Cabanatuan and Palayan Cities, and Nueva Ecija Province

[barrera_marquez]

Tricycles are endanged species in San Fernando City, Pampanga... uso roon calesa ng kabayo... sana sa Cabanatuan City mauso yung calesa ng mga kalabaw... anyway uso rin naman ang kalabaw sa halos lahat ng city seals ng Nueva Ecija at maging sa provincial seal ng Nueva Ecija...

[barrera_marquez]

Attention Novo Ecijano forumers!

If you love the Philippines, use this as your avatar for the whole month of June or for as long as you want:

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Message from Kuya Sinjin P.

[CabanNgTuwa]

Attention Novo Ecijano forumers!

If you love the Philippines, use this as your avatar for the whole month of June or for as long as you want:

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Message from Kuya Sinjin P.

si Sinjin ba ang founder ng SSC?

BTW, mukhang mahihirapan i ban mga trikes hehe, almost every household in Cabanatuan have a trike, pero before as far as i can remember 30 years ago, when i was just a toddler, taxis exist in Cabanatuan (Mitsubishi Minica, a hatchback 1.0 econocar); sayang nga imbes na trikes ang ma-phase out yung mga taxis pa; you should know notorious tayo sa mga trikes, may experience pa ako dati may lasing na driver ng trike, nahulog yung sombrero niya, sabay lingon, and todo kabig ng manibela, tumaob? kawawa pati pasahero, hindi ko na hinintuan naawa nga ako pero alam ko orthopedic ang bagsak nila, humahataw ba naman ng wala man lang headlights, nakahubad pa at sobrang tulin talaga

[barrera_marquez]

si Sinjin ba ang founder ng SSC?

BTW, mukhang mahihirapan i ban mga trikes hehe, almost very household in Cabanatuan have a trike, pero before as far as i can remember 30 years ago, when i was just a toddler, taxis exist in Cabanatuan (Mitsubishi Minica, a hatchback 1.0 econocar); sayang nga imbes na trikes ang ma-phase out yung mga taxis pa; you should know notorious tayo sa mga trikes, may experience pa ako dati may lasing na driver ng trike, nahulog yung sombrero niya, sabay lingon, and todo kabig ng manibela, tumaob? kawawa pati pasahero, hindi ko na hinintuan naawa nga ako pero alam ko orthopedic ang bagsak nila, humahataw ba naman ng wala man lang headlights, nakahubad pa at sobrang tulin talaga

Si Kuya Sinjin ang moderator natin dito sa SSC Philippines Kuya Cabs...

May tayong paraan kung paano magkakaroon ng taxi sa Cabanatuan City... ipara mo ang isang taxi sa Manila tapos papuntahin mo sa Cabanatuan City, tingnan natin kung magkano ang singilin niya sa iyo... baka sa sobrang mahal ng babayaran mo pati damit mo mawala na, nakahubad ka na lang... :lol::lol::lol:

[CabanNgTuwa]

May tayong paraan kung paano magkakaroon ng taxi sa Cabanatuan City... ipara mo ang isang taxi sa Manila tapos papuntahin mo sa Cabanatuan City, tingnan natin kung magkano ang singilin niya sa iyo... baka sa sobrang mahal ng babayaran mo pati damit mo mawala na, nakahubad ka na lang... :lol::lol::lol:

Back then in 1999, umuwi kami galing sa haus nila esmi sa BF Paranaque pauwi Cabanatuan, pumara kami ng taxi na FX, tapos I think, P4,000 yata binayaran namin noon:lol:; eh di lalo na ngayon, sa taas ng gasolina, baka P10,000 na:cheers:, sigurado maghuhubad na nga lang hehe

ang problema kasi sa atin, walang gaanong industrial factories unlike Laguna, tapos hinaharang pa nila SM City, paano magkakaroon ng job opportunities? kaya mga tao kesa magnakaw, namamasada na lang ng trike

[freightrunner]

Back then in 1999, umuwi kami galing sa haus nila esmi sa BF Paranaque pauwi Cabanatuan, pumara kami ng taxi na FX, tapos I think, P4,000 yata binayaran namin noon:lol:; eh di lalo na ngayon, sa taas ng gasolina, baka P10,000 na:cheers:, sigurado maghuhubad na nga lang hehe

ang problema kasi sa atin, walang gaanong industrial factories unlike Laguna, tapos hinaharang pa nila SM City, paano magkakaroon ng job opportunities? kaya mga tao kesa magnakaw, namamasada na lang ng trike

Brod Caban nabanggit mo na walang factories sa Cabanatuan e halos lahat naman ng cities outside Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao wala eh. Ang mga cities natin kung baga e trading centers lang :lol:na kung wala nang pupunta galing sa ibang bayan para magtinda at mamili baka mamatay na rin ang economy nila hindi katulad dito sa US at sa Europe na industrialized talaga at self-sufficient ang mga cities. :cheers:

[barrera_marquez]

Back then in 1999, umuwi kami galing sa haus nila esmi sa BF Paranaque pauwi Cabanatuan, pumara kami ng taxi na FX, tapos I think, P4,000 yata binayaran namin noon:lol:; eh di lalo na ngayon, sa taas ng gasolina, baka P10,000 na:cheers:, sigurado maghuhubad na nga lang hehe

ang problema kasi sa atin, walang gaanong industrial factories unlike Laguna, tapos hinaharang pa nila SM City, paano magkakaroon ng job opportunities? kaya mga tao kesa magnakaw, namamasada na lang ng trike

Kuya Cabs, if you are talking the about entire Central Luzon, we have Subic, Clark and Tarlac TechnoPark, pero if we are pertaining only to our beloved Nueva Ecija, e kaya siguro hindi makapagtayo ng industries dito sa Nueva Ecija kasi baka biglang mag-short ang rice supplies dahil maraming lupa ang kailangang i-convert (this is justified since the government already protected several lands from conversion and considering we are "Rice Bowl of the Philippines" and the Philippines' top rice-producer) not to mention tayo (with other agricultural provinces like Isabela, Cagayan, etc.) rin ang nagsu-supply ng raw materials sa iba't-ibang industriya sa South Luzon...

God bless Nueva Ecija...

[barrera_marquez]

Kailan kaya magkakaroon ng airport sa Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija?

[Asturiano]

Kailan kaya magkakaroon ng airport sa Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija?

Malabo siguro mangyari iyan dahil malapit naman ang Cabanatuan sa Clark airport
ang kailangan lang modern expressway sa Cabanatuan para bumilis ang takbo ng mga sasakyan. Meron naman Runaway sa loob ng Fort Magsaysay kailagan lang nilang ipaupgrade.

[CabanNgTuwa]

Malabo siguro mangyari iyan dahil malapit naman ang Cabanatuan sa Clark airport
ang kailangan lang modern expressway sa Cabanatuan para bumilis ang takbo ng mga sasakyan. Meron naman Runaway sa loob ng Fort Magsaysay kailagan lang nilang ipaupgrade.

haha, + 1,000 on that bro, baka malugi lang airline company kasi for sure mahal ang fare for a 70 nautical mile trip (108 kms.), pero may nakita rin akong ATC sa outskirts ng city (Bakodbayan) complete with radar facilities (Sta. Arcadia dati) along the farmlands

yung sa Ft. Magsaysay naman pang military planes lang maliit nga to accomodate commercial planes

Clark naman malapit nga (55 kms.) pero sa trapik para kang lumuwas sa layo (3 oras!)

[Asturiano]

Nueva Ecija need a railway system that will stretch from Gapan to Caranglan. East to West Line strerching from Baler to Aliaga. The Central Station will be Cabanatuan.

[bariQ]

galing lang ako ng NE, nagulat ako sa malaking city hall at waltermart! wala yan nuon hehe!

[freightrunner]

galing lang ako ng NE, nagulat ako sa malaking city hall at waltermart! wala yan nuon hehe!

That's Walmart.

[Sinjin P.]

^ No, it's Waltermart. Walang Walmart sa 'Pinas.

[Ehzie]

Barera Marquez 4 Hours Poh biyahe Manila to San Jose city...

[Ehzie]

Barera Marquez 4 Hours Poh biyahe Manila to San Jose city...

:nuts:

[Ehzie]

Cnu poh bA Taga San Jose City D2... Weh...????

[Ehzie]

one thing i like about san jose city is that they have a wider street compare to cabanatuan. The street is also clean and well plan.



Kuya Asturiano Tga San Jose City Poh... u????:)

[Asturiano]

Kuya Asturiano Tga San Jose City Poh... u????:)

dati may bahay kami sa caloocan duon sa cadhit st. pero dito na kami ngayon sa states pero marimi pa kaming kamag anak diyan sa labot, tabulac saka camanacsacan

[Ehzie]

dati may bahay kami sa caloocan duon sa cadhit st. pero dito na kami ngayon sa states pero marimi pa kaming kamag anak diyan sa labot, tabulac saka camanacsacan

ahh ok kuya tga abar 1st poh kasi me ehhh.... stuck na q d2 sjc... hehehe.. wla paring pinagbago... mabagal progeso... :lol:

[Asturiano]

tanong ko lang may mall na ba sa san jose gyayon o wala pa?

[Ehzie]

tanong ko lang may mall na ba sa san jose gyayon o wala pa?

kua malabong mag ka mall d2.... bka daw malugi ang palengke kapag nagka mall d2...
tmang me cvc,friendship tsaka ne bodega puro supermarket lang...

[Asturiano]

kua malabong mag ka mall d2.... bka daw malugi ang palengke kapag nagka mall d2...
tmang me cvc,friendship tsaka ne bodega puro supermarket lang...

talaga pa lang mabagal ang progreso diyan pero noong last time na nagbakasyon ako bago naman yong pubic market,bagong remodel yong st. joseph catedral mas maganda kaysa sa dati. the old gasoline station next to the church is now a jolibee's restaurant. All the movie theatre were all closed too.

[freightrunner]

@ehzie
ano na ang nnjan sa dating terminal ng Pantranco? kc bblik na cla as New Pantranco very soon kaya ko natanong.

[Ehzie]

kua wla pa aman aqng balita about dun... ehh.. san jose lumber padin poh ung dating terminal ng pantranco...

[Sinjin P.]

Hi Ehzie. Welcome to SkyscraperCity. Please be reminded that text lingo is not permitted in the forums. Thanks.

[Ehzie]

talaga pa lang mabagal ang progreso diyan pero noong last time na nagbakasyon ako bago naman yong pubic market,bagong remodel yong st. joseph catedral mas maganda kaysa sa dati. the old gasoline station next to the church is now a jolibee's restaurant. All the movie theatre were all closed too.

kuya kailan po ba kayo umalis ng Pilipinas?
:cheers:

[Asturiano]

kuya kailan po ba kayo umalis ng Pilipinas?
:cheers:

1996 akong umalis diyan sa pilipinas nagbasyon 2004

[barrera_marquez]

Inayos na ni Kuya TheCoffee yung maps ng Nueva Ecija... tama na yung boundaries... salamat...

[barrera_marquez]

1996 akong umalis diyan sa pilipinas nagbasyon 2004

Babalik pa po ba kayo kuya rito sa Pilipinas?

[Porknight]

Kailan kaya magkakaroon ng airport sa Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija?

A country doesn't really needs all these airports , and an airport needs atleast 100.000 passegers or more to survive.

I know that is cheaper to build airports than a railroad system but this is what we need . espcially if nueva Ecjiha is really into agricolture.

[Porknight]

hi i got some specific request , obviously you are all from Nueva ecija right?? Is anyone of you from Llanera ? If yes can you make some pics ? I'm just interested on this specific part of Nueva Ecija.

[Asturiano]

[QUOTE=Porknight;21857437]hi i got some specific request , obviously you are all from Nueva ecija right?? Is anyone of you from Llanera ? If yes can you make some pics ? I'm just interested on this specific part of Nueva Ecija.[/QUOTE)

If you want a glimpse of Llanera just go to google earth you will be able to see the entire town from the aerial view of google earth. i used to go to llanera to visit my relatives in plaridel.

[Porknight]

[QUOTE=Porknight;21857437]hi i got some specific request , obviously you are all from Nueva ecija right?? Is anyone of you from Llanera ? If yes can you make some pics ? I'm just interested on this specific part of Nueva Ecija.[/QUOTE)

If you want a glimpse of Llanera just go to google earth you will be able to see the entire town from the aerial view of google earth. i used to go to llanera to visit my relatives in plaridel.

Hi i tryed but when i type Llnera or Nueva ecija is giving in both situations the spanishs counterparts !:ohno:

[Asturiano]

[QUOTE=Asturiano;21866307]

Hi i tryed but when i type Llnera or Nueva ecija is giving in both situations the spanishs counterparts !:ohno:

Just type central luzon or cabanatuan and then navigate your way. When you see the lake that is the pantabagan dam and just navigate your way down from there. you can also hit the zoom as many times as you can until you can easily see the name of each town, the aerial view of highway and roof top of houses. If you know the sorrounding places from san jose, rizal, llanera to cabanatuan you will easily identify the place from navigating through. Don't type llanera because there is town called llanera in northern spain, ecija city in andalucia spain.

[Ehzie]

1996 akong umalis diyan sa pilipinas nagbasyon 2004

2004 pah pala huling punta niyo dito.. sa ngayon medyo madami narin nadagdag but still mabagal padin poh progress hindi katulad ng talavera daming proyekto dun. pati pala guimba ang laki ng pinagbago..

[normanenoza]

this picture is not gapan. this is in front of a plaza in sta.rosa just before the municipal market and tarlac-sta.rosa junction. if this is gapan, that junction sign "tarlac city" should be "san fernando, pampanga".

