Philippine bananas to the US market
January 11, 2008 - No Responses

US speeding up pest risk analysis

The United States Department of Agriculture has assured Manila of the speedy processing of the pest risk analysis for Philippine bananas, a move that could soon allow the entry of this high-value commodity into the American market and boost the country’s export earnings by $6 million yearly.

“The Philippines is a leader in banana production and creating a new market would aid the livelihood of farmers in Mindanao where much of the exports are sourced,” Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said yesterday.

“Opening Philippine bananas to an important market such as the US will send a positive signal to our small farmers to diversify into high value crop production.”

Yap said that in his bilateral meeting with Acting Secretary Chuck Conner of the USDA in Washington last month, he had identified bananas to the American official as the Philippine commodity that should be given priority by the US in conducting its pest-risk analysis on potential products for imports.

He said Conner then assured him that the USDA would move to expeditiously conduct the pest risk analysis for Philippine bananas. Philippine bananas are traditionally exported to Japan, Iran and Korea. Private sector players in the local banana industry have earlier sent a request to the Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Plant Industry, to initiate the process of penetrating the lucrative US market to further raise earnings from this high-value commodity.

Ecuador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Colombia are the top sources of bananas of the US. The DA is targeting export earnings totaling $475 million and the creation of over 35,000 new jobs from its ongoing program to beef up the production and sales of bananas this year.

Yap said the DA is opening up more markets for bananas and other high-value commercial crops (HVCCs), which contribute significantly to the country’s agro-fishery export earnings, through selling and trade missions in major markets like China and Japan and emerging markets in Europe and Asia.

Yap said the DA aims to raise banana exports by 7.9% for 2007, which would translate into $475 million in export earnings in 2007. The DA expects banana production, which reached 6.801 million metric tons last year, to increase by 543,420 MT more in 2007 to 7.345 million MT, representing a 7.88% increase.

The increase is due to the expansion in 2006 of lands planted to banana totaling 35,294 hectares, mostly in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, the Davao region and Central Mindanao.

The DA is targeting an expansion of 35,005 hectares of land planted to banana in Davao, Northern Mindanao and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

Production increases are expected in CAR (25,616 MT), Cagayan Valley (368,361 MT), CALABARZON (116,072 MT), Western Visayas (338,088 MT), Central Visayas (171,455 MT), Eastern Visayas (246,063 MT), Zamboanga Peninsula (247,201 MT), Northern Mindanao (714,732 MT), Davao (3.249 million MT), Central Mindanao (913,904 MT), CARAGA (229,952 MT), and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (390,594 MT).


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'ASIAN CITIES OF THE FUTURE' 2007 AWARD
http://www.investasiapacific.com/Awards.htm

AsiaBIZ Strategy conducted an Asia-wide survey in 2007 to rank both big and small Asian cities involving 200 over cities. Below are the results:

ASIAN CITIES OF THE FUTURE

1, Hong Kong, China
2, Singapore, Singapore
3, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
4, Melbourne, Australia
5, Dalian, China
6, Shijiazhuang, China
7, Quezon City, Philippines
8, Cebu City, Philippines
9, Guangzhou, China
10, Davao City, Philippines

BEST ECONOMIC POTENTIAL

1, Hong Kong, China
2, Singapore, Singapore
3, Dalian, China
4, Guangzhou, China
5, Quezon City, Philippines
6, Melbourne, Australia
7, Fukuoka, Japan
8, Macau, China
9, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
10, Tokyo, Japan

MOST COST EFFECTIVE

1, Shijiazhuang, China
2, Dalian, China
3, Quezon City, Philippines
4, Cebu City, Philippines
5, Guangzhou, China
6, Davao City, Philippines
7, Colombo, Sri Lanka
8, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
9, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
10, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China)

BEST HUMAN RESOURCES

1, Singapore, Singapore
2, Melbourne, Australia
3, Hong Kong, China
4, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
5, Davao City, Philippines
6, Quezon City, Philippines
7, Seoul, South Korea
8, Chongqing, China
9, Shijiazhuang, China
10, Guangzhou, China

BEST QUALITY OF LIFE

1, Melbourne, Australia
2, Hong Kong, China
3, Singapore, Singapore
4, Tokyo, Japan
5, Macau, China
6, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
7, Cebu City, Philippines
8, Sakai, Japan
9, Hiroshima, Japan
10, Quezon City, Philippines

BEST INFRASTRUCTURE

1, Tokyo, Japan
2, Singapore, Singapore
3, Hong Kong, China
4, Yokohama, Japan
5, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
6, Fukuoka, Japan
7, Osaka, Japan
8, Kobe, Japan
9, Seoul, South Korea
10, Hiroshima, Japan

MOST BUSINESS FRIENDLY

1, Singapore, Singapore
2, Hong Kong, China
3, Macau, China
4, Melbourne, Australia
5, Shijiazhuang, China
6, Nanjing, China
7, Colombo, Sri Lanka
8, Brisbane, Australia
9, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
10, Tokyo, Japan

BEST DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION

1, Singapore, Singapore
2, Cebu City, Philippines
3, Hong Kong, China
4, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
5, Melbourne, Australia
6, Dalian, China
7, Nanjing, China
8, Brisbane, Australia
9, Guangzhou, China
10, Lucknow, India

SMALLER CITIES OF THE FUTURE

1 Alor Star, Malaysia
2 Newcastle, Australia
3 Jeju , South Korea
4 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
5 Gifu, Japan
6 Ipswich, Australia

BEST ECONOMIC POTENTIAL - SMALL CITIES

1 Newcastle, Australia
2 Alor Star, Malaysia

MOST COST EFFECTIVE - SMALL CITIES

1 Alor Star, Malaysia
2 Taoyuan City, Taiwan

BEST HUMAN RESOURCES - SMALL CITIES

1 Newcastle, Australia
2 Jeju , South Korea

BEST QUALITY OF LIFE - SMALL CITIES

1 Newcastle, Australia
2 Gifu, Japan

BEST INFRASTRUCTURE - SMALL CITIES

1 Gifu, Japan
2 Newcastle, Australia

MOST BUSINESS FRIENDLY - SMALL CITIES

1 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
2 Alor Star, Malaysia

BEST DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION - SMALL CITIES

1 Jeju , South Korea
2 Newcastle, Australia

happy new year indeed.

Federalism should be for entire RP — Pimentel (http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080116nat3.html)
01/16/2008

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday said the proposed federal system of government should be set up not only in Muslim Mindanao but for the entire country.

Pimentel was reacting to the statement of some Malacañang officials that the Arroyo administration is only espousing the establishment of a Bangsa Moro federal state to meet the demand of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and break the protracted deadlock in the peace negotiations.

“The government-MILF talks will go around in circles unless the proposal to adopt the federal system for the entire country is made categorically by the government. It won’t do to entice the acquiescence of the Moro representatives to dangle the ploy to create a Bangsa Moro Federal State in isolation of the entire country,” he said.

Pimentel pointed out the proposal to create even a Bangsa Moro federal state alone would need the approval of the entire country pursuant to the Constitution.

“The rest of the country would be hard put to ratify the proposal to create a Bangsa Moro federal state if the entire country is not federalized,” he said.

The minority leader stressed there will be a lot of objections from other regions of the country if the federal system will apply only to Muslim Mindanao owing to the advantages it will bring.

According to Pimentel, the other regions of the country would not want a situation where it would appear that the Moros are favored over the rest of the nation.

If the Arroyo government will limit the federal setup to Muslim Mindanao, he said this would be seen as an attempt to buy peace at the expense of the other regions.

“Reason dictates that the proposal to adopt the federal system must be nationwide, not only Muslim Mindanao-wide. Otherwise, the proposal might not stand any chance of being ratified,” he added.

As proposed by Pimentel, the country will have 10 component federal states, while Metro Manila will become a special administrative region similar to Washington D.C. in the United States and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

These federal states will be four in Luzon - (Northern Luzon, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and Bicol area), three in the Visayas (Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas and Western Visayas); and three in Mindanao (Northern Mindanao, Muslim Mindanao and Southern Mindanao).

Pimentel said even if the federalism proposal is approved and adopted during the term of President Arroyo, it will take time before it can be implemented.

He said among the issues that will have to be threshed out is what kind of legislative and judicial structures will be adopted, adding it may not be necessary for all the federal states to have its own Supreme Court as in the US.

Good Morning
SSC-MINDANAO!

Consumer group demands explanation over Globe Mindanao glitch (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/77288/Consumer-group-demands-explanation-over-Globe-Mindanao-glitch)
01/21/2008 | 01:13 AM
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A militant consumer group demanded from cell phone service provider Globe Telecom Sunday an explanation for reported service disruptions in Visayas and Mindanao.

TXTPower cited reports reaching it indicating that the service disruptions in the Visayas and Mindanao had irked many Globe subscribers.

“Globe owes it to the public to explain the reason behind the service interruption and when full service will be restored," it said in a statement on its Web site Sunday night.

It cited a report from Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro (www.sunstar.com.ph) that thousands of Globe subscribers are complaining about the poor communication signal felt in Cagayan de Oro and throughout Mindanao in the last three days.

But officials of Globe Telecom have reportedly chosen to remain silent on the technology glitch experienced by the mobile network.

The report said the glitches irked Cagayan de Oro Vice Mayor Vicente Emano, who expressed disgust over the failure of Globe officials to inform the public about the problem.

Emano said Globe subscribers are complaining of not being able to call, send or receive short messaging service (SMS) or text messages.

Director Teodoro Buenavista, head of the National Telecommunications Commission in Northern Mindanao, said the technical problem that beset Globe network was traced to their facility in Batangas.

He said fiber optics wires at the facility were damaged after unidentified persons tried to cut and steal the telecommunication wires.

Buenavista said the Globe facility in Batangas connects the entire region of Visayas and Mindanao Island.

He said the entire Zamboanga peninsula including the provinces of Zamboanga de Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga, have no communication signal at all.

Globe subscribers in Davao are also experiencing some interference when they used their mobile phones, Buenavista said. - GMANews.TV

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para sa mga mahilig mag travel by car, para madali hanapin ang mga paboritong FM stations.

let us post this way...
location
frequency, name of station (known format, just leave blank if generic or unknown)
total number of stations:


DAVAO CITY

88.3 Energy FM (Pop)
89.1 Killer Bee (Top 40)
89.9 Magic 89.9 (Alternative, Pop)
90.7 Love Radio (Love Songs what else, Pop, Oldies)
91.5 City Lite (Contemporary)
92.3 Wild FM (Disco-Alternative)
93.1 Crossover Davao
93.9 iFM (Pop)
94.7 Mellow Touch (Mellow)
95.5 W-Rock (Rock)
96.3 Star FM
97.1 Ultimate Radio
97.9 Moms Radio (Woman's Radio, Soft AC)
98.7 Home Radio
99.5 Monster Radio (Pop)
100.3 Hit Radio (Top 40)
101.1 M-O-R (Pop, OPM Hits)
101.9 Danni 101 (Soul, RnB, Jazz)
102.7 MBN
103.5 WOW (Campus Radio)
104.3 The Edge Radio (Pop)
105.1 YES FM (Pop, Oldies)
105.9 Mix FM (RnB, Alternative, Pop)
106.7 Dream FM (Contemporary)
107.5 NU 107 (Alternative Rock)

total number of stations: 25

I'll include AM Stations just in case you want to hear the news...

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para sa mga mahilig mag travel by car, para madali hanapin ang mga paboritong FM stations.

let us post this way...
location
frequency, name of station (known format, just leave blank if generic or unknown)
total number of stations:


DAVAO CITY

88.3 Energy FM (Pop)
89.1 Killer Bee (Top 40)
89.9 Magic 89.9 (Alternative, Pop)
90.7 Love Radio (Love Songs what else, Pop, Oldies)
91.5 City Lite (Contemporary)
92.3 Wild FM (Disco-Alternative)
93.1 Crossover Davao
93.9 iFM (Pop)
94.7 Mellow Touch (Mellow)
95.5 W-Rock (Rock)
96.3 Star FM
97.1 Ultimate Radio
97.9 Moms Radio (Woman's Radio, Soft AC)
98.7 Home Radio
99.5 Monster Radio (Pop)
100.3 Hit Radio (Top 40)
101.1 M-O-R (Pop, OPM Hits)
101.9 Danni 101 (Soul, RnB, Jazz)
102.7 MBN
103.5 WOW (Campus Radio)
104.3 The Edge Radio (Pop)
105.1 YES FM (Pop, Oldies)
105.9 Mix FM (RnB, Alternative, Pop)
106.7 Dream FM (Contemporary)
107.5 NU 107 (Alternative Rock)

total number of stations: 25


add Knight FM

Naxju naa na sked sa Camp Sabros karong Feb. 9-10 or Feb. 16-17 , plantsado na kay gi butangan ug armirol :colgate:

^^ blue knight FM i guess is just a time slot of magic 89.9. for what i've known, the maximum limit for a .8 frequency interval is 25 FM stations. we've reach the limit and i don't think a .4 interval is good for philippine radio, alam mo naman mga phil FM natin palakasan yan ng signal. or maybe i'm wrong, baka pwede hinaan lang ang signal. kahit sa manila i think .8 interval lang doon CMIIW.

i just noticed, plus .2 freq pala ang cdo. killer bee sa davao is 89.1 while sa cdo 89.3.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY

Manila Broadcasting Company
88.3 Radyo Natin
90.7 DWST Showbiz Tsismis
97.9 DXCM Love Radio
102.7 DXHT HotFM

UM Broadcasting Network
91.5 WildFM DXKZ-

Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.
93.1 DXRX Dream Radio

Consolidated Broadcasting Systems-Bombo Radyo Philippines
93.9 Star FM

Golden Broadcast Professionals, Inc.
GoldFM
Killer Bee 95,5

Radio Mindanao Network
96.3 DXWR iFM

GMA Network
97.1 DXMJ Campus Radio "Ese!"

ABS-CBN Network
98.7 DXFH ABS-CBN Radio "My Only Radio"

First United Broadcasting Corporation
99.5 DXLA (Voice of America)

Nation Broadcasting Corporation
101.1 DXTY Tony

Ultimate Entertainment, Inc.-Swara Sug Media Network
103.5 DXUE "The Spirit of Zamboanga"

wow! I think these major cities sure have lots of radio stations...

it's a good thing....

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may we know the frequency sir bob-bxu?

anong FM station in your city that plays local music?

in davao there are several stations that play local bands, local artists... songs like hubagang ate oi, roger gerger. even katkat station like MixFM do play ethnic music.

suirgao city has only 5 fm stations and 3 am stations:

FM:

1. 93.3 DXSJ FM "Way Kurat"
2. 104.7 Real Radio "Suya Sila"
3. Campus Radio - GMA "test Braodcast - dont know the status now"
4. iFM - RMN "test Braodcast - dont know the status now"
5. FM Station of Surigao Education Center (SEC) playing only accoustic musics


AM

1. DXKS - Radyo Ronda
2. DXRS
3. DXSN

sorry guys im not into radio stations siguro may iba pa dihins lang ako aware :lol: :ohno: :lol: :ohno:

para sa mga mahilig mag travel by car, para madali hanapin ang mga paboritong FM stations.

let us post this way...
location
frequency, name of station (known format, just leave blank if generic or unknown)
total number of stations:


DAVAO CITY

88.3 Energy FM (Pop)
89.1 Killer Bee (Top 40)
89.9 Magic 89.9 (Alternative, Pop)
90.7 Love Radio (Love Songs what else, Pop, Oldies)
91.5 City Lite (Contemporary)
92.3 Wild FM (Disco-Alternative)
93.1 Crossover Davao
93.9 iFM (Pop)
94.7 Mellow Touch (Mellow)
95.5 W-Rock (Rock)
96.3 Star FM
97.1 Ultimate Radio
97.9 Moms Radio (Woman's Radio, Soft AC)
98.7 Home Radio
99.5 Monster Radio (Pop)
100.3 Hit Radio (Top 40)
101.1 M-O-R (Pop, OPM Hits)
101.9 Danni 101 (Soul, RnB, Jazz)
102.7 MBN
103.5 WOW (Campus Radio)
104.3 The Edge Radio (Pop)
105.1 YES FM (Pop, Oldies)
105.9 Mix FM (RnB, Alternative, Pop)
106.7 Dream FM (Contemporary)
107.5 NU 107 (Alternative Rock)

total number of stations: 25



I never thought maraming stations sa Davao. I only listen to Crossover, City Lite, Danny, and Dream kasi. Katkat ba? :lol:

whats a katkat station?

Iligan City


FM Radio Stations

107.1 DXLS (Love Radio)

105.5 DXTL (Yes FM)

104.1 DXIV (Star FM)

103.1 DXIL (Wild FM)

102.3 DXIX (i FM)

98.3 DXRI (Nation Broadcasting Corp) ***INACTIVE

95.1 DXYD (Baycomms Broadcasting)

92.7 DXCS (P.N. Roa Broadcasting System) ***INACTIVE


AM Radio Stations

1476 DXRJ (RaJah Broadcasting Network)

1026 DXMI (ceased broadcast)

855 DXWG (ceased broadcast)

711 DXIC (Radio Mindanao Network)

ICC endorses two infrastructure projects (http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20080123115097.html)
Edu Lopez

The Investment Coordination Committee has endorsed for approval by the NEDA board the P1.35-billion Balo-i Plains Flood Control Project (BPFCP) and the P2.5-billion Caticlan Airport Development Project.

The BPFCP is intended to fully use the power potential of the Agus 2 hydroelectric power plant (HEP) of the Agus Hydroelectric Power Complex by increasing the stream flow capacity of the Agus river section in Balo-I Plains. The complex is located in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte. Previously, plant operations caused flooding along the Baloi plains which resulted in damages and claims against the National Power Corporation (NPC) which operates the facility. The NPC targets to begin construction of the BPFCP this month.

However, the ICC Cabinet Committee’s nod for the BPFCP is on condition that the project be validated for consistency with the provisions of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA).

The project will be funded through the internal cash generation of the NPC.

Meanwhile, the unsolicited Caticlan Airport Development Project, which is expected to boost tourist arrivals in Aklan, includes the construction of new and bigger airport passenger terminal, extension of the existing runway from 950 meters to 2,100 meters, improvement of the road network, and upgrading of airport facilities and air traffic control aids.

The private proponent Caticlan International Airport Development Corporation (CIADC) plans to build other support utilities, put up fire-fighting equipment, and construct a diversion road. The project is based on a Build-Rehabilitate-Operate-Transfer (BROT) agreement with no cost required from the government.

The Cabinet Committee endorsed the project advising the public proponent Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) to review the qualification particularly the financial capacity of CIADC.

whats a katkat station?


Katkat---->Di Monaog---->Climb Station

Mindanao Super Region projects near completion, says Medco (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/01232008/economy03.html)
By Bong Garcia Jr.
Correspondent

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Undersecretary Virgilio Leyretana, Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco) chairman, announced that the completion of infrastructure development projects under the Mindanao Super Region is underway.

Leyretana said various line agencies of the government are speeding up efforts to monitor and address major implementation bottlenecks in undertaking the infrastructure projects.

Leyretana said the recent report of the Department of Public Works and Highways indicated that 32 percent of several priority infrastructure projects under the Mindanao Super Region are nearing completion.

The first set of infrastructure project to be completed this year is the Dinagat Island Road Network project, which involves the improvement of a 15-km road in Surigao del Norte.

The road project, which began construction in October 2006, is 65.57-percent complete, according to Leyretana.

He said that the construction works for the three other major road projects such as the Zamboanga West Coast Road, Awang-Upi-Kalamansig-Lebak Road and Surigao-Davao Coastal Road are ongoing and will be seen completed next year as scheduled.

He said the improvement of the Zamboanga West Coast Road is currently 18.56-percent complete, way ahead of its schedule by 3 percent.

The project, which has a total length of 117.3 km, will connect the coastal municipalities of Sibuco, Sirawai, Siocon, Baliguian in Zamboanga del Norte and Gutalac, Zamboanga del Sur.

The P5.8-billion Surigao-Davao Coastal Road connecting the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental is also 39.21-percent finished.

Leyretana, meanwhile, announced the 87.6-km Awang-Upi-Kalamansig-Lebak Road in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat will soon take off after bidding proposals for its improvement and rehabilitation were deliberated November last year.

Along with road construction, Super Region airport development projects such as the improvement of airport facilities and extension of runway for the Butuan, Cotabato, Dipolog, Ozamiz, Pagadian and Zamboanga airports are ongoing and expected to be completed this year.

Leyretana said the rehabilitation work for the Zamboanga International Airport, which includes the improvement of the existing terminal building and installation of a baggage conveyor system at the arrival area, will also kick off this month until May.

The runway extension of the P306-million Butuan Airport Development Project is now 52.54-percent complete. This project started October last year and will be completed in May as scheduled.

Improvement of the airport’s air-navigation facilities, as well as other runway rehabilitation works, is currently at its mobilization stage.

Accomplishment of the P25-million asphalt overlay project for the Cotabato airport runway is also running at 11.5 percent. A taxiway project at the airport will also start soon.

Likewise, main civil works for the construction of Laguindingan Airport will start early this year.

Leyretana said the completion of power and transmission projects is also under way as shown by reports submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE).

Due for completion by 2009 are the Abaga-Kirahon and Maramag-Bunawan 230-kilovolt (KV) backbone transmission projects, which are currently working for the acquisition of the right of way for the tower sites and stringing section.

Leyretana said the DOE also reported that 91 percent, or 9,140 barangays in Mindanao have been energized.

To achieve full electrification in Mindanao by 2009, a total of 898 barangays are still to be provided with electricity, he added.

Two of the major port projects under the Mindanao, Super Region are also nearing completion.

Leyretana said the construction of backup area for the newly constructed wharf of the Cagayan de Oro Port is 85.15-percent complete, while port expansion for the Davao Port is 72.10-percent complete based on the report of the Philippine Ports Authority.

Leyretana urged the implementing agencies under the Mindanao Super Region Team to regularly check their timelines and ensure that implementation targets will be met.

MINDANAO BOXING SUMMIT SLATED (http://philboxing.com/news/story-14620.html)
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 23 Jan 2008

A first Mindanao boxing summit to be attended by managers and promoters based in the region is scheduled on February 8 in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, SGG Promotion's Sammy Gello-ani has informed PhilBoxing.com.

The purpose of the summit, according to Gello-ani, is to discuss the general welfare of boxing in the region and to map out regular boxing activities for the year.

The gathering of boxing afficionados in Mindanao is being spearheaded by promoter Lemuel Yap of Black Scorpion Sports Promotions with the full support of Lanao del Norte's first family led by Congressman Abdullah D. Dimaporo, Governor Khalid Q. Dimaporo and former governor Imelda Q. Dimaporo.

To be held on the eve of the boxing event dubbed as 'A Night to Remember -- Battle of Champions' headlined by the WBO Asia-Pacific Youth Title fight between Ciso Morales of the Philippines and Marangin Marbun of Indonesia, also in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, the summit points to the rising popularity and importance of boxing in Mindanao and all over the Philippines.

may we know the frequency sir bob-bxu?

its 102.3:)

Iligan City

FM Radio Stations

104.1 DXIV (Star FM)


104.1 ba talaga ang star fm sa iligan bai jcbroken? plus .10 sa 103.1 na wild fm?

102.3 Butuan Bee Booth
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102.3 Killer Bee Butuan

102.3 Killer Bee Butuan

I guess out of the 8 FM stations in Butuan, 3 or 4 ata follow the traditional full english format....the rest visayan-english-tagalog

102.3 Killer Bee Butuan

102.7 i found online
http://onlink.philcom.ph/killerbtn.htm - stream

killer bee davao website

http://www.killerbee891.com/ - with live stream

104.1 ba talaga ang star fm sa iligan bai jcbroken? plus .10 sa 103.1 na wild fm?


Yup. That's right.:)

Federalism should be for entire RP — Pimentel (http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080116nat3.html)
01/16/2008

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday said the proposed federal system of government should be set up not only in Muslim Mindanao but for the entire country.

Pimentel was reacting to the statement of some Malacañang officials that the Arroyo administration is only espousing the establishment of a Bangsa Moro federal state to meet the demand of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and break the protracted deadlock in the peace negotiations.

“The government-MILF talks will go around in circles unless the proposal to adopt the federal system for the entire country is made categorically by the government. It won’t do to entice the acquiescence of the Moro representatives to dangle the ploy to create a Bangsa Moro Federal State in isolation of the entire country,” he said.

Pimentel pointed out the proposal to create even a Bangsa Moro federal state alone would need the approval of the entire country pursuant to the Constitution.

