Distillers sees Mindanao sales to grow by 30% next year (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/11192007/economy01.html)
By Honey Madrilejos-Reyes
Reporter

EL SALVADOR CITY, Misamis Oriental— Tanduay Distillers Inc. (TDI), the hard-liquor manufacturing unit of the Lucio Tan Group, expects sales in Mindanao to grow by at least 30 percent next year once its newest facility here starts operating in February.

In an interview, Tanduay Holdings Inc. president Wilson Young said the facility, solely dedicated for producing rhum drinks, will deliver an additional 300,000 to 400,000 cases per month to address demand in the region. Tanduay Holdings is the parent firm of TDI and is listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).

The Mindanao market consumes around 5 million cases of rhum annually, which almost represent the average sales of TDI every year. In 2008, Young sees requirement growing to 6.5 million cases, as new drinkers are expected to favor hard liquors more than beers.

And with the P1-billion manufacturing facility that TDI is completing, Young said they can very well capitalize on the ballooning market.

“Mindanao is really an important market for us as we see it as a growth area,” he said, adding that the company has been on an aggressive tack as it recognizes continued competition from Ginebra San Miguel and Emperador Distillers.

The Mindanao market currently accounts for 40 percent of TDI’s total revenues annually, or about 15 million cases each year.

As of end-September, the company’s consolidated sales amounted to P5.5 billion while net profit was valued at P153 million.

Young said the El Salvador plant will allow TDI to serve its Mindanao market better and faster.^^

“At the same time, we will save on freight costs as the products for the Mindanao customers will no longer be shipped from the Luzon plants, which is currently the setup,” he explained.

TDI started building the facility in May 2006 and is up for full operation next February. It also operates plants in Murcia, Negros Occidental; Cabuyao, Laguna; and Quiapo, Manila.

Seated on a 10-hectare property, the plant is located beside the beer bottling plant of Asia Brewery Inc., the beer and softdrinks unit of the Tan Group.

;18491556']sadly though, these "cathedrals of commerce" IMO has caused the decline of our cities' traditional commercial districts :ohno: imagine if we didnt have malls and the restos and boutiques in these malls were in the downtown instead :) mas lively siguro ang mga downtown natin

it actually depends... like DVsoria is alive even though gigantic malls are around, linagyan pang outdoor resto(the park) at ngayon, irerenovate pa ang daan. :D and to think just years ago, parang walang masyadong activity dyan pag gabi dyan noon

Basically there's no more space available for malls in downtown CDO (Divisoria) ...so they have to locate in the suburbs such as Lapasan, which incidentally has already become part of the downtown just a couple of years after these malls opened...^^

it actually depends... like DVsoria is alive even though gigantic malls are around, linagyan pang outdoor resto(the park) at ngayon, irerenovate pa ang daan. :D and to think just years ago, parang walang masyadong activity dyan pag gabi dyan noon

yeah ganun din naman dito sa davao..alive naman ang downtown..maraming kainan and etc (Ilustre area for shopping and dining, rizal for nightlife etc) but imagine if walang malls, tapos yung mga mas class na boutique eh nasa downtown (like lacoste, guess, mango etc) tapos magaganda ang mga store front nila :) wala lang..naiimagine ko lang ang ginza and rodeo drive na may mga magagandang boutiques at ibang stores sa downtown..:)

^^Yeah, kailan kaya ang mga susunod na mga project. Sana parang Nuvali ang master-planned nito.:cheers:

^^ ganyan dito sa US... maliliit lang ang malls, tapos paboutique2... nakakapagod hehe! pero maganda nga. dapat di ma-alikabok at walng basura para payts :D

strip malls are now a trend because of safety and environmental concerns than the fire-hazard box type design of the old malls:cheers:

strip malls are now a trend because of safety and environmental concerns than the fire-hazard box type design of the old malls:cheers:

are there studies regarding that or opinyon mo lang po yan?

;18564743']are there studies regarding that or opinyon mo lang po yan?

IMO lang:cheers:

mas gusto nako strip malls nga hubo-hubo...waaah

duol ra ng Alegria sa Richmond Hills by Robinsons?

wow, lobster ha !, I'm from butuan too but i can say that you are right, for me butuan is not in good shape but however it's getting better compared before.. :)

mas masarap kasi libre :lol: i'm sure butuan will bounce back in due time. there's no reason it couldn't :cheers:

mas gusto nako strip malls nga hubo-hubo...waaah

but the location is not ideal for your "strip" malls :ohno:

duol ra ng Alegria sa Richmond Hills by Robinsons?

I'll check that....:cheers:

Laguindingan On The Rise (and its relation to CdeO-Iligan Corridor's Growth In The Near Future).


Agriculture is still the main livelihood in many areas in the Philippines. This was true in the case of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. The people of Laguindingan were thankful that they had farmlands to till. Although the majority of them were tenants, they were, nevertheless, grateful for the work which kept them busy and which assured them of an income. No matter how meager their income from farming was, they were ready and willing to till the soil for as long as they received their pay steadily, for this provided them with the very basic necessity in life–food on their tables, clothing on their backs, and shelter over their heads.

The farmers started to worry for their well-being when, in 1990, they learned of a master development plan initiated by various concerned government institutions and local government units for the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan and 19 municipalities of Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte. Known as the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor Special Development Project (CIC-SDP) which covered 3,100 square kilometers or three percent of Mindanao, the project envisioned to develop the corridor as one of the industrial centers of the Philippines and was planned to host locators which are globally competitive in agribusiness, trade, tourism, and services.

To realize the vision for the corridor, it was a priority consideration to establish an international airport. Laguindingan was chosen for the site of the new airport over that of the existing one in Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, because of its desirability for expansion to accommodate large planes for international flights. The chosen area, however, had some social constraints. Foremost of these was the presence of occupants in the proposed site.

The farmers’ and their families’ fear seemed to be substantiated. In 1997, Ayala Corporation (AC), which owned large parcels of land in the coastal side of Laguindingan, showed its full support for the project by donating 88 hectares for the airport area and 3.1 hectares for a relocation site of affected residents, particularly those who had long been using Ayala’s land. AC’s goal to establish Ayala Industrial Park harmoniously lined up with the social preparations of the CIC airport project. Inspite of AC’s assurances that community needs such as livelihood and relocation of families would be fully addressed, the would-be displaced families were unbelieving and felt abandoned.

As the sociocultural development arm of the Ayala Group of Companies, the Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI) has been in continual search for livelihood opportunities that would serve as an alternative to farming and fishing. It offered interventions to keep such beneficiaries and potential relocatees within the mainstream of societal economic activities. For more than four decades, it has been AFI’s functions, among other things, to undertake integrated community organization and development programs; and to encourage the establishment of urban and rural micro, cottage, and small enterprises as a means of creating employment among the poor.

http://www.ptri.dost.gov.ph/human%20face%20it/rise.htm


:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

Well, let's just see...


Early 1960's, Ayala with an adrenaline rush ventured in the western part of Misamis Oriental, particularly at Laguindingan where the cement factory by the giant firm was supposed to be put up. By acquiring hundreds of hectares of land (for the amount of 2,000 pesos every hectare or more as payment to the locals) for the future industrial park and recreational business park once the cement would be put up, which was already envisioned to boost up the economy of western MisOr.

However it never happened since the cement factory was put up somewhere in the other eastern MisOr municipality (now at Lugait or in Manticao if I'm not mistaken).

Now the coming of IA project at Laguindingan and once the airport is finished few years from now, I believe Ayala will quench the thirst in regards to their long time planned, but near future big business in Laguindingan.

Early 1960's, Ayala with an adrenaline rush ventured in the western part of Misamis Oriental, particularly at Laguindingan where the cement factory by the giant firm was supposed to be put up. By acquiring hundreds of hectares of land (for the amount of 2,000 pesos every hectare or more as payment to the locals) for the future industrial park and recreational business park once the cement would be put up, which was already envisioned to boost up the economy of western MisOr.

However it never happened since the cement factory was put up somewhere in the other eastern MisOr municipality (now at Lugait or in Manticao if I'm not mistaken).

Now the coming of IA project at Laguindingan and once the airport is finished few years from now, I believe Ayala will quench the thirst in regards to their long time planned, but near future big business in Laguindingan.

It was the Diamond Cement Industrial Corporation (DCIC), a corporation established by Ayala for their supposed cement plant. DCIC is the registered owner of the Laguindingan lots prior to its donation by Ayala Corp. But the cement industries (Alsons Cement, Iligan Cement, Mindanao Portland Cement) were established in the Lugait-Iligan Boundary and the Laguindingan cement project did not take off and instead, Ayala Foundation implemented livelihood projects for the farmer-tenants in their property. And you know who was Ayala Corporation's lawyer at that time? ......it was Atty. Oscar Moreno....YES, the current Governor of Misamis Oriental. ^^

duol geographically pero dahil hindi naman tuwid ang kalsada, malayo siya.. siguro mga 5 - 10kms

Pupos: Hanjin needs 40,000 workers for Shipyard Project (http://www.kagay-an.com/articles.php?art_id=1813&sec_id=1&cat_id=1)
By Mike Baños

South Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industries needs 40,000 workers over the next few years to construct and operate their $2 billion shipyard in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

"Hanjin officials prefer untrained applicants so they can be properly trained the Hanjin standards," said Pacifico Pupos, Jr., presidential assistant for Northern Mindanao. "In fact, the first batch of 50 welders is now training in Hanjin's Subic facility."

Besides welders, Pupos said Hanjin would also be needed plumbers and electricians for the project. He said Hanjin will be shortly opening its recruitment offices in Cagayan de Oro.
:applause:

The shipyard is the firm's second in the country and will be situated in a 441.8-hectare lot at the Phividec Industrial Estate. The new facility will have a capacity of 830,000 tons per year when completed in 2017, the Phividec Industrial Authority said earlier in a statement. It will be the largest in the county-even bigger than Hanjin's $1-billion shipyard complex in Subic-and would employ 40,000 people to initially make ship parts.

The first phase of its Phividec operations will fabricate pipes and light bridges with a maximum capacity of 80,000 tons a year starting next year. The facility's capacity would expand to 830,000 tons in the next 15 years, when it starts producing cargo and container ships.

General Manager Jeong Sup Shim said Hanjin decided to build the facility in Misamis Oriental after the Philippine government declared the 441.8-hectare project site an economic zone. This would allow Hanjin to import duty-free capital equipment and avail of income tax holidays.

Jeong said Hanjin will inject at least P4.6 billion per year into the local economy in salaries and wages for its employees.

This year, Hanjin expects to finish most of its first US$1.68-billion shipyard in the Philippines located in a 349-hectare lot at the Subic Bay Freeport zone, which is scheduled for completion by 2011.

Capacity constraints in Korea have forced Hanjin to go overseas for its expansion. The firm is scheduled to deliver 33 medium-sized container vessels worth approximately $3 billion in the next two years and build 82 large-sized ships from 2009 to 2011 at its Philippine facilities.

It was the Diamond Cement Industrial Corporation (DCIC), a corporation established by Ayala for their supposed cement plant. DCIC is the registered owner of the Laguindingan lots prior to its donation by Ayala Corp. But the cement industries (Alsons Cement, Iligan Cement, Mindanao Portland Cement) were established in the Lugait-Iligan Boundary and the Laguindingan cement project did not take off and instead, Ayala Foundation implemented livelihood projects for the farmer-tenants in their property. And you know who was Ayala Corporation's lawyer at that time? ......it was Atty. Oscar Moreno....YES, the current Governor of Misamis Oriental. ^^


Thanks for sharing your info here. You're right! Oca has been one of Ayala's agents in Misamis Oriental.

duol geographically pero dahil hindi naman tuwid ang kalsada, malayo siya.. siguro mga 5 - 10kms

i thought pwede ra ko magbalay in between...waaah. namamasyal sa dalawang high end....waah

^^ dapat daw naka suit ka para makasulod :lol:

:lol:

another plus factor ng mga strip mall is konti lang yung nakatambay kaya if you dont have anything to buy magsasawa ka agad sa loob ng kalalakad.

another plus factor ng mga strip mall is konti lang yung nakatambay kaya if you dont have anything to buy magsasawa ka agad sa loob ng kalalakad.

less cost too on airconditioning 'coz you're using free air...^^

Pupos: Hanjin needs 40,000 workers for Shipyard Project (http://www.kagay-an.com/articles.php?art_id=1813&sec_id=1&cat_id=1)
By Mike Baños

South Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industries needs 40,000 workers over the next few years to construct and operate their $2 billion shipyard in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

"Hanjin officials prefer untrained applicants so they can be properly trained the Hanjin standards," said Pacifico Pupos, Jr., presidential assistant for Northern Mindanao. "In fact, the first batch of 50 welders is now training in Hanjin's Subic facility."

Besides welders, Pupos said Hanjin would also be needed plumbers and electricians for the project. He said Hanjin will be shortly opening its recruitment offices in Cagayan de Oro.
:applause:

The shipyard is the firm's second in the country and will be situated in a 441.8-hectare lot at the Phividec Industrial Estate. The new facility will have a capacity of 830,000 tons per year when completed in 2017, the Phividec Industrial Authority said earlier in a statement. It will be the largest in the county-even bigger than Hanjin's $1-billion shipyard complex in Subic-and would employ 40,000 people to initially make ship parts.

The first phase of its Phividec operations will fabricate pipes and light bridges with a maximum capacity of 80,000 tons a year starting next year. The facility's capacity would expand to 830,000 tons in the next 15 years, when it starts producing cargo and container ships.

General Manager Jeong Sup Shim said Hanjin decided to build the facility in Misamis Oriental after the Philippine government declared the 441.8-hectare project site an economic zone. This would allow Hanjin to import duty-free capital equipment and avail of income tax holidays.

Jeong said Hanjin will inject at least P4.6 billion per year into the local economy in salaries and wages for its employees.

This year, Hanjin expects to finish most of its first US$1.68-billion shipyard in the Philippines located in a 349-hectare lot at the Subic Bay Freeport zone, which is scheduled for completion by 2011.

Capacity constraints in Korea have forced Hanjin to go overseas for its expansion. The firm is scheduled to deliver 33 medium-sized container vessels worth approximately $3 billion in the next two years and build 82 large-sized ships from 2009 to 2011 at its Philippine facilities.
hello po. i'm a new member. i'm still trying to find my way around this forum. i'm not very good with technology so i might make a couple of mistakes. pasensya na po.

i am really interested in the hanjin project especially when it comes to the prospect of new jobs for people in misamis oriental. are there any updates regarding the opening of its recruitment offices?

hello po. i'm a new member. i'm still trying to find my way around this forum. i'm not very good with technology so i might make a couple of mistakes. pasensya na po.

i am really interested in the hanjin project especially when it comes to the prospect of new jobs for people in misamis oriental. are there any updates regarding the opening of its recruitment offices?

I think they have recruitment office at PHIVIDEC. The first 50 welders are already in Subic for training. They will be the trainors when they return.

Four-star hotel set to rise on Limketkai property (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW031408/content.php?id=042)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Limketkai Sons, Inc. will start construction of a 21-storey, 250-room hotel complex within the year in the company’s 30-hectare commercial complex in this city’s Lapasan district.

