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Ugac Norte

April 5th, 2012, 06:31 AM

Cagayan's 'miracle spring' lures devotees
By Charlie Lagasca and Raymund Catindig The Philippine Star Updated April 05, 2012 12:00 AM

Overlooking the expanse of Bayombong, the capital of Nueva Vizcaya, the Bangan Hill is a favorite pilgrimage site among Catholics during the Holy Week. VICTOR MARTIN

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – Hundreds of devotees are expected to flock to Piat town in Cagayan this Holy Week to visit a spring said to have miraculous water.

Devotees have reportedly started arriving since Monday to Piat town whose spring or ubbog ti biag is believed to have healing powers.

Piat, one of Cagayan’s remote southwestern towns, is about three hours by land from Tuguegarao City, the capital.

The town is also the home of the Shrine of Our Lady of Piat, making it one of the region’s major pilgrimage sites.

The spring in Barangay Sto. Domingo, a short distance from the shrine, was reportedly discovered by overseas worker Lorelle Dorio of Camalaniugan town in 1999.

Although not officially connected to the Shrine of Our Lady of Piat, the spring has become a popular destination among Catholic devotees.

Dorio, who had worked as a domestic helper in Cyprus since 1988, reportedly returned home after hearing voices telling her to do so to embark on a mission.

Upon her arrival, Dorio reportedly had a vision of the Virgin Mary, who supposedly told her to be ready for a mission and look for the spring.

Talk had it that the healing powers of the spring’s water were discovered after a child ill with meningitis was cured. Since then, thousands of devotees have flocked to the site, hoping for similar miracles.

The present caretaker of the site, Luz Domingo, had reportedly vouched, too, for the spring’s healing powers, saying her heart enlargement was cured when she drank the water.

Another pilgrimage site in Cagayan Valley during the Lenten season is Bangan Hill in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.

Dubbed as the province’s Mt. Calvary, the hill overlooks the expanse of the Bayombong capital. During the Holy Week, devotees go there to witness a reenactment of the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The Dariok Hill in Barangay Balintocatoc in Santiago City, Isabela is a favored site for meditation. Mayor Amelita Navarro transformed it into one of the region’s religious sites in 2001.

Dariok Hill has more than 80 religious statues, depicting the Last Supper up to Christ’s resurrection and ascension into heaven.

Another religious site is Iguig Hill in Cagayan, where huge depictions of the Stations of the Cross can be found.

http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=67&articleid=794459

Ugac Norte

April 5th, 2012, 08:38 AM

18th century Ybanag manuscript valued at $30,000. Take a look. (http://www.prbm.com/interest/dictionaries-a-e.php)

Ugac Norte

April 5th, 2012, 12:02 PM

Congratulations to
RAY ROSELLO DE YRO BLANCAFLOR
OF SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY TUGUEGARAO
Top 10 in the March 2012 Real Estate Broker Licensure
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antonbirakak

April 5th, 2012, 01:34 PM

bakasyon ako ngayon.. nadaan ako sa buntun.. dumami ang business estabs.. may gnagwang building.. nakita ko building permit for another S & J branch..

Ugac Norte

April 6th, 2012, 04:59 AM

PAGASA: Partly cloudy skies with isolated rain on Good Friday
April 6, 2012 6:50am

Partly cloudy skies with isolated rain in the afternoon or evening may be expected throughout the country on Good Friday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.

In its 5 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said this is partly due to the ridge of a high-pressure area, which is associated with warm weather, extending across Northern Luzon.

"The whole country will experience partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening," it said.

Light to moderate winds blowing from the east to northeast will prevail over the eastern section of Northern Luzon and coming from the northeast over the rest of the country.

The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate, it added.

In Metro Manila, PAGASA said temperatures may range from 23 to 34 degrees Celsius on Friday and Saturday, and go up to 23 to 35 Celsius on Sunday and Monday.

PAGASA's extended weather outlook also indicated 35-degree weather for Tuguegarao City in Cagayan from Saturday to Monday.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/254006/news/nation/pagasa-partly-cloudy-skies-with-isolated-rain-on-good-friday

This is going to be the hottest day so far this year.

freightrunner

April 7th, 2012, 03:20 AM

1st Cagayan Valley fun run for education successful

By Thelma C. Bicarme
Thursday 5th of April 2012
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STA. ANA, Cagayan, April 5 (PIA) -- Despite continuous rains, the first fun run organized by Cagayan Valley Bloggers Society (CVBS) and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)-Cagayan Chapter last March 31 was successfully held with hundreds of runners from Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes, and Quirino.

With the theme “Cagayan Valley Run 2012: Race for Education,” the event which was held at Centro, Santa Ana was designed to raise money for the education of the deserving graduating Grade 6 students from Cagayan Valley in cooperation with the Department of Education, Department of Tourism, Cooperative Development Authority, and Municipality of Santa Ana.

The overall 2K winner was Kevin Narag from Tuguegarao, with a winning time of 9:08 minutes; 4K winner was Jeremiah Cariño from Santa Ana, with 20:07 minutes. The first three finishers of 2K and 4K run were awarded with medals and cash prizes while 4th to 10th placer received medals. Unique collectible finisher medals were given as a good token for the top 10 finishers.

The CVBS ,through its president Karen Mae Sapla Farro commended mayor Darwin Tobias of Sta. Ana, mayor Carlito Pentecostes Jr. of Gonzaga and mayor Ismael Tumaru of Aparri for providing assistance during the event. (TCB and TSM/PIA 2)

Link (http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451333578382)

rhevmil

April 7th, 2012, 02:19 PM

Tuguegarao (138,865) pa rin ang mas Populous City sa Region 2 as of NSO Census 2010...
Ilagan (135,174) coming in second
Santiago City (132,804) third
Cauayan City (122,335) fourth
NOM
FYI lang

http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/2010/2010CPH_reg2.pdf

rhevmil

April 7th, 2012, 02:27 PM

bakasyon ako ngayon.. nadaan ako sa buntun.. dumami ang business estabs.. may gnagwang building.. nakita ko building permit for another S & J branch..

walang S and J na itinatayo dun... dati ng mayroon silang puwesto dun...Baker's Percent lang ang itinatayo dun at Floor Center sa may building harap ng Mariton, Grocery...

Pengue

April 7th, 2012, 05:38 PM

Yah. Matagal ng merong 2nd branch si S&J sa Buntun. 2nd branch na din ng Floor Center kung sakali. The first is in Leonarda.

Pengue

April 7th, 2012, 06:09 PM

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 12:33 AM

As far as i remember, Ilagan dati ang most populous. Not sure

Ilagan nga nung Census 2007

Ilagan (Capital) 131,243
Tuguegarao City (Capital) 129,539
City of Santiago 126,244

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 01:35 AM

TOTAL POPULATION OF CAGAYAN PROVINCE AS OF MAY 2010 NSO CENSUS

TUGUEGARAO CITY (Capital) 138,865
BAGGAO 78,188
SOLANA 76,596
APARRI 61,199
TUAO 57,620
GATTARAN 54,848
AMULUNG 45,182
PEÑABLANCA 42,736
LAL-LO 41,388
ALCALA 37,773
LASAM 36,994
GONZAGA 36,303
ENRILE 32,553
BALLESTEROS 32,215
ALLACAPAN 31,662
ABULUG 30,675
CLAVERIA 30,482
SANTA ANA 30,458
BUGUEY 28,455
SANTO NIÑO (FAIRE) 26,126
IGUIG 25,559
CAMALANIUGAN 23,404
SANCHEZ-MIRA 23,257
PAMPLONA 23,236
PIAT 22,961
RIZAL 18,592
SANTA TERESITA 17,600
CALAYAN 16,200
SANTA PRAXEDES 3,646

TOTAL POPULATION 1,124,773

http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/2010/2010CPH_reg2.pdf

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 01:42 AM

Cagayan braces for NoKor rocket launch
By Charlie Lagasca The Philippine Star Updated April 08, 2012 12:00 AM

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – The disaster council of Cagayan province is ready for any eventuality relating to the planned launch by North Korea of its observation satellite next week.

Bonifacio Cuarteros, disaster council head, said they are just “waiting for any announcement or instructions from the NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council).”

“This is a national issue. We cannot just act on our own. I know our national government is coordinating matters concerning North Korea with the United Nations but we are just being prepared,” he said.

Officials in other Cagayan Valley towns within the possible trajectory of the North Korean rocket to be launched anytime from April 12 to 16, were also ordered to be on alert for any falling debris.

Reports said that the missile launch would be on April 15, the 100th birthday of the late Kim Jong-Il, former president of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

International observers claimed the launch is a disguised missile test of North Korea.

Cagayan Rep. Juan Ponce Enrile Jr. has also been coordinating with local and national officials for possible contingency plans.

Meanwhile, all tourists headed for the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority in northeastern Santa Ana town along the South China Sea-Pacific Ocean coast, were advised to be on alert for warnings, during the rocket launch.

Administrator Benito Ramos of the Office of Civil Defense earlier advised fishermen against sailing during the said period.

Reports stated that debris from the rocket launch might fall within some 190 nautical miles northeast of Santa Ana town to around 150 nautical miles east of Polillo Island in Quezon province.

Ramos, however, assured concerned residents that they have nothing to fear.

Ramos said debris of the rocket are not expected to land in any part of Cagayan “especially if Japan would push through with its threat to shoot down the rocket.”

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said contingency plans of the military, particularly the Air Force and the Navy, as well as the Coast Guard and the NDRRMC, are in place as per the directive of President Aquino.

The national government also asked residents in areas covered by the possible trajectory of the North Korean rocket to turn over any rocket debris they could find. Officials said the debris could be used as evidence in claiming damages from North Korea.

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 01:49 AM

Region 2 champs nat’l science quiz bee

Saturday 7th of April 2012 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 7 (PIA) -- The Regional Science High School (RSHS) Region 2 science whiz gave pride to the region after clinching the championship title during the 32nd National Science Quiz Bee held at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), Tagaytay City last week.

Mitzi Love C. Syjongtian, the science whiz, won over other contenders from the nine regions of the country, with a 21 overall score against the 15 points of her closest rival from CALABARZON.

“Winning in the National Science Quiz Bee is like passing through the proverbial eye of the needle since one needs to compete with the best quizzers of the country, but I’m glad I ended victoriously and was rewarded a gold medal and a five-feet trophy,” said Syjongtian beaming with a smile.

The science quizzer also told that her victory in the said competition is credited to her coaches who mentored her for four years, from her first battle in the 2009 National Science Fair at Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro to her winning streak in the RSHS Science and Mathematics Summit in Zamboanga City.

Syjongtian is the first national champion of RSHS-02 and the second national champion of Region 2 in the said competition.

RSHS-02 principal Dr. Fabio M. Macalling Jr. told that RSHS-02 is always committed to give the best Science instruction not only to repeat the victory of Syjongtian but also to sustain its status as the center of science education in the region.

“We have been eyeing the champ crown for three years and Syjongtian ended our quest for that elusive gold medal, closing the school year with a remarkable victory,” he said.

Apart from the gold medal and trophy, Syjongtian also received two round trip tickets to any tourist destinations of the country courtesy of Air Philippines Express while Department of Education (DepEd) Region 02 through Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Regional Director Lourdes G. Angoluan gave her P5,000 and DepEd-Isabela through the Schools Division Superintendent, now OIC Asst. Regional Director Corazon T. Barrientos, handed the national champ P6,000. (TCB/OTB-PIA 2)

:cheers::cheers::banana::banana::banana:

Ugac Norte

April 8th, 2012, 08:15 AM

As far as i remember, Ilagan dati ang most populous. Not sure

2000 Census No. 1 ang Tuguegarao and second ang Ilagan then 2007 Census No. 1 ang Ilagan sumunod naman ang Tugue.

Ugac Norte

April 8th, 2012, 08:25 AM

‘Sierra Madre cross’ goes on pilgrimage
By Delfin T. Mallari Jr.
Inquirer Southern Luzon
8:51 pm | Saturday, April 7th, 2012

LUCENA CITY—To dramatize the government’s failure to stop the destruction of the Sierra Madre mountain ranges, environmentalists, religious and nongovernment organizations started on Good Friday a pilgrimage of a 7-foot cross across 10 Luzon provinces and Metro Manila.

Fr. Pete Montallana, chair of the Save Sierra Madre Network, said over the phone that through the pilgrimage of the Sierra Madre cross, they “want government officials and the public to see and feel that the continuous destruction of the mountain is no different from the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.”

The fragile mountain ranges are considered one of the last bastions of lush forests in the country.

Montallana said the Sierra Madre cross was unveiled in Tuguegarao, Cagayan on Good Friday. After several days of vigil, the cross will travel to the Diocese of San Jose in Nueva Ecija as its next stop.

He said Ifugao natives fashioned the cross from ”mulawin” drift woods gathered from the Ingrid-Angelo parts of the vast mountain of Pantabangan, also in Nueva Ecija.

Montallana, a Franciscan priest from the Prelature of Infanta and staunch defender of the Sierra Madre, said the cross symbolized the devastation of the mountain from unabated illegal logging and mining activities.

“It also symbolizes hope and our eventual victory as we face the challenge to save what is left of the Sierra Madre,” he said.

After its stops in Cagayan and Nueva Ecija, the Sierra Madre cross would visit Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Bulacan, Quezon, Rizal and Laguna provinces and Metro Manila. A Mass and special religious rite will be performed in every stopover.

The priest said the pilgrimage would end in the Diocese of Antipolo on Sept. 26 to coincide with the commemoration of Typhoon “Ondoy” that hit Metro Manila and nearby provinces in 2009 and left behind hundreds of people killed and millions of pesos of properties destroyed.

Meanwhile, a tribal leader and vocal critic of continuous logging in the Sierra Madre, decried harassment from suspected illegal loggers.

Ramcy Astoveza, executive director of the Tribal Center for Development Foundation Inc. based in Infanta, said over the phone that illegal loggers have been spreading rumors in Real-Infanta-General Nakar (Reina) towns that he was the one responsible for the recent series of seizures of hot logs and timber.

“I’m now a sitting duck should the forest criminals retaliate,” said Astoveza.

The tribal leader was referring to the seizure last month by Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) operatives in Quezon of at least P642,441 worth of hot logs and flitches along the shores of Mauban town, a known transshipment point of illegally cut forest products from the Sierra Madre.

Astoveza said he had been taking measures to ensure his safety after unidentified illegal loggers kept on sending him threatening messages through phone calls and spreading malicious rumors in tribal communities.

He assailed the DENR in Quezon for crowing on their “so-called accomplishments” every time they were able to intercept hot logs and timber that came from Sierra Madre.
“It only shows their failure to protect the forest because illegal logging still continues,” Astoveza said.

Montallana added that the seizures of unlawful forest products should not be “trumpeted” as an “accomplishment” by the DENR as these mirror the DENR’s inability and lack of political will of the country’s leadership to stop the “rape of the Sierra Madre.”

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/173147/%E2%80%98sierra-madre-cross%E2%80%99-goes-on-pilgrimage

Ugac Norte

April 8th, 2012, 08:26 AM

Tama ako una ang Tugue sunod ang Ilagan! ;) tama yung ranking ko noon. ;)

Ugac Norte

April 8th, 2012, 08:33 AM

Ang taas ng population growth ng Tugue.

sansa2005

April 8th, 2012, 12:29 PM

ILAGAN, Isabela, April 4 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 has announced that there are more than 3,000 jobs available from private companies that are operating in the province.

DOLE 2 Director Sixto Rodriguez, Jr. said that the agriculture sector in the province needs about 3,500 farm workers by a labor contractor in Benito Soliven, Isabela. Accountants, tellers, loan officers, bookkeepers, jewelry appraisers, and computer programmers are needed by two private banks and pawnshops in Cauayan City.

Fourteen account development salesman, one trade marketing specialist, welder mechanic, audio van operator,cooler technician are needed by a soft drinks company in Cauayan City.

A business process outsourcing company in Cauayan City also needs customer service representatives or call center agents while a tobacco company in Reina Mercedes, Isabela needs 15 encoders, five administrative assistants, 10 interviewers, 10 filed assistants, and one engineer.

Distribution centers in Santiago City are also needing sales clerk, distributor project specialists, salesmen/agent, service crew, catering head, catering service crew, bartenders, decoration personnel, and drivers.

DOLE 2 advised interested applicants to visit the DOLE-Isabela office located at Isabela Sports Complex, Alibagu, Ilagan, Isabela or join the jobs fairs set by the agency.

A scheduled job fair is set to be conducted in Cauayan City on April 9 at F. L. Dy Coliseum, and applicants may also visit www.phil-job.net of DOLE. (TCB/MGE-PIA Isabela)

PIA | Philippine Information Agency | More than 3,000 jobs offered to Isabela according to DOLE 2

www.pia.gov.ph

Philippine Information Agency, the development communication arm of the Philippine government, member of the Presidential Communications Group

freightrunner

April 8th, 2012, 02:02 PM

@sansa
Thanks for posting. Isisiwalat natin yan sa mga kamag-anak at mga kaibigan natin na naghahanap ng trabaho.

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 03:14 PM

@sansa
Thanks for posting. Isisiwalat natin yan sa mga kamag-anak at mga kaibigan natin na naghahanap ng trabaho.

:):):)

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 03:16 PM

2000 Census No. 1 ang Tuguegarao and second ang Ilagan then 2007 Census No. 1 ang Ilagan sumunod naman ang Tugue.

:banana::banana::banana:

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 03:20 PM

Ang taas ng population growth ng Tugue.

oo nga...:banana::banana::banana:

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 03:31 PM

TUGUEGARAO CITY (Capital) 129,539 - 138,865 = 9,326

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 03:40 PM

Dami talagang pa-epal sa thread na 'to....

wen...he he he...

rhevmil

April 8th, 2012, 03:49 PM

Di namang masama mangarap....

sobra ng letter g ang naman mo....nangangarap naman kami na lokal entrepreneur ang gumalaw para sa progreso ng lugar namin...kung pwede naman sila... bakit pa kami aasa sa mga dayuhang mamumuhunan...