“The rest of the country would be hard put to ratify the proposal to create a Bangsa Moro federal state if the entire country is not federalized,” he said.

The minority leader stressed there will be a lot of objections from other regions of the country if the federal system will apply only to Muslim Mindanao owing to the advantages it will bring.

According to Pimentel, the other regions of the country would not want a situation where it would appear that the Moros are favored over the rest of the nation.

If the Arroyo government will limit the federal setup to Muslim Mindanao, he said this would be seen as an attempt to buy peace at the expense of the other regions.

“Reason dictates that the proposal to adopt the federal system must be nationwide, not only Muslim Mindanao-wide. Otherwise, the proposal might not stand any chance of being ratified,” he added.

As proposed by Pimentel, the country will have 10 component federal states, while Metro Manila will become a special administrative region similar to Washington D.C. in the United States and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

These federal states will be four in Luzon - (Northern Luzon, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and Bicol area), three in the Visayas (Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas and Western Visayas); and three in Mindanao (Northern Mindanao, Muslim Mindanao and Southern Mindanao).

Pimentel said even if the federalism proposal is approved and adopted during the term of President Arroyo, it will take time before it can be implemented.

He said among the issues that will have to be threshed out is what kind of legislative and judicial structures will be adopted, adding it may not be necessary for all the federal states to have its own Supreme Court as in the US.
christian part of western mindanao should be treated with equal territorrial jurisdiction too as are other mindanao regions. i dont think they can coexist with muslims in the long term. and i dont think muslim will not alienate themsevles from peaceful coexistence if trust is always threatened. one is seen as domineering and the other just don't trust the other

102.7 i found online
http://onlink.philcom.ph/killerbtn.htm - stream

ngek, bakit sabi ni box-bxu 102.3 ang killerbee butuan ano ba talaga kuya?

i remember that in mid70s davao's 1st dxfm-fm (along florentino torres st). then dxss-fm came around 1978-79. what i like about it then was it played smooth jazz (or crossover) every 9pm. the 90s saw a huge leap of fm stations.

^^ yep at hindi pa uso ang station branding noon diba kuya... generic lang DXSS read (DX Double S), DXLL (DX Double L), DXWT, etc. bilib din ako sa mga FM stations dito, hindi sila na "video killed the radio star" :) nasugatan lang ng konti.

yup yups. hehehe. then we only had 2 fm stations but it was not a bore really. but then, only a few had stereos, and have those rca radios that can only pick-up am stations.

imagine 2 stations lang. tapos ang station plugging ng both stations ay "listen to the no. 1 FM station in davao" hahaha. ang prob lang kuya paul kung ang isang station 88.3 tapos ang isa 107.5, eh hindi pa digital nong alaw ang hirap siguro maglipat ng stations :)

murag rotary man sad ang dial. akong ginakabit sa among tv antenna para kusog ang pick-up.

just imagine:

favorite part nako sa dxfm-fm - most requested song
first mrs nila that time - love machine

:lol::lol::lol:

supermax kuya paul? hehehe

super to the max, kilig to the dead.

^^ i remember when i was a kid(hehehe) sige mi adto ug Aldevinco Bldg. sa Claveria tapad sa Lauan Bldg. , we climbed to this radio station(forgot the name) at night and i met this DJ soo cool and smooth ang voice pero disabled siya 1 ray tiil but ang galing talaga na station he plays mellow :)

i remember that station, murag naging manager si dante luzon (bro of abner luzon) before moving to cebu.

among my favorite during the 90's are 92.3 WT, 90.7 love radio og akong pinaka-favorite K-Lite 91.5 an all-female dj crew, ang gaganda ng mga boses nila, di ko nga lang sila nakita in person.

^^ i remember when i was a kid(hehehe) sige mi adto ug Aldevinco Bldg. sa Claveria tapad sa Lauan Bldg. , we climbed to this radio station(forgot the name) at night and i met this DJ soo cool and smooth ang voice pero disabled siya 1 ray tiil but ang galing talaga na station he plays mellow :)

naa didto si sammy james sa una dinabaw ok pud to sya nga dj... DXBM:cheers:

most requested song sa lahat ng FM bwahahaha.

We're Brothers Forever
by Renaldo Lapuz

I am your brother
Your best friend forever
Singing the songs
The music that you like
We're brothers til the end of time
Together forever til the end of time
I am your brother
Your best friend forever
Singing the songs
The music that you like
We're brothers til the end of time
Together or not, you're always in my heart
You hurt your feelings and
You will rain no more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFv_WXyLzf4

may remix pa...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZKtACxZcM

BUTUAN CITY RADIO STATIONS


88.7 DXGL (PEC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
90.9 DXVN (VISMIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
91.7 DXJJ (CONSOLIDATED BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
93.5 DXSR (AIT BROADCASTING)
95.1 DXMB (MANILA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
96.7 DXEY (NATION BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
97.5 DXMK (CENTURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
98.5 DXBB (MASAWA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
99.7 DXYK (GMA NETWORK)
100.7 DXXX (RADIO MINDANAO NETWORK)
102.3 DXNS (NORTHERN MINDANAO BROADCATING SYSTEM)
106.5 DXIL (EDDIES BROADCASTING NETWORK ?)
107.3 BEAT FM (MARJEDS SYSTEM)

693 DXBC (RADIO MINDANAO NETWORK)
756 DXJM (RADIO CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES)
792 DXBN (PHILIPPINE BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
837 DXYK (GMA NETWORK)
873 DXRB (SONSHINE RADIO)
945 DXDV (VISMIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
981 DXBR (CONSOLIDATED BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
1125 DXGL (PEC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

most requested song sa lahat ng FM bwahahaha.

We're Brothers Forever
by Renaldo Lapuz

I am your brother
Your best friend forever
Singing the songs
The music that you like
We're brothers til the end of time
Together forever til the end of time
I am your brother
Your best friend forever
Singing the songs
The music that you like
We're brothers til the end of time
Together or not, you're always in my heart
You hurt your feelings and
You will rain no more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFv_WXyLzf4

may remix pa...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZKtACxZcM

waaaah1 fave nako ni karon! naa nadiay ni sa mga radio// :cheers:

BUTUAN CITY RADIO STATIONS


95.1 DXMB (MANILA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
106.5 DXIL (EDDIES BROADCASTING NETWORK ?)



There must be a mistake. Probably I typo.
DXMB is a radio station in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
DXIL is Wild FM in Iligan City

There must be a mistake. Probably I typo.
DXMB is a radio station in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
DXIL is Wild FM in Iligan City

hmmmm... they can have same code letters but can have different frequencies (AM or FM)

BUTUAN CITY RADIO STATIONS


88.7 DXGL (PEC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
90.9 DXVN (VISMIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
91.7 DXJJ (CONSOLIDATED BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
93.5 DXSR (AIT BROADCASTING)
95.1 DXMB (MANILA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
96.7 DXEY (NATION BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
97.5 DXMK (CENTURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
98.5 DXBB (MASAWA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
99.7 DXYK (GMA NETWORK)
100.7 DXXX (RADIO MINDANAO NETWORK)
102.3 DXNS (NORTHERN MINDANAO BROADCATING SYSTEM)
106.5 DXIL (EDDIES BROADCASTING NETWORK ?)
107.3 BEAT FM (MARJEDS SYSTEM)

693 DXBC (RADIO MINDANAO NETWORK)
756 DXJM (RADIO CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES)
792 DXBN (PHILIPPINE BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
837 DXYK (GMA NETWORK)
873 DXRB (SONSHINE RADIO)
945 DXDV (VISMIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
981 DXBR (CONSOLIDATED BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
1125 DXGL (PEC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)



13 FM stations all in all.....hmmm guess I have to listen to the radio more frequently now...

there's Radyo Natin FM....is this in Butuan or in nearby Nasipit?

13 FM stations all in all.....hmmm guess I have to listen to the radio more frequently now...


You missed this one :)

103.1 DX___ (Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation)

I dont have much info on the code letters for this FM station in Butuan

I think not all those FM stations in butuan is still operational, honestly if I'm at home and try to scan the freq. less 10 stations lang ... or maybe hindi na umaabot sa bahay namin yong ibang signal but were just 7 km radius from the city. :)

BUTUAN CITY RADIO STATIONS


88.7 DXGL (PEC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
90.9 DXVN (VISMIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
91.7 DXJJ (CONSOLIDATED BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
93.5 DXSR (AIT BROADCASTING)
95.1 DXMB (MANILA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
96.7 DXEY (NATION BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
97.5 DXMK (CENTURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
98.5 DXBB (MASAWA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
99.7 DXYK (GMA NETWORK)
100.7 DXXX (RADIO MINDANAO NETWORK)
102.3 DXNS (NORTHERN MINDANAO BROADCATING SYSTEM)
106.5 DXIL (EDDIES BROADCASTING NETWORK ?)
107.3 BEAT FM (MARJEDS SYSTEM)

693 DXBC (RADIO MINDANAO NETWORK)
756 DXJM (RADIO CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES)
792 DXBN (PHILIPPINE BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
837 DXYK (GMA NETWORK)
873 DXRB (SONSHINE RADIO)
945 DXDV (VISMIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
981 DXBR (CONSOLIDATED BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
1125 DXGL (PEC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

There must be a mistake. Probably I typo.
DXMB is a radio station in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
DXIL is Wild FM in Iligan City

nope, it is not a mistake. DXMB in Malaybalay is an AM station of RMN. Meron ding DXBB-AM sa Malaybalay operated by the Catholic Radio Network. Sa Butuan DXMB and DXBB are FM stations. DXIL 106.5 Lite FM is the newest FM station in Butuan. I myself wondered why pareho sila ng callsign ng DXIL 103.1 Wild FM of Iligan. Cguro dahil magkaibang city naman kaya pinayagan ng NTC.

I think not all those FM stations in butuan is still operational, honestly if I'm at home and try to scan the freq. less 10 stations lang ... or maybe hindi na umaabot sa bahay namin yong ibang signal but were just 7 km radius from the city. :)

actually meron pang kulang kasi i missed the assigned frequency for Bay Radio for Butuan which is 103.1. Yes you are right, some are not on air right now for some reasons. even those posted by GearX for CDO, several of those stations are temporarily off the air like StarFM 90.3. Anyway, these stations can still be back on-air as long as their franchise are still okay

ganahan ko ug lingaw maminaw sa phonepal-on-the-air.

hi
- hi pud.
Unsa imo ngalan?
- Erika, ikaw?
Jojo lang. asa ka karon Erika? ninduta imo ngalan oi.
- sa Lapasan, ikaw?
sa Bulua ko, pila imo age?
- 18, kaw?
ah 21 na ko.
- unsa imo course?
graduate nako automotive sa MPSC, kaw what year naka?
- 2nd year ko computer sa AMA, unsa imo height Jo?
mubo ra man ko mga 5-5, kaw?
- 5-4
nice. ganahan ko mga 5-4 height
- hawdya oi
unsa imo landline?
- wala ko telephone, sa ako ni silingan
magkita ta unya?
- o sige, asa man?
didto lang dapit ketkai. unsa imo suoton?
- mag red blouse ko ug maong mini skirt. asa dapit sa ketkai?
diya lang tungod sa Watsons naay bench didto
- ok. wat time man?
mga 4 PM, ok?
- taysa, unsa imo suoton?
mag-polo ko nga blue ug maong pants
- unsa imo buhok, kulot, straight?
clean cut murag kanang kang Piolo Pascual, ikaw taas ka buhok?
- mura pud ko si Angel Locsin, char!
Radio Host - o sige na klaro na kung magkita mo unya!
Kuya sugot na man si Erika kita mi unya
Radio Host - unsa man Erika sugot na ka magkita mo ni Jojo?
- sure Kuya
basin mang-indian ka ha?
- dili oi
Radio Host - o nagkasinabot namo ha!
salamat Kuya ha
Radio Host - way sapayan
- thanks Kuya
Radio Host - pahibaw-i dayon ko ha unsay nahitabo

I know.., it happened as well to other major cities yong ganong pagyayari... :)

actually meron pang kulang kasi i missed the assigned frequency for Bay Radio for Butuan which is 103.1. Yes you are right, some are not on air right now for some reasons. even those posted by GearX for CDO, several of those stations are temporarily off the air like StarFM 90.3. Anyway, these stations can still be back on-air as long as their franchise are still okay

^^ maybe we should update the lists. yung mga temporarily off the air must be marked para walang confusion.

as for davao. all are good, 102.7 MBN is on test broadcast.

^^ I will rescan the freq for cdo and bxu soon... baka may signing off pag sunday. :lol::lol::lol:

really?:lol:

just asking, what's the rationale about dy, dz and dx for the radio stations?

DZ are luzon stations
DY Visayas
DX Mindanao

:cheers:

really?:lol:

just asking, what's the rationale about dy, dz and dx for the radio stations?

^^ nice info there ph bout those callsigns. big tango on that, 10-4 over and out. roger ger ger :)

^^ Cant forget those, Retake ko kasi communication subject ko during my college days. 10-23 over and out... :)

^^ nice info there ph bout those callsigns. big tango on that, 10-4 over and out. roger ger ger :)

Super Region projects to be completed in 2010
(http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV20080128115509.html)

BUTUAN CITY — The national government is fast-tracking the implementation of various multi-billion development projects under the Mindanao Super Region in a bid to ensure their completion before the year 2010.


Expected to be completed this year is the 15-kilometer road network in Dinagat Island, Dinagat province.

This project is closely monitored by the Caraga region Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) personally supervised by Public Works Regional Director Romeo S. Momo.

This project began in October 2006 and is already 70 percent complete.

Another project is multi-billion construction of Surigao del Norte-Surigao del Sur-Davao Oriental Coastal road which is now in full swing and targeted to be completed before President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ends her term by 2010.

The ground works are 40 percent finished.

The P5.8 billion project, which is composed of five road sections -- the Bacuag-Claver provincial boundary (Surigao del Norte), provincial boundary;Tandag City-Marihatag, Marihatag-Barobo, Tagbina-Hinatuan, Bislig City (Surigao del Sur) -- Manay -- Mati City (Davao Oriental) is due for completion in 2009. "All systems go," declared Director Momo.

Undersecretary Virgilio Leyretana, chair of the Mindanao Economic and Development Council (Medco), also said various government line agencies are cooperating and speeding up efforts to hit the target goal of the respective infrastructure projects in Mindanao.

"We need greater focus to fast-track the implementation of these multi-billion high-impact projects," said Leyretana.

Leyretana, who is also the deputy development champion for Mindanao Super Region project, also said that the council has directed the implementing agencies under the Mindanao Super Region team to regularly check their timelines and ensure that implementation targets will be met.

Based on MEDco monitoring, the projects that are slated for completion next year are the ongoing Zamboanga West Coast road project, Awang-Upi-Kalamansig-Lebak road project, and Surigao-Davao Coastal road project. (Mike Crismundo)

Medco said the improvement of the Zamboanga west coast road is already 18.56 percent complete, way ahead of its schedule by at least three percent.

With a total length of 117.3 kilometers, the road connects the coastal municipalities of Sibuco, Sirawai, Siocon, Baliguian and Gutalac in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte.

Medco, also cited that the construction of the 87.6-kilometer Awang-Upi-Kalamansig-Lebak road in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat is expected to begin this year.

Other multi-billion projects that are expected to be completed before the end of this year are the Super Region airport development project improvements of airport facilities and extension of runway for the Butuan, Cotabato, Dipolog, Ozamiz, Pagadian and Zamboanga airports.

Medco reported that the runway extension of the R306-million Butuan Airport Development Project, which started in 2007, is now also 52.54 percent complete.

The P25-million Cotabato airport runway project has also accomplished at 11.5 percent todate while the taxiway project at the said airport will also commence soon.

Mindanao submits 37 projects for Australian fund (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW012808/content.php?id=052)

DAVAO CITY — Mindanao has submitted 37 projects to the Enterprise Challenge Fund of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), said Jason Magnaye, country manager of the Fund.

This number, however, comprises just 18% of the total submitted to the Fund. Aside from the Philippines, other countries competing to tap the Australia-based Enterprise Challenge Fund are Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Papua New Guinea has the most number of projects at 98 of the 210 submitted for evaluation.

He noted that 46% of the Mindanao projects involve agricultural development, and that 19 of the 37 come from the Davao Region, while the others are in Central and Western Mindanao.

Under the program schedule, deadline of project submission to the Fund was last Dec. 31. The best proposals would be given funding ranging from A$100,000-A$1.5 million, or roughly P3.6 million to P54 million.

In launching the competition last year, Fund Director John Hardin said the Australian government wants to help small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the participating countries grow by improving their access to capital and other resources.

SME growth, in turn, is expected to improve the standard of living in areas covered by the Fund, since these small businesses are seen to widen economic opportunities of locals and hire more people at the grassroots.

Mindanao was included for Fund coverage as part of AusAID’s focus on helping communities in conflict-afflicted areas.

Mindanao was considered also because it is where some of the poorest of the country’s poor provinces are located, said Sam Zappia, AusAID counselor for development cooperation.

"The Enterprise Challenge Fund provides an opportunity for private-sector businesses to participate in an open competition for matching grants to fund commercially viable business projects," the Fund’s official site read.

"Providing access to employment and markets is vital to generate a sustainable reduction in poverty. The Australian Aid Framework strongly emphasized the private sector as a driver of growth and it foresha-dowed the development of a pilot program to support private sector-led growth," it continued.

"The Enterprise Challenge Fund aims to stimulate growth and ensure that the poor are included in the benefits and opportunities provided by that growth."

The Fund briefer also noted that in many countries in Asia and the Pacific, "innovative private sector projects fail to attract financial backing, not because of low returns, but because of weaknesses in financial markets and the ’public good’ nature of some of their benefits. "

"The private sector may be reluctant to undertake pro-poor projects because of perceived risks, lack of information or the high costs of creating new markets," the briefer read. "ECF will help to overcome these constraints." — CQF

60-man strong Mindanao bloc to push Davao Rep. Nograles for House Speaker (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/28/yehey/prov/20080128pro1.html)

DAVAO CITY: Moves to oust Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. goes fever pitch even as a member of the Senate said the incumbent Lower House leader should see the “writing on the wall.”

The 60-man strong Mindanao bloc of Lower House were to convene Saturday night to push for the installation of Davao City first district Rep. Prospero Nograles as the new speaker when Congress resumes sessions on Monday following the Yuletide break.

“Every congressman knows that the removal of Speaker de Venecia was only a matter of time,” Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero of the opposition Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) told the Mindanao Insider here shortly before attending the national convention of “Karancho” Saturday morning.

Opposition Rep. Rodolfo Plaza of Agusan del Sur was quoted here as saying he would cross party lines to support moves to put Nograles, a fellow Mindanawon, in place of de Venecia, congressman from Pangasinan.

Nograles is a ranking leader of the administration Lakas-CMD. The Lakas party said it would only consent to the removal of de Venecia if another Lakas member would be installed.

Escudero, for his part, agreed that Mindanao deserves its share in national leadership.

“It will be an honor for Mindanao if Nograles becomes speaker,” Escudero, former House minority leader, told the Mindanao Insider. “He will be the first from Mindanao to hold the position.”

Escudero declined from commenting further, citing courtesy to the Lower House.

Congressman Gico Dayanghirang of Davao Oriental, in a separate talk with the Mindanao Insider, said the southern bloc would tackle de Venecia’s fate in its weekend gathering. He admitted that most congressmen were troubled by de Venecia’s soured relations with the Palace following a fallout with President Arroyo’s family since the national broadband project controversy middle of last year.

The Mindanao bloc would also want to hear from Nograles the details of his agenda if he becomes speaker.

Early this week, Davao City Third District Rep. Isidro Ungab said that the Mindanao bloc would be solid if the interest of the south would be at stake. Davao del Sur Rep. Mark Cagas also aired the same stand.

Muslim leaders in the House of Representatives gave their voices to the growing clamor to install Nograles as speaker.

“It’s time that someone from Mindanao is elevated to the top level of national government,” said Sulu Rep. Munir Arbison and Anak Mindanao Party List Rep. Mujiv Hataman.

Nograles has not been making public statements on the race for the speaker’s post, citing his close ties with de Venecia.
-- Fort Nicolas

even if he becomes the speaker, whose interests is he pushing anyway?

^
That's the million dollar question Paul!

well, a position that will cost the people millions.:lol:

^^Nograles? Why him? There's a better Congressman around...

May disgusting news akong nabasa 2 governors from mindanao probed for unexplained wealth. :ohno: Although it has yet to be proven :bash: Pero i doubt kung mag prosper ang investigation which is now in the Office of the Ombudsman Mindanao. :bash:

May disgusting news akong nabasa 2 governors from mindanao probed for unexplained wealth. :ohno: Although it has yet to be proven :bash: Pero i doubt kung mag prosper ang investigation which is now in the Office of the Ombudsman Mindanao. :bash:

Sino kaya to? **** bulong mo naman sa kin @ Ibex

^^that girl in your avatar is cute!!

^^that girl in your avatar is cute!!

I know! hehehe

Monday, February 04, 2008
Mindanao railway, Samal bridge projects under study
By Joy Romares-Sevilla
Sunstar Davao

A RANKING official of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Southern Mindanao, the highest policy-making body in the region, said the Mindanao Railway System and the Samal Bridge projects are still under study.

"The Memorandum of Agreement signed between the Davao Integrated Development Program (DIDP), Mindanao Business Council (MinBC), and the MCC Capital is purposely for the conduct of the study to know how feasible these projects are," Nicasio Angelo Agustin, RDC Southern Mindanao vice chair and regional director of the National Economic Development Authority (Neda), said in an interview last week.

Governor Rodolfo del Rosario chairs DIDP, while Vicente Lao, also RDC-Southern Mindanao chair, heads MinBC.

The MOA was signed on December 19, 2007.

Under the MOA, the concerned parties agreed to consult and coordinate with each other during the first quarter of 2008 to undertake priority infrastructure projects including the proposed Mindanao railway and Samal bridge projects.

Agustin said it is a good start that DIDP and MinBC have inked partnership with the MCC Capital, a UK-based financing institution also considered as the world's largest railway contractor.

"We cannot say when will the projects be completed, but at least we have started and have explored the possibilities of having a railway in Mindanao," Agustin said.

He added that DIDP and MinBC have also been trying to look for other funding agencies aside from the MCC Capital.

The railway project has an estimated project cost of P240 billion, while the Samal bridge project costs P6.48 billion.

Earlier, Agustin said the RDC is also leading the efforts in pushing for the railway system, a project identified in the Davao Region Development Plan (DRDP) for 2004-2010 as crucial for industrial development of the Davao Region.

^^These projects must go on....

This will be very beneficial....

Mindanao congressman is new Speaker (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW020508/content.php?id=071)

THE HOUSE of Representatives last night changed its leadership and ended the 12-year term of Pangasinan Rep. Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. (4th district) as Speaker.

He was replaced by Davao Rep. Prospero C. Nograles (1st district), who was endorsed by the majority led by the President’s party Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi). Mr. de Venecia is president of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD).

The chamber has 239 members, and it needs 121 votes to institute a leadership change.

At the end of close to an hour of an extemporaneous privilege speech, the visibly irked Mr. de Venecia attempted a wholesale leadership change by proposing to declare all positions vacant. The House did not act on the proposal.

Mr. de Venecia added: "I will join the opposition to denounce corruption," but did not elaborate if he will bolt Lakas-CMD to formally join the United Opposition.

Asked about the possibility of Mr. de Venecia transferring to the opposition once he is ousted, Press Secretary Ignacio R. Bunye said the opposition must not interfere on the issue as this is an internal affair of the administration coalition.

Former President Joseph E. Estrada earlier said they will welcome Mr. de Venecia once he decides to jump fences.

Mr. Nograles was majority leader in the 13th Congress and is now head of the House contingent in the Commission on Appointments.

A ruling coalition caucus called by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the morning tried to resolve the leadership row, but ended up allowing the contending camps to again consult their parties and resolve the issue today.

But the majority in session settled the issue yesterday even with the threat of Mr. de Venecia disclosing in public questionable issues hounding the government such as the scrapped National Broadband Network (NBN) that was allegedly overpriced by $200 million, and attempts to politically harass him through a case filed with the committee on ethics.

Burn bridges

In his speech, Mr. de Venecia, on a warpath mode, also burned his bridges with the Arroyos, reminded how he has been instrumental in the political rise of the President, that his wife Georgina is the Arroyo sons’ godmother, and questioned many deals that need to be first cleared with the Palace or have been linked with the First Family.

