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MarkiiBoi

December 16th, 2005, 06:23 PM

Controversial megadome
By Godofredo M. Roperos
Politics Also, SUNSTAR CEBU

What has once been a silently appreciated dream of the Provincial Government that became a tumultuous political controversy is now getting a glimpse of a silver lining. It may soon find itself realized, that is barring another heart-jarring controversy that might consign it again to the dustbin of issues that have become socially divisive.

That the Association of Southeast Nations summit will be held in Cebu in December next year has unexpectedly resurrected from the infrastructure “graveyard” Gov. Gwen Garcia’s megadome project. It has been considered a possible venue for the meeting of 11 Southeast Asian heads of state, with possible observers from the world’s most powerful nations like the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, China, and possibly Canada and Australia.

If the proposal to build the megadome in just one year pushes through, the idea should be undertaken right at the start of the new year.

I have always felt warmly for the project in the belief that it would eventually redound to a parallel impetus in cultural growth and development. It is something that should really be pushed side by side with the economic and political momentum that Cebu should be having under the present provincial leadership. There is, however, a potential problem of its site.

The emergence of Cebu City vying for the megadome’s location may present a problem to the governor. Cebu City being the regional heart of Central Visayas and Mayor Tomas Osmeña having surprisingly offered 2.1 hectares at the city’s South Reclamation Project as megadome site for free would complicate the matter.

Unless of course, Mandaue City Mayor Teddy Ouano would show political magnanimity and give way to Mayor Tom’s offer.

For certainly, Cebu City would be a more ideal “dome” location. Not only is it more accessible by land and sea to the rest of the province, it is also more centrally located. The problem, however, is the current thinking of Governor Gwen and other provincial officials. How deeply are they committed to Mandaue City?

When there was no talk of the P250 million needed to build the megadome, the project was left undisturbed in its “graveyard.” But suddenly, even the PB members who earlier opposed it are saying they have no objections so long as no provincial fund is used on the project.

What should be seriously considered, though, is the reality of our need for such a structure in the province. If it had not been embroiled in a “self-centered” political controversy a few years back, the megadome would have already been a glorious landmark of the island. And there would be no hesitation at all for a choice of the venue of the projected Asean summit 12 months away.

Now, the problem is whether the infrastructure could be finished even if it is immediately started next month. Vice Gov. Greg Sanchez, who is an engineer, said it can be done if work on it is fast-tracked. Meaning, if the contractor would throw in a three-shift work force.

We can take his word for it, Sanchez being a civil engineer. But where would it be built?

The site for the megadome, if it should really be built, should be decided over the next two weeks. The decision lies in the hands of three people: Mayors Osmeña and Ouano and Guv Gwen.

MarkiiBoi

December 16th, 2005, 06:27 PM

P1B and holiday for 3 cities eyed for Asean meet in Cebu

The National Government is willing to spend P1 billion to host and secure 17 heads of state for the Asean summit next December, said Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña.

Osmeña said the amount is P3 billion less than the equivalent amount that Malaysia spent in the last Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) summit.

“Pinobre gyud among pamaagi para sa ilang standard, but I’m confident that we can do that (Our budget cannot compete with what they spent),” he told reporters yesterday.

The mayor also announced that President Arroyo already “verbally approved” to declare the cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Cebu on public holiday during the summit “with the obvious intention of telling the people to go out of town.”

“We would not like you to be here. It might be worse than Martial Law,” he told reporters yesterday.

Osmeña said that although Manila as the capital city will “have the official title” as the host, “Cebu City will have the official activity.”

“It’s not about money anymore. This is about people’s skills,” he said, alluding to the way Kuala Lumpur treated the international media, who he said were “treated like bystanders.”

“Here, I will give them importance,” the mayor said.

Osmeña had admitted that the Cebu City Government is not ready to counter any terrorist attack, but with the help of some 700,000 residents and with police action, the safety of the delegates can be assured.