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The Limketkai commercial center is considered the leading shopping center in the city since it is the most accessible and most complete in Northern Mindanao.

Alfonso Y. Lim, chief executive officer of the company, said the hotel project would cost roughly P700 million and is expected to be completed by 2010.

The hotel will be the tallest structure in Mindanao, and will have a four-star classification. The hotel complex will have the usual amenities and facilities such as a ballroom, a function room, a coffee shop, and a swimming pool.

It will rise on the west side of the Limketkai commercial complex between the company’s proposed Gateway building on the national highway and Rosario Strip, an upscale area near Robinsons Big R Super Center that hosts boutiques, wellness centers, coffee shops and restaurants.

The Limketkai Group, which is also into agribusiness, is controlled by the Lim family based here.

City Mayor Constantino G. Jaraula, who earlier commended local businessmen for laying out their investment plans in the city this year, praised the Lims’ hotel project. The mayor has made it a priority to boost the tourism.

Mr. Lim said the hotel will cater to businessmen as well as tourists. When asked if it will compete with the Mallberry Suites business hotel, which is adjacent to the Robinsons mall, Mr. Lim said the new hotel would complement the existing hotel’s operations.

The city has a number of major hotels aside from Mallberry, such as Pryce Plaza, Koresco, and Dynasty Court, catering to as many as 300,000 tourists arriving annually. Koresco Hotel, which was built by Korean investors, serves mainly Korean visitors.

In an interview with BusinessWorld late last year, Mr. Lim said Limketkai Sons, Inc. will convert its property in Lapasan district into the city’s new central business district. The plan includes the new Gateway building on the national highway, the new hotel, and an elevated walkway that connects buildings in the area.

Will that be CDO's first skyscraper?

yes it is :D

naging 250-room na pala....before 150 lang ^^

well before... 17 storey lang :D

baka kase forumer din si mr.lim dito :D

Is that Jollibee at NHA the same as the Jollibee mentioned earlier supposed to be with Polymedic Medical Plaza? or another fastfood will be built within the hospital compound? :cheers:

booming kaayo ang barrio namin :D

kuha naman kayo ng pics

Is that Jollibee at NHA the same as the Jollibee mentioned earlier supposed to be with Polymedic Medical Plaza? or another fastfood will be built within the hospital compound? :cheers:

McDonalds fastfood chain is to be built in the hospital as what the press release of Polymedic. The Jollibee is in the vicinity of gasoline station near NHA. Therefore, McDo and Jollibee will competing each other in Kauswagan highway.:cheers::cheers:

Hanjin Mindanao Preliminary Site Development Plan

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Four-star hotel set to rise on Limketkai property (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW031408/content.php?id=042)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Limketkai Sons, Inc. will start construction of a 21-storey, 250-room hotel complex within the year in the company’s 30-hectare commercial complex in this city’s Lapasan district.

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The Limketkai commercial center is considered the leading shopping center in the city since it is the most accessible and most complete in Northern Mindanao.

Alfonso Y. Lim, chief executive officer of the company, said the hotel project would cost roughly P700 million and is expected to be completed by 2010.

The hotel will be the tallest structure in Mindanao, and will have a four-star classification. The hotel complex will have the usual amenities and facilities such as a ballroom, a function room, a coffee shop, and a swimming pool.

It will rise on the west side of the Limketkai commercial complex between the company’s proposed Gateway building on the national highway and Rosario Strip, an upscale area near Robinsons Big R Super Center that hosts boutiques, wellness centers, coffee shops and restaurants.

The Limketkai Group, which is also into agribusiness, is controlled by the Lim family based here.

City Mayor Constantino G. Jaraula, who earlier commended local businessmen for laying out their investment plans in the city this year, praised the Lims’ hotel project. The mayor has made it a priority to boost the tourism.

Mr. Lim said the hotel will cater to businessmen as well as tourists. When asked if it will compete with the Mallberry Suites business hotel, which is adjacent to the Robinsons mall, Mr. Lim said the new hotel would complement the existing hotel’s operations.

The city has a number of major hotels aside from Mallberry, such as Pryce Plaza, Koresco, and Dynasty Court, catering to as many as 300,000 tourists arriving annually. Koresco Hotel, which was built by Korean investors, serves mainly Korean visitors.

In an interview with BusinessWorld late last year, Mr. Lim said Limketkai Sons, Inc. will convert its property in Lapasan district into the city’s new central business district. The plan includes the new Gateway building on the national highway, the new hotel, and an elevated walkway that connects buildings in the area.

I hope it'll have a glassy facade.

Location Plan

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Four-star hotel set to rise on Limketkai property (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW031408/content.php?id=042)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Limketkai Sons, Inc. will start construction of a 21-storey, 250-room hotel complex within the year in the company’s 30-hectare commercial complex in this city’s Lapasan district.

:banana:

more! more!

congrats CdO! a highrise at last! :applause:

TKC Steel to put up country’s first blast furnace (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW032408/content.php?id=044)

TKC STEEL CORP., the only steel manufacturer listed on the stock exchange, has filed before the Phividec Industrial Authority an application for a 30-hectare site that will house the country’s first blast furnace.

In an interview, TKC President and Chief Executive Anthony S. Dizon said it would take three years — starting next year — to put up the blast furnace, with production aimed to kick off by 2012.

The blast furnace project, he added, would have an annual capacity of two million tons of steel slabs and steel billets, Mr. Dizon said.

"We have a choice to sell the slabs to Global Steel Philippines, Inc., which in turn, will produce finished steel sheets, to export slabs to other regions that use [steel heavily] like Global Steel or process [the steel slabs] into steel plates and sell these to Hanjin [Heavy Industries Corp.]," he said.

Of the two million tons of steel products produced, Mr. Dizon said 500,000 tons could be each allotted to Global Steel and Hanjin, while the remaining could be exported to other countries like China.

Global Steel is the country’s largest steel manufacturer, exporting 70% of its production primarily to other Asian nations. It is a subsidiary of Global Steel Holdings Ltd., which operates in Bosnia, Bulgaria, Libya, Nigeria, India and the Philippines.

"[That’s why we would like to be situated on] foreshore properties, meaning by the water, or also to be strategically close to one of our prospective clients which is Hanjin," Mr. Dizon said.

Last year, shipbuilder Hanjin opened its facility in a 441.8-hectare property within the Phividec Industrial Estate, following its $1-billion investment in the Subic Bay free port.

Selling their steel slabs and billets to outside markets is in compliance with Phividec’s rule for a company to export 50% of its production output, Mr. Dizon added. He noted that there are no clear terms yet under the memorandum of understanding signed two weeks ago between TKC and Sisqo Steel Corp., which has applied with the Board of Investments (BoI) as a pioneer project to also produce steel.

Mr. Dizon also said TKC is now writing the BoI about the memorandum of understanding it had signed with Sisqo, as well as the application with Phividec, as the formation of a joint-venture company becomes a possibility. He added that the major premise for pursuing the blast furnace project is that the cost of importing raw materials — coal and iron ore — keeps increasing. The cost of freight is also prohibitive due to rising oil prices.

Should the application with Phividec be approved, Tiu-owned TKC will be investing $300 million, Mr. Dizon said.

TKC manufactures and distributes steel products mainly through its two subsidiaries, namely Treasure Steelworks Corp. in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and Zhang Zhou Stronghold Steel Works Co. Ltd. in Fujian, China. — Lovely Nica P. Lee

:applause::applause::applause:

^^Wow, another multibillion peso of investment:banana:

wow... !!! :banana::banana::banana:

TKC Steel to put up country’s first blast furnace (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW032408/content.php?id=044)

TKC STEEL CORP., the only steel manufacturer listed on the stock exchange, has filed before the Phividec Industrial Authority an application for a 30-hectare site that will house the country’s first blast furnace.

Will this mean they'll be building their headquarters in Cagayan de Oro which might be potential skyscrapers?

anyway great news!! :cheer:

Will this mean they'll be building their headquarters in Cagayan de Oro which might be potential skyscrapers?

anyway great news!! :cheer:



I believe that aside of having gigantic industrial plants and booming real estates, CdeO will be filled with skyscrapers in the future, just like other very potential cities in the Philippines. :colgate:

Will this mean they'll be building their headquarters in Cagayan de Oro which might be potential skyscrapers?

anyway great news!! :cheer:

Magdilang anghel ka sana @diz:cheers::cheers::cheers:

"Gaisano Mall Iligan– An Exclusive Sneak Peek!"


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Second Floor to the Theaters


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Third Floor - Hallway Section


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Third Floor to the Theaters


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Atrium 1


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Atrium 2

Photos by MackyK

:)

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Atrium


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Bench


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Department Store - Second Floor


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Department Store - Second Floor 2

Photos by MackyK

:)

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Grocery


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Gaisano Department Escalator - Second Floor


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Department Store Ground


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Department Store - Second Floor


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Department Store - Third Floor

Photos by MackyK

:)

very nice pics of gaisano iligan :banana: higanteng mall ito, kelan ba bubukas?

very nice pics of gaisano iligan :banana: higanteng mall ito, kelan ba bubukas?

It will open on 8.8.8 or August 8, 2008 according to @MackyK.

It will open on 8.8.8 or August 8, 2008 according to @MackyK.

My guess is that on 8-8-8, only the ground floor will be fully completed. The upper floors will be partly completed but some stalls will be open to the public.:cheers:

UPDATE: Gaisano Mall Iligan as of March 25, 2008

1st Set

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2nd Floor towards overpass

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3rd Floor Leasable Space - Center

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3rd Floor Leasable Space - Left Wing

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3rd Floor Leasable Space - Right Wing

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Atrium Ceiling

Photos by @MackyK

2nd Set

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Atrium

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Atrium taken from 2nd floor

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Exterior Front 1

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Exterior Front 2

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Gaisano Department Store 3rd floor

Photos by @MackyK

3rd Set

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Gaisano Dept Store 3rd floor

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Grocery Meat Section

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Hallway to theaters 3rd floor

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Hallway towards parking 2nd floor

Photos by @MackyK

4th Set

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Leasing space 3rd floor

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Leasing space center

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Theater

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Theater 4

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Theater interior

Photos by @MackyK

got info that the new Polymedic Medical Plaza will be inaugurated August 8, 2008.....again! :cheers:

sabay with Iligan G-Mall ...chinese feng shui :banana:

wow:banana:

galing naman kung ganun, siguro laki budget nito a year lang ang construction tapos na kaagad. onething to the hospital is that it is in good location near to national highway and residencial areas. visitors going to iligan and butuan will pass to this hospital and im sure it will be famous and familiar to the travelers.:cheers:

ICTSI wins 25-yr concession to operate Mindanao port (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/86991/ICTSI-wins-25-yr-concession-to-operate-Mindanao-port)
03/31/2008 | 05:33 PM

MANILA, Philippines- Port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. on Monday announced that it has won the 25-year concession to operate and manage the Mindanao Container Terminal.

In a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ICTSI said it received Monday a notice from the Phividec Industrial Authority that the company is being awarded the contract.

"ICTSI is given 10 days from receipt of the notice to formally enter into a contract with Phividec," the company said.

MCT is located in the Phividec Industrial Estate in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, which is about 20 kilometers from Cagayan de Oro City.

ICTSI earlier said it is allotting some P8.22 billion for its expansion plans this year.

It acquired five new foreign terminals last year, one each in China, Syria, Georgia, Ecuador and Colombia.

The company, which operates its flagship in Manila, also has operations in Poland, Brazil and Madagascar. - GMANews.TV

spacious mall..... congrats iligan

STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI)
PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate, Misamis Oriental

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photo courtesy of @agaton

Wow! Soon this site will be bustling.

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JOBS FAIR ALANG SA PAGATUKURONG LAGUINDINGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT UG TAGOLOAN SHIPBUILDING PLANT IP
04/01/08


Ipahigayon karong umaabot nga adlaw’ng Sabado, petsa 5 ning bulan sa Abril, didto sa IBJT-North Complex sa Tambo, Barangay Hinaplanon, ang usa ka Jobs Fair alang sa mga buot motrabaho sa pagatukurong Laguindingan International Airport ug Ship Building Plant didto sa Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

Kini ang unod sa press release sa kagamhanang lokal sa Iligan pinaagi sa City Human Resource Management Office, Public Employment Services Office ug sa City Information Office ilalom sa buhatan ni Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz.

Resulta kini nga kalambo-an sa sunod-sunod nga pagpakigtagbo ni Mayor Cruz ngadto kang Harry Oh, Founder sa Philippines-Korea Friendships Cooperation nga mao’y gitugyanan sa Hanjin Corporation alang niini.

Alang sa Airport Project, gikinahanglan ang mga trabahante alang sa Civil Work nga gilangkuban sa machine operators, concrete workers, carpenters, deformed bar workers ug helpers; mga welders, helpers, plumbers, painters ug helpers alang sa Architecture; ingon man mga Civil Engineers, CAD Operators, drivers ug office workers.Samtang sa Ship Building Project, gikinahanglan ang mga machine operators, concrete workers, carpenters, deformed bar workers ug helpers alang sa Civil Works; fabricators o erectors, welders, painters ug helpers alang sa Steel Structures; ug mga Civil Engineers, CAD Operators, drivers ug office workers.

Gi-awhagan ang mga aplikante sa pagdala og resume o bio-data, 2x2 ID picture, mga Certificate of Work Experience, School Diploma o Transcript of Records, valid ID nga adunay hulagway, long folder ug ballpen.

Alang sa dugang detalye mahimo usab nga matawagan ang CHRMO sa telepono numero 223-9395 ug 223-9680 o kaha sa PESO sa telepono numero 221-4347 ug 351-6766. (boy decena)

Iligan City Website (http://www.iligan.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=358)

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translated for all forumers

JOBS FAIR FOR PROPOSED LAGUINDINGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TAGOLOAN SHIPBUILDING PLANT

A Jobs Fair will be held this coming Saturday, April 5 at IBJT-North Complex, Tambo, Barangay Hinaplanon for job applicants for the proposed Laguindingan International Airport and Ship Building Plant at Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

This was disclosed by a Press Release by the City Human Resource Management Office, Public Employment Services Office and the City Information Office under Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz.

This development came after a series of meetings by Mayor Cruz with Mr. Harry Oh, Founder of Philippines-Korea Friendships Cooperation who was commissioned by Hanjin Corporation for the project.

For the Airport Project, workers are needed for Civil Work such as machine operators, concrete workers, carpenters, deformed bar workers and helpers; welders, helpers, plumbers, painters and helpers for Architecture; Civil Engineers, CAD Operators, drivers and office workers. While for the Ship Building Project, needed are machine operators, concrete workers, carpenters, deformed bar workers and helpers for Civil Works; fabricators or erectors, welders, painters and helpers for the Steel Structures; Civil Engineers, CAD Operators, drivers and office workers.

All applicants are required to bring resume or bio-data, 2x2 ID picture, Certificate of Work Experience, School Diploma or Transcript of Records, valid ID with photo, long folder and ballpen.