Ugac Norte

April 9th, 2012, 03:22 AM

Piwede ng ituloy yung creation ng fourth district ng Cagayan! ;)

Ugac Norte

April 9th, 2012, 03:34 AM

TUGUEGARAO CITY (Capital) 129,539 - 138,865 = 9,326

In less than 3 years (from Aug 1, 2007 - May 01, 2010) ang laki ng itinaas ng population humigit kumulang sa 10k. ;)

Ugac Norte

April 9th, 2012, 03:48 AM

1st DISTRICT
APARRI - 61,199
BUGUEY - 28,455
CAMALANIUGAN - 23,404
GATTARAN - 54,848
LAL-LO - 41,388
SANTA ANA - 30,458
GONZAGA - 36,303
SANTA TERESITA - 17,600
TOTAL POPULATION - 293,655

2ND DISTRICT
LASAM - 36,994
BALLESTEROS - 32,215
ALLACAPAN - 31,662
ABULUG - 30,675
CLAVERIA - 30,482
SANTO NIÑO (FAIRE) - 26,126
SANCHEZ-MIRA - 23,257
PAMPLONA - 23,236
PIAT - 22,961
CALAYAN - 16,200
SANTA PRAXEDES 3,646
TOTAL POPULATION - 277,454

3RD DISTRICT
SOLANA - 76,596
TUAO - 57,620
AMULUNG - 45,182
ENRILE - 32,553
IGUIG - 25,559
RIZAL - 18,592
TOTAL POPULATION - 256,102

4TH DISTRICT
TUGUEGARAO CITY (Capital) - 138,865
BAGGAO - 78,188
PEÑABLANCA - 42,736
ALCALA - 37,773
TOTAL POPULATION - 297,562

Ugac Norte

April 9th, 2012, 03:51 AM

‘Human Error’ Feared In Rocket Launch
By ELENA L. ABEN
April 9, 2012, 2:03am

Manila, Philippines - The possibility of human error in North Korea’s launching of its long-range missile between April 12 and April 16 is present and, may result in debris falling on populated Philippine territory, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said yesterday.

“The possibility of human error is always there... that is why they are testing because they are not very sure of its accuracy,” said NDRRMC Executive Director Benito Ramos.

Ramos went as far as warning the public against that possibility and advised people to stay indoors even as he risked being called an alarmist over North Korea’s planned rocket launch.

Malacañang, though, assured that precautionary measures are now in place for the scheduled rocket launch of North Korea middle of April.

Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the government is still hoping that the launch will not push through but is prepared to handle any eventuality.

“Matuloy po man ‘yan or kung matuloy po man, ang importante po sa atin ay nakalatag na po ‘yung mga precautionary measures ng ating pamahalaan (Whether it will push through or not, the important thing is we have already put in place precautionary measures),” Valte said.

Based on the report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), “Kwangmyongsong-3,” which will be launched in North Pyongan province, will follow a southward trajectory, reportedly along or over the Republic of Kore (ROK), toward Taiwan and the Philippines.

The report added that the rocket’s first stage is expected to separate and fall in a zone 140 kilometers west of ROK’s Byeonsan peninsula, while the second stage is expected to fall in an area 190 kilometers od Luzon.

“Although it is classified as a space launch vehicle (SLV), the U ha rocket is essentially the same as the Tapeodong missile, which is being developed as a space delivery system for weapons of mass destruction (WMD),” the NDRRMC said in a statement.

Ramos maintained that if the rocket will follow its path and hit the projected impact area, its debris will fall in Polilio island and northeast of Sta. Ana, Cagayan. But if it will overshoot, Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur are also under threat of being hit by falling debris.

Should the rocket veer even a little, Ramos said there is possibility its fragments will fall in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Northern Luzon.

“If the rocket disintegrates into thousands of pieces in the air there is now way for Korea to control the falling debris… These are just possibilities, I am not trying to be an alarmist,” he said. “Magbigay tayo ng margin of error because they are testing and evaluating. We are not sure sa Pacific Ocean lang ang bagsak ng debris. 150 and 190 nautical miles is a hairline difference.”

“Kaya nga test and evaluation, hindi sigurado ng North Korea kung saan mag-landing ito. It is guided but once the missile will disintegrate into fragments, the fragments become misguided and therefore to whom it may concern,” he sad.

“So to say that we or I am sowing panic is wrong. We are just for the awareness of the people because we don’t know exactly how many debris, how big and how small will fall. We are only informing people to be wary... it is at their own discretion,” Ramos added.

Nevertheless, Ramos said there will be no evacuation of residents in the concerned areas, saying: “We don’t know exactly which area is safe.”

Earlier, the NDRRMC announced that a “no fly zone” will be imposed by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on the flight path of the missile, while the MARINA, Coast Guard, and Navy will submit the “no sail zone” policy in the country’s territorial waters likely to be affected.

Flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will be following a different flight path from this Thursday to Monday next week.

PAL said it is re-routing at least 12 international flights from April 12-16 to avoid any debris that may jettison from Pyongyang’s satellite, whose rocket stage 2 is expected to hit Philippine territory.

“Safety remains the cornerstone of PAL operations at all times, as it assures passengers that alternative flight paths will be followed within the same period,” PAL said.

“With the satellite’s rocket stage 2 expected to fall just East of Luzon…all PAL flights traversing this zone within the period will adjust its routes,” PAL said.

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) also proposed a “no fishing zone” in projected falling areas.

The local government units (LGUs) and local authorities are tasked to take pre-emptive measures in preventing their local residents and fishermen to undertake any off-shore activity during the prescribed time frame.

“Others are already criticizing me for sowing panic... my job is to inform the people for their awareness and not to mean confusion or sounding like an alarmist. From the military point of view, even tested and evaluated na ordnance natin still there are casualties due to human error. So the margin of error is still a possibility for the Korean rocket,” said Ramos. “I can’t assure people they are safe.”

However, an expert from the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DoST-PNRI) stressed that there is no reason for the public to be alarmed.

PNRI Director Alumanda de la Rosa said the information gathered by the Institute states that the tests will not involve any nuclear material.

She, however, stressed that the PNRI will activate the Radiation Monitoring team under the Radiological Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan in case the debris from these tests will fall into the country’s territory.

She added that the PNRI will make some measurements to ensure that these are not radioactive debris.

“According to information that we have, DPRK will only launch its satellite, but we will send our team to check if there may have been radioactive components present in the debris,” De la Rosa said.

The DoST official, at the same time, advised the people not to touch the debris and cordon off the site until experts arrived.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants the DFA to give senators updates on the latest ASEAN summit and brief them on the consensus reached by regional leaders concerning the territorial dispute on the South China Sea.

Sen. Loren Legarda, who chairs the committee, said senators are also waiting to be briefed on the position of the Aquino administration regarding North Korea’s twin rocket launch that would be set in the middle of this month.

Experts projected that the debris from the rocket launch would land at sea some 190 nautical miles east of Luzon.

“We will do both (briefings) after the Holy Week break,” Legarda said over the weekend.

She said senators who are part of the committee specifically wants to know the time frame for crafting and deliberations at the ASEAN’s technical working group level for the proposed Code of Conduct being pushed by President Benigno Aquino III to cover countries who have overlapping maritime claims on uninhabited islands in the South China Sea which are believed to be rich in oil reserves and are seen as strategic lanes vital to international trade.

They also want to affirm the level of commitment the President got from his counterparts with regards to his proposal for ASEAN to first have a common position “under the principle of ASEAN centrality” before dealing with China. (With reports from Raymund F. Antonio, JC Bello Ruiz, Francis T. Wakefield and Hannah L. Torregoza)

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/356557/human-error-feared-in-rocket-launch

rhevmil

April 9th, 2012, 01:11 PM

bakasyon ako ngayon.. nadaan ako sa buntun.. dumami ang business estabs.. may gnagwang building.. nakita ko building permit for another S & J branch..

napasyal ako sa Buntun kanina...sorry tama ka nga pala may itinatayong bagong building ang S and J dun tabi ng lumang Baker's Percent at malaki rin ha...

rhevmil

April 9th, 2012, 01:17 PM

rhevmil

April 9th, 2012, 01:31 PM

Item 2. Properties
Over the years, the Company has invested in a number of properties located
across the Philippines for existing and future development projects. All of these
properties are fully owned by the Company and none of which are subject to any
mortgage, lien or any form of encumbrance. The Company also enters into joint
venture arrangements with land owners in order to optimize their capital
resources. Not only does this encourage raw land development for future projects
but it also provides them exclusive development and marketing rights.
The following are locations of the Company’s properties:

Luzon
La Union Residential No encumbrances
Pangasinan Mall No encumbrances
Bulacan Mall No encumbrances
Nueva Ecija Mall No encumbrances
Pampanga Mall No encumbrances
Tarlac Mall No encumbrances
Batangas Mall/ Residential No encumbrances
Cavite Mall/ Residential/ Mixed-use (mall/hotel/residential) No encumbrances
Laguna Mall No encumbrances
Palawan Mixed-use (mall/hotel/residential) No encumbrances
Rizal Residential No encumbrances
Luzon area Land bank No encumbrances

wala naman silang properties sa region 2 para pagtayuan ng mall...

http://www.robinsonsland.com/downloads/download-annual-report/RLC_17A_Sep2011.pdf

rhevmil

April 9th, 2012, 01:50 PM

The Original Savory Restaurant

History
In 1950, the four Ting brothers started a small panciteria in Quiapo. The panciteria served only the lomi at first. After the World War II, they decided to expand their menu to serve more Filipino and Chinese dishes to their loyal customers.

The Ting brothers developed a special recipe for the fried chicken and gravy that became popular not only with the Chinese community, but to the Filipino families as well.

After 60 years, theOriginal Savory’s first branch located at the foot of Jones Bridge still continues to serve the old recipes passed on by the forefathers, maintaining the flavor that elevated its fried chicken to an emulated status.

THEORIGINAL SAVORY’S (13) BRANCHES: (Updated February 2012)

1. Escolta - 244-6662 / 241-8782 / 242-1443
2. Anonas - 421-5858 / 421-6868 / 421-7878
3. Baclaran - 833-5678 / 833-8988 / 854-1288
4. Del Monte - 364-3292 / 363-7851
5. F.B. Harrison - 831-5555 / 510-3714
6. Makati - 899-9089 / 899-9178 / 899-2288
7. Mandaluyong - 534-5678 / 533-1288 / 534-9988
8. Morayta
9. Ortigas - 721-0988 / 722-2498 / 415-2008
10. Sampaloc - 742-3493 / 742-4394 95
11. Valenzuela - 432-5678 / 445-3810 / 291-2309
and our ONLY (2) branches outside Metro Manila and the Greater Manila Area..
12. Antipolo - 661-6192 / 451-1088
13. Tuguegarao - 844-7878 / 844-7888

Kamag-anak kaya ng mga Ting dito sa Tuguegarao kaya nag-open sila ng branch dito..

sansa2005

April 9th, 2012, 04:44 PM

antiFRT

April 10th, 2012, 02:25 AM

KALA KO BA MERON NA SILA PROPERTIES SA SANTIAGO?:ohno::ohno::ohno: panay ang post pa naman ng isa dun na tuloy na tuloy na.....baka luma naman ito kapatid???

NAKUHA MO!!!! Hirap kasi magsalita dun, puro sila lang ang tama.

nu_image

April 10th, 2012, 09:42 AM

Luzon area Land bank No
encumbrances

http://www.robinsonsland.com/
downloa...7A_Sep2011.pd

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Robinsons Land purchases P2.85-b
properties
by Jenniffer B. Austria
Robinsons Land Corp., the property
unit of retail and airline tycoon John
Gokongwei, has acquired P2.85 billion
worth of new properties for future
development.
Robinsons Land said in a filing with the
Philippine Stock Exchange it used a
portion of the proceeds from its recent
P13-billion stock rights offering to
purchase the properties.
The properties acquired for
landbank are in Quezon City,
Ortigas, Pasig, Malabon, Roxas
City, Calbayog City in Samar, and
Santiago in Isabela
.
The company said it also spent P1.26
billion for the construction of
residential projects, P422 million for
office buildings and P1 billion for
various shopping mall developments.
The company so far has spent P8.1
billion from the P13 billion in fresh
capital raised during the stock rights
offering.
Robinsons Land president Frederick Go
earlier said that the company would
spend P30 billion in capital
expenditures from 2011 to 2012,
mainly to acquire new properties and
put up new shopping malls, hotels,
office buildings and residential
condominiums.
The company earmarked P11 billion for
land acquisition for mixed-use
development. He said Robinsons Land
would acquire most of the properties
in Metro Manila.
The property firm raised P13 billion
from a stock rights offering in May by
offering an additional 1.3 billion shares
to existing stockholders.
Robinsons Land’s nine-month net
income ending in June this year rose
18 percent to P3 billion from year-ago
level. Combined real estate and hotel
revenues climbed 17 percent to P9.26
billion against last year’s P8 billion.
Share price of Robinsons Land on
Monday gained P0.14 to close at
P12.14.
http://
www.manilastandardtoday.com/
i...011/october/18

freightrunner

April 10th, 2012, 04:40 PM

Relic of St. Clare to visit Cagayan

Tuesday 10th of April 2012
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TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- The Archdiocese of Tuguegarao announced the visit of the holy relic of St. Clare of Assissi on April 11 to 12 at the Poor Clare Monastery in Bayo, Iguig, Cagayan and St. Peter Cathedral here, as part of the celebration of the 8th centenary of the founding of the order of St. Clare.

Tourism Regional Director Blessida Diwa said the relic will be arriving tomorrow at 12 noon at Iguig monastery to be followed by a Eucharistic celebration. At 4 p.m. the relic will be brought to St. Peter Cathedral for a mass to be presided by Archbishop Sergio Utleg. A vigil and devotion will follow while in the following day a mass will again be conducted, and at 9 a.m. the relic will depart for Laoag City.

“This is the first time that the relic will be brought outside Italy and we are very blessed and lucky that the Philippines is chosen to be the first stop. It had already toured around 23 monasteries in the country, including in the monasteries in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya at Guibang, Gamu, Isabela,” Diwa stated.more >>> (http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461334029517)

hugodiekonig

April 11th, 2012, 07:31 AM

KALA KO BA MERON NA SILA PROPERTIES SA SANTIAGO?:ohno::ohno::ohno: panay ang post pa naman ng isa dun na tuloy na tuloy na.....baka luma naman ito kapatid???

2010 pa yan. 2011 report baka meron na

freightrunner

April 13th, 2012, 12:24 AM

All systems go for Le tour de Filipinas

STA. ANA up north in Cagayan is now a bevy of cycling activity and, notwithstanding the scare of debris that may fall from a North Korean missile that has yet to be launched, it’s all systems go tomorrow for the 2012 edition of the Le Tour de Filipinas.

All 16 teams—11 foreign and five local—have been accounted for, with most of the Filipino riders opting to ride their bikes from Nueva Viscaya to warm up for the opening stage.

“Everything’s a go and we are all ready to get this race on the road,” said Gary Cayton, president of race organizer Dynamic Outsource Solutions, Inc.

This is the first time in Tour history the kickoff leg of the country’s longest running outdoor sporting event will start near the northern tip of Luzon.

Bert Lina, the godfather of Philippine cycling and chairman of Air21, the Le Tour presentor, will arrive in Sta. Ana today to grace the opening ceremonies and welcome dinner hosted by Cagayan Rep. Jackie Enrile, who counts cycling as one of his favorite sports.

Local teams Go21, Mail & More, Smart-PhilCycling National Team, LPGMA-American Vinyl and Kia are all raging to give the foreign teams a run for their money in the four-stage race being held in partnership with Smart and supported by Foton and Jinbei.

Smart Communications Inc. has again thrown its support behind the Le Tour, sustaining it its commitment to help in sports development.

“Unknown to many, cycling is the world’s No. 2 sport next to football in terms of viewership. Part of Smart’s commitment to sports is to support the Philippine cycling team, with the hope that we become a world class cycling country,” said Noel Lorenzana, Smart Division Head for Wireless Consumer.

The Dutch Global team from the Netherlands has tested part of the route for stage one–and most especially the weather that reached a high of 35 degrees Celsius yesterday–after arriving ahead of the other foreign teams last Tuesday.

Also in town are continental teams CCN also from the Netherlands, Aisan Racing Team from Japan, OCBC from Singapore, Uzbekistan Suren from Uzbekistan, Action from Chinese Taipei and the vaunted TPT or Tabriz Petrochemical from Iran, and club teams Plan B (Australia), PureBlack Racing (New Zealand) and Colossi Miche (Indonesia), which tabbed a Filipino as its fifth rider, Merculio Ramos. The Indonesian national squad is also testing its mettle in the race.

Stage One of the event also supported by official wear WetShop, Maynilad, Nague Malic Magnawa & Associates Customs Brokers, Wow Videoke, UBEMedia, IWMI, Airphil Express and dzRH is a 155-km ride from Sta. Ana to Tuguegarao City.
More>>> (http://www.malaya.com.ph/index.php/sports/1287-all-systems-go-for-le-tour-de-filipinas)

nu_image

April 13th, 2012, 02:22 AM

N.Korea rocket launch fails,
S.Korea says

m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/news/north-korea-launches-rocket-amid-international-condemnation-231525748.html?orig_host_hdr=ph.news.yahoo.com&.intl=PH&.lang=en-PH

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.dapat sa pyAng Pyang (pyong yang) nalang yan bumagsak

GTPro

April 13th, 2012, 04:18 AM

Claveria

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rhevmil

April 13th, 2012, 09:16 AM

7 OFW families benefitted from OWWA’s reintegration program

Friday 13th of April 2012
TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Seven families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) benefitted from the P2-billion reintegration program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 2.

Regional Director Robert Bassig said there were already 108 OFW families who underwent entrepreneurship development training through the Department of Trade and Industry as a pre-requisite to the release of the livelihood assistance to them.

“Because we are just starting, we have assisted seven families for livelihood project and the proposed projects of the others are under assessment through the Landbank of the Philippines (LBP),” Bassig said.

The project is a counterparting between OWWA and LBP which have allotted one billion each for the reintegration project, which is intended for returning OFWs to provide them sustainable livelihood.

Bassig said a total of P9.1 million was already released to the family beneficiaries who have ventured on grains and agricultural supply trading, pharmacy, and livestock productions.

He further explained that they carefully examined the livelihood project proposals given to them by the interested applicants to ensure that deserving OFWs are really benefitted and assess their capability to maintain and sustain their livelihood assistance.

The lending project has 7.5 percent interest per annum which is payable for seven years.

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461334211021

rhevmil

April 13th, 2012, 09:18 AM

Crab capital Buguey bares tourism infrastructure plans
By Benjie S. De Yro
Friday 13th of April 2012

BUGUEY, Cagayan, April 13 (PIA) -- This municipality, dubbed as Crab Capital of the Philippines, has lined up various infrastructure projects to further intensify its tourism campaign efforts this year.

Maricel Talla, executive assistant to the mayor, said in an exclusive interview, said that a new Rizal Park will rise from its original location beside the newly constructed municipal gymnasium after the same was condemned last year.