Okey, mukhang halatang hindi pa nga city ang Gapan noong huli kang pumunta. Pero, ito, may nakuha ako sa Internet na pictures ng Gapan City. Pero suggestion ko talaga sa iyo na pumunta ka sa Gapan City, mas malapit nga iyon kaysa sa Cabanatuan City. Kami hilo kapag papunta ako doon mula Manila. Alam mo naman, gala ako.

http://www.kibaka.org/2007%20Images/20/2.%20buong%20pamilya%20ng%20mahihirap,%20sa%20Gapan,%20N.Ecija,%20namamalimos%20sa%20highway.JPG

Wala na akong iba pang makita, sorry.

[Ehzie]

guys magpopost poh ako ng pics.. ng san jose city hintay niyo na lang poh...

[normanenoza]

the new nueva ecija provincial capitol in palayan city.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Nueva_Ecija_provincial_capitol.jpg

[Ehzie]

guys magpopost poh ako ng pics.. ng san jose city hintay niyo na lang poh...

eto poh paunang pic..

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn92/ehkel/sanjosecityarch.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn92/ehkel/Cathedral.jpg

[Porknight]

[QUOTE=Porknight;21876652]

Just type central luzon or cabanatuan and then navigate your way. When you see the lake that is the pantabagan dam and just navigate your way down from there. you can also hit the zoom as many times as you can until you can easily see the name of each town, the aerial view of highway and roof top of houses. If you know the sorrounding places from san jose, rizal, llanera to cabanatuan you will easily identify the place from navigating through. Don't type llanera because there is town called llanera in northern spain, ecija city in andalucia spain.

Thanks mate , i found it . Unfortunately no pics was available of LLanera but i saw the aerial view , i guess our fellow countrymen of llanera should do more pics just to promote their beatifull land.

[Asturiano]

[QUOTE=Asturiano;21901778]

Thanks mate , i found it . Unfortunately no pics was available of LLanera but i saw the aerial view , i guess our fellow countrymen of llanera should do more pics just to promote their beatifull land.

i think they are in the process of making a websites for Llanera but i don't know how long it will take to finish them. San Jose, Munoz and Gapan has already got one, Cabanatuan too but their websites has not been updated since then.

[Asturiano]

2004 pah pala huling punta niyo dito.. sa ngayon medyo madami narin nadagdag but still mabagal padin poh progress hindi katulad ng talavera daming proyekto dun. pati pala guimba ang laki ng pinagbago..

Sa tingin ko mas mabuti siguro kung palitan na nila yon mga elected city official diyan wala nagagawa. Tingnan mo sa talavera nung pinalita yong mayor bumilis ang progreso. What we need in San Jose is effective leaderships.

[barrera_marquez]

[QUOTE=Porknight;21940089]

i think they are in the process of making a websites for Llanera but i don't know how long it will take to finish them. San Jose, Munoz and Gapan has already got one, Cabanatuan too but their websites has not been updated since then.

Palayan City din po kuya may website...

http://www.palayancity.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=1

As of time of writing po, offline po yung website ng Palayan City... pero minsan po bukas po yung website...

[normanenoza]

dont be offended but your facts are wrong. the provincial government is now moved to palayan city. the old provincial capitol in cabanatuan city is now a computer college/school. most of you are wrong about palayan city. all the minimum infrastructure of a city are there, police station, fire station, transport terminal, hospital, college/university, water district, hotel, and a mall (small though and i think not yet utilized). and i dont think it would be the next baguio/tagaytay as you said. you have to experience summer there and it is scorching hot. i would say pantabangan, carranglan or san jose city is the most appropriate bet to be the tagaytay or baguio in terms of temperate conditions.

why would i know this?im a pure novo ecijano.my mother is from bongabon (just right after palayan city) and my father is from san isidro. i've spent my vacations in the towns of bongabon, palayan, and rizal.

if you have clarifications, you can pm me.

here's the link provincial site incase you want to learn more.

http://www.nuevaecija.gov.ph/index.php?id1=1

Okay, through massive research on the net. It has been found out that Nueva Ecija has already two capitals, even before we started throwing words here.

Both Cabanatuan City and Palayan City have the Nueva Ecija provincial capitols. Both cities cannot function without the other. Example, Cabanatuan City, and the rest of Nueva Ecija cannot do its job since it takes government support from Palayan City. On the other hand, Palayan City cannot do also its job since Cabanatuan City is the center of trade and commerce meaning Palayan City, and the rest of Nueva Ecija relies on Cabanatuan City for financial reasons.

Okay, if there are objections, please continue posting but there is no need for arguing, there are two capitals in Nueva Ecija. Only Palayan City has a greater control on Nueva Ecija than Cabanatuan City but still, it is interesting to know that there are two capitols and stars in Nueva Ecija.

[Ehzie]

Sa tingin ko mas mabuti siguro kung palitan na nila yon mga elected city official diyan wala nagagawa. Tingnan mo sa talavera nung pinalita yong mayor bumilis ang progreso. What we need in San Jose is effective leaderships.

bago naman po ung pumalit ang kaso yung asawa ng dating mayor.. poh

[CabanNgTuwa]

eto poh paunang pic..

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn92/ehkel/sanjosecityarch.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn92/ehkel/Cathedral.jpg

wow! ganda pala ng old church of San Jose City, just like the one found in Gapan and Penaranda, i have never been to SJC from quite sometime now even though i'm just here in Cabanatuan, the road up to Cagayan Valley is like the road going up to Baguio City

[Dolly66]

please post pics of Science City of Munoz.

[normanenoza]

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/4377273.jpg

gapan city.

[normanenoza]

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7573278.jpg

Burgos Ave., Cabanatuan City

[normanenoza]

Cabanatuan City Public Market.

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7572770.jpg

[normanenoza]

Sierra Madre Mountain Range viewed from Cabu, Cabanatuan City.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5702792.jpg

[normanenoza]

close-up view of nueva ecija provincial capitol.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3941363.jpg

[normanenoza]

another view of the sierra madre mountain range from palayan city.

[normanenoza]

another view of the sierra madre mountain range from palayan city.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5702732.jpg

[normanenoza]

bongabon, nueva ecija welcome arch overlooking sierra madre mountain range.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2010770.jpg

[normanenoza]

san jose city cathedral, san jose city.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3940590.jpg

[normanenoza]

pantabangan dam reservoir overlooking sierra madre mountain range.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/1541754.jpg

[normanenoza]

nueva ecija badlands.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/4748390.jpg

[normanenoza]

rice field in gapan, nueva ecija.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7409009.jpg

[normanenoza]

another rice field view from gapan overlooking mt. arayat.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/1402354.jpg

[normanenoza]

old PNR railway crossing peñaranda river, peñaranda, nueva ecija.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/4676663.jpg

[normanenoza]

old gapan city hall.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/4377307.jpg

[normanenoza]

tsinelas festival, gapan city.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/4631230.jpg

[normanenoza]

mt.arayat viewed from malapit, san isidro, nueva ecija.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2771351.jpg

[normanenoza]

INC chapel gapan city.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6746991.jpg

[normanenoza]

inside view of the new san isidro, nueva ecija municipal hall.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5847197.jpg

[normanenoza]

sunset view from san isidro nueva ecija.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2770006.jpg

[normanenoza]

rice harvest sunset view san isidro nueva ecija.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2770135.jpg

[normanenoza]

calaba bario fiesta, san isidro, nueva ecija.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3652657.jpg

[normanenoza]

central luzon state university, muñoz city, nueva ecija.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/4036934.jpg

[Ehzie]

meron po bang taga cabiao dito reply naman po kayo sa post ko... please naman poh...

[CabanNgTuwa]

Sierra Madre Mountain Range viewed from Cabu, Cabanatuan City.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5702792.jpg

haha, thanks for the pics; I see these mountains everyday and in the internet, they usually call these mountains the Mingan Mountains, and this peak is called Susong Dalaga? if i'm not mistaken hehe, this peak rises to 6,000 ft and is located in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija... even in Angeles City afar, you can see these once you are atop a high bridge as well as Bocaeu Bulacan portion of the NLEX

other names are Peak 1, Nueva Ecija

other pics:
http://www6.worldisround.com/photos/29/295/255.jpg

[Pinoy_ako]

meron po bang taga cabiao dito reply naman po kayo sa post ko... please naman poh...

nagbabakasyon lang ako doon.

[Porknight]

Thank you guys for all these pics ,... I might go this year for the holidays and i didn't expect it was so cute down there !

Btw if you live there , what language do they speak normally?

[Porknight]

tsinelas festival, gapan city.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/4631230.jpg

wow people in nueva ecija must very big if they can wear such big sandals !:lol:

[NOVO ECIJANO]

Congratulations,Cabanatuan is the no. 1 among the 5 most competetive midsize cities in the Philippines.

http://http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080705129027.html

Makati, Manila, QC, and Marikina top RP cities – AIM



Kris Bayos

The cities of Makati, Manila, Marikina, Quezon, Davao, and Lapu-Lapu led the 25 top performing metropolises recognized yesterday by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center (AIMPC) in its Philippine Cities Competitive Ranking Project (PCCRP) for 2007.


From the 90 cities surveyed nationwide for the project, the six cities were rated as top performing among the country’s 20 metro cities.

Cabanatuan, General Santos, Lucena, Olongapo, San Pablo, Tagum and Tarlac were likewise recognized as among the 25 medium-sized cities.

For the small-sized metropolises, the cities of Bayawan, Calapan, Calbayog, Dagupan, Dipolog, Laoag, San Fernando (La Union), Malaybalay, Naga, Surigao, Tagbilaran, and Tuguegarao were listed as top ranking from the 45 cities covered in this category.

The cities were rated based on such factors as dynamism of the local economy, cost of doing business, infrastructure, human resources and training, responsiveness of local government units to business needs and quality of life.

Saying city competitiveness is vital in national development, AIMPC executive director Dr. Federico Macaranas said they conducted the study to promote national competitiveness by encouraging healthy competition among highly urbanized and emerging cities.

"By gathering and compiling strategic data and providing focused analyses of the results, the PCCRP also seeks to cultivate competitive industries, promote healthy communities and maximize the economic performance and responsiveness to business enterprise," Macaranas said.

Launched in 1999, the PCCRP is a biennial independent study conducted throughout the archipelago to rank cities on the basis of economic performance and responsiveness to business enterprise.

"Over the years, the PCCRP results have served as benchmarks for local chief executives, city planners, and economic and development managers in improving their development strides in their cities," Macaranas said.

The 2007 project was launched and completed in collaboration with the German Technical Cooperation, the International Finance Corporation, the International Labour Organization, SM Investments, Inc., and the Petron Corporation

[Ehzie]

nagbabakasyon lang ako doon.


pero may kakilala po kayo dun.. ????:)

[Pinoy_ako]

pero may kakilala po kayo dun.. ????:)

Meron pa rin. Taga doon ka ba?

[Ehzie]

Meron pa rin. Taga doon ka ba?

ahh hindi po ko taga cabiao may kakilala lang po gusto ko kasi pumunta dun kaya
po ko nagtatanung....:lol:

[Pinoy_ako]

ahh hindi po ko taga cabiao may kakilala lang po gusto ko kasi pumunta dun kaya
po ko nagtatanung....:lol:

Sa may Monumento ang sakayan ng Cabiao, sa Monumento circle mismo.

[gurugeri]

Visit www.missuniverse.com or www.nbc.com to vote for Miss Philippines for the Best National Costume award at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant. Vote ASAP kasi baka mag-close na ang voting. Thanks and God bless!

[Ehzie]

Sa may Monumento ang sakayan ng Cabiao, sa Monumento circle mismo.

ay hindi ko po alam yun ahh..... alam ko lang is sa gapan pwede na sumakay

[barrera_marquez]

ay hindi ko po alam yun ahh..... alam ko lang is sa gapan pwede na sumakay

Ito, sakay ka ng LRT kung mula ka sa Manila/Paranaque o bus kung mula ka sa QC/Makati tapos baba ka sa may Mercury Drug sa may circle tapos tanong ka kung saan yung RJ Express at sabihin mong papunta kang Cabiao. Papuntang Cabiao yung sakyan mo kasi may papuntang Balagtas din e...

[NOVO ECIJANO]

pwede ring Sierra Madre Transportation,nasa monumento ang station..na homesick tuloy ako,i miss Cabiao my birthplace.

[Pinoy_ako]

^^

Nakta ko na Concepcion, immediately after the bridge. Akala ko dati Sta Rita iyong school.

[NOVO ECIJANO]

^^

Nakta ko na Concepcion, immediately after the bridge. Akala ko dati Sta Rita iyong school.
^^
Maliit lang kumpara sa sta. rita,Concepcion is formerly known and still is as hacienda,it was owned by the Buencaminos before and after the WW2,madalas daw si MLQuezon na bisita sa lugar na iyan noong presidente pa siya sa kanilang mansiyon na demolished na ngayon.Felipe Buencamino was executive secretary during MLQU terms.

[Ehzie]

Ito, sakay ka ng LRT kung mula ka sa Manila/Paranaque o bus kung mula ka sa QC/Makati tapos baba ka sa may Mercury Drug sa may circle tapos tanong ka kung saan yung RJ Express at sabihin mong papunta kang Cabiao. Papuntang Cabiao yung sakyan mo kasi may papuntang Balagtas din e...

ahh ok poh kuya pero taga san jose po ako sa gapan nalang ako sasakay...

[Ehzie]

pwede ring Sierra Madre Transportation,nasa monumento ang station..na homesick tuloy ako,i miss Cabiao my birthplace.

hello po alam niyo poh pa kung san poh santa. ines cabiao...???:)

[Ehzie]

guys may photo na po ko ng san jose city kaso nagrab ko lang po... pasensiya nalang dun sa may ari...

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn92/ehkel/414941220l.jpg

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Guys napansin niyo na puro palengke madaming pics dito kasi yan lang ang pinaka malaking structure na nakatayo sa san jose city..

