guys, this is from a very reliable source. Insular Life will be breaking the grounds in their CBP property on 08.08.08. media mileage would include abs-cbn, gma, and all national and (most esp) local broadsheets... let's all celebrate for this 12-storey addition to our cebu skyline. btw, this is the formal/offcial groundbreaking with their top executives from manila. they're done with their not so formal groundbreaking (with cebu-based officers in attendance lang) last july 18.

^ salamat sa info, bai div. sundon ba gihapon to nila ang rendering nga na post diri sauna?

^^ im not so sure bai nin... di ba based on the last update, it's gonna be a mini version of their bldg in alabang?

^^ here's the link sa thread sa 12-Storey Insular Life Tower at CBP:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=672636

^^ thanks bai...

grabe ang 08.08.08 oi. napuno ang lista sa magpakasal ug magpabunyag.

^^ di ba, formal launching/inauguration sab na sa Parkmall?

^^ which reminds me nga hapit na gyud diay ang Olympics!! :) OT

whatever happened to this?

http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/exhibits/mudd/projects/images/9899cebu/9899cebu_3.jpg

^^ project man ta na ni former Mayor Alvin Garcia....right? ...pero, wala gipadayon ni Tomas...pride?

....Cebufullofcoffeeshops...heheheh!


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Japanese cafe expands to Cebu as more residents pine for brew (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/28/bus/japanese.cafe.expands.to.cebu.as.more.residents.pine.for.brew.html)
Sun-Star Online
Monday, July 28, 2008


AS MORE Cebuanos develop a love for coffee, a Japanese coffee brand has decided to expand to Cebu.

The Ueshima Coffee Co. (UCC) plans to open two new branches—one at the North-wing of SM City Cebu and the other at the expansion area of Ayala Center Cebu—at the end of the third quarter or beginning of the fourth quarter of this year.

“Opening a UCC coffee shop in Cebu has always been part of my plan when I first brought the brand to the Philippines in 1999. I was just waiting for the right moment. Location and market maturity provide an excellent environment for UCC to set foot in Cebu,” said Hubert Young, the exclusive franchise holder of UCC in the country, in an e-mail to Sun.Star Cebu.

Young, son of General Milling Corp. chairman and president George Young, noted that the market in Cebu has embraced the whole coffee drinking and café lifestyle, making the coffee business a thriving industry with still more room for growth.

“That’s (what) UCC coffee (wants) to fill. UCC coffee is coming to Cebu at a perfect time,” he said.

In the Philippines, UCC has 16 coffee shops with three different concepts: Vienna Café, Café Terrace and Park Café.

Vienna Café is designed to give customers the feel of a chic cafe inside a posh hotel. Café Terrace provides for a contemporary country club setting while Park Café is found in park landscapes.

With the same interiors as the Vienna Café but with youthful ambiance, the UCC Coffee Shop is the closest in concept to other popular franchised coffee shops.

In Cebu, UCC will be positioned the same way as its other shops in the country—“a hotel coffee shop outside of a hotel,” which targets upscale coffee drinkers.

“We are an all-day dining place. Apart from the really good coffee, we have excellent selection and great tasting meals, desserts, and other beverages,” Hubert said. “Our shops also provide hotel quality service. In a cozy and chic atmosphere, we give extra attention to the service our discerning market expects and deserves. All these elements (will) set us apart from the other coffee shops in Cebu,” he added.

To ensure that UCC coffee shops are able to fill the market need of an area, Hubert is careful about selecting the location of a future branch.

“As long as there is a market and a good location suitable for UCC, we will consider opening in that area. My franchise agreement with UCC Coffee Japan does not hold any stipulation that I should open this many number of stores per year or period like other exclusive franchise agreements,” Hubert explained. (NRC)


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...we'll expect a cafe like one of their shops abroad (pic by @chaorock)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/308362431_d2f5392ec4_o.jpg

Here are some of the photos I took

Nindot na ang gawas sa Office Of The Mayor hehehe.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2702761689_d59f4894fc.jpg

Nice ang Entrance
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2702760159_8d934871ae.jpg

Terno ang paving stones
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2702755889_09efdb0dcf.jpg

Naay mga landscape
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2702752839_a744e7a1a3.jpg

Plaza Sugbu
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2702751319_92473ea952.jpg

Naa nay lights ang Magellan's Cross
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2703569794_e63828bd58.jpg

Nice kaayo
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3116/2702765007_35c134ece8.jpg

Close-up
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2703594282_ae8f0b051a.jpg

Lain ug pattern nga pavers
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/2703595682_9c29a5b360.jpg

Limpyo tan-awon kay walay mga tindero. heheh
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/2702770571_92a719e348.jpg

kuwang paman oi..kinahanglan pa og more greens more trees nya flowers...nya nindot unta og gibutangan nilag pond and fountain in between sa city hall and magellans cross para pawa gamay sa init, para mas fresh pa gyud imo pamati kung motambay ka diha...hehe!

Family Park - Talamban, Cebu City - pic by @van2moega of flickr!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2705235005_4015eff4e8.jpg

wow kanindot nagud sa family park..napuno na gyud og tubig ang ilang mini lake! wow!

What MCIA departure area have, is discouraging for simple frugal passengers. The concessionares cater mostly for business and first class passengers of PAL, Cathay and other airlines which honors its affiliates, mahal. The duty free mostly sell Cigarrettes/cigar, fragrances, chocolates and liquors.
The pre-departures at JFK, New York had two Duty free shop on its end of the area, a McDo, a resto/bar, Starbucks, knick-knaks stands selling candies (minodos) and magazines, including playboys and playgirls with cars and truck magazines. :)
Similar set-up at HongKong International but much better. The center of the pre-departures lobby which caters to 70 gates, have McDo, Starbucks, BurgerKing, Bakeries, Japanese/Chinese/other Asians fast food stands and about four DutyFree stores. ATM machines dispense HK dollars only with money changers counters beside it.
Singapore is similar to HK with a difference of roving military personnels with an UZI submachine gun and 12" bolo knife on each person in group of three's. :gunz:

^ Sometimes it is tiring to read about MCIA and its flaws. This place is just for embarking and disembarking. Please do your shopping at our malls. Have you heard about the new Duty Free Shop in SM Northwing?

The Maxwell Hotel opens its doors

Monday, July 28, 2008

In line with the tourism sector’s thrust of providing globally competitive hotel accommodations to the increasing number of foreign tourists in Cebu, a newly built hotel with 72 rooms opened along Escario Street.

Targeting to capture a bulk of both foreign as well as domestic transient tourists, The Maxwell Hotel is the first hotel industry venture of owner Maxwell G. Ahyong and his family, which has long been into the real estate business.

The Maxwell Hotel aims to provide a convenient accommodation within the heart of the city, said its Marketing Supervisor Chit L. Limcolioc in an exclusive interview.

“We are positioning our hotel as a place where business people can take a rest from a stressful life in the workplace and enjoy the comforts and luxury of the city. We also want to tap the aged people who come to the city often for medical check-ups,” she said.

The Maxwell Hotel has five levels composed of 72 rooms categorized as standard, superior, deluxe, triple, and suite rooms.

It also has a function room at the penthouse as well as five stalls for commercial operations in the ground floor that will be occupied later on by a restaurant called Maxim’s Resto Bar, a beauty saloon, a travel agency, and a convenience store cum pasalubong center.

Limcolioc said that in terms of potentials, The Maxwell has a lot unique selling proposition to offer Cebu’s tourism market especially in terms of location being situated at the heart of the city near the malls, private and public offices, banks, hospitals and schools.

“It’s very easy for clients to come here because there is accessibility of transportation since it is located right in the heart of the city and since it is new, people will surely try our rooms and services,” she said.

As for pricing, Limcolioc said that The Maxwell Hotel is quite competitive with the others in the industry, because they also aim to attract the local market.

The hotel was built starting February last year. Despite the completion of the project, only 24 rooms at the second level have so far been opened as others are still being decorated.

Every month, a new level will be opened in time for their grand opening which is slated this December, she added. – Rhia de Pablo

nagkadaghan gyud ug hate blogs against cebu. LOL

Daghana jud ug mga insecure sa ato noh?

Naa na guy hate blog against our lovely island and metropolis,

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/



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Daghan siguro dili makatoo sa pag-uswag sa Cebu karon... :)

Cebu = Sto. Nino + LGU + Businessmen + Local Citizens

Kung wala sila ani nga equation, magpabilin ra gud silang magdumot sa Cebu.

Sensya pud sa hinambog nako mga bai...Pero, defense mechanism na nako ang molabay pud og bato kung labayon ko og bato... :)

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/livable-cebu/

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/cebu-blogger-referred-davao-city-as-a-provincial-city/

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/cebu-province-has-the-most-number-of-poor-families-in-central-visayas/

i can only think of crab mentality..

Parang kilala ko ang gumawa ng blog na 'yan. :laugh: Anyway, he's just one hater so don't mind him. Bulag siguro. Ipagpatuloy nalang natin ang pagpromote sa ating pinalanggang Sugbo. http://www.cebudaily.com anyone? :D

@Ashton I have nothing to say against MCIA, because I used to work as a technician that fixed communications in the tower and control for years and some of my friends are still working in MCIA. It just needs affordable price store like McDo or KFC or the like at the predeparture area. In the predeparture area only few passengers belong to the Mabuhay Class type and very intimidating to us who are not members and I travel every year(economy). IL Cheapo. :) peace.

yup, you know what they say about crabs:

crabs are crustaceans with bad reputations, for...
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biting your feet and toes, he he (from the real life crabs and real life planktoon song)

anyway, let us leave them be, but i find it weird for people to be creating hate blogs about cebu (both the metropolis and the province, hehe ) and even weirder is that they do it under the cloak of anonymity (ouch)

btw this is my first post in this thread, and i hope i'm welcomed here

re: hate blogs

an-ana gyud na basta suya hehehe :)

Welcome Jakejik happy posting

I agree with you on this. I still hate that restaurant in the international area that charged us 2 thousand pesos for snacks only.

@Ashton I have nothing to say against MCIA, because I used to work as a technician that fixed communications in the tower and control for years and some of my friends are still working in MCIA. It just needs affordable price store like McDo or KFC or the like at the predeparture area. In the predeparture area only few passengers belong to the Mabuhay Class type and very intimidating to us who are not members and I travel every year(economy). IL Cheapo. :) peace.

re: hate blogs

an-ana gyud na basta suya hehehe :)

Correct! In fact while reading his entries, instead of feeling enraged, or pissed, it felt more appropriate to pity him. I pity the narrow-mindedness of his views, how shallow his interpretation of events can be, and his generalization of Cebuanos based on internet forums. Oh well, there will always be haters and hate-mongers among the Filipinos, a clear shining example of what crab mentality has done to our fellow countrymen...

Nagkatawa na lng pod ko.. pati kanang sexvid issues, hello?? Just because there's a sexvid issue here, it doesn't mean everyone here are sexmaniacs, hell, marami kayang sex scandals in different key cities all over the Philippines. Oh, and coming from the medical community, with regards to the Sotto incident, 2 of the implicated staff actually hails from Davao, so I hope he's not generalizing his own neighbors there..

Chinese restaurants in N.Y.C. will serve you hot tea free with pretzel type with duck sauce or hot curry sauce while you wait for your order.

Sige lang makaingon man pod ta. Cebu... Ang tinood na numero uno. dako na kaayo og labaw og lisod nang maapsan.:banana:

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/livable-cebu/

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/cebu-blogger-referred-davao-city-as-a-provincial-city/

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/cebu-province-has-the-most-number-of-poor-families-in-central-visayas/

i can only think of crab mentality..

...bai, ayaw na lang ninyo ablihi ng mga sites...he makes a living out of his non-sense blog...target gyud ta kay daghan baya mga bisdak mag-internet...i think he needs money very badly...heheheh... :lol:

^^ alam nyo, halos lahat kasi good pr and publicity, accolades and distinction ang nasusulat and nasasabi about cebu ng maraming websites... i repeat WEBSITES po! websites of financial institutions, tourism websites etc etc... kaya yan, gumawa na lang sila ng blog <-- a CHEAP SHOT actually, but does it surprise me? NO! ano bang similarity ng mga blogs na to from batangyagit's? well.... they come from one city :lol::lol::lol: obviously insecure... baka nakakalimutan nila na ang competition nila nasa mismong mindanao na, they dont belong to CEBU'S league anymore...

maypag manguli na lang na sila sa ilang LASANG nga puro YAGIT!

^^^^^^
welcome diay jakejik

about sa blog. well, sige ilaha na na ang tanang titles they could think of - most liveable place etc. pero isaksak ila sa ilang mga alimpatakan that no one can beat the queen. hahahha:banana::banana:

^^ i believe in KARMA! ...hahahah! :lol:

i think he needs money very badly...heheheh... :lol:

walay good paying job sa ilaha?

^^ welcome baya kaayo ang tanan sa atong siyudad...eheheh!

Sige lang...Ang Ginoo na lang bahala Bay...Padayon na lang ta sa atong angay buhaton... :)

Daghan pud baya ko og amigo/amiga nga taga gikan sa ilang lugar, of which, dili pareha ni "tagalasang". And i think, SSC also have so many forumers from his city, and i don't think all of them are with this crusade.

Ang mga local opisyal sa atong duha ka siyudad kay naningkamot magtinabangay, so dili na lang ta ni gub-on nga relationship sa atong duha ka siyudad....After all, basin outcast ra pud na siya sa ilahang lugar...Hehehehhe

keep your cool bai pao. we've been through a lot here in ssc, from valium's time to the newer ones who in one way or another hate our very own cebu. that's totally fine, our answer to these people are the updates of our developments here in cebu. NASUYA lang na sila, so pasagdi! i just hope that what they're doing to us will do good sa ilang city, which i think will definitely NOT! :)

^^ alam nyo, halos lahat kasi good pr and publicity, accolades and distinction ang nasusulat and nasasabi about cebu ng maraming websites... i repeat WEBSITES po! websites of financial institutions, tourism websites etc etc... kaya yan, gumawa na lang sila ng blog <-- a CHEAP SHOT actually, but does it surprise me? NO! ano bang similarity ng mga blogs na to from batangyagit's? well.... they come from one city :lol::lol::lol: obviously insecure... baka nakakalimutan nila na ang competition nila nasa mismong mindanao na, they dont belong to CEBU'S league anymore...

maypag manguli na lang na sila sa ilang LASANG nga puro YAGIT!

2nd largest Duty Free Philippines opens at SM City Cebu

Cebu City (28 July) -- Duty Free Philippines (DFP) marks another milestone as it proudly launches its newest store and the 2nd largest outlet in the country right here in Cebu City at the ground floor of the north wing of SM City Cebu tomorrow.

DFP General Manager Michael Christian Kho leads the top officials during the inaugural rites as the new DFP occupies a space of more than 1,800 square meters.

The new DFP is fashioned on a more spacious and upscale setting that is more accessible to customers.

It also aims to maximize the opportunity of the mall's development towards becoming a premier tourist destination of Cebu.

Having another mall inside a mall is a unique and challenging idea for a retail business and provides shoppers with an exciting and wide array of products such as chocolates, confectionery, snacks, liquors, perfumes and fashion apparel and is believed not only to capture the tourists' attention but to increase DFP's revenues as well.

Through the years beyond development and challenges, DFP maintained its prevalent status as a performing business institution with improved service facilities, new brands and products as well as the implementation of aggressive merchandising and marketing campaigns.

With its mission to satisfy the international traveler's needs, DFP reassures the people that this pristine outlet will continue to provide world-class products and the same exceptional services showcasing Filipino warmth and hospitality. (PIA-Cebu/FCR)

HERE (http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p080728.htm&no=43)

ang nangasuya muligid :lol: :lol: :lol:

About.com Readers' Choice for Top 8 Diving Destination in the World (http://scuba.about.com/od/wheretodive/ig/Favorite-Dive-Destinations-08/1st-Place--Bonaire.htm)


1st Place: Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
2nd Place: Cozumel, Mexico
3rd Place: Egypt
4th Place: Florida, USA
5th Place: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
6th Place: Cebu, The Philippines (http://scuba.about.com/od/wheretodive/ig/Favorite-Dive-Destinations-08/6th-Place--Cebu.htm)
7th Place: Fiji
8th Place: Greece


http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1921/maandarinfishgi8.jpg
Picture courtesy of Getty Images/ Tim Laman

Male Mandarinfish - Malapascua Island, Cebu, Philippines

Representing everything that South-East Asia is famed for, Cebu is the most popular of the Philippines' many diving treasures. Characterized by brilliant corals that are typical of the Pacific ocean along with all sorts of nudibranchs and fish, Cebu is also home to an abundance of Manta Rays and Sharks. After winning the South-East Asian round Cebu finished up sixth overall.



Note: text copied from the About.com website

Ambot lang kanus-a ni nga survey. Definitely, I had goose bumps ug dako kaayo ako smile when I found this out! :D To the divers who voted for Cebu, thank you very much.
Indeed, another good news!

^^ bawal ang maglaway! hehe!

About.com Readers' Choice for Top 8 Diving Destination in the World (http://scuba.about.com/od/wheretodive/ig/Favorite-Dive-Destinations-08/1st-Place--Bonaire.htm)


1st Place: Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
2nd Place: Cozumel, Mexico
3rd Place: Egypt
4th Place: Florida, USA
5th Place: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
6th Place: Cebu, The Philippines (http://scuba.about.com/od/wheretodive/ig/Favorite-Dive-Destinations-08/6th-Place--Cebu.htm)
7th Place: Fiji
8th Place: Greece


http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1921/maandarinfishgi8.jpg
Picture courtesy of Getty Images/ Tim Laman

Male Mandarinfish - Malapascua Island, Cebu, Philippines

Representing everything that South-East Asia is famed for, Cebu is the most popular of the Philippines' many diving treasures. Characterized by brilliant corals that are typical of the Pacific ocean along with all sorts of nudibranchs and fish, Cebu is also home to an abundance of Manta Rays and Sharks. After winning the South-East Asian round Cebu finished up sixth overall.



Note: text copied from the About.com website

Ambot lang kanus-a ni nga survey. Definitely, I had goose bumps ug dako kaayo ako smile when I found this out! :D To the divers who voted for Cebu, thank you very much.
Indeed, another good news!

Thanks SouthernBelle....That makes my day....Hope to see more good news for Cebu... :)

Maski nag-init akong ulo ganiha about ni tagalasang (forest dude), control lang gamay...sila ang naa sa quicksand...the more the make some bad moves to our place, the more they will sink... :)

cheers to Cebu

Way sapayan @sleepwalker. Lingaw bitaw kaayo basahon inyo mga reactions oi.
Natural lang nga mo depensa ta, pero remain to be humble with Cebu's progress.