She said the present fish port, which likewise houses the wet market of the municipality, will be reconstructed.

To cater to the demands of tourists, the ground floor of the Buguey Commercial Center has been spruced up with tiled floorings aside from a newly constructed food court.

“The project was funded through an amount given by the Department of interior and Local Government as an incentive after the local government unit received a Seal of Good Housekeeping from the agency," Talla added.

Meanwhile, the office of the mayor has already received the Municipal Tourism Development Plan for 2012-2017. It will be presented to stakeholders for comments and suggestions this month.

According to the plan, the town is ready for three types of package tours namely agri-tourism, eco-histo tourism, and adventure tourism.

Buguey is one of the few towns where it offers almost every potential in the tourism industry.

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=2181334276275

sansa2005

April 13th, 2012, 09:34 AM

“Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon” inilunsad ng National Nutrition Council

SANTIAGO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Inilunsad ngayong araw ng National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 2 ang kauna-unahang “Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon” na may layong paigtingin pa ang kakayahan ng mga kabataan sa pamamahayag tungo sa pagpapalaganap ng impormasyon ukol sa wastong nutrisyon.

Ayon kay Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora Maestre ang programa ay inobasyon ng NNC bilang bahagi ng patuloy na adbokasiya sa wastong nutrisyon at sa kampanya para solusyonan ang problema sa malnutrisyon sa Rehiyon 2.

“Ito ay kauna-unahan at kakaibang program sa buong bansa na isinagawa natin dito sa lungsod ng Santiago na mapapakinggan sa DWSI Sonshine Radio tuwing Miyerkules hanggang Biyernes,” sabi ni Maestre.

Sa lungsod na ito, dalawampung mga batang mag-aaral na may edad anim hanggang labing dalawa ay napili bilang mga ‘batang radyo’. Hinati sila sa tatlong grupo upang magsasalitan sa skedyul ng kanilang pamamahayag na binubuo ng anchor, co-anchor, at limang reporters. Mapapakinggan ang programa tuwing 9:30 a.m. hanggang 10 a.m.

Ipinaliwanag ni Maestre na sa mga araw ng bakasyon ay dalawang beses sasahimpapawid ang program subalit sa mga araw na may pasok na ang mga bata ay isang beses nalamang ito mapapakinggan sa loob ng isang linggo.

Anito nakasentro sa mga usaping nutrisyon pag-uusapan sa ere, kabilang na ang mga aktibidad at programa ng NNC at ng Santiago City Nutrition Council upang bigyan ng sapat na edukasyon ang mga bata maging ang mga magulang sa wastong nutrisyon lalo na ang mga ina na siyang naghahanda ng pagkain ng mga anak araw-araw.

Ang "Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon" ay ilulunsad din sa ibang lugar kabilang na ang mga lungsod ng Cauayan at Tuguegarao maging sa bayan ng Claveria sa Cagayan sa pakikipagtulungan ng mga local nutrition council at ng Balay ni Ifan media task force. (TCB/OTB-PIA 2)

PIA | Philippine Information Agency | Tagalog news: “Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon” inilunsad ng Nationa

www.pia.gov.ph

rhevmil

April 13th, 2012, 02:17 PM

rhevmil

April 13th, 2012, 02:22 PM

rhevmil

April 13th, 2012, 02:29 PM

2010 pa yan. 2011 report baka meron na

http://www.robinsonsland.com/annual-reports.php

rhevmil

April 13th, 2012, 02:43 PM

http://www.robinsonsland.com/annual-reports.php
For the Fiscal Year ended September 2011

boy tuge

April 13th, 2012, 08:55 PM

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OTHER LOCATIONS:

Hotel Lorita – Tuguegarao, Cagayan

http://tinhaodimsum.com/locations/

nu_image

April 14th, 2012, 01:44 AM

www.manilastandardtoday.com/
i...011/october/18

Presidential disconnect
Sorry po. We don't have this article file at the moment. This query is recorded and shall be looked up for correction.

ito po ang lumalabas sa link niyo...

hala ayaw nga nya maopen.pero pag ginoogle naman yung title lumalabas naman po pati yung link.pero pag ioopen ganun din yung lumalabas.dito q po yan nakuha:

www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=87209558

nu_image

April 14th, 2012, 01:54 AM

hindi po kaya yung mga nasa luzon dito:

the properties acquired for
landbank are in Quezon City,
Ortigas, Pasig, Malabon, Roxas
City, Calbayog City in Samar, and
Santiago in Isabela
http://
www.manilastandardtoday.com/
i...011/october/18

eh dito na sya kabilang?

Luzon area Land bank No
encumbrances
http://www.robinsonsland.com/
downloa...7A_Sep2011.pd

rhevmil

April 14th, 2012, 10:02 AM

News feature: Richard Guzman: photographer, Ibanag
By Benjie S. De Yro
Saturday 14th of April 2012

Even before Cagayan Valley Governor Alvaro Antonio stated that Cagayanos, “should never settle for mediocrity,” Richard Guzman of Tuguegarao City have already shown to the world that Cagayanos can hold a class of their own.

Chang to friends, he was the unofficial yet acclaimed caving photography guru in the Philippines by Manila-based photographers. Not to be easily outdone, the Cagayano photographers now call him the more prestigious, "Father of Caving Photography."

So just what’s in a name? Plenty, it seems.

That’s how he was billed in a six-month run caving photography exhibit which is a tribute to the man whose photographs of caves in the province somehow invited curiosity and awareness of archaeology in Cagayan.

“Nobody officially proclaimed him as such. Yet, the country’s caving photographers have always bowed to this Ibanag pioneer and bestowed the title on him. That’s more important if you are acknowledged by your own peers and not by people or organizations who know nothing about the art,” Manila-based Cagayano broadcaster Rene Cepeda, a close friend of Guzman said.

As one of the siblings of a rich businessman in the city, Richard was given the opportunity to pursue the very art he wanted: photography and music.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=2181334276847

rhevmil

April 14th, 2012, 11:34 PM

Rendole snares historic Le Tour first leg victory
By June Navarro
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:48 am | Sunday, April 15th, 2012

TUGUEGARAO CITY—On a flat, sun-baked terrain relished by sprinters, climber Oscar Rendole stole the limelight and made history in the international cycling scene.
Rendole became the first Filipino lap winner in a Union Cycliste Internationale-sanctioned race after ruling yesterday’s kickoff stage of the Le Tour de Filipinas presented by Air21 that ended in this city known as the economic hub of the Cagayan Valley Region.
The 26-year-old rice farmer from Guimba, Nueva Ecija, peeled away from the lead pack in the final 500 meters and sprinted home alone, celebrating his second career Tour stage victory by raising both arms at the finish line.
“It’s nice to win a stage but the real race begins in the mountains,’’ said Rendole, the Mail & More skipper, in Filipino after topping the 155.75-kilometer run from Sta. Ana, Cagayan, in 3 hours, 44 minutes and 40 seconds.
Koos Jeroen Kers of the Netherlands arrived two seconds behind Rendole, towing German Timo Scholz of continental squad CCN, Rudy Roque of American Vinyl/LPGMA and New Zealand’s James Williamson, all of them with times of 3:44:42.
Rendole, who will don the yellow jersey in another flat 103.3-km ride today going to Cauayan City, Isabela, also earned the green jersey for accumulating the most points for the three sprint side events in the stage.
Speeding like a locomotive on the fringes of the Cagayan river, Rendole and Singapore’s Sea Keong Loh abandoned the lead pack of 23 riders shortly before the peloton picked up their lunch bags in Amulung town some 127 km into the race.
The duo’s attack fizzled out as a group of 10 riders reeled them in after building a lead of 58 seconds in Iguig, a baseball hotbed.
Rendole, unaffected by his cramping legs, then launched another assault with three kilometers to go and was chased by Kers, Scholz, Roque and Williamson.
He finally succeeded from bolting away on the approach to the short uphill finish that duplicated his first career stage victory in the 2009 Padyak Pinoy.
Loh checked in sixth in the stage, six seconds back, while Go21’s Baler Ravina, Bradeley Hall of New Zealand, Uzbekistan’s Azamat Turaev and Indonesia’s Rastra Patria completed the top 10 stage finishers.
New Zealand’s Joseph Cooper of Pure Black Racing Team bombed out of the four-day race and four more foreign cyclists didn’t start, shrinking the starting field to 75 riders.
TPT Cycling Team, a continental squad from Iran, withdrew at the last minute due to injuries and has been replaced by Terengganu, another continental club based in Malaysia.
Stage 3 is another short 104-km race featuring a moderately hard King of the Mountain summit halfway through the lap.

http://sports.inquirer.net/40359/rendole-snares-historic-le-tour-first-leg-victory

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 06:13 AM

napasyal ako sa Buntun kanina...sorry tama ka nga pala may itinatayong bagong building ang S and J dun tabi ng lumang Baker's Percent at malaki rin ha...

YUp, I saw it too. malaki nga! Dumadami na talaga ang commercial estabs sa Buntun. ;)

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 06:14 AM

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 06:16 AM

Pinuntahan ko yung sinasabi nilang bagong ospital near DBP, mukhang kinuha pa nila yung lot sa tabi nito, lalong lumaki.

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 06:18 AM

David's Salon Tuguegarao Branch Soon to Open!
Located along Centennial Plaza, Arellano St. Centro 9, Tuguegarao City

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 06:26 AM

Feature: Ceramics, a sunrise industry in Cagayan Valley

Wednesday 11th of April 2012

Foreign and local archaeologists have discovered fragments of clay pots and pendants in its fossilized form in Cagayan when they turned its soil upside up in the 1970s.

They said the findings manifested that thousands of years ago, Cagayan has been into pottery as part of their daily existence possibly inside cave dwellings.

However, more than half of a century after the first clay pot was molded and sold, the pottery industry in the Cagayan Valley is still considered in its infancy period.

In Cagayan, the municipality of Iguig has pioneered into ceramics production years ago and earned the tourism brand name “pottery center of Cagayan”. It is now considered as its One Town One Product commodity.

But Iguig Mayor Juditas Trinidad whose town is considered the ceramics center in Cagayan, admitted there’s so much to be done and to be desired as to the development of the industry.

The media, during the ceramics consultative meeting called for by the Department of Trade and Industry with no less than a consultant of the (UNIDO) questioned as to why the industry in the province lags behind other provinces in the country.

“We have the technology but we have to match the market demands,” she said.

It was learned that the producers at Barangay Atulu who underwent trainings by Design Center of the Philippines through DTI preferred to continue producing the old designs of ornamental, cooking pots and stoves as these are the demand of the market.

Government interventions have been around as early as during the Marcos years when the Iguig Pottery Associations became recipient of the old Kilusang Kabuhayan Sa Kaunlaran (KKK) program.

In recent years, even the Department of Science and Technology provided them with production kilns to assist them in their livelihood activity.

A similar project was given by DOST in Santa Maria and San Isidro, Isabela.

Industry woes

With the advent of global warming, the five barangay producers of Isabela now complain of the inavailability of firewood to fuel their kilns for their 12,000 bricks actual production after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources prohibited them from doing so.

A representative of LGU Sta Maria claimed the kiln provided by DOST is too big as the highest order falls below 3,000 bricks at any given time.

They now want DOST to compartmentalized their kiln to increase their production to which DOST Director Tejada assured them the agency will.

Over in Iguig, the raw produce are cooked in open fires from a mixture of dried carabao dung and rice straws. This resulted in the poor production quality. Another concern is the environment impact of continuous open fire burning activity.

Even the art of glazing the products is out of the question because the producers admitted they cannot compete with China products which have flooded the local markets in recent years.

The Supply

But the producers have an ace tucked on their sleeves: the abundance of raw materials, particularly clay.

The Sta. Maria producers reported a 1,000 hectares of clay are in their municipality while in Cauayan City, producers said their clay has been regenerating, a natural occurrence which assures them of supply.

Produces from Nueva Viscaya, the most progressive lot in the region as far as ceramics is concern said they have been into export the last few years.

However, the DENR has warned them that under watershed areas to which the province belongs, gathering of clay is considered a form of quarrying. The issue has yet to be settled at the local level, they said.

A Ray of Hope

Over the weekend, the region’s ceramic producers heave a sigh of relief when the DTI effected a ceramics consultative meeting among stakeholders with no less than the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Wednesday this week.

Prakash Mishra, Industrial Officer of UNIDO’s Programme Development and Technical Cooperation Division assured the stakeholders of support thru capability building of small and medium enterprises to which the industry of pottery belongs.

The industry needs all the support of all stakeholders particularly the local government units where they belong, Mishra said after a private dialogue with the Mayor of Iguig.

With the trained designers of the three provinces plus the availability of raw materials and technology, it is expected the local industry will emerge from its economic cocoon the soonest possible time.

Mishra challenged the group to face competition head on even those from other countries as he believe there should be no reason why it cannot be done.

With these developments, it is expected that, finally, Cagayan Valley can likewise emerge as another pottery center in the country.

The stakeholders can bet their mound of clay on that.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=2181334043997

sansa2005

April 15th, 2012, 12:50 PM

David's Salon Tuguegarao Branch Soon to Open!
Located along Centennial Plaza, Arellano St. Centro 9, Tuguegarao City
wow congrats tuguegarao city...nung nag check ako ng website ng david saloon sa region 2 cauayan city lang meron ang branch ngayon nag expand narin sila hanggang sa cagayan....:banana::banana::banana:

antonbirakak

April 15th, 2012, 01:18 PM

David's Salon Tuguegarao Branch Soon to Open!
Located along Centennial Plaza, Arellano St. Centro 9, Tuguegarao City

sus, yari ang charles niyan... maganda kasi ang atmosphere ng charles.. sarap ng swedish massage nila!! adik kasi ako sa massage eh... :lol: :lol: sulit naman ang 100 na gupit sa charles.. try niyo..

rhevmil

April 15th, 2012, 02:52 PM

Pinuntahan ko yung sinasabi nilang bagong ospital near DBP, mukhang kinuha pa nila yung lot sa tabi nito, lalong lumaki.

Hospital ba talaga yun? Yung building along Gomez Street na malaki dati ng U/C ...at ang mga nakalagay naman sa tarpaulin puro warning signs...yung sa Arellano naman hukay lang sila ng hukay...malalim na nga eh...ano yun parking lot?

rhevmil

April 15th, 2012, 02:55 PM

David's Salon Tuguegarao Branch Soon to Open!
Located along Centennial Plaza, Arellano St. Centro 9, Tuguegarao City

ako gupit 30 lang...sa tabi tabi.. he he he...ok naman...

rhevmil

April 15th, 2012, 03:04 PM

ako gupit 30 lang...sa tabi tabi.. he he he...ok naman...

Speaking of Saloon...may bagong bukas ah...Tabi ng BDO...Jun Ercarnacion ata yun...

sansa2005

April 15th, 2012, 03:37 PM

ako gupit 30 lang...sa tabi tabi.. he he he...ok naman...
@rhevmil sabi ng friend ko ng may ari ng ystilo saloon sa cauayan plano rin nila mag tayo ng branch dyan si talavera kasi ang may ari eh... ha ha ha sigurado may ka kumpetnsya agad ang david saloon dyan sa tuguegarao...

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 05:28 PM

Speaking of Saloon...may bagong bukas ah...Tabi ng BDO...Jun Ercarnacion ata yun...

Nabanggit mo na rin ang BDO. Bangko din ba yung ginagawa ngayon sa likod ng EastWest Bank? Yung dating tiangge?

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 05:31 PM

Hospital ba talaga yun? Yung building along Gomez Street na malaki dati ng U/C ...at ang mga nakalagay naman sa tarpaulin puro warning signs...yung sa Arellano naman hukay lang sila ng hukay...malalim na nga eh...ano yun parking lot?

Anong building along Gomez St.? Yung sa Arellano St. eh napagalaman ko lang din kay Sir Anton. ;)

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 05:33 PM

Speaking of Saloon...may bagong bukas ah...Tabi ng BDO...Jun Ercarnacion ata yun...

Ang dami ng salon dito may bago din sa MOV Iwasa ata yun, spa etc. japan style. Kaya hindi nakakapagtakang nirenovate nila at pinaganda lahat ng branch ng Medi Spa kasi natre-threaten na sila sa mga bagong Salon and Spa na nagsusulputan. Hehe ;)

Ugac Norte

April 15th, 2012, 05:38 PM

Filipino bests foreign athletes in 1st leg of int’l cycling event
By Oliver T. Baccay
Sunday 15th of April 2012

STA. ANA, Cagayan, April 15 (PIA) -- A Filipino bested 80 other cyclists from around the world in the first leg of the 2012 Le Tour de Filipinas cycling competition held in Anguib Beach in this town.

The first to arrive in the first-leg finish line was Oscar Rendole of the Philippine team who finished the race in three hours 44 minutes 40 seconds; followed by Koos Jeroen Ker of Netherlands, with three hours 44 minutes 42 seconds; and Timo Schoiz, a Chinese Taipei national with three hours 44 minutes and 43 seconds race time.

The cyclists are now in Tuguegarao City for the second leg up to Cauayan City in Isabela province. The third leg will be Cauayan to Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, and the fourth and final leg will be Bayombong to Baguio City via Aritao road.

A total of 80 cyclists, from 16 countries, have been participating in the 2012 Le tour de Filipinas cycling competition which started today from Anguib Beach, this town.

The cyclists, who were warmly welcomed by Cagayan First district Congressman Jackie Enrile Jr., were from Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, New Zealand, Netherlands, and the Philippines joined to face the challenges of North Luzon, Philippine’s hills and valleys in a four-leg cycling competition.

The event was also graced by congressman JV Ejercito and supported by board member Maria Olivia B. Pascual, the National Nutrition Council region 2, the Balay ni IFAN media group and local chief executives of the province. The race started at exactly 8:30 a.m. and ended in Tuguegarao city for its first leg.

Gary Cayton, the event coordinator, said the cyclists came to the country not only to snatch the championship title for this year’s international competition but also to see the beauty of the Philippines, and experience different adventures and the hospitality of the Filipinos.

He said the foreigners were amazed by the breathtaking sceneries of Cagayan Valley’s natural resources and the Filipinos humbleness and hospitality.

Enrile said event’s starting line is chosen to be held in his town to promote the rich tourism potentials and biodiversity, not only of Cagayan but the whole northern Philippines as well, to where captivating hills and valleys are located and where adventure never ends.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=461334444532

Pengue

April 15th, 2012, 10:45 PM

@rhevmil sabi ng friend ko ng may ari ng ystilo saloon sa cauayan plano rin nila mag tayo ng branch dyan si talavera kasi ang may ari eh... ha ha ha sigurado may ka kumpetnsya agad ang david saloon dyan sa tuguegarao...