He claimed congressmen have to beg for their pork barrel funds to be released through the President’s two sons in Congress — Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel "Mikey" M. Arroyo (2nd district) and Camarines Sur Rep. Diosdado "Dato" M. Arroyo (1st district)

Mr. de Venecia revived his moral recovery program that should have addressed widespread graft and corruption.

"What is happening to our country? Everything is for sale, bribery and corruption after bribery and corruption. Let us create a new majority in this House so that we will not be beholden to Malacañang like the Senate?

"It pains me to say these things, but when are we going to transform our hearts, our souls? That’s why I pushed for a moral recovery program so that all of the accusations will fall aside and we can concentrate on solving the many problems of the Filipino people It is now time for us to make a change."

In a text message to reporters, Deputy Presidential Spokesman Lorelei C. Fajardo said Mr. de Venecia must support his "motherhood statements with evidence."

Talks of ousting Mr. de Venecia surfaced when his son, Jose III, a losing bidder in the $329-million NBN project, tagged First Gentleman Juan Miguel T. Arroyo in the alleged fraudulent deal with Chinese firm Zhong Xue Telecommunications Equipment Co. Ltd. (ZTE Corp.).

It caused a stir in the administration coalition that led to the formation of the "reform bloc" spearheaded by Kampi that called for Mr. de Venecia’s ouster.

Kampi National Capital Region head and Sorsogon Rep. Jose G. Solis (2nd district) said the new majority has discussed some priorities to include salary increases for House employees and the rationalization of so-called pork barrel or Priority Development Assistance Fund.

"We might also have to pause for a week and discuss who will be the new committee heads and House secretariat," he added.

Mr. Solis also said that they will still discuss the new composition of the majority and the new majority leader.

The administration coalition is composed of Lakas-CMD, Kampi, Nationalist People’s Coalition, Nacionalista Party (NP), Liberal Party (LP) wing of Environment Secretary Joselito L. Atienza, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas, and some party-list groups.

At the Senate, Senate President Manuel B. Villar, Jr., NP president, told reporters yesterday: "I don’t want to meddle in the problem of the Lower House."

Many secrets

Senate Majority Leader Francis N. Pangilinan, former LP chairman, said: "We cannot belittle [Mr. de Venecia], he knew many secrets of the administration. We are not surprised that even [the President’s] sons were involved to unseat Mr. de Venecia."

"Obviously, we see that Malacañang did not like what happened in the ZTE [probe]. Malacañang is behind this operation," he claimed.

In a chance interview, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago said the House requires only a nine-year term leadership, but Mr. De Venecia has been the Speaker for 12 years.

Ms. Santiago noted when Mr. De Venecia said he cannot control his son for implicating administration officials in the ZTE deal, now the President’s sons led the moves to oust him.

"He should be prepared that his own argument against other people is used against him," she said.

Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano said if a new leader is installed, it should bring back integrity to the chamber. — Ava Kashima K. Austria, Bernard U. Allauigan and Alexis Douglas B. Romero

:)Parang wala pa yata @davaoeagle.:) Ang mintal ang mas feasible kasi mas maraming subdivisions sa vicinity.

a rumor spread in muntal,davao city n may itatayong jollibee.. lapot n matapos ang building where jabee outlet will be house..

^^ and maybe calinan is in the works?

Bigger fisheries yield in Mindanao eyed to boost growth of sector (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/02062008/economy02.html)

By Jennifer A. Ng
Reporter

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking to ramp up fisheries production in areas that are not prone to typhoons, such as Mindanao, to ensure that the fisheries subsector will grow by 8 percent to 10 percent this year.

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) director Malcolm I. Sarmiento said in an interview that this plan is being looked at after the fisheries subsector registered a growth of 6.81 percent in 2007, less than its target of 8 percent to 10 percent.

“Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap has directed us to consider increasing fisheries production in areas that are not typhoon-prone such as Mindanao,” said Sarmiento.

The BFAR chief noted that, except for Region IV-B, fisheries production in all other regions in the country registered a growth rate of between 8 percent and 39 percent last year.

Sarmiento said production in Region IV-B, which was hardest hit by Typhoon Lando, declined by 5 percent last year, as the typhoon destroyed fishpens and bancas.

The BFAR, an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), noted that Region IV-B produces about 400,000 metric tons of fish products every year, accounting for about 10 percent of the country’s total fisheries production. Last year the country’s fisheries production reached more than 4 million metric tons.

The DA is targeting to increase fisheries production by 8 percent to 10 percent this year. The DA plans to do this by establishing mariculture parks, expanding seaweed farming, promoting the production of high-value species such as abalone, sea urchins and sea cucumbers and P. vannamei, or the Pacific white shrimp.

Yap said the DA also plans to enforce a more aggressive enforcement of antipoaching and illegal fishing and sustained resource conservation efforts.

The Food and Agriculture Organization listed the Philippines as No. 8, from its previous ranking of No. 11, among the top fish-producing countries in the world.

:)

a rumor spread in muntal,davao city n may itatayong jollibee.. lapot n matapos ang building where jabee outlet will be house..
really? wow!

:)

a rumor spread in muntal,davao city n may itatayong jollibee.. lapot n matapos ang building where jabee outlet will be house..

wow! magiging city na rin ang brgy mintal? :lol:

kay ang matina & lanang metro na sila kay naa nay mcdo.

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IMO, Mintal is more cityish looking than some cities in the country. :)

PGMA leads ground-breaking of P1.5 B Talaingod-Valencia road
by Prix D Banzon

Davao City (9 February) -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo led the groundbreaking ceremony of the P1.5 billion 85 kilometers Talaingod, Davao del Norte-Valencia, Bukidnon Road.

The ceremony took place at barangay Tiburcia, Maniki, Kapalong, Davao del Norte in the presence of the residents both of Kapalong and Talaingod municipalities and graced by private leaders, government officials, and cabinet secretaries on Friday, February 8.

The road section in Kapalong town will connect the Talaingod, Davao del Norte-Valencia, Bukinon Road to the existing national and provincial roads leading to other parts of the region.

The President said the opening of the road network opens up more economic activities.

The road will traverse mostly banana plantations and the President noted that new investments are expected to come in.

She said the banana industry before was dying but now it is very much alive saying that 70 percent of the bananas goes to Japan while the some of the produce goes to China and the Middle East.

The road network falls under the Mindanao Super Region projects.

The Mindanao Economic and Development Council (Medco) status report as of January 2008 showed that the detailed engineering was undertaken by DPWH Regions X and XI from July 2007 to December 2007 and construction of civil works is slated from August 2008 to April 2010.

An amount of P56 million was allocated for the Improvement/Concreting of Kapalong-Talaingod Road under the 2007 Regular Infrastructure which is being undertaken by the Region XI of DPWH and an actual accomplishment of 37 percent was achieved as of April 5, 2007.

Another P10 million was allocated for the improvement/concreting of T-A-K-S-T-D-P Circumferential Road, Talaingod Section under the 2007 Regular Infrastructure which being undertaken by the Davao del Norte district engineering office. It has an actual accomplishment of 85 percent.

The remaining unpaved section of 72.42 km up to the boundary of Regions XI and X shall be programmed for implementation until 2010.

This project was one of the President's commitment in her State of the Nation Address. (PIA) [top]

FOR MINDANAO
GMA orders creation of investment defense unit
By Joel B. Escovilla

TAGUM CITY – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday ordered the creation of an investment defense force in Mindanao to protect local and foreign businesses that are vulnerable to extortion and harassments by rebel groups.

In her speech during the Local Peace and Security Assembly at the Bulwagan ng Lalawigan, Mankilam, Tagum City in Davao del Norte, Ms. Arroyo said the defense force will be spearheaded by the military who will serve as “shields” of power assets, other infrastructure, and mineral reservation sites.

“The other infrastructure will be identified by the Peace and Order Councils,” she said, adding that the problem of Mindanao on extortion activities “needs more than police action.”

She said that, unlike in Luzon and Visayas, investments in Mindanao are always conditional to how peaceful the area is. “It’s important that investors feel safe in Mindanao,” she said.

The President said the fact that call centers in Luzon and Visayas are still hesitant to come to Mindanao, even in Davao City, shows the negative perception about the peace and order in Mindanao still exists.

“We need peace to bring in an era of development for Mindanao,” she said.

Earlier this month, government troops and policemen were deployed to the base camp of the Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) in Barangay Tablu, Tampakan South Cotabato following the assault of about 40 armed NPA rebels on the Australian-backed company.

The rebels burned the administration building, quarters and offices of the drilling firm contracted by SMI after the company allegedly refused to pay protection money to the NPA’s Front Committee 76.

But her order to create a defense force took her Cabinet and the military by surprise.

Major Medel Aguilar, head of the Civil Military Operations for the Davao Region, said it was the first time he heard about the instruction.

“It’s hard to comment because my perceptions could be wrong,” he said.

He’s not alone, however, as National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales told reporters later that Ms. Arroyo has yet to give them the marching orders to implement the defense force.

“I have to confess, I’m not familiar with the structure,” he said. “But it’s natural to protect the investments.”

Mr. Gonzales said the defense force might report directly to the Office of the President.

Also in her speech, Ms. Arroyo reiterated the need to crush the communist insurgency now that its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), is reeling from a series of defeats and the apparent disinterest to lure in more recruits.

She said that extending the term of Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon for another three months was intended to keep the momentum against the NPA. “We have to stop this ideological nonsense, once and for all,” she said, adding that the government is still determined to finish the decades-old insurgency before her term ends in 2010.

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IMO, Mintal is more cityish looking than some cities in the country. :)
cityish?

it's like more of uhm... municipality for me...

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I said when you compare it to other cities in the country! :)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/nncdo1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/nncdo2.jpg




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A challenging fund for Mindanao
By Ms. Joji Ilagan Bian Published : 2008-02-06
Mindanao Times

Mindanao is always a recipient of many grants and aids in various forms targeted mainly for peace and development. This assistance from foreign donor countries never ceases to amaze me because of the magnitude of the impact in the community where they are being implemented. I had seen micro –cottage businesses grow, women become successful entrepreneurs, high school students honing their computer and information technology skills, business chambers strengthened; transport and port facilities being improved in the Autonomous Regions of Muslim Mindanao.

There is a new program that caught my interest and it is aptly called Enterprise Challenge Fund (ECF). Australia Aid will provide $20 million over six years for the Pacific and Southeast Asia. In the Philippines, the program will be implemented all over Mindanao and I would like to think that the island was chosen as a focused area, more than the Visayas and Luzon because the need for such program is greater in the region.

The fund is meant to provide support to private sector businesses that cannot access the regular funds – banks, loans, etc. Unlike other grants that supports non- profit organizations and entities; ECF is very clear that it will only help companies that are operating for profit. Because of this, I thought that ECF is a loan given at no interest cost with long paying period. But surprisingly it is a grant which many of us in business find surprising. But not any business entity can have access to it – this is where the challenge lies. Business persons have to crack their heads and think of a commercial activity that will reduce poverty ,create sustainable employment, and have positive multiplier effects in the community.

This is not all – another challenge which needs to be hurdled is that this business must be “ high risks” or one which banks and other financial institutions will not gladly lend or give you credit to start the business. ECF grants for business projects is from $100,000 to $1.5 million.

Mindanao stands to benefit from this challenging fund since there are a hundred innovative business activities that can be done, but cannot be funded by the regular channels of credit because of the high risk factor. ECF should motivate businesses to really seriously think on how they can have a perfect mix and balance between profitability and social consciousness.

* * * * * * * * *

Mindanao stands to gain so much from the election of Davao City First District Rep. Prospero Nograles as the new Speaker of the House. We can now expect the Mindanao agenda to be one of the priorities and perhaps, this must be the time we have all been waiting for – to have a true Mindanaoan bring our voices in the halls of power. I had encountered many powerful figures who would claim that they are from Mindanao and I find this always odd. Because they don’t even live here nor do they visit us regularly so that they will know what is going around and what needs to be done. Cong. Nograles is one politician that I often see move around Davao City, talking to the people and touching base with the community. Even his son, Karlo, is all over their district doing a hundred or more projects from infrastructure to training skills and ensuring that service is their primordial goal.

* * * * * * * * *

The newly elected head of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) vice president for Mindanao Chambers of Commerce, Elena Hao, has just finished their planning session for the chambers of South Mindanao which included Gen Santos City, Sultan Kudarat, Tacurong, Saranggani; where they drew the regional plans for 2008. This will be a series of planning sessions; from the central, western, eastern and northern parts of the region. All of the outputs will be consolidated in the Mindanao Business Agenda for 2008-2009.

* * * * * * * * *

I had just arrived from Sydney, Australia where I signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with TAFE NSW Southwestern Sydney Institute which will allow the delivery of Australian Certificate 111 Hospitality (Commercial Cookery) in my school, JIB College of Business and Tourism on June 2008. Mindanao will now have access to global certification without going to Australia and spending huge amount of overseas tuition fees and accommodations. Education is an investment for the future and so this would be welcome news to all of us in the island.

(Joji Ilagan Bian is a strong and respected advocate for the development of the island. She is Chair of Joji Ilagan Foundation , Phil. Call Centers Alliance, Mindanao Tech Voc Schools Association; Mindanao Rep, Export Development Council. Email comments jojibian2@yahoo.com)

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wow! magiging city na rin ang brgy mintal? :lol:

kay ang matina & lanang metro na sila kay naa nay mcdo.

NYEK!! :lol: nakakagulat k naman kuya @kulas..:nuts:

Militias for mining draw mixed views (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/02132008/headlines04.html)
By Max V. de Leon
Reporter

FOR the mining firms whose operations in the countryside are vulnerable to armed attacks, President Arroyo’s directive for the creation of an “investment defense force” against insurgents is a welcome relief.

For the call-center industry, however, the move will do little to improve the perception of Mindanao as a safe investment haven, and might even scare away foreign investors if the initiative will result in more military presence.

Benjamin Philip Romualdez, Chamber of Mines president, said in a statement that the President’s order is a positive response to the industry’s appeals and concerns as articulated in various letters to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), stressing the importance of maintaining peace and order in the countryside to ensure the continued growth of the minerals sector.

The mining and quarrying sector in 2007, he said, contributed P99.24 billion to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and an estimated $2.1 billion in export receipts.

The sector also poured in P13 billion in tax revenues to the government coffers, while attracting $1.4 billion in capital investments last year.

“The government stands to reap substantial benefits from the mining sector in view of its contribution to capital formation and its multiplier effects on community development,” Romualdez said.

The President announced creation of the investment defense force to safeguard mining, power and vital infrastructure facilities against attacks by armed groups during the Peace and Security Summit in Tagum City, Davao del Norte Monday.

She directed the Armed Forces to cast a wider security shield to businesses in the countryside on the heels of renewed guerrilla attacks of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Davao Region in the past month.

“Because we can see the NPA impedes progress in many investment areas here in Mindanao, because many investments are in the countryside and rural areas, I will instruct the Armed Forces to form an investment defense force,” she told the summit.

There is still no guideline for the creation of the investment defense force, although President Arroyo said there is already a task force in the DENR that protects power assets, and the military will contribute to that.

“But there are other infrastructures to be identified by the peace and order councils of Mindanao, where we need more than the usual police action, where we actually need a bigger hand, a protective shield in order to protect investments in Mindanao. It’s very important that the investors feel confident to be in Mindanao,” the President said.

She cited the hesitance of call centers, for instance, as a case of how investments have been slow in coming to Mindanao.

“There are call centers in Davao, but there should be more. But many of the clients of the call centers are still hesitant to make their call centers located even in Davao. And, therefore, that shows there is that perception that investments may not be safe from the NPAs and terrorists and the rebels. And that’s why we need to have these investment defense force,” she added.

But the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) said increasing the capability of the local police, including the mobile units, for more visibility is better than fielding military units in the commercial centers.

“The foreign investors, and even us Filipinos, will just get more scared if there is heightened military presence in an area. Actually, the foreigners were already asking a lot when the government fielded military personnel in the shopping malls,” Jojo Uligan, CCAP executive director, told the BusinessMirror.

Also, Uligan said the government should instead seek the help of the media in stopping the reference to Mindanao every time there is a bloody conflict in isolated places like Basilan.

He said areas such as Davao, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos, which have huge potential as outsourcing hubs and are getting strong interests from outsourcing investors, are still feared because of their association with the Mindanao region that in turn is often reported to have peace and order problems.

In fact, Davao has zero crime rate, good educational institutions and supportive local government, and it should be getting a bigger share of investments, he said.

Militias for mining draw mixed views (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/02132008/headlines04.html)
By Max V. de Leon
Reporter

FOR the mining firms whose operations in the countryside are vulnerable to armed attacks, President Arroyo’s directive for the creation of an “investment defense force” against insurgents is a welcome relief.

For the call-center industry, however, the move will do little to improve the perception of Mindanao as a safe investment haven, and might even scare away foreign investors if the initiative will result in more military presence.

Benjamin Philip Romualdez, Chamber of Mines president, said in a statement that the President’s order is a positive response to the industry’s appeals and concerns as articulated in various letters to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), stressing the importance of maintaining peace and order in the countryside to ensure the continued growth of the minerals sector.

The mining and quarrying sector in 2007, he said, contributed P99.24 billion to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and an estimated $2.1 billion in export receipts.

The sector also poured in P13 billion in tax revenues to the government coffers, while attracting $1.4 billion in capital investments last year.

“The government stands to reap substantial benefits from the mining sector in view of its contribution to capital formation and its multiplier effects on community development,” Romualdez said.

The President announced creation of the investment defense force to safeguard mining, power and vital infrastructure facilities against attacks by armed groups during the Peace and Security Summit in Tagum City, Davao del Norte Monday.

She directed the Armed Forces to cast a wider security shield to businesses in the countryside on the heels of renewed guerrilla attacks of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Davao Region in the past month.

“Because we can see the NPA impedes progress in many investment areas here in Mindanao, because many investments are in the countryside and rural areas, I will instruct the Armed Forces to form an investment defense force,” she told the summit.

There is still no guideline for the creation of the investment defense force, although President Arroyo said there is already a task force in the DENR that protects power assets, and the military will contribute to that.

“But there are other infrastructures to be identified by the peace and order councils of Mindanao, where we need more than the usual police action, where we actually need a bigger hand, a protective shield in order to protect investments in Mindanao. It’s very important that the investors feel confident to be in Mindanao,” the President said.

She cited the hesitance of call centers, for instance, as a case of how investments have been slow in coming to Mindanao.

“There are call centers in Davao, but there should be more. But many of the clients of the call centers are still hesitant to make their call centers located even in Davao. And, therefore, that shows there is that perception that investments may not be safe from the NPAs and terrorists and the rebels. And that’s why we need to have these investment defense force,” she added.

But the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) said increasing the capability of the local police, including the mobile units, for more visibility is better than fielding military units in the commercial centers.

“The foreign investors, and even us Filipinos, will just get more scared if there is heightened military presence in an area. Actually, the foreigners were already asking a lot when the government fielded military personnel in the shopping malls,” Jojo Uligan, CCAP executive director, told the BusinessMirror.

Also, Uligan said the government should instead seek the help of the media in stopping the reference to Mindanao every time there is a bloody conflict in isolated places like Basilan.

He said areas such as Davao, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos, which have huge potential as outsourcing hubs and are getting strong interests from outsourcing investors, are still feared because of their association with the Mindanao region that in turn is often reported to have peace and order problems.

In fact, Davao has zero crime rate, good educational institutions and supportive local government, and it should be getting a bigger share of investments, he said.

I was tempted to ask the forumer who posted this article to delete this instead if not for the highlighted paragraph at the tailend of this piece.

I was also tempted to post some news/articles from http://www.bworldonline.com/ but it would do no good to all of us.

I was tempted to ask the forumer who posted this article to delete this instead if not for the highlighted paragraph at the tailend of this piece.

what do you mean? it is news. with or without the highlighted portions :cheers:

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It's because there is very little relevance of the story to his (GearX's) city and the article bears something not very nice about Davao save for the last paragraph. It has happened before and it happened again and the same fella has been red-handed all the time.

I was also tempted to post some news/articles from http://www.bworldonline.com/ but it would do no good to all of us.

That's how we should respect each other, to each his own, the same way that we (Davao) don't post anything derogatory to your city just like that sad event that happened there very lately.

well it is the mindanao thread. its not limited just on a city basis. well news is news.. it cant be good everytime

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If it's good news, I don't give a damn who posts what, but if it's something not so pleasing, we should leave it to the people concerned. Got my drift?

why is there supposed to be censorship? its news, id like to know the good and bad, and who posts is irrelevant since as long as it is not from a tabloid. and gearX is a nice girl naman eh. i dont think shell post negative stuff just to put malice. :D

That's how we should respect each other, to each his own, the same way that we (Davao) don't post anything derogatory to your city just like that sad event that happened there very lately.

You mean the recent bombing in our city. We even talked about it right at the very moment it happened. We're updating our fellow Iliganons around the world of the latest happenings either bad or good. And I don't think it would do any harm to our city because it's the reality. :)

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Like I said, if it concerns your city then so be it BUT you don't have any business washing dirty linens in public when it is about cities OTHER than yours. It happened so many times already and HE was always the culprit. Whether He was nice to you or not, that's beside the point.

well you should only be pissed if only that HE posted it, cause not allof us got beef. :D

i love all philippine cities :D kahit yung parang di city tingnan :lol:

You mean the recent bombing in our city. We even talked about it right at the very moment it happened. We're updating our fellow Iliganons around the world of the latest happenings either bad or good. And I don't think it would do any harm to our city because it's the reality. :)


Well to each his own, that probably is how you want your city to appear in public or in an international forum like this. I care how my city is being pictured in this forum not only because of I have friends of different nationalities here who are potential investors to my city but also to protect the efforts of the city government and the locality in promoting the city. For me, there are other avenues suited for discussions on bombings and what not.

The news report ain't bad news...just an article stating among others that Mindanao .... could have had more investments if not for the island's "reported to have peace and order problems"... which is of course the common concept of most non-Mindanaoans .:cheers:

well you should only be pissed if only that HE posted it, cause not allof us got beef. :D

i love all philippine cities :D kahit yung parang di city tingnan :lol:

Baka pagod ka lang Bariq, at di ko talaga maintindihan ang sinasabi mo. Please follow the line of argument and not get it to another route.

What's wrong with that article being posted in this thread? Pasensya na kung mahina ako sa mga ganyan. Naguguluhan lang talaga ako. Kailangan bang magiging very sensitive para maaapektuhan? nagtatanong lang po. :)

The news report ain't bad news...just an article stating among others that Mindanao .... could have had more investments if not for the island's "reported to have peace and order problems"... which is of course the common concept of most non-Mindanaoans .:cheers:

Good thing that you butted in. The article has slightly mentioned your city and has very little relevance to it and if not for the last paragraph the article would have been farthest from being good news. I hope you'd be more considerate next time as to how others would feel about the articles you are posting specially if it does not concern your place or origin.

meron naman NOT SO GOOD NEWS THREAD...baka pwede dun i-post :cheers:

What's wrong with that article being posted in this thread? Pasensya na kung mahina ako sa mga ganyan. Naguguluhan lang talaga ako. Kailangan bang magiging very sensitive para maaapektuhan? nagtatanong lang po. :)


Be careful with your loaded question re: "being sensitive" because it's not me being sensitive, it's a show of concern to my city for it's effort at projecting a good image inside and outside of the country. If this does not strike a chord in you, then leave the other cities alone. Ganon lang ka simple yon.

meron naman NOT SO GOOD NEWS THREAD...baka pwede dun i-post :cheers:

Well, basta kung tungkol sa city or region ninyo, wala naman yatang problema yon.

Well, na post na pala yung BusinessWorld article sa SSC here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18380644&postcount=69)

^^Ah ok. At least we all learn something today. And honestly, maganda yong sinabi mo na "If this does not strike a chord in you, then leave the other cities alone". Sana maiintindihan to ng lahat.