When I bumped into this survey, Cebu ranked as no. 6 as top diving destination, I even asked myself, unsa man jud kahay na-a sa Cebu nga, ka level man sa mga places mentioned sa top 8? ... I guess ang tubag will direct itself to the rank. :)

Not all dabawenyos hate cebu. hehehe

http://www.angdabawenyo.com/2008/06/30/the-davaoeo-in-cebu/

http://www.angdabawenyo.com/2008/06/28/the-cebu-landscape/

flickr pic by @philcebuproperties


one of the 4 towers of Filinvest's Seascape Resort in Mactan....high rise or not?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2687247269_b2d9a15a06_b.jpg



...here's the full perspective of the project
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2688060008_8bd1302253_o.jpg

^^ ang cebu kay murag gikan ug gubat unya nag construction boom :lol:

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m342/evan20202007/Image069-1.jpg

Some nice links:

Beef Bulalo, Cebuano Style at a 30+ Year Old Roadside Eatery (http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/beef-bulalo-cebuano-style-at-a-30-year-old-roadside-eatery)

Why Furniture From A Cebu Furniture Exporter Is The Best (http://www.cebu-philippines.net/cebu-furniture-exporter.html)

“Bingkang Pinalutaw” / Rice Cakes Cebu Style (http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/bingkang-pinalutaw-rice-cakes-cebu-style)

CHI revenues reach P1.28B in ’07 on growth in retail, real estate (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/04/30/bus/chi.revenues.reach.p1.28b.in.’07.on.growth.in.retail.real.estate.html)

SM Investments net up 14% in 2007 (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/84201/SM-Investments-net-up-14-in-2007)

dapat unta mas daghan pang napili nga location as retirement haven sa pilipinas....... UNFORTUNATELY, ----->>> this (http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_2190.html) could be a consideration mao naay mga lugar nga wala sa official list... and its sad...

ngano man na si tagalasang..unsay problema ana niya?...taga davao na siya? kung mao it just reflects the narrow mindedness and the lack of culture and taste of its people...hehehehe!

UCC is my fave coffee.. one of the best!!! ;)


....Cebufullofcoffeeshops...heheheh!


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Japanese cafe expands to Cebu as more residents pine for brew (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/28/bus/japanese.cafe.expands.to.cebu.as.more.residents.pine.for.brew.html)
Sun-Star Online
Monday, July 28, 2008


AS MORE Cebuanos develop a love for coffee, a Japanese coffee brand has decided to expand to Cebu.

The Ueshima Coffee Co. (UCC) plans to open two new branches—one at the North-wing of SM City Cebu and the other at the expansion area of Ayala Center Cebu—at the end of the third quarter or beginning of the fourth quarter of this year.

“Opening a UCC coffee shop in Cebu has always been part of my plan when I first brought the brand to the Philippines in 1999. I was just waiting for the right moment. Location and market maturity provide an excellent environment for UCC to set foot in Cebu,” said Hubert Young, the exclusive franchise holder of UCC in the country, in an e-mail to Sun.Star Cebu.

Young, son of General Milling Corp. chairman and president George Young, noted that the market in Cebu has embraced the whole coffee drinking and café lifestyle, making the coffee business a thriving industry with still more room for growth.

“That’s (what) UCC coffee (wants) to fill. UCC coffee is coming to Cebu at a perfect time,” he said.

In the Philippines, UCC has 16 coffee shops with three different concepts: Vienna Café, Café Terrace and Park Café.

Vienna Café is designed to give customers the feel of a chic cafe inside a posh hotel. Café Terrace provides for a contemporary country club setting while Park Café is found in park landscapes.

With the same interiors as the Vienna Café but with youthful ambiance, the UCC Coffee Shop is the closest in concept to other popular franchised coffee shops.

In Cebu, UCC will be positioned the same way as its other shops in the country—“a hotel coffee shop outside of a hotel,” which targets upscale coffee drinkers.

“We are an all-day dining place. Apart from the really good coffee, we have excellent selection and great tasting meals, desserts, and other beverages,” Hubert said. “Our shops also provide hotel quality service. In a cozy and chic atmosphere, we give extra attention to the service our discerning market expects and deserves. All these elements (will) set us apart from the other coffee shops in Cebu,” he added.

To ensure that UCC coffee shops are able to fill the market need of an area, Hubert is careful about selecting the location of a future branch.

“As long as there is a market and a good location suitable for UCC, we will consider opening in that area. My franchise agreement with UCC Coffee Japan does not hold any stipulation that I should open this many number of stores per year or period like other exclusive franchise agreements,” Hubert explained. (NRC)


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...we'll expect a cafe like one of their shops abroad (pic by @chaorock)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/308362431_d2f5392ec4_o.jpg

Cebu loves Davao..... Thats why Cebuano Mayor lorded over in Davao. Cebuanos are TLC. Tender Loving Cebuano.

RP call centers: Upbeat on the future (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=200807278&type=2)
By Eden Estopace
Monday, July 28, 2008
There is no better proof of Thomas Friedman’s revolutionary concept that the “world is flat” than the emergence and boom of the call center industry in the Philippines.

Now with 151,000 seats and 205,000 employees, Philippine call centers are poised to grow even more rapidly in the next few years, with projections of a 23-percent growth through 2009, according to Dan Reyes, president of Sitel Philippines and director of the Call Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP).

“Call centers are the torchbearer of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry,” said Reyes during the opening of the Call Center Conference and Expo 2008 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City last Wednesday.

In this industry, he said, there is no tomorrow because Philippine call centers are already operating 24/7 and serving different time zones.

The two-day conference came at a time when call centers are reeling from the effects of a global economic downturn, falling foreign exchange rate and the looming impact of a recession in the United States, which is the country’s main BPO market.

Admittedly, Reyes said the challenges are greater now, but the industry is also much larger, more resilient than it was when CCAP was established seven years ago with only seven members.

In fact, if there is one thing that the current business climate has given the industry, it was opportunity, not loss.

Call center executives led by Reyes, Raffy David of Pilipinas Teleserv, Vic Endaya of Advanced Contact Solutions, Benedict Hernandez of eTelecare, and John Langford of ICT Group are one in saying that the weakening of the dollar and the US economy has directly hit the bottom line but it has also led the industry to diversify and look for other markets outside the US like Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Europe.

It has, among others, also driven companies to streamline operations to explore cost-efficiency improvements, increase volume of work and quality and strive to be on clients’ top tier service providers. And the effort paid off.

According to Reyes, CCAP, with 39 members and a combined strength of 97,700 seats and 134,000 employees, is expected to grow by yearend to 31 percent to 176,000 seats and 239,000 employees.

Revenues are also expected to grow to $4.34 billion by end of 2008, accounting for two-thirds of the projected BPO revenues for the year of $6.7 billion.

“If anything, the economic slowdown and price pressures should lead companies to operational efficiencies and cost structures,” Reyes said.

“Last year,” added Hernandez, “we got the opportunity to be better because we were faced with projections that were falling down the ground. Because we couldn’t influence the way the exchange rate is moving, we recourse to controlling what we can control better like efficiency, productivity. It has given us more focus.”

Another way of looking at the US recession is that it may even lead to more outsourced work to countries like the Philippines, according to Reyes.

“Because of the recession and its impact, calls will definitely go down for those companies which have already migrated here, but on the positive side, those not yet in the Philippines may have more pressure to offshore,” added Endaya.

As it is now, the Philippines is in the top 10 of the 2007 A. T. Kearney Global Services Location Index and was named the Best Offshoring Destination in 2007 by the UK-based National Outsourcing Association.

“Besides,” Reyes said, “the Philippines is no longer competing solely on cost arbitrage but on quality.”

Retooling for the future

In a presentation on global call center trends, William Dieu, senior research analyst at callcentres.net, introduced seven key drivers for the call center of the future.

Dieu said that, among others, a call center will continue to be the most strategic business unit in an organization as majority of customer contact is made through it.

Because of this, call centers are more going in the direction of becoming profit centers with primary revenue-generation responsibility.

In fact, in the Asia-Pacific, revenues generated from inbound and outbound calls reached $665.4 million in 2007. This is projected to grow to $13.1 billion in the next seven years.

Are Philippine call centers taking advantage of this wave? Dieu said a large percent of call centers in the country now have upselling and cross-selling opportunities, so they should be able to ride that wave.

Another thing in the horizon for call centers is the coming of the so-called Generation Y, which is expected to change the landscape of call center services of the future.

“This generation has a high preference for interacting with organizations using Internet and Web chat. It has low preference for speaking but prefers voice channels over the Internet,” said Dieu.

In line with this, he said more Philippine call centers are moving toward IP enablement.

During the press luncheon, the call center executives led by Reyes disclosed that the average age of call center workforce is 23. Admittedly, turnover and agent attrition is high. Dieu’s presentation revealed that full-time call center agents stay in a company for 22 months on average, part-time employees around 10 months, team leaders a little bit longer at 41 months, and managers up to 71 months.

“The call center is a people’s business,” said Reyes. “The positive trend is that as far as retention is concerned, there is already a significant increase in the number of months people stay in the industry. Our collective programs have helped our objective of not only retaining talent but making them happy.”

Hernandez also revealed that the Philippines is even enjoying lower attrition rates compared to other countries.

Among others, the call center industry has always been known for paying more than any other industry, with even better incentives.

“We look for talents with specialized skills and pay higher; we are creating opportunity in the workforce to move up,” Hernandez said.

But more than this, the industry is also striving to provide an even better working environment for agents inasmuch as call center employees work on graveyard shifts and ungodly hours.

It is now the norm, the executives said, in most call centers to have a 24/7 cafeteria, a place to take a nap or rest, and game rooms where they can hang out with friends.

“The thing is when you are 23 and you have income, you hang out, buy cigarettes, chill out. Part of our program in taking care of our people is to make them aware of managing their lifestyles,” Hernandez added.

The next wave

In his keynote speech during the two-day conference, Senate President Manuel Villar praised the social impact of the call centers in the country.

“The call center industry has given opportunities for people who want to stay in the country. More than jobs, it has given our people a psychic income. Those who would have left are now gainfully employed here,” Villar said.

Hernandez affirmed that more than jobs and revenues, the call center business has contributed to national pride.

“We have proven to the world that we could actually do a better job,” he said.

Perhaps even more than pride and jobs and psychic income is the expanding impact in cities outside Metro Manila.

In a statement, the CCAP bared the so-called 10 next wave cities nationwide, which are identified as new locators and crucial to the industry’s expansion in the next few years.

These new cities include Cebu, Bacolod, Baguio, Laguna, Batangas, Angeles and Dumaguete.

“We are proud of the fact that this phenomenon is not isolated in Metro Manila. More and more Filipinos are benefiting from the investment and employment opportunities provided by outsourced and in-house contact centers nationwide,” Jojo Uligan, CCAP executive director, said in a statement.

The CCAP executives affirm that setting up shop in cities outside Metro Manila has even greater social impact. For one, the quality of the workforce is the same and the industry builds a culture of loyalty in the locality.

This way, the industry encourages young professionals to stay and at the same time attract many others to go back.

“The industry continues to be vibrant and thriving. We are looking forward to achieving new heights to become a global call center powerhouse,” Reyes said.

The world is flat, according to Friedman, because it has leveled the global playing field in terms of work opportunities. A call center agent in the Philippines can provide the same quality of service to a European client, for example, as his counterpart in India or China. The issue is not on who could do it but who could do it better at more competitive levels in the global marketplace.

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Another reason for the creation of the NTSB (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080727166&type=2)
SHOOTING STRAIGHT By Valeriano Avila
Monday, July 28, 2008
Tonight is a special presentation on Straight from the Sky. It may have taken us eight years to bring you this show straight to the sky, but here it is our first ever show about aviation tours by AviaTours. At the last segment we fly two Cessna planes from Mactan Airport to Carmen, Bohol over the fabled Chocolate Hills, something that many foreign tourists have done, but few domestic tourists have tried. Seeing the Chocolate Hills from the air is more exhilarating as you can see all of the Chocolate Hills compared to seeing it from the ground.

AviaTours is also one of the best flight schools in the country. Founded by Capt. Jessup Bahinting, they now have close to 30 light aircraft flying many foreign nationals who come to Cebu because learning to fly a commercial aircraft nearby an international airport is a plus factor that they don’t have in their respective countries. Aside from AviaTours flying school, they also do charters and Medevac services when sick people needed to be airlifted from their place to hospitals in Cebu.

With us tonight is Ms. Jemar Bahinting, President of AviaTours; Ms. Binky Veniegas, Marketing Officer; Capt. Paul Anthony Rosita, Director Flight Training Services (he piloted the Cessna 172 that I took over the Chocolate Hills) Capt. Carlos Tepait Jr., Chief Ground Instructor; Capt. Mark Galasinao, Asst. Chief Instructor and their two Indian flight students, Mr. Ahmad Ghaznavi and Sujatha Vontimitta. So watch this very interesting show tonight on SkyCable’s channel 15 at 8:00PM where we bring to you a show truly Straight from the Sky!

Cebu loves Davao..... Thats why Cebuano Mayor lorded over in Davao. Cebuanos are TLC. Tender Loving Cebuano.


The City Government of Cebu helped Davao in installing their traffic lights.

The Maxwell Hotel opens its doors ('http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080727140&type=2")

Monday, July 28, 2008
In line with the tourism sector’s thrust of providing globally competitive hotel accommodations to the increasing number of foreign tourists in Cebu, a newly built hotel with 72 rooms opened along Escario Street.

Targeting to capture a bulk of both foreign as well as domestic transient tourists, The Maxwell Hotel is the first hotel industry venture of owner Maxwell G. Ahyong and his family, which has long been into the real estate business.

The Maxwell Hotel aims to provide a convenient accommodation within the heart of the city, said its Marketing Supervisor Chit L. Limcolioc in an exclusive interview.

“We are positioning our hotel as a place where business people can take a rest from a stressful life in the workplace and enjoy the comforts and luxury of the city. We also want to tap the aged people who come to the city often for medical check-ups,” she said.

The Maxwell Hotel has five levels composed of 72 rooms categorized as standard, superior, deluxe, triple, and suite rooms.

It also has a function room at the penthouse as well as five stalls for commercial operations in the ground floor that will be occupied later on by a restaurant called Maxim’s Resto Bar, a beauty saloon, a travel agency, and a convenience store cum pasalubong center.

Limcolioc said that in terms of potentials, The Maxwell has a lot unique selling proposition to offer Cebu’s tourism market especially in terms of location being situated at the heart of the city near the malls, private and public offices, banks, hospitals and schools.

“It’s very easy for clients to come here because there is accessibility of transportation since it is located right in the heart of the city and since it is new, people will surely try our rooms and services,” she said.

As for pricing, Limcolioc said that The Maxwell Hotel is quite competitive with the others in the industry, because they also aim to attract the local market.

The hotel was built starting February last year. Despite the completion of the project, only 24 rooms at the second level have so far been opened as others are still being decorated.

Every month, a new level will be opened in time for their grand opening which is slated this December, she added. – Rhia de Pablo



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http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/


unsa man jud ni sya anti cebu or anti gloria-gwen-tomas???? politcally motivated kaayo oi...for such (as he/claims) a davaueño to actually know so much about cebu, makapangutana na lang ka ngano daghan au sya nahibaw-an... hahays nalingaw ko ug basa. chill lang.

flickr pic by @philcebuproperties


one of the 4 towers of Filinvest's Seascape Resort in Mactan....high rise or not?
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...here's the full perspective of the project
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Very promising indeed! Oh, while everyone is aware that Mactan Island isn't known for white sand beaches but rather for the dive sites, I've spoken with the owners of Costabella resort and they said that most of the white sand in Mactan resorts actually comes from the white sand in the Mactan Island seabed where they are pumped efficiently and with little damage to the environment. Other resorts however, resort to "imported" natural white sand from Bohol or in other Visayan islands. As for Imperial's man-made beach, ambot asa kaha nila kuhaon ilang white sand..

Ah yes, Cebu was the first city in the Philippines to install automated traffic lights.. Before I left Cebu, they were already installed and immediately felt its efficiency and how badly other cities need it after I transferred to another city. wink wink.. hehehe.. Good thing, the other cities followed our example and installed their own automated traffic lights with the help of our government.. oh diba? walang crab mentality.. basta magtinabangay lang..

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unsa man jud ni sya anti cebu or anti gloria-gwen-tomas???? politcally motivated kaayo oi...for such (as he/claims) a davaueño to actually know so much about cebu, makapangutana na lang ka ngano daghan au sya nahibaw-an... hahays nalingaw ko ug basa. chill lang.

His sources include Sunstar, and another popular cebuano forum: istorya.net, other blogs.. Murag kulang kaayo to bear the mark of credibility.. puros opinyon iyaha, which actually I respect since its everyone's right..

i think tagalasang used to be a regular of my blog and other blogs owned by cebuanos. he left good and sensible comments, too. i don't know what happened. LOL

magbasa ka sa iya comment makataas ug BP. hilig kaayo ug compare2x.

mao nay ilhanan sa mga nasuya. unya kung makaari sa Cebu, sige ra na sila ug hangad2x sa mga building. :lol:

The more they envy, The more Cebu will take its lead. :cheers:

AboitizLand to put focus on services sector (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080727138&type=2)

Monday, July 28, 2008
With the Philippines losing its attractiveness to China, as preferred manufacturing site, AboitizLand Inc. is holding back on developing and operating more economic zones in Cebu.

Aboitizland, the real estate arm of the Aboitiz Group, is the operator and developer of 63-hectare Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ-2), which is under a build-operation-transfer scheme for landowner Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA).

In an interview with Aboitizland president Andoni Aboitiz, he said that after China and Vietnam became the world’s popular site for manufacturing companies, the Philippines’ manufacturing sector has started to die.

“Our manufacturing sector is ‘stand-still’. A lot of investments now are going to services,” said Aboitiz.

Although, the 63-hectare MEZ-2 is almost 100 percent occupied, Aboitiz said there is no plan yet for the company to establish another economic zone, at least in the short to medium term plan.

MEZ-2 has 48 locators these employ a total of 18,000 workers.

Aboitiz said a lot of investments now are into services, that is why the company is currently building a five-story commercial corporate building for business process outsourcing (BPO) companies.

The building called iMEZ, which will rise at MEZ-2, is estimated to cost P160 million and targeted to be completed by March 2009, he said.

The company has already talking with prospective locations, all foreign BPO companies. The new building will have a total leasable area of 5,000 square meters, he said.

Although, the iMez is also attracting call center companies, Aboitiz said they are also trying to invite real BPO firms, such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research and development (R&D) operations, and other back-office works. Locators will automatically enjoy incentives.

The new building is within the Pueblo Verde commercial block. Its ground floor will be leased to retail shops and dining outlets that will complement retail establishments in the area.