A ban on the sale of new vehicles, strict monitoring of transients and the re-registration of all vehicles that wish to operate within the city are just among the measures the mayor wants to implement before and during the meeting of Asean leaders.

Gwen: Mandaue megadome site, as promised

Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he was not trying to fight with anyone when he offered Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia a portion of the South Reclamation Project (SRP) as the site for the proposed megadome.

He said, though, that he is willing to give favors to anybody as long as this will not benefit Talisay City, which is staking a claim over a 53.44-hectare portion of the 295-hectare SRP.

He explained that the issues between the governor and the Provincial Board members and Mandaue City’s offer to Capitol “are significant details that I am not aware of.”

“I am just giving her an option because the Mandaue (site) is already allocated for the trade exhibition for the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry), which will get a loan from Japan. DTI has no personality to get money from the Japanese Government,” Osmeña told reporters yesterday.

Governor Garcia, for her part, just smiled when asked about Osmeña’s offer to build the megadome on 2.1 hectares of the SRP.

Last Thursday, during the lighting of a giant Christmas tree in Mandaue City, Garcia reportedly reiterated her plan to build the megadome there.

When asked about this yesterday, Garcia said, “I just recalled my promise that if I become governor, I will build the megadome there and promises must be kept,” she said.

Both Osmeña and Garcia joined President Arroyo’s group in the Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last week to observe how the city hosted the gathering.

“One thing is sure. We need a megadome for the Asean forum,” Garcia said.

The proposed megadome had split the administration of former governor Pablo Garcia, Gwendolyn’s father, and the Provincial Board (PB).

Capitol had launched a design contest, and a design based on a spinning disc by architect Alexus Medalla bested all other entries.

However, the project was stalled because the PB blocked the consultancy contract of Medalla, which was supposed to be his prize.

The opposition remains with the present board, even though the project has a ready P250-million allocation.

Mayor Thadeo Ouano yesterday said the City-owned 4.3-hectare lot at the Mandaue reclamation area is still available as a site for the megadome.

With Osmeña’s offer to the Provincial Government, Ouano said he will just leave it to the proper persons to decide.

The City Government has an agreement with the DTI for the use of the same lot for the Cebu International Trade and Exhibition Center, but the mayor said this has not been implemented until now.

Ouano said that if President Arroyo endorses the megadome for the Asean summit in Cebu next year and asks Mandaue City to give it priority, he will abide.

The City Government had offered the site to the Capitol during the term of then governor Pablo Garcia, but since the megadome project was shelved, the City offered it to DTI instead.

But Ouano said DTI does not seem to have the funds for this and the funding, which it seeks to secure from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, will take some time.

He hopes the megadome will spur economic activity not only in Mandaue but in the entire province as well.

Ouano said the construction of the megadome can be completed in about six months to eight months, with people working on it 24 hours a day.

Osmeña, for his part, said they will try to rush the completion of the megadome in time for the Asean gathering in December next year.

Business leaders see better days for Cebu

The local business community is very bullish that the country’s economy, especially Cebu, will pick up next year.

“We have reached the bottom of the crisis. We have no other direction to go but up,” Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president Robert Go told a press conference during the CCCI yearend briefing at the City Sports Club last Thursday.

He said Cebu’s economy is expected to grow next year, as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will hold its 12th summit here in December 2006.

Meetings

Apart from the summit, he said other meetings of the Asean, such as its parliamentary meetings, anti-terrorism and bilateral trade talks, will also be held in Cebu prior to the big event.

These activities will increase tourist arrivals to Cebu next year and will stimulate the local economy, he added.

Tourism is one of the two sectors identified by the CCCI, which will bring economic development to Cebu. The other sector is information and communications technology (ICT).

Aside from an increasing tourist arrivals, CCCI also foresees more ICT and ICT-related companies investing in Cebu next year with the deregulation of the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), said vice president for business development Clarito Fruelda.