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Ganon lang naman yon, respeto lang naman yon sa kung anong "causa" meron ang mga ibang tao or cities in the case of this forum. Kung ayaw mong purihin ang ibang city dahil sa kung ano mang rason meron ka, tumahimik ka na lang and focus your attention to yours. Peace!

cool guys...

maybe this is good news for mindanao, we're just one island afterall...
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/naxju/ayala.jpg

February 11, 2008 ayala presentation...
http://ir.ayalaland.com.ph/Events_and_Presentations/Presentations/default.aspx




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^^Ah ok. At least we all learn something today. And honestly, maganda yong sinabi mo na "If this does not strike a chord in you, then leave the other cities alone". Sana maiintindihan to ng lahat.

i agree with you ali. sana nga mangyari ito ng atin2 lang

Iligan City


FM Radio Stations

107.1 DXLS (Love Radio)

105.5 DXTL (Yes FM)

104.1 DXIV (Star FM)

103.1 DXIL (Wild FM)

102.3 DXIX (i FM)

98.3 DXRI (Nation Broadcasting Corp) ***INACTIVE

95.1 DXYD (Baycomms Broadcasting)

92.7 DXCS (P.N. Roa Broadcasting System) ***INACTIVE


AM Radio Stations

1476 DXRJ (RaJah Broadcasting Network)

1026 DXMI (ceased broadcast)

855 DXWG (ceased broadcast)

711 DXIC (Radio Mindanao Network)



Do any of the radio stations in Iligan City or Cagayan De Oro stream on the web ? Particularly interested in news and local talk radio but any thing else would be of interest as well. Thanks .

try to google killer bee cagayan de oro..

Do any of the radio stations in Iligan City or Cagayan De Oro stream on the web ? Particularly interested in news and local talk radio but any thing else would be of interest as well. Thanks .

hmmm. Iligan radio stations doesnt have streaming on the internet yet. Hopefully someday.

Here's the online streaming link I've found for Killer Bee CDO

http://www.opmlyrics.uchiro.net/?p=17

port stats for 2007 from PPA (semi annual january to june 2007)
stats show that both davao and cdo ports are the shipping hubs in mindanao :) davao for foreign and cdo for domestic :) congrats to both cities :)

http://www.ppa.com.ph/Port%20Statistics/2007files/2007-SemiAnn_JanJun/1%20Nationwide%20Summary%20by%20PMO%20by%20Type%20of%20Port.xls
http://www.ppa.com.ph/Port%20Statistics/2007files/2007-SemiAnn_JanJun/2%20Container%20Traffic%20(in%20TEU%20and%20Metric%20Tons).xls

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6543/portstatsua6.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8416/portstats2ty5.jpg

i think that both cities and even gensan have their own strengths. for what purpose that we go to so much debate doesn't really help. cdo, davao, gensan and all others have their own markets to serve, all complement each other, and serves much of mindanao's economy.

Regions

Mindanao towns get $7M environment grant from WB
02/15/2008 | 08:59 AM
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Sun.Star: DAVAO CITY - Eleven towns in Mindanao considered with global environmental significance are now being readied for funding under the World Bank's Global Environmental Facility (GEF).

The GEF is a $7 million grant assistance from the World Bank to complement the Natural Resources Management (NRM) component of the Department of Agriculture-Mindanao Rural Development Program (DA-MRDP).

The 11 identified sites are from the three regions of the island: Region 9, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) and Caraga.

Of the 11 towns, seven are in Region 9: Olutanga, Mabuhay, and Talusan in Zamboanga Sibugay; Vencinzo Sagun and Margosatubig in Zamboanga del Sur; and Sibutad and Rizal in Zamboanga del Norte.

In Caraga Region, Marihatag and San Agustin both in Surigao del Sur are the ones included.

Two towns were also identified in Armm, namely Lamitan in Basilan and Datu Blah in Shariff Kabunsuan.

The areas were identified based on the global significance criteria that include biodiversity significance, presence of globally significant species (Dugong, marine turtles, mantra rays, giant clams, whale sharks, sea cucumbers, and other unique important organisms).

The criteria also include the interdependence and social inclusion such as poverty incidence and presence of indigenous peoples.

Gilbert Braganza, NRM consultant, said that GEF assistance for MRDP aims to conserve global and marine biodiversity of global significance through co-management of critical marine habitats and better resources management practices.

Braganza added that the GEF project will build on and scale up on the achievements of the Coastal Marine and Biodiversity Conservation implemented during the Phase 1 of MRDP.

Conservation efforts will also include the interconnectivity of the upland, the low land, and the coastal areas since the activities in the upland have downstream effects to the lowland harvest and the coastal and seawater produce.

"The project will also involve mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation in local and national policies. As we (stakeholders) go forward we want the development plans reflects sustainable environmental management," said Samuel Wedderburn of GEF coordination team.

With this, the project will also look into local policy development and strengthening partnerships in community monitoring and enforcement of natural resources regulations. - Sun.Star

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/80669/Mindanao-towns-get-7M-environment-grant-from-WB

ZAMBOANGA CITY

Manila Broadcasting Company
88.3 Radyo Natin
90.7 DWST Showbiz Tsismis
97.9 DXCM Love Radio
102.7 DXHT HotFM

UM Broadcasting Network
91.5 WildFM DXKZ-

Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.
93.1 DXRX Dream Radio

Consolidated Broadcasting Systems-Bombo Radyo Philippines
93.9 Star FM

Golden Broadcast Professionals, Inc.
GoldFM
Killer Bee 95,5

Radio Mindanao Network
96.3 DXWR iFM

GMA Network
97.1 DXMJ Campus Radio "Ese!"

ABS-CBN Network
98.7 DXFH ABS-CBN Radio "My Only Radio"

First United Broadcasting Corporation
99.5 DXLA (Voice of America)

Nation Broadcasting Corporation
101.1 DXTY Tony

Ultimate Entertainment, Inc.-Swara Sug Media Network
103.5 DXUE "The Spirit of Zamboanga"

Update ko lang to, zoroethgenre_003!

Manila Broadcasting Company
88.3 Radyo Natin >>> INACTIVE
90.7 DWST Showbiz Tsismis >>> INACTIVE
97.9 DXCM Love Radio >>> MANILA HOOKED-UP
102.7 DXHT HotFM

UM Broadcasting Network
91.5 WildFM DXKZ-

Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.
93.1 DXRX Dream Radio

Consolidated Broadcasting Systems-Bombo Radyo Philippines
93.9 Star FM

Golden Broadcast Professionals, Inc.
GoldFM
Killer Bee 95,5 KB University

Radio Mindanao Network
96.3 DXWR iFM Pwede!

GMA Network
97.1 DXMJ Campus Radio "Ese!" >>> INACTIVE (Closed)

ABS-CBN Network
98.7 DXFH ABS-CBN Radio "My Only Radio"

First United Broadcasting Corporation
99.5 DXLA (Voice of America) >>> INACTIVE

Nation Broadcasting Corporation
101.1 DXTY Tony >>> INACTIVE (Closed)

Ultimate Entertainment, Inc.-Swara Sug Media Network
103.5 DXUE "The Spirit of Zamboanga"

:soon:
2 More FM Stations to operate soon here in Zamboanga City.

Nogie’s priority: Railway system
By Rizalene P. Acac
Mindanao Times

SPEAKER Prospero Nograles vowed to pursue the plan of establishing a Mindanao Railway System, a project that has long been talked about but never pushed through.

In a press conference yesterday at Nanay Bebeng Restaurant, Nograles said the clamor to build the project has escalated over the years as all the legislators of Mindanao have signed a resolution urging President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to support the project.

He said the President already has a copy of the resolution.

Nograles said the Mindanao legislators will meet with representatives of the Mindanao Economic Development Council in April in the city to discuss the proposal.

During the event, Nograles said the council will explain to the participants the issues concerning the proposal and possible ways of implementing it. He added that another issue to be discussed will be on who should undertake the feasibility study of the project.

Nograles, however, was certain that the project would be foreign-funded. “If they can do it in North Railway and in the South Railway we can do it in Mindanao. Hindi na ako papayag na may iba pang railway na magawa sa ibang lugar except in Mindanao (I can’t allow for any railway to be done in other places except in Mindanao),” he said.

Nograles said he could not promise that the railway project would be done during his two-year term as fourth top official of the country, but vowed to use his power and connections for its realization.

He also assured that he will double his annual development fund which he could use to implement more projects for Mindanao. At present, he has P70 million for the fund.

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cool guys...

maybe this is good news for mindanao, we're just one island afterall...
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February 11, 2008 ayala presentation...
http://ir.ayalaland.com.ph/Events_and_Presentations/Presentations/default.aspx




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Oh how I wish this could be good news for everyone indeed. If not, then good news for Davao only.

^

Ganon lang naman yon, respeto lang naman yon sa kung anong "causa" meron ang mga ibang tao or cities in the case of this forum. Kung ayaw mong purihin ang ibang city dahil sa kung ano mang rason meron ka, tumahimik ka na lang and focus your attention to yours. Peace!

I hear you Vic. I get your point.

Nobody ever said that not-so-good articles cannot be posted in this forum. It is just a simple matter of leaving the discretion to post to forumers who have better interests over the article - a basic precept of etiquette and dequorum.

Case closed.

Canadian development agency
supports Tawi-Tawi seaweed industry

By Bong Garcia Jr.
Correspondent
The Business Mirror

ZAMBOANGA CITY—The Canadian International Development Agency (Cida) has committed to support plans to unleash the full potential of the seaweed industry in the Southern Philippines, specifically in the province of Tawi-Tawi.

Cida second secretary Joseph Goodings made the announcement at a forum held Tuesday in this city during which the Philippine Development Assistance Program (Pdap) presented the Sitangkai Seaweed Master Plan.

Goodings said the Canadian government is looking forward to assist the local government of Tawi-Tawi and the private sector through the Pdap in implementing the master plan.

Pdap, with funds from Cida, is on the forefront of efforts to further develop the seaweed industry in Sitangkai through Cida’s PRIME project, or the Promoting Rural Industries and Market, Enhancement Program.

Goodings said Cida has 5 million Canadian dollars (P203.42 million) for the whole PRIME program, including the seaweed project.

He said P10 million (245,788 Canadian dollars) is allocated for the seaweed industry throughout the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

“Our goal is to reduce poverty and to bring in development,” he said.

Sitangkai, which has a vast shallow reef measuring 60,000 hectares, is one of the 10 municipalities of Tawi-Tawi located in the southern tip of the country.

Pdap executive director Jerry Pacturan said the master plan calls for the increase of seaweed-production areas in Sitangkai from 2,500 hectares to as much as 10,000 hectares by 2010.

Pacturan said the master plan also aims to increase Sitangkai’s seaweed production from 3,000 metric tons monthly to 27,000 metric tons and increase in average annual farm income from P60,000 to P300,000.

He said the master plan is centered on Sitangkai as this municipality in Tawi-Tawi is the single- biggest source of seaweeds in the country, accounting for half of the country’s 97,000-metric-ton annual production.

Sitangkai is dubbed as the seaweed capital of the country for having such capability of producing half of the country’s annual production of seaweed.

“We are confident that with this support from our donor friend, we will be able to fast-track the implementation of the Sitangkai Seaweed Master Plan, and we will sooner realize the benefits of the plan to Sitangkai’s seaweed farmers,” Pacturan said.

He said the master plan will pave the way for the consolidation of efforts of all stakeholders involved in Sitangkai’s seaweed industry, including the farmers, traders, government agencies, donor agencies and the private sector.

He said the prospects of the seaweed industry are bright because of the growing international demand for seaweed, which is processed to produce carageenan, a major component in the manufacturing of food products such as gelatin.

Carageenan is also used in the manufacturing of toothpaste and is likewise used in the pharmaceutical industry for coating medicine.

Pacturan said since seaweed can only grow in clean water which Sitangkai has, the town enjoys a comparative advantage over other areas in the country and is in a unique position to take advantage of the growing global demand for carageenan.

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/0215&162008/economy04.html

Mindanao investments up 72% in ’07

Business World Online

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Investors’ confidence in Central Mindanao showed robust growth last year despite the volatile peace and order condition. Many deadly explosions hit various parts of the region in past years, particularly in the key cities of Cotabato, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and General Santos.

Data processed by the regional Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) office showed on Thursday that investments in Central Mindanao grew 72% year-on-year, or from P4.63 billion in 2006 to P7.98 billion in 2007.

Domestic investments outweighed foreign investments, with the former contributing P5.38 billion last year to the total investment figure, up 21% from P4.5 billion in 2006. Domestic investments in 2007 exceeded the target of P3.4 billion or by 58%.

Ibrahim K. Guiamadel, regional Trade department chief, said that Board of Investments (BoI)-registered projects last year, mainly in this city and South Cotabato province, generated investments worth P2.58 billion. Companies registered with the board include those into the processing of marine products and cold storage facilities, fruit and meat processing, mining and medical transcription, he added.

As to Board of Investments-registered firms, projects opened in South Cotabato posted the biggest investment at P2.29 billion, followed by General Santos at P277.40 million and Sarangani province with P15 million, Mr. Guimadel said.

"The presence of a BoI staff in the region helped expedite the evaluation and processing of projects not to mention the investment promotional activities undertaken [by our office]," Mr. Guiamadel said.

Domestic investments (P5.38 billion), meantime, from micro, small and medium and large enterprises were highest in General Santos City at P2.8 billion, P889 million in North Cotabato, P614 million in Cotabato City, P455 million in South Cotabato, P434 million in Sultan Kudarat and P182 million in Sarangani.

Nelly Nita Dillera, DTI-Central Mindanao business development division chief, said that total investments last year resulted in the creation of at least 31,814 jobs, an increase of 19% from the 25,307 jobs generated in 2006. — Romer S. Sarmiento

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Story Location: http://www.bworldonline.com/BW021508/content.php?id=054

Fertig of Mindanao (http://themindanaocurrent.blogspot.com/)

Fertig of Mindanao, the story of a modern American hero who led and unified the guerillas in Mindanao against the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945 might soon be seen in the silver screen of Hollywood movies unless negotiations flops.

And if it failed, the same story could still be used for release in the Philippine movie industry with Filipino movie stars.

And the writer is a native-born Kagay-anon, Apolinar Zamora-Ramiro, now a resident of Pasadena, California, USA who worked hard for years of research to compile a true-to-life story of a war legend.

The daring adventure of Forting to free Mindanao of the terror of war, prompted Gen. Douglas Macarthur to promote him to Lt. Colonel. His defiance to surrender as ordered by the USAFFEE earned him praises in Washington, D.C. Fertig was one American who loved the Philippines and its people.

The story revealed the unusual exploits of Wendel Fertig, a mining engineer in the Philippines when World War II broke out. He was commissioned a Major in the Corp of Engineers of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East and fought in the Central Plains of Luzons. His groups retreated to Bataan and eventually to Mindanao.

Like Lawrence of Arabia, Fertig had to deal with three groups of Muslims in Mindanao, the Maranao, Maguindanao and Tausogs in Sulu. After courageous negotiations, he was able to assimilate them into the overall Mindanao guerilla movement with the Christians and other native warriors.

The movie will involve lots of actions like ambushes of Japanese soldiers by the guerillas, burning of churches and government buildings, frontal skirmishes, dropping of bombs and hand-to-hand combats. It involves thousands of civilians who were caught in the war zones as well as evacuations and atrocities of the Japanese soldiers.

The story that covers the entire Mindanao resistance movement is now in script form with dialogues in English, Japanese, Visayan, Maranao and Bukidnon.

Ramiro, a civil-sanitary engineer who holds an MBA degree currently works with the U.S.government in Los Angeles. He used to be with the Cagayan de Oro Water District.

try to google killer bee cagayan de oro..

Thanks for the info. I found one of the Killer Bee stations that was streaming but I don't think it was the one in Cagayan De Oro. Which ever one I had however had excellent audio quality and some great music. At the time I was listening the stream broke up a few times. I will definetly try this one again. Thanks !

Here's the online streaming link I've found for Killer Bee CDO

http://www.opmlyrics.uchiro.net/?p=17

Thanks for the link, I will have to explore this further as I also notice I can listen to Radio Mindanao Network through the website your posted link leads to. It appears your AM stations there use 9Khz spacing ? I believe the UK also uses 9Khz spacing. Here in the USA AM stations are spaced evenly at 10 Khz spacing on the dial.

Should you be interested, here are a few station web addys that stream from my part of the world. There are many more although these are the ones I can give you off the top of my head:

www.newsradio88.com ( New York City all news radio station WCBS-AM 880 Khz )

www.wcbsfm.com ( New York CIty " Greatest Hits " ( oldies 1960's thru 1980's )

www.country925.com ( todays Country hits. ) Hartford Connecticut USA

www.7online.com ( New York CIty TV station website )

I believe I erad some of your stations are now transmitting in " HD " ? I wonder if it the same system that has started here within the past couple of years " IBOC " ( in band on channel ) Digital Transmisson. It is still in its infancy here and very slow to catch on due to the very low power levels being used for it by the radio stations.

Dxing radio via the internet sure beats the way I used to do it with BCBDX and shortwave !

Here's the online streaming link I've found for Killer Bee CDO

http://www.opmlyrics.uchiro.net/?p=17

I sometimes listen to KillerBee CDO here in Manila.

bump daw pud ni.

Real Radio....Alternative Music Radio

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Neo-Islamic Architecture of Royal Mandaya Hotel

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not only Mindanao's but Philppines most modern Architecture .....

Latest development sa construction ng New City Hall. ^^

The technical working committee is currently evaluating the Bidders for the Consultancy Services... :cheers:

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not only Mindanao's but Philppines most modern Architecture .....

Siguro for a government edifice this is a revolutionary modern architecture...:)

Mayor Uy's kind of development has set a paradigm shift towards Tagum's unconventional progressive future. :cheers:

Kabacan teacher is lone Mindanawon in Bb Pilipinas contest (http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3869&Itemid=50)
Williamor A. Magbanua/MindaNews
Wednesday, 20 February 2008 07:50

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/19 Feb) -- An instructor at the University of Southern Mindanao’s (USM) Engineering Department is the lone Mindanawon among the 24 candidates vying for Binibining Pilipinas 2008.
Lady Lou Garidan, 21, Candidate Number 17, finished her Bachelor in Information Management, cum laude, at the USM in Kabacan, North Cotabato.

The beauty pageant will be held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on March 8.

Out of 500 aspirants, only 24 were chosen, among them Garidan, a native of
Barangay Osias in Kabacan.

Garidan said she filed her candidacy through the internet.

“I was surprised when the organizers called and informed me that I am now an official candidate for Binibining Pilipinas 2008,” she said.

This is the second time that North Cotabato has a representative in the national beauty pageant.

Last year, Nadia Lee Chien Dela Cruz Shami of Midsayap, North Cotabato was proclaimed Binibining Pilipinas International.

Nadia also tried her luck in joining Ms. Philippines-Earth pageant where she was named Ms Air. (Williamor A. Magbanua/MindaNews)

Post ka ng photo of her @gearX para makilatis natin. :cheers:

Break a leg Lady Lou...^^

Kabacan teacher is lone Mindanawon in Bb Pilipinas contest (http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3869&Itemid=50)
Williamor A. Magbanua/MindaNews
Wednesday, 20 February 2008 07:50

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/19 Feb) -- An instructor at the University of Southern Mindanao’s (USM) Engineering Department is the lone Mindanawon among the 24 candidates vying for Binibining Pilipinas 2008.
Lady Lou Garidan, 21, Candidate Number 17, finished her Bachelor in Information Management, cum laude, at the USM in Kabacan, North Cotabato.

The beauty pageant will be held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on March 8.

Out of 500 aspirants, only 24 were chosen, among them Garidan, a native of
Barangay Osias in Kabacan.

Garidan said she filed her candidacy through the internet.

“I was surprised when the organizers called and informed me that I am now an official candidate for Binibining Pilipinas 2008,” she said.

This is the second time that North Cotabato has a representative in the national beauty pageant.

Last year, Nadia Lee Chien Dela Cruz Shami of Midsayap, North Cotabato was proclaimed Binibining Pilipinas International.

Nadia also tried her luck in joining Ms. Philippines-Earth pageant where she was named Ms Air. (Williamor A. Magbanua/MindaNews)


I think it was in 2005 that another Mindanaoan was proclaimed Bb. Pilipinas Universe. Lia Andrea Ramos was our neighbor, and Waway's batchmate in high school.

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LADY LOU GARIDAN, BSIT, MIM Student, Miss USM - University of Southern Mindanao, USM Instructress in the Department of Computing, College of Engineering and Computing

Wow... Beautiful gurl:cheers: She has brains like Intel Core2 Quad processor siguro. :)

Go Mindanawan ...^^

more photos...

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left-most
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3rd from left
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source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23174595@N03/)

^^
Funny, because she resembles Lia Andrea Ramos, IMO.

If only I have pictures of Lia so that I can make the comparison... :ohno:

Lia Andrea Ramos

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^^
Yes that's it!

So magkahawig nga talaga sila, IMO. Especially in this picture. Pero, it could be in the make up, I don't know. But as far as this shot is concerned, magkawig talaga.

:)

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LADY LOU GARIDAN, BSIT, MIM Student, Miss USM - University of Southern Mindanao, USM Instructress in the Department of Computing, College of Engineering and Computing

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LADY LOU GARIDAN, BSIT, MIM Student, Miss USM - University of Southern Mindanao, USM Instructress in the Department of Computing, College of Engineering and Computing

look the kili2x ang itim naman......belo to the rescue!!!

^^ :lol: yan pang patay sa mga judges sa Miss Universe , yun kung papasa siya sa Bb. Pilipinas judges :lol:

look the kili2x ang itim naman......belo to the rescue!!!

Waaaaaaaa! Ikaw Filino ha, you're so naughty! Hahahaha!

Kanina ko pa napansin yan, nahiya lang akong sabihin. Tapos ikaw, na-blurt out mo talaga! Hahahahahahahaha! :lol::lol::lol:

^^ paano kaya kung naka swim suite sorry swimsuit pala :lol:

^^ paano kaya kung naka swim suite sorry swimsuit pala :lol:

Hindi naman yan problema noh. May mga negra nga na nananalo. Sila, hindi lang kilikili ang maitim sa kanila, buong katawan pa! Yet they win! Hehehehehe!

Remember: Ang tumalo kay Miriam Quiambao ay isang taga Botswana! :lol::lol::lol:

^^ sabi ko nga ok sa intenrational eh ang problema mga judges dito ayaw ng itim na kigol, natural maging judge si Beki Velo :lol:

Waaaaaaaa! Ikaw Filino ha, you're so naughty! Hahahaha!

Kanina ko pa napansin yan, nahiya lang akong sabihin. Tapos ikaw, na-blurt out mo talaga! Hahahahahahahaha! :lol::lol::lol:

the first part of the woman body kc na titingnan ko ay ang kili-kili. i mena of course i look at the face then after that ang kili-kili na pag maitim turn-off na ako dyan kahit si dawn zulueta pa siya.

^^
Uy bad ka. Ilok lang man niya ang maitim, hindi man siguro maitim ang kigol nya...

Hindi naman yan problema noh. May mga negra nga na nananalo. Sila, hindi lang kilikili ang maitim sa kanila, buong katawan pa! Yet they win! Hehehehehe!

Remember: Ang tumalo kay Miriam Quiambao ay isang taga Botswana! :lol::lol::lol:

ane negra kc pantay ang kulay

the first part of the woman body kc na titingnan ko ay ang kili-kili. i mena of course i look at the face then after that ang kili-kili na pag maitim turn-off na ako dyan kahit si dawn zulueta pa siya.

Waaaaaa! Eh pano kung hindi sya naka sleeveless, then first time mong nakita ang kilikili nya eh kasal na kayo? Hahahahaha! Hindi pa naman yan ground for annulment of marriage! Hahahahaha!

^^
Uy bad ka. Ilok lang man niya ang maitim, hindi man siguro maitim ang kigol nya...

:lol: what can i do eh dyan talaga na ka catch ang attention ko.

Waaaaaa! Eh pano kung hindi sya naka sleeveless, then first time mong nakita ang kilikili nya eh kasal na kayo? Hahahahaha! Hindi pa naman yan ground for annulment of marriage! Hahahahaha!

hahahaha ano tawag dyan obstruction of justice? :lol:

eh paano ang mukha parang kili2 , tapos ang kili parang mukha :lol:
ay naku ipatawas yan ! para gumanda ang mukha ay kili2 pala ! :lol:

^^
Uy bad ka. Ilok lang man niya ang maitim, hindi man siguro maitim ang kigol nya...


di ata hard evidence yan atty.! pero miski in actuality eh di na lkailangan ng evidence kasi we all know what's the color of the kils wil reflect to the gols :rofl:

ane negra kc pantay ang kulay

ikaw naman filino parang hindi naman body inspector eh yung lapa2 at palad itim din ba ?:lol:

bagay sila sa avatar mo dinabaw :lol: :lol: :lol:

^^bungot nimo hahaha

eh tapos na tayo sa iluk how about gilagid or lagus(?) :colgate:

i think i can take dark ilok but not dark lagus :hilarious

ikaw naman filino parang hindi naman body inspector eh yung lapa2 at palad itim din ba ?:lol:

what if negra tapos ang puti ng kili-kili? :rofl:

hahahaha ano tawag dyan obstruction of justice? :lol:

Lol!