For more details, please call CHRMO through telephone numbers 223-9395 and 223-9680 or at PESO through telephone numbers 221-4347 and 351-6766. (boy decena)

^^

Thanks for the translation @GearX. :cheers:

DIVINE MERCY HILLS
Ulaliman, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental

A PROJECT BY THE DIVINE MERCY FOUNDATION MINDANAO (PHILIPPINES), INC.
DIVINE MERCY CENTER
Cadiz Bldg., Vamenta Boulevard, Carmen
Cagayan de Oro City
Telephone No. 350-1393


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Total land area: 95,352 sq. meters

- Divine Mercy Church
- 50-foot Statue of the Divine Mercy
- Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
- The Chaplain’s Residence
- The Way of the Cross
- Mary's Garden
- Field Altar
- Seminar and Retreat Facilities
- Monastery
- Administration Building
- Parking Areas
- Coffee Shops
- Gift Shops
- Restrooms

50-foot Statue of the Divine Mercy
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Divine Mercy Church
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Designed by
PALAFOX ASSOCIATES
ARCHITECTS * PLANNERS * CONSULTANTS

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Healing Chapel
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Sculptors:

Mr. Nick Reyes & Mr. Juan Sajial Imao

Early Construction Poster
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December 2007 [Statue 90% Finished]
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Divine Mercy Statue at Night [December 2007]
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:happy::happy::happy:Praise God!:angel::angel::angel:

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September 2007 photos

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Blessing of the head part before it was carried up the statue
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^^ wow gearX, lapas langit kana pag ka dead mo .. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: (joking very much)

Nice thread !! Alleluia ~ ! :banana:

and i thought this is a new high end subd. the pictures imply that the place is gorgeous.

oh my god!!!

wowowowow ang ganda

omg

im stunned

it's cool! and I always thought his kingdom was in OUR hearts, but clearly, we're the ones in jesus' heart.

re-post


Firm builds world’s 4th largest shipyard in Misamis Oriental

By Maria Cecilia Rodriguez
Mindanao Bureau
First Posted 21:36:00 04/03/2008

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines -- The construction of what its South Korean builders claim will be the world’s fourth largest shipyard facility has started in Misamis Oriental.

The $2-billion facility is expected to employ about 45,000 people -- including engineers, welders, fabricators and administrative personnel -- within the next three years, when the facility is expected to become fully operational, according to Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co. Ltd. and Philippine officials.

The facility is being built in an area covering 441.8 hectares at the Phividec Industrial Estate located in the towns of Villanueva and Tagoloan, some 30 kilometers east of this city.

Hanjin said the construction of the shipyard would put the Philippines on the list of countries with the largest shipyard facilities, after South Korea, Japan and China.

But there will be human costs.

More than 200 families in two villages in Villanueva town will have to be relocated to give way to the shipyard, according to project officials.

Other coastal villages in Tagoloan town will also be affected.

Yun So Kim, Hanjin administrative manager, said the company was on track with the project’s timetable and that it expected to finish the first phase within the second half of the year.

He said the completion of the first phase would enable Hanjin to produce 80,000 tons a year of outfittings and pipes, among other items.

Kim said the civil works started after the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Hanjin and the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) in Cagayan de Oro in January. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo witnessed the signing.

It would be Hanjin’s second shipbuilding complex in the country.

Hanjin also operates a shipyard in Zambales which, as of last October, had a total direct hire of nearly 5,000 people, according to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.

The Hanjin shipyard in Zambales recently figured in the news when at least five workers died in two work-related accidents within the facility in a span of three months.

The SBMA found Hanjin guilty of violating at least seven safety standards and ordered the company to comply with international safety standards.

Kim said that aside from civil works aspect, Hanjin, together with PIA, began public consultations in areas that would be affected by the construction of the Misamis Oriental facility.

During the consultations, communities voiced concern over relocation and livelihood issues, citing the failure of the PIA in the past to address their needs.

The PIA is the government agency mandated to administer the 3,000-hectare Phividec estate and takes charge of the relocation of the affected communities.

In a recent consultation with residents of the village of Tambobong in Villanueva, village officials criticized the PIA for not keeping commitments it made to families displaced by projects within the estate.

Some residents also said their crops were bulldozed without prior notice.

“We admit that the lands where our houses are standing are not ours. We are just occupants here. But what we only ask is the assurance that we will be justly compensated with the cost of building our houses, including the crops that we’ve planted,” village leader Delilah Abellanosa said.

Hanjin said it assured residents they would be compensated fairly for the crop damage as a result of the shipyard’s construction.

Kim said that for Phase 1 from 2008 to 2009, Hanjin would be investing $720 million for the purchase of shipbuilding facilities from Aveva and other foreign manufacturers.

“We started importing materials from Korea and other countries last January. We also use local materials but these are more expensive,” Kim said.

He said the $2 billion that Hanjin was sinking in the project was the company’s biggest investment yet outside of South Korea.

Kim said Hanjin was also focusing on developing the skills of its newly hired engineers so they could meet the company’s standards in shipbuilding.

“We already have a training center within the Hanjin compound (in Phividec) where all those who will be hired will undergo skills development,” Kim said.

Hanjin has said it is trying to thresh out land issues that delayed the project last year, such as the issue with the Jacinto group of companies, which previously owned part of the 441.8 hectares targeted for the shipyard.

ang ganda naman! kala ko wala pang nagagawa.

how many lots has been sold in alegria hills up to now? how many phases are there in alegria? what is the minimum cut in their lots?

hopefully a community shopping center will follow.

Shipyard Site Clearing

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The vice-mayor said to me that the statue of Jesus Christ out there is the tallest statue in the whole world. I don't know if what he said is true.

Anyway, this won't be only a pilgrimage site, but another tourist destination in incoming Metro CdeO. And considering the site's advantage as being near to the incoming LIA, El Salvador's economy will be speed up somehow :D

The vice-mayor said to me that the statue of Jesus Christ out there is the tallest statue in the whole world. I don't know if what he said is true.
maybe sa nakita niya actual...

hamak na mas malaki yung Christ the Redeemer sa Rio de Janeiro

maybe sa nakita niya actual...

hamak na mas malaki yung Christ the Redeemer sa Rio de Janeiro


Ilan ba ang height ng statue ng Hesu Kristo diyan sa El Salvador? ^^ I guess more than 40 feet yata if I'm not mistaken nung nandun ako.

Ilan ba ang height ng statue ng Hesu Kristo diyan sa El Salvador? ^^ I guess more than 40 feet yata if I'm not mistaken nung nandun ako.

50 feet :cheers:

other Christ Statues: Height does not include pedestal (from wiki)

Cristo de la Concordia; Cochabamba, Bolivia. = 112 ft
Kristus Kase Berkat (Christ Blessing); Manado, Indonesia = 95 ft
Cristo Redentor do Corcovado (Christ the Redeemer); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil = 98.5 ft
Cristo del Otero (depicts Jesus); Palencia, Spain. = 98.5 ft
Cristo Rei (Christ the King); Almada, Portugal. = 92 ft
Christ of Vung Tau; Vung Tau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam. = 92 ft
Cristo Rei of Dili (depicts Christ the King); city of Dili, Timor Leste. = 88.6 ft
Christ Roi des Houches (depicst Christ the King); Les Houches, Haute-Savoie department, France. =82 ft
Cristo Blanco (White Christ); Cusco, Cusco Province, Peru. = 82 ft
Cristo Rey de los Álamos; Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico. = 76 ft
Cristo del Sagrado Corazon (Christ of the Sacred Heart); near Rosarito, Baja California state, Mexico. = 75 ft
Christ the Redeemer of Maratea; Maratea, province of Potenza, Italy. = 72 ft
Cristo de las Noas; Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. = 71.5 ft
Cosmic Christ; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute department, France. = 69 ft
Cristo de El Cubilete (Christ King of the Mountain of El Cubilete); Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. = 67 ft
Cristo de La Habana; Havana, Cuba. = 65.5 ft
Christ of the Ozarks; Eureka Springs, Arkansas, United States. = 65.5 ft

probably the tallest in RP siguro...:cheers:

3,000 workers needed for Laguindingan Airport Construction (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/58392)
Mike Banos
April 15, 2008

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The Lagiuindingan Airport Development Project (LADP) now under construction in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental will be needing some 3,000 workers at its peak.

Engr. Della L. Capicenio, LADP project manager, said in a media briefing held April 11, 2008 in Cagayan de Oro, that figure would be the maximum number of workers to be employed at the airport construction project.

As a gateway to Mindanao, one of the three main islands of the Philippines, the new airport will be located 30km northeast of Cagayan downtown and north of Mindanao. It will serve as the replacement of the old Cagayan de Oro Airport at Lumbia and the Iligan (Balo-i) Airport in Lanao del Norte.

The revised project cost of P7.853 billion (US$167.09-million) for the LADP was approved by the NEDA Board September 18 last year.

At present, the project components now under construction include the P188-million access road, P43 million site development for the Relocation Site Phase II, P25 million house construction component for the same area, and P4.991-billion main civil works.

Korean construction firm Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) is the winning contractor for the LADP.

DOTC sources said three Korean construction firms –Hanjin , Samsung and Daewoo had initially signified their intention to bid for the project but that Samsung eventually dropped out of the final bidding, leaving Hanjin and Daewoo.

HHIC is not a new to Misamis Oriental and Northern Mindanao. In its previous incarnation as the Hanil Development Co., Ltd. it was responsible for the construction of the Iligan-Cagayan-Butuan Road (ICBR) in 1973 which is still cited as one the country's best highways today. Hanil changed its name to Hanjin Construction Co., Ltd. on Mar. 12, 1994.

Since 1973, HHIC has successfully completed a total of 70 development projects including the Manila LRT (Light Rail Transit) system and Davao International Airport. It has been the No.1 foreign construction company in the Philippines.

At present, the company is launching 9 development projects including Bacolod Airport, Bohol-Bayon Dam/Canal, Metro-Illy Road, Catubic Dam and is developing a dockyard in Subic Bay."

HHIC is also the contractor for the site construction, taxiway, and passenger terminal construction of the Incheon International Airport completed in November 1992.

Although HHIC only ranks 12th in Korea and 98th globally in terms of construction engineering capacity, HH is one of Korea's Top 100 companies, and is held in high esteem globally as the first shipbuilding company in Korea. It is one of the world's Top 10 shipbuilding companies and has been cited as the World's Outstanding Shipbuilder for the 15th straight year since 1992.

On top of the Laguindingan airport project, HHIC will also construct a US$1.5 billion shipyard complex at a 440 hectare site in the Phividec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental. The project is expected to create some 30,000 new jobs for engineers, welders, and steel fabricators. Construction of the shipyard would start early next year and be operational by 2010.

Besides shipbuilding and repair; infrastructure, architecture and engineering; Hanjin also undertakes plants and logistics equipment manufacturing.

3,000 workers needed for Laguindingan Airport Construction (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/58392)
Mike Banos
April 15, 2008

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:rock::okay::applause:

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3,000 workers needed for Laguindingan Airport Construction (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/58392)
Mike Banos
April 15, 2008

http://www.americanchronicle.com/img/galleries/714/0/perspective_landslide2.jpg

The Lagiuindingan Airport Development Project (LADP) now under construction in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental will be needing some 3,000 workers at its peak.

Engr. Della L. Capicenio, LADP project manager, said in a media briefing held April 11, 2008 in Cagayan de Oro, that figure would be the maximum number of workers to be employed at the airport construction project.

As a gateway to Mindanao, one of the three main islands of the Philippines, the new airport will be located 30km northeast of Cagayan downtown and north of Mindanao. It will serve as the replacement of the old Cagayan de Oro Airport at Lumbia and the Iligan (Balo-i) Airport in Lanao del Norte.

The revised project cost of P7.853 billion (US$167.09-million) for the LADP was approved by the NEDA Board September 18 last year.

At present, the project components now under construction include the P188-million access road, P43 million site development for the Relocation Site Phase II, P25 million house construction component for the same area, and P4.991-billion main civil works.

Korean construction firm Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) is the winning contractor for the LADP.

DOTC sources said three Korean construction firms –Hanjin , Samsung and Daewoo had initially signified their intention to bid for the project but that Samsung eventually dropped out of the final bidding, leaving Hanjin and Daewoo.

HHIC is not a new to Misamis Oriental and Northern Mindanao. In its previous incarnation as the Hanil Development Co., Ltd. it was responsible for the construction of the Iligan-Cagayan-Butuan Road (ICBR) in 1973 which is still cited as one the country's best highways today. Hanil changed its name to Hanjin Construction Co., Ltd. on Mar. 12, 1994.

Since 1973, HHIC has successfully completed a total of 70 development projects including the Manila LRT (Light Rail Transit) system and Davao International Airport. It has been the No.1 foreign construction company in the Philippines.

At present, the company is launching 9 development projects including Bacolod Airport, Bohol-Bayon Dam/Canal, Metro-Illy Road, Catubic Dam and is developing a dockyard in Subic Bay."

HHIC is also the contractor for the site construction, taxiway, and passenger terminal construction of the Incheon International Airport completed in November 1992.

Although HHIC only ranks 12th in Korea and 98th globally in terms of construction engineering capacity, HH is one of Korea's Top 100 companies, and is held in high esteem globally as the first shipbuilding company in Korea. It is one of the world's Top 10 shipbuilding companies and has been cited as the World's Outstanding Shipbuilder for the 15th straight year since 1992.

On top of the Laguindingan airport project, HHIC will also construct a US$1.5 billion shipyard complex at a 440 hectare site in the Phividec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental. The project is expected to create some 30,000 new jobs for engineers, welders, and steel fabricators. Construction of the shipyard would start early next year and be operational by 2010.

Besides shipbuilding and repair; infrastructure, architecture and engineering; Hanjin also undertakes plants and logistics equipment manufacturing.

This is really a dream project come true. hopefully the 2011 completion date will be accomplished.

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the club house is on the top of the hill in alegria hills. if my memory serves me right, beside it is the chapel

ayala recently has recently ventured out in india, and has signed in partnership with mahindra group to a residential community in chennai.

seen the CDO audio-visual presentation. nice projects for CDO and Iligan. i hope i can go there soon.......

im not quite sure where exactly the mall will be situated

recent updates in alegria hills subd. the people are busy constructing the entrance gate



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alegria hills entrance gate under construction



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still in alegria hills


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Whewww, ang galeng @Dark_night:cheers: Thanks for the recent updates:cheers::cheers:

Latest photos and updates of the Shrine as of April 6, 2008.
all photos by dingdans

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^^I can't see the pics miss:)

^^I can't see the pics miss:)

visible na pix...:cheers:

Wooooooowwwwwww! At last a different kind of construction. This can be a tourist drawer aside from its main function.

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General Amenities


Polymedic Medical Plaza (PMP) is fully centralized with fire sprinklers or alarm system.
It will have centralized oxygen and suction system.
The area also boasts a spacious lobby with two (2) escalators and three (3) elevators.
Cable Television (CaTV) will be used in order to deliver a quality signal even at the highest location of the building convenient to all clients and patients.
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) will be installed for better security.
There will be a Private Automatic Branch eXchange (PaBx) telephone system that makes connections among the internal telephones of this private organization which is used to refer to any end point on the branch.
Paging system will be used for faster communication and for completion of task in a short time.
There will also be an open parking area, convenient store, pharmacy and a drive through Mc Donald.
By no means PMP offers its clients the best health care services.