VoIP is the integration of voice calls in the Internet. This service, which has generated negative response from telecommunication companies, has been liberalized.

Fruelda said consumer confidence is expected to increase consumption next year and the peso would further strengthen, as the “political noise dies down.”

He, however, said another political squabble next year will dampen consumer and investors’ confidence.

Not easy

“It is not easy to separate business from politics just like it is difficult to separate the church from the state,” Fruelda said.
“Business always requires a certain climate, including a stable political environment, for the (business) sector to invest more.”

Earlier, Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philex-port) president Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. called on the entire business community to protect the economy from political uncertainties.

“We have been urging the business community to keep the wheels of business and industry moving,” he said.

In a separate interview, Philexport-Cebu vice president Jay Yuvallos said the only way for the country’s economy to prosper is for businessmen to overpower politicians as far as policy and decision making is concerned.

“If business will take hold of this country and influence politics, (that’s the only way we will prosper economically),” he told Sun.Star Cebu.

Meanwhile, the CCCI expects the electronics exports, which has slowed down in the last two years, to pick up next year, CCCI vice president for external affairs Ted Locson said.

Furniture exporters may be also able to sell more to the European Union countries and China.

“But they need to compete more to hold on to their premium on design,” he said.

tigidig14

December 16th, 2005, 06:34 PM

^san kaya kukunin yung pera

MarkiiBoi

December 16th, 2005, 06:36 PM

slerz

December 16th, 2005, 08:48 PM

bout sa work, we are just paid to sit down, for the meantime while on training. hehehe.

ako sad :goodnight

astang! hayahaya paminawn ah! mglaway mn sd ta...ehehe

^san kaya kukunin yung pera
oi, nandito ka nanaman...whaahahah... kukunin na kita sandali, utos ni dakoykoy....grrrr

manghihiram cguro sa abs cbn, mag cicitizen patrol muna si Gloria sa TV Patrol:D

^^ if im correct from the national budget, part of the allocated P1 billion for the summit. but im not sure though.:D also, the city's 2006 budget is at P1.8 billion, and cguro most of it will be for the prep of the summit.

yup, Osmeña even said... Cebuanos will really be bothered by this said event cause of the major facelifts that will be made throughout the city and the road widenings and its temporary closures but he said this 2 summits are all for us, for our city's future so lets just help each other for this event to be a successful one. :okay:

rowell_sk

December 16th, 2005, 09:49 PM

this is the future of Cebu!!

http://www.cgarchitect.com/user_artwork/megadome_cebu.jpg

tigidig14

December 16th, 2005, 10:05 PM

^^ if im correct from the national budget, part of the allocated P1 billion for the summit. but im not sure though.:D also, the city's 2006 budget is at P1.8 billion, and cguro most of it will be for the prep of the summit.

whatup with the Asean summit anyway, isnt only meeting of president. so why waste such money for this.

jrevalde

December 16th, 2005, 10:18 PM

^^ Asean summit is important to Cebu and the Philippines because of the media exposure it brings which would basically raise our profile in the international stage. Hopefully by the end of the summit, people would be more aware of Cebu and the Philippines and who knows, maybe think of us the next time they plan to go on holiday, or better yet, when theyre looking for good locations to invest their millions of dollars;). Wait, Are you just yankin' our chain? Coz we know your smart enuf to figure this out for yourself :).

flashlight

December 16th, 2005, 10:44 PM

Last Year's Christmas Tree in Waterfront Hotel and Casino lobby :)

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0008.jpg

The view from our room (taken 6:00am)

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0017.jpg

Marriott Hotel

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0298.jpg

view from our room

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0291.jpg

:)

sugbuanon

December 16th, 2005, 11:06 PM

^^ if im correct from the national budget, part of the allocated P1 billion for the summit. but im not sure though.:D also, the city's 2006 budget is at P1.8 billion, and cguro most of it will be for the prep of the summit.