[Asturiano]

San Jose is still the same, progress is slow, is like the politicians in this city is not doing enough to improved the image of this city.

[Ehzie]

San Jose is still the same, progress is slow, is like the politicians in this city is not doing enough to improved the image of this city.

kuya hangang ngayon ganito padin itsura ng san jose city napansin ko lang naman me pagbabago eh yung pagdami ng government vehicles lahat ng opisina ng munisipyo merong service...

[NOVO ECIJANO]

hello po alam niyo poh pa kung san poh santa. ines cabiao...???:)

alam mo ba ang San Roque..may kantong kang papasukan papuntang Sta. Ines at hangang Sinipit.

[Ehzie]

alam mo ba ang San Roque..may kantong kang papasukan papuntang Sta. Ines at hangang Sinipit.

:):):):):):nuts::nuts::nuts: no reply.. hehehe

[frei]

San Jose is still the same, progress is slow, is like the politicians in this city is not doing enough to improved the image of this city.

Would rather be an understatement, well Im now here in Baguio and it's very sad that there's no progress in my hometown just because even the people in San Jose are not doing anything to change their situation--to change their lives, it's like saying that you cannot fully blame the officials because it has become somewhat their (our..being a citizen of San Jose) culture to be permissive and idle at the onset of naivette to mediocrity and worst of evil deeds. They're (we're...being a citizen of San Jose) USED to it--to see nothing change but complain to no avail about the continuous rise in fares, by the way they ( we...being a citizen of San Jose) now pay twelve pesos P12.00 for tricycle whether you're just a hundred meters or a kilometer away from your destination (2 kilometers and beyond would be a different story...very different indeed)
I toned myself this way, because though I have only stayed for more than a month here in Baguio, I can clearly see the difference of both cities. Well, I do not talk as to how much my eyes can discern the physical differences of both cities, but as to how people ARE in both cities. They (we...being a citizen of San Jose) had become numb of what they see. They (we...being a citizen of San Jose) had clearly become proponents of the Filipino value system of "pwede na".
My simple point now is, the level of progress and its pace in any place in our country is greatly determined by how much aware are the people in that particular place of their choices. It is basically their choice, to effect change--progress at the very least--in their hometown. I'd say, the people of San Jose is very much "enjoying" the choices that they had made, and whether it'll change--that would be yet to be told.

******MY VERY FIRST POST- comments are greatly appreciated, I hope the good moderator gets to welcome me too.*************

[frei]

Has anyone seen the article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer(or Philippine Star) featuring Nueva Ecija as the first province to use solar powered street lights along Maharlika Highway from Cabanatuan City to Sta. Rosa? I am yet to find it in our school library and possibly scan it that it may be posted here. But if anyone can find it, please post it. I think it would really be nice,,,don't you think?

[barrera_marquez]

Has anyone seen the article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer(or Philippine Star) featuring Nueva Ecija as the first province to use solar powered street lights along Maharlika Highway from Cabanatuan City to Sta. Rosa? I am yet to find it in our school library and possibly scan it that it may be posted here. But if anyone can find it, please post it. I think it would really be nice,,,don't you think?

Nakita ko na siya... hehe pero nasa library rin ako nun kaya wala rin... di ko mai-post kasi di ko naman siya mailabas.

And the other good news... for seven years (am I right?) straight, Nueva Ecija is the top rice-producing province in the Philippines. Seen also in a broadsheet di ko lang alam kung Philippine Daily Inquirer or Philippine Star din...

[CabanNgTuwa]

nakita ko na ito first hand hehe, will post actual pics soon

[igi_master]

Has anyone seen the article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer(or Philippine Star) featuring Nueva Ecija as the first province to use solar powered street lights along Maharlika Highway from Cabanatuan City to Sta. Rosa? I am yet to find it in our school library and possibly scan it that it may be posted here. But if anyone can find it, please post it. I think it would really be nice,,,don't you think?


What Solar powered street lights? How come?

Di ba ang streetlights sa gabi lang? may streetlight na ba sa araw? paano ba? nag store muna sya ng power sa Daylight then utilizes it at night?

[CabanNgTuwa]

What Solar powered street lights? How come?

Di ba ang streetlights sa gabi lang? may streetlight na ba sa araw? paano ba? nag store muna sya ng power sa Daylight then utilizes it at night?

Correct sir, parang solar powered rechargeable siya; BTW, the mayor of the city also manages the city's only Electric corporation, that's why

[igi_master]

Correct sir, parang solar powered rechargeable siya; BTW, the mayor of the city also manages the city's only Electric corporation, that's why

Ah ok, nice project ha.

Ito Ba yung CELCOR na dating SMI?

[dark_knight_detectve]

P.5 B allotted for light bulb conversion (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080716112&type=2)

By Paolo Romero
Thursday, July 17, 2008
President Arroyo launched yesterday a P500-million program that aims to jump-start a massive replacement of electricity-hungry incandescent bulbs in households and work places with energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps or CFLs.

Mrs. Arroyo led representatives from the youth, government, non-government organizations and religious sectors in the symbolic lighting of CFLs at the launching of “Palit Ilaw” or change light bulb program at the Philippine International Convention Center.

CFLs use about 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and lasts 10 times longer.

Mrs. Arroyo said the program would start with the replacement of incandescent bulbs with CFLs in government offices, public schools, state colleges and universities, government hospitals, and public areas.

She said funding for the project came from value-added tax revenues from increased oil prices.

She said “Palit Ilaw” is part of the Department of Energy’s SWITCH program aimed at mobilizing Filipinos in reducing energy and fuel consumption by at least 10 percent this year.

The program will be launched in the provinces in the coming days so that “all Filipinos would be aware of the importance of energy conservation,” she said.

“National fuel conservation is now entrenched as a first principle of statecraft. All government agencies have to reduce their energy bills by 10 percent,” Mrs. Arroyo said.

She also announced the government is now ready to shift into high gear its bio-fuel energy program as the first step to end the country’s dependence on imported oil.

She made the announcement at the Forum on Alternative Fuel for Public Transport at the Philippine Trade and Training Center (PTTC) in Pasay City.

The President said she will inspect starting July 21 the 1,800 hectares of lands across the country planted to jatropha under the government’s jatropha propagation program.

To date, 900 hectares have been planted to jatropha in Tamlang Valley in Negros Oriental; 500 hectares in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija; 200 hectares in Camarines Sur; 100 hectares in General Santos City; 60 hectares in Ara, Palawan; 40 hectares in Cagayan de Oro City; 14 hectares in Bohol; and five hectares in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.

She said because of the energy efficiency programs initiated by her administration, the country is now 56 percent energy self-sufficient, the highest energy self-sufficiency rating in its history.

She said that aside from alternative sources of fuel, the government will continue to promote the use of natural gas for transport; geothermal steam, wind mills like those already operational in Batanes and Bangui, Ilocos Sur, and solar power for electricity.

“Let me assure our people of one thing, your government shall continue to harness all the resources at our command to help ordinary Filipino families pressured by cost and calamity at the same time. We continue to build a better tomorrow,” she said

[CabanNgTuwa]

yes sir, how did you know? I presume you're also from Cabanatuan, saan po present location niyo ngayon?

[frei]

I have found the article but unfortunately I have not much time to post it. I'll still try to post it later. It's Japanese technology btw--if I'm not mistaken.

[sisigman]

GRAND PREMIERE
August 27, 2008
SM City Pampanga
FREE ADMISSION

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2404/kalamthumbnailsjv3.jpg

Me keni and make way for the 1st Kapampanganovela!

To the knowledge of most Filipinos, only Manila has the capability of producing teleseryes in the country, while all other dramas must have been produced by Koreans, Americans, Japanese, Mexicans, or Chinese.

But did you know that in other regions, Pinoy TV dramas are also being produced and are even employing the use of non-Tagalog languages like Cebuano? With the cultural fervor sweeping the regions, one could only be reminded that the Philippines—amidst the institutionalized belief that this archipelago only speaks Tagalog as its language while the rest are mere “dialects”—is, indeed, a diverse country, and that its diversity is bound to extend even to the field of TV dramas.

Take for example the Kapampangans, the latest Filipino ethnolinguistic group to enter the field of teleserye production. This August, which is considered the Language Month, a Kapampangan cable channel (Infomax-8) and a creative pool of Kapampangan youth (Kalalangan Kamaru) will be launching Kálam, the first ever Kapampanganovela—the term introduced to refer to kabalen-produced TV dramas—in Philippine broadcasting history.

Combining the Contemporary and Folklore

Like other Philippine regional communities, Kapampangans possess a rich and colorful collection of folklore. Apart from the usual laman labuad (“laman lupa” for the Tagalogs), Kapampangans have a diverse world of folk healers and sorcerers.

Aside from the popular mangkukulam and mambabarang, there is the magkukusim, who can project his soul from his body to bewitch people across distances; the katulunan, who can channel the spirits of various living creatures; the uple, illusion makers; the ustuang, powerful witches that can make their bodies explode and incinerate the surroundings, and many other strange, magical characters that continuously add color to our local culture, but are sadly being forgotten and replaced by foreign monsters like the Bogeyman, Big Foot, and the Loch Ness Monster.

However, in ‘Kálam’ (a Kapampangan word for “grace” or “gift”) instead of portraying these magical characters in their conventional barrio setting, they will be portrayed in the modern, urban world, dissolving the gap between science and superstition, technology and magic, and the traditional and the modern. Imagine mangkukulam, ustuang, and mangguguna (potion chemist and charms maker) living with us in the city as seemingly normal people who dress up like us, listen to the same songs we patronize, watch the latest concerts, keep Friendster accounts, occupy seats in the government, and occupy jobs in call centers and malls.

This is the universe of ‘Kálam,’ where contemporary drama meets folkloric fantasy.

More than a TV show

The producers stress that ‘Kálam’ is more than a TV show. It is also an advocacy project seeking to promote Kapampangan culture and language to the rest of the world while showcasing and enhancing the Kapampangan’s media-related skills. They dream of the day when various ethnolinguistic groups start exchanging teleseryes with one another instead of importing shows from abroad. Such cultural exchange through broadcast media will contribute to the long overdue realization of national unity for the Filipinos.

Starring an all-Kapampangan cast and written, produced, and directed by an all-Kapampangan staff and crew, ‘Kálam’ will air weeknights at Infomax-8 in Pampanga. For people outside Pampanga, keep visiting http://kalamtv.blogspot.com for updates.

Add yu kami friendster: http://profiles.friendster.com/kalamtv

[CabanNgTuwa]

boss, mukhang naligaw yata kayo ng post, hehe, there is a separate thread for Capampangans BTW, however, thanks for reminding us of that event @ SM City Pampanga, madalas din ako diyan kasi walang SM sa Nueva Ecija hehe

[sisigman]

di po ako naligaw ng thread. talagang iniimbitahan ko ang mga novo ecijano, atsaka dahil may mga Kapampangans din sa noeva ecija, dahil ang iilang towns niyo ay dating bahagi ng Pampanga. :D

boss, mukhang naligaw yata kayo ng post, hehe, there is a separate thread for Capampangans BTW, however, thanks for reminding us of that event @ SM City Pampanga, madalas din ako diyan kasi walang SM sa Nueva Ecija hehe

[barrera_marquez]

di po ako naligaw ng thread. talagang iniimbitahan ko ang mga novo ecijano, atsaka dahil may mga Kapampangans din sa noeva ecija, dahil ang iilang towns niyo ay dating bahagi ng Pampanga. :D

Kapampangan ako pero nasa Cabanatuan City kami...

[CabanNgTuwa]

di po ako naligaw ng thread. talagang iniimbitahan ko ang mga novo ecijano, atsaka dahil may mga Kapampangans din sa noeva ecija, dahil ang iilang towns niyo ay dating bahagi ng Pampanga. :D

salamat bro, pasensya ka na, you're right, maraming towns tulad ng Gapan, San Isidro (borderinig Candaba), Cabiao(bordering Arayat), San Antonio(near Mabalacat/Concepcion) ang dating part ng province ninyo, even yung Aliaga (I wonder pano naging part ng Pampanga eh ang layo na nito)... napansin ko lang lately, bakit ubod ng sama ng kalsada (Olongapo-Gapan Road) yung portion ng San Isidro hanggang San Fernando? wala kaya silang balak irehab?

[frei]

di po ako naligaw ng thread. talagang iniimbitahan ko ang mga novo ecijano, atsaka dahil may mga Kapampangans din sa noeva ecija, dahil ang iilang towns niyo ay dating bahagi ng Pampanga. :D

will there be subscripts to it?

@topic it think that is really remarkable, and yeah im sick of the koreanovelas an d any other novelas from other countries--they're perennially common nowadays.

[igi_master]

yes sir, how did you know? I presume you're also from Cabanatuan, saan po present location niyo ngayon?

Taga La Paz Tarlac ako bro eh, pero nagaral ako sa CLPC pa dati 1st to 2nd year Engg, Present Location ko Quezon City, kaya alam ko yang CELCOR na yan member kasi ng PEPOA ung company na pinagtatrabahuhan ko.

[CabanNgTuwa]

Taga La Paz Tarlac ako bro eh, pero nagaral ako sa CLPC pa dati 1st to 2nd year Engg, Present Location ko Quezon City, kaya alam ko yang CELCOR na yan member kasi ng PEPOA ung company na pinagtatrabahuhan ko.

thanks bro, familiar ka rin pala dito sa Cabanatuan, btw, pag umuuwi ka bro (if commuting or by car), saan ka sumasakay pauwi diyan sa La Paz? biyaheng Dau, Mabalacat, then take a jeep or baba ng Tarlac tapos sakay ng papuntang Nueva Ecija? or biyaheng Cabanatuan then sakay ng Tarlac? thanks bro

[sisigman]

will there be subscripts to it?