On the Pipeline


There will be sixteen (16) or Sixty-four (64) multislice CT (MSCT) that gives far better images than were ever possible with EBCT (Ultrafast CT).
Cathetiration laboratory (Cat lab) a room for examination with diagnostic imaging equipment used to support the catheterization procedure.
Nuclear medicine that uses very small amount of radioactive material to diagnose or treat disease and other abnormalities within the body. Nuclear medicine imaging scans are performed to analyze kidney function, visualize heart blood flow and function (such as a myocardial perfusion scan), scan lungs for respiratory and blood flow problems, identify blockage in the gallbladder, evaluate bones for fracture, infection, arthritis and tumors, determine the presence or spread of cancer, identify bleeding into the bowel, locate the presence of infection, measure thyroid function to detect an overactive or underactive thyroid and investigate abnormalities in the brain.


LATEST PICTURES

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http://www.polymedicgroup.com/

got info that the new Polymedic Medical Plaza will be inaugurated August 8, 2008.....again! :cheers:

sabay with Iligan G-Mall ...chinese feng shui :banana:

kasabay rin ng 08.08.08 Beijing Olympics.. ^^


BTW, sure ba na August pa ang Gmall Iligan? sabi kase ng Insider ko this June na raw mag oopen.. Im excited^^

wow! i didnt expect the rays to be that COOOOL! Galeng!!!

kasabay rin ng 08.08.08 Beijing Olympics.. ^^


BTW, sure ba na August pa ang Gmall Iligan? sabi kase ng Insider ko this June na raw mag oopen.. Im excited^^

baka soft opening sa June. :cheers:

ganda pati ng mga landscaping, makikita daw ito sa eroplano

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General Amenities


Polymedic Medical Plaza (PMP) is fully centralized with fire sprinklers or alarm system.
It will have centralized oxygen and suction system.
The area also boasts a spacious lobby with two (2) escalators and three (3) elevators.
Cable Television (CaTV) will be used in order to deliver a quality signal even at the highest location of the building convenient to all clients and patients.
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) will be installed for better security.
There will be a Private Automatic Branch eXchange (PaBx) telephone system that makes connections among the internal telephones of this private organization which is used to refer to any end point on the branch.
Paging system will be used for faster communication and for completion of task in a short time.
There will also be an open parking area, convenient store, pharmacy and a drive through Mc Donald.
By no means PMP offers its clients the best health care services.


On the Pipeline


There will be sixteen (16) or Sixty-four (64) multislice CT (MSCT) that gives far better images than were ever possible with EBCT (Ultrafast CT).
Cathetiration laboratory (Cat lab) a room for examination with diagnostic imaging equipment used to support the catheterization procedure.
Nuclear medicine that uses very small amount of radioactive material to diagnose or treat disease and other abnormalities within the body. Nuclear medicine imaging scans are performed to analyze kidney function, visualize heart blood flow and function (such as a myocardial perfusion scan), scan lungs for respiratory and blood flow problems, identify blockage in the gallbladder, evaluate bones for fracture, infection, arthritis and tumors, determine the presence or spread of cancer, identify bleeding into the bowel, locate the presence of infection, measure thyroid function to detect an overactive or underactive thyroid and investigate abnormalities in the brain.


LATEST PICTURES

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http://www.polymedicgroup.com/

bongga ni ha! pangrival ni sa CUMC :D very nice! murag nag mga posh hotels ang mga hospital sa CDeO!

^^CUMC is for the east while Polymedic Plaza is for the west:cheers:

Ayala Lauds CdeO Govt For Being Investor-friendly (http://www.cagayandeoro.gov.ph/?page=news&id=1103)
by Sandra B. Tadeo/ City Information Office

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A leading real estate company in the country lauded the strong support of the city government in providing a conducive environment for investment to flourish in Cagayan de Oro.

Francis O. Monera, vice president of Ayala Land, Inc. disclosed during the Alegria Hills site office inauguration over the weekend that they are very grateful to have invested in Cagayan de Oro where the local government is fully supportive of local developments. Monera said that they would not have succeeded in putting in place such a high-end real estates project as Alegria Hills without the support of the city government in terms of road infrastructure network and other amenities. The Ayala Land Premier, developer of Alegria Hills, particularly recognized the effort of former city mayor and current vice mayor Vicente Y. Emano who made an aggressive campaign in convincing the Ayalas to invest in Cagayan de Oro. It also lauded City Mayor Constantino G. Jaraula for pursuing the development thrust started by Vice Mayor Emano by working on the establishment of infrastructure support facilities such as stable water supply and strengthening security network within the area and throughout the city. “It is the kind of LGU support that we want and we have here in Cagayan de Oro,” Monera told the media who covered the inauguration Saturday. For his part, Mayor Jaraula said that at least three police stations are providing security support to the internal security of the Alegria Hills so that residents will feel safe and protected. Alegria Hills goes in the line of other prime real estate developments in the country such as Forbes Park and Ayala Alabang, among others. The city government is also pushing for the establishment of a reservoir in barangay Indahag that will provide stable water supply for the subdivisions situated in the southern part of the city.

^^ looks like that was the gate right ? so tapos na pla yong entrance.. :)

^^CUMC is for the east while Polymedic is Plaza for the west:cheers:


I can't imagine the rapid progression of barangay Kauswagan nowadays and in the upcoming years, much more if the 3rd bridge will be totally operational. KaUSWAGan talaga ang dating! :cheers:

Repost from Subdivisions and Estates thread of CDO

From e-mail update by CHI.


Front gate
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Sales office
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Repost from Subdivisions and Estates thread of CDO

ang bilis....from the last photos posted ni dark knight, tapos na pala kahapon. ^^

ang bilis....from the last photos posted ni dark knight, tapos na pala kahapon. ^^

Expect the security guards of this elite subdivision at horseback. :cheers:

parang mas upscale pa tingnan ang gate ng GE though.. :D

ang bilis....from the last photos posted ni dark knight, tapos na pala kahapon. ^^

...bilis nga pero chronological order pa rin. :)

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^^Well, hindi raw 2011 matapos ang airport as what the news said below:

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Laguindingan Airport within schedule (http://themindanaocurrent.blogspot.com/2008/05/headlines-front-page-may-12-2008.html)


Gov. Oscar Moreno together with all agencies involved in the construction of the Laguindingan Airport stated during a media briefing that the project is within schedule and will be completed in January 2012.

This was confirmed by Engr. Delia Capicenio, Project Manager of the project and representatives of Hanjin, the Korean construction firm that is working on the project.

The report said that Hanjin officially started on 18 January 2008 and the construction will be completed on 17 January 2012. The runway and maybe the apron will be completed as committed by April 2010. As of to date, the contractor is undertaking clearing of the project site, survey works, soil investigation and construction of temporary facilities.

As confirmed by Go. Moreno, the aim is to allow PGMA to be the first to Land and Take-off from the airport even of instruments are still not in place. The president’s term will end o\in June 30, 2010.

On the matter of Land Acquisition, the group said that the Total land area requirement of the project is 387.29 hectares for which 289.97 has already been acquired or donated. There is still 3.28 hectares that need to be acquired. These are private lands that belong to 3 landowners in which 2 are being processed for payment while the other has a pending case at the Court of Appeals. These lots however will not affect the implementation of the project according to Moreno.

In addition to this there is another 94.04 hectares that will be donated by Ayala Corporation after it gets a conversion order from DAR.

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45000 jobs alone for hanjin and thousands more for the construction of Laguindinagn airport! goodnews to the people living in Normin. napakaraming opportunities :D aside from the fact that its been sandwiched by two booming cities that will soon become a huge metro area-corridor

Relocation deadline for Hanjin project stretched (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW051308/content.php?id=043)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corp. (Phividec) Industrial Authority has extended the deadline for the relocation of residents in affected areas where a $2-billion shipyard of South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries, Inc. will be built.

The decision was made even as officials of Hanjin have yet to return here and announce that they would not be pulling out of the project.

In late April, company officials left the city after an issue with local officials, with site development activities involving at least 500 workers left hanging. Most local government and private sector leaders think Hanjin’s decision to pull out was final despite a contrary assurance from Malacañang.

Hanjin officials were reportedly in Luzon, specifically in Manila and Subic, and could not be contacted for comments.

Phividec Administrator Ninfa A. Albania, who claimed to have been in contact with Hanjin project officials, said the project would proceed. This was why the relocation deadline was extended, another Phividec official said.

Divine Lagdamen, Phividec department manager for corporate planning, said residents should have been relocated by May 10. "But we are extending the deadline for the affected residents of the two barangays, namely Balacanas and Tambobong to August 10," she said.

She noted that by then, the Korean company would have completed the requirements for its environmental compliance certificate to start the construction of the shipyard building.

Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar G. Moreno earlier said Hanjin had only stopped pre-construction activities and had not pulled out.

Local government officials of Tagoloan and Villanueva towns earlier alleged that Hanjin had bribed them to allow its site development to continue without permits.

Mayor Paulino Y. Emano of Tagoloan later explained that there was a misunderstanding during his meeting with a Hanjin executive. The P400 million mentioned earlier as bribe actually referred to potential revenues for the town where sand and gravel for the project would be extracted.

Mr. Emano and Mayor Juliette T. Uy of Villanueva earlier lifted halt orders on the operation of Hanjin inside the Phividec industrial estate. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, during her visit to this city two weeks ago, spoke with the mayors and tasked Mr. Moreno to resolve the issue.

Undersecretary Renato L. Ebarle of the Presidential Management Staff, Interior and Local Government Regional Director Quirino M. Libunao and Ms. Albania had been speaking with the mayors for days to stop their opposition to the Hanjin project.

Hanjin was reportedly thinking of pulling out its project — a major investment accomplishment of the Arroyo administration — due to problems with the host communities. Since March, residents of the two towns have been complaining that the company and its contractors had failed to make good some promises on relocation, as well as on the hiring of locals.

During a public consultation in late March, Eduardo Rubic, Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp. project coordinator, assured the towns of Villanueva and Tagoloan that these would be prioritized for hiring. But he also said not all applicants who are residents of the two towns would all be accepted by the company. — Geefe P. Alba

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^^ parang d na yata ma eexpand ang runway except if we make another one thats parallel to the existing runway :D

LADP Relocation Site
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ANSECA Development Corporation
10-year contract with Holcim Phils., Lugait, Misamis Oriental

Scope of works:

Mine planning and design, quarrying and delivery of limestone, shale and pozzolan at 3.0 MMT annually, pollution abatement measures and environmental protection dust and noise suppression, reforestation.

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re-post from Main Thread

updates on polymedic medical plaza


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ganda :applause: :applause: :applause:

Phividec: Hanjin will be back by September (http://www.kagay-an.com/articles.php?art_id=1902&sec_id=1&cat_id=1)


The US$2-billion shipyard project of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction, Ltd. (HHIC) may not be lost after all, but it's going to take some time to bring it back and iron out all kinks which resulted in the temporary suspension of work.

This much can be surmised after the Korean conglomerate renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with the Phividec Industrial Authority which expired last May 10, 2008 for another four months.

Ninfa A. Albania, Phividec Vice Chair and Administrator, confirmed this to Gold Star Daily yesterday morning in Manila following the formal signing of the management contract with International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) which shall henceforth manage the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) at Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

This was also confirmed by the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) through its president Rodolfo L. Meñes.

"Yes, from all indications Hanjin signed a Memorandum of Understanding targeting September to resolve kinks according to Phividec," Meñes said.

Some of the identified kinks that Hanjin specifically mentioned in its letter informing the government of the temporary cessation of work were negative publicity for its Subic and in Mindanao projects; local disturbances in the operation of the project; and pending right-of-way clearance and unfavorable actions regarding the same.

"The Hanjin fiasco if perceived by all, especially politicians and the media, as a wake up call to work together to keep this $2-Billion and 40,000 workers in Northern Mindanao should result in focusing on essential collaborative efforts to expedite the project through a multi-sectoral task force in working out Hanjin's energy requirements," Meñes said.

HHIC shipyard project site managing director Myong Goo Kwon informed PIA of the indefinite work suspension April 25, 2008 and banning all department heads, supervisors and rank and file workers from the project site effective May 28, 2008 except for a skeleton force. Kwon's letter to Albania mentioned "numerous atrocities" committed against Hanjin which led to its work suspension.

Albania said the "local disturbances" mentioned in Kwon's letter referred to difficulties in relocating residents of affected areas in the shipyard, work stoppage orders from LGU heads and other permits.

"We are exerting all our efforts to address these matters…but they will be back when these disturbances are addressed," she said during a May 5 press conference hosted by PIA-10. (with a report from Lizanilla J. Amarga)

Firm to build P2-B ferronickel smelter (http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20080520125069.html)


The Board of Investments has approved tax and fiscal incentives to the P1.996-billion integrated ferronickel smelting project of MCCI Corp..

The company’s entire production of ferronickel in different forms are geared for the export market.

MCCI, which is now owned by PGMC Corp. of the Atayde Group, having acquired it from the Guevarra family, shall produce 13,714,500 pounds of ferronickels a year from its 3 plants in Iligan, Manticao in Misamis Oriental and Danao in Cebu.

In approving the project for incentives, the BoI said that MCCI’s project is considered as it will involve the utilization of an existing idle facility or plant it had acquired.

MCCI shall now operate the two existing but idle facilities under its fold: the ferrochrome smelting plant of Mindanao Ferroalloy Corp. (MINFACO) located in Manticao, Misamis Oriental, from Araneta Properties in 2005; and the Lloyds Richfield line of Lafarge Cement Philippines Inc. located in Danao, Cebu.

The MINFACO and MCCI were BOI- registered.

As new owners of MCCI, the MINFACO and the Danao plants, PGMC will be investing R2 billion to rehabilitate/convert and operate the acquired assets into an integrated ferronickel smelting project.

The R2 billion investments already include the acquisition costs of MCCI, Manticao and Danao facilities, rehabilitation and improvement costs plus the initial working capital for the operation of the three plants.

The plan includes the rehabilitation and conversion of the idle electrochemical/electrometallurgical plant in Buruan, Iligan into a ferronickel smelting plant.

The plant has two electric arc furnaces with a capacity of 40 tons per hour each and a 5 ton per hour vertical kiln that is designated as a standby kiln.

The MINFACO ferrochrome smelting plant shall also be converted and operated into a ferronickel plant.

The ferronickel that will be produced in this plant shall be transported to the main plant in Iligan and will be combined with the ferronickel output of the main plant for shipment abroad.

Part of the beneficiated nickel ore or PGMC from its Surigao mine site shall also be brought to this plant for smelting. The beneficiated nickel ore is going to be sourced from the firm’s mother company, PGMC’s nickel mines located in Claver, Surigao del Norte and Isabela.