im also willing to give 10% of my allowance to the local govt... :D

@flashlight thanx for sharing your pics here..

slerz

December 16th, 2005, 11:38 PM

hehe, luspad na lage kayo tanawon ang simbahan sa Pardo. Pero, why havent they started putting up Christmas lights? Usually by this time the whole church would have been covered by Christmas lights, including the Nativity Scene, which i think they would put to the right of the church. It would be great to look at especially during Misa de Galleo when its still dark out, the magnificent sight would certainly wake anyone up, (hehe sauna cge lang ko kalate misa de galleo bisan nara St Jude amo balay, so adto ra ko tindog sa gawas pirmi, malingaw nalang ko ug tanaw sa mga decoracion, pampawa tulog) I can also see that the sidewalk in front of Pardo church and Holy Cross already has a barrier inorder to force people to use the skywalk, although i have a feeling its still not stopping people from crossing the street. Anywayz, thanx slerZ for the pics of Pardo, keep m comin!
Yup you're right, as usuall thousands of Christmas lights lighted our Church... bag o lang ko abot gikan Misa de Galleo og pariha ta I was just at the plaza standing kay people swelled and the hundreds of Christmas lights on trees from skywalk side circling the church made me awake all the time a while ago. Bitaw no, I haven't taken pics of the lights, maybe tomorrow I'm gonna take pics of the misa de galleo.

Bai @jrevalde...og kato usa nga taga Pardo diri... Here's the pics of the Missa de Galleo sa Pardo, took this ganiha lng jd... I hope this can reduce your homesickness guys... Ako sd ni iemail sa ako maguwang...:)

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/Prdochrch.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/chrch1.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/chrch2a.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/chrch3a.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/crwd5.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/crwd2.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/crwd1.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/crwd3.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/Grotto1.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/Prdochrch4.jpg

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WoW... nice pics @flashlight... thanks:okay:

Jefferyi

December 16th, 2005, 11:39 PM

Damn that Cebu Megadorm looks really sweet. Hey so if the Megadome isnt going to get built in due time for the Asean Summit the venue will be the Waterfront Hotel correct?

Nice pictures there too flashlight and slerz.

P MARL

December 16th, 2005, 11:50 PM

Bai @jrevalde...og kato usa nga taga Pardo diri... Here's the pics of the Missa de Galleo sa Pardo, took this ganiha lng jd... I hope this can reduce your homesickness guys... Ako sd ni iemail sa ako maguwang...:)

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/Prdochrch.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/chrch1.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/chrch2a.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/chrch3a.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/crwd5.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/crwd2.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/crwd1.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/crwd3.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/Grotto1.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/Prdochrch4.jpg

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WoW... nice pics @flashlight... thanks:okay:

bai thanks sa pics bai !! damn i miss cebu nadyud !! CHRISTMAS IN CEBU IS THE BOMB!!

sugbuanon

December 16th, 2005, 11:59 PM

gahapon lng ko kabalo.. the biggest groto pala in the country is in Lourdes Parish, ngari sa Punta Princesa.. bago lng jud ni nahuman nila ug tukod..

jrevalde

December 17th, 2005, 01:04 AM

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 06:54 AM

kalami sa mga balita!!! Cebu you're getting BETTER, if not BEST! hail the cebuanos!!! sus bisan mingaw ako pasko diri, manindot na hinoon tungod sa mga balita. i feel like i'm in cebu with this forum!

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 07:06 AM

RP aims to become center for film, TV animation & other technical skills
By Marianne V. Go
The Philippine Star 12/17/2005

The Philippines aims to become the center for learning for film and television animation, digital editing, web designing and various other technical skills with the establishment of the International Academy for Film & Television in Mactan, Cebu.

According to Board of Investments (BOI) managing head Elmer C. Hernandez, the BOI approved for registration on a non-pioneer basis the P62.462 million investment of the International Academy for Film & Television Inc. (IAFTI).