Aboitizland also co-owns with Tsuneishi Holdings, Inc. the Cebu Industrial Park Developers, Inc., which developed and operates the West Cebu Industrial Park in Balamban town in Western Cebu.

Aside from its bullish outlook in developing some commercial building and residential projects, Aboitiz said the company is not entertaining plans to develop other real estate facilities, such as retirement village.

He said although developing a retirement village has a huge potential, the weak infrastructure support for developing such project, is not yet in place in Cebu.

Instead the company is putting its P2.3 billion in real estate projects for Cebu this year, all are into residential and commercial facilities establishments.– Ehda M. Dago-oc



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^ Sometimes it is tiring to read about MCIA and its flaws. This place is just for embarking and disembarking. Please do your shopping at our malls. Have you heard about the new Duty Free Shop in SM Northwing?

i understand your concern...but most travelers get their first impression of the place that they're visiting from the airport

ngano man na si tagalasang..unsay problema ana niya?...taga davao na siya? kung mao it just reflects the narrow mindedness and the lack of culture and taste of its people...hehehehe!

igso-on na siguro si tagalasang ug batangyagit. mga kaliwat ra na sila. :lol:

although di man tanan taga-didto pulos parehag kinaiya ani niya kay naa man sad tawn tay mga amigo nga taga-didto nga maayo ug na-in love sa Cebu.
swerte sad na sila oi kay naa pa'y makit-an nga di maayo sa Cebu, kay kung pulos nindot pa lang ning ato tanan, nah basin mamatay sila derecho tungod sa kasuya.

although di man tanan taga-didto pulos parehag kinaiya ani niya kay naa man sad tawn tay mga amigo nga taga-didto nga maayo ug na-in love sa Cebu.
swerte sad na sila oi kay naa pa'y makit-an nga di maayo sa Cebu, kay kung pulos nindot pa lang ning ato tanan, nah basin mamatay sila derecho tungod sa kasuya.

hehehe! bitaw tinuod na. daghan man ko friends didto, in fairness daghan man pod maayo...naa man gani ako sister ngadto gapuyo, pero mao lagi naa pod gyud siyay ikasulti..ang kana gyud kuno laging pagka pasosyal2x nga wa sa lugar miski way nahot, og pagkatrying hard nga magsunod sunod sa manila..nga nahimong hilaw na hinuon...hehehe! mao pod ang akong uban classmate sa elementary sa una sa amo probinsya sa compostela valley pag-abot sa ila sosyal nga syudad kay didto na hingeskwela, pagmouli sa amo pirte nang trying harda magtinagalog! mo-ingon dayon og " hoy saan man kayo magpunta? magkain man kami doon!" waaaaahakhakhak! wrong grammar ila tagalog! unsa man gyud naa anang magtinagalog oi, nga taas man gyud kaayo silag tan-aw ana...hehehe mao raman na natong mga bisdak oi mga pinoy, lisngag ilong!..hekhekhek

ngano mag ingon ana kaha nang uban taga didto og sturya about sa Cebu sa? nga sa tinuod kasagaran taw nganha sa dabaw ang kagikan ana kay bisaya lang baya gihapon gyud...gamay rag percentage ang taga luzon kay later naman kaayo na sila naabot sa davao...ilang mayor bisdak man gani nang dako....kung di tungod sa taga bisaya di na maingona ana ilang lungsod..magpabilin na silang bago-bo...hehehe! instead of magsuya2x sila himuon nalang nila ang cebu as a model for progress...nga unsay nabuhat sa Cebu mahimo pa nilang palabwan..dako raba na gyud og potential ang davao kay walay baguio, dako og area nga makaexpand, kay new city man gud na sila. di pareho sa Cebu nga daghan kaayo kag i-consider pag moexpand and sa urban planning kay karaan na...may pa mag-ampo sila ni senyor santo nino nga tabangan sila nga mas mouswag pa gyud ila syudad, sama sa pagtabang sa antong senyor sa Cebu...God Bless all cities in the philippines!!!!!!

Walay YM sessions ron? :D

hahay.....Kalami ba ipangape tambay2x sa starbucks or bos oi, or shot2x og redhorse gamay (pwede pod dako, hehe) sa eastwest, hapjaps, or tequila jos ayala sa mainit nga hapon...or kaon2x sa persian palate og order atong ilang spinach spaghetti...nya adto tambay2x sa bayabasan or sa mga imnanan dapit sa USC-TC, duwa2x og badminton sa holiday spa or metro sports, jogging sa abellana, maglakaw2x hapit2x sa mga shops sa Ayala, Colon, or SM miski way paliton (palupad lang sa utok, apil tan-aw2x og lamion gamay...hehehe!), pangumpra og gulayon sa Carbon, palit barbeque sa larsian magabii, kaon ngohiong dapit sa UC sa san carlos or sa cheaverz, kaon sa macduko2x pungko2x dapit sa JY, Adto sa dagat sa Opon(adto magpadayon og tagay kung wa nay kapaingnan sa syudad..mangadto pero wa diay ika-abang og cottage, anha ra sa bas nya manguli dayon kay gauwan..hakhakhay!). Dagkot dayon sa santo nino kung feeling guilty, depress and lost or when happy and thankful...hilak2x / katawa2x labi nag mangahubog uban sa mga bisdak friends nga kuyaw pod og mga utok! hahaha!...
hahay I miss my life in Cebu!
Oh Cebu miski wa kaayo koy kwarta atong diha pa ko lingaw ra japon tungod sa imong katahom og pagkamaabi-abihon...... :-
karon antos sa intawn gamay sa syudad sa mga arabo! Hehehehe!!!:cheers::cheers:

2 Metro Cebu schools win 1st Robotics Cup



Cebu Daily News
First Posted 15:34:00 07/28/2008


The Science and Technology Center (STEC) in Lapu-Lapu City and the Cebu City National Science High School (CCNSHS) bagged the grand prize of the 1st Cebu Robotics Cup in the open category and smash triathlon category, respectively.

STEC won for their entry “Poseibot” with the theme “Saving Global Environment” while CCNSHS for their robot presentation.

Both winners received cash prizes, a trophy courtesy of Lego, certificates and Lego gift packs.

At least 20 schools from Cebu City, Cebu province and other nearby cities and provinces joined in the competition on July 19 at the Atrium AB of SM City Cebu.

http://www.cebu-ph.com/cebudailynes.htm

Topnotcher from new M’daue school


By Bernadette Parco
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 09:18:00 07/27/2008


ONE of the topnotchers in the June Nursing Board Exams came from a four-year-old college in Mandaue City.

However, six others who made it to the top ten, graduated from an established university in Cebu City.
May Flor Llego Marcolino, a nursing graduate of Larmen de Guia Memorial College (LGMC), garnered 84.2 percent, which is enough for 10th place and tied with 19 other successful examinees.

“We will return to her the total amount she paid for her tuition,” Dr. Adeline Castillo, LGMC vice president for administration, told Cebu Daily News yesterday.

“We are doing this to encourage other students to also work hard,” she said.

Castillo said Marcolino may

from CDN

14 Cebuanos in the top 10

Cebu oath-taking set on Aug. 26

By Bernadette Parco
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 08:53:00 07/26/2008


He took up nursing as a practical choice. It was a sure way of getting a job with the high demand for nurses.

Cebuano Dalfon Silvio Babular Navaja, however, said he learned to love the profession especially when he started his hospital internship.

“It feels good to hear someone tell you ‘thank you’ at the end of the day,” he said.
His love for his chosen field paid off.

from CDN

Basin nasuya lang jud na sila nga for pila ka years ang mayor sa Davao City taga Danao City, Cebu. Angay sila magpasalamat sa mga Cebuano. Anyway makita jud nato bitaw nga mas maayo diay ang taga Cebu ang modala sa Davao para sila molangbo nya nindot pod ang peace and order. Murag makapangutana ta asa kaha karon ang Davao kung wala pa silay Cebuano nga mayor? Cebu loves Davao....

^^ pssst! murag CVC na sad ni ai!

2 Metro Cebu schools win 1st Robotics Cup



Cebu Daily News
First Posted 15:34:00 07/28/2008


The Science and Technology Center (STEC) in Lapu-Lapu City and the Cebu City National Science High School (CCNSHS) bagged the grand prize of the 1st Cebu Robotics Cup in the open category and smash triathlon category, respectively.

STEC won for their entry “Poseibot” with the theme “Saving Global Environment” while CCNSHS for their robot presentation.

Both winners received cash prizes, a trophy courtesy of Lego, certificates and Lego gift packs.

At least 20 schools from Cebu City, Cebu province and other nearby cities and provinces joined in the competition on July 19 at the Atrium AB of SM City Cebu.

http://www.cebu-ph.com/cebudailynes.htm

Ning-lambo na gud ni siya nga contest....I remember before, nga it was USC-TC who started Robofest (correct me if am wrong). I am happy that the LGU and other schools recognized this contest.

Way back my time, pinaka-primitive ra gud tawon to among gigamit para makabuhat og pinaka simple nga robot...OT na ni...heheheheh

hahaha. kalingaw sa atong mga signature. LOL

Guys, after Plaza Sugbo, is there a plan to rehabilitate Plaza Independencia after the tunnel is finished?

^^yes. that was the original plan (if wala nausab). diorama sa plan makita sa entrance sa fort san pedro..

^^yes. that was the original plan (if wala nausab). diorama sa plan makita sa entrance sa fort san pedro..

Salamat Bay...Wish ma-push thru ra gihapon na nga plano...

Perhaps this house could be renovated and be made into an antique style coffee shop or souvenir shop.

flicker photos by FiscaPlyder
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flicker photos by FiscaPlyder
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Inside Plaza Independencia
flicker photos by FiscaPlyder

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An 8-story Hotel Fortuna in downtown Cebu
photos from bloomstarproperty.com

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hahay.....Kalami ba ipangape tambay2x sa starbucks or bos oi, or shot2x og redhorse gamay (pwede pod dako, hehe) sa eastwest, hapjaps, or tequila jos ayala sa mainit nga hapon...or kaon2x sa persian palate og order atong ilang spinach spaghetti...nya adto tambay2x sa bayabasan or sa mga imnanan dapit sa USC-TC, duwa2x og badminton sa holiday spa or metro sports, jogging sa abellana, maglakaw2x hapit2x sa mga shops sa Ayala, Colon, or SM miski way paliton (palupad lang sa utok, apil tan-aw2x og lamion gamay...hehehe!), pangumpra og gulayon sa Carbon, palit barbeque sa larsian magabii, kaon ngohiong dapit sa UC sa san carlos or sa cheaverz, kaon sa macduko2x pungko2x dapit sa JY, Adto sa dagat sa Opon(adto magpadayon og tagay kung wa nay kapaingnan sa syudad..mangadto pero wa diay ika-abang og cottage, anha ra sa bas nya manguli dayon kay gauwan..hakhakhay!). Dagkot dayon sa santo nino kung feeling guilty, depress and lost or when happy and thankful...hilak2x / katawa2x labi nag mangahubog uban sa mga bisdak friends nga kuyaw pod og mga utok! hahaha!...
hahay I miss my life in Cebu!
Oh Cebu miski wa kaayo koy kwarta atong diha pa ko lingaw ra japon tungod sa imong katahom og pagkamaabi-abihon...... :-
karon antos sa intawn gamay sa syudad sa mga arabo! Hehehehe!!!:cheers::cheers:


apir bai!!! mao jud ni tanan ako gi ka mingawan labi na ang inom sa bayabasan... :drunk:

Guys, after Plaza Sugbo, is there a plan to rehabilitate Plaza Independencia after the tunnel is finished?

Yup bai it will be rehabilitated after the construction of the tunnel.

The Fort San Pedro will actually be soon inscribed in the National Museum's list of National Cultural Treasures. Here in Cebu, I think it's only Boljoon church that's in the list.

Got this info from someone who works in the National Museum.



:)

Yup bai it will be rehabilitated after the construction of the tunnel.

The Fort San Pedro will actually be soon inscribed in the National Museum's list of National Cultural Treasures. Here in Cebu, I think it's only Boljoon church that's in the list.

Got this info from someone who works in the National Museum.



:)

It's a good news bai... :)

Atot ani oi, sige na lang ko og SSC tibook adlaw...Hehehehe

Oppss...Weather is clear! Good! Let's move on!

Cebu and CDO here's for you :bash: Hahaha :lol:

Iloilo, Bacolod & Dumaguete too :bash: Hahaha :lol:

:bash: Blog, the destruction worker at work!

-dp-

^^ ui ley, walay preskong hulagway diha sa siyudad sa sugbo?? :lol:

dp

century 21 cinema is being demolished lagi... cinema part only

apir bai!!! mao jud ni tanan ako gi ka mingawan labi na ang inom sa bayabasan... :drunk:

wala pd mo mingawa sa pungko-pungko ug ginabutan ngari pus? :D

century 21 cinema is being demolished lagi... cinema part only

asa na dapit ang century 21??

uy rau wazzup.

atbang national
mango if wala ko nasayop.

dili ako oi! simbako. hehehe.

oi rau. welcome back! :) smile!

century 21 cinema is being demolished lagi... cinema part only


...so, ibig sabihin, sa rear part lang ng building? hehhehe...ka'y ang front is the commercial center man na...

photo of chop-chop victim Ma. Mae Peligro

WARNING: Not for the faint of heart

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...na-a pa ka'y lain link bai @ley...how about other parts?

murag nakahinudom ko sa rumors thread nga naay buhaton diha nga high rise. kinsay makaconfirm ani?

^^ yeah, i think it was @arnold's post or @hans?

basin IT center na pud na ibutang sa Century 21 (Avila Building?) i heard na naa man daw call center ga-occupy sa upper floors ana...

bai! kangil.ad ato na picture oi!!! salbahisa sd sa tao makahimu ato oi!!! kaluoy sd sa biktima oi. asta pud iyang fiancee!!! hahay!!! nganu naa man intawn mga tao makabuhat ana!!!

photo of chop-chop victim Ma. Mae Peligro

WARNING: Not for the faint of heart

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atay...naa pay flower-flower inig abli...pagka-full na, pwerting ngilngiga...

forgive me for posting this important article. i think the writer of this article is from cebu.

Federalism (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=2008072892&type=2)
IYO ANTOY Ni Antolin dela Serna
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Mora mag namingaw na sad ang hisgut sa Federalism. Kini tungod kay ang atong mga lider dili gustog Federalism. Alang nila, nindot kaayo ang present system sa atong panggobiyerno tungod kay, among others, convenient kaayo alang kanila ang centralized government tungod kay makapatuyang sila sa tanang buot nilang buhaton didto sa kaulohan.

Kay kun mag-federal system ta, unya, presidential form, sama sa Amerika, ma-full local autonomy ang pagpadagan sa gobiyerno, ug ma-fully transparent ang tanang buhat sa mga lider. Sa ato pa, sayon na kaayo ang pagbantay kanila kay ania ra man sila dinhi sa ato, ato ra mang mga silingan.

Lahi sa centralized government, nga ang tanan kabubut-on sa Presidente, ug sila ra didto sa kaulohan ang magbuot – samtang kita dinhi, magmata lag buntag, maghuwat kon nag-unsa sila didto, ug wa gyud tay labut sa pagpadagan sa gobiyerno.

Wa ka ba kamatikod ini, Dro? Di ba panahon ra man sa eleksiyon diin paapilon konohay ka pag-decide kun unsay mahimong kaugmaon sa atong nasud? Ug wa ba usab ka kamatikod, Dro, nga bisag panahon sa eleksiyon, dili gihapon madunggan ang imong tingog ug dili ang imong kabubut-on ang matuman, kaylagi, kwarta may maghari?

Ubos sa atong sistima karon, diin highly centralized ang gahum, kita dinhi sa lalawigan, ang atong mga local government units, giisip nga mga “colony” lamang sa “Imperial Manila.”

Matud pa ni Lory de la Serna, usa sa nangusog nga matukod ang Federal-Presidential system sa atong nasud, “Under the present unitary system (a remnant of our colonial past imposed by the Spaniards and the Americans to advance their colonial imperial interests), practically all powers are vested in a highly centralized government.

“The concentration of power at the top inevitably results in political and economic imbalance and injustice. It is the reason why many regions in the Philippines remain poor and underdeveloped. Poverty in turn spawned widespread criminality, rebellion and secession, especially in neglected areas in Mindanao and many parts of Luzon and the Visayas.”

Unsa may tan-aw nimo ini, Dro? Wa ka ba kamatikod nga pirme lang tang nag-agad ug naghuwat kun unsay ikaluoy sa Imperial Manila, nganhi kanato nga ilang mga colony?

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uy rau wazzup.

atbang national
mango if wala ko nasayop.

nag YM mo pag gabii?

dili ako oi! simbako. hehehe.

oi rau. welcome back! :) smile!

:colgate:

anyway, unsa kaha ang itukod nganha sa cinema 21? kakita mo sa city grill, naay dako kaayo diha nga tarpaulin nga nag ingon, this lot is for sale... [for sale or for lease ba :lol:]

Nasugdan na T. Padilla 1st basketball cage 2008 (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080728157&type=2)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Nagmalampuson ang pormal nga pagbukas sa T. Padilla First Basketball Tournament 2008 didto sa Barangay T. Padilla Kiwanis Sports Complex.

Sama sa naandan, gisugdan ang maong kalihukan pinaagi sa usa ka parada nga gisalmotan sa mga partisipante gikan sa nagkalain-laing sitios.

Ang maong torneyo nga gisalmotan og 13 ka sitios adunay tulo ka kategoriya -- ang mini (14-anyos ug paubos), midget (18-anyos ug paubos) ug junior (24-anyos ug paubos).

Mga sitios nga nisalmot mao ang Panaghiusa, Lumar, Indian, Freedom, BSJO, Bukog, Avalle, Sto. Niño, LPC, HPO, Soquite, Eagles ug T. Villa.

Milamas sa maong kalihukan mao ang pagpili sa best muse diin nidaog ang 14-anyos nga si Lea Rejet Bande sa Sitio Freedom. Si Julie Anne Espino sa Sitio Avalle ug si Lovelyn Cabilao sa Sitio HPO mao ang 1st ug 2nd runner-ups.

Ang maong torneyo gipasiugdahan sa Sangguniang Kabataan nga gipangulohan ni Jason Rosafa uban sa abag sa Barangay Council ubos sa liderato ni Brgy. Capt. Michael Ralota.



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Niños hawod sa Iloilo leg (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080728152&type=2)
Ni Yoyo R. Abayan
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Nakabawos na gyud ang M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños ngadto sa Pagadian Explorers pinaagi sa paglubong, 99-75 aron pagdagit sa fourth leg title sa Liga Pilipinas Tour elimination niadtong Domingo didto sa University of San Agustin gym didto sa Iloilo City.