The project also include the rehabilitation of the former LCPI’s Lloyds Richfield wet process line, located in Danao City, Cebu into a nickel ore calcinations plant.

Part of the beneficiated nickel ore of PGMC from its Isabela mine site will be brought to this plant for calcining, then the calcined ore will be brought to Iligan and Manticao plants for smelting.

The integrated facility shall produce high-value added ferronickel in different forms, ingots, shots, granules and recoveries.

Production of ferronickel involves blending of ore and coal; drying/calcining, smelting, refining, casting and packing.

PGMC expects an initial export revenue this year of 0 million from an initial production of 10 million pounds of nickel ore.

PGMC is also free to sell the ferronickel to any market having completed a financing from Deutsche Bank.

Earlier, PGMC considered to commit selling up 80 percent of its ferronickel production from its Iligan plant to BHP Billiton, world’s largest mining firm and third largest nickel producer.

At an average yearly nickel price of per pound, revenue is seen at .721 million in 2008, .334 milion in 2009, .491 million in 2010, and .442 million in 2011.

It will register an average annual income of 4 million out of which excise tax paid to the government is at P134 million while annual income tax is at P1 billion and annual real property tax, P2.2 million.

"The locality will benefit directly from the one percent of the total production cost as social fund or community development projects amounting to an average of P35 million yearly," said PGMC.

The plant is estimated to generate employment to baranggays Bu-ruun and Maria Cristina for 125 persons initially, reaching to 541 at maximum operational capacity.

The plant has a programmed production cost of P2.27 billion in 2008 of which a large chunk of P989 million is for nickel ore costs, P400 million for smelter material charges, P455 million for power, and P242 million for operating cost contingency.

Production cost is seen to increase to P4.04 billion in 2009, P5.57 billion in 2010, and down a little to P5.4 billion in 2011.

Nickel ore that will be fed on the smelter plant will be sourced from PGMC nickel mining operations from Dinapigue in Isabela, Toronto and Pulot properties in Palawan, and Cagdianao in Surigao del Norte, and other sources. (BCM)

Phinma in tie-up with Robinsons
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business4_may20_2008

By Jenniffer B. Austria

Robinsons Land Corp., the real estate arm of JG Summit Holdings Inc., and Phinma Property Holdings Inc., the property arm of the Phinma Group, will jointly develop a 14.9-hectare residential community in Cagayan de Oro.

Robinsons Land, in a disclosure to the stock exchange, said the project, to be called Fresno Parkview, is a mid-cost residential subdivision that will sell lots with an option for housing.

The two companies will also develop a commercial strip within the area to address the needs of the future residents.

Fresno Parkview is located just 250 meters away from the airport and 9.6 kilometers from city hall.

Robinsons Land said the project reflected the company’s commitment to develop southern Philippines.

Phinma Group, which has been into the property development for over 50 years, has built close to 5,000 affordable condominiums. Robinsons Land, on the other hand, has launched more than 30 projects andhas presence in seven regions across the country.

The company has developed 20,900 units of lots and house and lot packages over the past 10 years.

Robinsons Land has entered into a joint venture agreement with Lapanday Prime Development Corp. of the Lorenzo family for a mid-cost housing development project in Davao.

It also signed an agreement with Security Land Corp. and Taganito Mining Corp. for the development of a 5,567-square meter property owned by Security Land.

The property, located at the corners of Ayala Avenue, Rufino St. and Valero St. in Makati City, will be developed into a mixed-used office residential project.

Aboitiz to expand despite threats to food and transport units (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW052208/content.php?id=041)

CEBU CITY — Rising fuel and commodity prices make 2008 a challenging year for the food and transport businesses of Cebu-based Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV), but company officials said expansion plans would continue.

The group is spending P32 billion this year, much of which will go to its power subsidiary. "Our biggest growth will come from the generation side and that’s where we’d like to focus on," Aboitiz Equity President and Chief Executive Officer Jon Ramon Aboitiz said.

The group will charter a second cargo vessel to expand container services in Southern Mindanao and buy two second-hand catamarans for the Supercat fast ferry fleet in the Visayas. Aboitiz will also build a new feed mill in Iligan City and expand swine and breeder farms in Tarlac.
These investments are, however, minor compared with the P7.5 billion earmarked for the group’s power generation businesses this year. This is part of the P11.4 billion that subsidiary Aboitiz Power Corp. will invest in three generation projects worth P70 billion over the next three years. "Organically, other sectors will grow, but they won’t grow as fast as power," Mr. Aboitiz said.

Aboitiz Power units are investing in the construction of a 300-megawatt coal plant in Subic, a 246-megawatt coal plant in Toledo and two hydropower plants in Davao.

In his report to stockholders on Monday, Mr. Aboitiz said the food and transport businesses face a challenging year as a result of sharp increases in the prices of fuel and commodities.

But Subsidiary Aboitiz Transport System Corp. is in a position to weather the storm, he said. The company contributed P318 million to the parent last year, more than double its 2006 contribution, mainly due to the sale of three ships that generated P2.4 billion. This was used to pay a P1.8-billion debt.

"With a sound balance sheet consisting of almost no debt and with substantial cash reserves, it can afford to be flexible and focus on its new business model of being a low-cost producer," Mr. Aboitiz said.

Aboitiz Transport expects the delivery this week of a new 600-TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) container ship for MCC Transport Philippines. Inc., its joint venture with the AP Moller Maersk Group. The container ship will serve Southern Mindanao. MCC Transport operates a container ship that serves the ports of Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro and Bacolod.

The transport firm also expects the delivery next month of two used catamarans from Portugal. By July, these vessels will have been deployed to serve the ports of Tagbilaran City in Bohol and Ormoc City in Leyte from Cebu. The vessels that now serve the Visayas routes will be transferred to Calapan.

Mr. Aboitiz said they had spent about $6 million (roughly P250 million) for both vessels. Each can carry 270 to 280 passengers. "We still had to refurbish them. These are much better and faster. We had to find the right type of craft to be able to offer low fares," he added.

Aboitiz Transport offers not only the transport of goods, but also supply chain management services through brand 2GO. It also offers cold chain transport service for perishable goods through Reefer Van Specialist, Inc. and Refrigerated Transport Services, Inc.

The group’s food business, Pilmico Foods Corp., seeks to complete a new feed mill in Iligan City by midyear. The new facility will be operated by subsidiary Fil-Am Foods, Inc. and will serve the animal nutrition needs of the Visayas-Mindanao market.

The company will also build more grain silos this year to give Pilmico the largest flourmill storage capacity in the Philippines, Mr. Aboitiz said. Finisher swine and nucleus breeder farms in Tarlac are also being expanded. These will be completed by 2009 and 2010, respectively.

"The food group faces another engaging year as we see the continued sharp increases of all commodities. We are, however, optimistic of its sustainable growth and profitability," he said. Pilmico’s contribution to group profits rose by 4% to P530 million in 2007. — Marites S. Villamor with Lovely Nica P. Lee

The Shrine as of April 29, 2008

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Wow!! doul lang aiu ni sa CDO proper?

^^Thats about 18 kilometers west of Cagayan de Oro.

the statue can be seen from the highway...^^

Layu2x pud diay. pero ayus ayu ang project. Ayus ni laagan diha. hapit na siguro ni mahuman.

Monday, May 26, 2008
Divine Mercy Hills, summer pilgrimage of Mindanao (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/05/26/feat/divine.mercy.hills.summer.pilgrimage.of.mindanao.html)

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Close to 20,000 people attended the morning mass in honor of the feast of the Divine Mercy. (Contributed Photo)

LOCATED in the tranquil Hills of PSB Ulaliman, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, Divine Mercy Hills is fast becoming a popular pilgrim site in Mindanao.

Discovered in 2003, Divine Mercy Hills used to be planted to coconut tress and sineguelas.

Today, it is the home of the 50-foot Divine Mercy Statue, so far the tallest Divine Mercy statue in the world.

The events leading to the discovery of this place dates back to the year 2000.

The intercessory prayer group of the Divine Mercy Foundation Mindanao (Phils) Inc. an offshoot of a Catholic Charismatic group in Cagayan de Oro City began receiving visions and messages from the Lord to build His church of Mercy.

For three consecutive years, the visionaries of the group repeatedly received the same message of the Lord, to build His church of Mercy with the vision of the Lord, standing on top of a hill overlooking the ocean.

In 2003, the group was fully convinced that this was an authentic divine instruction from the Lord.

In a leap of faith and with only P2,000 in their savings account, they embarked on a search for the site spearheaded by the president of the Foundation, Atty. Guerrero Adaza and executive director, Mrs. Paquita Adaza.

After several attempts and on the verge to give up, the group in February 11, 2003, discovered Divine Mercy Hills in PSB Ulaliman, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental.

The place has a total area of 8.5 hectares and its hills slope in three levels. It has a spectacular view of Macajalar Bay of Cagayan de Oro.

To the group's amazement, they learned that this place has long been prepared by the Lord and kept from public view.

During a prayerful discernment upon discovering the place, the Lord said, "I have prepared this place a long time ago. This is a holy ground. It will be known all over the world because of the many miracles, healings and conversion that will take place here."

The presence of the Lord is truly manifested in all events and developments of this place. The negotiations alone with the different lots owners, to the full payment of the 9.8-hectare lots including the four parking areas in barely two years time, could only be made possible with divine intervention.

The project developer, Architect Felino Palafox Jr. and the statue's sculptor, Mr. Nick Reyes both world-renowned in their fields were likewise handpicked by the Lord.

The whole project is funded by donations from individuals. The Lord moved the hearts of people to help build His place and has promised to bless the families of those who responded to His call irregardless of amount.

To date, the 50-foot Divine Mercy Statue is nearing its completion. This coming September 8, 2008, there will be a triple grand celebration in the Divine Mercy Hills.

First will be the solemn dedication and blessing of the 50-foot Divine Mercy Statue. Second, the formal turnover of the 50-foot Divine Mercy Statue to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, and thirdly, it is the Birthday of our Blessed Mother.

The blessing of the 50-foot Divine Mercy statue according to the Lord will be the biggest celebration in Divine Mercy Hills. It is a celebration of victory and invites everyone to come, as He will lavish His blessings and graces on this day.

Regular activities at the Divine Mercy Hills include the following: every Saturday between 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., healing, counseling and confession; every Sunday, at 3:00 p.m., Pilgrims Holy Mass.

The development in Divine Mercy Hills is ongoing. After the blessing of the statue on September 8, 2008, the construction of the Church of Mercy will begin. Other projects include the Mary's Garden, the Stations of the Cross, retreat houses, view decks and children's park.

The Divine Mercy Foundation Mindanao (Phils) Inc. invites you to help support and be part of this project through your generous financial assistance. As the Lord said, "Do not refuse anyone. Everyone has a right to my blessing."

Testimonies of healings, conversions and petitions answered are continually reported.

For donations please send it to, DIVINE MERCY FOUNDATION MINDANAO (PHILS) INC., at G&P Adaza Garden, Nemesito Chavez Village, Bayabas, Cagayan de Oro City od deposit funds PBCOM # 292-10-001092-6, or to Chinabank # 374-000081-7.

Call Divine Mercy Foundation Mindanao (Phils) Inc, at telephone No. (088) 350-9095, 09295468052.

Monday, May 26, 2008
Divine Mercy Hills, summer pilgrimage of Mindanao (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/05/26/feat/divine.mercy.hills.summer.pilgrimage.of.mindanao.html)

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Close to 20,000 people attended the morning mass in honor of the feast of the Divine Mercy. (Contributed Photo)

LOCATED in the tranquil Hills of PSB Ulaliman, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, Divine Mercy Hills is fast becoming a popular pilgrim site in Mindanao.

Discovered in 2003, Divine Mercy Hills used to be planted to coconut tress and sineguelas.

Today, it is the home of the 50-foot Divine Mercy Statue, so far the tallest Divine Mercy statue in the world.

The events leading to the discovery of this place dates back to the year 2000.




This kind of move will fuel again the awesome economic activities not only for El Salvador City, but also Cagayan de Oro and Region 10. :cheers:

Tanduay Holdings allots P1B for expansion (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=119918)

Publicly-listed Tanduay Holdings Inc. controlled by tobacco magnate Lucio Tan has earmarked P1 billion for expansion this year.

In a statement, the company said the amount would be spent for upgrading the distillation capacity of its units Asian Alcohol Corp. and Absolut Chemicals Inc. The company also intends to channel some of the funds for the acquisition of additional fast lines for its Cabuyao and Cagayan de Oro plants to increase production capacity.

Tanduay recently completed the construction of a fourth plant in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental that cost about P600 million.

Sitting on a 10-hectare property beside the Asia Brewery complex, the new plant is equipped with an integrated washing and bottling line. It is expected to serve the requirements of the fast growing market of Mindanao, which accounts for 33 percent of total company sales.

In a related development, Tanduay has offered to buy the 10.66-percent stake of Miguel Ossorio Pension Foundation Inc. in Victorias Milling Co. (VMC), the country's largest sugar mill.

Newspaper reports said Tanduay would purchase the additional stake for P85.06 million.

Philippine National Bank, which is also controlled by Tan, owns 10.15 percent of VMC.

For the first quarter of 2008, Tanduay reported that its consolidated net income surged 106 percent to P191 million from P93 million in the same period last year.

The jump was attributed to a 26-percent rise in liquor sales volume across all its major brands, led by the traditional best seller, Tanduay Five Years Rhum.

^^i agree.. "LET US NOT BOAST SOMETHING THAT DID NOT HAPPEN YET"-dos compadres

IMHO, somehow, cebu has reached the 3rd lap when you have just started your engine.

true...i think the point of the matter is cebu is already established better but the magnet of northern mindanao is the $2-billion dollar shipyard which will become the dynamo of the heavy industries and soon to hit influx of new commerce and industries in southern philippines! much more the Laguindingan International Airport which will the economic powerhouse of region 10 as the catalyst of growth in Mindanao.

Cebu will always be the center for tourism together with Bohol and Western Visayas as the workers of Mindanao will cool off in you pristine waters and white sand beaches. Right? :cheers:

^^kumusta bai Tonzi? correction lang gamay bai, Laguindingan Airport lang po. sana nga LA will boost the economy of Normin to complement the emerging cities of the rest of Mindanao. :banana:

Platinum Group sees completion of P1.9-B expansion proj this year (http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Business&p=49&type=2&sec=27&aid=2008052910)
By Donnabelle L. Gatdula
Friday, May 30, 2008

Platinum Group Metals Corp. (PGMC), through its wholly-owned subsidiary MCCI Corp., expects to complete the P1.9-billion expansion of its ferronickel plant this year.

PGMC will operate three integrated ferronickel smelter plants in the country by the end of the year with the completion of the expansion and rehabilitation program.

Company chairman Ramon Atayde said they are currently putting up the furnaces and kilns in its three plants: the Manticao plant in Misamis Oriental, the MCCI-Iligan ferronickel smelter plant in Lanao del Norte and the Danao plant in Cebu.

The Iligan ferronickel smelter facility, the country’s first, was formerly a calcium carbide plant of Maria Cristina Chemicals Inc. (MCCI). PGMC acquired 93 percent ownership of the plant from MCCI in October 2007.