@topic it think that is really remarkable, and yeah im sick of the koreanovelas an d any other novelas from other countries--they're perennially common nowadays.

Will there be subscripts to it? Yes, we will try to have it syndicated in every cable station possible in Central Luzon, especially those with Kapampangan communites like Bataan, Tarlac Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Pangasinan, Zambales, and even Manila.

Thanks for the compliment to the project. I have just uploaded the Official closing billboard video of the telenovela. Please see it here:

. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da9HtmHUsRI .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da9HtmHUsRI

[igi_master]

thanks bro, familiar ka rin pala dito sa Cabanatuan, btw, pag umuuwi ka bro (if commuting or by car), saan ka sumasakay pauwi diyan sa La Paz? biyaheng Dau, Mabalacat, then take a jeep or baba ng Tarlac tapos sakay ng papuntang Nueva Ecija? or biyaheng Cabanatuan then sakay ng Tarlac? thanks bro

If Commuting, any bus na na going north na dadaan ng Tarlac City like going to baguio, Dagupan, Alaminos etc then ang baba dun sa junction na McArthur Hiway and Tarlac Sta Rosa Road duon may sakayan ng Jeep na Papuntang LaPaz Zaragosa or Baliwag Bus Na byaheng Cabanatuan.

If By Own sasakyan Up to End of NLEX to Concepcion may shortcut na dun to La Paz town witouht passing town of Capas and Tarlac City.

Yung mga cousins ko na taga Zaragosa Nueva Ecija pag umuuwi dun sila dumadaan mas mabilis daw hindi sila Dumadaan ng maharlika hiway kahit nag comute

[Asturiano]

If the NLEX goes as for as San Fernando de La Union and has branch that goes as for as far as Santiago Isabela de Luzon travel to Central and Northern Luzon will only take a couple of hour or so. Travel time to Nueva Ecija by Commuter Bus could probably cut in half and the towns and cities like Cabanatuan will be will be free from vehicles going to northern provinces of Luzon. I remember when the last time I went to Ilocos it took us 12hrs for two lane highway to get to where we going, that travel could probably taken us only 5hrs for a four lane highway.

[CabanNgTuwa]

If the NLEX goes as for as San Fernando de La Union and has branch that goes as for as far as Santiago Isabela de Luzon travel to Central and Northern Luzon will only take a couple of hour or so. Travel time to Nueva Ecija by Commuter Bus could probably cut in half and the towns and cities like Cabanatuan will be will be free from vehicles going to northern provinces of Luzon. I remember when the last time I went to Ilocos it took us 12hrs for two lane highway to get to where we going, that travel could probably taken us only 5hrs for a four lane highway.


yes, bro; mamaya bubuksan na raw ang SCTEX portion of Tarlac, sana nga lang iginitna ng konti yung last exit (between the provincial boundaries of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija) para pag dinugtungan pa-La Union, masagasaan sana yung portions ng Nueva Ecija like Cuyapo/Guimba para yung pupunta ng Isabela di na dadaan sa Maharlika Highway na ubod ng traffic, yung mismong after ng town proper na ng San Jose City yung likuan, thereby minimizing traffic congestion in that area

[Porknight]

GRAND PREMIERE
August 27, 2008
SM City Pampanga
FREE ADMISSION

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2404/kalamthumbnailsjv3.jpg

Me keni and make way for the 1st Kapampanganovela!

To the knowledge of most Filipinos, only Manila has the capability of producing teleseryes in the country, while all other dramas must have been produced by Koreans, Americans, Japanese, Mexicans, or Chinese.

But did you know that in other regions, Pinoy TV dramas are also being produced and are even employing the use of non-Tagalog languages like Cebuano?

Good now we don't have only bad quality TV drama shows in tagalog but now we have also in cebuano !

[Porknight]

For all the people who live in Cabanatuan . Do you think that the city is pedestrian friendly ? Just curious , you know i might visit some of my relatives there.

[barrera_marquez]

For all the people who live in Cabanatuan . Do you think that the city is pedestrian friendly ? Just curious , you know i might visit some of my relatives there.

Yes... but I don't know for those vehicles...

[CabanNgTuwa]

mahirap mag-drive sa Cabanatuan, perhaps one of the hardest to drive at cities around the Philippines; this is due to the numerous and countless undisciplined tricycles plying the Maharlika Highway (no better alternative road yet); you need to be patient and be extra careful when bringing your car over here, and be more aggressive when driving around here (that's my style here para ma Psy-War yung mga ogag na trike drivers). I take everyday driving here a burden, max speed here is around 5kph

[Porknight]

^^ Its ok I don't own a car and I don't think I won't rent one for my vacation.

[CabanNgTuwa]

thanks and we'll be more than glad to welcome you to Cabanatuan if you wish to come over here...

[dark_knight_detectve]

Microtel Cabanatuan: A new home up north (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=2008080260&type=2)
By Lester Gopela Hallig
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The new Microtel Hotel in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija is one eye-catching structure. In the middle of the greenery, the seventh Microtel in the country rises from the flatlands with its distinctive salmon color. Since we arrived there in broad daylight, you can just imagine how its color intensified as the sun reached its peak.

It was a different story indoors, with the cool laid-back atmosphere and locally made decorative handicrafts providing a relaxing setting. What we found out later was that Microtel Cabanatuan was the result of a carefully planned design to make the hotel look familiar to everyone and feel right at home to the locale.

“We want this to be as rustic as possible, to reflect the surrounding greenery. This is like a throwback to the bright colors used in older buildings. It is our way of connecting with the locality,” says Microtel’s principal architect Luis Nakpil.

Nakpil adds: “When you get to stay in the hotel, you get a flavor of the place. It gives you a lot of character and becomes more specific to the place. Here you get the best of both worlds. You have the comfort of a very good international hotel and the character of Cabanatuan, so it does not overwhelm you.”

Describing the design process as “a lot of fun,” Nakpil says Microtel Cabanatuan was one of the easiest to design because the 4,000-square-meter land was flat and did not require any trees to be cut.

He adds: “It was just textbook-perfect for us. It even afforded us the opportunity to build a swimming pool in the property. With the pool, the hotel acquired that resort feel in the process.”

One might find it strange that an international hotel would actually be the first to rise in what looks like the middle of nowhere. Not so, as what we discovered.

Microtel Hotel is standing on the future Avida commercial center. Soon, the area will welcome new establishments such as residences, a mall, and various business centers. It will become the newest community in Central Luzon.

“Besides, Cabanatuan is the center of commerce in this region and the gateway to Cagayan province. It is the rice granary of the country,” says Joel Cucueco, resident manager of Microtel Cabanatuan. “We see its potential as a city, which will grow further economically.”

“Microtel always sees the potential of an area. We always get the ball rolling and then others follow,” Microtel director for sales Roy Martin chimes in. “Whenever we build a hotel in a certain place, we know that we are offering a great experience through our accommodations. When people realize that, they will look at the place in a different light. They will even consider putting up their businesses there, and, quite possibly, living there.”

Microtel vice president Teddy Lim adds: “We are reaching out to people and giving them access to these different places in the country. Local tourism is also something we are into. Having foreign visitors is an added bonus, really. Even though they are familiar with the Microtel brand, they will discover that our hotels are very much Filipino. As what some of them have told me, the Filipino Microtel people are so much nicer and helpful.”

Cucueco happily reports that the hotel has been generating inquiries and bookings from locals and multinational companies, particularly those based in the United States. Incidentally, Microtel is an accredited hotel of the US Embassy. Among the features that got Microtel the thumbs-up is its strict security.

“At Microtel, security is more than assigning guards to look after guests and the property. There is also security in a guest’s own room. The materials we put in the rooms are fire-retardant, such as curtains, linen, and even the trash. We just do not stop with the outside concerns,” stresses Robbie Gonzalez, Microtel’s area general manager for Northern Luzon.

Even the hotel is particular with serving well its handicapped guests. Gonzalez points out that the local building code requires one handicapped-accessible room for every 50 rooms. He says, “Here we have two rooms for them in this 50-room hotel.”

Adhering to the standard of all Microtel hotels, the Cabanatuan hotel also boasts of its trademark chiropractic “healthy for the back” beds. It also offers complimentary breakfast, wireless Internet access, and a business center, among others.

With these developments, Microtel Cabanatuan is not just attracting curious onlookers but also guests and visitors who are after efficiency, comfort, and great value.

* * *

Microtel Cabanatuan is located in Sta. Arcadia, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. For inquiries or reservations, call 671-7171, e-mail at sales@microtelphilippines.com or log on to http://www.microtel-cabanatuan.com.

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[skyscraper100]

people from this place are so nice.really theyre hospitable.im really excited to comeback to my lola's biggest,coolest farm and chill all day long.

[normanenoza]

Here's some good photos of Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija courtesy of BrandX Photography. All the shots are taken with Canon 40D DSLR.

http://tboizranj.multiply.com/photos/album/51#16

[barrera_marquez]

Kumusta na nga pala riyan sa may bandang Cuyapo, Carranglan at Lupao diyan sa Nueva Ecija? Medyo malayo kasi kayo sa Cabanatuan City e... kaya medyo mahirap-hirap din para sa akin ang makapunta riyan... anyway, sana makakita ako ng pictures mula diyan lalo na yung boundary ng Nueva Ecija at Pangasinan. Thanks...

[Ehzie]

Sino po ba merong photos ng cabiao diyan post niyo naman po....:nuts:

[barrera_marquez]

Hindi lang pala tayo rice granary, milk capital na rin pala tayo...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueva_Ecija

[Asturiano]

Hindi lang pala tayo rice granary, milk capital na rin pala tayo...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueva_Ecija

When did nueva ecija became milk capital of the philippines? Is there a lot of cattle ranches in the province ?

[Porknight]

^^ I was wondering if we really produce a large quantity of milk , do we also produce some sort of Yoghurt or cheese in the area ?

[barrera_marquez]

When did nueva ecija became milk capital of the philippines? Is there a lot of cattle ranches in the province ?

Sangkatutak yata yung mga kalabaw sa atin na iniwan ng mga magsasaka in favor of tractors kaya imbis na ibenta, ginagatasan na lang sila ngayon...

[CabanNgTuwa]

Kumusta na nga pala riyan sa may bandang Cuyapo, Carranglan at Lupao diyan sa Nueva Ecija? Medyo malayo kasi kayo sa Cabanatuan City e... kaya medyo mahirap-hirap din para sa akin ang makapunta riyan... anyway, sana makakita ako ng pictures mula diyan lalo na yung boundary ng Nueva Ecija at Pangasinan. Thanks...

bro kumusta na? marami akong pictures ng Pangasinan-nueva ecija border pero puro bukid lang kasi hehe, dun ako dumadaan papunta Baguio, may shortcut from Baloc, Talavera, Guimba, Cuyapo, Rosales Pangasinan na... kakatakot dumaan dun pag gabi kasi daming NPA :lol:

[Asturiano]

bro kumusta na? marami akong pictures ng Pangasinan-nueva ecija border pero puro bukid lang kasi hehe, dun ako dumadaan papunta Baguio, may shortcut from Baloc, Talavera, Guimba, Cuyapo, Rosales Pangasinan na... kakatakot dumaan dun pag gabi kasi daming NPA :lol:

Sa Cuyapo, Lupao at Carranglan maraming pang NPA pero hinde na nakakatakot dumaan pag gabi sa highway papuntang pangasinan kasi yong mga taong labas sa malalayong barrio naman bibihira lang pumasyal sa mas civilized na lugar

[dark_knight_detectve]

Pair of giant slippers ushers in Gapan’s ‘tsinelas’ festival (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=2008082585&type=2)
By Manny Galvez
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A pair of giant slippers as big as 30 feet went on display in this city’s main thoroughfares as the city government launched here yesterday its “7th Tsinelas Festival” or festival of slippers highlighting its seventh anniversary as a component city.

Mayor Ernesto Natividad and Vice Mayor Christian Tinio led city officials usher in the festival meant to boost sales and income of local slipper makers in the face of stiff competition from imported slippers coming from China and other countries.

Dozens of tsinelas stalls have been installed along the national highway in Barangay Bucana to showcase the slippers aside from the parade of floats and streetdancing. At the entrance of the new city hall, a giant slipper mounted on a float is put on display.

The city’s backyard slippers industry, which originated in the 1930s, has been abuzz in Barangays Mangino, Pambuan and San Lorenzo. It generates annual sales of P500 million.

During the pre-war period, slippers were made of carabao leather from Meycauyan, Bulacan.

However, the government prohibited the slaughter of cattle such as carabao, resulting in the decline in leather supply. Slipper makers were thus, forced to tap other raw materials such as plastic and rubber.

Local slippers are now made of synthetic materials, giving the city the distinction of being the biggest producer of synthetic-made slippers in the country. These type of slippers are sold in Luzon, mostly in Bicol, Ilocos Norte and in Baclaran and major department stores in Manila.

Natividad, who is one of the biggest slipper producers here before he entered politics, said with a minimum capital of P15,000, one can start a slipper-making business.

One of the few exceptions was Tessie Gomez who started with a meager capital of P120.

The city’s slipper industry, however, is being threatened by the flood of imported slippers. Aside from China, other countries where slippers are being brought in are Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.

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[dark_knight_detectve]

GMA inaugurates P448-M Ecija dam (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=2008090156&type=2)
By Manny Galvez
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

PALAYAN CITY – President Arroyo will lead today the inauguration of the P448-million modernized and state-of-the-art dam in this provincial capital coinciding with the 112th anniversary of the “Unang Sigaw ng Nueva Ecija (First Cry of Nueva Ecija).”