Sa maong kadaugan, ang Cebu Niños mao karon ang nagkupot sa unang puwesto sa kinatibuk-ang 49 puntos ug naghatag kanila og automatic slot sa playoffs ug homecourt advantage.

Sa ilang bahin, ang Pagadian nitapos sa eliminasyon bitbit ang 36 puntos aron pag-angkon sa ikaduhang luna ug may daku sab kini’g kahigayonan nga makakuha sab og automatic slot sa quarterfinals.

Naglagiting sa kainit ang opensiba sa Cebu Niños pagsugod pa lang sa duwa diin milusad kini og 14-2 run ug gikan niadto wala na gyud molingi pa ang nanulong nga koponan.

Ang PBA player kaniadto nga si Stephen Padilla maoy nipas-an sa Leg Best Player award human ni-average og 17.3 puntos sulod sa upat ka duwa lakip na niini ang 20 sa 46 niya ka tirada gikan sa three point area.

Didto sa Tagaytay, si Niño Marquez nirakrak og 28 puntos lakip na niini ang duha ka free throws sa nahabiling 10.5 segundos nga maoy nahimong hinagiban sa Taguig Batang Global pagpalagpot sa Lipa-Batangas Barakos, 92-91 ug aron pagpupo sa Northern leg title didto sa Tolentino Sports Center.

Uban ang ilang ikaduhang kadaugan sa liga, ang Batang Global nakatigom na og 12 puntos, samtang ang Barakos nihipos og siyete puntos sa ikapitong semana sa elimination phase didto sa Laguna ug Baguio.

Ang katapusang semana sa elimination sugdan sa Hulyo 30 hangtod sa Agosto 3, diin ang Trace Laguna Stallions mo-host sa Ilocos Sur, Tagaytay-Cavite ug Pampanga, samtang ang modaog didto sa Baguio adunay homecourt advantage batok sa Iloilo, Lipa-Batangas ug Zamboanga.

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^^ bai sori ha pero no need to post this kind of news.

...so, ibig sabihin, sa rear part lang ng building? hehhehe...ka'y ang front is the commercial center man na...

yup rear part lng... then naay fenced lot sa likod...

century 21 cinema is being demolished lagi... cinema part only

Ah, the memories of that movie house. The last movie I watched there was the first Jurassic Park... Hinuon maglisod naman ug operate ang ingon ana nga moviehouses what with SM and Ayala for competition. But surprisingly, ang mga sinehan sa colon buhi pa man, save for a few that got burned or demolished in the late '90s.. SM and Ayala consistently has the highest box office returns of many blockbuster movies outside Metro Manila, the latest blockbuster being "The Dark Knight", where SM City Cebu and Ayala Center Cebu were among the top 10 performing cinemas based on ticket sales.. (from Manila Bulletin Entertainment column) Which means, hilig jud ang mga Cebuanos ug mga salida, which anyone can observe since the theaters often are jampacked and almost fully-seated in big movies..

The last movie I saw in Century 21 was "Stigmata." I was in first year college, second semester, around 2000.

A few months after, the cinema house was converted into a protestant church.

bai! kangil.ad ato na picture oi!!! salbahisa sd sa tao makahimu ato oi!!! kaluoy sd sa biktima oi. asta pud iyang fiancee!!! hahay!!! nganu naa man intawn mga tao makabuhat ana!!!


...dili gyud maayo ang nabuhat sa suspect....pero, mao na ang resulta sa "minding other's business" ...sumbungera man gud siya....heheheh!

Nindota unta og miski sa marigondon ila untang himoon open public beach sa? i-rehabilitate nila nya pangbakbakon ang mga kural nga concrete para lahos lahos na ato lakaw og panglantaw sa beach...taas2x baya unta nag white sand ang baybay sa marigondon, kanang nahimutangan sa vanyo beach ba, kung wa lang na gisubdivide og gibutangan og seawall sa mga lot owners... Nindot pod butangan sport facilities and entertainment like beach concerts every sunday nga mo play ang mga reggae and local bands sa ato....diba bongga, festive, tropical atmosphere ang dating? nya naay part himuon og area for bars restaurant and shops and mini park that will also attract tourists, nya butangan pod og marine research and diving center within the park for educational, marine protection and tourism purposes....at least naay maadtoan ang mga taw nga nature2x every weekend...di maayo nga ang kabatan-onan anaron lang pirme sa mga mall, mawagtang ilang environmental awareness og paghatag importansya sa ato palibot kung sige nalang mall, computer og hitech pirme...hehehe! maayo naay diversion ang mga taga city during weekends nga duol reachable ra for only few minutes nga affordable ra pod, para makarelax pod ang huna2x and to enjoy and to give a better quality of urban life pa gyud sa mga taw Cebu in all social classes.. Madatu man o pobre makapahimulos ra...Its also something that will add on to the tourism package of the metro...Nindot unta mahuna-hunaan na ni tita gov. gwen kay pirte na raba daw kadatu ang probinsya sa sugbo, basin naa silay ikabudget ana...hehe! himo-an ko na plan ang marigondon nya ipass nako ni Gov...unsa kaha? hehehe kalami sa akong damgo oi! hekhekhek! :lol: :lol: :cheers:

...dili gyud maayo ang nabuhat sa suspect....pero, mao na ang resulta sa "minding other's business" ...sumbungera man gud siya....heheheh!

ayaw pod intawn oi..heheehe...nadaut, nabuang shabu tong mga lakiha mao
pirte ka korsunada mopatay...wa na nyay kasupporta sa bisyo...di maayo..

nabalaka gyud kos Cebu ai, nagkadaghan na ang crimes...ngano kaha? kung nagkadatu ta dapat magkaminus na unta ang depression og ang pagkadesperate sa mga taw...hehehe..Pero hinoon di man pod diha diha siguro dayon mo epikto ang mga gipangyamar ni tita gwen...hehehe! hope soon mahapsay na atong probinysa og maabot na sa kinabag-an sa katawhan ang ilang giingon nga kayamanan sa sugbo... :cheers: :)

^^ mao lagi, pero i must say these are petty crimes...ang media lang gyud nga magpa blow out of proportion...kabalo baya ka, daghan sab baya petty crimes diri sa Saudi Arabia..pero, makabasa ba ka sa front page sa newspaper? halos, wala!

Eton projects in full blast despite tough conditions (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business3_july29_2008)
Manila Standard Today
30 July 2008

Eton Properties Philippines Inc. is going full blast with six property projects despite the rising cost of construction materials and a slowdown in the US economy.

Eton Properties, the property arm of business tycoon Lucio Tan, said in a statement that construction of the company’s four high-end residential towers would start this quarter. These are the Eton Residences Greenbelt, a 39-story luxury residential condominium across the Greenbelt complex, Eton Baypark Manila along Kalaw Avenue in Manila, One Archers Place along Taft, Manila, and Eton Emerald Lofts in Ortigas.

Eton Properties president and chief operating officer Danilo Ignacio said Eton Cyberpod Centris at the corner of Edsa and Quezon Avenue, the company’s first office building catering to business process outsourcing companies, was recently topped-off. It is scheduled for completion by end of the year.

The company also started concrete pouring activities early this month in its three-building BPO complex, Eton Cyberpod Corinthian, located at the corner of Edsa and Ortigas.

Ignacio said Eton remained bullish despite the challenging economy, because of strong sales of residential condominium projects and keen interest of BPO companies awaiting completion of the office buildings.

Ignacio said the company has ordered P600 million worth of steel bars in advance, enough to cover the construction of initial projects.

Eton Properties is also preparing the launch of leisure development projects after launching several residential condominiums and BPO buildings.

It is looking at Cebu, Batangas and Laguna as possible sites of its leisure development projects.

Eton Properties is reviewing the land bank of other Lucio Tan-owned companies, like Philippine National Bank and Allied Banking Corp. for possible joint venture partnerships.

It is also focusing on putting up retail and commercial projects within residential condominiums, township projects and office developments catering to business process outsourcing. Jenniffer B. Austria

Nina-og na ang oil karon $122 from $147/barrel since two weeks ago, nanaog ba ang presyo diha sa Cebu ang gasolina?

Lapulapu or Cordova should open a public beach and charge the people per head for a minimal fees and car parking fees. Also, the city should have different food vendor stalls at different designated areas to make money but affordable to the general public.

Duty Free opens second largest retail shop in SM

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Looking ahead at the positive prospects brought about by the increasing influx of foreign visitors in Cebu, Duty Free Philippines yesterday opened its second biggest retail outlet at the SM City Cebu Northwing.

With over 1, 800 square meter of retail space, the newly opened Duty Free branch is situated at the ground floor of the Northwing and fashioned on an upscale setting.

In an interview with reporters, Duty Free Philippines General Manager Michael Christian Kho said that with this newly opened branch, they are expecting to increase their sales in Cebu this year at around 10 to 15 percent more.

Kho said that during the 80s and early 90s, Duty Free was able to generate over $27 million in their Cebu operations alone as it takes up 15 percent of their annual sales and revenue nationwide.

Last year, Kho said that Duty Free was able to generate $170 million overall sales, of which $9 million has been contributed by their Cebu operations.

He discussed that Duty Free is eyeing the increasing tourist arrival in Cebu to aide the growth of their business.

“Cebu now serves as a hub for tourists. It has a huge untapped potential and we want to tap into this potential and grow our business in Cebu. And with this new opening, we are confident to grow our revenues further,” said Kho.

He also discussed that with the opening of the Sofitel Hotel nearby, the multi-million investment owned by the SM conglomerate, they are expecting to capture more international customers in their retail store in the coming days.

With a “mall inside a mall” concept providing its shoppers with a wide array of product lines that ranges from chocolates, liquors, perfumes, and branded fashion accessories and apparel, Duty Free is looking at increasing revenues this year aside from capturing more international tourists in its client base.

Kho said that this year, they are targeting to achieve 10 percent growth of sales and revenues in their nationwide operations.

“Visitor arrivals continue to grow and there is also a growth of business and OFW remittances as well has been growing from abroad every year so we foresee our business growing in line with that,” said Kho.

With the opening of their retail outlet in SM, Duty Free will be closing its operations at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Lahug to put more emphasis in their new store location.

Right now, Duty Free Philippines have five branches in Manila, two of which are departure and arrival outlets at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminals 1 and 2 and the other one is its biggest store at the Fiesta Shopping Center in Parañaque City. — Rhia de Pablo

you took the shot?



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nold and sa tanan niquote sa link sa chop2x pic. pls ko delete lang ang link be. basin naa makakita relatives ba. maluoy ta. thanks guys.

Consumer bill of rights (http://sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/07/30/bus/consumer.bill.of.rights.html)

SM Supermalls welcomes the proposal of President Arroyo in her State of the Nation Address (Sona) last Monday to come up with a consumer bill of rights to address the need for a more stringent law that will protect consumers against corrupt trade practices.

“We will always embrace whatever it is that is good for the consumers.

Whatever is good for them is also good for us. It brings good business. It makes people like us responsible for the market that we are servicing,” said SM Supermalls president Annie Garcia in an interview with Sun.Star Cebu.

Garcia stressed that retailers should understand laws and ordinances not only to protect consumers but to show their respect to the market.

Doing this would entail working with the government and with nongovernment organizations, as well as getting feedback from consumers to expand one’s market, she said.

“The (proposed) consumer bill of rights will need a lot of thought. What is important is that at the end of the day, consumers patronize us. If they are not happy, we must learn from what they desire,” Garcia said.

Meanwhile, Garcia revealed that SM has received comments from consumers to extend its mall hours and open more
stores.

“But we have to study these. Extended hours would be really good as it will make us reach out more to the working
consumers,” she said.

“But we like to practice what is fair and reasonable to everyone. If we do extended hours, there will be extended costs as well that we need to justify so that we won’t pass them on to consumers. We want to remain affordable to them,” she added.

As it remains optimistic about the Cebu market, Garcia said the SM Group will strengthen its presence in the province by opening up two more SM Supermalls in the future.

But she did not reveal when and where these future malls will open.

Casino Español de Cebu

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Outside the club, looking towards Bigfoot...

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An old house which became the temporary Casino Español during the renovation.

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Free unlimited WiFi at BOs Ayala, connection here is much faster than in BOs Capitol.
(This photo was shot during the Cebu Bloggers meeting last Sunday)

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hala. ang blog lagi na. hehe

^^ blog kaayo ni leylander.. pilay bayad ni arnold sa pag-advertise sa imong blog? :lol:

^^ blog kaayo ni leylander.. pilay bayad ni arnold sa pag-advertise sa imong blog? :lol:

wa ko nagpaadvertise oi. free will na. LOL

...when i was working at a recruitment office in Centro Maximo around 2002, this house was converted into a fine dining restaurant...i don't know kung mao pa gihapon....duol ra kaayo ni sa akong favorite resto nga JOVEN'S GRILL...

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Aboitizland’s Persimmon project starts


Cebu Daily News
First Posted 13:52:00 07/30/2008

CEBU CITY, Philippines - Real estate developer Aboitizland has started developing its new residential project amid rising prices of construction materials.

The company recently had a groundbreaking ceremony along M.J. Cuenco Avenue in Barangay (village) Mabolo for The Persimmon, which promotes the concept of urban village lifestyle to middle class clients.

Persimmon is the English name for the trees classified under the genus Diospyros which includes the Philippine Mabolo tree.

Andoni Aboitiz, Aboitizland chief operating officer, said the company has been absorbing the costs of “unanticipated increases of construction materials and services.

“However, our promise to vecinos is to start construction in July 2008 and we are definitely standing by that promise,” Aboitiz said.

“We will also stand by our promise to complete construction of the West Tower in two years' time because the trust that vecinos have given us is precious,” he added.

Vecinos is a Spanish term for neighbors and has been adopted by the company as the official name for its clients and customers.

Construction of the first of the four condominium towers started in July 18. The first tower has 157 condo units.

Unit prices range from P1.5 to P8.2 million for studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and loft units.

The project will also have a low-rise commercial and entertainment area where different restaurants, cafes, bistros and other service establishments are expected to put up.

Development of the commercial area will start on September 2008. /Reporter Cris Evert B. Lato

Duty Free to close Waterfront store

By Cris Evert Lato
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 13:52:00 07/30/2008

Cebu City, Philippines - With the recent opening of the SM City Cebu Northwing store, Duty Free Philippines (DFP), will be closing its store at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino (WCCHC) by the end of August.

“There is a huge untapped potential (in malls) where tourists go shopping. The market (in Waterfront) can be serviced by this store,” said DFP general manager Michael Christian Kho.

“Also, we realized there are more opportunities (for the store) with the opening (next year) of SM hotel (Sofitel) located a few steps away from the mall,” he added.

DFP is a sector of the Philippine Tourism Authority, an attached agency of the Department of Tourism (DOT).

Kho said the two DFP stores in Cebu presently located at WCCHC and Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) earned $9 million last year.

With the presence of the SM store, projected sales for Cebu can reach between $25 million to $26 million or 15 percent of nationwide sales.

Total sales of all seven DFP stores (or nine outlets) nationwide reached $170 million last year.

Last year, P600 million of their profits went to the DOT.

Kho said around P20 million was put up for the SM store but “much of the investments was put up by prestige brands.”

He also noted that the new store is more visible and spacious compared to the WCCHC store.

Construction of the new store was completed two weeks ago. Both the WCCHC and MCIA stores have not been renovated since 2002 and 1999 respectively, he said.

“Foreign tourists look for prestige brands. The great challenge for Cebu is the fact that we have a small space in MCIA. (Prestige) brands want personalized areas so that means bigger spaces.”

Kho said there are no plans to open other DFP stores in the Visayas.

..i really like this pic...kakaiba ang Colon!

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^^ sa bagay bai, that branch at Waterfront Hotel is just 1.5 km away (more or less) sa Northwing...practical gyud nga i-close nila...so, 3 stores na lang...2 sa airport and 1 sa Northwing...

...OT gyud ni...hehhehe!


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pics by @miguelitosy of flickr!

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flickr pics by @CellularLens


...at first look, na-confuse ako...i thought nasa beach....view pala from entrance of Marriott
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....look! ...it's Imperial Waterpark Resort Hotel & Spa on the background....
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ingon ani unta ang number of lanes hangtud metro sa? hehehe

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Random pics

Potpot flower farm in Cantipla, Cebu Highlands

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Carbon At Night

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Produce transport carts in Mantalongon, Dalaguete, Cebu

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Is that the MV Princess?

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Osmeña Fountain

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Baranggay Punta Engaño, Mactan

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^^ nice pics bai!

Kuyawa uy, naa mi nakit-an nga murag tornado diri sa Lapu-Lapu ganiha pero as PAGASA clarified, water spout ra kato kay baga na kaayo ang dag-um. Naa man gani kuno'y eroplano nga nilusot sa waterspout.

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Photo taken at Nivel Hills, Apas, Cebu City
Time: 4:30 pm - July 30, 2008

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Highlights, sidelights of UV Chorale concert tour in Australia (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080729209&type=2)

POPARAZZI By Nathalie M. Tomada
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

After a series of church and school performances in Sydney as well as a major concert in the popular Riverside Theater in Parramatta City, the second part of University of the Visayas Chorale’s successfully-concluded concert tour in Australia brought the student choir to various points of New South Wales.

The central purpose of the regional tour was to spread the spirit of the World Youth Day before its actual staging, especially as not everybody was able to make it to the world’s biggest youth gathering held in the capital city of Sydney.

Covering about 3,500 kilometers in 10 days, the UV Chorale performed in stunning churches and other venues daily, entertaining not only locals but also World Youth Day pilgrims who were traveling to the NSW for the “Days in the Diocese” program—an essential “preparatory” activity that marked the countdown to the World Youth Day.

The UV Chorale sang at the The Abbey in Jamberoo, the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Goulburn, St. Clement’s Monastery in Galong, St. Christopher’s Cathedral in Canberra, St. Benedict’s in Naranbundah, St. Michael’s Cathedral in Wagga, St. Xavier’s Church in Narrabri, St. Joseph’s Church in Gilgandra, and St. Brigid’s Cathedral in Dubbo.

The regional tour also included some sight-seeing with visits to the Parliament, the Warrabungle National Park where kangaroos and other famed Australian wildlife are abundant, among others.

The 10-day tour ended at Bathurst, wherein thousands of international pilgrims converged for the music festival that featured the UV Chorale in the main tent.

On this page are the highlights and sidelights of that 10-day tour.

3 Cebuano swimmers qualify for POF National Finals (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080729115&type=2)

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Three Cebuano swimmers qualified for the Philippine Olympic Festival (POF) National Finals in Misamis Oriental on October 23 to 26.

They are Michael Ichiro Kong, and the Navarro siblings Anthony Linn and Lyh Ann.