It has been converted into a ferronickel processing facility that exports nickel to Australia. PGMC expects to complete the rehabilitation of its second furnace by December so it can fully operate as an integrated ferronickel plant.

In the meantime, BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company and long-time partner of PGMC, will be sourcing a portion of its nickel requirements from the MCCI-Iligan facility. The two companies have a two-year supply contract for 200 tons contained nickel per month.

Moreover, BHP Billiton is providing technical service support for process and facilities engineering in the Iligan plant in addition to technical assistance for preemptive environmental safety nets starting this year.

For the Manticao plant, PGMC expects its furnace to operate later this year so it can also function as an integrated ferronickel smelter plant. It is being rehabilitated and converted from a former ferrochrome plant owned by Inchrome.

The planned ferronickel smelting facility in Danao City will also be completed by the end of the year. This used to be an idle cement factory of Lafarge/Lloyds Richfield Industrial Corp. and is now being rehabilitated and converted for ferronickel operations.

Last year, PGMC acquired the cement plant from Lafarge which included three rotary kilns. The ferronickel smelter is scheduled for soft opening in the next two months.

The company intends to spend around P200 million for the initial rehabilitation and conversion that will have an annual production capacity of 26,000 metric tons of ferronickel.

PGMC was granted an offshore credit facility by Deutsche Bank AG worth $40 million to finance the expansion plans of its ferronickel smelters.

The smelter projects are designed to treat nickeliferous ores from the PGMC mines through kiln drying and calcining processes to produce calcined nickel ore. The calcined ore will undergo smelting in electric arc furnaces that would result in molten crude ferronickel.

Calcining or calcination is a thermal treatment process applied to ores that would result in thermal decomposition. It is carried out in furnaces or kilns and takes place at temperatures below the melting point of the product materials.

PGMC has nickel ore mining activities in the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Isabela.

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i think northern mindanao already deserves an international airport :D just by the sheer size of the population and area it serves. :D

nagigi9ng touris destination talaga ang spot na yan, i just hope na ang daan na patungo dyan ay ayusin :D

we were there yestarday. tapos nang ikabit lahat ng mga stained glass..

@bariQ, during the mass yesterday, inanunsyo na nag pledge daw si MisOr 2nd District Rep Emano ng 1.5 million para simentuhin ang kalsada paakyat..


next project: the main Chapel.

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ang ganda na pala ng area sa Pilmico... marami ng trees unlike noong dati na bared naked yung area nila... :lol:

hindi na rin ako nakaka daan lately sa pilmico to dalipuga area...

A third of Ayala Land’s CDO units sold (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW060308/content.php?id=045)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — A third of Ayala Land, Inc.’s residential project in Cagayan de Oro City has been sold, a company official said.

The firm will be turning over sold lots at its 53-hectare Alegria Hills to buyers by next year, said Carol Alloso, Ayala Land’s area sales manager. Phase one of the project is expected to be completed by the middle of next year.

Located at this city’s Upper Indahag district, the Ayala project will have a man-made wetland, the first of its kind in Mindanao.

Company officials said Alegria Hills’ main entrance and gates have been completed ahead of schedule.

As early as 2005, Ayala Corp. executives informed then Mayor Vicente Emano of a planned P4-billion mixed-use complex targeted for development in the village of Indahag, in the east.

With an initial investment of P2 billion, further increasing to P4 billion by 2010, the Ayala business complex will include a shopping mall, high-rise structures, recreation facilities and other upscale community amenities.

On Monday, Ayala Land, in partnership with the Environment department and the City Environment and Natural Resources Office, started the planting of more than 200 hardwood tree species in its upscale residential project.

Officials said the activity is the company’s contribution to the National Environment Month, observed globally in June.

Ayala Land Vice-President Francis O. Monera said private businesses should respond to the issue of climate change and the destruction of the environment.

"But this is something we can change. We have to start to consciously commit and do something about it because we might wake up one day and find there is nothing left for our children and our children’s children because of what we did or what we failed to do today," Mr. Monera said during the launch.

Ayala Land’s landscape architect said the Environment department was scouting for an area to grow trees for their program.

Ayala Land also plans to develop a greenery in another project in Indahag. The company wants to make the whole area a venue for tree-planting. — GPA

Latest photos and updates of the Shrine as of April 6, 2008.
all photos by dingdans

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nice au..pero kong gusto mo sa new update sa divine mercy din try to visit here..
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welcome to SSC @dingdans....just click my signature below for other threads for CDO and MisOr...and you're welcome to post...

these are some of the details i got from alegria hills. i just wanna share these with you. kindly use the windows picture and fax viewer or paint program so that you can zoom at the present image.

according to the sample papers, the cheapest lot is Php6800 per square meter. their high end is Php8000 per square meter. the minimum cut is around 377 square meters while the largest is over 590 square meters.


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looks like the August 8, 2008 target for completion is achievable...

That south diversion road will soon be a major thoroughfare with subdivisions sprouting in the area...

That south diversion road will soon be a major thoroughfare with subdivisions sprouting in the area...


where is the south diversion road located? is that the road going to camaman-an or the one going to macasandig?

where is the south diversion road located? is that the road going to camaman-an or the one going to macasandig?

the one that cuts across Alegria Hills

malalaki ang cut nito at ang mura ha.. its going to be a very nice investment..

looks like the August 8, 2008 target for completion is achievable...

i don't think so. aug 8 is less than 2 months away. and it is a hospital. even if the main structure will be finished (which i don't think will happen), there is a whole system to be put in place before the facility can be operational. imo lang po, based on the pix.

i don't think so. aug 8 is less than 2 months away. and it is a hospital. even if the main structure will be finished (which i don't think will happen), there is a whole system to be put in place before the facility can be operational. imo lang po, based on the pix.

the building (civil works) maybe completed....but the operation may take some time...

Tree growing at Ayala's Alegria Hills a success (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/06/10/life/tree.growing.at.ayala.s.alegria.hills.a.success.html)



Tuesday, June 10, 2008

STRENGTHENING its commitment to help enhance the environment within its area of operations, premier developer Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) recently inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for a tree growing series at Alegria Hills.

At the event last June 2, which also commemorated the kick-off of the World Environment Month activities, ALI committed to provide the venue and manpower support while DENR will provide its technical expertise and assistance for the planting and maintenance of over a thousand seedlings to be planted within the subdivision.

Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo

"Here in Cagayan de Oro, we commit not only to bring development and build a community, but do our share in helping protect the environment as well," Ayala Land vice president Francis O. Monera said at the ceremonies.

The tree growing series is in line with DENR's Green Philippines Program, which seeks to enhance the greening efforts in the country for environmental protection, enhancement, and economic growth.

"Business viability is dependent on environmental stability. In designing the masterplan of Alegria Hills, our planners took into account the area's topography and existing vegetation in defining what could be useful to the residents here in the future," said Ver J. dela Cerna, Ayala Land-Vismin head of Property Management, Customer Affairs, and Corporate Communication.

The event started with a mass, officiated by Monsignor Ray Monsanto. It was considered the first mass at what was to be the future site of the subdivision's Chapel in the grove.

Invited guests include Mayor Constantino Jaraula, Vice Mayor Vicente Emano, including members of the media, future homeowners, the rest of the DENR personnel and community stakeholders planted a total of 225 seedlings that morning.

The planted seedlings were narra and mahogany trees, an indigenous hardwood species. The narra and mahogany trees hold the soil firmly and can also hold more water.

"The trees that we plant today will be a permanent living element of Alegria Hills. The roots of each mahogany and narra seedling will grow deep into the bedrock -- just as deep as our collective commitment to sustainable development today," dela Cerna added.

Future plans include a series of tree planting activities, consistent with Alegria Hills' landscaping design. Other groups and stakeholders in the community will also be invited to take part in this effort.

"Ayala strongly believes in the value of partnerships. Through them, we can extend reach, replicate and scale up successful programs to address a wider market. Together, we can do more," Monera added.

Alegria Hills is a residential development under the Ayala Land premier brand.

Ayala Land's first entry into Mindanao, Alegria Hills is an exclusive residential oasis that is perched atop sloping highlands. It is set amidst green open spaces on a highland plateau, affording a panoramic view of the Cagayan de Oro city and the Macajalar Bay.

The project is a joint development of Ayala Land with valued partners in Cagayan -- the Murillo, Boniao, and Borromeo families.

Alegria Hills offers a higher level of comfort, serenity, and security that only an Ayala Land Premier community can provide to assure residents of quality, commitment, and enduring value, a sure reward for their success. (Press release)

Government revives plans for Mindanao rail system (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW062008/content.php?id=051)

THE GOVERNMENT has again revived plans to build a rail system in Mindanao after talks on funding by a German financial institution fell through, a ranking Transportation and Communications official told reporters yesterday.

Guiling A. Mamondiong, Transport and Communication undersecretary for Rail Transportation, said the government is conducting a new study for the first of four phases of the project that will stretch from Cagayan de Oro City to Iligan City, involving a distance of 120 kilometers from the original 82.5 kms.

"It will now be connected to Laguindingan International Airport and to the Mindanao Container Terminal. It will be both for passenger and cargo," said Mr. Mamondiong.

The new study is scheduled to be completed by September.

Initial estimates showed that the project cost could reach as much as $700 million, or about P30.1 billion, from some $520 million, or P22 billion, when the project was revived in 2004.

In 2004, Thai rail developer, Thaipicon Industrial Company, submitted to the government its $1-million feasibility study for the project.

At that time, the project also involved Germany’s Siemens Group, which was backed by the German government’s KFV soft-loan financial institution.

Plans for a Mindanao railway were concretized in the administration of former President Fidel V. Ramos, then revived by the succeeding Estrada government.

Mr. Mamondiong said the government is now in talks with potential financers from Saudi Arabia, Poland and the Czech Republic. "We hope to start the implementation of the project towards the end of 2009. It can be completed by 2013," he added.

The Cagayan de Oro-Iligan stretch of the rail system is just the first of a 2,000-kilometer six-phase rail network development in Mindanao.

The route is being prioritized, since the covered stretch is the industrial gateway and a key trade center of Mindanao.

The entire planned Mindanao railway consists of a crisscrossing network of lines linking Cagayan de Oro to Iligan, Iligan to Zamboanga City, Cagayan de Oro-Agusan-Surigao, as well as extensions to Davao and General Santos cities.

Besides Thai and German firms, Austrian, French and Indian investors had expressed interest in the project in 2004. — A. B. L. Lorenzo

Small city pilots "one-barangay one-product" program (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW062808/content.php?id=053)

EL SALVADOR CITY, MISAMIS ORIENTAL — Instead of the usual "One-Town, One Product" program, this small industrial city in Northern Mindanao is piloting a scheme focused on an even smaller unit: barangays.

From this initative, products will be displayed in and sold in a local government-run "House of Pasalubong."

Mayor Emelita B. Almirante said all items on display in the House of Pasalubong, which was inaugurated last Monday, were made by residents who attended training seminars and livelihood workshops.

"The new pasalubong center showcases the city’s One-Barangay, One-Product program covering 15 villages and including the best in processed food, native delicacies, and souvenir items," she said.

El Salvador, about 30 minutes by bus from Cagayan de Oro City, hosts the biggest food and beverage and wood processing plants in the region. Among the big companies with manufacturing facilities here are Asia Brewery, Tanduay Rum, Virgin Cola, Universal Robina Corp, Timber Industries of the Phils. Inc. and United Plywood Corp.

The city is right next to the Laguindingan airport which is now under construction. It is expected to attract a significant number of visitors in when the new airport is completed in 2010. The city’s main attraction is a 50-foot statue and meditation chapel of the Image of Divine Mercy which serves as pilgrimage site for Divine Mercy devotees.

In the past, products from the city have been accommodated by the Mindanao Product Showroom in Cagayan de Oro City. However, the showroom closed last year because of high operating costs. — Geefe P. Alba

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Accordingly, the management will push through with its inauguration on August 8, 2008 even if the upper floors aren't finished yet. Some clinics and emergency services in the ground floor are reportedly to be operational on that day.

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Wow, ang bilis ng construction kung talagang 1 month from now ang inaguration.

Government revives plans for Mindanao rail system (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW062008/content.php?id=051)

THE GOVERNMENT has again revived plans to build a rail system in Mindanao after talks on funding by a German financial institution fell through, a ranking Transportation and Communications official told reporters yesterday.

Guiling A. Mamondiong, Transport and Communication undersecretary for Rail Transportation, said the government is conducting a new study for the first of four phases of the project that will stretch from Cagayan de Oro City to Iligan City, involving a distance of 120 kilometers from the original 82.5 kms.

"It will now be connected to Laguindingan International Airport and to the Mindanao Container Terminal. It will be both for passenger and cargo," said Mr. Mamondiong.

The new study is scheduled to be completed by September.

Initial estimates showed that the project cost could reach as much as $700 million, or about P30.1 billion, from some $520 million, or P22 billion, when the project was revived in 2004.

In 2004, Thai rail developer, Thaipicon Industrial Company, submitted to the government its $1-million feasibility study for the project.

At that time, the project also involved Germany’s Siemens Group, which was backed by the German government’s KFV soft-loan financial institution.

Plans for a Mindanao railway were concretized in the administration of former President Fidel V. Ramos, then revived by the succeeding Estrada government.

Mr. Mamondiong said the government is now in talks with potential financers from Saudi Arabia, Poland and the Czech Republic. "We hope to start the implementation of the project towards the end of 2009. It can be completed by 2013," he added.

The Cagayan de Oro-Iligan stretch of the rail system is just the first of a 2,000-kilometer six-phase rail network development in Mindanao.

The route is being prioritized, since the covered stretch is the industrial gateway and a key trade center of Mindanao.

The entire planned Mindanao railway consists of a crisscrossing network of lines linking Cagayan de Oro to Iligan, Iligan to Zamboanga City, Cagayan de Oro-Agusan-Surigao, as well as extensions to Davao and General Santos cities.

Besides Thai and German firms, Austrian, French and Indian investors had expressed interest in the project in 2004. — A. B. L. Lorenzo

Wow, sana matuloy ito especially w/ the onset of Hanjin and Laguindingan.

Wow, sana matuloy ito especially w/ the onset of Hanjin and Laguindingan.

Railway projects seen to propel RP to first world status (http://www.positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Article_Features_22/Railway_projects_seen_to_propel_RP_to_third_world_status.shtml)
By Casiano A. Navarro

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Meanwhile, Usec Mamondiong disclosed that massive preparations are afoot on the ground breaking for the Mindanao Railways System (MRS), the first mass transport system ever to be conceptualized for southern Philippines.

When completed, the MRS, which is initially be started at its proposed Iligan City - Cagayan de Oro line, is seen to speed up the movement of passengers and cargoes. This project is also programmed to get to as far as Zamboanga City to the west and Davao City and General Santos City to the south.

Mamondiong noted that the serious efforts to rehabilitate the Philippines National Railways lines to the north and to the Bicol region are being undertaken.