Kaya sa araw ng kasal nyo, pasuotin mo ng gown na sleeveless ang bride mo para pwede kang tumakbo before ka mag I-DO if matim ang iloks nya. Hahahaha

di ata hard evidence yan atty.! pero miski in actuality eh di na lkailangan ng evidence kasi we all know what's the color of the kils wil reflect to the gols :rofl:

Ganon ba yun??? Hahahahahaha! Sige, panooring nalang natin sya sa pageant night. Lol

^^ mali ata yan atty huli na ang lahat "secret uncover" after marriage waaahhhhhhh sana may b***t siya :lol:

^^bungot nimo hahaha

eh tapos na tayo sa iluk how about gilagid or lagus(?) :colgate:

i think i can take dark ilok but not dark lagus :hilarious

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :lol:

Ganon ba yun??? Hahahahahaha! Sige, panooring nalang natin sya sa pageant night. Lol

there's a way pa, mag boil sya ng water then after 30 minutes mag boil, buhos bigla sa ilok nya :lol: :lol: :lol:

^^ mali ata yan atty huli na ang lahat "secret uncover" after marriage waaahhhhhhh sana may b***t siya :lol:

Hahahaha!

Hala baka ma OT na tayo nito! Hahahahahaha!

Hahahaha!

Hala baka ma OT na tayo nito! Hahahahahaha!

oo nga pala! kc she's representing mindanao, so she must be presentable the least thing she can do and before joining such big contest she should be prepared not just mentally but physically. more on physical kc it's the first thing that catches the people attention.

oo nga pala! kc she's representing mindanao, so she must be presentable the least thing she can do and before joining such big contest she should be prepared not just mentally but physically. more on physical kc it's the first thing that catches the people attention.

... and for her to do that, she should pour boiling water into her kilikili?? Naughty talaga to si Filino. :lol::lol::lol:

^^ in fairness to Lady Lou Garidan guapa siya not typical candidate for Miss U :)

Mindanao declared "free from bird flu"
By Rose B. Palacio

Davao City (20 February) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that while Mindanao remain "free from bird-flu", DA will have to be vigilant in supporting the government' effort to be free from this bird disease.

Department of Agriculture XI head for poultry and livestock Dr. Rafael Mercado said the Task Force created by the government to address and handle activities for the prevention of the entry of birds flu remain vigilant in enforcing laws to prevent entry of said the disease.

Migratory bird is one of the causes for the spread of this disease, Dr. Mercado said.

Among the identified areas in Mindanao that are closely being watched include: Liguasan Marsh in Maguindanao; Agusan Marsh; La Paz in Carmen; Malalag, Davao del Sur; and Banay-Banay in Davao oriental.

He said that in a laboratory assessment of the Philippine Animal Health center on poultry and other fowl in Mindanao, the result of the screening of fecal, cloasal and oral swabs among chicken and other fowls are negative.

He said about 3,000 samples collected throughout the country including those from Mindanao showed negative of H5+1 or the basic agent of the bird flu virus.

However, despite its negative result, the task force on the prevention and control of bird-flu remain alert and our monitoring should not slow down, he said.

Mindanao is a bird-flu free island but there are still other ways for the spread of this virus that's why our task force remain vigilant in our campaign, he said.

Dr. Mercado explained that the virus could be carried by human coming from a country infected with the virus or through smuggled poultry and other similar products from a foreign country where the virus is prevalent. (PIA) [top]

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=11&sec=archive&r=R11&sp=1&fi=p080220.htm&no=01

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but a lot of people would still consider her beauty very exotic.:)

^^ thinking out of the box kinahanglan ang tanang mayors.

PLDT says fibre-optic network to have 1Tbps capacity by end-2008

Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) says the capacity of its domestic fibre-optic network (DFON) is expected to reach one terabit capacity by the end of this year. The company’s vice president for corporate business Nerissa S Ramos told attendees of the eServices 2008 conference that the DFON is configured to provide eight self-healing rings encompassing Davao in Mindanao and Cagayan province in the north. The telco is upgrading its network infrastructure as part of a wider PHP25 billion (USD610 million) CAPEX plan for 2008 that will also see its internet gateway capacity doubled to 50Tbps. To further support the increased demand for broadband services, PLDT is expanding its wireless networks with the deployment of an additional 7,000 GPRS/EDGE-enabled cell sites and 1,000 more which will support 3G/HSPA technology. Meanwhile, the operator’s fixed wireless access network, which is used to provide PLDT’s SmartBro service, will benefit from an upgrade to more than 2,000 sites in more than 500 municipalities, Ramos said.

http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=21778&email=html

Downsouth
By Hernani P. De Leon
Revisiting the Mindanao railway system (http://www.bworld.com.ph/BW022108/content.php?id=076)

DAVAO CITY — A major news item here last week was a call by regional leaders for the central government to proceed with the Mindanao Railway System proposed during the time of President Fidel V. Ramos. The call was supported by new Speaker Prospero C. Nograles.

Documents prepared in the mid- to late-’90s, however, showed a Mindanao railway was not feasible. Just one section of the project alone covering the Iligan-Cagayan de Oro-Malaybalay-North Cotabato-Davao route will cost P46 billion, or a little less than $2 billion based on the then prevailing peso-dollar exchange rate. The two other sections will connect Zamboanga to Iligan and Iligan to Davao via Cotabato.

The Davao-Cagayan de Oro-Iligan section’s pre-feasibility study concluded that while the project’s economic rate of return was acceptable at that time, the financial rate of return was too low for an investor to realize a net income. Government planners suggested a better option was to pursue an infrastructure program costing less than $2 billion. Such program could cover the entire island.

A Saudi financier who visited this city last year made a practical suggestion: If Mindanaoans really wanted a railway system, the local government units should co-finance it, or, in short, be prepared for the financial risks. Still, that remark makes the Mindanao railway project a long shot considering the best section in the planned system will only pass through five provinces.

Assuming the 1995 pre-feasibility cost estimates remain constant, even at only 25% share in the Davao-Iligan railway project’s equity, the cost for the local governments would be a staggering $500 million. Where would that kind of money come from and for how long will the trains be running before they turn into junks?

But then, discussions on the project during the mid-’90s mentioned the Mindanao railway system was not feasible "in the next 10 years," which had already passed. While the chance of getting better results at this time is slim, a second look at the project through a reasonably priced study may be worth the effort.

* * *

The De Venecia-Lozada exposé in the Senate may have jolted millions of Filipinos, but major protest actions are not expected within the near term — at least in this city. It has nothing to do with a local church leadership allegedly close to the First Family.

Incidentally, the President was here getting support through prayers and blessings from Davao’s church leaders during Jun Lozada’s first testimony at the Senate narrating his abduction and exposing corruption in the messy National Broadband Network (NBN) project.

Interviews conducted at random indicated local residents would rather leave the issue for national leaders and civil society in the National Capital Region to decide. Previous political upheavals that started in Metro Manila have not significantly affected Mindanao’s economy anyway.

National leaders’ biases favoring the northern regions remain, despite two successful people power revolts, even as the Mindanaons frontier spirit, one characterized by self-reliance, gets even stronger. That Mindanao could stand on its own with its resources is becoming more obvious at this point.

This does not mean, however, that Mindanaoans are passive on the charges hurled against the Arroyo administration. In general, businessmen and people on the streets with whom I have talked with believe that the offenses were committed and that specific personalities involved should be identified and charged in court.

* * *

Irregularities in the government, not in the same magnitude as the NBN-ZTE allegations, are happening all over. Political appointees out to recover their election contributions make money with the help of agency crooks adept in skirting state rules and regulations.

In many cases, government officials abuse their authority extorting money from suppliers yet complaints were never filed before the proper agencies. A couple of acquaintances new to transacting with the government once told me their stories. One, a balikbayan who’s a close relative of a popular and influential politician in this city, expressed disappointment over "gifts" requested from him by regional officials of a national agency after he won a supply contract.

The gifts demanded came close to a third of the contract amount wiping out his profit. Apparently, the officials did not know who his cousin was. But he never namedropped for he knew his cousin would be mad at him for doing business with a government agency.

A neighbor also said he was surprised to receive a call from an assistant of a local executive in Central Mindanao asking for a pickup truck and some cash after he sealed a deal for two garbage trucks worth millions of pesos. He knew he would lose money but gave in since he was promised future supply contracts.

2 Davao, Palawan air routes up
for approval in BIMP-Eaga meeting

By Manuel T. Cayon
Reporter
The Business Mirror

DAVAO CITY—The tourism and air transport sectors of the East Asean Growth Area (Eaga) will meet here to smoothen out tourism promotion and tour packages and increase air travel within the four member-countries.

In the meeting, two Mindanao and one Palawan destinations were expected to be approved for additional air routes within the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines (BIMP-Eaga) to increase movement of people and travelers within the subregional grouping.

The meeting will take place at the Marco Polo Hotel here over the weekend, according to the Minda-nao Economic Development Council (Medco), the Philippine secretariat in the BIMP-Eaga.

Art Boncato, former president of the Davao Tourism Association, said the meeting would be crucial in forging a unified vision at how they would help the subregion expand and promote it as a single tourism destination.

The Medco said it would expect 30 major officials and prime moves in tourism and air transport in the four countries, and would be composed of airline executives, general sales and travel agents, tour operators and marketing teams, as well as donor organizations.

Mary Ann Montemayor, chairman of the BIMP-Eaga Tourism Council, said the meeting will attempt to find unique tour packages and destinations from what was actually almost common to all the member-countries of the BIMP-Eaga.

“Every nation has beaches and nature parks, but we would look at complementing destinations to avoid competition. We would market the subregion as a single destination but with varied offerings for varied interests of tourists and travelers,” Montemayor told an earlier news briefing here.

She said that Davao City, for instance, may offer its night life that is more vibrant than the other cities in the BIMP. The city has been the favorite venue of many BIMP-Eaga meetings in the past due to its night life. But Montemayor said, “We would package the city as family destination of healthy night life,” citing multi- entertainment destinations like the Matina Town Square and the Venue, hangouts even of families.

The Medco said that the two-day “convergence meeting” aims to come up with a list “of joint programs and projects that will make Eagaroutes more viable and come up with an appropriate tourism brand for BIMP-Eaga as basis for marketing and promotions.”

The airline sector would meet on Friday ahead of the convergence meeting “to discuss updates and action status on the results of the 1st BIMP-Eaga Airlines Forum in June last year,” which approved fifth freedom rights to airline companies. The traffic rights grant airlines to deliver passengers to another country and pick up passengers there for another flight to another country.

A memorandum of understanding on the expansion of air linkages was signed in January last year among the four countries.

BIMP officials said they believed that the landmark agreement made by the transport cluster was “expected to pave the way for the accelerated implementation of the Asean ‘open- skies’ policy.

The meeting would also hope to get the commitment of the airline companies “to serve Eaga routes, including other business opportunities in BIMP-Eaga’s aviation market.”

The BIMP-Eaga has five existing air routes: the Kota Kinabalu-Bandar Seri Begawan, served by Royal Brunei Airlines and Malaysian Airlines; Bandar Seri Begawan-Kuching, served by Royal Brunei Airlines; Zamboanga-Sandakan served by Asian Spirit; Pontianak-Kuching, served by Batavia Air; and Manado-Davao City, served by Merparti Airlines.

In convergence meeting here over the weekend, the following proposed air routes will be discussed: Kuching- Bandar Seri Begawan-Kota Kinabalu-BSB, to be served by Air Asia; Pontianak-Kuching-Bandar Seri Begawan, to be served by Batavia Air; Davao City-Bandar Seri Begawan, to be served by Pearl Pacific Airways; Puerto Princessa-Kota Kinabalu, to be served by SeaAir; and the Davao-Kota Kinabalu, to be served by Cebu Pacific Air.

Eaga is the largest subregional cooperation in Asia whose natural environment is ideal for tourism development. The subregional grouping has about 1.5 million square kilometers of land and is home to the world’s largest and oldest rain forests (Borneo and Papua), two of the world’s richest marine biodiversity sites which are Sulu and Sulawesi seas, and a string of world heritage sites such as Mount Kinabalu and Tubataha Reefs.

With its rich natural endowments, Eaga offers diverse land and water-based tourist attractions. The tourism sector wishes BIMP-Eaga to be an exotic, premier, single culture, adventure and nature tourism destination in Southeast Asia, according to Medco.

It said, however, Eaga’s tourism potentials remained untapped due to lack of air connectivity, promotion and marketing of destinations.

The meeting here was also the response of the clusters “to the directive during the 4th BIMP-Eaga Leaders’ Summit in Singapore last year to undertake collaborative actions that would ensure sustainability of the existing air routes and establish more new subregional air connections this year.”

The Medco said that the meeting is jointly organized by the German Technical Cooperation, Asian Development Bank, BIMP-Eaga Transport, Infrastructure and ICT Development Cluster, BIMP-Eaga Joint Tourism Development Cluster, Department of Transportation and Communications BIMP-Eaga Business Council, BIMP-EagaTourism Council and the MEDCo Secretariat.

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/02212008/economy06.html

TOP 10 sa Nursing...dami taga Mindanao.

especially from:

San Pedro College Davao (#3, #4, #9, #9) :applause:
Ateneo de Davao University (#6)
Xavier University (#6, #8)
Davao Doctors College (#7)
Western Mindanao State University (#7)
Capitol University (#9)

did I miss someone?

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source (http://www.pinoybsn.blogspot.com/)

Downsouth

Revisiting the Mindanao railway system

By Hernani P. De Leon

The Business World

DAVAO CITY — A major news item here last week was a call by regional leaders for the central government to proceed with the Mindanao Railway System proposed during the time of President Fidel V. Ramos. The call was supported by new Speaker Prospero C. Nograles.

Documents prepared in the mid- to late-’90s, however, showed a Mindanao railway was not feasible. Just one section of the project alone covering the Iligan-Cagayan de Oro-Malaybalay-North Cotabato-Davao route will cost P46 billion, or a little less than $2 billion based on the then prevailing peso-dollar exchange rate. The two other sections will connect Zamboanga to Iligan and Iligan to Davao via Cotabato.

The Davao-Cagayan de Oro-Iligan section’s pre-feasibility study concluded that while the project’s economic rate of return was acceptable at that time, the financial rate of return was too low for an investor to realize a net income. Government planners suggested a better option was to pursue an infrastructure program costing less than $2 billion. Such program could cover the entire island.

A Saudi financier who visited this city last year made a practical suggestion: If Mindanaoans really wanted a railway system, the local government units should co-finance it, or, in short, be prepared for the financial risks. Still, that remark makes the Mindanao railway project a long shot considering the best section in the planned system will only pass through five provinces.

Assuming the 1995 pre-feasibility cost estimates remain constant, even at only 25% share in the Davao-Iligan railway project’s equity, the cost for the local governments would be a staggering $500 million. Where would that kind of money come from and for how long will the trains be running before they turn into junks?

But then, discussions on the project during the mid-’90s mentioned the Mindanao railway system was not feasible "in the next 10 years," which had already passed. While the chance of getting better results at this time is slim, a second look at the project through a reasonably priced study may be worth the effort.

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Story Location: http://www.bworldonline.com/BW022108/content.php?id=076

NorthCot's PALMA is finalist in Galing Pook awards
MindaNews (http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3889&Itemid=55)
Saturday, 23 February 2008 08:59

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/Feb 22) -- North Cotabato's special growth area collectively named PALMA complex is among the 19 finalists in this year's Gawad Galing Pook awards, an annual citation of best practices among the local government units.

PALMA's best practice that made it to the top rating was its road project initiated by mayors from the five towns in the province's first district, the towns of Pigcawayan, Alamada, Libungan, Midsayap, and Aleosan.

The mayors, supported by Cotabato Governor Jesus Sacdalan, banded together and pooled their heavy equipment, personnel and money to repair and construct cheaper farm-to-market roads in their remotest barangays.

Their motto is, "Together, Making Better Lives!"

Sacdalan said he was overwhelmed with joy by the achievement of the PALMA "that despite meager resources, the complex was able to deliver basic services to their people, especially the poor farmers in the countryside".

During his first state-of-the-province address Tuesday, he congratulated PALMA for being a finalist while implementing his key priority programs embodied in SHEEP, an acronym for Social and rural infrastructure, Health and social welfare, Education and environment, Economic empowerment and livelihood and Peace and security.

Sacdalan has committed his administration to continue the programs and projects started by former Governor, and now Vice Governor Manny F. Piñol.

"Our task is to build upon the accomplishments of the province, further enhance the provincial government's service to the people, move further onwards to peace and progress, and ensure a better future for (North) Cotabato as embodied in the our Vision:Cotabato 100," Gov. Sacdalan said in his address.

Among the key programs in the governor's SOPA were the asphalting and rehabilitation of provincial roads, construction of water systems, services, expansion of the provincial government's college scholarship provision of lighting facilities, delivery of basic health and social program, high-value commercial crops development program, livestock dispersal and other livelihood programs, and peace and security efforts of the provincial government.

The Gantimpalang Panglingkod Pook or Gawad Galing Pook was launched in October 21, 1993 as the pioneering awards program on innovation and excellence in local governance. It was a joint initiative of the Department of Interior and Local Government (through its Local Government Academy), the Ford Foundation, and other individual local governance advocates from the academe, civil society, and government.

The Asian Institute of Management anchored the program until the Galing Pook Foundation was established in 1998 and a new foundation secretariat took over in 2001.

A total of 215 local governance programs have been awarded in the annual search for outstanding and trailblazing local governance programs from 1994 to 2005.

Among the award categories is the Outstanding Local Governance Program Award, which is given to each of the top ten (10) program winners. (MindaNews)

Hotels per city for "Davao"

Name - Address

Apo View Hotel J. Camus St. Davao
Bagobo House Hotel Gov. Duterte Street
Casa Leticia J. Camus St. Davao
Crown Regency Hotel J.P. Cabaguio Avenue
Davao Imperial Hotel Dona Segunda Bldg., Claveria S
Eden Nature Park (NEW) No. 3 Matina Town Square
Fuego Pearl Farm Kaputian, Island Garden City
Grand Men Seng Hotel Magallanes- Anda Streets Davao
Grand Regal Hotel Km 7. J.P. Laurel Avenue,
Lana Hotel Galleria Gov. Duterte St., Davao City
Humberto's Hotel 311 Jose Palma Gil cor. Padre Gomez Sts. Davao City
Insular Century Hotel Lanang Davao
Manor Hotel A. Pichon Street D.A. Bldg. Davao City
Mercure Hotel J P Laurel Avenue,
Orange Grove Hotel 123 Crossing Buhangn
Regency Inn Villa Abrille St., Davao City
Royal Mandaya Hotel J. Palma Gil St.Davao
The Bagobo House Hotel Gov. Duterte St., Davao City
The Marco Polo DavaoCM Recto St,
Davao Tower Inn Quirino Ave. Davao City
Venee's Hotel Macarthur Highway, Davao City
Villa Margarita JP Laurel Ave. Davao City
Waterfront Insular Hotel Lanang Davao


Hotels per city for "CDO"

Cagayan River View Inn Vamenta Blvd., Carmen
Casa Crystalla Pabayo-Chaves Sts.
Country Village Hotel Villarin St., Carmen
De Luxe Hotel Capt. Vicente Roa St.
Demiren Hotel Tiano-Macahambus Sts.
Discovery Hotel Limketkai Drive
Dynasty Court Hotel Tiano-Hayes Sts.
Estrella Hotel Julio Pacana St.
Grand City Hotel Velez-Chaves Sts.
Harbor Lights Hotel Gusa
Hotel Conchita Guillermo-Yacapin Extension
Hotel Koresco Pueblo de Oro Golf Estates
Hotel Ramon T. Neri-Burgos Sts.
Lamar Inn Velez-J. R. Borja Sts.
Lauremar Hotel Taboc, Opol, Mis. Or.
Mallberry Suites Florentino Street
Marco Hotel Alwana Busi. Park, Cugman
Maxandrea Hotel J. R. Borja-Aguinaldo Sts.
Park View Hotel T. Neri-Capistrano Sts.
Pearlmont Inn Limketkai Drive, Osmeña St.
Philtown Hotel Velez-Macahambus Sts.
Pryce Plaza Hotel Carmen Hill
Southwinds Hotel Capt. Vicente Roa Ext.
The Malasag House Malasag, Cugman
VIP Hotel A. Velez-J. R. Borja Sts.
Westin Tourist Inn Vamenta Blvd, Carmen
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Bonair Inn - Osmena St.
Natures Pensione - Chaves St.
Goodnews Travelers Inn - Capt.Vicente Roa St.
Kyross Inn - Mabini St.
YMCA Hostel - Puntod, CDO
MASS-SPECC Hostel - Tiano Bros. St.
William's Inn - Burgos St.
Mantaring Inn - Borja St.
Fort Santiago - Nazareth
Queensland - Kauswagan Hiway
Sunshine Christian Guest House - Mabulay Compound
Plaza Tourist Inn - Capistrano St.
High Time - Kauswagan Hiway
Rennasance Inn - Kauswagan Hiway
(edited)Addt'l...
Kingston Lodge, Airport road
Mountain Suites Business Apartelle, kimwa Compound, Tablon
City Lodge, Villarin Street, Carmen
Ridgeview Chalets Xavier Estate


Hotels per city for "Zamboanga"

Argamel Hotel Gov. Camins Avenue
Azenith Royale Hotel Governor Camins Avenue
Blue Shark Hotel Canelar, Mayor Jaldon St. Dapitan City
Resort Hotel Sunset Blvd. Dapitan City Zamboanga del Norte
G. C. Hotel 19 Tomas Claudio Ext. cor Gove
Garden Orchid Hotel Governor Camins Avenue
Hotel Paradise P. Reyes St.
Hotel Perlita Mayor Jaldon St.
Hotel Preciosa Mayor Jaldon St.
Hotel Salwa Governor Camins Avenue
Imperial Hotel 79 Campaner Sts. cor. P. Brill
Jardin de la Vina Hotel & Rest 149 Gov. Alvarez Ave.Fedela bu
Lantaka Hotel by the Sea N.S. Valderrosa St.
Mag-V Royal Hotel San Jose Road cor. Navarro Roa
Marcian Garden Hotel Gov. Camins Avenue
Sky Park Hotel German Tower Tomas Claudio cor. Antonio Orendain St. Zamboanga City
Yang's Hotel Mercado St. cor. T. Claudio
Zamboanga Hermosa Hotel Mayor Jaldon St.

Hotels per city for "GenSan"

Anchor Hotel Santiago Blvd. corner Cagampan
Days General Santos City Hotel Lagao, General Santos City
East Asia Royale Hotel National Highway
Family Country Hotel and Coven Mateo Road, Lagao
Hotel Dolores Santiago Blvd.
Hotel Sansu Demalanta Building Pioneer Ave. General Santos City
Matumtum Hotel 47p Acharon Boulevard,
Phela Grande Hotel Corner Magsaysay Avenue
Sydney Hotel Corner Pioneer and Pendaton Ave

Hotels per city for "Iligan"

Cheradel Suites Bro. Raymond Jeffrey Rd.
Corporate Inn (Boutique Hotel) 5 Sparrow Rd. Isabel Village,
Elena Tower Inn. Tibanga, Iligan City
Maria Christina Hotel San Miguel Street, Iligan
Smilers Inn Timuga, Buru-un, Iligan City


Hotels per city for "Pagadian"

Hotel Camilla J. Ariosa Street, Pagadian Cit
Hotel Guillermo Rizal Avenue, Pagadian City
Springland Hotel & Resort Tuburan, Pagadian City


Hotels per city for "Butuan"

Almont Hotel Infront of Rizal Park San Jose
Balaghai Hotel & Convention Ce Malvar Subdivision Doongon,
Beverly Inn 2nd Floor FAR EAST BANK Montil
Butuan Luxury Hotel R. Calo St., Cor. Villinueva S
Carl Patrick's Hotel Montilla Boulevard Butuan City
Echelon Hotel Villanueva St. Butuan City
Embassy Hotel Montilla Blvd., Pili Drive But
Emerald Villa Hotel & Restaura Villanueva St. Butuan City
Gardenville Hotel Butuan Basic, National Highway
Hens Only San Francisco St., Cor. Villan
Hotel Karaga Montilla Boulevard Butuan City
Luciana Inn & Restaurant A . D . Curato St., cor. San J
Royal Plaza Hotel T. Calo St. Butuan City
Tam's Fortune Inn 1 E. Luna St., cor. P. Burgos St
Tam's Fortune Inn 2 P. Burgos St. Butuan City

Hotels per city for "Surigao"

Gracia Hotel San Nicolas Street
Jannex Pension Capitol Road
Leomondee Hotel Borromeo Street
Metro Pension Plaza Navarro Street
SLB Pension I Amat Street
SLB Pension II Borromeo Street
Tavern Hotel Borromeo St., Surigao City
The Garden Pavillion Capitol Compound


Hotel per city for "Cotabato"

Estosan Garden Hotel Gov. Gutierrez Blvd


Hotel per city for "Dipolog"

Dipolog City Hotels and Guest Corner Quezon and Malvar Stree
Mibang Hotel Barangay Sta. Filomena
Top Plaza Hotel Echaves St Corner Quezon Ave


Hotel per city for "Malaybalay"

Haus MalibuBonifacio and Comisio Streets
Pine Hills HotelP&T Town Center, Fortich St.