Kong qualified in the boys 9-under class, while Lyh Ann Navarro made it in the distaff side.

The other Navarro qualified for the boys 10-under finals.

The three promising tankers of coach Rolando Alvarez qualified based on the system utilized by the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association (PASA).

Aside from that, Kong and the Navarros along with 10 other Cebuano swimmers also got the IMX awards set by the organizers.

Kong got the plum in the boys’9-under after raking in four golds and a silver. Lyh Ann snatched away the IMX silver in the distaff side after taking away a gold and four silvers, while Anthony Linn got the boys 10-under gold after ruling all five events he competed under the boys 10-under.

The other IMX gold medal awardees from Cebu were Paula Abigail Vega in girls 16, Noel Cañeda in the boys 17, and Merylyn Silva in the girls 13.

The silver awardees were Michael David Vega and Mary Arlette Baller, while the bronze winners were Matheus Ceasar Galo, Danielle Angela Biscocho, Joyce Huguete, Pierre Nino Baguio, Norie Joy Long and Aimee Sanchez.—Caecent No-ot Magsumbol


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Pawikan gibuhian (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080729151&type=2)
Ni Romeo T. Limpangog
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Gibuhian og balik ngadto sa kadagatan sa barangay Cotcot, lungsod sa Liloan ang usa ka dakong pawikan nga gituohang gikan sa Turtle Island.

Nakuha kini sa pukot sa usa ka mananagat nga si Fely Alcover didto sa kadagatan sa Cotcot sa miaging adlaw.

Matud pa ni Alcover nga nakurat siya gumikan sa kabug-at sa iyang pukot nga iyang gisipong human iladlad sulod sa pipila ka oras sa dagat.

Nahuwasan siya dihang nakita niya ang usa ka dakong pawikan nga may 26 ka kilo ang gibug-aton, ug may 22 piyes ang gitas-on, ug 14 piyes usab ang gilapdon.

Dihadiha gitaho dayon ni Alcover ngadto sa mga tinugyanan sa Bantay Dagat sa Liloan ang maong pawikan ug sa samang higayon gipahibawo usab dayon nila kini sa mga taga Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) kinsa maoy miila sa maong pawikan nga gikan sa Turtle Island.

Ang Turtle Island maoy dapit nga nahimutangan sa kagatusan ka mga pawikan nga maoy gibasehan sa ngalan ning maong isla ngaTurtle Island dinhi sa rehiyon.

Ang Turtle Island higpit nga gipabantayan karon sa kagamhanan aron kapanalipdan ang kinabuhi sa mga pawikan nga nagkanihit na karong panahona dinhi sa nasud.

Natino sa mga otoridad sa DENR nga gikan sa Turtle Island ang maong pawikan gumikan sa ngalan niining gipapilit sa iyang bayanan nga nagdala sa usa ka timaan nga gikan kini sa usa ka protected area sa DENR ug Wildlife Bureau.
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Ah, the memories of that movie house. The last movie I watched there was the first Jurassic Park... Hinuon maglisod naman ug operate ang ingon ana nga moviehouses what with SM and Ayala for competition. But surprisingly, ang mga sinehan sa colon buhi pa man, save for a few that got burned or demolished in the late '90s.. SM and Ayala consistently has the highest box office returns of many blockbuster movies outside Metro Manila, the latest blockbuster being "The Dark Knight", where SM City Cebu and Ayala Center Cebu were among the top 10 performing cinemas based on ticket sales.. (from Manila Bulletin Entertainment column) Which means, hilig jud ang mga Cebuanos ug mga salida, which anyone can observe since the theaters often are jampacked and almost fully-seated in big movies..

Bitaw, mas sosyal pa gani ang feeling sa sinehan sa ayala og sm kaysa diri sa Taipei...
Pero kung ang salida gani kay Judy Ann, Robin Padilla o Ogie ba kaha, I doubt nga mo top 10 pa nang mga sinehana, may purohan pa tingalig si Rosanna pa...:D

Cebu is hosting Phil-Indon police cooperation confab (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080729202&type=2)

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Representatives from the Philippine and Indonesian national police are here in Cebu for the quarterly meeting on the two countries’ joint police training operations.

Police Regional Office Director Ronald Roderos yesterday said the Philippine panel is Philippine National Police deputy chief of operations while the Indonesian panel is being headed by the Deputy Chief of the Indonesian National Police.

The Philippine- Indonesian Police Joint Committee quarterly meeting is said to focus on the two countries’ police operations on their maritime borders and will tackle joint training courses for Maritime Police and Border Patrols and standard procedures on police operations, including conduct and guidelines of the handover of criminal suspects.

Roderos said the meeting would also tackle preventing cross borders, transnational crimes and most especially terrorism on the Philippine and Indonesian borders.

The training courses are also aimed to bring strong cooperation between the two police forces in preventing and fighting high seas crimes such as shipment of illegal drugs and smuggled products, piracy, and human trafficking.

While the sub-committee meeting is being held here, the training operations will be held in the regions bordering the Philippines, including Regions IX, XI, XII and the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.

Roderos said that the panels of PNP and INP chose to hold the meeting here because of Cebu’s peaceful and orderly environment.

“They chose not to conduct the meeting in the borders but here in Cebu because Cebu is very peaceful. They are here and they also want to be tourists here in Cebu together with their families.” Roderos said.

Other upcoming activities this year include the Phil-Indo Police Workshop-Command Post Exercise in November and the Joint PNP-INP Trainers Training. The next joint meeting will be held in Indonesia in September.

The last Phil-Indo Police Joint Committee Meeting was held in Bali, Indonesia where the two police agencies agreed to hold more frequent meetings and joint training programs.

It was also there where panels from the PNP and Indonesian National Police adopted a schedule of joint activities for the remaining of the year and for early next year. – Cressida Paula G. Delmo/JMO
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DPWH rushes completion of Cebu coastal road project (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080730-151675/DPWH-rushes-completion-of-Cebu-coastal-road-project)

By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 20:10:00 07/30/2008

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it will fast track the completion of the P2.3 billion Cebu North Coastal Road project, which officials say is almost 73 percent complete.

Undersecretary Rafael Yabut on Wednesday said the project -- which will decongest the lone road connecting Mandaue City, Consolacion, and Liloan towns in Cebu -- will be finished before President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s term ends in 2010.

Once completed, the road project will make key areas more accessible, Yabut said, noting that “Cebu City is now a congested business metropolis.”

“The Cebu North Coastal Road Project is one of the components of the Industrial Corridor Link of Cebu Province, which other sections are included under the Metro Cebu Development Project II and III,” he added.

^^

Nasa SM sila ganina...mga Indon

Bitaw, mas sosyal pa gani ang feeling sa sinehan sa ayala og sm kaysa diri sa Taipei...
Pero kung ang salida gani kay Judy Ann, Robin Padilla o Ogie ba kaha, I doubt nga mo top 10 pa nang mga sinehana, may purohan pa tingalig si Rosanna pa...:D



...bai, dili baya sab pa-pildi ang Warner Village Cinema Center diha sa Taipei...a mall type nga movie complex with more than 30 theaters....mahal ra ba kaayo...I watched Da Vinci Code there at almost 500 pesos equivalent ang guaranteed seat ticket...hinuon, pwerteng gamaya sa mga sinehan...hehhehe! pero nindot ang seat kay mura'g LAZY BOY...

here's a pic i took in 2006
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Sunday, August 05, 2007 - PINOY KASI
Filipino cities
By Michael Tan
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines -- Whenever I’m in Cebu or Iloilo, I go through the ritual of discussing with my friends the possibility of moving from Manila and living there.

The reactions are always of two kinds. One is great enthusiasm, “Yehey, yahoo, now na,” sometimes accompanied with job offers. The other, which used to surprise me, is: “But why?”

“Why?” I would retort. “Because I’m not sure I want my kids to grow up in Manila.” I would mention all the problems we have: pollution and traffic, malls and fast-food (read junk food) joints on every corner, the extreme consumerism.

I then turn to the attractions of Cebu and Iloilo (and occasionally, Davao). Cebu and Iloilo have a certain Old World charm, metropolitan yet small town, of department store (yes, they still have them) clerks who will engage in a bit of banter, of istorya-istorya while they’re wrapping up your purchases. And I remind my friends of how close they are to nature. You can live in the middle of Cebu and yet see both the mountains and the sea, and if you can’t, well, the sea’s never more than an hour away.

But my friends warn me about not having good bookstores, no good libraries, no good concerts, no good European films and how they look forward to visiting Manila to get those things. I smile back and explain that even in Manila, I don’t have time to watch the not just good but great films and concerts at UP, where I teach. As far as I’m concerned, I could live even in one of the smaller cities like Tagbilaran and still get a cultural life of sorts, via DVD (again, assuming I have the time to watch) and high-speed Internet (these days you can subscribe to Internet services like High Beam Research and Questia and get access to thousands of books and journals).

Some of my friends would persist: “You won’t have anyone to talk to here.” They would claim there’s no intellectual life in Cebu and Iloilo. Perhaps most shocking is, “We don’t have good schools here for your kids.”

So I actually end up defending my friends’ cities: “But Iloilo is like Athens: you have schools on every corner.” And I’m serious, it’s not just the number of schools, but some rather innovative and progressive ones.

Let me assure my friends in Manila that I’m not about to move . . . yet. I have too many commitments here that will make that move difficult. The biggest factor that keeps me in Manila are my parents, who are quite old. Both are big-city people who think of any place outside of Manila as “probinsya.”

‘Balik-Manila’

It’s not snobbery on their part. The paradox is that even if our smaller cities now have malls and other trappings of modernity, they do lag behind in terms of economic infrastructure and many social services.

I’m going to be specific now and refer to the experiences of two of my former employees who did pull up stakes here in Manila to move back to their home cities, one in the Visayas and the other in Mindanao. Both now have regrets about having moved back and are asking me if they can do a reversal, a “balik-Manila.”

Yes, they say, the air is cleaner and they have the mountains and the sea, but they’re overwhelmed by problems. The kids complain all the time, missing Manila. It’s mainly their friends and the malls and “gimmicks” of Manila, but the parents have greater concerns. They moved back thinking that it would be easier to make ends meet, with better prospects for small business ventures amid lower costs of living.

They were wrong on both counts. The costs of setting up businesses, even in small cities, can be quite high. Rent and utilities aren’t cheap, while potential customers haven’t been coming in because the purchasing ability is just too low. And yes, they do see now the problems of lower standards of education, especially as their kids are about to enter college. One of them wonders if her very ill mother might be better off in Manila for specialized care.

Their sad experiences remind me that more than many other countries, the Philippines is plagued by having one primate city while the others remain quite neglected by the national government. In Thailand, Indonesia and China, capital cities are still prime attractions, but they are primus inter pares (first among equals). Shanghai has as much, if not more, allure than Beijing. In Indonesia, Yogyakarta’s Gadja Mada University puts up stiff competition against the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. In the Philippines, the best universities are still concentrated in Manila.

Rethinking cities

The Philippines is supposed to be 64 percent urbanized, but “urbanization” is a relative term. We’ve had an epidemic of municipalities converting themselves into cities, with even the League of City Mayors complaining about the newcomers not coming up to standards.

The UNFPA’s latest yearbook suggests new ways of looking at urbanization. In the past, development planners tried to discourage migration from rural to urban areas, fearful of squatters and urban poverty. Today, the thinking is that we should encourage such migration because it alleviates rural poverty. One interesting research finding is that cities can be more eco-friendly because they can be more efficient in terms of using land and other natural resources.

But poverty alleviation and environmental conservation depend on how much government is committed to ensuring that the cities have adequate housing, jobs and social services. The problems we have today is that city politicians welcome rural migrants because they become cheap labor and bring in more votes during elections, but provide them very little by way of economic and social services.

Another point raised by UNFPA is that countries should develop several urban centers so hordes of rural poor don’t stream into the capital city. I’d add here that we need a major cultural shift as well, to get Filipinos to move away from “Manila imperialism.” We forget that Cebu and Iloilo were originally considered to be more sophisticated and advanced than Manila, centers of “urbanidad” or a sense of civility and civilization. If they’re losing that urbanidad, it’s because they try too hard to imitate Manila. If they could just keep their small-town charm and urbanidad, they might attract more professionals, artists and business people.

Meanwhile, those of us in Manila should also expose our kids to other urban centers, from Vigan and Tuguegarao up north, down to Zamboanga and General Santos in the south, so they can expand their horizons and their ideas of what a city should be. Hopefully, someday they will have more choices and options of where to live. Even better, they can contribute toward recreating and revitalizing our urban areas.

Thursday, July 31, 2008
Duty Free opens outlet in mall
By Nancy R. Cudis
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

TO reach more overseas Filipino workers and tourists, Duty Free Philippines (DFP) opened a 1,800 square meter outlet—its second biggest store in the country after Fiesta Mall in Paranaque City—in the Northwing of SM City Cebu.

But if plans to close the DFP store at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino by the end of August will push through, there will still be two outlets in Cebu.

With Cebu fast becoming a major tourist attraction and the opening of a Sofitel Hotel near SM City Cebu, DFP went into talks with the SM Group about a year ago on opening up the outlet in the mall.

The store, which was completed in two weeks, was worth an investment of at least P20 million and has a staff of 14.

“We feel that the market can be serviced by this store,” DFP general manager Michael Christian Kho told reporters during the opening Tuesday.

The other DFP outlets are located at the Mactan Cebu International Airport, a couple in Davao City and four at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Historically, Cebu’s DFP outlets accounted for 15 percent of the total annual nationwide turnover or roughly $27 million out of $170 million it made since the 1980s.

Recently, Cebu’s DFP outlets were making a combined annual turnover of $9 million. Kho said they are hoping to raise the sales with the establishment of the new branch.

Kho said DFP’s dollar revenues have grown considerably since 2006 because of the increase in overseas Filipino workers as well as the province’s strengthened tourism sector.

Products

But its peso revenues are “actually flat” with the strengthening of the peso against the dollar.

Perfumes, cosmetics, liquor, tobacco and confectionery are among the sought-after duty-free items.

Still, DFP is optimistic that its combined revenues for all of its stores nationwide will increase by at least 10 percent to 15 percent this year.

“We see a potential in the Visayas market and we believe that this store will be able to tap that market. We want to establish our base and earn revenues before looking at other areas for expansion. It is worthy to note that Cebu is the only one in the Visayas that has an international airport that services international flights. We want to (complement) that service,” Kho said.

No other outlets are in the pipeline this year after DFP’s aggressive expansion in the 1990s that caused the management some difficulties.

SM Supermalls president Annie Garcia said that the DFP store in SM City Cebu completes their selection of merchandises that cater to the class A and B market.

Tourism Undersecretary Phineas Alburo added that the outlet is a “welcome development” to Cebu as more international flights are being arranged.

He reported that from January to May this year, Cebu posted an 8.2 percent increase in tourism arrivals compared to the same period last year.

Thursday, July 31, 2008
Airport braces for more travelers
By Debra M. Estero
Sun.Star Correspondent

ONGOING expansion efforts at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) are expected to accommodate the estimated growth in passenger volume for the next three years.

After 2011, there might be a need to build another terminal, said Danilo Augusto Francia, general manager of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA).

In an interview with reporters yesterday, Francia also said MCIAA has observed a 20 percent growth in the number of international passengers and this might also prompt the agency to add international lounges soon.

Lounge 6 at the international flights’ wing is still unused but since there are low-cost foreign airlines that are looking at operating in Cebu, this lounge might be opened for them, he said.

He, however, refused to name the airline companies.

At present, Francia said the Cebu airport serves 74 international flights a week, 30 flights more compared to two years ago.

There are also 291 domestic flights weekly at the airport.

The international terminal is now serving 900,000 passengers in a year but it is still capable of accommodating 600,000 more.

“So we’re still good for three more years,” Francia said.

The Department of Tourism aims to attract one million foreign tourists to Cebu by 2012.

The domestic terminal, on the other hand, has not yet reached its maximum capacity of 3.6 million passengers on a yearly basis.

Domestic

Current domestic passenger volume is pegged between 2.3 million to 2.5 million.

But since MCIAA is lobbying for the opening a one-stop shop for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) here in Cebu, Francia said the volume of international passengers will substantially grow when one will be set up.

But OFWs still exit and enter through the Manila airport since most of the placement agencies and consulates are based in Manila.

Francia said the MCIAA is ready to collaborate with other agencies, like the Department of Foreign Affairs, to invite the different embassies to open consulate offices here in Cebu under the one-stop-shop concept.

Meanwhhile, the airport’s runway has not been fully used and can still serve its function for the next seven years.

Aside from expanding its facilities, Francia said the MCIAA is also working at how it can open some spaces within the airport by removing or relocating offices.

MCIAA is also looking at purchasing new automated equipment, like the hold baggage system, to avoid unnecessary queuing and crowding of passengers.

“But we are all taking this one step at a time,” he said.

@Sinjin P.



^^ mura naman jud siyag tornado, kita ko sa pic sa sunstar..

^^^Maybe that may be true before, I don't think so now. In education, Medical and economics Cebu is just about there. Metro Manila in General had to be pump up in economy as a show case for the Philippines. The biggest obstacle we have, is too dynasty style politics where like what we have in Cebu province for example, the Governor is related to congressmen, mayors related to vice mayor related to councilors on different towns and cities, and election time arrives, everybody play musical chairs. What are they bragging about that they come to serve the people. Yep they serve the people alright, but they give them scraps and keep the rest to friends.

See what justice we have here in the U.S., Now in New Jersey a three terms mayor is sentenced for 20 years for graft and corruption. Since he is 70 years old, it is negotiating for short term and pay back the money. His girl friend(kaliwa) will be given 15months. We also have a U.S. Senator from Alaska just convicted this week, of accepting his summer home renovated by polical friend for free. Sentence is still on negotiation since he is 80 years old.

Have you seen the U.S. Capital in Washington D.C.? Yes, you can see the grandeur, the massive government buildings, museums, monuments, parks and Universities. Two of the largest Churches in America made of Granites and Marbles. One of them is the Catholic Church, were Pope Benedict visited. If you come visit the place and drive around without the tour guide just a street map, you will see the tenements were the poor people live, sometimes you can say that the area is an American style slums(Naglago).

Now Filipinos in the U.S. in general, are now amazed the progressiveness of the Visayas Cities. They want to invest like buying condos or rebuilding houses for what money they saved. The improvement of hospitals and its medical facilities is the primary thing we have in mind. We are hoping more hospitals will be acredited for our different insurance coverages.

@leylander nice pic of Osmena Blvd. With another 4 more lanes added as we have here and two more islands, we call locally hi-way of death. Handicaps and elderly barely make it to the other side of the street as traffic light changes. They mostly get stuck on the third island short of the other side of the street. Every year, this 8 kilometers stretch local highway have some fatalities.