Tingin ko Reyes Haircutters at Medispa ang closest competitors kung sakaling magtayo nga ang david's. :lol::bash:

antonbirakak

April 16th, 2012, 03:23 PM

Hospital ba talaga yun? Yung building along Gomez Street na malaki dati ng U/C ...at ang mga nakalagay naman sa tarpaulin puro warning signs...yung sa Arellano naman hukay lang sila ng hukay...malalim na nga eh...ano yun parking lot?

sabi ng kakilala ko.. delos santos doctors ang may ari... grupo sila at nag decide sila to build their own..

antonbirakak

April 16th, 2012, 03:38 PM

Tingin ko Reyes Haircutters at Medispa ang closest competitors kung sakaling magtayo nga ang david's. :lol::bash:

naging patok ang reyes haircutters, f saloon na yan... mahirap mag franchise ng saloon kung hirap ka mag maintain ng tao at quality ng service. not to disrespect these kind of rapidly propagating saloons like reyes haircutters and f saloons. malayo po ang level ng david saloon sa kanila, mga kapatid.... ricky reyes and david's saloon are the most, i think, in the same level of competition... hindi po basta basta ang training na ginagawa ng mga employees nila.. sorry pero kita naman po sa staffs pa lang di hamak na mukhang may dating talaga ang likes ng david's at ricky reyes.. di ko lang po kasi kabisado ang mga iba pang saloons na ka level nila.. example na lang po sa mga gamot na ginagamit, bago pa man umabot sa reyes haircutters or f saloon ang kilalang gamot na gingamit sa buhok ay pinag daanan na po ng david's at ricky reyes yan.. malayong mag kaiba po ang services ng mga ito pagdating pa lang sa gamit at istilo ng serbisyo nila..

sa madalas kong pag bisita sa tuguegerao, sa palagay ko kaya ng charles,bryes or medispa na makipagsabayan dahil kaiba rin ang service nila...

ohhh ayan pati sa saloon may nalalaman ako!! tsaka!!!! hahahha..

freightrunner

April 16th, 2012, 04:53 PM

^^OK lang yun. Naging women's fashion critique naman ako sa Isabela thread hehe.

joelrm_22

April 18th, 2012, 04:36 AM

http://vincelopezphotography.com/gallery3/var/resizes/Anguib-Beach-Resort/Anguib_beach_vincelopez04.jpg?m=1279805974

I've watched State of the Nation by Jessica Soho at GMANews TV last night and this beach was featured in one of their segments, tagging it as "The Boracay of the North in a Hidden Paradise". Pumunta pa sila dun mismo. The beach is so stunning. Sayang di kasi nai-feature ung Crocodile island, Palaui Island, Cape Engano ruins and CEZA.

This beach is gaining popularity na so as with Sta. Ana dahil un sa balita na dun babagsak ang debris ng NOKOR's rocket.

Another good news for our Province.

rhevmil

April 19th, 2012, 10:28 AM

Aparri all set for 332nd town fiesta, 4th Aramang Festival

Thursday 19th of April 2012
APARRI, Cagayan, April 19 (PIA) -- The town is all set for its 12-day 332nd town fiesta and 4th Aramang festival on May 1 to 12, 2012.

Aramang (Nematopalaemon), one of the One-Town One-Product (OTOP) of the local government, is an exotic and palatable soft-shelled shrimp endemic species in Aparri. It thrives at the estuarine area of the Cagayan River and is harvested all year round.

The festival will be opened on May 1, Labor Day, where outstanding laborers will be honored. The opening program will be highlighted by a parade, street dancing around the town, aramang cooking contest, search for Pinaka on agricultural produce, and a FATalbugan contest,

Other activities include the search for Miss and Mr. Aparri, Little Mr. & Miss Aparri pageant, bloodletting activities, Aparri Got Talent, Sangguniang Kabataan day, jobs fair, cycling competition, shoot fest (Mayor Ismael Tumaru cup), search for the Most “Bong-gay-cious” Gay in town, barangay night, women and senior citizen’s night, mass wedding, cultural and balik Aparri night.

A fluvial parade dubbed “Barangayan sadiay Sabangan” in honor of St. Peter Thelmo will also be held, where hundreds of artistically decorated boats (Pier, Punta) will be joining to show the fishermen’s way of life.

A Eucharistic celebration will be held at St. Peter Parish Church on May 11, the feast day of St. Peter Thelmo. It will be followed by the Palaro ng Bayan, Saranggola competition and boxing bouts.

Meanwhile, after the successful fun run in Sta. Ana, Cagayan, the Cagayan Valley Bloggers Society (CVBSi) will also stage the same activity during the last day of Aparri town fiesta.

Karen Mae Sapla Farro, CVBS president, said as what they have done in Sta. Ana, proceeds of the fun run will also go for the education of selected deserving incoming first year students from all over the Cagayan Valley region.

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451334732158

rhevmil

April 19th, 2012, 10:30 AM

All set for Fisherfolk Month in May says BFAR

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, April 19 (PIA) -- The stage has been set for this year’s celebration of the Fisherfolk Month, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).

BFAR Regional Director Jovita Ayson said a series of activities have been planned for the entire month of May which are expected to benefit the fisherfolks.

Aside from the usual dispersals of fingerlings to communal bodies of water, the agency will likewise go into the various fisheries technology transfer through trainings and workshop.

As has been the tradition in Region 2, Director Ayson said BFAR will bring fishery experts to the island municipality of Calayan and the island province of Batanes for a series of lectures and seminars all geared towards the improvement of the fishery stakeholders.

A source said there will be more activities this year as the management decided to transfer some of the projects and programs from the Fish Conservation month in October to the Fisherfolk Month this year.

“October is a typhoon month and the weather affects most of the activities during the conservation month. The agency might as well transfer such activities in May,” Director Ayson said.

Meanwhile, an Ivatan will sit as the Fisherfolk Regional Director during the entire month duration of the celebration.

Ayson identified the Ivatan as Cesar Vincent Dela Cruz, coordinator of the Basco Fishermen-Farmers Association and the Vice-President of the Pambansang Kilusan Ng Samahang Magsasaka-Mangingisda for Luzon.

rhevmil

April 19th, 2012, 10:42 AM

freightrunner

April 19th, 2012, 04:46 PM

D-League Standings

NLEX 4 0

Blackwater 4 1

C. Lhuillier 3 1

Big Chill 3 2

RnW P. Pipes 2 2

E. Plantcenta 2 3

Jr Powerade 2 3

Boracay Rum 2 3

Café France 1 3

Cagayan 0 5 :banana: :banana: :banana:

:nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

Nice way to promote sports and tourism for the province. :lol: :lol: :lol:
At least we try hehe.

GAMES TODAY
(Ynares Sports Arena)
12 p.m.—RnW Pacific Pipes vs Café France
2 p.m.—Cebuana
Lhuillier vs NLEX

Source (http://sports.inquirer.net/40673/nlex-seeks-5th-straight-victory-as-gems-parade-new-coach-acot)

sansa2005

April 19th, 2012, 05:17 PM

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rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 12:17 AM

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Congratulations to ST. PAUL HOSPITAL for establishing the 1st complete NUCLEAR MEDICINE CENTER in region 2!!!!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150696280127545&set=o.170181069683419&type=1&ref=nf

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 12:22 PM

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Now Open....
Located along Bonifacio St. beside Miles and Mitch Boutique and Hotel Elinas...

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 12:40 PM

Cagayan Cave photo exhibit draws crowd
By Benjie S. De Yro

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, April 20 (PIA) -- Cave photos of 10 environment artists in an on-going exhibit continue to draw appreciative audiences less than a month after it opened to the public at the Cagayan Museum exhibit area of the provincial capitol.

Cagayan Museum officials said that while it showcased the output of a photo workshop, it likewise served as a long-overdue tribute to the late Richard “Chang” Guzman, a multi-awarded Cagayano artists.

Called "Cagayan: Art of Darkness Cave Photography exhibit," it captured the archaeological richness of the province through images of caves at the same time recognizing the efforts of Guzman, the acknowledged father of Cave Photography in Cagayan Valley.

Primitiva Talla, the museum curator said that the photography likewise wanted to showcase the tourism potentials of Cagayan and to create awareness to the province, being the Caving Capital of the Country.

Talla said the exhibit was earlier planned for the Arts Month in February but works of the various artists failed to beat the deadline.

Unfortunately, not one of the works of Guzman can be viewed as those brought to Manila by the museum office failed to produce the needed enhancement of the photos. Photos on display include those of Oliver Domingo, Jaivin Arugay, Railey Camarao, Vladimir Laureta, Paul Agustin, Atty. Jojo Caronan, Architech Reiniel Pasquin, Jerome Elizaga, Dagul Ramirez, and Ted Babaran.

The visiting photographers include Raulito Esquerra, Jerry Rendon, and Rawen Balmana of Balincaquin Conservancy who earlier conducted a photography workshop to Cagayanos in December last year.

“It’s actually an output of the group,” Lory Decena- Malbog of the Cagayan Museum said.

The training and the on-going exhibit is a project of the provincial government through the Museum office while the technicalities have been provided by Balincaquin Conservancy and the Sierra Madre Outdoor Club.

It likewise showcases the rich biodiversity of the province focusing on its cave system considered as the longest in the country.

Guzman is a pioneer photographer in the region in the early 1970s who specialized in cave photography.

Some of his works still adorn the archaeology section of the Cagayan Museum while the rest of his collection had been now saved by the provincial government. Aside from caves, Guzman’s other favorite subject is the Negrito along the Sierra Madre mountains. He was one of the founding officers of the Sierra Madre Outdoor Club (SMOC), the first mountaineering group in Northeast Luzon.

Guzman was killed by a single bullet inside his apartment in Tuguegarao City three years ago. The crime has yet to be solved.

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 02:02 PM

Anong building along Gomez St.? Yung sa Arellano St. eh napagalaman ko lang din kay Sir Anton. ;)

Burgos st. pala..
U/C na nga eh....
yung sa Arellano U/C din...
hintayin na lang natin matapos...

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 02:06 PM

@rhevmil sabi ng friend ko ng may ari ng ystilo saloon sa cauayan plano rin nila mag tayo ng branch dyan si talavera kasi ang may ari eh... ha ha ha sigurado may ka kumpetnsya agad ang david saloon dyan sa tuguegarao...

hindi naman yata David saloon ang mag so soon to open sa centennnial building...kasi napasyal ako dun...

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 02:08 PM

Nabanggit mo na rin ang BDO. Bangko din ba yung ginagawa ngayon sa likod ng EastWest Bank? Yung dating tiangge?

U/C na..... d ko alam kung bangko yun...

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 02:08 PM

hindi naman yata David saloon ang mag so soon to open sa centennnial building...kasi napasyal ako dun...

ibang tarpaulin naman ang nakalagay....

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 02:27 PM

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 02:35 PM

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-fGx2wDrdVc/SlbvHkWR1tI/AAAAAAAAFGE/faZukRAYZKE/s400/pancit-batilpatung1.jpg

sarap sarap nito...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-fGx2wDrdVc/SkZE9Tlvv6I/AAAAAAAAFDs/SZAOY8Wk3D4/s400/longganisa-tuguegarao.jpg

eto pa.....mouth watering...

Dito lang sa Tuguegarao Matitikman yan.....Meron pa yung Pinapaitan sa Capatan.....pwede hirit ng sabaw....sarap....

rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 02:43 PM

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rhevmil

April 21st, 2012, 02:50 PM

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Swanny's Kitchen

Pengue

April 22nd, 2012, 08:09 AM

San ang Swanny's Chicken?

Pengue

April 22nd, 2012, 08:11 AM

1st quarter of the year already over. How about someone providing us with a rundown of the news and developments in the City that transpired during that period?

rhevmil

April 22nd, 2012, 01:07 PM

San ang Swanny's Chicken?

Restaurant siya ng Mango Suites Hotel...

rhevmil

April 22nd, 2012, 02:58 PM

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http://thekayumanggitrails.org/2011/12/01/theres-a-place-called-sanchez-mira/

rhevmil

April 22nd, 2012, 03:09 PM

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Tinupig...
Lasam, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 22nd, 2012, 03:15 PM

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Tinupig...
Lasam, Cagayan

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m8KdSJn-plo/T1GsUMqGYdI/AAAAAAAAABw/mK5DHo4xvNo/s400/DSC_0168+edited.jpg

Abot Cave, Sicalao, Lasam, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 22nd, 2012, 03:22 PM

http://philippines.bayaw.com/thumbnails/1_189495602l.jpg

Claveria, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 22nd, 2012, 03:55 PM

Nabanggit mo na rin ang BDO. Bangko din ba yung ginagawa ngayon sa likod ng EastWest Bank? Yung dating tiangge?

pumunta ako kanina...bumili ng cp accessory...sabi nila stalls din daw pang tiangge ang tinatayo dun....

antonbirakak

April 23rd, 2012, 04:12 PM

may malaking building na ginagawa sa likod ng adrinels restaurant.. balita ko pag mamay ari ng mga bombay.. shopping center daw po yun at may sariling church community ng mga indian national.. nagtataka ako kung bakit dun pa ang napiling lugar, lagusan yung ng tubig baha.. almost 50% na rin ang building at na observed kong mataas ang elevation ng ground level niya.. magaling yung architect na gumawa sa structure..

antonbirakak

April 23rd, 2012, 04:18 PM

Hospital ba talaga yun? Yung building along Gomez Street na malaki dati ng U/C ...at ang mga nakalagay naman sa tarpaulin puro warning signs...yung sa Arellano naman hukay lang sila ng hukay...malalim na nga eh...ano yun parking lot?

ayon sa aking source, delos santos doctors ang nagpapatayo?? san ba ang clinic ng mga yan??

rhevmil

April 24th, 2012, 12:24 AM

ayon sa aking source, delos santos doctors ang nagpapatayo?? san ba ang clinic ng mga yan??

ang clinic ng mga delos santos ay nasa Arellano St... malapit sa DZYT...
Pedia yung babae at internal medicine ata yung lalaki...

cagayanong_tunay

April 24th, 2012, 07:09 AM

Five reasons to visit Cagayan

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/255936/lifestyle/travel/five-reasons-to-visit-cagayan

rhevmil

April 24th, 2012, 07:57 AM

^^^^^:banana::banana::banana:

antonbirakak

April 24th, 2012, 03:33 PM

umuwi ako last week sa tuguegarao.. nadaanan ko ang isang residential house na nasunog sa harap ng west central.. eto ang tsismis na nalaman ko lang, sana po hindi totoo dahil masasabing palpak na naman ang tuguegarao fire department natin.. NAUNA PA DAW NA DUMATING ANG FIRE BRIGADE NG SOLANA!!!!! naku mahirap yan dahil hindi kalayuan ang city fire department sa pinangyarihan ng sunog at lalo na sa pinangyarihan ng nasunog na bread and breakfast hotel noon.. magkakalapit lang lahat sila!!! naman naman!!!!

mnemonick

April 25th, 2012, 03:59 AM

Musta na po ang Tuao? Taga dun po tatay ko pero nung elementary pa ang last na punta ko dun (College grad na ko), puro irrigation at Maisan ang natatandaan ko sa Tuao, may mga developments na po ba dun? thanks

rhevmil

April 26th, 2012, 07:43 AM

Five reasons to visit Cagayan
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY YVETTE TAN April 24, 2012 10:19am

Not many people think of Cagayan as a vacation spot, and they are missing out on a lot. The province is home to many attractions, both natural and man-made. There are beautiful beaches, wonderful vistas, delicious local cuisine, and impressive churches that date back to the Spanish era.

Tuguegarao City, the provincial capital, is a modern city with restaurants, hotels, and shopping areas. One can get there via bus or plane. Victory Liner plys the Manila-Tuguegarao route, while AirPhilExpress and Cebu Pacific fly back and forth regularly. With Tuguegarao as a starting point, it’s easy to get to other parts of the province.

If it’s your first time in Tuguegarao, drop by the Department of Tourism (DOT) desk at the airport and pick up some brochures. Aside from maps of the area, the brochures also list DOT accredited establishments. The officer at the desk will also be able to help you look for a DOT accredited tricycle to take you to the city.

Churches

If you want a leisurely city tour, you can ask a trike to take you to the DOT office and ask for a calesa city tour. The tour costs P250/hr per calesa.

Things to see in Tuguegarao include the St. Peter Cathedral and St. Hyacinth, both Spanish colonial churches, the latter located across St. Paul de Chartres, which is a replica of the church of the same name in Rome.

There was a big Spanish settlement in Cagayan, which is why the province is dotted with churches. It’s a good place for religious tourists, especially during Holy Week.

Food

Almost all provinces in the Philippines have their version of pansit and longganisa, and Cagayan is no different. Try the Longganisang Tuguegarao, small sausages filled with meat that are dry, sweet, and spicy, the flavors going well with vinegar, making it excellent for longsilog, where it is paired with garlic fried rice and a sunny side up egg.

Another dish to look out for is the Pansit Batil Patung, a local noodle dish where the eater plays as much part in determining the flavor as the cook. The pansit includes a lot of shredded meat and vegetables and is topped with a sunny side up egg. It is served with a cup of egg soup, which one can drink on the side or pour into the noodles. Each customer is also given a saucer of chopped onions, which one can mix with soy sauce and vinegar to create his or her own sauce to further enhance the pansit’s flavor.

Cagayan is also known for its milk candy, some of which are still homemade. Two popular brands are Alcala and Segovia’s Finest La-lo Milk Candy.

Nature

Don’t forget to stop by the Callao Caves and the Pinacanauan River, both located almost an hour away from the city.

Callao is a cave system with over 300 chambers, most of them still unexplored. The caves are where the remains of Callao Man was found in 2007. The 67,000-year-old human bone excavated in one of the caves is said to predate Tabon Man, making it the oldest human remains found in the Philippines.

Only about seven of the cave’s chambers are open to the public, each chamber containing something to see, whether it be a rock formation or, in the case of the second chamber, the St. Lourdes Chapel. There is a P20 entrance fee to the caves, with an additional P200 for a guide. All the guides here are trained volunteers, many of them out of school youths. They’re pretty knowledgeable about the area and can be quite entertaining. Tip them well.

If you are planning to take a tour of the Pinacanauan River, time your trip so that you can watch the bats fly out of their cave at around 5 p.m. The boatman will bring you to a small calcium island where you can get a good view of the bat cave. All you have to do is wait until the bats make their nightly flight.