Hotel per city for "Valencia"

Taipan Hotel and Restaurant


Hotel per city for "Gingoog"

Mountian Air Hotel Dona Garciana St.


Hotel per city for "Camiguin"

Camiguin Highland Resort Orasan Soro-soso Camiguin
Enigmata Tree House Eco Lodge Balbagon
Bahay Bakasyunan Sa Camuiguin


If there's lacking kindly fill it up.


http://www.mindanao-hotels.com/index.php?select=all&menu=city

The Complete List of Hotels in Davao City



The Marco Polo Davao
De Luxe Cor. C.M. Recto-Roxas Streets 221-0888/Fax 225-0111 Superior 6,800.00
No. of rooms: 245
Manager: Ms. Tina Uy Email: Deluxe (single/double) 8,400.00
davao@marcopolohotels.com Cabana 10,000.00
Executive Suite 16,800.00
Continental Executive Suite 19,600.00
Marco Polo Suite 28,000.00
Presidential Suite 53,200.00
Extra Bed 1,300.00

Grand Regal Hotel Davao
First Class J.P Laurel Avenue, Lanang 234-3910/235-0888/Fax 234-3858/234-3918 Superior Room 3,340.00
No. of rooms: 217
email: grhd_dvo@mozcom.com Deluxe Room 2,340.00-2,645.00
Website: www.grandregalhotel.com
Premier Room 2,645.00-2,950.00
Superior Suite 3,255.00
Executive Floor
Executive Room 4,070.00
Executive Suite 6,100.00
Premier Suite 11,185.00
Presidential Suite 17,285.00

The Apo View
First Class J. Camus Street 221-6430 to 40//221-2281/227-5088 Deluxe Room, Single 4,500.00
No. of rooms: 185
Fax 221-0748 Deluxe Room, Double 5,000.00
Email: info@apoview.com Junior Suite 6,000.00
Executive Suite 8,000.00
Presidential Suite 12,000.00
Family Room 4,000.00
Extra Bed 300.00
Extra Person 500.00

The Royal Mandaya Hotel
First Class Palma Gil Street Telefax 225-1889/225-8888 Single Occupancy 2,200.00
No. of rooms: 118
Email: royalmandaya@yahoo.com Double Occupancy 2,500.00
Executive Suite 3,500.00 Royal Suite 6,500.00


Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao
First Class/ No. of rooms: 153
Lanang 234-3050/233-2381/ Fax 235-0900 & 233-2801
Standard 3,720.00 Email: wihd@waterfronthotels.net
Superior 4,270.00
Deluxe Superior 5,290.00
Deluxe Pool View 5,800.00
Junior Suite 9,600.00
Executive 6,600.00
Presidential 20,000.00
Extra Bed 1,220.00

Casa Letecia
Standard J. Camus Street 224-0501/Fax 221-3585 Studio Room 2,000.00
No. of rooms: 41
Manager: Mr. Jake Redede Email: casaleticia@yahoo.com Superior Single 2,200.00
Superior Double 2,400.00
Deluxe 2,600.00
Executive Suite 3,000.00
Presidential Suite 4,000.00
Extra Person 300.00
Extra Bed 400.00

Evergreen Hotel
Standard R. Magsaysay Avenue 221-3860 to 66/Fax 221-1245 S 600.00
No. of rooms: 55 Twin 800.00
Triple 1,200.00
Family Suite 1,700.00
Single (non-air) 325.00

Grand Men Seng Hotel
Standard A. Pichon Street 221-9040/Fax 221-2431 S 1,800.00
No. of rooms: 70 Manager: Mr. George U. Lim email: sales@grandmenseng.com D 2,200.00
Triple 2,640.00
Suite 3,850.00
Extra person/bed 600.00

Hotel Galleria
Standard Duterte Street 221-2480/Fax 221-8162 Single Standard 710.00
No. of rooms: 43 email: galleria@gatesway.com
Twin De Luxe 1,099.00 Double De Luxe 1,342.00
Junior Suite ( 1 mat. & 1 single) 1,403.00
Penthouse Suite - (1 mat. & 2 single) 2,074.00
Triple Sharing 1,449.00

Lispher Inn
Standard Juna Ave., Juna Subd. Telefax 299-1610 Regular 950.00
No. of rooms: 26 Email: info@lispher.ph
De Luxe 1,200.00
Jr. Suites 1,750.00
Family Suites 2,100.00
Extra Bed 300.00

Regency Inn
Standard Villa Abrille Street 222-5819/Fax: 227-4333 Single Standard 949.00
No. of rooms: 83 Email: regency@regencyinn.com
Twin de luxe 1,099.00 Double de luxe 1,099.00
Suite 2,000.00
Extra Person 200.00
Extra Bed 250.00

Villa Margarita Hotel
Standard/ No. of rooms: 32 J.P Laurel Avenue 221-5674 to 75/fax 226-2968/ 224-2712 Standard (single) 1,043.00 Manager: Ms. Mary Ann Montermayor email address: villa_margarita@skyinet.net
Standard (double) 1,210.00 Superior (single) 1,151.00
Superior (double) 1,440.00
Deluxe (single) 1,350.00
Deluxe (double) 1,585.00
Junior Suite (double) 1,693.00
Senior Suite (double) 1,898.00 Extra Bed 485.00 Extra Person 385.00

B.S. Inn
Economy/ No. of rooms: 39
Gempesaw-Monteverde Streets 221-3980/Fax: 221-0740 Single Bed 450.00 Double Bed 550.00 Suite Room 650.00 Family Room 800.00 Extra Bed 100.00


Hotel Elena
Economy/No. of rooms: 30 Avenida Santos Avenue, Nova Tierra Village Lanang 233-1941/ fax 233-1887 Superior Single Accomodation 1,100.00 Email: hotel_1@yahoomail.com.ph Superior Double Accomodation 1,300.00 Deluxe single accomodation 1,500.00
Deluxe double accomodation 1,700.00
Junior Suite 2,200.00
Executive Suite 1,800.00
Extra Bed 250.00
Extra Person 250.00

Sychar Hotel
Economy J.P. Laurel Avenue 224-0603 to 05/Fax 221-3143/224-0606 Single standard 685.00
No. of Rooms: 50 Manager: Engr. Abundo Merced Single deluxe 770.00
Twin/Double standard 890.00
Twin/Double Deluxe 1,080.00
Family room 1,450.00
Extra Bed 300.00
Extra Person 250.00
Suite room 1,795.00

Chateau Veronica
Apartelle/No. of rooms: 16 Araullo St. (Tionko Ave.,) 222-4826/fax 2224827
Single Room 650.00 Email: info@chateauveronica.com
Double room Master room single 850.00 850.00 Master Room Single 950.00
Studio single 1,100.00
Studio double 1,300.00 Standard Unit (4 bedrooms good for 12 pax) 3,750.00
Deluxe unit (4 bedrooms good for 12 person) 3,950.00

Linmar Apartelle
Apartelle/No. of rooms: 40 Lakandula St., Agdao 221-2915/fax 221-5748 Double Room Unit (w/ 2 single beds & 1 queen bed 2,968.00 Email: linmardavao@pldtdsl.net
Single Room Unit (1 bedroom w/ 2 single beds) 2,240.00
Bedroom suites (2 separate bedrooms and 4 single beds) 2,968.00
Extra Bed 224.00
Extra Person 336.00

Alicia Mansion
Tourist Inn/No. of rooms: 14
L. Guerrero St.,
224-2001 to 02
Single 570.00 Manager: Manuel Tan Twin 775.00
Double Bed (big) 735.00
Deluxe 850.00

Aljems Inn I
Tourist Inn A. Pichon St., 221-3060/221-7283 Single 900.00
No. of rooms: 24 Fax:221-3059 Double 1,100.00 Deluxe
Suite 1,3000.00 1,400.00 Extra Mattress 300.00 Extra person 200.00

Aljems Inn II
Tourist Inn Rizal St.,
221-6162/221-6394
Single 900.00 No. of rooms: 18 Double 1,100.00 Deluxe 1,250.00 Extra Mattress 300.00

Aveflor Inn
Tourist Inn/No. of rooms: 35 C.M. Recto Street Single Aircon 450.00
Semi-double 500.00
Matrimonial 550.00
Twin Bed 600.00
Junior Suites 700.00
Executive Suite 850.00
Family good for 4 900.00
Family good for 5 1,000.00
Single non-aircon 250.00

Bagobo House Hotel
Tourist Inn Gov. Duterte Street 222-4444 to 49 Standard single 850.00
No. of rooms: 35 Fax: 222-4440 Standard twin 1,100.00
DeLuxe twin 1,230.00
Super Deluxe Family room 1,500.00 1,915.00
Extra Person 320.00 Extra Bed 370.00

Davao Fortune Inn Tourist Inn
R. Magsaysay Avenue 221-0819/Fax 221-3627 Single aircon with TV 550.00
No. of rooms: 49 Manager: Mr. Roger Lee Single aircon without TV 500.00
2 beds with TV 750.00
4 Bed aircon with TV 1,300.00
Single without aircon & TV 350.00
Single non-aircon 250.00

Davao Imperial Hotel
Tourist Inn
C.M. Recto St.,
222-4930 to 32/ 221-2127/fax 222-1931500.00 No. of rooms: 21
Manager: Meriam Mitzy Obed Email: imperial@mozcom.com D 695.00 Executive 750.00

Humberto’s
Tourist Inn/ No. of rooms: 20
Palma Gil cor. Roxas
Fax 222-4105/299-1428
Executive Suite 1,500.00

Lanang Guesthouse
Tourist Inn Lanang S 655.00
No. of rooms: 16 D 900.00
Suite 1,200.00
Single 875.00
Twin/Double 1,350.00

Marbella Mansion
Tourist Inn Rizal Street Single 725.00
No. of rooms: 35 Mr. Dave Salise Twin/Double 975.00
Triple Sharing 1,175.00
Extra Person/Bed 200.00

Midland Inn
Tourist Inn/No. of rooms: 21 Iñigo St., 221-1775/Fax 224-0444 Superior (single) 595.00
Manager: Joy Cherie Encina Superior (double) 695.00
Deluxe (single) 700.00
Deluxe (double) 800.00
Deluxe (triple) 950.00
Family room (good for 5) 1,150.00
Extra bed Extra Person Group rates (min of 20) 150.00 100.00 250.00/person


Mirage Family Hotel
Tourist Inn/ No. of rooms: 26
Fronting Felcris Qurino, E. Quirino Avenue, alley 221-2707/ Fax 224-1490 Aircon w/private toilet & bath Manager: Agnes Ochiones Single 600.00
Twin 750.00 Family 1,200.00
Suite 1,500.00
Extra Bed 200.00
Extra Matress 150.00
Extra Person 100.00
Fan Cooled w/private toilet & bath
Single 350.00
Single 500.00
Double 100.00
Extra Bed 50.00
Extra Matress 50.00
Extra Person 50.00


Orange Grove Hotel
Tourist Inn Buhangin 241-0844/305-0105241-0787/Fax:241-0695
Standard Single 1,000.00 No. of rooms: 41
Manager: Alfonso Ang Email: orangegrove_123@yahoo.com Superior Twin 1,400.00 Superior Double 1,400.00
Deluxe Triple 2,100.00
Family 2,400.00
Executive Suite 2,400.00
Extra Person 200.00
Extra Bed 300.00
Standard

Park Square Inn
Tourist Inn Quimpo Blvd., Ecoland 298-0258/fax 297-3760 Single 580.00
No. of rooms: 21
Manager: Raul Breva Double 700.00 Twin De luxe Sinlge Double Triple Twin Extra person Extra bed 725.00 700.00 875.00 935.00 795.00 100.00 150.00

Roadway Inn
Tourist Inn J.P. Laurel Avenue 221-9000 to 04/Fax 227-9000 Single Accomodation
No. of rooms: 43 Standard room 550.00
Superior room 700.00
Economy room 600.00
Double Accomodation
Standard room 850.00
Superior room Standard room 900.00
Economy room 800.00
Triple Accomodation
Standard room 1,000.00
Standard room
1,050.00 Economy room 950.00
Suite 1,350.00
Extra bed 250.00
Extra person Late Check-out 200.00 150.00

The Royale House
Tourist Inn C.M. Recto Street 221-8105 to 06/227-3630/ Air-conditioned rooms :
No. of rooms: 45 Manager: Anne Javier Fax: 221-8106 Single 475.00
email address: royalehouse@skyinet.net
Single de luxe 525.00 Double standard 690.00
Double de luxe 750.00
Twin share 815.00
Triple share (w/ hot & cold shower, cable tv, telephone) 940.00
Royale Room (w/private bath, cable tv, telephone) 950.00
Extra Person 150.00
Non-air-conditioned rooms: (electric fan & common Y & B)
Single 170.00
Twin 250.00
Triple 299.00
S 481.00
Twin 840.00

Southern Tourist Inn
Tourist Inn Villa Abrille St., 221-7431/Fax:225-4928 Triple 750.00
No. of rooms: 48 Mr. Edison Lim S 450.00 D 600.00


Tower Inn
Tourist Inn E. Quirino Avenue 221-6228/221-1099/fax 221-8034 Standard rooms
No. of rooms: 48 Manager: Jose Colminare Single 1,300.00
Double 1,600.00
Triple 1,900.00
Deluxe rooms
Single 1,500.00
Double 1,800.00
Triple 2,300.00
Suites 2,600.00
Extra bed 500.00

Villa Fontana Inn
Tourist Inn Bolton St., Triple 1,125.00
No. of rooms: 12 S 475.00 D 630.00

Alta Pension
Pension House J.P Laurel Avenue 221-1843/fax 225-8119 S (good for 7) 1,800.00
No. of rooms: 45
Manager: Dominica Asuncion Email: alta@yahoo.com D (good for 6) 500.00 (good for 3) 900.00


Davao Hotel
Pension House C.M. Recto Street
490.00 No. of rooms: 17 D 675.00


D’ Counter Pensione
Pension House Camus Street Triple 925.00
No. of rooms: 31 S 300.00
D 470.00

Downtown Home Pension House
San Pedro Street Triple 580.00
No. of rooms: 15 S 416-496 D 576-760

Elle’s Pension
Pension House Mt. Apo Street 221-8499/221-2637 Single 600.00
No. of rooms: 22
Manager: Dr. Leslie Mangawil Matrimonial Bed 700.00
Twin Bed (2 single beds) 750.00
Family Room (3 single beds) Suite Room (5 sinlge beds with ref.) Extra Mattress 900.00
1,500.00 100.00


Larous Pension House
Pension House Ilustre Street 221-1738/222-2840 S 600-750
No. of rooms: 55 D 700-850

Manor Pension
Pension House A. Pichon Street 221-2511 to 14 S 300
No. of rooms: 33 Manager: Anna Maria Abaca manor@skyinet.net D 400

Western Homestay Inn
Pension House Porras/Lupo Diaz St., Bo. Obrero 227-6982 S 500-650
No. of rooms: D 850


Toril Homestay Inn Pension House
J. Dela Cruz, Toril 291-0297 S 400 No. of rooms: 9 D 600


Casa Marjoshka Pension House
McArthur Highway, Matina 226-3734/226-3654 S 429
No. of rooms: 10 Matrimonial 590

Ponce Suites
Pension House Cor. Road 3 7 4, Doña Vicenta Village, Bajada, Davao City 227-9070 to 71/Fax: 224-1476 Single 469.00
No. of rooms: 28 Matrimonial 590.00
Twin Share 690.00
Triple Share 890.00
Suite Room 1,490.00
Extra Person 200.00
1 Townhouse unit (max of 10) 1,790.00


Radiance Inn
Pension House PC Barracks, San Pedro Street 222-6484/222-6485 Family Room 1,200.00 No. of rooms: 17 Deluxe Double 950.00
Deluxe Twin 900.00
Twin Standard 750.00
Double Standard 750.00
Single Standard 600.00
Extra Person 200.00


Sampaguita Tourist Inn
Tourist Inn/No. of rooms: 108 Mt. Mayon Street 227-2958 Single aircon 425.00
Manager: Ruby Brillantes Double 575.00
Triple 675.00
Family 1,000.00
Single with fan 200.00
Single with fan/cr/tv 250.00
Double with fan/tv/cr 350.00
Triple with fan/tv/cr 450.00

Legaspi Inn
Pension House Pelayo Street Telefax 226-3842 S 685.00
No. of rooms: 10 Manager: Ron Gonzales Semi Double Twin 785.00 850.00
Deluxe 1,250.00
Extra Person 150.00
Extra bed 300.00


White Mansion
Apartelle Alaminos St., Rolling hills, Bacaca 224-1644/222-1048/Fax 226-2987 1 Bedroom Suite (max 2 persons) 2,500.00
No. of rooms:9 Email: wm@whitemansion.com
2 Bedroom Suite (max 3 persons) 2,700.00 3 Bedroom Apt. (max 6 persons) 5,000.00

Las Casitas
Rizal Street 224-0945/222-3001
Email: casitasdeangela@hotmail.com Single budget 695.00
Single Bed 740.00
Single Standard 895.00
Matrimonial Standard 945.00
Matrimonial de Luxe 1,195.00
Twin Standard 1,250.00
Twin de Luxe 1,495.00
Casitas de luxe 1,595.00
Extra Person 200.00
Extra Mattress 300.00

Microtel Inns and Suites Davao
Damosa Gateway Complex, Lanang, Davao City
Tel. Nos.: (63.82) 233.2333
Fax No.: (63.82) 235.2033
Mobile: (63.905) 303.9840
Email: davao@microtelphilippines.com
Rates start at $59++

Sequoia Inn
Monteverde Avenue, Davao City
Tel. No.: (6382) 300 -3636

Crown Regency Residence Davao Hotel
J.P. Cabaguio Avenue, Davao City
Contact # : (63) 82 - 2258188
Fax # : (63) 82 - 2258088
Website : http://www.crownregency.com

Red Knight Gardens
88, 8th Street, Guadalupe Village, Lanang, Davao City
Tel/Fax: 234-3408. Tel: 234-8899, 233-0618, 300-1020. Email redknight@redknightgardens.com

daghana oi... naay libre mag-host? waaah

Hotels per city for "Zamboanga"

Amil's Hotel Pilar Street, Zamboanga City
An-An Pensione House, Gov.Camins Avenue, Zamboanga City
Argamel Hotel Gov. Camins Avenue
Azenith Royale Hotel Governor Camins Avenue
Blue Shark Hotel Canelar, Mayor Jaldon St. , Zamboanga City
David's Inn, La Purisima Street, Zamboanga City
G. C. Hotel 19 Tomas Claudio Ext. cor Gove
Garden Orchid Hotel Governor Camins Avenue
Hotel Paradise P. Reyes St.
Hotel Perlita Mayor Jaldon St.
Hotel Preciosa Mayor Jaldon St.
Hotel Salwa Governor Camins Avenue
Imperial Hotel 79 Campaner Sts. cor. P. Brill
Jardin de la Vina Hotel & Rest 149 Gov. Alvarez Ave.Fedela bu
Lantaka Hotel by the Sea N.S. Valderrosa St.
La Casa Maria, Sta.Maria Road, Zamboanga City
La Terraza Pensione House, Gov. Camins Avenue
Mag-V Royal Hotel San Jose Road cor. Navarro Roa
Marcian Garden Hotel Gov. Camins Avenue
Platinum 21 Hotel Urdaneta Street, Zamboanga City
Sky Park Hotel German Tower Tomas Claudio cor. Antonio Orendain St. Zamboanga City
Viva Pension House , Tomas Claudio St., Zamboanga City
Yang's Hotel Mercado St. cor. T. Claudio
Zamboanga Hermosa Hotel Mayor Jaldon St.

Hotels per city for "Zamboanga"

Amil's Hotel Pilar Street, Zamboanga City
An-An Pensione House, Gov.Camins Avenue, Zamboanga City
Argamel Hotel Gov. Camins Avenue
Azenith Royale Hotel Governor Camins Avenue
Blue Shark Hotel Canelar, Mayor Jaldon St. , Zamboanga City
David's Inn, La Purisima Street, Zamboanga City
G. C. Hotel 19 Tomas Claudio Ext. cor Gove
Garden Orchid Hotel Governor Camins Avenue
Hotel Paradise P. Reyes St.
Hotel Perlita Mayor Jaldon St.
Hotel Preciosa Mayor Jaldon St.
Hotel Salwa Governor Camins Avenue
Imperial Hotel 79 Campaner Sts. cor. P. Brill
Jardin de la Vina Hotel & Rest 149 Gov. Alvarez Ave.Fedela bu
Lantaka Hotel by the Sea N.S. Valderrosa St.
La Casa Maria, Sta.Maria Road, Zamboanga City
La Terraza Pensione House, Gov. Camins Avenue
Mag-V Royal Hotel San Jose Road cor. Navarro Roa
Marcian Garden Hotel Gov. Camins Avenue
Platinum 21 Hotel Urdaneta Street, Zamboanga City
Sky Park Hotel German Tower Tomas Claudio cor. Antonio Orendain St. Zamboanga City
Viva Pension House , Tomas Claudio St., Zamboanga City
Yang's Hotel Mercado St. cor. T. Claudio
Zamboanga Hermosa Hotel Mayor Jaldon St.

^^ Kulang ng Marcian Business Hotel...