In Panay island, he said, preparations are afoot for the start of rehabilitation and improvement efforts on the island's existing railways system, in a bid to attain swift movement of agricultural and fisheries cargoes between the countrysides and the trading centers.

"By the time President Arroyo steps down at the end of her watch, we have no doubt that the Philippines' railways system is satisfactorily rehabilitated and the country is well on its way towards attaining first world status," Mamondiong said. (PNA Newsfeature)

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it seems like theyre still pushing through with or without hanjin. there are still plenty of conventions and seminars to be held in CdeO thats why CdeO will need plenty of guest rooms

Iligan facility to make RP self-reliant on steel plates (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/07182008/companies03.html)
By Max V. de Leon
Reporter


ILIGAN-based Global Steel Philippines Inc. (GSPI) will be opening today its mill that will make the country self-reliant on steel plates and, at the same, support the fast-growing domestic shipbuilding industry.

An industry source said that aside from supplying the demand of Philippine manufacturers, GSPI will also be exporting steel plates to other Southeast Asian countries.

The Philippines imports about 80,000 tons of steel plates annually and this demand is expected to be filled up by GSPI through its new mill.

The source said GSPI will be producing steel plates with a variety of thickness and applications to cater to various applications such as welded girders, flooring, storage tanks, machinery parts, barges, shipbuilding, marine and offshore construction, pipes and tube products, boilers and abrasion-resistant plates.

“This augurs well for the pursuit of the Philippines to become self-reliant on steel products, and this is timely because the shipbuilding industry is growing very fast with South Korea’s Hanjin already in the country,” the industry official said.

GSPI, the source added, is well-positioned to cater to Hanjin’s needs as the Indian-owned firm committed to produce top quality steel plates at competitive prices.

Hanjin Heavy Industries operates a shipbuilding facility and Subic, Zambales. The Korean-owned company has contracts to build six ships until 2010 totaling $1.2 billion.

The amount of the investment and the capacity of the GSPI plant will be announced by the company in today’s inauguration ceremony at its Iligan plant to be graced by the company’s local and international buyers, Indian diplomats, Trade Undersecretary and Board of Investments managing head Elmer Hernandez and other government officials.

The initial batch of steel plates will be sold by GSPI to domestic customers within the month, the source said.

The opening of the steel plates mill also put GSPI another step closer to its goal of fully integrating its operations.

At present, the company is producing hot-rolled coils, hot-rolled plates, cold rolled coils (full-hard and annealed) and tinplates, with total annual capacity of over two million tons.

so many good developments happening....arise cdo

2010-2015 will be very exciting times for CDO.

nice one CDO...

DENR okays MPP of Platinum Group (http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Business&p=49&type=2&sec=27&aid=2008072015)
By Marianne V. Go
Monday, July 21, 2008

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose L. Atienza has approved the mineral processing permit (MPP) of the Platinum Group Metals Corp. (PGMC) for its proposed ferronickel processing plant located in Manticao, Misamis Oriental.

PGMC’s MPP application was filed way back in June 2006.

With the approval of the MPP, PGMC’s Manticao ferro-nickel processing plant will finally be able to start operations.

The Manticao plant will be processing nickel ores through calcination and smelting.

The processing plant will have an average annual operating cost of $36.536 million and is designed to produce 36.7 tons per day of ferronickel (containing about 20-percent nickel).

PGMC’s integrated processing and mining operations this year is expected to result in an income of $5 million, up from the $4-million income it posted in 2007.

The slight growth would come from the projected export sale of 1.3 million pounds of contained nickel and 800,000 metric tons of nickel ore this year.

PGMC’s $4-million income last year came solely from its nickel ore exports.

PGMC’s income this year is expected to be affected by the more than 50-percent drop in nickel price from last year’s $24 per pound to the current $9.50 per pound.

PGMC is just starting up the operations of its two ferronickel processing plants in Iligan, Davao and Manticao, Misamis Oriental.

PGMC expects its income to “at least double” to $10 billion in 2009 once the two ferronickel processing plants are fully operational.

PGMC also hopes to increase its export of contained nickel to seven million pounds by next year.

PGMC had earlier announced that its mine sites in Surigao and Isabela will ship at least 450,000 metric tons of nickel ore to Australia before the end of the third quarter of this year.

Atayde said that the 450,000 MT is booked, but depending on the weather, PGMC’s nickel ore exports for the whole of 2008 could reach as much as 800,000 MT.

PGMC chairman Ramon R. Atayde had previously urged the DENR to encourage more investments in value added mineral processing, especially in the nickel sector.

A sentiment echoed just last Friday by Berong Nickel Corp. chief executive officer George J. Bujtor at the sidelines of Atlas Consolidated Mining Corp.’s annual stockholders’ meeting at the Valle Verde Country Club in Pasig City.

Both Atayde and Bujtor cited the downturn in the nickel industry and the shift away from raw laterite ore to more value-added nickel.

According to Atayde, several small local nickel mining firms have stopped operations due to the drop in global prices for nickel ore.

Nickel ore prices, Atayde said, have dropped to $9.50 a pound this year from last year’s high of $24/lb.

This is partly due, Atayde explained, to the loss of the Chinese market which had previously been a major buyer of low-grade nickel ore.

Bujtor confirmed Atayde’s observation that the nickel industry must move to more value-added processing instead of just relying on the export of unprocessed laterite ore.

He pointed out that China, which is the major buyer of laterite ore, is adopting new furnaces that requires moving away from low grade ore.

The disappearance of the Chinese market, Bujtor said has already hurt a lot of small Philippine nickel mining companies.

Iligan steel facility plans to prioritize downstream efforts (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=125843)
By Max V. de Leon
Business Mirror

The country will now have to wait longer to realize its dream to have a fully-integrated steel industry as Global Steel Philippines Inc. (GSPI) opted to prioritize its plan to go into downstream operations like corrugation and Galvalume production before proceeding its $1.6-billion backward integration program

Lalit Kumar Sehgal, GSPI managing director, told reporters that this strategy will ensure that its $1.6-billion future investment will not fail.

“We do not want to settle with half-processing only, the end-processing should be 100-percent complete before we proceed with backward integration,” Sehgal told reporters after the opening of GSPI’s steel plate mill in the company’s Iligan plant Friday.

At present, the company is producing hot-rolled coils, hot-rolled plates and cold-rolled coils (fullhard and annealed) with total annual capacity of over two million metric tons. The steel plates mill will initially produce 20,000 metric tons per month.

From January to June 2008, the company’s sales increased by 27 percent to $143.7 million or 183,211 MT from only 144,000 MT and $96.5 million in the same period last year. The company, which is exporting 70 percent of its output, has ambitious plans to ramp up sales volume to over 400,000 MT for 2008.

The company will complete the rehabilitation of the steel plant formerly owned by the state’s National Steel Corp. within the year with the recommissioning of its tinning line.

The company announced earlier that it is putting up an integrated steel plant in the Philippines with a production capacity of 3.6 million tons per annum (TPA) of slabs. This project will generate over 35,000 job opportunities. The backward integration project envisages facilities such as blast furnace 4.0 Million TPA, Sinter plant of 4.6 Mil TPA, Coke oven battery of 1.6 Million TPA, Pig casting machine one million TPA capacity and raw material-handling system, among others.

Sangram Mohanty, GSPI vice president and corporate communications head, said the company is looking at the “enabling platform” that will allow the smooth flow of its backward integration thrust.

This, he said, includes sound government policies, which is why they are now meeting with various government agencies, and the steady supply of raw materials.

The company, Mohanty said, is going around the country to identify possible mining sites where they could source the right grade of iron ore, dolomite and limestone. He said the company can mine on its own or partner with another company.

“The steel industry has to be pampered by the government if you want to realize your dream for an integrated industry,” he said.

Sehgal complained of the high cost of power that they are incurring at P4.70 per kilowatt-hour even if the plant is very near the generation facility in the area.

With this, the company is now looking at putting up its own power plant or take over an existing plant.

I am really impressed with the way that Ayala manages their residential developments.

Holcim invests P160 M for 4 silos (http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2008/07/24/BSNS20080724130575.html)





Holcim Philippines Inc. is investing at least P160 million for the construction of four silos for WallRight, a new specially formulated masonry cement product, which would enable as much as 32 percent savings in a construction project.


Eduardo A. Sahagun, SVP of Holcim Philippines Inc. told reporters at the launch of the Holcim WallRight they are going to build four silos with an estimated investment of P40 million to P50 million each for a capacity of 5,000 tons.

At present, its WallRight products are coming its La Union silo. The next silo to be constructed for this specialty product would be in Davao.

Sahagun has explained that its new masonry cement is used specially for hollow block laying, filling and plastering. It has better workability properties, 200 percent more bond strength, increased water retention, and smoother texture compared to the general purpose cement.

This transalates to 32 percent more hollow blocks that can be filled and more area coverage for plastering.

As such, it would ensure wider coverage in its application, minimize wastage and is P4 cheaper than the general purpose cement or at P176 per 50-kilogram bag as against P180 of the general purpose cement.

WallRight’s application is for walls of buildings, industrial, housing or any construction.

"Holcim WallRight helps save on construction cost by 32 percent, and at the same time, you will be able to build better quality walls," Sahagun said.

Based on their study, 30 percent of any construction work requires this kind of masonry cement. Holcim intends to produce 40,000 tons per month or 1 million bags a month of WallRight.

Sahagun said that even before the prices of cement and other construction materials had gone up, the company had already thought of launching this specialty product.

At present, Holcim is trying to provide the best cement for the right application. Holcim Excel is the higher early strength for use in general application, while Holcim Excel Bulk is the high performance Portland cement for high strength requirements.

Holcim, a leading cement player, expects WallRight to be an additional source of revenue. It is being positioned to grab the market share of other cement companies’, which have not produced the same masonry cement and not eat up Holcim’s own market share of general purpose cement.

"Hopefully, WallRight does not eat our own market share but somebody else’s general purpose cement," Sahagun said.

Holcim sells an average of 8 million to 9 million per month of Portland cement. The company’s entire production capacity is placed at 5.5 million tons.

The Swiss-owned company is also exporting some of the excess cement production from its plant in Lugait, Misamis Oriental to the Middle East, Africa, Indian Ocean and the Pacific Islands.

Exports account for 7 to 10 percent or 600,000 tons a year of the company’s total production. The three Mindanao plants one in Misamis and 2 lines in Davao are also currently supplying 1 million bags a month to Luzon, which is running out of capacity following its mothballed Bulacan line, which would be put on stream by 2011 yet.

The company has two mothballed production lines one in Davao with a production capacity of 600,000 tons and the Bulacan line with 850,000 tons.

Sahagun said that increase in cement prices is largely due to the increase in the price of coal, which accounts for 40 percent of variable cost of a cement company.

The last price hike in June was based on 0 per ton of coal, which was more than double that of the per ton in April last year.

The latest indicative price index for coal has shown prices of coal going up to 0 per ton. Cement firms import coal from Indonesia, the cheapest coal supplier.

According to Sahagun, for every increase in coal prices this would translate to P2 increase price of per bag of cement.

With the softening of oil prices in the global market, Sahagun expects prices of coal to also soften.(BCM)

DENR okays MPP of Platinum Group (http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Business&p=49&type=2&sec=27&aid=2008072015)
By Marianne V. Go
Monday, July 21, 2008

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose L. Atienza has approved the mineral processing permit (MPP) of the Platinum Group Metals Corp. (PGMC) for its proposed ferronickel processing plant located in Manticao, Misamis Oriental.

PGMC’s MPP application was filed way back in June 2006.

With the approval of the MPP, PGMC’s Manticao ferro-nickel processing plant will finally be able to start operations.

The Manticao plant will be processing nickel ores through calcination and smelting.

The processing plant will have an average annual operating cost of $36.536 million and is designed to produce 36.7 tons per day of ferronickel (containing about 20-percent nickel).

PGMC’s integrated processing and mining operations this year is expected to result in an income of $5 million, up from the $4-million income it posted in 2007.

The slight growth would come from the projected export sale of 1.3 million pounds of contained nickel and 800,000 metric tons of nickel ore this year.

PGMC’s $4-million income last year came solely from its nickel ore exports.

PGMC’s income this year is expected to be affected by the more than 50-percent drop in nickel price from last year’s $24 per pound to the current $9.50 per pound.

PGMC is just starting up the operations of its two ferronickel processing plants in Iligan, Davao and Manticao, Misamis Oriental.

PGMC expects its income to “at least double” to $10 billion in 2009 once the two ferronickel processing plants are fully operational.

PGMC also hopes to increase its export of contained nickel to seven million pounds by next year.

PGMC had earlier announced that its mine sites in Surigao and Isabela will ship at least 450,000 metric tons of nickel ore to Australia before the end of the third quarter of this year.

Atayde said that the 450,000 MT is booked, but depending on the weather, PGMC’s nickel ore exports for the whole of 2008 could reach as much as 800,000 MT.

PGMC chairman Ramon R. Atayde had previously urged the DENR to encourage more investments in value added mineral processing, especially in the nickel sector.

A sentiment echoed just last Friday by Berong Nickel Corp. chief executive officer George J. Bujtor at the sidelines of Atlas Consolidated Mining Corp.’s annual stockholders’ meeting at the Valle Verde Country Club in Pasig City.

Both Atayde and Bujtor cited the downturn in the nickel industry and the shift away from raw laterite ore to more value-added nickel.

According to Atayde, several small local nickel mining firms have stopped operations due to the drop in global prices for nickel ore.

Nickel ore prices, Atayde said, have dropped to $9.50 a pound this year from last year’s high of $24/lb.

This is partly due, Atayde explained, to the loss of the Chinese market which had previously been a major buyer of low-grade nickel ore.

Bujtor confirmed Atayde’s observation that the nickel industry must move to more value-added processing instead of just relying on the export of unprocessed laterite ore.

He pointed out that China, which is the major buyer of laterite ore, is adopting new furnaces that requires moving away from low grade ore.

The disappearance of the Chinese market, Bujtor said has already hurt a lot of small Philippine nickel mining companies.

Sana Hanjin wlll really pursue para ma malapit na market itong steel mill.