But this isn’t the only reason to take a ride down the Pinacanauan. There are many beautiful things to see along the riverbank, including rock formations and a very old balete tree.

Culture

Want to learn more about Cagayan? Drop by the impressive Provincial Capitol and check out the nearby Provincial Museum, which chronicles the evolution of the province from prehistoric times up to the present.

You can also visit the various hornos, or kilns, located around the province that the Spanish used to bake the bricks for their churches. Horno sites include Tuguegarao, Piat, Camalaniugan, and Rizal. Some of the local governments have failed to see the significance of the hornos, however, with one of them trying to “beautify” the site by building a cement wishing well nearby—and painting it to look like brick.

Beaches

If it’s the sea you’re after, head to Sta. Ana, where the locals go for seaside fun. There are many resorts in the area catering to different budgets, many of them with beachfronts that have either black or white sand.

Make time to take a trip to Palaui Island, a beautiful white sand island with clear waters that is also home to the Cape Engano Lighthouse built by the Spanish in 1892, and waterfalls that can only be reached after a 10-minute trek to the center of the island. Bring food and make a day of it, or, if in season, buy fresh caught and cooked seafood like soft-shelled crabs from some of the residents.

Pop culture

If you grew up in the 80s, you know the importance the town of Aparri has in Filipino pop culture. It was named as the province on the northern tip of the Philippines (before it was changed to Batanes) in the variety show Eat Bulaga’s opening song, and, if you are a pop culture buff, should be visited for that alone.

Aparri is a bustling community no different from many in this country. It is, however, also home to the Aparri Delta, the point where the Cagayan River meets the Philippine Sea. The delta is now a fishport, but watching the river water crash against the waves of the ocean is still quite a sight.

These are but a few reasons to visit the province of Cagayan. It’s a beautiful province that hasn’t become part of the tourist trail yet, which is why you should take advantage of it now, before others discover its unique beauty. –KG, GMA News

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/255936/lifestyle/travel/five-reasons-to-visit-cagayan

rhevmil

April 26th, 2012, 08:22 AM

DepEd gives subsidy for schools with sports programs

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has earmarked an P8.5-million subsidy to 17 regional schools that offer a special program in sports, with each school getting P500,000 each.

The subsidy will enable the schools to deliver services to student athletes and help in harnessing their athletic potential, with the hopes that they will one day stand out in national and international competitions.

“There is cost in developing world-class athletes, and the schools are the natural breeding ground of grassroots talent,” Education Secretary Armin Luistro said in a statement.

As specified in DepEd Order 28. S. 2012, the additional subsidy which augments the schools’ maintenance and operating expenses will go to the training of teachers and administrators on relevant topics in sports.

It is also intended to procure instructional materials, sports supplies and athletic uniforms, as well as for student development activities such as training, workshops, and participation in DepEd-approved competitions.

The subsidy will also help finance the participation of teachers in DepEd-sponsored scholarships and professional upgrading, including enrollment in masters degree programs in sports.

The students who are beneficiaries of the sports program must continue to participate in international and national competitions and maintain good academic standing.

“Because we want to develop the whole person and not just their physical talent, we require that our athlete-beneficiaries attain a mean percentage score above the national average in the National Achievement Test,” Luistro said.

The recipient schools are also directed to conduct a yearly mentoring program to other schools within their division or region to ensure that the financial subsidy is rationally utilized, as well as to get a recommendation for the continued release of the subsidy.

This requires that the recipient schools implement the same sports program to the other schools, and those schools will be given access to the sports equipment and facilities.

The 17 schools that will get the P500,000 subsidy are: Ilocos Norte National High School (NHS) in Region 1; Cagayan NHS (Region 2); Victoria NHS (Region 3); Lopez National Comprehensive HS (Region 4-A); Palawan National School (Region 4-B); Camarines Sur NHS (Region 5); Iloilo NHS (Region 6); Negros Oriental NHS (Region 7); Palo NHS (Region 8); Zamboanga Sibugay NHS (Region 9); Bukidnon NHS (Region 10); Sto. Tomas NHS (Region 11); General Santos City NHS (Region 12); Bayigan National Comprehensive HS (CARAGA); Datu Paglas NHS (ARMM); Tabuk NHS (CAR); and Muntinlupa Science HS (NCR).

The schools who fail to comply with the requirements of the program risk having their subsidy suspended.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/23/12/deped-gives-subsidy-schools-sports-programs

rhevmil

April 26th, 2012, 08:25 AM

DOE to open bids for petroleum areas this week

MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Energy (DOE) is set to open this week the bids of local and foreign oil-and-gas exploration companies to explore and develop potential oil and gas-yielding areas in the country, Energy Undersecretary Jose Layug Jr. told the BusinessMirror.

Layug said they would open the bids for the petroleum areas except for Areas 3, 4 and 5 all in northwest Palawan.

He said Areas 3, 4, and 5 will be opened on July 31, since these areas have a lot of data. He said the schedule would give bidders more time to analyze, review and submit their work program.

To date, there are 41 prequalified exploration companies that are expected to bid for the petroleum areas to be bid out, he added.

Among the prequalified firms are PetroEnergy Resources Corp., Nido Petroleum Philippines, PNOC-Exploration Corp., Min Energy Pty. Ltd., Shell Philippines Exploration B.V., Pitkin Petroleum/The Philodrill Corp., Dil Moro Energy Corp., Mindanao Asia International Energy, Southernpec Philippines Inc., Forum Pacific Inc., Planet Gas Ltd., Monte Oro Resources Energy Inc., Philex Petroleum Corp., Total E & P Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., ENI, CalEnergy Resources Ltd., GDF Suez, Golden Dragon Oil and Gas Corp., NorAsian Energy Philippines Inc., KrisEnergy Pte. Ltd., Esso Exploration International Ltd., Mitra Energy Ltd., TAP Oil Philippines, Caranarvon Petroleum Ltd.,  KRX Energy Pty. Ltd., Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Co., Repsol Exploracion S.A., Fronteir Oil Co., South China Resources Inc., Desco and Clean Rock Renewable Energy Resources.

Layug said the 15 oil-and-gas exploration areas are estimated to generate investments of around $500 million for each area or a total of $7.5 billion.

Under Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR4), he said that there are three onshore and 12 offshore blocks being offered with a total area of more than 10 million hectares in Northwest Palawan; East Palawan and Sulu Sea basins.

Under PECR4 for oil and gas, the areas offered are: Area 1 (544,000 hectares) in Cagayan; Area 2 (676,000) in Central Luzon; Area 3 (600,000) in Northwest Palawan; Area 4 (616,000) Northwest Palawan; Area 5 (424,000) Northwest Palawan; Area 6 (840,000) in Mindoro Cuyo; Area 7 (844,000) in Mindoro Cuyo; Area 8 (840,000) in East Palawan; Area 9 (840,000) in East Palawan; Area 10 (640,000) in East Palawan; Area 11 (600,000) in Cotabato; Area 12 (456,000) in Cotabato; Area 13 (648,000) in East Palawan; Area 14 (983,900) in East Palawan; and Area 15 (482,000) in Sulu Sea.

In February the Chinese government contested the inclusion of Areas 3, 4 and 5 in Northwest Palawan in the DOE’s PECR4.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei then issued a statement contesting Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras’s statement that all areas offered under the contracting round are within Philippine jurisdiction.  

“It is unlawful for any country or company to explore oil and gas in sea areas under Chinese jurisdiction without the permission of the Chinese government,” Hong said.

Layug said the Philippines’s view is that Areas 3, 4 and 5 are not part of the contested areas since these are located in Palawan.

“By simply looking at the map, of these areas being offered the farthest would only be 80 nautical miles away from the Philippine coastline,” he added.

“We don’t expect any delay. As schedule stands, bids for Areas 3, 4 and 5 must be submitted on July 31. We have 90 days to evaluate the proposed bids after submission, and we will forward the winning bids to President Aquino thereafter for signing and execution,” Layug said.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/04/22/12/doe-open-bids-petroleum-areas-week

rhevmil

April 27th, 2012, 04:24 AM

"Bike for a cause for peace" ilalarga ng mga alagad ng batas sa Cagayan

TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- Puspusan na ang ginagawang paghahanda ng Philippine Army sa ilulunsad na “bike for a cause for peace” sa darating na Abril 28 sa bayan ng Rizal, lalawigan ng Cagayan.

Inihayag Lt. Col. Alvin Flores ng 17th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army na layon ng aktibidad na ito na maisulong ang pagkakaisa para makamit ang inaasam na tunay na kapayapaan sa lokalidad.

Ang nasabing bayan ay isa sa mga ititnututuring na lugar kung saan aktibo ang paggalaw at operasyon ng mga kaliwang grupo kayat nais ipakilala ng kasundaluhan sa mga mamayan doon ang magandang programa at pagsasama-sama tungo sa paglago ng pamayanan. Ani Flores layon din ng aktibidad na isulong ang turismo sa lugar dahil kakikitaan ito ng natural na ganda na pwedeng dayuhin ng mga turista.

Aniya bahagi ng aktibidad ang magbibigay rin ng mga school supplies sa mga mag-aaral sa bayan ng Rizal, Cagayan partikular sa mga Brgy. Masi, San Juan, Boral, at Sicalao ang mga bikers na lalahok dito.

Papadyak ang mga siklista mula sa Tuguegarao City hanggang sa bayan ng Rizal bitbit ang mga school supplies na ipapamahagi sa mga mag-aaral sa elementarya.

Nakaantabay naman ang medical team ng pulisya at militar na tutulong sakaling may magkaaberya sa mga siklista.

Ang mga siklistang na sasali sa “bike for a cause for peace” ay mga miyembro ng bikers association sa lalawigan, mga alagad ng batas, provincial government, local government units, at mga pribadong kompanya na katuwang ng hanay ng kasundaluhan sa pagpondo sa pagbili ng mga kagamitang ipagkakaloob sa mga bata.

Napag-alaman na lalahukan rin ito ng simbahang Katoliko kung saan nakatakdang magbigay ng kaniyang mensahe si Archbishop Sergio Utleg ng Tuguegarao pagdating ng mga partisipante sa bayan ng Rizal. (Oliver T. Baccay/Augie Garma/OTB-PIA 2)

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461335424944

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April 27th, 2012, 04:07 PM

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April 27th, 2012, 05:57 PM

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April 28th, 2012, 12:22 AM

Hotter Days Ahead, Says PAGASA
By FRANCIS T. WAKEFIELD
April 27, 2012, 9:32pm
MANILA, Philippines — Weathermen said yesterday that residents in Luzon, including Metro Manila, should brace for warmer weather brought about by the Ridge of High Pressure Area (HPA) extending over Northern Luzon which is expected to reach as high as 37 degrees in the second or third week of May.

Rene Paciente, senior weather specialist from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), disclosed that they are also not discounting the possibility that the temperature will reach 35 degrees Celsius and up starting next month due to prevalence of the hot summer months.

Last Thursday, Pagasa said that the temperature in Metro Manila was registered at 35.2 degrees Celsius.

“Usually kapag May, dun natin nare-record iyung highest temperature. Sa second to third week ng Mayo mas umiinit ang panahon (Usually its during May that we record the highest temperature. During the second or third week, we can expect the weather to get hotter), Paciente said.

Yesterday’s average temperature in Metro Manila was 26 degrees Celsius to 35 degrees Celsius, he said.

Paciente advised the public to always drink water and to wear light colored shirt or dress to beat the heat of the sun. He also advised the people to avoid long exposure from sun light from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to avoid heat stroke and to take a bath twice a day.

Pagasa said that based on its record, the hottest temperature in Metro Manila was recorded on May 14, 1987 when temperature sizzled to 38.5 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature ever recorded in the country, meanwhile, was registered over Tuguegarao, Cagayan, at 42.2 degrees Celsius which was recorded on May 11, 1969.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/358229/hotter-days-ahead-says-pagasa

rhevmil

April 28th, 2012, 12:54 AM

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Planters Development Bank

The Bank for SMEs

The largest privately-owned and managed development bank in the Philippines with total assets of over P50 Billion, capital of P 3.5 billion offering banking products, services and business solutions geared towards promoting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Provider of global expertise and resources through partnerships with World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Nationally acclaimed as the Bank for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Ranked the 19th largest bank in the country
Belongs within the top 250 in the Philippines’ Top 1,000 Corporations
Consistent recipient of awards and citations locally and internationally for SME finance and development, including the first-ever President’s Citation for MSME Development in 2009 and the 2008 Outstanding SME Development Project Award in Asia-Pacific for the Plantersbank SME Business Park
A nationwide network of 70 on-line branches

Institutional Partners

Partners and shareholders include the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and the Asian Development Bank.
ShoreCap International Ltd., a US-based international private equity company, is the newest partner with its initial investment of US$2 million as additional funding for the Bank’s micro finance operations. This is backed by a technical assistance grant which will provide Plantersbank with training, advice and transfer of technology.
Strategic global alliances bring resources from the United States, Europe and Asia to equip the Filipino entrepreneur with a truly global perspective.

Corporate Initiatives

Unveiled in Cebu in July 2007 the Plantersbank SME Industrial Park, the first and only industrial development of its in the country that is wholly dedicated to providing SME locators the investment incentives, tax benefits and facilities enjoyed by foreign-owned counterparts.
With institutional partner FMO, the SME Training Center was set-up to share experiences and expertise in SME lending with members of development financial institutions in the Asian Pacific region.
In partnership with IFC, established www.SME.com.ph an internet portal for Philippine SMEs to provide information and communications technology services to the sector. The site now ranks in the top 100,000 out of 16 million websites worldwide.
In 2006, Plantersbank absorbed its Mindanao-based affiliate Micro Enterprise Bank (MEB) to accelerate expansion of its micro finance operations nationwide.

“Double Bottom Line”

Plantersbank has the honor of being one of three banks in the world cited in a paper presented at the recent Harvard Business School Conference on Global Poverty for its strong “double bottom line”, an approach that combines profitability and pursuit of social development objectives.

Mission and Vision

Plantersbank envisions itself to become a world-class, globally competitive bank and remain a model SME bank not only in the Philippines, but in the region.
Plantersbank remains aligned to the evolving needs of SMEs ensuring attainment of its doublebottom line objective of creating a positive social impact while remaining a profitable financial institution.

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Applicants should:
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Experience is an advantage
Fresh graduates are welcome to apply.

rhevmil

April 28th, 2012, 12:34 PM

Cagayan launches photo contest on travel portraits, culture
By Oliver T. Baccay

TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 28 (PIA) –- The Provincial Tourism Office of Cagayan province is calling all amateur and professional photographers, 15 years old and above, to join the recently launched photo contest on Cagayan Travel Portrait and Cagayano Culture.

Tourism Officer Jennifer J. Baquiran said the contest could include, but not limited, to the natural and man-made attractions in the province or a picture of the Cagayano way of life.

She emphasized that entries should be an original work of the participant, must not have been published or exhibited previously in any contest, and taken within two years prior the date of the contest.

“Entries should be unframed and a participant may submit a maximum of five entries per category. The highest prize won shall be awarded to participants with more than one winning entry,” Baquiran said.

The criteria for judging include adherence to the theme, composition, focus and exposure, lighting, and creative approach.

Judging for the top 15 will be done on June 22, 2012 while the awarding of winners will on June 26, in time for the Aggao Nac Cagayan, the foundation day of the province.

As to the prizes, P10,000 pesos and a trophy shall be given to winners of each of the categories, a special prize as Jurors Choice will be given P3,000 and a citation, top 15 finalists will receive P1,000 each and a consolation prize of P500 for entries that failed to make in into the final round.

The entries must be submitted through any data storage via mail or hand deliver to Cagayan Provincial Tourism Office, Kammaranan Building, provincial Capitol Compound, Tuguegarao City up to May 18 as the deadline of submission of entries. (OTB - PIA 2)

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461335496629

rhevmil

April 28th, 2012, 12:36 PM

New Cagayan Valley Career Exec prez vows tightened CESO relationship
By Oliver T. Baccay

TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- The Cagayan Valley Association of Career Executives (CV-ACE) has new president, following the resignation of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Director Milagros Rimando, who has been promoted as bureau director of NEDA central office.

Rimando passed on the key of responsibility to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Director Arnel B. Garcia by virtue of succession as the previous vice-president to complete the two-year term of Rimando.

Rimando served for two consecutive terms after the re-election last year as the associations’ president, in consideration of her excellent performance in handling the rein of the executive group towards good relationship, strengthen partnership, and regional development.

On his part, Garcia vowed to continue on and elevate further the programs, projects, activities and initiatives of Rimando for the betterment of the association and to tighten further the relationship of the career executives in the region who are executing public service for the regions’ development.

Further, PIA Regional Director Purita S. Licas, press relation officer of the association, said Garcia will serve to continue the unfinished term of Rimando, but next year, after the two-year expiration of the term, the board will again elect another president.

Licas said Garcia might still be chosen to lead the group considering his good leadership skills.

Rimando was the acting chairman of the Regional Development Council Region 2 and a multi-awarded regional director of NEDA, including her Gawad Career Executive Service (CES) award and outstanding regional director, while Garcia was recently awarded as the Best Manager of DSWD.

Rimando currently holds CESO II rank and Garcia is a CESO III holder. (OTB-PIA 2)

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461335509720

rhevmil

April 28th, 2012, 12:59 PM

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After 60 years, theOriginal Savory's first branch located at the foot of Jones Bridge still continues to serve the old recipes passed on by the forefathers, maintaining the flavor that elevated its fried chicken to an emulated status.

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April 28th, 2012, 01:07 PM

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Citimall, Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City Cagayan

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April 28th, 2012, 01:16 PM

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Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 28th, 2012, 01:19 PM

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Centennial Building, Arellano corner Blumentritt Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 28th, 2012, 01:23 PM

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Arellano, Corner Blumentritt Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 28th, 2012, 01:27 PM

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2. Tanza Junction (Open 24 Hours) Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 28th, 2012, 01:34 PM

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April 28th, 2012, 01:40 PM

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Citimall, Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 28th, 2012, 01:42 PM

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Peoples Gym, Luna Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 28th, 2012, 01:46 PM

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Balzain Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 28th, 2012, 01:50 PM

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Monterey Building, Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 28th, 2012, 06:55 PM

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April 29th, 2012, 05:03 AM

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College Avenue, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:08 AM

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Arellano Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 29th, 2012, 05:08 AM

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Brickstone Mall, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:10 AM

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Arellano Street Extension, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

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April 29th, 2012, 05:14 AM

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Mall of the Valley, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

antonbirakak

April 29th, 2012, 05:14 AM

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Tuguegarao
AYC San Jacinto de Ermita Bldg. corner Mabini St., and College Avenue, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

Telephone(078) 8449467
E-mail: tuguegarao@cebookshop.com

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:18 AM

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Bagay Road, San Gabriel, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:19 AM

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Cooperative Bank of Cagayan, Diversion Road, San Gabriel, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:20 AM

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:23 AM

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Arellano Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:25 AM

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Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

antonbirakak

April 29th, 2012, 05:25 AM

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TUGUEGARAO

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2/F J. Rios Bldg., Corner College Ave., Taft St., Tuguegarao City.