Hotels per city for "Iligan"

Cheradel Suites Bro. Raymond Jeffrey Rd.
Corporate Inn (Boutique Hotel) 5 Sparrow Rd. Isabel Village,
Elena Tower Inn. - Tibanga, Iligan City
Maria Christina Hotel - San Miguel Street, Iligan
Smilers Inn Timuga, Buru-un, Iligan City
Farrah Hotel - Sabayle St.
Rene's Diner and Pension House - Mahayahay, Iligan City
Famous Pension House - Northgate St., Tibanga, Iligan City
Fleckstone Inn - Tibanga Hi-way
Jalexis Inn - Zamora St.
Chelina Beach Resort - Sta. Felomina
Celadon Pensionne House - San Miguel Vill, Pala-o
Casa Royal - Badelles Ext.
Casa Royal II - Tibanga Hi-way
Crystal Inn - Ma. Cristina Subd, San Miguel
Caprice Pensionne House - Badelles St.
Maze Parks & Resort - Mimbalot, Buruun
Francisca's Inn - Pala-o
Kingsway Inn - Tibanga Hi-way
Super Pension House - Quezon Ave.
Maxim Inn - Quezon Ave.
Iligan Citi Best Suites - Dao
Alya Vista - Badelles
Balite Drive Tourist Inn - Balite Drive
Madis Inn - Aguinaldo St.
Bed Asia - Badelles St.
New Town Place Pension House - san Miguel Vill., Pala-o

^^^^Nice update men, I'm glad to know the numbers of hotels mushrooms our island. Hoping in the next five years these numbers will double:cheers:

siguro if we are to submit a list of hotels in mindanao, include natin ang category from a reputable source (like DOT ba ngayon) kung deluxe, first class, business, economy etc :) para mas helpful naman sa mga babasa

^^^^Nice update men, I'm glad to know the numbers of hotels mushrooms our island. Hoping in the next five years these numbers will double:cheers:

wag lang sana ang number ng rooms but ang occupancy rate din :cheers:

Hotels per city for "Davao"

Name - Address

Apo View Hotel J. Camus St. Davao
Bagobo House Hotel Gov. Duterte Street
Casa Leticia J. Camus St. Davao
Crown Regency Hotel J.P. Cabaguio Avenue
Davao Imperial Hotel Dona Segunda Bldg., Claveria S
Eden Nature Park (NEW) No. 3 Matina Town Square
Fuego Pearl Farm Kaputian, Island Garden City
Grand Men Seng Hotel Magallanes- Anda Streets Davao
Grand Regal Hotel Km 7. J.P. Laurel Avenue,
Lana Hotel Galleria Gov. Duterte St., Davao City
Humberto's Hotel 311 Jose Palma Gil cor. Padre Gomez Sts. Davao City
Insular Century Hotel Lanang Davao
Manor Hotel A. Pichon Street D.A. Bldg. Davao City
Mercure Hotel J P Laurel Avenue,
Orange Grove Hotel 123 Crossing Buhangn
Regency Inn Villa Abrille St., Davao City
Royal Mandaya Hotel J. Palma Gil St.Davao
The Bagobo House Hotel Gov. Duterte St., Davao City
The Marco Polo DavaoCM Recto St,
Davao Tower Inn Quirino Ave. Davao City
Venee's Hotel Macarthur Highway, Davao City
Villa Margarita JP Laurel Ave. Davao City
Waterfront Insular Hotel Lanang Davao


Hotels per city for "CDO"

Cagayan River View Inn Vamenta Blvd., Carmen
Casa Crystalla Pabayo-Chaves Sts.
Country Village Hotel Villarin St., Carmen
De Luxe Hotel Capt. Vicente Roa St.
Demiren Hotel Tiano-Macahambus Sts.
Discovery Hotel Limketkai Drive
Dynasty Court Hotel Tiano-Hayes Sts.
Estrella Hotel Julio Pacana St.
Grand City Hotel Velez-Chaves Sts.
Harbor Lights Hotel Gusa
Hotel Conchita Guillermo-Yacapin Extension
Hotel Koresco Pueblo de Oro Golf Estates
Hotel Ramon T. Neri-Burgos Sts.
Lamar Inn Velez-J. R. Borja Sts.
Lauremar Hotel Taboc, Opol, Mis. Or.
Mallberry Suites Florentino Street
Marco Hotel Alwana Busi. Park, Cugman
Maxandrea Hotel J. R. Borja-Aguinaldo Sts.
Park View Hotel T. Neri-Capistrano Sts.
Pearlmont Inn Limketkai Drive, Osmeña St.
Philtown Hotel Velez-Macahambus Sts.
Pryce Plaza Hotel Carmen Hill
Southwinds Hotel Capt. Vicente Roa Ext.
The Malasag House Malasag, Cugman
VIP Hotel A. Velez-J. R. Borja Sts.
Westin Tourist Inn Vamenta Blvd, Carmen
(edited)Addt'l...
Bonair Inn - Osmena St.
Natures Pensione - Chaves St.
Goodnews Travelers Inn - Capt.Vicente Roa St.
Kyross Inn - Mabini St.
YMCA Hostel - Puntod, CDO
MASS-SPECC Hostel - Tiano Bros. St.
William's Inn - Burgos St.
Mantaring Inn - Borja St.
Fort Santiago - Nazareth
Queensland - Kauswagan Hiway
Sunshine Christian Guest House - Mabulay Compound
Plaza Tourist Inn - Capistrano St.
High Time - Kauswagan Hiway
Rennasance Inn - Kauswagan Hiway
(edited)Addt'l...
Kingston Lodge, Airport road
Mountain Suites Business Apartelle, kimwa Compound, Tablon
City Lodge, Villarin Street, Carmen
Ridgeview Chalets Xavier Estate


Hotels per city for "Zamboanga"

Argamel Hotel Gov. Camins Avenue
Azenith Royale Hotel Governor Camins Avenue
Blue Shark Hotel Canelar, Mayor Jaldon St. Dapitan City
Resort Hotel Sunset Blvd. Dapitan City Zamboanga del Norte
G. C. Hotel 19 Tomas Claudio Ext. cor Gove
Garden Orchid Hotel Governor Camins Avenue
Hotel Paradise P. Reyes St.
Hotel Perlita Mayor Jaldon St.
Hotel Preciosa Mayor Jaldon St.
Hotel Salwa Governor Camins Avenue
Imperial Hotel 79 Campaner Sts. cor. P. Brill
Jardin de la Vina Hotel & Rest 149 Gov. Alvarez Ave.Fedela bu
Lantaka Hotel by the Sea N.S. Valderrosa St.
Mag-V Royal Hotel San Jose Road cor. Navarro Roa
Marcian Garden Hotel Gov. Camins Avenue
Sky Park Hotel German Tower Tomas Claudio cor. Antonio Orendain St. Zamboanga City
Yang's Hotel Mercado St. cor. T. Claudio
Zamboanga Hermosa Hotel Mayor Jaldon St.

Hotels per city for "GenSan"

Anchor Hotel Santiago Blvd. corner Cagampan
Days General Santos City Hotel Lagao, General Santos City
East Asia Royale Hotel National Highway
Family Country Hotel and Coven Mateo Road, Lagao
Hotel Dolores Santiago Blvd.
Hotel Sansu Demalanta Building Pioneer Ave. General Santos City
Matumtum Hotel 47p Acharon Boulevard,
Phela Grande Hotel Corner Magsaysay Avenue
Sydney Hotel Corner Pioneer and Pendaton Ave

Hotels per city for "Iligan"

Cheradel Suites Bro. Raymond Jeffrey Rd.
Corporate Inn (Boutique Hotel) 5 Sparrow Rd. Isabel Village,
Elena Tower Inn. Tibanga, Iligan City
Maria Christina Hotel San Miguel Street, Iligan
Smilers Inn Timuga, Buru-un, Iligan City


Hotels per city for "Pagadian"

Hotel Camilla J. Ariosa Street, Pagadian Cit
Hotel Guillermo Rizal Avenue, Pagadian City
Springland Hotel & Resort Tuburan, Pagadian City


Hotels per city for "Butuan"

Almont Hotel Infront of Rizal Park San Jose
Balaghai Hotel & Convention Ce Malvar Subdivision Doongon,
Beverly Inn 2nd Floor FAR EAST BANK Montil
Butuan Luxury Hotel R. Calo St., Cor. Villinueva S
Carl Patrick's Hotel Montilla Boulevard Butuan City
Echelon Hotel Villanueva St. Butuan City
Embassy Hotel Montilla Blvd., Pili Drive But
Emerald Villa Hotel & Restaura Villanueva St. Butuan City
Gardenville Hotel Butuan Basic, National Highway
Hens Only San Francisco St., Cor. Villan
Hotel Karaga Montilla Boulevard Butuan City
Luciana Inn & Restaurant A . D . Curato St., cor. San J
Royal Plaza Hotel T. Calo St. Butuan City
Tam's Fortune Inn 1 E. Luna St., cor. P. Burgos St
Tam's Fortune Inn 2 P. Burgos St. Butuan City

Hotels per city for "Surigao"

Gracia Hotel San Nicolas Street
Jannex Pension Capitol Road
Leomondee Hotel Borromeo Street
Metro Pension Plaza Navarro Street
SLB Pension I Amat Street
SLB Pension II Borromeo Street
Tavern Hotel Borromeo St., Surigao City
The Garden Pavillion Capitol Compound


Hotel per city for "Cotabato"

Estosan Garden Hotel Gov. Gutierrez Blvd


Hotel per city for "Dipolog"

Dipolog City Hotels and Guest Corner Quezon and Malvar Stree
Mibang Hotel Barangay Sta. Filomena
Top Plaza Hotel Echaves St Corner Quezon Ave


Hotel per city for "Malaybalay"

Haus MalibuBonifacio and Comisio Streets
Pine Hills HotelP&T Town Center, Fortich St.


Hotel per city for "Valencia"

Taipan Hotel and Restaurant


Hotel per city for "Gingoog"

Mountian Air Hotel Dona Garciana St.


Hotel per city for "Camiguin"

Camiguin Highland Resort Orasan Soro-soso Camiguin
Enigmata Tree House Eco Lodge Balbagon
Bahay Bakasyunan Sa Camuiguin


If there's lacking kindly fill it up.


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Far from being a comprehensive list as far as Davao is concerned.

The Complete List of Hotels in Davao City



The Marco Polo Davao
De Luxe Cor. C.M. Recto-Roxas Streets 221-0888/Fax 225-0111 Superior 6,800.00
No. of rooms: 245
Manager: Ms. Tina Uy Email: Deluxe (single/double) 8,400.00
davao@marcopolohotels.com Cabana 10,000.00
Executive Suite 16,800.00
Continental Executive Suite 19,600.00
Marco Polo Suite 28,000.00
Presidential Suite 53,200.00
Extra Bed 1,300.00

Grand Regal Hotel Davao
First Class J.P Laurel Avenue, Lanang 234-3910/235-0888/Fax 234-3858/234-3918 Superior Room 3,340.00
No. of rooms: 217
email: grhd_dvo@mozcom.com Deluxe Room 2,340.00-2,645.00
Website: www.grandregalhotel.com
Premier Room 2,645.00-2,950.00
Superior Suite 3,255.00
Executive Floor
Executive Room 4,070.00
Executive Suite 6,100.00
Premier Suite 11,185.00
Presidential Suite 17,285.00

The Apo View
First Class J. Camus Street 221-6430 to 40//221-2281/227-5088 Deluxe Room, Single 4,500.00
No. of rooms: 185
Fax 221-0748 Deluxe Room, Double 5,000.00
Email: info@apoview.com Junior Suite 6,000.00
Executive Suite 8,000.00
Presidential Suite 12,000.00
Family Room 4,000.00
Extra Bed 300.00
Extra Person 500.00

The Royal Mandaya Hotel
First Class Palma Gil Street Telefax 225-1889/225-8888 Single Occupancy 2,200.00
No. of rooms: 118
Email: royalmandaya@yahoo.com Double Occupancy 2,500.00
Executive Suite 3,500.00 Royal Suite 6,500.00


Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao
First Class/ No. of rooms: 153
Lanang 234-3050/233-2381/ Fax 235-0900 & 233-2801
Standard 3,720.00 Email: wihd@waterfronthotels.net
Superior 4,270.00
Deluxe Superior 5,290.00
Deluxe Pool View 5,800.00
Junior Suite 9,600.00
Executive 6,600.00
Presidential 20,000.00
Extra Bed 1,220.00

Casa Letecia
Standard J. Camus Street 224-0501/Fax 221-3585 Studio Room 2,000.00
No. of rooms: 41
Manager: Mr. Jake Redede Email: casaleticia@yahoo.com Superior Single 2,200.00
Superior Double 2,400.00
Deluxe 2,600.00
Executive Suite 3,000.00
Presidential Suite 4,000.00
Extra Person 300.00
Extra Bed 400.00

Evergreen Hotel
Standard R. Magsaysay Avenue 221-3860 to 66/Fax 221-1245 S 600.00
No. of rooms: 55 Twin 800.00
Triple 1,200.00
Family Suite 1,700.00
Single (non-air) 325.00

Grand Men Seng Hotel
Standard A. Pichon Street 221-9040/Fax 221-2431 S 1,800.00
No. of rooms: 70 Manager: Mr. George U. Lim email: sales@grandmenseng.com D 2,200.00
Triple 2,640.00
Suite 3,850.00
Extra person/bed 600.00

Hotel Galleria
Standard Duterte Street 221-2480/Fax 221-8162 Single Standard 710.00
No. of rooms: 43 email: galleria@gatesway.com
Twin De Luxe 1,099.00 Double De Luxe 1,342.00
Junior Suite ( 1 mat. & 1 single) 1,403.00
Penthouse Suite - (1 mat. & 2 single) 2,074.00
Triple Sharing 1,449.00

Lispher Inn
Standard Juna Ave., Juna Subd. Telefax 299-1610 Regular 950.00
No. of rooms: 26 Email: info@lispher.ph
De Luxe 1,200.00
Jr. Suites 1,750.00
Family Suites 2,100.00
Extra Bed 300.00

Regency Inn
Standard Villa Abrille Street 222-5819/Fax: 227-4333 Single Standard 949.00
No. of rooms: 83 Email: regency@regencyinn.com
Twin de luxe 1,099.00 Double de luxe 1,099.00
Suite 2,000.00
Extra Person 200.00
Extra Bed 250.00

Villa Margarita Hotel
Standard/ No. of rooms: 32 J.P Laurel Avenue 221-5674 to 75/fax 226-2968/ 224-2712 Standard (single) 1,043.00 Manager: Ms. Mary Ann Montermayor email address: villa_margarita@skyinet.net
Standard (double) 1,210.00 Superior (single) 1,151.00
Superior (double) 1,440.00
Deluxe (single) 1,350.00
Deluxe (double) 1,585.00
Junior Suite (double) 1,693.00
Senior Suite (double) 1,898.00 Extra Bed 485.00 Extra Person 385.00

B.S. Inn
Economy/ No. of rooms: 39
Gempesaw-Monteverde Streets 221-3980/Fax: 221-0740 Single Bed 450.00 Double Bed 550.00 Suite Room 650.00 Family Room 800.00 Extra Bed 100.00


Hotel Elena
Economy/No. of rooms: 30 Avenida Santos Avenue, Nova Tierra Village Lanang 233-1941/ fax 233-1887 Superior Single Accomodation 1,100.00 Email: hotel_1@yahoomail.com.ph Superior Double Accomodation 1,300.00 Deluxe single accomodation 1,500.00
Deluxe double accomodation 1,700.00
Junior Suite 2,200.00
Executive Suite 1,800.00
Extra Bed 250.00
Extra Person 250.00

Sychar Hotel
Economy J.P. Laurel Avenue 224-0603 to 05/Fax 221-3143/224-0606 Single standard 685.00
No. of Rooms: 50 Manager: Engr. Abundo Merced Single deluxe 770.00
Twin/Double standard 890.00
Twin/Double Deluxe 1,080.00
Family room 1,450.00
Extra Bed 300.00
Extra Person 250.00
Suite room 1,795.00

Chateau Veronica
Apartelle/No. of rooms: 16 Araullo St. (Tionko Ave.,) 222-4826/fax 2224827
Single Room 650.00 Email: info@chateauveronica.com
Double room Master room single 850.00 850.00 Master Room Single 950.00
Studio single 1,100.00
Studio double 1,300.00 Standard Unit (4 bedrooms good for 12 pax) 3,750.00
Deluxe unit (4 bedrooms good for 12 person) 3,950.00

Linmar Apartelle
Apartelle/No. of rooms: 40 Lakandula St., Agdao 221-2915/fax 221-5748 Double Room Unit (w/ 2 single beds & 1 queen bed 2,968.00 Email: linmardavao@pldtdsl.net
Single Room Unit (1 bedroom w/ 2 single beds) 2,240.00
Bedroom suites (2 separate bedrooms and 4 single beds) 2,968.00
Extra Bed 224.00
Extra Person 336.00

Alicia Mansion
Tourist Inn/No. of rooms: 14
L. Guerrero St.,
224-2001 to 02
Single 570.00 Manager: Manuel Tan Twin 775.00
Double Bed (big) 735.00
Deluxe 850.00

Aljems Inn I
Tourist Inn A. Pichon St., 221-3060/221-7283 Single 900.00
No. of rooms: 24 Fax:221-3059 Double 1,100.00 Deluxe
Suite 1,3000.00 1,400.00 Extra Mattress 300.00 Extra person 200.00

Aljems Inn II
Tourist Inn Rizal St.,
221-6162/221-6394
Single 900.00 No. of rooms: 18 Double 1,100.00 Deluxe 1,250.00 Extra Mattress 300.00

Aveflor Inn
Tourist Inn/No. of rooms: 35 C.M. Recto Street Single Aircon 450.00
Semi-double 500.00
Matrimonial 550.00
Twin Bed 600.00
Junior Suites 700.00
Executive Suite 850.00
Family good for 4 900.00
Family good for 5 1,000.00
Single non-aircon 250.00

Bagobo House Hotel
Tourist Inn Gov. Duterte Street 222-4444 to 49 Standard single 850.00
No. of rooms: 35 Fax: 222-4440 Standard twin 1,100.00
DeLuxe twin 1,230.00
Super Deluxe Family room 1,500.00 1,915.00
Extra Person 320.00 Extra Bed 370.00

Davao Fortune Inn Tourist Inn
R. Magsaysay Avenue 221-0819/Fax 221-3627 Single aircon with TV 550.00
No. of rooms: 49 Manager: Mr. Roger Lee Single aircon without TV 500.00
2 beds with TV 750.00
4 Bed aircon with TV 1,300.00
Single without aircon & TV 350.00
Single non-aircon 250.00

Davao Imperial Hotel
Tourist Inn
C.M. Recto St.,
222-4930 to 32/ 221-2127/fax 222-1931500.00 No. of rooms: 21
Manager: Meriam Mitzy Obed Email: imperial@mozcom.com D 695.00 Executive 750.00

Humberto’s
Tourist Inn/ No. of rooms: 20
Palma Gil cor. Roxas
Fax 222-4105/299-1428
Executive Suite 1,500.00

Lanang Guesthouse
Tourist Inn Lanang S 655.00
No. of rooms: 16 D 900.00
Suite 1,200.00
Single 875.00
Twin/Double 1,350.00

Marbella Mansion
Tourist Inn Rizal Street Single 725.00
No. of rooms: 35 Mr. Dave Salise Twin/Double 975.00
Triple Sharing 1,175.00
Extra Person/Bed 200.00

Midland Inn
Tourist Inn/No. of rooms: 21 Iñigo St., 221-1775/Fax 224-0444 Superior (single) 595.00
Manager: Joy Cherie Encina Superior (double) 695.00
Deluxe (single) 700.00
Deluxe (double) 800.00
Deluxe (triple) 950.00
Family room (good for 5) 1,150.00
Extra bed Extra Person Group rates (min of 20) 150.00 100.00 250.00/person


Mirage Family Hotel
Tourist Inn/ No. of rooms: 26
Fronting Felcris Qurino, E. Quirino Avenue, alley 221-2707/ Fax 224-1490 Aircon w/private toilet & bath Manager: Agnes Ochiones Single 600.00
Twin 750.00 Family 1,200.00
Suite 1,500.00
Extra Bed 200.00
Extra Matress 150.00
Extra Person 100.00
Fan Cooled w/private toilet & bath
Single 350.00
Single 500.00
Double 100.00
Extra Bed 50.00
Extra Matress 50.00
Extra Person 50.00


Orange Grove Hotel
Tourist Inn Buhangin 241-0844/305-0105241-0787/Fax:241-0695
Standard Single 1,000.00 No. of rooms: 41
Manager: Alfonso Ang Email: orangegrove_123@yahoo.com Superior Twin 1,400.00 Superior Double 1,400.00
Deluxe Triple 2,100.00
Family 2,400.00
Executive Suite 2,400.00
Extra Person 200.00
Extra Bed 300.00
Standard

Park Square Inn
Tourist Inn Quimpo Blvd., Ecoland 298-0258/fax 297-3760 Single 580.00
No. of rooms: 21
Manager: Raul Breva Double 700.00 Twin De luxe Sinlge Double Triple Twin Extra person Extra bed 725.00 700.00 875.00 935.00 795.00 100.00 150.00

Roadway Inn
Tourist Inn J.P. Laurel Avenue 221-9000 to 04/Fax 227-9000 Single Accomodation
No. of rooms: 43 Standard room 550.00
Superior room 700.00
Economy room 600.00
Double Accomodation
Standard room 850.00
Superior room Standard room 900.00
Economy room 800.00
Triple Accomodation
Standard room 1,000.00
Standard room
1,050.00 Economy room 950.00
Suite 1,350.00
Extra bed 250.00
Extra person Late Check-out 200.00 150.00

The Royale House
Tourist Inn C.M. Recto Street 221-8105 to 06/227-3630/ Air-conditioned rooms :
No. of rooms: 45 Manager: Anne Javier Fax: 221-8106 Single 475.00
email address: royalehouse@skyinet.net
Single de luxe 525.00 Double standard 690.00
Double de luxe 750.00
Twin share 815.00
Triple share (w/ hot & cold shower, cable tv, telephone) 940.00
Royale Room (w/private bath, cable tv, telephone) 950.00
Extra Person 150.00
Non-air-conditioned rooms: (electric fan & common Y & B)
Single 170.00
Twin 250.00
Triple 299.00
S 481.00
Twin 840.00

Southern Tourist Inn
Tourist Inn Villa Abrille St., 221-7431/Fax:225-4928 Triple 750.00
No. of rooms: 48 Mr. Edison Lim S 450.00 D 600.00


Tower Inn
Tourist Inn E. Quirino Avenue 221-6228/221-1099/fax 221-8034 Standard rooms
No. of rooms: 48 Manager: Jose Colminare Single 1,300.00
Double 1,600.00
Triple 1,900.00
Deluxe rooms
Single 1,500.00
Double 1,800.00
Triple 2,300.00
Suites 2,600.00
Extra bed 500.00

Villa Fontana Inn
Tourist Inn Bolton St., Triple 1,125.00
No. of rooms: 12 S 475.00 D 630.00

Alta Pension
Pension House J.P Laurel Avenue 221-1843/fax 225-8119 S (good for 7) 1,800.00
No. of rooms: 45
Manager: Dominica Asuncion Email: alta@yahoo.com D (good for 6) 500.00 (good for 3) 900.00


Davao Hotel
Pension House C.M. Recto Street
490.00 No. of rooms: 17 D 675.00


D’ Counter Pensione
Pension House Camus Street Triple 925.00
No. of rooms: 31 S 300.00
D 470.00

Downtown Home Pension House
San Pedro Street Triple 580.00
No. of rooms: 15 S 416-496 D 576-760

Elle’s Pension
Pension House Mt. Apo Street 221-8499/221-2637 Single 600.00
No. of rooms: 22
Manager: Dr. Leslie Mangawil Matrimonial Bed 700.00
Twin Bed (2 single beds) 750.00
Family Room (3 single beds) Suite Room (5 sinlge beds with ref.) Extra Mattress 900.00
1,500.00 100.00


Larous Pension House
Pension House Ilustre Street 221-1738/222-2840 S 600-750
No. of rooms: 55 D 700-850

Manor Pension
Pension House A. Pichon Street 221-2511 to 14 S 300
No. of rooms: 33 Manager: Anna Maria Abaca manor@skyinet.net D 400

Western Homestay Inn
Pension House Porras/Lupo Diaz St., Bo. Obrero 227-6982 S 500-650
No. of rooms: D 850


Toril Homestay Inn Pension House
J. Dela Cruz, Toril 291-0297 S 400 No. of rooms: 9 D 600


Casa Marjoshka Pension House
McArthur Highway, Matina 226-3734/226-3654 S 429
No. of rooms: 10 Matrimonial 590

Ponce Suites
Pension House Cor. Road 3 7 4, Doña Vicenta Village, Bajada, Davao City 227-9070 to 71/Fax: 224-1476 Single 469.00
No. of rooms: 28 Matrimonial 590.00
Twin Share 690.00
Triple Share 890.00
Suite Room 1,490.00
Extra Person 200.00
1 Townhouse unit (max of 10) 1,790.00


Radiance Inn
Pension House PC Barracks, San Pedro Street 222-6484/222-6485 Family Room 1,200.00 No. of rooms: 17 Deluxe Double 950.00
Deluxe Twin 900.00
Twin Standard 750.00
Double Standard 750.00
Single Standard 600.00
Extra Person 200.00


Sampaguita Tourist Inn
Tourist Inn/No. of rooms: 108 Mt. Mayon Street 227-2958 Single aircon 425.00
Manager: Ruby Brillantes Double 575.00
Triple 675.00
Family 1,000.00
Single with fan 200.00
Single with fan/cr/tv 250.00
Double with fan/tv/cr 350.00
Triple with fan/tv/cr 450.00

Legaspi Inn
Pension House Pelayo Street Telefax 226-3842 S 685.00
No. of rooms: 10 Manager: Ron Gonzales Semi Double Twin 785.00 850.00
Deluxe 1,250.00
Extra Person 150.00
Extra bed 300.00


White Mansion
Apartelle Alaminos St., Rolling hills, Bacaca 224-1644/222-1048/Fax 226-2987 1 Bedroom Suite (max 2 persons) 2,500.00
No. of rooms:9 Email: wm@whitemansion.com
2 Bedroom Suite (max 3 persons) 2,700.00 3 Bedroom Apt. (max 6 persons) 5,000.00

Las Casitas
Rizal Street 224-0945/222-3001
Email: casitasdeangela@hotmail.com Single budget 695.00
Single Bed 740.00
Single Standard 895.00
Matrimonial Standard 945.00
Matrimonial de Luxe 1,195.00
Twin Standard 1,250.00
Twin de Luxe 1,495.00
Casitas de luxe 1,595.00
Extra Person 200.00
Extra Mattress 300.00

Microtel Inns and Suites Davao
Damosa Gateway Complex, Lanang, Davao City
Tel. Nos.: (63.82) 233.2333
Fax No.: (63.82) 235.2033
Mobile: (63.905) 303.9840
Email: davao@microtelphilippines.com
Rates start at $59++

Sequoia Inn
Monteverde Avenue, Davao City
Tel. No.: (6382) 300 -3636

Crown Regency Residence Davao Hotel
J.P. Cabaguio Avenue, Davao City
Contact # : (63) 82 - 2258188
Fax # : (63) 82 - 2258088
Website : http://www.crownregency.com

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Red Knight is not in the list yet. Most of the resort accomodations are not included in the list there...:)

Far from being a comprehensive list as far as Davao is concerned.