Kuyawa uy, naa mi nakit-an nga murag tornado diri sa Lapu-Lapu ganiha pero as PAGASA clarified, water spout ra kato kay baga na kaayo ang dag-um. Naa man gani kuno'y eroplano nga nilusot sa waterspout.


It's like this, if it's in the sea, it's called waterspout but if it makes landfall, then it's called a tornado.

Tornadoes I think are rare here in our country. Waterspouts are more common.

Did you shoot any photos?



..

flickr pics by @CellularLens


...at first look, na-confuse ako...i thought nasa beach....view pala from entrance of Marriott
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....look! ...it's Imperial Waterpark Resort Hotel & Spa on the background....


Yes indeed it looks like in a beach, hehehe..

Regarding that old house, yes sakto ka, it temporarily housed the Casino Español de Cebu..


.;.

is South Road Properties part of Cebu City????:nuts:

^^ I think so since Tomas exercises some jurisdiction over it.

is South Road Properties part of Cebu City????:nuts:

Im 101 percent on that.

hello. do you know when is the exact date of the Sinulog 2009? A friend of mine is visiting Cebu coz she wants to join the celebration. She is already planning the trip, buying the tickets and making the hotel reservations. I might give her the wrong date.
=(

could somebody help me, please...

hello. do you know when is the exact date of the Sinulog 2009? A friend of mine is visiting Cebu coz she wants to join the celebration. She is already planning the trip, buying the tickets and making the hotel reservations. I might give her the wrong date.
=(

could somebody help me, please...

Sinulog is every 3rd Sunday of the month in January. So nxt year January 18, 2009.

@amber: 3rd Sunday of January, so that's January 18? :dunno:

That's my initial assumption too, January 18. But, hmmmm... i really need a 100% accurate confirmation... =(

^^ if the sinulog foundation won't change the original schedule which is every 3rd sunday of January so accurate ang Jan 18 next year.

January 18, 2009 will be the Sinulog, always on the third Sunday of January. If the committee will change the schedule, it will be too late for the contigents from other provinces to show up.

The following Sunday, another major event will be in Iloilo, The Dinagyang Festival.

...pics of the waterspout - flickr pics by@rey_ramas


...asa ni dapit? na-a lagi U/C
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2718777062_099337ee2f_o.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2718777542_20b8758484_o.jpg

Asiatown IT Park - flickr pic by @Bildo_ug_Unyas


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Drag racing sa SRP

flicker photo by Nick Kulas

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SM plans to build 2 more Cebu malls
By Malou M. Mozo, 31 Jul 2008
Source: Manila Bulletin

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SMPHI), one of the country’s giant mall developers, is now aggressively eyeing for ideal locations to build two additional SM supermalls in Cebu.

“We are constantly monitoring our plans of expanding here. We want to be able to address the growing market base,” said Annie Garcia, SM Shopping Center Management Corporation president.

Garcia told reporters Monday SMPHI is not yet ready to reveal the future mall sites as the company is still on the look out for probable locations.

Earlier, SMPHI president Hans Sy bared SMPHI’s plan to invest P2 billion for the construction of two more branches in the province – one on northern Cebu and another in the southern part of the province.

In February last year, SMPHI has expressed great interest to purchase a huge portion of the 295-hectare reclaimed lot of the South Road Properties, a project of the Cebu City Government.

“We’re really serious and bullish about Cebu. In fact, it’s our priority area for Visayas and Mindanao projects,” Sy said but added SMPHI and the city government has not yet arrived at a formal negotiation.

Garcia, who echoed Sy’s optimism in SM’s expansion plans fro Cebu, assured once the two malls open, it will be an added attraction to the local commercial and entertainment landscape.

Likewise she said the expansion building of SM City Cebu, dubbed the Northwing, is now more than 50 percent occupied by mall tenants.

Deviating from its traditional box-type mall development, the Northwing soft opened December last year.

Profile in the Northwing tenants include branded retail and specialty shops, and facilities such as comfort lounge, concierge and entertainment area.

The five-story expansion building utilizes about 104,000 square meters, with 168 leasable slots and four level parking spaces that accommodate close to 2,000 cars.

http://www.sminvestments.com/News.php?BlurbID=1488

^ Thanks for posting the article. :) Mga bai, asa man ning "comfort lounge" nga gimention sa article?

^^ basin, i-open pa lang @sinj.....or, basin ibalhin ang Traveller's Lounge sa Northwing?


...@sinj, is that the project? ..now, they're mentioning SRP...

...guess lang, sa South will be at SRP and sa North will be at the future business park in Consolacion...


SM plans to build 2 more Cebu malls
By Malou M. Mozo, 31 Jul 2008
Source: Manila Bulletin

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SMPHI), one of the country’s giant mall developers, is now aggressively eyeing for ideal locations to build two additional SM supermalls in Cebu.

Earlier, SMPHI president Hans Sy bared SMPHI’s plan to invest P2 billion for the construction of two more branches in the province – one on northern Cebu and another in the southern part of the province.

“We’re really serious and bullish about Cebu. In fact, it’s our priority area for Visayas and Mindanao projects,” Sy said but added SMPHI and the city government has not yet arrived at a formal negotiation.

SOURCE: SM Investments Corp. (Manila Bulletin) (http://www.sminvestments.com/News.php?BlurbID=1488)

asa ni?


flickr pic by @rayvinpinero
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...the East Wing of the Shang!


flickr pics by @ranger.smith
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2715069980_c9b65afd4c_o.jpg

...guys, unsay comment ninyo ani?


flickr pic by @arroyo_watch
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Church in San Fernando, Cebu South


flickr pic @xelor
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^^ ui, nice picture!! :cheers:

Random Pictures

Sunday Night Mass At the Basilica

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Somewhere in Carcar City, Cebu

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The Matutinao Bridge in Badian

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Image of Mama Mary in Simala, Sibonga

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All Souls' Day in Calamba Cemetery

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Statue of a Roman Guard at The Good Shepherd, Banawa, Cebu

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Party's over at the Mt. Manunggal Camp Site

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The Mactan Bridge

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Guadalupe Parish Fiesta

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Strawberries? - Cantipla, Cebu Highlands

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Buwad in Danao City, Cebu

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2671237331_19c3e0f2d2.jpg

^ Gubot kaayo ang Guadalupe Church no?

pista man gud na. hehe

Sunburst Fried Chicken - Cebu



by @superlolo of flickr
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by @agel_tio of flickr
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OFWs back Cebuano doc as OWWA head (http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Local%20News&p=52&type=2&sec=70&aid=20080731159)
Philstar Online
Friday, August 1, 2008

The petition to appoint a Saudi-based Cebuano pathologist as chief of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) gained more support with the endorsement of the leaders and the 25,000 members of 58 community organizations in a signing ceremony held at Al Mutlaq Hotel in Riyadh last weekend.

Dr. Carlito L. Astillero of Labangon, Cebu City also gained support from thousands of Filipinos from 29 countries worldwide, who added their signatures to an online petition that was launched last week by the community leaders of the Saudi Arabian capital.

Ell Mua, president of the Union of Muslim Associations and national chairman of United OFW Association, emphasized the need for a ”true-blooded” Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) to head the OWWA. After all, he continued, the agency is supposed to be an organization of, by and for the OFWs.

Founding President of the Filipino Retirees Employee Movement Falsal Sharque said that the first task is to ensure that Astillero would get the appointment.

Joey Badong, past “commander” of the Order of the Knights of Rizal (OKOR) in Saudi Arabia, said that it is important to put at the helm of OWWA someone like Astillero, who knows how to act and listen to the concerns of the overseas workers.

Along with the prominent Overseas Filipino leaders, who signed the online petition, are US-based Victor Barrios, convener of the Global Filipino Nation and Cesar Torres, convener of the Filipino-American Forum of San Francisco California; Dr. Edong del Rosario of Guam, a long-time OFW advocate; Fe Kim and Ernie Perez of the United Filipinos Worldwide for Development; Anita Sychonn Sese, chair of the Overseas Filipino Council; and Jacinto Tilbe of WOCU Afghanistan.

Included in the list were Emmylou Cortez of the United Nurses of New Zealand; Francisco Aguilar Jr., chair of PPP-ICC; Norma Hennesy of Radio Pilipino of Adelaide, South Australia; Dr. Inocencio Oballo Jr., of the Filipino Community in Tuvalu; Zeny Landicho Lugon of the Filipino community in Geneva, Switzerland; Grace Cabactualn of the Filipino Community in Netherlands; Macrena Alcedo Reconsal of Kilipi in Barcelona, Spain; Rodel J. Ramos of the Philippine Press Club of Ontario, Canada; Norberto Hinang of Hanli Engineering in Angola; Chona Bolos of Bonn, Germany; Rudy Dianalan and Corlito Obtanilla of Kasapi Congress in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia; and Arman Muleem and Susie Barbeiri of the Worldwide Filipino Alliance.

It was the OFW Congress in Riyadh, an umbrella organization of different Filipino groups in Saudi Arabia, which organized the petition asking Malacañang to appoint Dr. Astillero to replace the position vacated by Administrator Mariano Roque when the latter was permanently appointed as labor secretary by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo two weeks ago.

“It is high time that someone from among our OFW leaders be appointed OWWA Administrator,” Francis OCA of the OFW Congress said.

The Cebuano doctor, who also served as laboratory director at Al-Missari Hospital for the past 21 years, presented a five-point agenda.

Should he be named OWWA administrator, Astillero promised to give direct attention on the need to increase the present OFW representation in the OWWA board, and initiate transparency on policy directions, plans and programs of the agency.

Dr. Astillero has been an overseas worker, serving in various medical positions in three Middle East countries from 1976 to present.

He has been an active community leader, serving either as founder or head of a range of organizations engaged in OFW sports, economic, social and welfare activities in his 32 years of being an OFW.

Moreover, he is also one of those who worked hard for the passage of the Overseas Absentee Voting Law.

Dr. Astillero was also awarded “Most Outstanding Filipino in Saudi Arabia” by the Philippine Embassy in 1990 in recognition of his contributions to the welfare of the OFW community.

Further, he was also awarded “Bagong Bayani Awards” by President Corazon Aquino in 1992, the “San Lorenzo Ruiz Award as Outstanding OCW” by President Fidel V. Ramos in 1994 and the Special Presidential “Banaag and Sikat Award” also by President Ramos in 1996, among other prestigious awards given to OFWs in recognition of their services to the overseas Filipino communities.

Dr. Astillero earned his degree at Southwestern University and placed 9th in the 1968 Medical Board Exam.

His family is residing in Labangon, Cebu City. The doctor and his wife Elena have five children which include two doctors, a nurse, an engineer and one trial lawyer in Cebu, Atty. Lito B. Astillero. — Joy Kareen T. Saliente/NLQ

TWO lounges at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport will be among the first to have for free digital signages that will feature audio-visual presentation (AVP) from the Department of Tourism (DOT).

In a joint venture between the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) and M.A. Tan Mediamark Inc., digital signages will be wall-mounted at the airport’s Lounge 7 and Lounge 8.

Office manager Angela Moreto said Mediamark has been providing back-lighted signages at the airport for the last 15 years.

But with the launching of its digital signage product last Wednesday, more units might be installed within the airport.

Mediamark also targets to start the dry run of its products at the airport by the middle of August.

Aside from AVPs from the DOT, Moreto said companies are also welcome to place advertisements.

Public announcement from MCIAA to passengers in the airport, as well as news clips can also be included in the programming sequence, Moreto added.

New wave

Digital signages, which are considered as the “new wave of advertising,” are a combination of digital signage players, digital screens and multi-media content.

Graphicstar is the system integrator and provides the equipment, software and content management.

Albert Pedrosa, Gra-phicstar’s general manager, said the emergence of digital signs is mainly because of high consumer demand for liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors and plasma display panels (PDP).

LCD and PDP are now more affordable compared to five years ago, Pedrosa added.

“But we are using the industrial monitors for the signages,” Pedrosa said, adding that the sizes of the monitors range from 46 inches to a maximum of 90 inches.

Digital signs are also easier to update since content management can be remotely done through a wireless connection that links the display panels to a computer.

The digital signs can also be used by retail store outlets, malls, hotels, fastfood chains, corporate offices and during events. (DME)


here
(http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/01/bus/cebu.airport.lounges.to.get.digital.signages.html)
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Unta, padayon na ni ang improvement sa MCIA... :)

gud day! ask lang ko kung naa ba jud authomated traffic lights sa cebu, dili man gud mag too ang taga davao na amigo nako, ana sya ''unsa na ATM'',hehe...naa ko davao now, tnx!

the traffic system in cebu is automated. just check those square lines on the road near the traffic lights. those are electromagnetic(???) sensors that will detect metals which obviously is a car or something.

the system was developed in australia(???). we once had a tour back in college in manila and the traffic management system(???) center of mmda told us that the system in cebu is much updated compared to the one they are using. ive heard this system is used by major countries in the world and it did helped solve traffic problems. but not here in our country! hehehe!

i can also personally prove that its automated coz i once had a project back in college simulating traffic system especially in junctions using small IC's. i tried to simulate the intersection in keppel building. i tried to get the pattern but unfortunately for me it has no exact pattern. it changes depending on the volume of the cars.

What version does the Cebu have again for its SCATS? I think it has been posted here before but I already forgot.

the traffic system in cebu is automated. just check those square lines on the road near the traffic lights. those are electromagnetic(???) sensors that will detect metals which obviously is a car or something.

the system was developed in australia(???). we once had a tour back in college in manila and the traffic management system(???) center of mmda told us that the system in cebu is much updated compared to the one they are using. ive heard this system is used by major countries in the world and it did helped solve traffic problems. but not here in our country! hehehe!

i can also personally prove that its automated coz i once had a project back in college simulating traffic system especially in junctions using small IC's. i tried to simulate the intersection in keppel building. i tried to get the pattern but unfortunately for me it has no exact pattern. it changes depending on the volume of the cars.


Unsa diay ka pag-college nimo bay?

the traffic lights are automated. even habalhabal drivers know that. kung dugay mausab ang lights sa jy dapit, ila imove ilang bikes paduol sa line kay para 'madetect' kuno...

pardon my ignorance, automated diay tawag ana? dili diay sensorized? ang pagkasabot nako sa automated man gud is kanang traditional time-based traffic signal system man gud.





mao ra to.

aw. ambot lang sad unsay term ana. nisabat ra man sad gud ko. LOL. murag sakto ka bai. sensorized. hehe

i remembered before sa CCTV? or Cebu Cable pato??? naa silay 1 channel dedicated to the traffic volume of the streets in Cebu.

pardon my ignorance, automated diay tawag ana? dili diay sensorized? ang pagkasabot nako sa automated man gud is kanang traditional time-based traffic signal system man gud.





mao ra to.

sakto, its sensorized, not automated.. :) bantayi ra gud nang sa mandaue traffic, it will take about 2 to 3 minutes before mausab ang color sa traffic lights even if wala nay cars on the other street..

confirmed: gipalit sa lexmark ang creativo
its now lexmark plaza 3

^^ wow, so anha nila i-house ang ilang call center operations??

the traffic system in cebu is automated. just check those square lines on the road near the traffic lights. those are electromagnetic(???) sensors that will detect metals which obviously is a car or something.

the system was developed in australia(???). we once had a tour back in college in manila and the traffic management system(???) center of mmda told us that the system in cebu is much updated compared to the one they are using. ive heard this system is used by major countries in the world and it did helped solve traffic problems. but not here in our country! hehehe!

i can also personally prove that its automated coz i once had a project back in college simulating traffic system especially in junctions using small IC's. i tried to simulate the intersection in keppel building. i tried to get the pattern but unfortunately for me it has no exact pattern. it changes depending on the volume of the cars.

^^^^^^
http://www.dot.state.sc.us/getting/images/traffic_signals1.jpg

How are signals controlled?

The SCDOT uses two methods to control traffic signals. The first employes a timing mechanism to change the signal at specific intervals. Pre-timed traffic signals work well where traffic patterns are predictable and speeds are slow. However, less than 15 percent of South Carolina’s nearly 4,000 traffic signals are pre-timed.

This means over 3,300 of the state’s traffic signals rely on a second method to manage traffic.

At intersections where traffic patterns vary and speeds are higher, a traffic signal that detects a vehicle’s presence is needed. It must not only recognize automobiles, trucks, and buses but must also respond to motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Such traffic signals are known as actuated traffic signals

Actuated traffic signals maintain a green signal on the busiest street until a pedestrian or a vehicle on the less traveled side street approaches the intersection. The traffic signal detects and responds to this new demand.

To make traffic signals responsive to pedestrians, traffic engineers install push buttons located on poles at intersection corners. The pedestrian pushes the button to change the signal.

To detect the presence of motorists and bicyclists on the side street, traffic engineers use a metal sensing device known as a loop detector.

Vehicle users can often spot the telltale signs of loop detectors by the grooves cut into the roadway behind the stop bars at intersections. Wire loops that sense metal objects above them are placed in these grooves. Once a vehicle is detected the traffic signal processes the request, allowing traffic from the side street to enter the intersection at the appropriate time


Types of Loop Detectors

Traditional loop detectors (shown below) are roughly rectangular in shape. They easily detect larger vehicles. However, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and even motorists in smaller cars may find that some of these traditional loop detectors do not easily detect their presence.
http://www.dot.state.sc.us/getting/images/signal_emptyloopdetector.jpg

To improve detection, South Carolina uses a figure “8” style loop detector known as a quadrupole loop (shown below). This pattern improves the sensitivity in the middle of the loop. This middle area is where the problem occurs for smaller vehicles at intersections employing traditional loop detectors.
http://www.dot.state.sc.us/getting/images/signal_Quadrupoledetector.jpg

http://www.dot.state.sc.us/getting/signals/loopdet.shtml

I read the article a couple of years ago that Cebu traffic lights are automated system done by the Autralians.

The New York traffic lights are controlled by central system and automated timed. But it can be overriden by the ambulances, police cars and transit passenger buses. Our buses are in on going process of installations of onboard cameras and GPS. If crime is done in the bus, the bus driver has a panic botton and the GPS is activated.
There are over 300 red lights violators' cameras on major intersection. The owners of the cars caught on passing a red light traffic signals will receive a letter with pictures of the car and license plate with it. Owners of the cars will get automatic 3 points against their vehicle violation equals to over $100 more on car insurance since copy will be sent to the car insurance co.. The city will not hear that you were not driving your car at that time. The cameras work day and night.

I hope Cebu will also have this kind of cameras at the intersections, so as to teach the drivers to behave on traffic lights.

many intersections in cebu, mandaue and lapulapu have cameras na but most of them are used for surveillance lang. kailangan pa siguro i upgrade ang program so that it can do what you were suggesting, but at least its already a start.