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TUGUEGARAO

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:28 AM

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Main Branch, Gonzaga Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College Avenue, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Tanza Junction, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:30 AM

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Main Branch, Luna Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Balzain Highway, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:33 AM

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Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:36 AM

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Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:38 AM

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Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:39 AM

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Luna Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:40 AM

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Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:42 AM

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Mabini Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:44 AM

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Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:48 AM

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Brickstone Mall, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:49 AM

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Luna Corner Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:51 AM

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Luna Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:53 AM

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Luna Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:54 AM

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Mabini Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 05:57 AM

yung ibang banks, wala na kong makitang logo...

that's all for now..

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:11 AM

Nabili na ng Robinsons yung lot sa may Leonarda-Pengue Highway infront of S&J Marketing worth 16M! ;)

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:13 AM

Share ko lang din, sure na talaga ang Puregold! May ari na mismo ng Edithas ang nagsabi, inaantay nalang maubos yung laman ng Edithas, tsaka pag natapos yung pinapagawa nilang commercial building sa tabi nito.

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:15 AM

hindi naman yata David saloon ang mag so soon to open sa centennnial building...kasi napasyal ako dun...

I am very sure na David Saloon yun! May ads sila sa RBC Cable! Ilang beses ko ng napanuod! ;)

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:19 AM

pumunta ako kanina...bumili ng cp accessory...sabi nila stalls din daw pang tiangge ang tinatayo dun....

Nyak! Kung tiangge din bakit ba nila dinemolished yun building. Hehe ;)

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:19 AM

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:22 AM

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:23 AM

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:34 AM

PAGASA: NCR scorches at 36.7 ˚C that 'feels like' 42 degrees
April 29, 2012 4:00pm

The summer heat continued to scorch Metro Manila as temperatures peaked at 36.7 degrees Celsius Sunday afternoon, the highest in the area so far this year.

But state weather forecasters said that with a relative humidity of 48 percent, Sunday’s heat felt like at least 42 degrees Celsius – five degrees above normal human body temperature.

In a post on its Twitter account, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the maximum temperature recorded at the Science Garden in Quezon City was 36.3 degrees, at 1:50 p.m.

But it also noted the relative humidity was 48 percent and the temperature thus “feels like 42 degrees Celsius.”

On the other hand, PAGASA said in a separate tweet that temperatures were higher at 36.7 degrees in Manila's Port Area.

It also said temperatures were 35.2 degrees at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City.

Temperatures were hotter in Tuguegarao at 37.4 degrees Celsius and Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija at 37.1 degrees Celsius.

Other high temperatures recorded in other parts of the country for Sunday included:

Clark (Pampanga): 35.7 degrees

Subic (Zambales): 36.6 degrees

Sangley (Cavite): 35.3 degrees

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/256573/news/nation/pagasa-ncr-scorches-at-36-7-730-c-that-feels-like-42-degrees

Ugac Norte

April 29th, 2012, 10:37 AM

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 11:21 AM

I am very sure na David Saloon yun! May ads sila sa RBC Cable! Ilang beses ko ng napanuod! ;)

:banana::banana::banana:

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 01:30 PM

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Ganyang ganyan ang Pancit Miki Miki ng Sanchez Mira, kaya lang may chicharon at maraming toppings na siya...

Thanks to blauearth.files.wordpress.com

rhevmil

April 29th, 2012, 01:39 PM

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hindi ako mahilig sa mga kakanin... pero itong tinupig ng Lasam, Cagayan..whoaaa ang sarap...

joelrm_22

April 29th, 2012, 03:13 PM

Nabili na ng Robinsons yung lot sa may Leonarda-Pengue Highway infront of S&J Marketing worth 16M! ;)

How reliable is this? Sana nga totoo talaga. Saan dito? Itong harap mismo ng S&J or yung lampas pa ng konti.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=17.6345759&lon=121.7366833&z=17&l=0&m=b

joelrm_22

April 29th, 2012, 03:14 PM

Nabili na ng Robinsons yung lot sa may Leonarda-Pengue Highway infront of S&J Marketing worth 16M! ;)

How reliable is this? Sana nga totoo talaga. Sana di magtagal mabakuran na ng cream na yero yung lote para sure na sure na.

antonbirakak

April 29th, 2012, 03:16 PM

I am very sure na David Saloon yun! May ads sila sa RBC Cable! Ilang beses ko ng napanuod! ;)

about david, isang frend ko na dating hair stylist sa david at napadpad diyan sa tuguegarao para maging head hair stylist at bumalik uli sa dito sa manila to work as stylist din ng david.. sinabi nga niyang naka line up daw siya as part of senior hair stylist ng david saloon tuguegarao..

joelrm_22

April 29th, 2012, 03:19 PM

antonbirakak

April 29th, 2012, 03:29 PM

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Bonifacio Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

about BDO.. kelan kaya ang 2nd branch niya sa tuguegarao.. sure napo yan diko lang alam kung kelan... magkakaroon din ng 4th branch ng BPI... ang balita ko sa buntun...

antonbirakak

April 29th, 2012, 03:29 PM

How reliable is this? Sana nga totoo talaga. Sana di magtagal mabakuran na ng cream na yero yung lote para sure na sure na.

matagal na po yan.. actually nung una wala pong naniwala sakin dahil ako ang unang nagbalita last year about the rumored robinson's acquiring the guzman property.. ang sabi skin ng source ko, nag aalangan pa daw si guzman nung una.. early of this year confirmed na nga daw.. second, according sa source ko, isang politician from there in cagayan ang nang hihimasok sa construction kaya binalita ko nga na di na mangyayari ata ang robinson's sa tuguegarao dahil may nakikialam sa construction.. sa mga ganyan bagay kasi ang robinson's at SM mga sensitive sila pag may nakikialam na ibang party hindi sila mag aatubiling maghanap ng ibang property kung may nanggugulo sa kanila...

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April 30th, 2012, 08:40 AM

rhevmil

April 30th, 2012, 09:37 AM

The Philippines' best beaches and islands
If white sands aren't your thing, this isn't the country for you. Otherwise, bust out your flip-flops and follow us
By Candice Lopez-Quimpo 30 April, 2012

Picking a favorite beach in the Philippines is like trying to pick a favorite child. Challenging, but not impossible.

With more than 7,000 islands edged by white sand buffering turquoise waters filled with some of the world's most diverse marine life, not everyone will agree on which one is best.

Disagree with our picks? Share your favorite Filipino island or beach in the comments box below.

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1. El Nido, Palawan

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Hollywood loves El Nido. Scenes for the upcoming final installment of the "Bourne" series were shot here. The island was also the setting of a pit stop on "The Amazing Race."
If Palawan is indeed "the last frontier" of the Philippines, as it's been dubbed, the coastal town of El Nido is the gateway to wild adventure.

Sure, it's got powder-fine beaches and gin-clear waters. But the views are what really sell the place.

Off the coast of El Nido are majestic karst limestone formations, empty lagoons, marble cliffs, prehistoric caves and waterfalls. All are easily explored.

Wet your fins: El Nido is a popular base for divers. Surrounding waters contain more than 50 species of coral, and attract whales, whale sharks, sea cows, manta rays, dolphins and endangered turtles.

2. Boracay, Aklan

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Sundowners, anyone? Just another perfect day in Boracay.
White Beach is the place most frequently associated with Boracay, the most popular holiday destination in the Philippines.

Its four-kilometer stretch welcomes everyone from beach bums to adventurers. At night, the beach comes alive with candle-lit sand castles, cozy restaurants and bars that stay open til dawn.

Away from White Beach are calmer resorts. There is a less boisterous side of Boracay and it still offers secluded strips of sand, coves, caves and cliffs.

Come with the wind: During the early months of the year, Boracay attracts hundreds of kite-boarders and windsurfers who compete in the International Funboard Cup. The rough waves and strong winds make Boracay an ideal destination for water sports fanatics.

3. Palaui Island, Cagayan Valley

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Getting to Paluai's best beach is a challenge, but the rewards make the hassle worthwhile.
This isolated island is a natural secret -- only the brave and persevering bother to visit.

Glorious white sands surrounded by volcanic rocks on one side kiss blue-green waters on the other. Snorkeling and diving brings you face to face with coral gardens and a rich marine reserve.

Palaui is all about raw beauty. But it takes some work to get there.

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Treks should be blessed with clear blue skies, patient companions and trusted local guides.

Getting to the island's most prized stretch of beach requires battling thorny grass, muddy ground and a mangrove forest.

Uncharted Philippines offers a three-day Palaui Island Photography Tour for US$240 that includes transportation, accomodation, food and guides. Visit Unchartedphilippines.com.

Sleep with stars: With no resorts or hotels, Palaui has only one real option -- camping under the stars. Otherwise, visitors are left to explore homestay options.

4. Panglao, Bohol

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Just your average Panglao beach. Tired of looking at white sands yet? We're not even halfway through.
Once a sleepy island, Panglao is being roused by travelers in search of gorgeous beaches.

It’s a refuge for those who appreciate a diverse menu of aquatic attractions.

Options include dolphin watching, whale spotting, diving with barracudas, jackfish, sea snakes and brilliant coral formations.

Natural charms: In addition to its beaches, the island of Bohol is famous for its Chocolate Hills, an unusual rolling terrain of more than 1,000 dome-shaped hills. The hills are named for their brown color during dry season, when grass dries up.

The “world’s smallest primate” -- the endangered Philippine tarsier -- also inhabits the island.

Multi-language edge: Years ago, a number of foreigners came to Panglao on holiday and never bothered to leave. Locals picked up their languages to better converse with the tourists. In addition to English, in Panglao you have a good chance of meeting a local with a handy grasp of German, Swiss or Japanese.

5. Bantayan Island, Cebu

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If the crowds of Boracay turn you off, Bantayan Island has luxury comforts minus the action.
Bantayan has remained relatively untouched by modern life, save for a smattering of foreigners who have taken up residence, sucked in by the island's white sands, aqua-colored waters and red-gold sunsets.

Beers are cold and cheap, townsfolk are hospitable and the dreary troubles of the outside world are easily forgotten.

Holy crowds: If you're after peace and quiet, don't plan a stay during the Holy Week before Easter. The island is crowded with Filipino travelers during this period, with rooms and services booked months in advance.

Simplicity is key: Action-packed it ain't. There are no five-star hotels, no malls, no fashion-forward shopping centers.

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6. Caramoan, Camarines Sur

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Krabi who? The Philippines might not bring in the tourist numbers of Thailand, but its beaches can easily go toe-to-toe with the kingdom's best.
Named after the local sea turtle, Caramoan is as scenic as it is secluded.

Stretches of white sand run between huge boulders and rock formations. Scuba divers, island hoppers and beach bums all converge here.

Complementing the beaches are caves, waterfalls, freshwater pools, underground streams and lagoons.

Adventure site: The "Survivor" reality show series and similar international programs have used Caramoan as a shooting location.

Despite the locale's popularity with TV production companies, there are enough beaches to go around for everyone.

Top view: Mountain climbers can trek to Mount Caglago’s summit and take in a terrific view of the Caramoan islands and islets. The mountain is a pilgrimage site for some, thanks to its gigantic statue of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

7. Samal, Davao

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Off the coast of Samal lies Buena Vista Island, with its blindingly white beaches. Pretty lady sunbathing not guaranteed.
A burgeoning tourist destination, Samal is on a mission to get the word out on its 118-kilometer coastline of white sandy beaches.

You know the highlights: pristine waters, lush greens, rock formations, mangrove and coconut palms. Numerous resorts provide a range of choices for visitors, from luxurious resorts to backpacker options.

The vanishing island: This curious moniker is the nickname of Shanipaan Shoal, a tiny island that literally disappears from sight during high tide. The only thing visible at high water is a single, elevated cottage poking out of the sea.

Underwater garden: The vast Coral Garden Marine Park, a fish sanctuary filled with diverse marine life, makes Sambal a favorite among divers and snorkelers.

8. Siargao Islands, Surigao del Norte

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Beyond this pier is Cloud 9, one of Siargao's most famous surf breaks.
Known as the top surfing island in the Philippines, Siargao is often overlooked as a beachcomber’s paradise.

There are breaks for beginner surfers, moderate ones and even pros looking for three-meter-high waves. For those with zero surf skills -- and no desire to acquire any -- there are also pristine beaches with milder waves, perfect for sunning and swimming.

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Surf’s up: Ideal days for surfing are between mid-August and mid-December, when the swell is most consistent. Beginners should visit when waves are smaller, around April or May.

9. Great Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga

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Great Santa Cruz Island is famous for its pink corralline sand, the only beach of its kind in the Philippines.
On Great Santa Cruz Island, pulverized red coral washed up from the sea floor mixes with white sand to produce a pink-hued beach.

It’s a different version of perfection: the powdery beach competes with the blue and green shades of the sea. Some parts of the beach are lovely in their undeveloped state. There are signs of civilization -- souvenirs, nipa huts and restrooms.

Beach visits are limited to day trips, so you have to squeeze everything into a few hours: swim, sunbathe, snorkel, dive, even fish for your lunch. Just don’t mistake serenity for safety -- there’s a deep drop in the sea just meters from shore.

Armed guards: The island is just a boat ride away from the city proper, but getting there requires extra precautions, due to local threats.

Only those with a tourist permit from the Department of Tourism in Zamboanga City can visit. The permit fee includes armed security escorts.

Why the need for security? According to the Department of Tourism’s regional office, it's a preventative measure: “On the security situation in Zamboanga City, there are no militant or terroristic activities recently. Although there were reported shooting incidents, these were intended to specific victims due to personal grudges. The city is very vibrant and relatively peaceful.”

As a precaution, check with your embassy for security threats before traveling.

10. Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte

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Nothing says "I'm on vacation" like an Instagram of yourself sunning next to a giant windmill.
Along the northern tip of the island of Luzon sits the coastal town of Pagudpud. It’s a quiet, sleepy and rural community, with little overt commercialism.

Perhaps because it takes time and effort to reach Pagudpud, the wide and inviting beaches are usually empty, making them ideal for those who enjoy mixing solitude with sun, sand and surf.

A row of windmills down the coast from Pagudpud makes for a picturesque if not unusual backdrop for a Filipino beach.

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Wind and waves: Parts of Pagudpud are exposed to winds that blow in from both the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, making the waves ideal for surfers, especially from July to October. Windsurfers and kiteboarders are starting to take notice of this northern getaway.

http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/philippines/philippines-best-beaches-and-islands-632923

rhevmil

April 30th, 2012, 09:42 AM

Banatao: With culture of science, Filipinos can compete globally

By Caroline J. Howard, ANC
Posted at 04/30/2012 2:51 PM | Updated as of 04/30/2012 2:57 PM

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino engineer Diosdado Banatao may not be familiar to many Filipinos but he is right up there with the who's who of the computer technology industry, having helped revolutionize the way we see and use computers today.

An innovator, Banatao is credited for devising a more efficient way to link computers, by simplifying the computer design with fewer chips, that has made computers smaller, more portable and more affordable.

"I just thought I can redesign this with a few chips. Out of 150 or so, just five chips. That was the entire PC," Banatao said on ANC "Headstart."

Today, Banatao notes, technological innovation has further reduced that to a single chip.

His inventions are believed to make up 30% of every computer in the world today.

His contributions to the modern computer industry include: the first single-chip, 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator thru his first company Mostron; the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS Media Access Controller (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Chip, the first system logic chip set for the PC-XT and the PC-AT.

He is also behind the technology that sped up the computer graphics via the first Windows Graphics accelerator chip for the PC. The enhanced graphics adapter chips sets were eventually acquired by semiconductor giant, Intel.

He also pioneered the local bus concept for PC.

Thru his group's efforts, the global-positioning system (GPS) device ordinarily used by the military has become more accessible to consumers.

"They (the military) declassified it two years before we started SIRF so our goal was let to consumerize this and make it so affordable it can go into any electronic device. We were the first company that did that."

He noted that he, together with a group of other Filipinos, had the first patent on the technology.

Banatao has hobnobbed with America's computer technology elite in Silicon Valley.

"I was a member (of the homegrown club)and Steve Jobbs, and other guys we were just playing around with computers. We were fooling around with computers, probably realizing we were able to hack enough complexity into a chip to make it a true computer."

Banatao credits his success to his humble beginnings, the premium his parents placed on quality education and his own passion for numbers and learning.

Born to a rice farmer in a barrio called Malabhac in Iguig, Cagayan Valley on may 23, 1946, he used to walk to school barefoot .

Schooled in Ateneo de Tuguegarao and at the Mapua Institute of Technology, he was a pilot trainee for Philippine Airlines (PAL) when Boeing pirated him as a design engineer and brought him to the United States where he pursued a masters degree at Stanford.

While working with leading tech-companies for 10 years, he set on to do work that transformed the computer industry.

Despite his achievements, he remains grounded, taking satisfaction in seeing people use his innovative ideas.

"If you like to do something, at some point in time, you will be good at it, that's what happened to me in the tech field. While I don't do designs anymore, I still meddle in engineers designs, ask questions..."

"There is nothing more satisfying for an engineer than to see what he has done. No money can equal that satisfaction."

Going by his own experience, Banatao says, aided by a culture of science, Filipinos can compete with the rest of the world.

"Filipinos can compete in Silicon Valley in a big way."

"I was discovered by my parents and I applied myself, I'm sure there are millions of kids more talented that I was who are just waiting to be discovered."

"It is a global economy now and to participate in a global economy we have to have technologies and they can only be created by scientists and engineers. We are natural engineers and we are born to create."

Now a multi-millionaire, Banatao believes in investing in technology and in the Filipino talent.

Together with the Philippine Development Foundation (PhilDev) which he chairs, he is on a mission to send 151 brilliant young Filipino minds to school, towards maximixing their potentials for the future of the country.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/04/30/12/banatao-culture-science-filipinos-can-compete-globally

rhevmil

April 30th, 2012, 09:45 AM

Once called '******,' Fil-Am now a Pennsylvania mayor
CRISTINA DC PASTOR, THE FILAM April 30, 2012 3:00pm

In the lethargic town of Ridgway, Pennsylvania – which is closer to Canada than to New York City – the mayor is a Filipino.