Carlos Salazar, administrator of the National Irrigation Administration, told The STAR that the President, along with Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, will lead in the opening of the newly rehabilitated Pampanga-Bongabon River Irrigation System, also known as the Atate Dam, in Barangay Atate here.

The President will also hold a Cabinet meeting here after gracing the anniversary rites for Nueva Ecija Day. She will be welcomed here by Gov. Aurelio Umali and other local officials.

Salazar said the rehabilitation of the PBRIS has been fully completed with the installation of electro-mechanically operated gate-lifting mechanism, additional intake, construction of a 10.38-km. concrete canal lining along the PBRIS main canal and installation of new slide gates for 10 main canal structures and turn-outs.

He said that with the rehab project, the operations of the dam with regard to gating have graduated from the purely manual to electric-driven for sluice and intake gates.

The Atate Dam forms part of a contract package U1 of the P6.7-billion Phase 1 of the irrigation component of the Casecnan Multi-purpose Irrigation and Power Project. The irrigation component, which started in 1998, involves construction of a 29-km. super diversion canal and repair and rehab of existing dams and enlargement of major canals.

Engr. Alex Coloma, NIA-Casecnan assistant project manager, said that the Atate Dam rehab, whose construction was started by the China International Water & Electric Corp. (CIWEC), costs P448.15 million.

Coloma said the dam is good as new. “The Atate Dam may have been rehabilitated but in effect, we have a brand-new dam because the structures have been thoroughly strengthened and improved. Gone are the old and deteriorated structures,” he said.

Coloma said the project will benefit 19,151 farmers covering 25,881 hectares of agricultural lands in 105 barangays in Cabanatuan City and the municipalities of Aliaga, Gen. Natividad, Jaen, Peñaranda, San Antonio, San Leonardo, Sta. Rosa and Zaragoza.
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[barrera_marquez]

SP's bypass of prov'l. administrator irks Umali
http://www2.mozcom.com/~ecijano/

Gov. Aurelio Umali said that his office plans to file administrative charges against Vice Gov. Edward Thomas F. Joson and members of the Sanguniang Panlalawigan (SP) for bypassing the appointment of the provincial administrator.

Umali said the Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija-dominated provincial board presided over by Joson had rejected thrice in a span of one week the appointment as provincial administrator of Lawyer Alejandro Abesamis who, according to the governor, is qualified for the position.

Abesamis, concurrently the head of the provincial legal office, is Umali's second appointee to the post after the former's elder brother, Lawyer Ferdinand Abesamis, was rejected by the SP.

The younger Abesamis received a recommendation from the Civil Service Commission when his appointment was turned down for the second time. The CSC also suggested that he file charges but he chose not to, saying he might instead seek the suspension of the officials involved in the decision to reject him.

The Local Government Code requires that a provincial administrator must have at least five years of experience in management and possess a first grade civil service eligibility.

A source in the SP said that while Abesamis may have satisfied the requirements for the position, majority of the board members still did not find him fit to be the provincial administrator for some other reasons.

[dark_knight_detectve]

2 foreign builders tapped for Ecija dam project (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080915109&type=2)
By Manny Galvez
Tuesday, September 16, 2008


JAEN, Nueva Ecija – President Arroyo has asked two foreign builders to undertake the construction of the long-stalled P15-billion Balintingon Reservoir Multipurpose Project in Gen. Tinio town.

Fourth district Rep. Rodolfo “Rody” Antonino told reporters here that Mrs. Arroyo has requested representatives of a South Korean corporation and a Japanese funding agency to submit an unsolicited proposal within next week.

Antonino said the foreign investors, met with the President here Friday when she attended the congressman’s birthday party in Barangay Langla.

He said that the Korean representative belongs to the KWater Corp., a firm engaged in all water projects in South Korea and which is owned by the South Korean. The Japanese entity is a funding agency similar to the Japan International Cooperating Agency (JICA), he added.

Antonino, a stalwart of Mrs. Arroyo’s Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), said that the unsolicited proposal means that the government was not the one who sought the project but that it was subjected to the so-called “Swiss challenge,” meaning the proposal was not put up in the international community to know if there are parties interested to bankroll it. The process, he said, would last up to 60 days.

Antonino said the President wants the project to get off the ground. “She’s quite uneasy that there was no progress on the project,” he said of the BRMP which was first planned 32 years ago.

The BRMP was first conceived under the Irrigation Development Plan for Central Luzon, a reconnaissance study by the National Irrigation Administration and ECI Consultants Inc. in 1976.

The BRMP was programmed to irrigate 14,900 hectares of agricultural lands in the eastern section of Central Luzon, covering Bulacan and Nueva Ecija using the Sumacbao River in Gen. Tinio as water source.

It involves construction of an outdoor 69 kilovolt switchyard connecting the plant with the Luzon grid at the substation in Cabanatuan City, a 140-meter long, rockfill central core dam, a 19-meter high diversion weir, 109 kms. of main canals, 168 kms. of lateral and sub-lateral canals, 210 kms. of drainage facilities and service and access roads.

Once finished, it is programmed to benefit 9,152 families in Cabanatuan City, Gapan City, and the municipalities of Sta. Rosa, Gen. Tinio and Penaranda – all in Nueva Ecija and the Bulacan towns of San Ildefonso and San Miguel.

In 2004, the dam cost only P5 billion. Its cost rose to P8.3 billion in 2006 and to P15 billion at present.

A detailed feasibility study made by NIA in 1983 which was financed by the Italian government proposed the construction of the dam with a reservoir capacity of 572 million cubic meters to irrigate 18,800 hectares.

Antonino said that the project has been reprogrammed to supplement the water supply requirements of the Angat Dam. “With Balintingon, there will be adequate supply of water for Angat and there will be no problem anymore,” he said.

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[Asturiano]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/48936432_3addfa739...The San Jose Police Force 1935

[Ehzie]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/48936432_3addfa739...The San Jose Police Force 1935

Kuya photo not available.... Buhay pa po ba itong thread na ito???:ohno:

[Asturiano]

Its almost dead that's why need to keep posting to make it alive again.
Kamusta na ang San Jose balita ko mas marami pa raw progress sa Talavera kaysa sa San Jose. Ano ba ang ginagawa ng mayor diyan natutulog?

[Asturiano]

Let me introduced you all to Ecija, Spain where our province is name after in 1705.

[Ehzie]

Its almost dead that's why need to keep posting to make it alive again.
Kamusta na ang San Jose balita ko mas marami pa raw progress sa Talavera kaysa sa San Jose. Ano ba ang ginagawa ng mayor diyan natutulog?

kuya yung mayor at vice mayor nagsasabong parang si governor at vice governor din mas malupit magbangayan mga opisyal dito personalan ang labanan kaya ang san jose ganun padin walang pinagbago.....:ohno:

[Porknight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybg2TaJkCQw

Let me introduced you all to Ecija, Spain where our province is name after in 1705.

lol we have a lot of work to do to even get close.

[Asturiano]

kuya yung mayor at vice mayor nagsasabong parang si governor at vice governor din mas malupit magbangayan mga opisyal dito personalan ang labanan kaya ang san jose ganun padin walang pinagbago.....:ohno:

balita ko nga, grabe pa la ang politika diyan kung palaging ganyan wala sila magagawa. they need to put the politics aside and start working for the common good of the city besides that's what the peoples elected them to do and not the other way around. Sino ba ang vice mayor ng san jose ngayon?

[Asturiano]

lol we have a lot of work to do to even get close.

I know, but we going to get there one step of the time, if only we have an efficient government, but as far as that one goes it might even take us 50 years or so.

[barrera_marquez]

Madala naman sana ang mga nagbabangayan diyan sa San Jose City!

At para kay Vice Governor Joson, tapos na po ang 4 na dekada ninyong pamamayagpag sa Nueva Ecija, sumunod ka na lang kay Governor Umali para wala nang problema.

Anyway, ang kawawa naman ang nangyari sa Gapan City... :ohno: Naaawa ako sa kanila...

[Ehzie]

balita ko nga, grabe pa la ang politika diyan kung palaging ganyan wala sila magagawa. they need to put the politics aside and start working for the common good of the city besides that's what the peoples elected them to do and not the other way around. Sino ba ang vice mayor ng san jose ngayon?

Kokoy Salvador po kuya next election maganda labanan ng pagka mayor dito

Alex Belena Vs. kokoy Salvador...:nuts:

[Ehzie]

Madala naman sana ang mga nagbabangayan diyan sa San Jose City!

At para kay Vice Governor Joson, tapos na po ang 4 na dekada ninyong pamamayagpag sa Nueva Ecija, sumunod ka na lang kay Governor Umali para wala nang problema.

Anyway, ang kawawa naman ang nangyari sa Gapan City... :ohno: Naaawa ako sa kanila...


Balita ko po kuya ehhh... uso patayan dun ahhhh...???:ohno:

[barrera_marquez]

Balita ko po kuya ehhh... uso patayan dun ahhhh...???:ohno:

Tagal nang uso ang patayan doon... hindi lang bigas ang gumagalaw doon pati bala na rin... ano ba naman ang nangyayari sa Nueva Ecija?! :ohno:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtx5_rK5z3E

Kabaligtaran ba ng San Jose City ang Cabanatuan City?

[Asturiano]

Kokoy Salvador po kuya next election maganda labanan ng pagka mayor dito

Alex Belena Vs. kokoy Salvador...:nuts:

taga saan ba yong kokoy salvador na yan ? Kung yong dalawa lang yan ang mag lalaban sa darating na election wala rin pagbabago. bakit hinde lumaban yong anak ni violago wala na ba silang power sa san jose?

[Ehzie]

taga saan ba yong kokoy salvador na yan ? Kung yong dalawa lang yan ang mag lalaban sa darating na election wala rin pagbabago. bakit hinde lumaban yong anak ni violago wala na ba silang power sa san jose?


Anak po ni boy salvador kuya pamilya ng mga may malalaking ricemill sa san jose bandang caloacan po.... kamag anak ni aglibo...

[Ehzie]

Tagal nang uso ang patayan doon... hindi lang bigas ang gumagalaw doon pati bala na rin... ano ba naman ang nangyayari sa Nueva Ecija?! :ohno:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtx5_rK5z3E

Kabaligtaran ba ng San Jose City ang Cabanatuan City?


sa tingin ko po kabaligtaran talaga..

[barrera_marquez]

Anak po ni boy salvador kuya pamilya ng mga may malalaking ricemill sa san jose bandang caloacan po.... kamag anak ni aglibo...

Paramihan yata ng ricemill laban diyan sa San Jose City... basta ganito lang ang mangyayari kapag eleksyon na naman, tiyak mauuso na naman ang mga 3B, BUNGANGAAN, BARILAN AT BANGKAY unless may gawin na talaga ang provincial government ukol diyan...

The way you all talk, para talagang may nagaganap na political dynasties diyan sa San Jose City. Anyway, sino po ang mga involved lalo na si Violago mga kuya?

[dark_knight_detectve]

P6.7-B irrigation project due for completion in Dec. (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=2008100418&type=2)
By Manny Galvez
Sunday, October 5, 2008


SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija — Phase 1 of the P6.7-billion irrigation component of the giant Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMIPP) will be finished as scheduled in December, a top official of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said.

Alex Coloma, NIA-Casecnan project manager, said Phase 1 of the irrigation component is 97 percent complete, saying he sees no major stumbling block in its projected completion at the end of the year.

Coloma also said that at least P2.4 billion worth of irrigation projects under Phase 1 of the P6.7-billion irrigation component of the CMIPP have been completed and are ready for inauguration.

The newly completed projects are the P608-million rehabilitated Penaranda River Irrigation System (Penris) under contract package US and P1.7 billion in new irrigation areas under contract packages S2 and S3.

The rehab of the Penris Dam, worth P608.6 million, was constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corp. (CSCEC), in April 2004 and involves replacement of sluice and intake gates and installation of 21 units slide gates for five main canal structures, one siphon outlet and 6.59-kilometer concrete canal lining the main canal.

Coloma said that the newly rehabilitated dam will irrigate 19,924.20 hectares of agricultural lands in 63 barangays covering Gapan City and the Nueva Ecija municipalities of San Isidro, Cabiao and this town; San Miguel and San Ildefonso in Bulacan and Candaba, Pampanga. It will benefit 10,098 farmers.

The newly developed irrigation areas cover 16,879 hectares of farmlands in 67 barangays in this city and the Nueva Ecija towns of Guimba and Talugtog and Victoria, Tarlac. It will benefit 8,839 farmers.

The CMIPP’s build-operate-transfer (BOT) component was completed by the California Energy International in December 2001 at a cost of $675 million. It consisted of the construction of a 26.3-kilometer underground transbasin tunnel, hydro powerhouse, two diversion weirs, 80 kilometers of access roads and seven concrete bridges.

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[Asturiano]

Anak po ni boy salvador kuya pamilya ng mga may malalaking ricemill sa san jose bandang caloacan po.... kamag anak ni aglibo...

Kaya naman pala malakas ang loob ni kokoy na labanan ang mayor ng san jose kasi kamag anak niya si aglibo, kay aglibo yata umuutang yong mga magsasaka diyan ng panggamit sa bukid, malaki nga yong ricemill nila sa caloocan nadadaanan ko iyon dati pag pumupunta kami sa Llanera.

[Ehzie]

Paramihan yata ng ricemill laban diyan sa San Jose City... basta ganito lang ang mangyayari kapag eleksyon na naman, tiyak mauuso na naman ang mga 3B, BUNGANGAAN, BARILAN AT BANGKAY unless may gawin na talaga ang provincial government ukol diyan...