Absolutely, and that's why I took the liberty of posting the more comprehensive list of Davao hotels so that our guests won't be mislead by the previous list posted by the other forumer.

could we just post a list ng mga hotel lang (walang inns and pension houses)

if possible 3 star and above lang :)

for DAVAO

Deluxe
The Marco Polo
Grand Regal Hotel
First Class
Waterfront Insular Hotel
The Apo View Hotel
Royal Mandaya Hotel

resort hotel
Pearl Farm



eto lang po ang hotel sa davao :) hehe

edit: u/c pala central park hotel pero im not sure if deluxe to or first class lang

^

I'll see about that later..that's absolutely a sound suggestion...:)

^^ yeah wag na nating i list yung mga pension house and inns..yung sure lang tayo na ok kasi baka yung ibang ma list natin eh yung tipong may ipis pa sa rooms :lol: so bahala na konti basta sure tayo sa quality :yes:

Forumers of other cities, just post any accommodations that you have (hotel, motel, pension house, inn). We need this for visitors/tourists who cannot afford "de luxe" or " of "class" hotels. :)

IDK kung anong category ang Crown Regency :( It always appears sa mga hotels in davao pag nag browse ako sa mga travel site (kasabay lagi nung nasa list ko: Marco POlo, APo View, Grand Regal, Royal Mandaya, Waterfront and Pearl Farm)

pero mukhang konti lang naman rooms nito and the location (cabaguio na known for motels) doesnt help me in thinking of an image for this hotel

Forumers of other cities, just post any accommodations that you have (hotel, motel, pension house, inn). We need this for visitors/tourists who cannot afford "de luxe" or " of "class" hotels. :)

well ok nga naman yan. :yes: pwede naman natin lagyan ng category

Deluxe
First Class
Business
Budget/Economy
Pension houses
others

So Heres my edited list

Hotels in Davao

Deluxe
The Marco Polo Hotel
Grand Regal Hotel
Pearl Farm (AAA resort)

First Class
The Apo View Hotel
Waterfront Insular Hotel
Royal Mandaya Hotel
Crown Regency(?)

Business Hotels
Grand MenSeng
Tower Inn
MicroTel
Casa Leticia
Hotel Galleria
Regency Inn

Budget/Economy

Humberto's Hotel
Orange Grove Hotel
Villa Margarita
Bagobo House Hotel

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If you actually look closely at the list I posted, there are descriptions of most of the hotels there...:)

^^ ay ok nga yung list mo kuya vic, i missed so many hotels na pwede mag fit sa business/standard and economy hotels :)

If ma edit lang sana yan kuya Vic and naka arrange per category tapos less info na lang siguro para di magulo :) inaantok pa kasi ako hehe

Yet, I think Regency Inn could qualify as a business hotel... :)

Regency Inn or Crown Regency? magkaiba kasi yan hehe

basta lets just keep our list (davao) minimal..bahala nag gamay basta tarong hehe

Hotels per city for "Pagadian"

Hotel Camilla J. Ariosa Street, Pagadian Cit
Hotel Guillermo Rizal Avenue, Pagadian City
Springland Hotel & Resort Tuburan, Pagadian City



[/B]If there's lacking kindly fill it up.


http://www.mindanao-hotels.com/index.php?select=all&menu=city


Hotels per city for "Pagadian"

Hotel Camilla J. Ariosa Street, Pagadian Cit
Hotel Guillermo Rizal Avenue, Pagadian City
Springland Hotel & Resort Tuburan, Pagadian City
Roxxane Hotel FS Pajares Ave, Pagadian City
Bay Plaza Sabado St., Pagadian City
Alindahaw Hotel Rizal Avenue, Pagadian City
Princess Hotel Santiago, Pagadian City
Pilgrims Hotel Tuburan, Pagadian City

Pension House

Arc Homes Tuburan, Pagadian City
Anastacia Dao, Pagadian City
Napsallys FS. Pajares Ave., Pagadian City
Royale Datoc St., Pagadian City
Uptown San Pedro, Pagadian City
Rainbow FS. Pajares Ave. Pagadian City
Capitol Park Duterte St., Pagadian City
7 seas FS. Pajares Ave., Pagadian City
empire Arao St., Pagadian City
Bay Kawit, Pagadian City
Peninsula Hotel Jamisola St., Pagadian City
Zamboanga Hotel Jamisola St., Pagadian City
IBT lodge

Far from being a comprehensive list as far as Davao is concerned.

Did I say it a comprehensive list of hotels?

Absolutely, and that's why I took the liberty of posting the more comprehensive list of Davao hotels so that our guests won't be mislead by the previous list posted by the other forumer.


Kaya nga sabi ko sa huli na kung may kulang pakidag-dagan...:)

;18642979']well ok nga naman yan. :yes: pwede naman natin lagyan ng category

Deluxe
First Class
Business
Budget/Economy
Pension houses
others

So Heres my edited list

Hotels in Davao

Deluxe
The Marco Polo Hotel
Grand Regal Hotel
Pearl Farm (AAA resort)

First Class
The Apo View Hotel
Waterfront Insular Hotel
Royal Mandaya Hotel
Crown Regency(?)

Business Hotels
Grand MenSeng
Tower Inn
MicroTel
Casa Leticia
Hotel Galleria
Regency Inn

Budget/Economy

Humberto's Hotel
Orange Grove Hotel
Villa Margarita
Bagobo House Hotel


san ba ma lilist ang Casitas Hotel , Lispherr Inn & the hotel in Garden Oasis ?

eto pa

Manor Hotel
Evergreen
BC hotel(Monteverde)
FMA Suite( blvd.)

EAGA execs tackle five new air routes

The Business World

DAVAO CITY — At least 30 air transport executives and representatives of tour operators and donor organizations gathered here over the weekend to discuss the opening of five additional air routes within the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

The five proposed routes are:

Kuching (in Sarawak, Malaysia)-Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)-Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)-Bandar Seri Begawan to be served by Air Asia;
Pontianak (Indonesia)-Kuching-Bandar Seri Begawan by Batavia Air;
Davao City-Bandar Seri Begawan by Pearl Pacific Airways;
Puerto Princesa-Kota Ki-nabalu by Southeast Asian Airlines (SeaAir); and
Davao-Kota Kinabalu by Cebu Pacific Air.
BIMP-EAGA now has five existing routes, namely:
Kota Kinabalu-Bandar Seri Begawan, served by Royal Brunei Airlines and Malaysian Airlines;
Bandar Seri Begawan-Kuching served by the Royal Brunei Airlines;
Zamboanga-Sandakan served by Asian Spirit;
Pontianak-Kuching served by Batavia Air; and
Manado-Davao City by Merpati Airlines.
Ang Kian Guan, BIMP-EAGA chairman for transport, infrastructure and information technology, said the flights could be at least two times a week, about the same frequency that Merpati Airlines serves Davao and Manado.

"It is also possible that new routes in Zamboanga and Sandakan will be opened," Mr. Ang said in a press conference during a break prior to the group’s workshop proper.

He said that airline executives expect an average of 60 to 70 passengers for each trip.

During the 4th BIMP-EAGA Transport, Infrastructure and ICT Development Cluster Meeting in Puerto Princesa last year, Mr. Ang announced the inclusion of six more airports in the subregion to the list of designated points to be granted fifth freedom traffic rights.

Such right allows an airline to bring cargo and passengers from one country to a third country. The memorandum of understanding on the expansion of air linkages signed in January 2007 also provides no limitation on frequency, capacity and aircraft type.

In the Philippines, the airports in Puerto Princesa, General Santos, Davao and Zamboanga were granted fifth freedom traffic rights.

Commenting on the meeting of representatives of both sectors, Mary Ann Montemayor, chairman of the BIMP-EAGA Tourism Council, said: "We regard it as a turning point where both sectors from hereon can continue to work towards achieving[the] goals of BIMP-EAGA."

With about 1.5 million square kilometers of land, BIMP-EAGA is the largest subregional cooperation in Asia whose natural environment is ideal for tourism development, a briefing paper of the Mindanao Economic Development Council read. — J. B. Escovilla

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^^ pacific pearl ba yung subic based?

Advisory: When this thread reaches 1,000, please don't create a new one. This thread is redundant. We already have regional, provincial, and city threads for Mindanao. I suggest you all make good use of those threads instead. :)

^^ Very good decision indeed. :):):), redundant talaga..

Toxin-free copra studied in Davao City

The Business World

DAVAO CITY — Nongovernmental group Siad in Mindanao Convergence for Asset Reform and Regional Development is looking into developing "white copra" which is free from aflatoxin, a hazardous mold found in ordinary dried coconut meat.


White copra commands a higher price. — BW File Photo Tom Villarin, executive director of Siad, said his group is still discussing with the developer of the drying system.

White copra commands a higher price.

The new technology uses a Kukum dryer developed by the Palawan Center for Appropriate Technology. Each dryer costs about P200,000 to set up. At present, traders buy the ordinary copra for P27 to P28 a kilogram based on data from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).

He said the concept that it is being perfected by his group is, like other big companies, to buy the whole nut from the farmers at a premium price for them to be able to get a higher price. He said his organization is perfecting a system that will use all the components of the nut into products like its husk for coconut coir, the ash for fertilizer and the nut for oil and other products.

The coconut shell is usually turned into charcoal but Mr. Villarin said there are other products that can be derived. This concept, he added, will lessen the burden of the farmers who will only have to harvest the nuts and sell them to the cooperative.

"They will not have much difficulty [in producing copra] because they will be selling the entire nut."

The plan, he said, is to set up a drying system in each of the municipalities in the Davao Region with a farmers’ cooperative buying from its members.

At present, a milling company has agreed to allow one of its systems for oil production to be used exclusively for white copra whose impurity-free oil derivative is favored by the export market.

Unlike the oil from ordinary copra which is "bleached" to produce a better oil quality, the white copra oil is free of chemicals. The downside to it, Mr. Villarin joked, is that cases of stolen coconuts might increase.

At present, aside from lower price, farmers only get about 30% of the value of the coconut in producing ordinary copra.

"Many of our farmers do not get much from their farms. Our copra industry is very inefficient," he said, pointing out that the drying system is among the problem as it produces aflatoxin.

This developed as the Davao Oriental government has started studying how it could rehabilitate its copra industry. Governor Corazon Malanyaon told BusinessWorld that her agency has started coordinating with the PCA on how the rehabilitation project should be implemented.

The PCA has unveiled a program which will result in the rehabilitation of 12,000 hectares of old coconut farms in the region by the end of the next two years. Under the plan, the agency will provide incentives to farms who will start growing coconut seedlings on their farms.

The incentives will be provided starting from the initial identification of nuts for seedlings until they are about one year old. The Davao Region has about 300,000 hectares of coconut farms with many of them located in Davao Oriental. — Carmelito Q. Francisco

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Mindanao gets P2-B from extension of agri enhancement fund
by Prix D Banzon

Davao City (28 February) -- Mindanao gets P2 billion from the extended implementation of the Agriculture Competitive Enhancement Fund (ACEF) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced on Wednesday in Davao City during the gathering of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, Mindanao chapter at the Grand Regal Hotel.

The President signed the extension for the implementation of the law with a total fund of P 6 billion.

"Mindanao will get 30 percent of the fund equivalent to P2 billion," she said.

She said under the super regions two are classified under agri business and these are Northern Luzon and Mindanao.

The ACEF extension, he said aims to help the farmers and agri producers become more productive and competitive for people to improve on their lives. This will also help increase production and high farm yields, an assurance for food security.

The President said agribusiness Mindanao contributes to the strong and growing economy and that the island is the biggest food producer.

She also instructed government line agencies namely the Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture to allocate 30 percent of their respective budgets to Mindanao.

President Arroyo on the other hand urged the local government units to use their increased Internal Revenue Allotment to fund projects that help develop the towns and implement projects especially for the poor.

She said of the ten poorest provinces in the country, seven are in Mindanao that is why more focus is given to the island.

The ACEF enacted in 1996 is a funding facility aimed at supporting those whose livelihood depends primarily on agriculture. It enables farmers and fisherfolk, cooperatives and agribusiness entrepreneurs to compete in an extremely competitive and increasingly globalized agriculture market.

Senator Edgardo Angara earlier in his sponsorship speech on the extension of the ACEF at the Senate stressed that the fund was not made fully available until 1999 and RA 8178 mandates that the Fund will have a life of nine years of which ACEF will expire at the end of 2008. He sought the extension of the ACEF's utilization period for another nine years or until 2015.

With the ACEF extension, the Department of Agriculture could implement seven more farm-friendly measures that aims to increase incomes for small farmers and fisherfolk, expand access to rural credit and protect the environment. (PIA) [top]

Production of C. Mindanao high-value crops up in ’07

The Business World

KORONADAL CITY — Five of the six priority high-value crops in Central Mindanao last year registered growth over 2006, regional Department of Agriculture officials have said.

Reynaldo Lumaque, regional coordinator of the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani High-Value Commercial Crop program, said production of banana, mango, rubber, coffee and pineapple surged 0.3%-22% last year from the 2006 output.

Vegetable production, however, was down from 43,081 metric tons (MT) in 2006 to 36,693 MT last year. "This downtrend can be explained by the closure of some asparagus plantations because their contracts with companies have expired and they did not renew them," Mr. Lumaque explained.

But he added that vegetable production for the region this year may increase with a proposed program by which farmers can avail of financial assistance from the Agriculture department at amounts ranging from P3,000-P30,000 per hectare. "If this special program for vegetables will be approved, we are targeting 500 hectares of new vegetable farms," Mr. Lumaque said.

Pineapple, largely cultivated mainly for Dole Philippines, Inc., posted the highest growth at 22% to 791,851 MT in 2007 from 649,301, data from the Agriculture regional office showed.

Rubber came slightly behind at 21%, yielding 157,134 MT last year from 129,995 in 2006.

Central Mindanao’s rubber production was the second largest in the entire country, next to Zamboanga peninsula which posted yields of 175,054 MT last year.

The nation’s rubber production in 2007 stood at 404,070 MT.

Also posting significant growth last year for Central Mindanao was mango, with a production of 51,152 MT last year, up 18% from 43,362 MT in 2006.

Banana production in the region last year was pegged at 934,192 MT, an increase of 12% from 830,822 the previous year.

Coffee posted slight growth of only 0.3% from 27,047 MT in 2006 to 27,123 MT last year, with Mr. Lumaque explaining this was brought about by the aging of coffee plants that need to be replaced.

"Essentially, it was a good year for the region last year. We hope to further increase production volume this year on high value commercial crops," Abusama M. Alid, Agriculture’s regional director, said.

The regional office of the Agriculture department now expects growth of priority high value commercial crops to come in between 4%-12% this year, Mr. Lumaque said.

This year, mango production is projected to grow by 12% to 57,290 MT from 51,152 MT last year; rubber is seen to increase by 11% to 174,419 MT from 157,134 MT; banana by 7.6% to 1.005 million MT from 934,192 MT; pineapple by 6% to 839,362 MT from 791,851 MT; vegetables by 5% to 38,525 MT from 36,693 MT; and coffee by 4% to 28,208 MT from 27,123 MT. — Romer S. Sarmiento

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Davao Region railway feasibility study pushed for completion within the year

The Business World

DAVAO CITY — The vice-chairman of the regional development council in the Davao Region expects the feasibility study for a Davao Region railway system to be finished this year.

Nicasio Angelo Agustin, also regional director of the National Economic and Development Authority, said the Davao Integrated Development Program (DIDP) was tasked to commission the feasibility study for a 100 kilometer-long railway system that will connect Davao del Sur, passing by Davao City, to Davao del Norte.

The Davao railway system was proposed in late ’90s by a Japanese consultant who drafted a long-term infrastructure program for the region which also includes a bridge connecting this city to the Island Garden City of Samal. DIDP is a development strategy to be executed by the local governments of Davao City and the provinces of Davao, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental.

Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario heads the program. "Hopefully the feasibility study will finish [sic] in one year and we can start the process of evaluation next year," he said, adding that evaluation of the project could take one to four years.

Financing

Mr. Agustin said a Chinese company has already informed the council of its interest to bankroll the project, but the body has yet to decide what financing scheme to follow, whether build-operate-transfer, joint venture, or primarily private investment.

DIDP signed on Dec. 19 last year a memorandum of agreement with the Mindanao Business Council and the MCC Capital, a London-based financing agency, to conduct the feasibility study.

Earlier, House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles said the Mindanao railway system, a separate project, will be one of his priority projects, adding that while he could not guarantee the ambitious project will be realized, "I will give it my best shot." He said Mindanao representatives had signed a resolution to make the system a priority.

While the Davao railways system was proposed by Japanese consultants in late ’90s, the Mindanao railway system was proposed by Mindanao leaders in early ’90s.

During the 15th Senior Officials Meeting of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA) in October of last year, Faisal Kasim, MCC chief executive officer, discussed the project with the BIMP-EAGA Business Council Chairman Antonio R. Santos, Jr. and Mindanao Business Council Chairman Vicente T. Lao.

Mr. Kasim, Mr. Santos said, had proposed a joint-venture arrangement despite Davao businessmen’s preference for a built-operate-transfer scheme. Under Mr. Kasim’s proposal, local government units hosting and benefitting from the project will shoulder 60% of costs to build the railway system, while MCC will pay for the remaining 40%. — J. B. Escovilla

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Has anyone seen this church before? The picture was taken in 1945, it's on a hill somewhere in the Philippines. The second picture in the bottom left of the first picture. Original picture 25F on Flickr site. Someone told me it's typical of the Mindanao mission churches, like Jasaan, Balingasag, Davao, Butuan etc. They suggested I post the photo in this forum. Can you identify this church, where is it and does it still exist?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/2297532359_592462b1eb.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2297545735_bef4152d6e.jpg

does it read virgin of the grotto?

^^ uncle, this might be an RVM mission... try googling the whole phrase.... virgin of the grotto mission + philippines ... :cheers:

does it read virgin of the grotto?

It looks like it says.... Come visit the virgin (in or of) the grotto. __ every February __ __ __.

design definitely similar with...

Jasaan Immaculate Conception Church

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x287/GearX_2007/another/resorts/318612741_573a5ed1ae.jpg

the presence of coconuts in the photo indicates it is near the coastline...:cheers:

even in the hinterlands, coconuts are definitely present.

that pic, i hope somebody gets to recognize. the church is surrounded by hills. another clue, is the name, virgin of the grotto.

evidently it is made of wood, chances are it could have been replaced with a more permanent one. one popular method of construction before was asbetos board or drywall cladding.

the presence of coconuts in the photo indicates it is near the coastline...:cheers:

@GearX those are ornamental palm trees siguro gi tuyo ug tanom. :)

Photo adjusted....the coconut (palm trees) are on the right and at the background...seem naturally growing

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x287/GearX_2007/another/resorts/2297532359_592462b1eb.jpg

Has anyone seen this church before? The picture was taken in 1945, it's on a hill somewhere in the Philippines. The second picture in the bottom left of the first picture. Original picture 25F on Flickr site. Someone told me it's typical of the Mindanao mission churches, like Jasaan, Balingasag, Davao, Butuan etc. They suggested I post the photo in this forum. Can you identify this church, where is it and does it still exist?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/2297532359_592462b1eb.jpg



yup typical misson churches ,this is the old San Pedro Church

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1482/dvocath2ii6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


anyway who can zoom and scan the sign( encircled) of the church bldg. maybe we could identify the site.

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1555/churchdh5.png (http://imageshack.us)

eto lang kaya ko...

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x287/GearX_2007/another/resorts/2297545735_bef4152d6ecopy.jpg

^^ so as far as i can read it's " come to visit the Virign of the Grotto...." ? last word i think the year it was established?

edit: i think i read Gingoog ? is there a church resembles like that in Gingoog?

eto lang kaya ko...

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x287/GearX_2007/another/resorts/2297545735_bef4152d6ecopy.jpg

I have already tried scanning and zooming, when I had the photo. All I could make out was ... Come to visit the virgin of the grotto, __ every _____ from 1 to 11. The picture was taken in 1945.

^^ so as far as i can read it's " come to visit the Virign of the Grotto...." ? last word i think the year it was established?

edit: i think i read Gingoog ? is there a church resembles like that in Gingoog?

Gingoog City's patron saint is Sta. Rita and celebrated on May 22...

I have already tried scanning and zooming, when I had the photo. All I could make out was ... Come visit the virgin of the grotto, __ every _____ from 1 to 11.

Most churches in northern part of Mindanao are built of stone e.g. Jasaan CHurch which was built by the Jesuits a long time ago, Cotta Shrine in Ozamiz. Stone chruches take longer time to build. Maybe if the photo is indeed in Mindanao, it could be in the southern part where there is presence of moslems that they built it fast by using wood instead of stone. Otherwise, they could be prone to attacks.

1000 na..sasarado na to ni sinjin maya maya

bye bye mindanao... thank you for the memories.

:lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock::lock:

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LADY LOU GARIDAN, BSIT, MIM Student, Miss USM - University of Southern Mindanao, USM Instructress in the Department of Computing, College of Engineering and Computing

WAIT MUNA GUYZ, LAST LOOK MUNA AKO SA KANYA!!!

^^
Uyyy. Na inlove yata si filino kay Lady Lou... :lol:

Wag nalang kaya natin i-close ito.... :lol::lol::lol::lol:

^^ parang na in love siya sa ilik-ilik :lol:

anyway imo i think i's still relevant to have a Mindanao thread

where we will discuss the Mindanao Railway ?BIMP-EAGA? the Mindanao block in Congress ? and of course our speaker is from Mindanao :dunno:

Hahabol pa me, :cheers::cheers::cheers:

^^ Kinikilig ako sa picture nayan...:D:D

^^
Wag na nga kaya natin ito i-close... Baka ito pa yung magiging simula ng romance between filino and lady lou... :lol:

:lol: pwede :lol: so many ways to clean that dark spot :lol: kung gusto mo nang pagbabago mag ARIEL na tayo! :lol:

^^
Ariel imung ibutang sa iyang ilok? Waaaaaaa! :lol:

anywayz, she has the potential to be a beauty queen and who knows she might be the next Bb. Pilipinas and can be our next miss universe, miss world or miss earth.

^^
Ariel imung ibutang sa iyang ilok? Waaaaaaa! :lol:

waaaaaaaaaa! si vilma nga malayo ang narating dahil sa ariel, eh yan pa kaya! :lol:

Hahabol pa me, :cheers::cheers::cheers:

^^ Kinikilig ako sa picture nayan...:D:D

same here :lol::lol::lol::lol:

waaaaaaaaaa! si vilma nga malayo ang narating dahil sa ariel, eh yan pa kaya! :lol:

Lols! :lol:

You're right. Who knows, baka sya na yung maging 3rd Miss Universe natin after ilang years...

I must admit, she looks better here...

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Lols! :lol:

You're right. Who knows, baka sya na yung maging 3rd Miss Universe natin after ilang years...

I must admit, she looks better here...

yeah! so its just the liki-liki ang maputi kaya dapat e darken pa natin :)

#1021 page 52 bye Mindanao Thread!

i still feel that we should have a thread wherein we can discuss general issues affecting mindanao.

for that old church (bubbasgirl) it can be found at the then and now thread.

^^ uncle paul, (concerning bubbas girl) she was referred here by tsinoy et. al. i believe we (from mindanao) could be of big help to her (she wants to identify those pictures left behind her father, im not sure (?) ).... :cheers:

^^
Wag na nga kaya natin ito i-close... Baka ito pa yung magiging simula ng romance between filino and lady lou... :lol:

and i hope... between north and south din.

in before lock :D

and i hope... between north and south din.

pwede man, kay if you trace back the war, nigrabe ra man to tung naa nay nag labot labot ug nag troll na outsider.