1. 2 storey, building of Jollibee foodchain, T.J Hayes Street, Cogon. (on going)
2. 3 storey, City Plaza, T.J Hayes Street, (on going)
3. 1 storey, Warehouse/Motorela terminal, JR Borja Extension, (almost completed)
4. 3 storey, Com'l Building, JR Borja Extension, (on going)
5. 4 storey, Motormate Building, Cogon, (almost completed)
5. 2 storey, boarding house beside Ciberia Cafe, Divisoria, (on going)
6. 3 storey, com'l building, Osmena Street, Cogon. (on going)
7. 3 storey, com'l building, Corrales Avenue. (on going)
8. Renovation of Dunkin Donuts Foodchain Divisoria. (almost completed)
9. 2 Storey, 18 door commercial Arcade, beside Leo's Grill in Baloi (on going)
10. 4 storey, residential/commercial building, Carmen (almost done)
11. 3 storey, apartment building, 12th street Nazareth (on going)
12. 6 storey, Madonna Hospital expansion, Carmen (almost done)
13. 8 storey, CU Medical City expansion, Gusa (almost done)
14. 3 storey, commercial arcade, Masterson Ave Carmen (on Going)
15. 3 storey, commercial arcade, across West City Central School (almost done)
16. 4 storey, CDO Medical Center 2nd annex, Tiano Bros, (almost done)
17. 6 storey, CDO Medical Center expansion, Tiano Bros , (done)
18. 3 storey, Stones Town(comm'l arcade), Uptown CDO , (done)
19. 3 storey, Natasha office/showroom, Limketkai Center, (almost done)
20. 5 storey, NMMC expansion, Corrales Ave, (done)
21. 7 or 6 storey, Comm'l building, Tiano Bros, (almost done)
22. 6 storey, bookstore??? , Bulua Highway, (done)
23. 4 storey, Pag Ibig Office, J Borja, (done)
24. CDOICC, Indahag, (on going)
25. 7 storey, Koresco Condominium, Pueblo Golf Estates, (done)
26. 3 storey, Com'l Arcade, Capistrano Street, (on going)
27. 5 or 6 storey, BIR building, Bulua, (on going)
28. 2 storey, Car Care/Coffee shop, Osmeña ext. (on going)
29. 5 storey, Pearlmont Inn expansion, Limketkai Drive, (on going)
30. 2 storey, Com'l Arcade, Osmeña St. Cogon, (done)
31. 4 storey, Polymedic Medical Plaza, Kauswagan, (clearing??)
32. 2 storey, Com'l Building, Mastersons Ave cor Macapagal Drive,Uptown CDO (done)


Have you noticed something from the list? NO HIGHRISE building in there... I think it has to do with CDO subsurface soil properties... very swampy and soft clayey soil. need to spend millions if you want to build a highrise building in CDO. No chance...

^^

I think one of the reasons is economics.

Maybe there's no real estate boom yet.

But time will come that it will have highrises as it continues to grow as a city. Growth and development is inevitable.


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Have you noticed something from the list? NO HIGHRISE building in there... I think it has to do with CDO subsurface soil properties... very swampy and soft clayey soil. need to spend millions if you want to build a highrise building in CDO. No chance...

this list is like more than a year ago...:cheers:

of course you'll spend millions...who doesn't?

Have you noticed something from the list? NO HIGHRISE building in there... I think it has to do with CDO subsurface soil properties... very swampy and soft clayey soil. need to spend millions if you want to build a highrise building in CDO. No chance...

Hindi pa kasi nasali dyan yung proposed twin 21 storeys hotel.

^^

I think one of the reasons is economics.

Maybe there's no real estate boom yet.

But time will come that it will have highrises as it continues to grow as a city. Growth and development is inevitable.


..

:okay:

CDO guys please help me to update this list.

1. 2 storey, building of Jollibee foodchain, T.J Hayes Street, Cogon. (on going)
2. 3 storey, City Plaza, T.J Hayes Street, (on going)
3. 1 storey, Warehouse/Motorela terminal, JR Borja Extension, (almost completed)
4. 3 storey, Com'l Building, JR Borja Extension, (on going)
5. 4 storey, Motormate Building, Cogon, (almost completed)
5. 2 storey, boarding house beside Ciberia Cafe, Divisoria, (on going)
6. 3 storey, com'l building, Osmena Street, Cogon. (on going)
7. 3 storey, com'l building, Corrales Avenue. (on going)
8. Renovation of Dunkin Donuts Foodchain Divisoria. (almost completed)
9. 2 Storey, 18 door commercial Arcade, beside Leo's Grill in Baloi (on going)
10. 4 storey, residential/commercial building, Carmen (almost done)
11. 3 storey, apartment building, 12th street Nazareth (on going)
12. 6 storey, Madonna Hospital expansion, Carmen [Completed]
13. 8 storey, CU Medical City expansion, Gusa [Completed]
14. 3 storey, commercial arcade, Masterson Ave Carmen [Completed] Is this the Global Chips?
15. 3 storey, commercial arcade, across West City Central School (almost done)
16. 4 storey, CDO Medical Center 2nd annex, Tiano Bros, (almost done)
17. 6 storey, CDO Medical Center expansion, Tiano Bros , (done)
18. 3 storey, Stones Town(comm'l arcade), Uptown CDO , [Completed]
19. 3 storey, Natasha office/showroom, Limketkai Center, [Completed]
20. 5 storey, NMMC expansion, Corrales Ave, (done)
21. 7 or 6 storey, Comm'l building, Tiano Bros, (almost done)
22. 6 storey, bookstore??? , Bulua Highway, (done)
23. 4 storey, Pag Ibig Office, J Borja, (done)
24. CDOICC, Indahag, (on going)
25. 7 storey, Koresco Condominium, Pueblo Golf Estates, [Completed]
26. 3 storey, Com'l Arcade, Capistrano Street, (on going)
27. 5 or 6 storey, BIR building, Bulua, (on going)
28. 2 storey, Car Care/Coffee shop, Osmeña ext. (on going)
29. 5 storey, Pearlmont Inn expansion, Limketkai Drive, (on going)
30. 2 storey, Com'l Arcade, Osmeña St. Cogon, (done)
31. 4 storey, Polymedic Medical Plaza, Kauswagan, (ongoing)
32. 2 storey, Com'l Building, Mastersons Ave cor Macapagal Drive,Uptown CDO (done)

new in the list:

33. 12 storey Koresco Hotel 2, will be starting within this year(press released)
33. 2nd midrise Koresco Condominium (ongoing)
34. 21 storey twin tower LKK hotel (ongoing)
35. 2 storey LKK Gateway mall (ongoing)
36. Rosevelt (commercial building) (ongoing)

^^

I think one of the reasons is economics.

Maybe there's no real estate boom yet.

But time will come that it will have highrises as it continues to grow as a city. Growth and development is inevitable.
..

Real estate boom in CDO started in 1993 and took a dive in 1998 during the Asian Financial Crisis. Development was more on horizontal (subdivisions, estates) and not vertical (high rises). It began to boom again beginning 2001. High rises are indeed inevitable in CDO because there's no more space for horizontal development in the city proper. CDO's terrain is characterized by a small flat area particularly the strip along the coast (including the city proper) and a hilly and rolling terrain (where new subdivisions are now located).

Pearlmont Inn is 7 storeys

:cheers:

how about the new BIR Building (4 storeys?) at Bulua...

Perhaps, the said 21-storey hotel is only one of the exceptions...
I think of about 50% of the total project cost ang cost sa foundation
sa building ana...

If the demand is there talagang high-rise dev't i-pursue. No mater if its a dessert or soft clay soil magkaka-highrise din kung may economic boom ang city.

Compact integrated steel mill rises in Iligan (http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul28/busi1.htm)

By IRMA ISIP


The Board of Investments (BOI) said the Philippines will have a compact integrated steel mill rising in Iligan City.

Elmer Hernandez, BOI chief, said Ben Tiu, owner of Treasure Steelworks Corp., will invest P1 billion in a blast furnace and a beneficiation plant in Iligan City. It will operate commercially by October.

Hernandez, who recently made an ocular inspection of the facility and the new equipment installed at the plant, said TSC is set to refile its earlier application for registration with the BOI for the purpose of securing incentives.

Based on his assessment, TSC would qualify for pioneer status.

"While this is small scale, what is important is we now have our own version of an integrated steel mill. Our dream to have an integrated steel operation is somehow becoming real," Hernandez said.

He said with this, the Philippines will lessen its importation of raw materials in the production of steel.

Hernandez said the firm will engage in the production of pig iron, a basic iron, from blast furnace to be fed from magnetite iron, a high-grade ore which we have plenty of especially in La Union, as well as laterite iron from small producers in Mindanao.

Its beneficiation plant would process iron laterite, a low grade iron which has become viable to use because of the high cost of metal.

Pig iron is the raw material for the production of billets where long steel products are derived from. The pig iron would feed on the billet making facilities of TSC which it currently leases from Global Steel Philippines Inc. (GSPI)

TSC last year reopened and modernized the billet shop.

Hernandez said this operation would not compete with the production of GSPI which is engaged in slabs, also a primary steel product from where flat products are made.

Based on TSC's plan, Hernandez said 50 percent of beneficiated iron ore would be exported and 50 percent would be fed for the blast furnace.

TSC has so far spent P300 million to P400 million for the new facility including the acquisition of machinery and equipment from China. The plan is to put up two blast furnaces, using Chinese technology in the production process.

Previous reports said TSC plans to produce up to 300,000 metric tons annually of iron from this operation.

Hernandez said mining firm Vinc Vita Mining Corp. is one of the suppliers of iron ore from Mindanao . Earlier reports said Vinc Vita will supply up to 3 million metric tons of iron ore every year.

Apart from TSC, other billet manufacturers include SKK and the soon-to-be rehabilitated Bacnotan.

Have you noticed something from the list? NO HIGHRISE building in there... I think it has to do with CDO subsurface soil properties... very swampy and soft clayey soil. need to spend millions if you want to build a highrise building in CDO. No chance...


law of supply and demand. very simple.

but now, CDO has now started its construction boom. several proposal of med-rises and also an exciting 21-storey hotel.

law of supply and demand. very simple.

but now, CDO has now started its construction boom. several proposal of med-rises and also an exciting 21-storey hotel.

How i wish to see this hotel the next time i visit Cagayan de Oro.... :)

Banat Cagayan... :)

Pearlmont Inn is 7 storeys

:cheers:

how about the new BIR Building (4 storeys?) at Bulua...

1. 2 storey, building of Jollibee foodchain, T.J Hayes Street, Cogon. (on going)
2. 3 storey, City Plaza, T.J Hayes Street, (on going)
3. 1 storey, Warehouse/Motorela terminal, JR Borja Extension, (almost completed)
4. 3 storey, Com'l Building, JR Borja Extension, (on going)
5. 4 storey, Motormate Building, Cogon, (almost completed)
5. 2 storey, boarding house beside Ciberia Cafe, Divisoria, (on going)
6. 3 storey, com'l building, Osmena Street, Cogon. (on going)
7. 3 storey, com'l building, Corrales Avenue. (on going)
8. Renovation of Dunkin Donuts Foodchain Divisoria. (almost completed)
9. 2 Storey, 18 door commercial Arcade, beside Leo's Grill in Baloi (on going)
10. 4 storey, residential/commercial building, Carmen (almost done)
11. 3 storey, apartment building, 12th street Nazareth (on going)
12. 6 storey, Madonna Hospital expansion, Carmen [Completed]
13. 8 storey, CU Medical City expansion, Gusa [Completed]
14. 3 storey, commercial arcade, Masterson Ave Carmen [Completed] Is this the Global Chips?
15. 3 storey, commercial arcade, across West City Central School (almost done)
16. 4 storey, CDO Medical Center 2nd annex, Tiano Bros, (almost done)
17. 6 storey, CDO Medical Center expansion, Tiano Bros , (done)
18. 3 storey, Stones Town(comm'l arcade), Uptown CDO , [Completed]
19. 3 storey, Natasha office/showroom, Limketkai Center, [Completed]
20. 5 storey, NMMC expansion, Corrales Ave, (done)
21. 7 or 6 storey, Comm'l building, Tiano Bros, (almost done)
22. 6 storey, bookstore??? , Bulua Highway, (done)
23. 4 storey, Pag Ibig Office, J Borja, (done)
24. CDOICC, Indahag, (on going)
25. 7 storey, Koresco Condominium, Pueblo Golf Estates, [Completed]
26. 3 storey, Com'l Arcade, Capistrano Street, (on going)
27. 4?? storey, BIR building, Bulua, (on going)
28. 2 storey, Car Care/Coffee shop, Osmeña ext. (on going)
29. 7 storey, Pearlmont Inn expansion, Limketkai Drive, (on going)
30. 2 storey, Com'l Arcade, Osmeña St. Cogon, (done)
31. 4 storey, Polymedic Medical Plaza, Kauswagan, (ongoing)
32. 2 storey, Com'l Building, Mastersons Ave cor Macapagal Drive,Uptown CDO (done)

new in the list:

33. 12 storey Koresco Hotel 2, will be starting within this year(press released)
33. 2nd midrise Koresco Condominium (ongoing)
34. 21 storey twin tower LKK hotel (ongoing)
35. 2 storey LKK Gateway mall (ongoing)
36. Rosevelt (commercial building) (ongoing)
37. Commercial buildings around CUMC

more:

38. 6 storey, Capitol University Expansion, Corrales Extension (almost done)
39. 4 storey, Commercial Bldg, Capt. Vicente Roa St., Cogon (on-going)
40. 2 storey, Jollibee Ororama, JR Borja St., Cogon (on-going)
41. Pelaez Sports Complex Oval Renovation/Rehab, Velez St. (on-going)
42. 4 storey, Commercial Bldg, Vamenta Blvd. near Bacal Bdlg., Carmen (on-going)
43. 1 storey, Tita Fannies Liempo Haus, Corrales Ave. beside Trinidad Bldg (on-going)
44. 5 storey NMMC Expansion, another bldg fronting Flirendo property (on-going)
45. 3 storey, Rural Bank of Cabadbaran, Fernandez St., (completed)
46. 1 storey, Oro Chamber Showroom and Pasalubong Center, Macapagal Drive (completed)
47. 5 storey, Mixed use bldg, Tiano Bros. St. fronting Pilgrim Christian College (on-going)
48. ?? storey, New commercial bldg, Limketkai Drive-Osmeña Sts, Cogon (on-going)

Horizontal Development

Belle View Subdivision, SM-Landfill Road (on-going)
Tuscania Subdivision, Kauswagan (on-going)
Santa Barbara Subdivision, Kauswagan (on-going)
Alegria Hills, Indahag (on-going)
Richmond Hills, Camaman-an (on-going)
Teakwood Hills, Agusan-Balubal (on-going)

soon to start

Chowking Licoan (tarpaulin installed)

^^ gearx saan banda ang chowking licoan ?

^^ gearx saan banda ang chowking licoan ?

yung dating Columbia Computer Center or dating Agfa Colorhaus...

^^ malaki yon ah, Columbia is closing there branch there or just moving to a new location ?

^^ malaki yon ah, Columbia is closing there branch there or just moving to a new location ?

closed na yun...they've moved to a new location beside Mang Inasal in Divisoria...

closed na pala yong agfa dyan sa licoan, paano na ngayon ang mga pasahero ng mga jeep bukang bibig lagi ag pumara dyan ay AGFA lang....malamang pag natapos yan eh di chowking na naman......:nuts:

closed na pala yong agfa dyan sa licoan, paano na ngayon ang mga pasahero ng mga jeep bukang bibig lagi ag pumara dyan ay AGFA lang....malamang pag natapos yan eh di chowking na naman......:nuts:

matagal ng wala yung Agfa...ang Columbia ang nag-occupy sa location nila...the name Agfa however stayed on...as landmark kahit wala na. Siguro it will change if operate na Chowking dyan :banana:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p64/iliganon_boy/gacity1-a.jpg
(Better late than never)

I think ic3man can provide updates. He's based in Iligan now and he has a digicam.

Hehe..

Post Away Folks!