The way you all talk, para talagang may nagaganap na political dynasties diyan sa San Jose City. Anyway, sino po ang mga involved lalo na si Violago mga kuya?

tama ka po kuya may political dynasties pinapapasa pasahan nalang ng magkakamag anak ang pamamahala dito sa san jose like yang mayor namin dati yung lalaki ngayon naman yung asawa niya tapos next election ulit yung lalaki..

ganun din yung mga violago pinasa niya nalang sa anak niya....

may isa pa pala akong napansin sa munisipyo namin nag apply kasi kami ng classmate ko City engineering office as an OJT. so kailangan namin ng approval ni mayora para makapag ojt kami, nung magpapapirma na kami ng papers namin nagulat kami yung dating mayor yung ang naka upo tapos siya rin pumipirma ng mga transaction sa munisipyo ehhh... hindi naman siya ang nanalong mayor dapat yung asawa niya ang gumagawa nun... (hay expose na ito)....:ohno:

[Ehzie]

Kaya naman pala malakas ang loob ni kokoy na labanan ang mayor ng san jose kasi kamag anak niya si aglibo, kay aglibo yata umuutang yong mga magsasaka diyan ng panggamit sa bukid, malaki nga yong ricemill nila sa caloocan nadadaanan ko iyon dati pag pumupunta kami sa Llanera.

labanan ng pera kuya, naku kung yaman ang pag uusapan ehhh... parang si salvador ang angat sa susunod na eleksyon try kong mag salvador baka effective...

[barrera_marquez]

tama ka po kuya may political dynasties pinapapasa pasahan nalang ng magkakamag anak ang pamamahala dito sa san jose like yang mayor namin dati yung lalaki ngayon naman yung asawa niya tapos next election ulit yung lalaki..

ganun din yung mga violago pinasa niya nalang sa anak niya....

may isa pa pala akong napansin sa munisipyo namin nag apply kasi kami ng classmate ko City engineering office as an OJT. so kailangan namin ng approval ni mayora para makapag ojt kami, nung magpapapirma na kami ng papers namin nagulat kami yung dating mayor yung ang naka upo tapos siya rin pumipirma ng mga transaction sa munisipyo ehhh... hindi naman siya ang nanalong mayor dapat yung asawa niya ang gumagawa nun... (hay expose na ito)....:ohno:

Try natin sa XXX o sa Imbestigador o sa BITAG... haha! Anyway, bakit kaya sila ang pumipirma nun kuya?

[Ehzie]

Try natin sa XXX o sa Imbestigador o sa BITAG... haha! Anyway, bakit kaya sila ang pumipirma nun kuya?

naku ewan ko ba sa kanila....

[Ehzie]

Try natin sa XXX o sa Imbestigador o sa BITAG... haha! Anyway, bakit kaya sila ang pumipirma nun kuya?

may kilala ka bang mag bulaclac sa inyo???

[barrera_marquez]

may kilala ka bang mag bulaclac sa inyo???

Anong ibig mong sabihin kuya sa salitang mag bulaclac?

[Asturiano]

Ano ba yon Apelyido ng Tao ?

[Ehzie]

Anong ibig mong sabihin kuya sa salitang mag bulaclac?

Surname poh ung taga baranggay barerra poh cya....

[icarusrising]

CBCP to launch national farm center in Nueva Ecija (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/125806/CBCP-to-launch-national-farm-center-in-Nueva-Ecija#)

Article posted October 08, 2008 - 07:27 PM
MANILA, Philippines — At least 200 farmers and 240 families stand to benefit from a National Farm Center that the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)'s social arm was launched Wednesday morning.

The CBCP said the National Farm Center is located in Misereor Village, Sto. Niño Hill, Balaring at General Natividad town in Nueva Ecija province.

"When fully developed, the center will also serve as a venue for national and local trainings, and become an organic agriculture model that can be replicated by farmers, groups and organizations," CBCP National Secretariat for Social Action (Nassa) executive secretary Rosanne Mallillin said in an article on the CBCP website (www.cbcpnews.com).

Expected to attend the ceremonies are Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap and Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman, and Catholic bishops and social action directors from different dioceses nationwide.

The Department of Agriculture including its Bureau of Soils and Water Management, Bureau of Plant Industry and its Regional Field Unit III assisted the project.

The CBCP said the project, to be launched this coming Wednesday, will promote and showcase the practice of sustainable agriculture.

Mallillin said the farm center would "add more teeth to the promotion and practice of sustainable agriculture among 77 Diocesan Social Action Centers in the country."

The center will showcase various aspects of a diversified intensive organic farming system including seed banking, livestock raising, vermi-composting, farm enterprising and other agricultural activities.

Farmers will also be given organic vegetable seeds during the launching, which will also include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, tree planting and site tour. GMANews.TV

[barrera_marquez]

Surname poh ung taga baranggay barerra poh cya....

Salamat ate... anyway, wala po akong kilala... mas madalas kasi ako ngayon sa Manila... sorry...

[Ehzie]

Ano ba yon Apelyido ng Tao ?

Bulaclac Po kuya apelyido niya taga barera din po siya

[barrera_marquez]

Bulaclac Po kuya apelyido niya taga barera din po siya

Malaki Cabanatuan City sis, mukhang isang taon kang maghahanap niyan...

[Asturiano]

may kilala ka bang mag Garcia sa Cabanatuan?

[barrera_marquez]

may kilala ka bang mag Garcia sa Cabanatuan?

Sangkatutak kuya...

[allan_dude]

San Isidro pushed as ‘heritage town’

By Anselmo Roque

CABANATUAN CITY – Officials and residents of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, want their town to be declared a “heritage town” owing to its rich history.

“Our town is rich in many significant historical events of our country. Many of the buildings and other traces of the past have been preserved here,” Mayor Sonia Lorenzo said. Lorenzo said San Isidro was etched in history as the site of the “First Cry of Nueva Ecija” where Filipino revolutionaries took arms against Spain on Sept. 2, 1896.

The fighting, under the leadership of Gen. Mariano Llanera, went on for three days and resulted in the freedom of jailed leaders and members of the revolutionary forces. Gen. Gregorio del Pilar came with his troops to reinforce the Novo Ecijano fighters.

That uprising earned for Nueva Ecija the distinction of being immortalized in the Philippine flag as one of the eight provinces that first rose in arms against Spanish rule.

Lorenzo said she and other residents were asking concerned agencies to give San Isidro the official distinction of being a heritage town.

San Isidro was once the capital of the Philippines when then President Emilio Aguinaldo transferred his seat of government to the town. It was the capital of Nueva Ecija from 1852 to 1912.

The town was also known as “Factoria” because a tobacco factory was established there to service the Tobacco Monopoly.

Lorenzo said it was in San Isidro where the Wright Institute, the first high school outside Manila, was established during the American rule.

Its building has been preserved. The school became the Nueva Ecija High School, which transferred to this city several years later.

During the Japanese occupation, San Isidro shared with Pampanga and Tarlac the site of the formation of the Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon, a Japanese resistance group.

Lorenzo said the house that Aguinaldo, Gov. Gen. James Wright and Col. Frederick Funston, who led American troops in capturing Aguinaldo in Palanan, Isabela, used, has been preserved. Other big houses used by prominent people in the past are still intact.

“We have also preserved the old capitol which is now used as the town hall, including the water well and the provincial jail within the building,” Lorenzo said.

She said that when other historical sites and buildings in her town were restored, they would serve as symbols of history and education for visitors.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20081001-163900/San-Isidro-pushed-as-heritage-town

[Asturiano]

Sangkatutak kuya...

Iyong napangasawa ng tita ko yong uncle niya naging judge daw sa Cabanatuan mga mag Garcia pero nakatira pa rin sila diyan sa San Roque sa Megacenter.

[barrera_marquez]

Iyong napangasawa ng tita ko yong uncle niya naging judge daw sa Cabanatuan mga mag Garcia pero nakatira pa rin sila diyan sa San Roque sa Megacenter.

Ewan ko po, hindi ko po kasi kilala yung mga naging judge ng Municipal Trial Court on Cities Judge natin diyan... sorry po... tanong niyo na lang po kapag bumalik na lang po kayo...

[Ehzie]

parang tayong tatlo nalang po ang close dito nasan kaya yung iba?????:ohno:

[Ecija]

Hi! po sa mga kababayan ko.:)

[barrera_marquez]

Hi! po sa mga kababayan ko.:)

AIG pa talaga logo mo kuya... well anyway, hello sa iyo and welcome to the forums...

[Ehzie]

Hi! po sa mga kababayan ko.:)

wow AIG sosyal pautang naman po hehehehe...:nuts:

[Ecija]

Muli po, magandang araw po sa inyong lahat. Alam nyo mas enjoy po ako sa mga nababasa kong comments, opinions, sugestions at current events dito sa SSC, kasi po halos lahat kayo dito ay optimistic sa development ng ating bansa.
Dito naman po sa Cabanatuan eh kahit papano ay may pagbabago naman na nangyayari, at konting disiplina na lang lalo na sa mga tricycle driver eh masasabi na nating isa nga ito sa one of the best city to live sa ating bansa.
Para sakin naman po dapat siguro na manatili sa Palayan City ang Capital ng Nueva Ecija, para madecongest naman po ang Cabanatuan at tuluyang madevelop ang Palayan bilang government center ng ating lalawigan.:)

[Ecija]

wow AIG sosyal pautang naman po hehehehe...:nuts:

Sir barrera, Madam Ehzie nagpapanggap lang po ako hehe;)

[barrera_marquez]

Muli po, magandang araw po sa inyong lahat. Alam nyo mas enjoy po ako sa mga nababasa kong comments, opinions, sugestions at current events dito sa SSC, kasi po halos lahat kayo dito ay optimistic sa development ng ating bansa.
Dito naman po sa Cabanatuan eh kahit papano ay may pagbabago naman na nangyayari, at konting disiplina na lang lalo na sa mga tricycle driver eh masasabi na nating isa nga ito sa one of the best city to live sa ating bansa.
Para sakin naman po dapat siguro na manatili sa Palayan City ang Capital ng Nueva Ecija, para madecongest naman po ang Cabanatuan at tuluyang madevelop ang Palayan bilang government center ng ating lalawigan.:)

Sana nga kapag nagtuloy-tuloy ang urban development sa Palayan City e magkaroon naman ng urban planning hindi gaya ng sa Cabanatuan City at sa karamihan ng mga lungsod sa Pilipinas... basta may space tayo na lang ng tayo!!! Hindi pwede sa Palayan City iyon dahil maraming natural resources ang mapapahamak plus maari pang magkaroon ng landslide dahil nasa tuktok ng Nueva Ecija ang lungsod na iyan... sana nga lang umusad na ang development sa Palayan City... masaya rin kasi diyan sa totoo lang... all we need is just to allow development there... remember, Palayan City is the least populated city in the Philippines with only 33,000+.

[Ehzie]

Muli po, magandang araw po sa inyong lahat. Alam nyo mas enjoy po ako sa mga nababasa kong comments, opinions, sugestions at current events dito sa SSC, kasi po halos lahat kayo dito ay optimistic sa development ng ating bansa.
Dito naman po sa Cabanatuan eh kahit papano ay may pagbabago naman na nangyayari, at konting disiplina na lang lalo na sa mga tricycle driver eh masasabi na nating isa nga ito sa one of the best city to live sa ating bansa.
Para sakin naman po dapat siguro na manatili sa Palayan City ang Capital ng Nueva Ecija, para madecongest naman po ang Cabanatuan at tuluyang madevelop ang Palayan bilang government center ng ating lalawigan.:)

maganda po talagang i develope ang palayan city para yung ibang katabing bayan like bongabon,laur,gabaldon ehh... madamay na din

[Ecija]

Ang Palayan City po ay ang pinakamagandang lugar para gawing agro-industrial center ng ating lalawigan. Mga industriya o negosyo na nakabase sa agriculture at livestock, para po di masira ang kanyang natural resources. Sa tingin ko nga po ang Palayan ang pwedeng maging pilot area para sa pagdevelop ng Nueva Ecija bilang "Milk Capital" ng ating bansa. Sana nga po maglagay ang CLSU dito ng kanilang satellite o extension campus. Siguro po pag may research center na diyan ang CLSU para sa mga hayop na nagbibigay ng gatas, eh di po malayo na maging major industry ng ating lalawigan ang "Dairy Products".

Tama po yung sinabi ni Sir Barrera na napakahalaga ng "Urban Planning" para sa Palayan, sayang naman po kung masisira ang likas na ganda nito dahil lamang sa uncontrolled development.

Sana nga po pati ang mga karatig bayan ng Bongabon, Laur at Gabaldon eh madamay sa pag-asenso ng Palayan sa hinaharap gaya ng sinabi ni Mam Ehzie.

[allan_dude]

NE onion farmers looking forward to a bountiful harvest

Onion farmers of Nueva Ecija, known as the “onion basket of the country,” are looking forward to a bright Christmas this year, unlike the past years when they were very vocal against the influx of imported and smuggled onions.

The reason: A bountiful harvest this year attributed to the comprehensive program of the Department of Agriculture initiated by Secretary Arthur Yap through a package of sustained assistance directly to local government units (LGUs), marginal farmers and multi-purpose cooperatives of onion growers.

Hitting a banner year in harvest is Bongabon town, a third-class municipality with 28 barangays and a population of less than 100,000. Bongabon is the leading producer of onions in the province with some 2,000 hectares planted and producing an average of 350 bags of onions per hectare.

Bongabon Mayor Amelia A. Gamilla lauded Yap for giving the town’s 2,850 farmers direct assistance in the form of “certified seeds,” a multi-million irrigation infrastructure to portable irrigation generators, and coupons for P250 worth of fertilizers.

Bongabon municipal agriculture officer Luchie Cena said province-wide, Nueva Ecija produced an average of 250 bags of onion per hectare or about three million bags harvested this year from a total of 12,000 hectares.

Cena said the 22 multi-purpose cooperatives in Bongabon allied with the Union of Growers and Traders of Onions of the Philippines (UGAT), headed by Magtanggol Alvarez, also benefited from the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program.