The 72-year-old Guillermo Udarbe is also a doctor and so his town runs like clockwork. Mornings, this family practitioner tends to patients, and evenings he holds court over the town council.

He seems to get the job done, reporting the arrival of a dozen new establishments in downtown Ridgway and a decline in unemployment from 15 percent to 6.8 percent. Bully for this plucky, almost defiant, native of Camalaniugan, Cagayan!

Udarbe and his wife Gloria were the first Filipino residents of this town.

“We had a hard time at first,” he told The FilAm in a phone interview. “We received phone calls telling us to go away. They even called us ******s.”

But the couple persisted and raised two daughters, Cherry and Charina, while Gloria worked as a nurse and Udarbe ran his solo practice after specializing in family medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philly and working in big-city hospitals for nine years.

“I came here because Ridgway is just like my little hometown in Camalaniugan,” he said wistfully.

Little it is with a current population of 4,600, where about 98 percent are Caucasians and 2 percent are Asians. There are only two Filipino families in addition to the Udarbes.

Udarbe has seen the ebb and flow of Ridgway, being one of its long-time residents and the town medic for 33 years.

He’s seen the population of 9,000 dwindle when the factories that made automotive brake linings and ball bearings closed in the height of the recession, and residents moved away in search of jobs.

“Nagsi-alisan sila. Bumaba ang census namin,” he said, speaking in Tagalog for the most part of the interview.

Seeing that Ridgway was getting to be a “ghost town,” he decided to run for mayor in the 2009 election. It was a five-way race, his four opponents all Americans. He won by 65 percent as the Democratic candidate in a Republican-dominated community.

“It’s all because of my relationship with the people. I’m a friendly guy,” he said. He hopes to win re-election.

Since he assumed office, he said at least 12 retail establishments have opened in downtown Ridgway, including a dry cleaner, a Verizon Wireless store, a PNC bank, an eye clinic and a nail salon.

“Downtown is slowly coming back to life,” he said.

“Mayor Udarbe’s election as the first Asian American and Filipino American mayor of Ridgway brought a great honor for the Philippines and the Filipino American community,” said Consul General Mario de Leon Jr., who recently visited Ridgway as a guest of the town council.

He continues to see patients mornings as a doctor of the Aane Community Hospital and the Elk County Regional System. By end of business, he puts on his mayor hat and meets the town council.

“Most council meetings are at night,” he said. “I am a full-time mayor.” - The FilAm

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/256644/pinoyabroad/once-called-******-fil-am-now-a-pennsylvania-mayor

freightrunner

April 30th, 2012, 03:16 PM

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Pengue

April 30th, 2012, 05:08 PM

Wage boards of 6 regions approve pay hikes

Six of the Philippines’ 17 administrative regions—Cagayan Valley, Bicol, SOCCKSARGEN, Davao, Western Visayas, Southern Tagalog—have issued new wage hike orders, the National Wages and Productivity Commission said Friday.

In an interviews with GMA News’ Dano Tingcungco, National Wages and Productivity Commission executive director Ciriaco Lagunzad III said the wage board are being careful to not adversely affect the viability of businesses and avoid creating unemployment.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz noted that the wage board in the Cagayan Valley region issued a wage order for agricultural plantation and non-plantation workers ‘motu proprio’, or even without petition.

“Upon the effectivitiy of the order, minimum wage earners in Isabela, Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino and Batanes will get an increase of P10.00 in their daily basic pay, while the P15.00 COLA will be integrated into their basic pay,” the statement said.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/256438/news/nation/wage-boards-of-6-regions-approve-pay-hikes

Pengue

April 30th, 2012, 05:20 PM

mrcarig

May 1st, 2012, 01:09 PM

Garapal pala talaga itong si Mayor Ting. I visited Tuguegarao during Holy Week and saw it first hand. Yung pintura ng mga buildings na ari nya e parehong pinta nung Mall of Valley. Exactly the same paint. Ginamit nya ang punda ng gobierno para pintahan lahat ng mga buildings na ari nya. Kayong mga Tuguegarao, di nyo ba napapansin ito?

rhevmil

May 2nd, 2012, 12:57 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jg6tVJF2Hs

‎4th Aramang Festival (BALITA PILIPINAS Segment GMA News TV) Maki Pulido

rhevmil

May 3rd, 2012, 08:48 AM

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freightrunner

May 3rd, 2012, 12:04 PM

Happy Fiesta Aparri and Lasam!!!
:banana::banana::banana:

freightrunner

May 4th, 2012, 02:54 AM

[CENTER]Aparri 2012 street dancing competition

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rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 12:18 PM

Lasamall set for 2nd Tinupig festival
By Thelma C. Bicarme

LASAM, Cagayan, May 4 (PIA) --This town is all set for the staging of its 2nd tinupig festival from May 14-20.

Tinupig is composed of glutinous rice or "diket" mixed sugar and buko (young coconut) strips, rolled and wrapped in banana leaves, then grilled over live coals.

Elmer A. Acierto, Tinupig festival artistic director said this year’s theme is patterned after the Philippine Tourism Campaign, “More and More Fun at Tinupig Festival Year 2."

As the theme denotes, Acierto said various activities have been prepared for the Lasamenos and for visitors who want to experience tinupig festival in Lasam such as tinupig cooking and eating contest, balikbayan lakbay Lasam, sports activities, among others.

On the first day of the festival, the senior citizens will take the center stage as they showcase their hidden talents during the Senior Citizen’s day; in the evening, the Women’s night will also be held at the Lasam Sports Complex.

Sports activities such as table tennis, badminton, lawn tennis, shootfest, marathon; battle of the bands; and indigenous games will also be featured in the week-long celebration.

The Search for Miss Tinupig will be held on the last day. The celebration will be concluded with a display of fireworks at the Lasam roof deck.

It can be recalled that Lasam has created its name in the international scene through the Guinness Book of world record when residents were able to cook 2.82-kilometer (km) long tinupig during its Aringay festival in 2005, displacing Nueva Vizcaya’s 1.8 km tupig.

Acierto said majority of Lasamenos have Ilocos blood. “That may be the reason why they brought to Lasam the delicacy,” he added .
Lasam, which is about 85 km from Tuguegarao City, was created as a town in 1950 by virtue of Republic Act 507 signed by then President Elpidio Quirino.

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451336103336

rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 12:20 PM

Curators celebrate International Museum Day in Cagayan
By Thelma C. Bicarme

TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- Over a hundred museum workers will gather in the province of Cagayan to celebrate the International Museum Day (IMD) on May 24 and 25 with the theme, “Museums in a Changing World, New Challenges and New Aspirations.”

According to Father Victor Emmanuel Quintos, Curator of the Piat Heritage Museum, the event is being observed annually by member countries of the International Council of Museums, as a reminder of the significant roles that museums play in the preservation of natural and cultural heritage of a nation.

This year’s IMD will be a two-day celebration jointly organized by the Piat Heritage Museum of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao and the Cagayan Provincial Museum and Historical Research Center.

The activities include a half-day seminar and a visit to Lyceum of Aparri Museum, Heritage Churches of Cagayan, Piat Basilica Minore including the Cagayan Museum, and the Callao Caves Tourist Zone.

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451336096762

rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 12:23 PM

BFAR 2 launches farmers and fisherfolk's month
By Thelma C. Bicarme

TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Cagayan Valley region opened the annual celebration of Farmers and Fisherfolk's Month on May 2, highlighted with the installation of Regional Fisherfolk Director Cesar Vincent Veracruz, who will take the seat as BFAR Regional Director for the whole month of May.

BFAR 2 Regional Director Jovita Ayson said that the annual installation of a fisherfolk director is intended to dramatize and popularize fisherfolk empowerment and participation as government partners, and draw awareness on the vital role of farmers and fisherfolk as backbone in the government’s poverty alleviation program.

During same period, BFAR regional directors are directed to engage themselves in barrio immersion.

Veracruz is the current chair of the Provincial Agriculture and Fishery Council of Batanes. He is also a community development officer as well as member and officer of various non-government organization and associations.

The regional fisherfolk director said that the opportunity to sit as BFAR regional fisherfolk director is very important, as it would enhance his knowledge as fisherfolk on various interventions of the government on the fishery sector, and at the same time increase his awareness on the protection and conservation of fisheries and aquatic resources.

Ayson said other activities to be conducted during fisherfolk month are the conduct of advocacy campaigns, promotional activities that include fisheries technology caravans in far-flung areas, mural painting contest, technology trainings, attendance to trade fairs, fingerling dispersal, and fishery law enforcement. (TCB/MP-PIA 2)

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451336092938

rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 12:25 PM

5th Gamet Festival to be staged in Sta. Praxedes
By Oliver T. Baccay

STA. PRAXEDES, Cagayan, May 4 (PIA) -- The local government unit, in collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 2, is set to hold the 5th Gamet Festival on May 15, 2012, this town.

BFAR Regional Director Jovita P. Ayson said the festival aims to highlight the importance of the local resource, gamet, to the human body and likewise to the region’s economy.

Sta. Praxedes is the smallest town of Cagayan, the boundary between Ilocos region and Cagayan Valley.

Porphyra, locally known sa "gamet," is a foliose red algal genus of laver that grows in the intertidal zone, typically between the upper intertidal zone and the splash zone in cold waters of temperate oceans. Most human cultures with access to Porphyra use it as a food or s in the diet, making it perhaps the most domesticated of the marine algae, known as laver, nori (Japanese), zakai, gim (Korean), zicai (Chinese). The marine red alga Porphyra has been cultivated extensively in many Asian countries as an edible seaweed used to wrap the rice and fish that compose the Japanese food sushi, and the Korean food gimbap.

The municipality is one of the traditional producers of the seaweed in the region with a production output of more than 30 metric tons per annum. The seaweeds gatherers dry the raw materials to market it locally and abroad.

“This festival is further aimed to elicit support for the sustainable exploitation and promote products not only from gamet but also other seaweeds for the benefit of seaweed gatherers and processors,” Ayson stated.

During the festival, a cooking contest of different types of menu with gamet will be highlighted, as well as jingle-making contest to let the public know of its significance both on economy and its nutritional content.

Likewise, Ayson stated that several activities have been lined up to showcase the latest trends in culture, processing, and the business potentials in seaweeds farming and in the fisheries industry in general.

Porphyra contains significant amounts of protein, vitamins, and minerals. The vitamin C content of nori, or prepared Porphyra, is greater than that in raw oranges. The vitamin A content is comparable to that spinach, along with fairly high amounts of vitamin B in general. It also contains an abundant amount of taurine which is known to be effective for liver activity, especially in preventing the occurrence of gallstone disease and for controlling blood cholesterol levels. (OTB-PIA 2)

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461336011276

rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 12:44 PM

Happy Fiesta Aparri and Lasam!!!
:banana::banana::banana:

and STA. PRAXEDES

:banana::banana:

rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 12:45 PM

rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 01:04 PM

BFAR 2 concludes fisheries tech caravan in the Calayan Group of Islands

TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- In line with the farmers and fisherfolk's month celebration, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 and the Regional Fisheries Training Center recently completed a technology caravan in the Calayan Group of Islands, bringing with them vital interventions to help in the development of the fishery sector in said town.

Evaluation of various project proposals and Financial Management Training for the proponents were conducted, as well as site identifications for mangrove restoration, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (FARMC) reorganization, and formation of Fishery Law Enforcement Team.

Evaluated proposals were salt-making, submitted by the Silpi-Dadao Fisherfolk Association, hog fattening from the Poblacion Fisherfolk Association, and sheep and goat raising from Western Magsidel Fisherfolk Association.

The project proposals were submitted for funding under the Integrated Coastal Resources Management Project (ICRMP).

ICRMP Vice-Chair Venchito Villarao said proposals are considered as feasible, however, these will still need some refinement before submission to BFAR Central Office for approval and release of funds.

The BFAR 2 has conducted financial management training for the proponents in order to expedite implementation of said projects.

Site assessment for the mangrove restoration was conducted in Brgy. Magsidel, Calayan. The planting is set by the third quarter.

Further, the town’s FARMC was reorganized and a new Fishery Law Enforcement Team composed of Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine National Police, local government staff, deputy fish wardens, and members of the FARMC, was formed.

“Both fisherfolk bodies shall aid in the identification and resolution of fishery issues in the town,” Villarao said.

Regional Director Jovita Ayson said that BFAR personnel will embark on similar technology caravans in hard-to-reach areas of Region 2, specifically the coastal towns of Isabela and Batanes provinces, making use of the agency patrol vessel during said caravans to save on costs. (TCB/MP-PIA 2)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451336093484

rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 01:08 PM

Taste this so sweet Special Bibingka
from Barangay Linao West, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

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Above is a picture of the specially baked
Bebengka made by my relatives from Linao Tuguegarao.

That was so delicious!

You can taste this Special Bibingka,
a local food delicacy of Tuguegarao
during most of the special occasions in the barrios of the city.
By the way it is a token that was given to us after the wedding of a relative.

http://tuguegaraocity.net/blog/post/image-special-bibingka/

rhevmil

May 4th, 2012, 01:13 PM

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Buguey, Cagayan

rhevmil

May 5th, 2012, 12:32 PM

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Congratulations to our CICM sister school University of Saint Louis for the outstanding performance of its BS EE graduates during the April 2012 Electrical Engineering Licensure Exams! Mabuhay ang mga Louisians!

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rhevmil

May 5th, 2012, 12:36 PM

Schedules of Training and Seminar

"BLS with AED" - May 26, 2012 @ Tuguegarao City, Cagayan / May 27, 2012 @ Cauayan, Isabela

"Emergency & Trauma Nx Seminar" (AM) and "Dialysis Nursing Seminar" (PM) - May 26, 2012 @ Cauayan, Isabela / May 27, 2012 @ Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

"ACLS Package" (BLS with AED, Comprehensive ECG Reading, ACLS) - June 8,9,10,16,17, 2012 @ Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003236824323

rhevmil

May 5th, 2012, 12:51 PM

PAGASA: Isolated rain over PHL in next 24 hours
May 5, 2012 6:17pm

Isolated rain showers or thunderstorms may affect parts of the country in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Saturday afternoon.

PAGASA, whose 5 p.m. bulletin said also noted a ridge of a high-pressure area is extending over Bicol and Eastern Visayas, also advised the public to prepare for the prospect of these rains being moderate to heavy.

"The entire archipelago will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening," it said.

Light to moderate winds blowing from the northeast to southeast will prevail over Northern and Central Luzon, east to southeast over the rest of Luzon and Visayas and coming from the northeast to northwest over Mindanao.

The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate, it added.

PAGASA's five-day outlook also indicated temperatures in Metro Manila may range from 24 to 34 degrees Celsius on Sunday, but may rise to 36 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In Tuguegarao, temperatures may go up to 35 degrees on Sunday.

Temperatures in Subic-Clark may peak at 35 degrees on Sunday, but rise to 36 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Meanwhile, PAGASA advised the public to prepare for a worst-case scenario and assume rain showers and thunderstorms will be moderate to heavy.

"Ang pag-ulan ay (maaaring) from moderate to heavy. Mas mainam na rin paghandaan ang worst-case scenario kesa hindi tayo handa and we get caught off-guard and start complaining (We should prepare for the possibility the rain will be moderate to heavy. Even if they are not, it is better that we are prepared for the worst-case scenarios than get caught unprepared and complain)," Perez said in an interview on dzBB radio Friday afternoon.

He said these rain showers and thunderstorms usually last between 30 minutes and one hour.

Since Tuesday, parts of Metro Manila had experienced rain showers and thunderstorms, days after going through hot weather where temperatures went up to as high as 36.7 degrees Celsius.

On Friday, rain fell on parts of Metro Manila even before noon.

PAGASA earlier said that while the rain showers and thunderstorms are now to be expected regularly, they do not yet herald the start of the rainy season.

"At this time of the year malaki ang chance sa hapon o gabi (At this time of the year, the greatest chance of rain is in the afternoon or evening)," Perez said

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/257234/news/nation/pagasa-isolated-rain-over-phl-in-next-24-hours

joelrm_22

May 6th, 2012, 04:25 AM

From Isabela thread...

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Originally Posted by RajkoToromen View Post
Just wanna share.

According to my office's wife who is an Architect / Interior Designer of ShoeMart Malls in their MOA office.. yesterday Mr. Hans Sy daw nag patawag ng meeting and instructed the Archi / Interior Design Dept ng SM asking to start do the designs for the future SM Malls. Mr. Sy daw was so energetic and excited to the SM Arena outcome, and instructed them to be inspired, do a modern rendition sa mga future malls nila.

My officemate even congratulated me at nagulat ako

"Pre congrats sa Santiago City mo, Sa inyo pala Itatayo ang SM Mall at sa Tuguegarao, 2 malls pre sa region mo, pinapa-design na sila Donna ng Interiors ng Dept. Store by 2013 start na ng development ng mga projects nila."

Tinanong ko sya: "Pre ano2 at saan pa ba expansion ng SM?"

He replied: "10 malls daw pre next year, kasama ang Jakarta at sa City mo nga, pati Tuguegarao"

Nakakataba lang ng puso to hear from my office mate. Para sa isang taong tahimik and bigla na lang babati ng ganun.

Just wanna share. A confirmation from a reliable person na taga loob ng SM. At this time, happy na ako, wala nang agam-agam pa.

Abangan natin mga Taga region 2.

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Though matagal pa ito for sure. Come 2015? Tapos nanjan pa ang Robinsons na kaka-acquire lang ng lot. Sobrang ganda ng location ng lote na nabili nila (SM).

P.S.
Sa City government pag naitayo na isa sa mga ito (SM or Rob)..Please i-rename ang Mall of the Valley at ung planned na Mall of the City.

Mall of the Valley >>> Central Plaza of the Valley :nuts:
Mall of the City >>> Tuguegarao Market City :nuts:

freightrunner

May 7th, 2012, 11:55 PM

Penablanca adjudged as best nutrition implementer in Cagayan
By Oliver T. Baccay
Monday 7th of May
TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- The local government unit (LGU) of Penablanca is this year’s best implementer of programs and projects on nutrition and health in the northern province of Cagayan.

In the recently concluded provincial search, the evaluation team rated the town with 104.88 percent of its very excellent implementation of the programs for the eradication of malnutrition rate as well as in the promotion of good nutrition within their area of responsibility.