Highlights, Sidelights of UV Chorale Concert Tour in Australia (http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20080731175&type=2)
POP ARAZZI By Nathalie M. Tomada
Friday, August 1, 2008
Last of Three Parts

We end this series on the recent World Youth Day-themed concert tour of the University of the Visayas Chorale, now Cebu’s leading chorale group, in Australia with the third part of the tour, which was highlighted by performances during WYD week (July 14-20) plus an award from the Global Filipino Australia organization.

On July 14, the day the UV Chorale arrived in Sydney from its 10-day regional tour of New South Wales, the group received a Global Filipino Youth award at the Macquarie Theatre, NSW Parliament, along with 28 youths and two groups from all over the world. The UV Chorale award, which was handed by John Aquilina MP, the Leader of the House of the NSW Parliament, was to recognize the international achievements of the chorale, including its contribution to the WYD as the only official Filipino performing group, according to Lolita Farmer, Global Filipino Australia president.

During WYD week, they sang in various music fests. At St. Aloysius College, they performed twice, gathering mostly repeat audiences on the second day. At the Domain, they experienced for the first time this vast stage set-up meant for high-profile concerts, and it was an exhilarating feeling to see Filipino flags being waved by pilgrims while they performed. At the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, they had a televised performance that welcomed hundreds of international pilgrims arriving to watch the theatrical presentation of the Stations of the Cross.

But the highest point in the concert tour would have to be its exclusive performance before over 400 cardinals and bishops at the International Cardinals Luncheon in Terry Hills. Now it can be told that since we were prohibited to take photos of the event, it took a bishop—a big thank you to Bishop Patricio Abella Buzon, SDB—to do it for us.

It was a sight to behold when some members of the red-capped audience broke the formality of the affair by pulling out their digicams and videocams to record the singing. While we saw a bishop congratulating Cardinal Pell, the Archbishop of Sydney, for bringing in the group, we also saw Bishop Anthony Fisher, the auxiliary bishop of Sydney and co-ordinator of WYD 2008, individually congratulate each member of the choir as they went down the stage after their performance. Several others proceeded outside the venue to congratulate the choir. Because the choir only sang three numbers, including Receive the Power, this year’s WYD theme song composed by first Australian Idol Guy Sebastian, several bishops requested for an encore at the venue’s entrance steps. The choir obliged two, including Ryan Cayabyab’s Coconut Nut (which proved to be a hit among foreigners throughout the concert tour).

The choir members, for their part, were all overwhelmed. Chorale member Sherwin Sulla said, “We were all starstruck seeing all the cardinals and bishops in one place. We feel so blessed that even for a short time we were able to share our music.”

It was indeed a fitting climax to what could only be described as a successful—make that very successful— concert tour. As a reporter covering the tour and witness to the rousing reception and wonderful patronage in the venues the choir has been to, I came home loaded not just with stories but also with pride in our Cebuano choir. Here’s to more inspired, world-class performances from the UV chorale.

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Perpetual Succour Hospital's new wing

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they copied trinoma's sky garden concept :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x102/pinakamaldito/DSC02815.jpg

Simply beautiful! Ahh the wonders of nature.. Looks like a photo straight from a National Geographic Magazine.

Is "Liloan" the Cebuano term for a waterspout?


I think diehard the first photo where there's an u/c was shot in Mactan, perhaps at Imperial Palace? Judging at the number of ships passing by, the waterspout (a twister on water) happened at the channel between Mactan and Olango Island.


...

...pics of the waterspout - flickr pics by@rey_ramas


...asa ni dapit? na-a lagi U/C
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2718777062_099337ee2f_o.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2718777542_20b8758484_o.jpg

unsay ngalan anang mid-rise na u/c kilid sa capitol? bati-a pud uy, natabunan na hinuon ang view sa Villalon Mansion...tsk,tsk...

btw, abli pa diay ang golf course sa Coral Reef Resort? naglalis gyud mi ganiha sa akong studyante, di ba, ang coral reef, mao man na ang gihimo ug Imperial Palace? or Coral Point ba kaha to?

gud day! ask lang ko kung naa ba jud authomated traffic lights sa cebu, dili man gud mag too ang taga davao na amigo nako, ana sya ''unsa na ATM'',hehe...naa ko davao now, tnx!

yes it is automated or sensorized or whatever it is called. we had a tour there sa control center nila diha sa n. bacalso ave near sa south bus terminal way back 1994 or 95.
they even have this term 'married' traffic lights. nga ig-abot nimo sa traffic light 2 gikan sa traffic light 1, GO nasad cya. ang akong pasabot nga kung GO ang traffic light1, igo gyud nga maabot ka sa traffic light 2, GO nasad cya. so meaning, derecho na imong byahe. but this is most applicable lang sa not so congested crossings.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x102/pinakamaldito/DSC02820-3.jpg

just a while ago, heh

Perpetual Succour Hospital's new wing

they copied trinoma's sky garden concept :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x102/pinakamaldito/DSC02815.jpg

nakaconnect ni siya sa kadtong glassy nga building sa succour pao?

^ nope, its on the "old" section of the hospital. tua gyud sa main, well to give you a perspective, here's another pic...

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x102/pinakamaldito/DSC02817.jpg

the tall building at the back is the cebu cancer institute, beside it is the cebu heart institute, tapos mao na ang "old" section of the hospital (klaro kaayo sa roofing) tupad ani mao na new wing.

its safe to say PSH has 4 complex.

^^ pero dili ba connected to each other tanan buildings sa Succour? pasenxa kay ka-1 ra gyud ko kasulod diha.. hehe

yup! connected siya tanan, through walkways and passages

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x102/pinakamaldito/DSC02824-1.jpg

just a while ago gihapon, heh

one mango avenue

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x102/pinakamaldito/IMG_3087-2.jpg

way laag ron? hahehehe

Simply beautiful! Ahh the wonders of nature.. Looks like a photo straight from a National Geographic Magazine.

Is "Liloan" the Cebuano term for a waterspout?


I think diehard the first photo where there's an u/c was shot in Mactan, perhaps at Imperial Palace? Judging at the number of ships passing by, the waterspout (a twister on water) happened at the channel between Mactan and Olango Island.


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Lilo is whirlpool, right?

Whoa Cebu looks beautiful, I especially like the Province, yet Urbanized feel the city has. Hopefully this balance can be preserved, Congrats ! :hug:

share ko lang eto, bwahahhahahahaaaaa!!!!

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World class hospital indeed...but the road right of way is not so good, hehehe...


^ nope, its on the "old" section of the hospital. tua gyud sa main, well to give you a perspective, here's another pic...

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x102/pinakamaldito/DSC02817.jpg

the tall building at the back is the cebu cancer institute, beside it is the cebu heart institute, tapos mao na ang "old" section of the hospital (klaro kaayo sa roofing) tupad ani mao na new wing.

its safe to say PSH has 4 complex.

camphone madness!!

random cebu pics

McArthur highway (CPA side)
i think the drainage system for this whole stretch has already been repaired
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McArthur Boulevard center island
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/dabert/Cebu%20Pics/Image020x.jpg

Quimonda IT Center update
(as of 07/28/08)
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/dabert/Cebu%20Pics/Image019x.jpg

ACC Leisure Oasis
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/dabert/Cebu%20Pics/Image018x.jpg

growing skyline of CBP
view from ACC
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/dabert/Cebu%20Pics/Image023x.jpg

share ko lang eto, bwahahhahahahaaaaa!!!!

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daghan na pud ang mo react ani ngano kita ang number 1 nga bati man atong syudad, hugaw, gubot ug uban pa..... :ohno:
ang pagkasuyaon gyud sa mga tao...........

Makro Cebu
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SM Northwing
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SM City Cebu
i like the new tiles
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/dabert/Cebu%20Pics/Image007x.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/Jarenz_038/Proposals%20and%20Renderings/2.jpg


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/Jarenz_038/Proposals%20and%20Renderings/3.jpg

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http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/Jarenz_038/Proposals%20and%20Renderings/4.jpg


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/Jarenz_038/Proposals%20and%20Renderings/6.jpg

share ko lang eto, bwahahhahahahaaaaa!!!!

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Finally on Youtube. :D

Hello to all fellow sugbuanon

I would just like to share some few comments on some of the issues in the forum.

1. On that blog about the Davaoeño. Sige lang na sila. Dili lang kaayo ta muhatag ug dakong pagtagad sa ilang mga comments. I lived in Davao City for 2 years (2006-2008), I have friends there and some of them who have visited cebu would always say nga mas-"guwapo" pa ang davao. However, having lived there for a while, I can assure you my fellow cebuanos, wala ju'd ta'y angayang ikabalaka, hinuon wala man sad ju'y bisa'g kinsa nato ang nabalaka.

Perhaps tuod man hapsay ilang lugar, lagpad kaayo ilang dan, unya peaceful kay duna'y armed forces nga nag daladala ug M16 sa kada iskina ug tuod man tin-aw ilang tubig kay pure H2O man. Unlike sa Cebu province nga abunda ug minerals atong tubig kay vast limestone man ang cebu island. Suma lang, hain man ang planta sa Nature's Spring?

But the charm of our city can never be quantified by any survey. Cebu is a place with a certain aura. Cebuanos are sophisticated without being pretentious. Surveys can not quantify the quality of the people in any observed city. Perhaps not many of us know this but many people, foreigners and fellow Filipinos alike would attest that Cebuanos are the most sensible people in the Philippines. We are a bunch that ask the most difficult questions. We are a lot that is so hard to please. We are not easily mystified by actors and celebrities. We appreciate their talent but we don't make them gods. Perhaps cebuano ko mugawas nga biased ko but, only cebuanos can think objectively. We don't just focus on hailing the beauty of our place but recognize its ugliness as well. We embrace critisms as guide for improvement without compromising our own preferences. Heck, we even know better to choose an intelligent yet maybe/allegedly corrupt president over another washed up movie actor (God bless his soul). And the best part about being a cebuano is, we are very much capable of shooting subtle insults without being too obviously offensive.

Anyway, nakapuyo ko ug davao kay didto ko giassign sa akong trabaho pero wala ko kaagwanta, niuli jud ko ug cebu. Ang cebu man gud, productive kaayo nga lugar, favored or unfavored by any president. Gi-hail ta as Queen City of the South for over 50 years tungod kay mao man dyud ang saktong title para sa cebu. Gi-hail sila ug the Land of Promise kay tuod man PROMISING man sad pud ilang lugar, bitaw, abunda man gud sila sa gulay ug prutas. Davao will have their turn. In 5 years time, naa na sila'y Ayala Center, ilang SM mahimo nang 1/2 as big sa atong SM gikan sa 1/4. So, each metropolitan would have their turn. If their region can work on the bombings in their place then perhaps muprogress napud ilang lugar. Meanwhile, ato lang usa ron, ugma ato gihapon. hehehe

2. We see a lot of changes happening in our beloved hometown. As cebuanos, let us adopt a collective consiousness of not loosing sight of what is happening. WE DON'T WANT TO BECOME LIKE METRO MANILA. Let us keep Cebu the way we Cebuanos would want it to be. The development of our region should not be influenced by anything else but the Cebuano way of thinking. We are a bunch that is hard to please, so let us AIM to please ourselves. Bahala na nang mga comments nila. Kita ma'y nagpuyo sa cebu so atong gusto ang atong tumanon. Remember, "if it sells in cebu, it sells everywhere else.." So himuon nato ang cebu nga kita mga sugbuanon malipay. I hope that in the upcoming meet (madayon ba?) would be a productive gathering and perhaps bring about discussions on various issues that has made and will continue to make CEBU the Philippine's Best Seller.

For Cebuanos who are in Manila right now and is interested in knowing their history:

You are invited for the three part lecture series of Dr. Michael Cullianne about the Colonial Era in the Philippines, with discussions focusing on Cebu during the Mondays of August here at Ateneo de Manila University.

The topics will be discussed is about the Philippine Revolution and the revolucionarios in Cebu and Manila; The Fil-Am Wars in Cebu and the Veloso Family of Pari-an, Cebu.

For more information please contact this number: (02)426-6114.

In 5 years time, naa na sila'y Ayala Center, ilang SM mahimo nang 1/2 as big sa atong SM gikan sa 1/4. So, each metropolitan would have their turn.

just wait nalang... there is still to come sa cebu... soon... hehehe

Saturday, August 02, 2008
City closes part of Magallanes (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/02/news/city.closes.part.of.magallanes.html)

A PORTION of Magallanes St., one of the busiest streets in downtown Cebu City, will be permanently closed to vehicular traffic now that the beautification of Plaza Sugbo is finished.
The road closure will require some changes in the traffic scheme in the downtown area, which will affect the road network around City Hall and Carbon Public Market.

The asphalted road between Magellan’s Cross and the City Hall was covered in red bricks and was landscaped as part of the renovation work on the legislative building, and is no longer passable to vehicles.

The area is also a tourist attraction mainly because of the Magellan’s Cross and the Basilica del Sto. Niño.

Several jeepney lines used to pass through Magallanes, specifically the stretch between D. Jakosalem and P. Burgos Sts., until it was closed last February.

But yesterday, Vice Mayor Michael Rama told reporters the closure will be permanent.
“Anyway, they said it’s better to reroute the traffic there because the distance from one block to another is short so that when drivers reach that part of Magallanes, they encounter a choke point,” he told reporters.

He said, though, that in the event of emergencies and during the Sinulog festivities, the road may be opened but only for light vehicles.

Rama also raised some proposals to address whatever congestion the road closure will cause.

After M.C. Briones St. has been cleared of vendors who set up stalls along the road and sidewalks, and now that it is a five-lane road, Rama wants to implement a two-way traffic scheme there.

The Carbon public market is along M.C. Briones St., making it one of the busiest roads in the area.

Other streets around City Hall and Carbon market will also be checked if there are other traffic obstructions that can be removed to widen the road. (LCR)

pagka kugihan ni rau o. hehehe.

karon pa ko kita sa video. hahahaha! i LOVE it!

Hinaya pud sa construction progress sa Hong Kong Plaza Hotel oi! Ngano man 'na siya? Gi-officially-put-on-hold ba 'na siya? :?

A PORTION of Magallanes St., one of the busiest streets in downtown Cebu City, will be permanently closed to vehicular traffic now that the beautification of Plaza Sugbo is finished.

But yesterday, Vice Mayor Michael Rama told reporters the closure will be permanent.

Brilliant!

But it would be much, much better if all of Downtown Cebu City's streets would become exclusively for pedestrians. That way, Cebu will limit car-dependency brought about by rapid suburbanization (brought about and/or encouraged by continued establishment of suburban strip malls).

^^ang compania maritima na pud sunod paninduton.

Can I comment on this post...

Hello to all fellow sugbuanon

I would just like to share some few comments on some of the issues in the forum.

1. On that blog about the Davaoeño. Sige lang na sila. Dili lang kaayo ta muhatag ug dakong pagtagad sa ilang mga comments. I lived in Davao City for 2 years (2006-2008), I have friends there and some of them who have visited cebu would always say nga mas-"guwapo" pa ang davao. However, having lived there for a while, I can assure you my fellow cebuanos, wala ju'd ta'y angayang ikabalaka, hinuon wala man sad ju'y bisa'g kinsa nato ang nabalaka.?.

sir can you give the link unsa ni nga Davaoeño blog? I wish I can be apologetic about that Davaoeno blogger, but thats his opinion. Pero on my side Syempre naa man gud tay mentality nga "love your own". Natural lang siguro nga daygun sa mga taga-Davao ang Davao, vis-a-vis taga Cebu nga daygun siyempre ang Cebu. I agree, dili jud mabalaka ang kamong mga Cebuano... because simply Cebu is Cebu thats it. no other city can be like Cebu. period. along with its progress and its charms. Ako maski mas doul ang Singapore dire , but I still like Cebu.


Perhaps tuod man hapsay ilang lugar, lagpad kaayo ilang dan, unya peaceful kay duna'y armed forces nga nag daladala ug M16 sa kada iskina ug tuod man tin-aw ilang tubig kay pure H2O man. Unlike sa Cebu province nga abunda ug minerals atong tubig kay vast limestone man ang cebu island. Suma lang, hain man ang planta sa Nature's Spring?.

IMO.. Whats wrong with soldiers patrolling the city with M-16s? Isnt it a testament that the city govt is working on the security of all Davaoeños. Dagahn mag eskina ang Davao dili siguro tanang eskina uy? kana ra sigurong mga vital infra. Sir, no city is safe especially that we are on the post 9/11 era. even Cebu and Manila is not exempted. Regarding our water, I am proud to say that I work for that company, and I can still drink water directly from my faucet and I dont have to buy them bottled.

But the charm of our city can never be quantified by any survey. Cebu is a place with a certain aura. Cebuanos are sophisticated without being pretentious. Surveys can not quantify the quality of the people in any observed city. Perhaps not many of us know this but many people, foreigners and fellow Filipinos alike would attest that Cebuanos are the most sensible people in the Philippines. We are a bunch that ask the most difficult questions. We are a lot that is so hard to please. We are not easily mystified by actors and celebrities. We appreciate their talent but we don't make them gods. Perhaps cebuano ko mugawas nga biased ko but, only cebuanos can think objectively. We don't just focus on hailing the beauty of our place but recognize its ugliness as well. We embrace critisms as guide for improvement without compromising our own preferences. Heck, we even know better to choose an intelligent yet maybe/allegedly corrupt president over another washed up movie actor (God bless his soul). And the best part about being a cebuano is, we are very much capable of shooting subtle insults without being too obviously offensive..

I think no one can vouch the inaccuracy of any surveys, except those who performed the surveys themselves. anyway it just a survey. but i agree on the quality side of the survey, the survey cannot ask all the factors of quality life. Are we pretentious? I dont think so, Davaoenos are pretentious? we pretend to be secure? to be progressive? Its just perceptions from the people who think nga gubot dire and maot dire. I cannot agree more on the actors topic since, you cannot generalize the the taste Cebuano and Davao populace maybe its just your opinion otherwise conduct a survey, kay naa koy kaila nga Cebuano nga mabaw ra ug kalipay.Sure ka nga tanang Cebuano dili mastar-struck ug artista? pag-sure oy? Regarding sa criticism nga gisite nimo, naay long story ana on how forumers handle critic from other city goys, and i dont want to touch on that.