Gamilla said wiping out poverty among the onion farmers in her town is her top-most priority. “This entails a continuing effort to give our marginalized sector the empowerment to provide themselves alternative sources of income to make them self-sufficient in food and other basic needs,” Gamilla explained.

http://beta.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=406509

[frei]

NE onion farmers looking forward to a bountiful harvest

Onion farmers of Nueva Ecija, known as the “onion basket of the country,” are looking forward to a bright Christmas this year, unlike the past years when they were very vocal against the influx of imported and smuggled onions.

The reason: A bountiful harvest this year attributed to the comprehensive program of the Department of Agriculture initiated by Secretary Arthur Yap through a package of sustained assistance directly to local government units (LGUs), marginal farmers and multi-purpose cooperatives of onion growers.

Hitting a banner year in harvest is Bongabon town, a third-class municipality with 28 barangays and a population of less than 100,000. Bongabon is the leading producer of onions in the province with some 2,000 hectares planted and producing an average of 350 bags of onions per hectare.

Bongabon Mayor Amelia A. Gamilla lauded Yap for giving the town’s 2,850 farmers direct assistance in the form of “certified seeds,” a multi-million irrigation infrastructure to portable irrigation generators, and coupons for P250 worth of fertilizers.

Bongabon municipal agriculture officer Luchie Cena said province-wide, Nueva Ecija produced an average of 250 bags of onion per hectare or about three million bags harvested this year from a total of 12,000 hectares.

Cena said the 22 multi-purpose cooperatives in Bongabon allied with the Union of Growers and Traders of Onions of the Philippines (UGAT), headed by Magtanggol Alvarez, also benefited from the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program.

Gamilla said wiping out poverty among the onion farmers in her town is her top-most priority. “This entails a continuing effort to give our marginalized sector the empowerment to provide themselves alternative sources of income to make them self-sufficient in food and other basic needs,” Gamilla explained.

http://beta.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=406509

it has been a long while since i visited this thread, and im surprised...well, tell me first if my idea that San Jose City was once the largest producer of onions in our province is wrong. i used to believe so...but of course im not sour, nueva ecija is still the onion capital and rice capital of the country.:)

[frei]

still on a positive note...

i am glad that san jose city is at least getting its much needed attention from the provincial government, with the efforts of the present administration to at least bring basic necessities ie medical missions to the city...it may seem trivial for people who are tired of expecting more from politicians to do more...doing simple and small acts of kindness still makes the difference...it's definitely a start! unlike before...

[barrera_marquez]

still on a positive note...

i am glad that san jose city is at least getting its much needed attention from the provincial government, with the efforts of the present administration to at least bring basic necessities ie medical missions to the city...it may seem trivial for people who are tired of expecting more from politicians to do more...doing simple and small acts of kindness still makes the difference...it's definitely a start! unlike before...

Hindi ba nasa San Jose City rin yung kalsadang nagdurugtong sa Pangasinan at Nueva Ecija kuya?

[Asturiano]

^^^^
Oo may daan, yong daan kaliwa ng cathedral pamuntang Lupao derecho na yon ng Pangasinan pag labas mo ng Lupao, Umingan na the first town of Pangasinan if your coming from San Jose- Lupao road from Nueva Ecija.

[allan_dude]

it has been a long while since i visited this thread, and im surprised...well, tell me first if my idea that San Jose City was once the largest producer of onions in our province is wrong. i used to believe so...but of course im not sour, nueva ecija is still the onion capital and rice capital of the country.:)

Diba sa Bongabon at sa Talavera yung taniman ng mga sibuyas? sa San Jose naman yung bagsakan para sa traders?

Dating onion trader family ko. lagi ako sa mga lugar na yan nung bata pa ko. :lol:

[allan_dude]

Fifth-class town eyes title as Nueva Ecija’s ‘fruit basket’

By MAGTANGGOL VILAR

LICAB, Nueva Ecija — This fifth-class town is on its way to becoming the "Fruit Basket of Nueva Ecija."

This goal was set by Mayor Willie Domingo several years ago, but its realization came about recently when he entered into an agreement with the country’s top pomologist, Bernie Dizon, on the supply of certified seedlings and technology.

Domingo said he intends to have each of the 11 villages in his town grow one crop of mango and other staple crops that would serve as a sort of "designer item."

This is expected to produce income for the hard-working farmers in the town and establish a permanent, income-generating industry in his town.

Domingo said he is eyeing the lucrative international, domestic multiple-rooted fruit tree seedling market. "Who knows, we might yet make it ‘Fruit basket of the Region," he said.

He said that Dizon will supply the town with seedlings of various mango varieties such as Guimaras, Sweet Elena, Chocanan, Golden Queen, Eating Green, Nancocman, Harumanis or Millennium

Domingo also opted for malunggay and ilang-ilang for their commercial value.

Mayor Domingo, a man who has his own mango symbology etched everywhere at his four-hectare farm in problacion proper here, believes that there is big money in the culture and production of mango.

A visit to his farm indicates that Mayor Domingo savors everything and anything about mango. Etched in the middle of a swimming pool is the unmistakable shape of a mango. There’s a bust of a beautiful lady caressing a mango.

Aware of the notoriety that his town has gained in the past eight years as "a sort of wild, wild west" as a result of the many unsolved killings and rampant violent incidents, Domingo wants a change of image.

Instead of a violent character, why not a venture that would require all hands toiling to make a clean-cut image, and so he thought of working along his lifetime fancy for mangoes, sweet and delicious mangoes.

http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV20081022138677.html

[barrera_marquez]

^^ Wish ko lang, sana kung gaano kabilis lumawak ang mga taniman ng mga prutas at sibuyas sa Nueva Ecija e ganoon din sana kabilis lumawak ang mga palayan... hindi pa rin self-sufficient ang Pilipinas sa bigas...

[CabanNgTuwa]

ano na balita mga kababayans? balita ko sa January na groundbreaking ng SM City Nueva Ecija hehe yung dating NFA daw ang magiging venue

btw, may mga pics pala ako ng bagong bukas na Robinsons

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/8/photos/23/1200x1200/13/29102008571.jpg?et=OMqaXg5nvsxOHcznvrGBzg&nmid=118530309

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/8/photos/23/1200x1200/14/29102008577.jpg?et=VarpK8pSVJm7bs6vN2XsRQ&nmid=118530309

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/3/photos/19/1200x1200/73/13102008513.jpg?et=%2Ba4%2CHFNeD%2C5XdLau30aqIA&nmid=109340631

[CabanNgTuwa]

may mga pinatay na naman pala dito sa Cabanatuan, last week lang, yung isang pulis na nagpapautang, binaril ng isang armadong lalaki tapos ilang minuto lang may hinoldap na naman sa 7-11

[normanenoza]

ano na balita mga kababayans? balita ko sa January na groundbreaking ng SM City Nueva Ecija hehe yung dating NFA daw ang magiging venue

btw, may mga pics pala ako ng bagong bukas na Robinsons

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/8/photos/23/1200x1200/13/29102008571.jpg?et=OMqaXg5nvsxOHcznvrGBzg&nmid=118530309

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/8/photos/23/1200x1200/14/29102008577.jpg?et=VarpK8pSVJm7bs6vN2XsRQ&nmid=118530309

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/3/photos/19/1200x1200/73/13102008513.jpg?et=%2Ba4%2CHFNeD%2C5XdLau30aqIA&nmid=109340631

post mo na yan kabayan.mataga-tagal ko na rin di nakita ang ne pacific mall. simula nung gumradweyt ako sa NEUST nung 2002 madalang ko ng makita yan.

[barrera_marquez]

may mga pinatay na naman pala dito sa Cabanatuan, last week lang, yung isang pulis na nagpapautang, binaril ng isang armadong lalaki tapos ilang minuto lang may hinoldap na naman sa 7-11

Lagi naman yatang may patayan sa lugar natin... lapit kasi sa mga kuta ng mga Nice People Around/NPA...

[Asturiano]

bakit puro mall na lang ang itinatayo sa cabanatuan? Ang dapat gawin ng city government magpatupag ng strict zoning law para gumanda ang city. Tayo lang sila ng tayo ng building na masyadong malapit sa calsada kaya siguro mas worse pa ngayon ang traffic sa maharlika highway, buti sana kung four lane ang daan na yan.. eh ayos sana kaso naman hinde. Cabanatuan is not yet a highly urbanized city that's why it is not yet too late if local govt. remedy the problem by buying lands outside the city and developed the place with wide streets, utility wire buried underground and put all high rise buildings, offices, malls hotels, etc in that place. Urban planning is a must for Cabanatuan?

[barrera_marquez]

bakit puro mall na lang ang itinatayo sa cabanatuan? Ang dapat gawin ng city government magpatupag ng strict zoning law para gumanda ang city. Tayo lang sila ng tayo ng building na masyadong malapit sa calsada kaya siguro mas worse pa ngayon ang traffic sa maharlika highway, buti sana kung four lane ang daan na yan.. eh ayos sana kaso naman hinde. Cabanatuan is not yet a highly urbanized city that's why it is not yet too late if local govt. remedy the problem by buying lands outside the city and developed the place with wide streets, utility wire buried underground and put all high rise buildings, offices, malls hotels, etc in that place. Urban planning is a must for Cabanatuan?

Obviously kuya... lumalala na ang trapik sa Maharlika Highway... at saka actually kuya 4 lanes ang Maharlika Highway sa Cabanatuan pero kailangan na siyang i-expand into 6 kasi lumalaki na ang problema ng trapik diyan... isa pa, kailangan na rin sigurong magtayo ng flyover diyan...

Sana lang, habang nagde-develop ang Palayan e ayusin nila ang urban planning diyan... as of now, parang napapansin ko booming ang Palayan ngayon... it has already 33,000 people, malayo sa more or less 1,000 people na nariyan nung itatag iyang lungsod na iyan...

[Asturiano]

^^^^
Four lane na ba ngayon yong maharlika highway siguro pati yong dating sidewalk idinagdag na para maging four lane pero masikip pa rin yan. Kailagan talaga ng mas maluwang hinde lang sa calsada kung di na rin pati sa mga kalye at esquinita dapat lumaki din, kasi rumarawi ng sasakyan at tao. Kung may pera lang sana ang city govt. puede silang gumawa ng tunnel across the entire city kagaya mg ginawa nila sa Boston.

Tama ka sa Palayan city malaki ang potential kasi wala pa masyadong tao kaso lang yong mga namamahala sa local government natin hinde pa nakakaintende sa benefit ng urban plannning at sa pagpapatupad nito. Kung aasa tayo diyan dapat ang gumawa yon talagang developer kung sa mga local politiko lang baka kung ano pa ang gawin sa Palayan city baka lalo pang pumangit. Tingnan mo nalang sa Manila kung yong mga city lang ang masusunod baka pati yong intramuros baka puro puno ng high rise building ngayon.

[Ecija]

Tama po kayo, kulang po talaga sa pagpapahalaga ang ating pamahalaan sa usapin ng urban planning. Gaya po dito sa Cabanatuan marami pong agricultural land dati, na tinayuan na ng mga subdivision. Pero po sa aking pagkakaalam ang central business district po ng Cabanatuan ay unti-unti na po ililipat sa may lakewood city, kasi po doon na din po tinatayo ang bagong cathedral at nandun na din po ang CIC. at yung planong SM naman po ay dun po yata sa may malapit sa avida residences at microtel.

[barrera_marquez]

^^Not to mention na nasa drawing board pa lang ang Nueva Ecija's first expressway, the North Luzon East Expressway or NLEE... ito talaga, nawa'y matuloy ito...

[Asturiano]

^^Not to mention na nasa drawing board pa lang ang Nueva Ecija's first expressway, the North Luzon East Expressway or NLEE... ito talaga, nawa'y matuloy ito...

Kung asa drawing board pa lang yan baka malabo pang mangyari pero huwag naman sa na.. dahil malaki ang maitutulong nito sa problema sa traffic sa buong N.E. kasi yong mga sasakyan pamuntang Isabela at Cagayan hinde na dadaan sa mga bayan. Dapat hanggang Santiago Isabela yon gawin nilang Expressway para bumilis ang viaje pamuntang Manila.

[caloy]

maganda yun at may SM na. pero in fairness, malaki ang potential ng city.

[skyscraper100]

when i was in my way to Nueva ecija i saw their SM and it's cool,the design is good the land size is huge and the mall itself is big.
hope to see it when it opened.

and also the robinson beside the NE mall.

i hope they would expand the road cause when development comes the road will be too small that would cause traffic.
they should start widening roads to prevent heavy traffic.

[freightrunner]

ano na balita mga kababayans? balita ko sa January na groundbreaking ng SM City Nueva Ecija hehe yung dating NFA daw ang magiging venue

btw, may mga pics pala ako ng bagong bukas na Robinsons

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/8/photos/23/1200x1200/13/29102008571.jpg?et=OMqaXg5nvsxOHcznvrGBzg&nmid=118530309

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/8/photos/23/1200x1200/14/29102008577.jpg?et=VarpK8pSVJm7bs6vN2XsRQ&nmid=118530309

http://images.decimator97.multiply.com/image/3/photos/19/1200x1200/73/13102008513.jpg?et=%2Ba4%2CHFNeD%2C5XdLau30aqIA&nmid=109340631

Hay naku. Kailan kaya mawawala sa paningin natin yang mga utility wires na yan? Ang sakit sa mata. Kaya kahit maganda at maunlad and ating mga lungsod sa Pinas kung ganyan naman kagulo ang mga utility wires at walang disiplina mga trcycle drivers magmumukhang 3rd world pa rin. Sana underground wires na sa mga bagong gagawing commercial and business districts para naman makita ng mga foreigners ang tunay na ganda ng ating mga lungsod at ng buong Pinas pati.