Full article (http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461336359491)

freightrunner

May 7th, 2012, 11:59 PM

Students to have classrooms, lab of their own
By Benjie S. De Yro
Monday 7th of May 2012
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BUGUEY, Cagayan Valley, May 7 (PIA) -- Students of the Cagayan State University-College of Fisheries Extension Class here will finally have classrooms and a laboratory room of their own, after the local government unit allowed four of the former national offices at the Buguey Commercial Center to be occupied by the college.

Mayor Licerio Antiporda III said the college is expected to increase its population with the entry of 50 more student-scholars plus the pioneering class of more than 50 students, now on their second year in Bachelor of Science in Fisheries.

Full article (http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=2181336356487)

freightrunner

May 8th, 2012, 02:38 AM

rhevmil

May 9th, 2012, 12:57 AM

DOTC says no new flights, as it bares plans to ease NAIA congestion

ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 05/08/2012 7:51 PM | Updated as of 05/08/2012 10:19 PM

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is implementing a moratorium on new daytime flights, as it announced new measures to address the runway congestion at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

"We have a runway congestion problem today, we all got here collectively," Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas said, after a closed-door meeting with airline executives from Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and Zest Air on Tuesday.

Based on DOTC data, commercial airlines doubled their fleet from 62 in 2008 to 119 at present. In 2006, airlines only serviced 18 million passengers, but this grew to 30 million last year. Takeoffs and landings at NAIA also increased to 255,000 in 2011 compared to 171,000 in 2006.

NAIA's runways can only accommodate 36 takeoffs and landings per hour. But during the peak summer season, it usually has as much as 50 events an hour during the day.

"Dahil sa pagdami ng bilang at gamit ng mga eroplano, kaya nagkaka-traffic. Eh hindi naman lumapad o humaba ang ating runway. Kung baga, dumami ang mga bus sa EDSA, yung EDSA, ganun pa rin. Yan ang dahilan kung bakit nagkakaroon ng congestion na sanhi ng napakaraming mga delays," Roxas said.

More night flights

The DOTC, in coordination with airlines, laid out plans to address air traffic congestion with the hope of reducing flight delays at the NAIA.

First, the NAIA will be designated as a captain's runway only, which means only a captain should have full control of an aircraft during takeoffs and landings. The DOTC believes it may take longer for a less experienced pilot to take-off or land a plane.

The DOTC is also planning to increase night flights by transferring commercial flights to and from night-rated airports. Aside from Manila, airports that have night landing capabilities are Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Kalibo, Tacloban, Puerto Princesa, Zamboanga, General Santos and Laoag.

Roxas said airlines agreed to conduct a study on adjusting the schedules to transfer their flights at night, instead of just having daytime flights. However, this is expected to take time since airlines have already sold a lot of future tickets based on their current schedule.

The DOTC is also looking to turn 14 provincial airports into night-rated airports, which would require a budget of P800 million, excluding operational expenses. These airports are Tagbilaran, Legazpi, Dumaguete, Butuan, Ozamis, Cotabato, Naga, Dipolog, Roxas, Pagadian, Tuguegarao, Busuanga, Surigao and San Jose, Mindoro.

To encourage night flights, fees for takeoffs and landings during the evening will be reduced, while fees for the daytime will be increased. Fees for slots between 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. will double while fees for slots from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
it will be reduced by 25%.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/05/08/12/dotc-says-no-new-flights-it-seeks-ease-naia-congestion

rhevmil

May 9th, 2012, 02:02 AM

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TuguegaWOW

Ang bagong YouTube channel na magbibigay sa inyo ng mga updates tungkol sa mga kaganapan sa syudad ng Tuguegarao at sa mga karatig bayan sa lalawigan ng Cagayan North!

rhevmil

May 9th, 2012, 02:12 AM

Gem of Cagayan
Details Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 00:00
Written by CHEN REYES-MENCIAS

Twenty years ago I set foot on an island that is at the farthest end of Luzon. It is six hundred forty two kms. from Manila and was so remote back then that it took twenty four hours for me to get there. Today, this pristine island can easily be reached by air-conditioned luxury buses, or by plane via Tuguegarao airport and then by a 2 ½ hour land trip. This paradise of an island is Palaui. Some friends call it Palau with an “i”. It is part of the municipality of Sta.Ana and the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport.

Having been identified as the most pristine natural attraction in Sta.Ana, Palaui Island became the site for the community-based sustainable tourism project that CEZA launched in 2006. The entire island and its surrounding coral reefs and water have been declared in 1994 as a protected landscape and seascape under the NIPAS law. Palaui boasts of having 70 % forest cover, thick mangrove forests, extensive seagrass meadows, caves, waterfalls and beautiful rolling hills. It is characterized by a rugged coastline on the north and west side, and long stretch of sandy beaches that are hugged by inter-tidal zones along the south and eastern portions. The western part of the island is fringed by stunning coral reefs that gradually slope down from 20 to 40 ft. before they plunge steeply all the way to 120 ft. or more. In the shallow coral gardens are numerous tropical reef fishes, colorful soft corals, anemones and well preserved branching and foliose corals. Small coves serve as habitats for interesting marine life forms making the island ideal for snorkeling activities.

During the rainy months, the seascape turns surreal as several waterfalls may be seen along the beaches

Scientists who have visited Palaui are often amazed at the state of the ecosystems and the biodiversity. The potential for education, recreation and adventure is enormous considering the numerous natural attributes of this island destination.

One can spend a day in Palaui snorkeling and hiking and yet be able to sleep in a nice comfortable hotel at the mainland. Very few places in the Philippines can offer such an experience. This possibility is opening Sta.Ana to enormous opportunities for tourism development.

The terrestrial portion of the island hosts a wide variety of life. The late ecologists Leonard Co and Dan Lagunzad have trekked the trails together with botanist Perry Ong of the Institute of Biology of the University of the Philippines and they have documented several interesting species of flora and fauna. Two of three existing trails of the island have been named after the scientists who both passed away in 2010.

The Lagunzad Trail which starts from Punta Verde in the south follows the coastal zone east of the island and ends at Cape Engaño over at the north. It is a very scenic route which offers a variety of hiking experiences. The Leonardo’s Trail on the other hand, cuts across the forest and offers a more intimate exposure with plants and animals. It also ends at the north which is known for the centuries-old Spanish lighthouse.

Trained island guides provide life-enriching interpretations which combine a bit of ecology, geology and history. Tourism is no longer just a picnic. It is a life-enhancing experience designed to teach people values and promote a responsible attitude towards travel. Endowed with a tapestry of ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity, hikes can prove to be quite interesting

But nothing can beat the breathtaking scenery from the top of the hill over where the Faro de Cabo Engaño has been built. From there, one can have a sweeping view of the stunning landscape and seascape. On a perfectly clear day one can even see as far as Camiguin.

CEZA CEO and Administrator Sec. Jose Mari B. Ponce emphasized that Palaui is a heritage not only of the people of Cagayan but of all Filipinos. This is further reiterated by DENR Regional Director Benjamin Tumaliuan who said that Palaui as a protected area is ecologically valuable and as such, only sustainable tourism should be implemented. Tumaliuan adds that through ecotourism enterprises, the people will be empowered to benefit economically from the resources without taking anything.

There is simply too much at stake. The wrong kind of tourism can destroy something that is so important to the country. According to scientists, it is highly possible that there are plants and animals that may be discovered in Palaui that are yet to be identified. Just a year ago Dr. Mike Fortes of the Marine Science Institute discovered Halophila gaudichaudii over at Siwangag Cove, a first record for the Philippines.

Due to its natural and cultural attributes Palaui is unique and valuable. It was, in fact, declared by the National Museum as a National Cultural Property and should therefore, be protected. Being a protected area, it is being managed by a multi-sectoral body called Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). The General Management Plan of the island adopts a tourism framework that espouses conservation, education and recreation. Tourism is seen as a tool towards conservation since it provides motivation for island residents to protect the resources. Ecotourism enterprises have recently been introduced by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, through the Integrated Coastal Resource Management Project (ICRMP) that provided technical and financial assistance to the Palaui Environmental Protectors Association (PEPA). They had been tasked to be the stewards of the island. With all these concerted effort the vision for Palaui may actually come true – for it to remain as a destination for many generations.

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rhevmil

May 9th, 2012, 09:49 AM

DPWH: Magapit Bridge closed starting May 16 for repair
By Oliver T. Baccay
Wednesday 9th of May 2012
LALLO, Cagayan, May 9 (PIA) -- To start the rehabilitation of the famous Magapit Suspension Bridge in this town, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 2 announced that the bridge will be closed for six months beginning May 16.

The said bridge connects the province of Cagayan to northern Apayao province and the southern Cagayan Valley.

The DPWH has designed a temporary road network with ferry boats and docking facilities located adjacent to the bridge, to transport the vehicles across the river during the six-month rehabilitation period.

Mayor Florante Pascual and Board Member (BM) Maria Olivia B. Pascual assured the public of the safety of the ferry boats after the inspection done during the dry-run of the use of the ferry boats.

Six light vehicles were able to fit in the ferry boat during the dry-run.

Pascual ordered the local police force and barangay officials of Lal-lo to help in the traffic management.

BM Pascual also requested the DPWH for the possibility of having another ferry boat to transport vehicles and passengers faster and more efficiently. She also asked for the patience and understanding of the public because in the end, the rehabilitation of the Magapit Bridge will benefit everyone.

Built in the 1970s, Magapit Bridge is considered as the first suspension bridge in Southeast Asia and is one of the tourist attractions in the region.

According to DPWH management, the approved budget for the project was P100 million, wherein P50 million came from the DPWH and the other half came from the Senate President, Honorable Juan C. Ponce Enrile. (OTB-PIA 2)

http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461336016291

freightrunner

May 11th, 2012, 12:38 AM

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freightrunner

May 11th, 2012, 03:47 PM

Dredging won't affect Cagayan shrimp, LGU says
By Benjie S. De Yro
Friday 11th of May 2012
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APARRI, Cagayan, May 11 (PIA) -- The local government unit of this coastal town assured Cagayanos and conservationists that the dredging of the mouth of the Cagayan River will not affect a species of alamang (Nematopalaemon tenuipes).

Mayor Ismael Tumaru said his government will not sacrifice one of Aparri’s sources of livelihood even as the river will be dredged due to heavy siltation.

Read more (http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=2181336633292)

Pengue

May 12th, 2012, 06:17 PM

Aparri not ready for cityhood, LGU admits
By Benjie S. De Yro

APARRI, Cagayan, May 12 (PIA) --- It can become the second city in Cagayan but leaders of this coastal municipality claimed it will take time before they seriously pursue the conversion plan.

“We’re concentrating on businesses now. While we have plans for cityhood, we are giving ourselves enough incubation period," Mayor Ismael Tumaru told reporters during the launching of the "Tipon-Tipan Goes To LGU" broadcast show of the Philippine Information Agency here.

With an Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of more than Php117 million, the town, which is classified as First Class municipality, has established various programs and projects all geared toward strengthening its image as the most popular and progressive town in Northern Luzon.

“Give us a few more years and we can start the movement,” the Mayor added.

He said there have been cities in the Philippines which suddenly became a city uprepared. They forgot to prepare environment protection, waste management practices, and a plan for peace and order situation.

Historically, Aparri had been the route of Spanish Galleons during the great tobacco monopoly in the 16th to the 17th centuries with a port of its own, the now controversial Aparri Port.

In the years before the outbreak of World War II, it became a transshipment point for smuggled goods from China, Taiwan, and other neighboring Southeast Asian nations.

In fact, local historians claimed that the word for ‘slipper’ among the Ilocanos and Ibanags in the municipality which is ‘ismagel’ is actually a corruption of the word ‘smuggle.’

Political analysts said the cityhood of Aparri will spur the development of other northern Cagayan towns aided by the economic activities at the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority in nearby Sta. Ana town. (BSY-PIA 2)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=2181336724400

Good to be back sa SSC! It's been a while.

freightrunner

May 13th, 2012, 09:25 PM

Pengue

May 13th, 2012, 10:01 PM

Airports, Tourism
Never On A Sunday
By FORMER SENATOR ATTY. RENE ESPINA
May 13, 2012, 11:20pm

MANILA, Philippines - The relationship among airports, tourism, and business is so obvious that it needs no elaboration. I, therefore, welcome the Department of Transportation and Communication actions to improve the operational efficiencies of various airports, especially the NAIA and its three terminals. I wrote some months ago about my own experience of a delayed flight to Cebu because of NAIA’s runway congestion.

Secretary Mar Roxas said that the commercial airlines operating in NAIA have doubled to 119 compared to only 62 in 2008. That year there were only 18 million passengers, but last year the figure increased to 30 million passengers. Aircraft movements or takeoffs and landings were up from 171 in 2006 to 255 in 2011. NAIA’s runways can only accomodate an average of 36 takeoffs and landings per hour, but actual scheduled commercial and general civil aviation flights went up to 50 flights per hour, which resulted in flight delays.

Based on discussions with airlines, DOTC came up with short-term and long-term solutions: First, NAIA, according to Sec Roxas, will be a “Captains runway.” Meaning only Pilot Captains can take off or land in the airport. In short, no First Officers are allowed such privilege in the course of their training to be familiar with NAIA runways. Second, the prospective transfer of night flights to airports with night landing facilities, i.e., Cebu, Davao, Bacolod, Kalibo, Tacloban, Puerto Princesa, General Santos, Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, and Laoag. Third, 14 more provincial airports will be rated for night flights... They are Dumaguete, Tagbilaran, and Roxas in the Visayas; Tuguegarao, Legaspi, Naga, San Jose (Mindoro) in Luzon, and Busuanga in Palawan. In Mindanao, Butuan, Ozamis, Cotabato, Dipolog, Pagadian, and Surigao. The other indirect solution could be to operate the key international airports on a 24/7 standard, so that there will be 3 shifts of personnel every day, especially in Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine.

The above measures are indeed welcome. However, it goes without further comment that the airports must have the required minimum equipment and properly trained personnel in order to have an efficient, reliable service. We must make sure that the blackout which happened at the Iloilo airport recently will never happen again. It was obvious that the relatively new Iloilo facility which cost R8.7 billion did not have the necessary automatic standby power when the black out occurred. The incident stranded 1,000+ passengers at the airport... not counting those whose flights were diverted to other airports like Cebu. I hope the incident will not delay further our aviation Industry’s reclassification to first category in the international classification.

As a final suggestion, regular training should be implemented and discipline should be imposed. The job of an airport supervisor/manager is like that of a hotel executive... He/she should be inspecting the facilities and the personnel every day to make sure that the SOP requirements are thoroughly followed. I say this because I have seen these kinds of improvement programs which have failed because of the attitude of some government employees who believe that government owes them a favor when they do their jobs with a “Puwede na ito sir” attitude... “Puwede na” is not good enough, such job should be excellent... rene.espina@hotmail.com

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/359476/airports-tourism

Hopefully this pushes through as it would increase the influx of tourists, businessmen and passengers not only to Tuguegarao but the entire province of Cagayan as well. Increased human traffic leads to increased commercial activities.

Pengue

May 13th, 2012, 10:59 PM

^^ OK lang yun. Like I said in previous postings darating yan sa tamang panahon. I commend the local officials of Aparri for not rushing things over. Mas maganda nga yung completo na sa mga kakailanganin bago mag-aspire for a city status. :applause:

Yep. That's right. Wait for the time when Aparri truly deserves to become a city. Hindi yung inaapura tulad nung 16 na city nuon. Excited though about the idea of Aparri becoming a city. I was born there and lived my first 4 years in Brgy. Maura (considered a drug hotspot, ouch!!) before moving to Tugue.

rhevmil

May 14th, 2012, 04:30 AM

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antonbirakak

May 14th, 2012, 02:57 PM

guys.. sharing ko lang.. balita ko mag eexpand ang mariton grocery just infront of the old & 1st mariton grocery.. sa likod mismo ng savemore.. thats the competitive edge of mariton.. hindi sila takot sa savemore or puregold.. instead of slowing down lalo silang nagiging aggressive sa market!!

balita ko rin dalawang puregold ang bubuksan sa tuguegarao.. aside from the editha's building.. sa buntun daw ang nakitang lugar.. puregold price club daw ang ilalagay.. kung matutuloy, i think ang target market nila ay mga customers from tuao, piat,solana,kalinga and apayao provinces lalo na ang mga may mga tindahan sa kani kanilang bayan... challenge na nman yan sa mariton grocery along buntun hway..

joelrm_22

May 15th, 2012, 12:39 PM

joelrm_22

May 15th, 2012, 12:43 PM

Nabasa ko sa FB Fan page ng Tuguegarao.

"Zip Line soon in Tuguegarao"

antonbirakak

May 15th, 2012, 02:30 PM

How true is this rumor about PureGold Price Club sa Butun?! Parang msyadong ambitious pa ang planong ito if they will push it this year. Maxadong malaki ang Price Club...pwede pa cguro PureGold Extra..

Would you know kung kelan ang estimate month nila na simulan ang PureGold sa Centro?

ako din parang duda ako sa nabalitaan ko pero kapatid considering the market from tuao,piat,sto nino,kalinga and apayao na buntun ang kanilang market hindi imposibleng magkaroon ng wholesale puregold price club dun.. may mariton grocery along buntun na naging sentro na ng kalakalan from western cagayan, kalinga at apayao..kasama na rin yung planong tuguegarao business park..take note, dun nakapwesto ang western tuguegarao terminal.. ang sabi pa nga sakin ang location ay sa mismong harap daw ng western terminal.. san ba yun??

dante12670

May 16th, 2012, 08:12 AM

Wala bang balita sa mga summer activities ng Tuguegarao City? Post naman kayo ng mga pics if ever meron may copy kayo. Maraming salamat.

antonbirakak

May 16th, 2012, 02:57 PM

Wala bang balita sa mga summer activities ng Tuguegarao City? Post naman kayo ng mga pics if ever meron may copy kayo. Maraming salamat.

oo nga mga kapatid.. di ko pa nga nakikita ang 8 waves ng meynard's resort.. pa share naman po...

boy tuge

May 16th, 2012, 04:34 PM

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Ugac Norte

May 17th, 2012, 08:27 AM

Ugac Norte

May 17th, 2012, 08:33 AM

Nabasa ko sa FB Fan page ng Tuguegarao.

"Zip Line soon in Tuguegarao"

Saan naman kaya ilalagay 'to kung totoo man?!

Ugac Norte

May 17th, 2012, 08:35 AM

Ugac Norte

May 17th, 2012, 08:37 AM