Anyway, nakapuyo ko ug davao kay didto ko giassign sa akong trabaho pero wala ko kaagwanta, niuli jud ko ug cebu. Ang cebu man gud, productive kaayo nga lugar, favored or unfavored by any president. Gi-hail ta as Queen City of the South for over 50 years tungod kay mao man dyud ang saktong title para sa cebu. Gi-hail sila ug the Land of Promise kay tuod man PROMISING man sad pud ilang lugar, bitaw, abunda man gud sila sa gulay ug prutas. Davao will have their turn. In 5 years time, naa na sila'y Ayala Center, ilang SM mahimo nang 1/2 as big sa atong SM gikan sa 1/4. So, each metropolitan would have their turn. If their region can work on the bombings in their place then perhaps muprogress napud ilang lugar. Meanwhile, ato lang usa ron, ugma ato gihapon. hehehe.

agree, well taken. Davao is shadowed by the Mindanao perception. thats it. Lucky for you there. but we assure our visitors and citizens enjoy living here. Inyoha na lang tanang progress, sige inyoha na tanan...

2. We see a lot of changes happening in our beloved hometown. As cebuanos, let us adopt a collective consiousness of not loosing sight of what is happening. WE DON'T WANT TO BECOME LIKE METRO MANILA. Let us keep Cebu the way we Cebuanos would want it to be. The development of our region should not be influenced by anything else but the Cebuano way of thinking. We are a bunch that is hard to please, so let us AIM to please ourselves. Bahala na nang mga comments nila. Kita ma'y nagpuyo sa cebu so atong gusto ang atong tumanon. Remember, "if it sells in cebu, it sells everywhere else.." So himuon nato ang cebu nga kita mga sugbuanon malipay. I hope that in the upcoming meet (madayon ba?) would be a productive gathering and perhaps bring about discussions on various issues that has made and will continue to make CEBU the Philippine's Best Seller.

Kudos Cebu... Cebu should be led by Cebuanos. Diba nga ang daming accalades natanggap ng Cebu.In the broader view we should be less regionalistic. I hope I could give a me link of the Davao guy who commented not so good on you. Salamat. I might be visiting there soon on November and see the AYALA expansion opening.

gi password-protected na ang blog entry ni batangyagit. hehehe

Henji,

I appreciate your calmness and integrity...Let me give you my thoughts about your comments below.

Can I comment on this post...
sir can you give the link unsa ni nga Davaoeño blog? I wish I can be apologetic about that Davaoeno blogger, but thats his opinion. Pero on my side Syempre naa man gud tay mentality nga "love your own". Natural lang siguro nga daygun sa mga taga-Davao ang Davao, vis-a-vis taga Cebu nga daygun siyempre ang Cebu. I agree, dili jud mabalaka ang kamong mga Cebuano... because simply Cebu is Cebu thats it. no other city can be like Cebu. period. along with its progress and its charms. Ako maski mas doul ang Singapore dire , but I still like Cebu.


It is true that our homeland will always be the best for us. That is the mean reason why we had this kind of word war from time to time, to defend our city from being unfairly attacked by some.

I would like to point out, that most of the SSC forumers are civilized and aware of what's going on in our country, much more in our own city.

You are right that we are all entitled to express our opinion, but we also have the responsibilities to provide a just and not misleading opinion.

We have been promoting Cebu to the world, in the best way that we can...If you are somebody who wish to travel to Cebu and accidentally surfed your compatriot's site, what would be your reaction if you will read from that site that it would be a suicide to drink water in Cebu?

Knowing that Cebu is not perfect, we do accept criticism, granting that it is not misleading...The same thing goes with you and your compatriots.


IMO.. Whats wrong with soldiers patrolling the city with M-16s? Isnt it a testament that the city govt is working on the security of all Davaoeños. Dagahn mag eskina ang Davao dili siguro tanang eskina uy? kana ra sigurong mga vital infra. Sir, no city is safe especially that we are on the post 9/11 era. even Cebu and Manila is not exempted. Regarding our water, I am proud to say that I work for that company, and I can still drink water directly from my faucet and I dont have to buy them bottled.


I am also proud to say that I can drink the water directly from our faucet.

The rest of your answers were just a reply to our retaliations towards your compatriot's opinion. And as you can see the pattern, this will be endless if we don't decide to end it.

You are proud of Davao. I am proud of Cebu. Our cities are both beautiful and amazing cities. Do we still need to bash one another?

Erratum:

"mean" should be "main"

Henji,

I appreciate your calmness and integrity...Let me give you my thoughts about your comments below.



It is true that our homeland will always be the best for us. That is the mean reason why we had this kind of word war from time to time, to defend our city from being unfairly attacked by some.

I would like to point out, that most of the SSC forumers are civilized and aware of what's going on in our country, much more in our own city.

You are right that we are all entitled to express our opinion, but we also have the responsibilities to provide a just and not misleading opinion.

We have been promoting Cebu to the world, in the best way that we can...If you are somebody who wish to travel to Cebu and accidentally surfed your compatriot's site, what would be your reaction if you will read from that site that it would be a suicide to drink water in Cebu?

Knowing that Cebu is not perfect, we do accept criticism, granting that it is not misleading...The same thing goes with you and your compatriots.



I am also proud to say that I can drink the water directly from our faucet.

The rest of your answers were just a reply to our retaliations towards your compatriot's opinion. And as you can see the pattern, this will be endless if we don't decide to end it.

You are proud of Davao. I am proud of Cebu. Our cities are both beautiful and amazing cities. Do we still need to bash one another?

atik ka sir? hala wala jud ko kabasa ana nga blog. below the belt man jud diay. hands down man jud ko sa cebu and brave enough to post here and free of guilt and not bashing Cebu. SSC_dvo gikan jud ang bashing?
Im sorry if I inflict harm on that matter, but this will end. IMO we should not compete, we should cooperate and coexist in the SSC cyberspace.

atik ka sir? hala wala jud ko kabasa ana nga blog. below the belt man jud diay. hands down man jud ko sa cebu and brave enough to post here and free of guilt and not bashing Cebu. SSC_dvo gikan jud ang bashing?
Im sorry if I inflict harm on that matter, but this will end. IMO we should not compete, we should cooperate and coexist in the SSC cyberspace.

Blog na siya gikan Bai...I think, dili niya intention mo-bash sa Cebu...nasobrahan lang gud niya gamay iyahang comment...Anyway, bygones are bygones...Let's move forward... :)

yup. pero naa gyuy blog nga intended ra gyud to post all things bad about cebu. LOL.

@henji, basig ganahan ka mubasa ani nga blog...

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/ :bash:

the one with batangyagit's is already password protected, so di na ma-view..
you can read from tagalasang's post how he loves cebu - so much! :lol:
care to defend one of your own?

^^lamat bai sleep... masettle ra nato ni. since internet has become a small world among us forumers and bloggers. lets us ignore them, i will still have to check if naa ni sa circle of davao bloggers sa ssc_davao forum.

^^lamat bai sleep... masettle ra nato ni. since internet has become a small world among us forumers and bloggers. lets us ignore them, i will still have to check if naa ni sa circle of davao bloggers sa ssc_davao forum.

No problem Bai...I hope this bashing will end...Our cities, though beautiful and amazing, still need to do a lot of homework in order to be at par with other cities in other countries.

@henji, basig ganahan ka mubasa ani nga blog...

http://tagalasang.wordpress.com/ :bash:

the one with batangyagit's is already password protected, so di na ma-view..
you can read from tagalasang's post how he loves cebu - so much! :lol:
care to defend one of your own?


perti, ka ngil-ad. dili ni apil sa ssc mao ng lakas loob mangaway ug mga cuidad.

pls. ignore na lang ni nga blog... ang ssc_davao walay badblood sa cebu & ssc_cebu...

Because in the end, the questions will be like this:

Unsay akong makuha sa pag-bash sa usa ka locality sa akong kinabuhi? Unsay benepisyo na mahatag sa akong pag-away sa uban nga mga ciudad sa personal ko nga kinabuhi? Nganu man ginahimo nato ni?

Because in the end, the questions will be like this:

Unsay akong makuha sa pag-bash sa usa ka locality sa akong kinabuhi? Unsay benepisyo na mahatag sa akong pag-away sa uban nga mga ciudad sa personal ko nga kinabuhi? Nganu man ginahimo nato ni?


I agree Sir Berns...Sad to say, it took me sometime to realize this one...Hehehehehe...Hapit man sad hinoon ko mag-heart attack atong binuang nilang Street Dude (yagit) ug ni Forest Dude (tagalasang)...:lol:

Sige...Back to Cebu:Metropolis and Province na pud ta... :)

Random Pics

Archangels in Simala, Sibonga

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/2672106244_a6e82fbf4a.jpg

Carbon

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2685381604_615b1f6407.jpg

Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2672064904_2e556886a1.jpg

Bananas for sale in Cantipla, Cebu Highlands

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/2672030094_3bfce72b0f.jpg

Chicharon vendor in Cebu City Sports Complex

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2671182999_7cdb9cc2e0.jpg

Fluvial Parade participant

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2671130983_c187635a1f.jpg

I had been to different cities and different capitals in the U.S. There are advantages and disadvantages, likes and dislikes. The one major advantage in the U.S. is the prices of basic goods and foods compare to people earnings is that it is mostly attainable. But the life style is fast and dog eat dog world. Manila is try to catch up. While in Cebu, it is not there yet. That is why I come back every year to unwine and relax.

Guys, just a result of nothing to do...Heheheheh....I know, below is not the complete list of what Cebu have...It's just a teaser... :)


Government Offices

Cebu City Hall by www.bisayabloggers.com
http://bp1.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SC-oVWODzEI/AAAAAAAAB5E/8IfijqlRWec/s400/cebu+cityhall.JPG

Cebu Provincial Capitol www.bisayabloggers.com
http://bp0.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SC-oVGODzDI/AAAAAAAAB48/oN6IFH3grTQ/s400/cebu-capitol.JPG

Mandaue City Hall www.bisayabloggers.com
http://bp2.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SC-oUmODzCI/AAAAAAAAB40/C_6sCDlf4OQ/s400/Mandaue+City+Hall.jpg


Street Scenes www.bisayabloggers.com

http://bp2.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SBF6iA5DTnI/AAAAAAAAByo/rM6WnkAMphk/s400/streetsofcebu2.JPG

http://bp1.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SBF6iw5DTqI/AAAAAAAABzA/CGdi98CpC8Q/s400/streetsofcebu5.JPG

http://bp1.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SBF6iw5DTrI/AAAAAAAABzI/-v93XVPv9ic/s400/streetsofcebu6.JPG

from www.answers.com
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/9/99/Ob1_cebu.jpg

Do you want to relax by the sea?

Hilton Resort www.bisayabloggers.com
http://bp3.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SCoURGODyvI/AAAAAAAAB2U/2GIffi1yOpU/s400/olango3.jpg

Plantation Bay www.bisayabloggers.com
http://bp0.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/RlQnyvW86bI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wCQbLxKvDHI/s400/plantation+bay.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/RlQnzPW86eI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/ly3RC2BGjAs/s400/massage02.JPG

Or you want to breathe air from the jungle?

photos by www.bisayabloggers.com
http://bp1.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SCmqQ2ODykI/AAAAAAAAB08/BgfCvlUH9e8/s400/kawasan5.JPG

http://bp1.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SCmqP2ODyiI/AAAAAAAAB0s/dOh-H-C6Zp0/s400/kawasan2.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SCmqiWODyoI/AAAAAAAAB1c/I-0T0pF-TvQ/s400/kawasan8.jpg

Do you want to stay in the present?



flicker photo by TOLZ
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/1944430196_fe9bdc4f2a.jpg

flicker photo by TOLZ
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/1944420958_139f14b8d1.jpg


Or try to travel back in time?

Cebu Taoist Temple by www.malapascua.de
http://www.malapascua.de/Cebu/Cebu_4__Taoist_Temple/Taoist_Temple_Cebu380x234.jpg

Balay na Tisa in Carcar by mustbethatgirl.blogspot.com
http://bp3.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/RkD8W_9mEgI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/d2BHSOd2yt0/s1600/Balay%2BNga%2BTisa.JPG

Rizal Museum by mustbethatgirl.blogspot.com
http://bp3.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SDQhamODznI/AAAAAAAAB9c/Yxl_HU-ibsE/s1600/rizalmuseum2.jpg

Compania Maritima by mustbethatgirl.blogspot.com
http://bp0.blogger.com/_PFYOBW0_0rk/SDRXQ2ODzvI/AAAAAAAAB-c/C-8RJrscQBM/s400/compania+maritima.JPG

Cebu Cathedral Museum by fildude.blogspot.com
http://lh6.ggpht.com/dennis.tagamolila/SDAxiJ3J4_I/AAAAAAAAB2A/THdz9LRSFBo/s400/eIMG_1305.jpg

Casa Gorordo Museum by fildude.blogspot.com
http://lh5.ggpht.com/dennis.tagamolila/SDFcGp3J5KI/AAAAAAAAB4I/lZP0HReystg/s400/eIMG_1322.jpg

Do you want to earn knowledge?

Univeristy of San Carlos by mycebuphotoblog.wordpress.com
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/martiano/others/Picture029.jpg

Cebu Normal University from www.answers.com
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/de/Cnu_new02.jpg

Cebu Doctor's University (the first medical university in Philippines) from wikipedia
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/CDU.jpg/800px-CDU.jpg


Or do you like to strengthen your faith?

photo from www.answers.com
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/df/IMG_0674.JPG

flicker photo by TOLZ
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2241/2201281892_1b7a2a3846_m.jpg

Mactan airport to undergo a well-calculated facelift (http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Business&p=52&type=2&sec=71&aid=20080801146)
Saturday, August 2, 2008


Noting the significant increase of international tourist arrivals owing to the number of direct flights from Cebu, the Mactan Cebu International Airport is set to pursue a slow but well-calculated expansion program that is expected to accommodate its growing passenger volume for the coming years.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) general manager Danilo Augusto Francia said the airport terminal can still accommodate 600,000 more passengers on top of its current capacity of 900,000 passengers a year.

Francia said the terminal is still “good for some more years,” hence it needs no further expansion as of the moment.

What needs to be done for the meantime is clearing some spaces and utilizing areas that are not well used such as some terminal lounges, said Francia.

He said that before Domestic lounges 7 and 8 are not very much utilized but four months ago they started using them to serve as bus lounges for low cost carriers that are not using boarding bridges.

He said that right now Lounge 6 at the international wing remains unused but has been eyed by foreign low-cost airlines that are planning to operate in Cebu.

The Mactan-Cebu International Airport has been hailed to have the highest number of flights in the history of airports in the country with over 74 international flights a week and 291 domestic flights a week, said Francia.

He added that a few years ago, international flights were only at 44 times a week while four years ago domestic flights only reached 234 times a week.

Lately, the number of international passengers posted a 20 percent growth, which prompted the agency to consider creating additional international and domestic lounges soon.

He however stressed that the airport's domestic terminal has not yet reach its maximum capacity as with the rate of domestic passengers of around 2.3 to 2.4 million a year that it has served so far, it can still accommodate around 3.6 million passengers.

"]“It can still hold for three years more. Our facilities can still accept the growth of domestic and international passengers for the next three years, after that we will have to make another terminal,” Francia pointed out.[/B]

The runway, on the other hand, is still in shape and could endure for the next seven to 10 years before it needs expansion and extension, he said.

“The prospects are good for us. Right now we are expanding the airport's area without necessarily expanding the physical area as we tried relocating offices and putting away underutilized equipments. We are taking things step by step and not rapidly,” Francia said. —Rhia de Pablo

....dp.....

Guys,

I dont intend to do advertising here, pero nag-grow gud og maayo ang Habagat Outdoor Equipment dah.

Hopefully, mo-expand sila to other outdoor gears like sapatos, watches (with digital compass) ug uban pa.

Someday, they would become a competitor of North Face or Timberland or Columbia.

from www.habagat.com
http://www.habagat.com/imgs/products/apparel/ap_fleece.jpg

Cebu tourist arrivals increase by 8.2%

By Cris Evert Lato
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 09:38:00 08/02/2008

International tourist arrivals in Cebu reached 284,059 during the first semester of the year, an 8.2 percent growth from last year's 262,539 arrivals.

The growth in foreign tourists arrivals in Cebu is higher than the national growth rate of 7.4 percent. The country’s foreign tourists reached nearly 1.4 million during the first semester of 2008.

Around 1.3 million foreign tourists visited the country in 2007, based on data presented by Department of Tourism (DOT) Undersecretary Phineas Alburo earlier this week.

Alburo said the Philippines has projected between 3.4 to 3.5 million tourists to “visit and explore tourist destinations” this year.

The average tourist growth rate is at seven percent to nine percent, Tourism Secretary Joseph “Ace” Durano said in an interview recently.

However, Durano clarified that growth should be evaluated based on number of tourist arrivals and tourist spending.

“The real story is in the tremendous increase in tourist spending which may be obtained from shopping, adventure tourism activities and spa and wellness services,” Durano said.

Despite rising prices of fuel and basic commodities, Alburo said the tourism sector remains optimistic that they would reach their target as more direct flights opened between Cebu and international points.

He said the presence of China-based airlines plying direct charted flights from Cebu to Shanghai, Nanning and Guanzhou (and vice versa) would ensure continuous tourist flow at least by the end of the year.

Three Chinese airlines namely China Eastern, China Southern and Shanghai Airlines are now operating direct flights to Cebu.

The other direct flights to Cebu, such as those for Mumbai and New Delhi in India and Vladivostok in Russia, are still under negotiation. The tourists from these two countries are known to be big spenders.

Random Pics

Archangels in Simala, Sibonga



Carbon

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2685381604_615b1f6407.jpg





Dili man ni Carbon lander.. Pasil-Ermita ni siya..


..

...taken last 20 July...flickr pics by @Ahia

Ayala Center Cebu's LEISURE OASIS
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Lapulapu City - Hall of Justice

pic by @AnCal of flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2724443332_4861ec7ae5.jpg

@ sir diehard. ty sa LO pics. nindot! :)

...taken last 20 July...flickr pics by @Ahia

Ayala Center Cebu's LEISURE OASIS
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/diehardbisdako/acc1-2.jpg


http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/diehardbisdako/acc2-2.jpg


http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/diehardbisdako/acc3-2.jpg

ui himoa ni nga pambungad sa next thread sa cebu!! sa thread 72!! excited na ko sa opening!!

Australia? nah...Cebu/Mactan harbor - flickr pic by @sdr-treker
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2723390389_81198ee544.jpg



...our airport...bow! - pic by @monsantos of flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2722047529_8856d75912.jpg


...our airport hotel, bow! (waterfront mactan) - pic by @monsantos of flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2722869514_365af8041e_b.jpg

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What's pambungad Rau?


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^^ sige bai, i-transfer nya nako ng mga pics sa Thread 72...


...oy, tuloy na inyong party! ...hehhehehe!




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...only at The SHANG! - pics by @lukemendoza

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/2722097382_24470c4144.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/2722099920_bbf4e8a459.jpg

mahapla ba. bungad...

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What's pambungad Rau?


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intro...opening

bag-ong thread na!!