[Asturiano]

^^^^
You know, for as long as our local leaders don't appreciate the needs of urban planning those utility wires will continue to be there and our cities will continue to look chaotic just like our government.

[caloy]

teka, kailan ba magbubukas ang sm sa cabanatuan?

[Ecija]

teka, kailan ba magbubukas ang sm sa cabanatuan?


Wala pa po sir SM dito sa Cabanatuan, pero meron na po silang site.

[Ehzie]

Wala pa po sir SM dito sa Cabanatuan, pero meron na po silang site.

saan po ba yung site????:)

[chronicacute]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laki naman ng robinsons niyo! Talagang integrated ba yan sa NE mall from inside or separate entity yan?

[Ecija]

saan po ba yung site????:)

Sa akin po pagkakaalam sa pagitan po ito ng lakewood city at ng avida residences (Ayala land) ng Sta. Arcadia.

[Asturiano]

Besides jeepneys and tricycles, Cabanatuan as a growing city should start establishing its own public mass transit like buses with its own designated bus stop all around the city just like what they have in cities outside the Philippines

[barrera_marquez]

Magkakaroon kaya ng LRT sa Cabanatuan City?

[Ehzie]

Sa akin po pagkakaalam sa pagitan po ito ng lakewood city at ng avida residences (Ayala land) ng Sta. Arcadia.

Lapit sa na po sa terminal....

[barrera_marquez]

Para po sa mga hindi dumadayo sa Samahan Forums...

Project: Isang Bayan, Urbanidad! SSC Philippines National T-shirt design contest.


I think its time for the Skyscrapercity Philippines to have our own national t-shirt that would encompass all of the Filipinos of this archipelago, the OFWs, the immigrants, Fil-Ams and those who wish to be part of the Samahan of Skyscrapercity Pilipinas forumers (interested foreigners who want to have also their shirt) showcasing the artistry of the Filipinos in graphic t-shirt design.

Theme: Isang Bayan, Urbanidad!– Encompassing all of the aspects of urbanity of the Philippine cities and localities, as one nation in one t-shirt design. Being Filipino both here and abroad aiming for progress for the motherland.

Colour of Background:The design should be well incorporated in a black t-shirt.

The T-shirt Design
The proposal of the t-shirt design is open to all SSC Philippines forumers. The deadline for passing the t-shirt print design would be on December 05 2008. Have your t-shirt design posted in this thread link at the Samahan Forums entitled: Skyscrapercity Philippines/Pilipinas T-shirt Design Contest. (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=742588)

You may submit print designs either for one side (front or back only) or for two sides (front AND back). Each forumer is entitled to submit a maximum of three designs.

For direct access to the thread, log on to this webpage:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=742588

So for those creative art designers out there, have your share here! J

The Polls for the T-shirt Design
Voting for the preferred design for the t-shirt would start at December 6, 2008 to January 7, 2009. After the selection, whoever has the highest votes from the forumers for the design shall be the official print design for the SSC Philippines t-shirt. By mid-January to February, we would have our t-shirts available!

T-shirt costs...
The t-shirt would cost approximately from PhP150 to PhP500...but I hope we could find an affordable yet quality t-shirt printers. There may be an additional shipping cost for those living outside Manila.

Another proposal is to have contact persons in cities outside of Metro Manila. We will be sending the said t-shirt design to these contact persons and will be the ones who will print it in their locality.*

*There should be a common consensus regarding the logistics of production and delivery by December 2, 2005.

For the winner of the contest…
He or she is entitled for his/her free t-shirt with his/her design printed on it.

For those interested in having a t-shirt:
Have your name listed in this thread starting December 26 and deadline would be January 15, 2009 for the first batch. There would be an announcement for the second batch of orders after January 15. :)




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For more information, suggestion and comments, please have it posted at the Skyscrapercity Philippines/Pilipinas T-shirt Design Contest thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=27606046#post27606046) or PM me.

Its time that we showcase to the Skyscrapercity world how talented and dedicated the Filipino forumers are for the aim of progress of Pilipinas!!

Salamat po at Mabuhay po Tayong Lahat!!!
:):)

[Asturiano]

Magkakaroon kaya ng LRT sa Cabanatuan City?

yes, maybe in the near future when the city's population is over a million. I'd rather prefer subway metro than LRT.

[barrera_marquez]

Sa nangyayaring matinding trapik at uncontrolled development sa Maharlika Highway, lumalaki na ang demand para sa isang expressway dito- or at least a new 4 lane avenue na may median sa mga lungsod (especially in Cabanatuan City) at malalaking bayan ng Nueva Ecija...

[Asturiano]

^^^^
marami naman ng avenue sa cabanatuan kaso lang nga two lane lang.
nagtaka nga ako nung may binisita kami sa kapitan pepe. ang tawag nila sa kalye avenue aba! kako maluwang siguro ang daan doon noong makarating sa lugar abot ng kipot parang esquinita lang.

[barrera_marquez]

May isa na namang itinumba sa Rice Granary of the Philippines... humahaba ang listahan at kumakapal na naman ang dugo sa kaban ng bigas...

Jaen ABC president shot dead
http://www.nuevaecijajournal.com/

The president of the Association of Barangay Chairmen (ABC) of Jaen was shot by a lone gunman inside his yard in Barangay San Jose last October 23.

The victim was identified by Chief Insp. Joselito Villarosa, Jr. as Renato Fermin, 48.

Fermin's 75 year old father, Elino, was hit by a stray bullet and underwent treatment in a hospital in Cabanatuan City.

Police investigators said that the suspect, pretending to be applying for a permit to raise ducks in Barangay San Jose, approached Fermin and briefly talked with him, then drew his gun and fired at the official. He then boarded a waiting motorcycle driven by a cohort and escaped.

Fermin was rushed to Gonzales General Hospital in San Leonardo and later taken to Nueva Ecija Doctors Hospital in Cabanatuan City where he was declared dead on arrival.

Investigators found two caliber 45 shells from the crime scene.

Jaen Mayor Santy Austria said that the relatives of Fermin pointed to politics as the motive for the killing.

[barrera_marquez]

Fields of Gold:
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One day in the fields of Nueva Ecija
Palayan City
Nueva Ecija, Philippines

[Ecija]

Fields of Gold:
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One day in the fields of Nueva Ecija
Palayan City
Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Maganda po talaga ang Palayan, pati na po ang mga karatig na bayan nito gaya ng Bongabon at Laur. Sana iwasan nila na magaya sa Cabanatuan na overcrowded na.

[Asturiano]

Ano ba yan nababalitaan ko na ayaw talagang tantanan ni vice governor Joson si governor Umali. Talaga yatang naghahanap ng butas yong mga Joson para mapatalsik si Umali.

[barrera_marquez]

Ano ba yan nababalitaan ko na ayaw talagang tantanan ni vice governor Joson si governor Umali. Talaga yatang naghahanap ng butas yong mga Joson para mapatalsik si Umali.

Parang kanila raw ang Nueva Ecija... kaya iyon... nang maupo si Gov. Umali gusto na niyang mapatalsik ito...

Anyway kuya, saan mo nahigop ang balitang iyan?

[Pinoy_ako]

Inquirer Headlines / Regions
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20081202-175744/Ecija-capital-city-celebrates-founding
Ecija capital city celebrates founding


By Villamor Visaya Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Posted date: December 02, 2008


MANILA, Philippines – Palayan, the capital city of Nueva Ecija, on Tuesday opened the week-long Palayan Festival to celebrate the 43rd founding anniversary of the city.
The festival features an agro-industrial fair that will showcase the best products that the city offers.

Cocoy Medina, one of the festival organizers, said the festivities started on Tuesday after local officials lighted a giant Christmas tree at the city plaza.

Another activity, the Harana sa Siyudad, will treat guests and residents to folk songs and dances.

Businesswoman Adrianne Mae Cuevas chairs this year’s festivities.

The festival will also feature native games like palo sebo, tumbang preso and tug-of-war, a marathon and a pageant for the city's day care students.

The city's official website said Congress, through Republic Act 4475, created Palayan City as the capital of Nueva Ecija on June 19, 1965.

The city government was formed on Dec. 5 that year with then Nueva Ecija Gov. Eduardo Joson as its ex-officio mayor while the board members constituted its first city council.





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[Porknight]

I'm sorry for the quality of the first 3 but i was on the move inside a car .

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Streets of Llnera
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[Asturiano]

Parang kanila raw ang Nueva Ecija... kaya iyon... nang maupo si Gov. Umali gusto na niyang mapatalsik ito...

Anyway kuya, saan mo nahigop ang balitang iyan?

Nabalitaan ko lang sa Tito kong nagbalikbayan saka malaki na raw pala ang pinag bago ng talavera talagang umaasenso sa bagong mayor Santos. Marami rin kaming relatives diyan.

[Asturiano]

Ecija from another side of the world. From Andalucia, Spain.

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Jaen, Spain
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Jaen, Nueva Ecija
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[CabanNgTuwa]

grabe, bukid na bukid pala ang Llanera, yung mga bundok na yan, yan yata ang Mingan Mountains (6,300 ft.) na nakikita hanggang sa Angeles, Pampanga, very common sight yan hehe
may shot naman ako ng sierra madre from afar, from the top floor of SSS cabanatuan near NE Pacific (sobrang probinsiya pa rin ng tinatawag nilang future commercial site), notice the Cathedral retro design under construction
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[Porknight]

yup major business I guess.

[Ehzie]

Kainggit naman ang rosales may sm na soon pati cabanatuan magkakaron na din

kami dito napako na...

[barrera_marquez]

Kainggit naman ang rosales may sm na soon pati cabanatuan magkakaron na din

kami dito napako na...

Saan ba iyang sa inyo kuya?

[Ehzie]

Saan ba iyang sa inyo kuya?


San Jose City po

[CabanNgTuwa]

SM Rosales more of a supermarkey / hypermart, I guess... pero next year, SM City Cabanatuan goes on construction: location = NFA compound, not avida, sabi ng marami; source: government

[Ecija]

SM Rosales more of a supermarkey / hypermart, I guess... pero next year, SM City Cabanatuan goes on construction: location = NFA compound, not avida, sabi ng marami; source: government

Salamat naman po at matutuloy na. Sana maging kakaiba naman ang kanyang design kumpara sa ibang SM malls. Sana ngayon palang may plano na ang city government kung paano nila maisasaayos ang traffic dito da Maharlika highway pag naitayo na ang SM.:)

[igi_master]

SM Rosales more of a supermarkey / hypermart, I guess... pero next year, SM City Cabanatuan goes on construction: location = NFA compound, not avida, sabi ng marami; source: government



Naku! Yari ang NE pacific nito pag nagkataon, for the fact na mas pupuntahan ng tao ang SM eh mas malapit pa ito sa City Proper.

[Asturiano]

Merry Christmas to all of my fellow Nueva Ecijan and have a prosperous New Year.

[alvin | ILONGGO]

hello..ung papa ko eh tga cab..taga dinarayat..pumunta ako diyan nung september...at ung mga tita ko namn ay nasa Kap. Pepe Sub....hehe...pero sa iloilo kmi ngaun nakatira...:banana::banana:ok din naman ang Cab...mdyo matraffic lang....:cheers:

[Ecija]

hello..ung papa ko eh tga cab..taga dinarayat..pumunta ako diyan nung september...at ung mga tita ko namn ay nasa Kap. Pepe Sub....hehe...pero sa iloilo kmi ngaun nakatira...:banana::banana:ok din naman ang Cab...mdyo matraffic lang....:cheers:

Oo nga sir medyo matraffic dito sa amin, kasi sobrang dami na ng tricycle. Ang kap. Pepe po ay ang pinakamalaking subdivision dito sa Cabanatuan. Tga Dinarayat po pala ang father nyo, bale Talavera na po ang may sakop doon. Medyo malapit po kasi ang Dinarayat sa Cabanatuan. Welcome po sa Nueva Ecija thread!:)

[alvin | ILONGGO]

Oo nga sir medyo matraffic dito sa amin, kasi sobrang dami na ng tricycle. Ang kap. Pepe po ay ang pinakamalaking subdivision dito sa Cabanatuan. Tga Dinarayat po pala ang father nyo, bale Talavera na po ang may sakop doon. Medyo malapit po kasi ang Dinarayat sa Cabanatuan. Welcome po sa Nueva Ecija thread!:)

thanx sa pag welcome..visit niyo naman ang iloilo thread..hehe...thanx...nakita ko yung Robinsons Cab...ok naman maganda siya..at least merong Rob..kesa wala....hehehe:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[tonight]

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[bonixx]

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[barrera_marquez]

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You know what to do with this picture people. Paki-spread na lang sa ibang regional threads ng SSC... salamat po...

[barrera_marquez]

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[barrera_marquez]

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[garzland]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

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[kevinb]

:banana::banana::banana:Merry Christmas to everyone!!!:banana::banana::banana:

[METROPOLITAN_ILOILO]

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[alvin | ILONGGO]

Flickr Finds

cabanatuan rush hour
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Sunset in Cabanatuan
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Robinson's Supermarket Cabanatuan
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[capricorn2000]

^^wow .... ang ganda naman ng Robinson's supermarket. hindi ba yan mall alvin?


Pls check my blog:http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=772856

Thanks

[alvin | ILONGGO]

^^wow .... ang ganda naman ng Robinson's supermarket. hindi ba yan mall alvin?


Pls check my blog:http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=772856

Thanks

not sure pero parang mall namn..malaki rin naman xa...nasa tapat lang ito nang NE pacific..im currently in iloilo..so wala akong masyadong updates sa Cab...:lol::lol:

[credge]

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ADVANCE HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

[icarusrising]

Robinson's Cabanatuan right next to NE Pacific Mall...

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