IAFTI is establishing an education and training facility in Mactan, Cebu which will cater to international students, thus bringing in foreign exchange earnings.

The courses to be offered by IAFTI would include 2D and 3D animation, digital editing, web designing, Adobe photoshop CS, compositing with after effects- Adobe 6 and audio production 1,2 and 3.

The academy will start operation in July next year.

Hernandez disclosed that IAFTI had been seeking BOI approval for quite some time before it filed its application last Nov. 30 this year.

However, IAFTI’s ownership structure was majority foreign controlled which Hernandez advised should be lowered to allow more local equity.

Thus, IAFTI’s ownership is now 60 percent Filipino through Big Foot Capital Venture Funds, Inc. and 40 percent British Virgin Islands through International Film School Holdings (BVI) Ltd.

The proposed project is covered in the 2005 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) under information and communications technology.

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 07:31 AM

amazing shots flashlight and slerz! wow, thank u so much! :D

Hey so if the Megadome isnt going to get built in due time for the Asean Summit the venue will be the Waterfront Hotel correct?

cebu vice gov who happens to be a civil engineer clearly said the Megadome superstructure can be completed within 5-8 months if construction will be on three shifts in a day.

IMO, North Reclamation Area in Mandaue is the perfect place for the Megadome. it is also where the posh Cebu Boardwalk will soon rise. the reclamation area is first seen when crossing the two mactan bridges from the international airport. meaning, if non-cebuanos visit Cebu for the first time (or havent visited for the last 5 years), the majestic Megadome will warmly welcome them. and then a yatch club, a modern upscale shopping complex (boardwalk mall), can u imagine all those stuff?

KL Malaysia spent P4B for their summit and built a convention center just for the highly publicized event. so there is no reason a world-class convention center won't rise in Cebu. :D

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 07:36 AM

:applause: salamat nasad slerZ, pampawa gyud sa kamingaw ning imong mga pics. Kahinumdum pa gyud ko sauna inig human simba diritso dayon sa Julie's para pampainit, hehe. Daghan gyud tao gihapon uy, its good to know Pardohanons are still very diosnon, asta ka slerZ, wa may absent-absent misa de galleo ;) . dalia gud nila nakabutang ug christmas lights, diba wa paman to sa last nimo nga pics. Thanks again for the pics, basin next year naa nay apil nga 90-foot nga Christmas tree ang sunod nga pictures sa Pardo himuan sad cguro nilang dako kayo nga prayer room.

Actually those lights were already there several days before dec 16th when I took the pic but dili lng makita kay wa man pasigaa kay buntag man to...hehe.
But the front tower of the Church with light bulbs really looks like a Christmas tree labi na sa layo so I think no need na for a Christmas Tree. The nativity diay was put inside the Church instead sa plaza coz recently we experienced here rainy and windy entrance of December mao na didto nalang nila gibutang sa sulod...
Daghan bitaw gihapon maniba and in my case my year wouldn't be complete if I can't attend the 9 dawn masses, mura bag naanad na..hehe
Ako igkahuman sa misa pamahaw dayon og SSC..whehehe:D

BTW bai, about the prayer room... diba naana may prayer room kilid sa simbahan og reconciliation room nga murag mini Magellans Cross luyo sa plaza stage... Here's the pics kung wana ka naka abot.
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/4044/ssc15yq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Recinciliation house

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/6962/ssc26ho.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
prayer room kanang white nga building sa left side

kalami sa mga balita!!! Cebu you're getting BETTER, if not BEST! hail the cebuanos!!! sus bisan mingaw ako pasko diri, manindot na hinoon tungod sa mga balita. i feel like i'm in cebu with this forum!

And we will try our best Cebu forumers nga naa ra diri to post the latest about Cebu for you guys...:okay:

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 07:52 AM

And we will try our best Cebu forumers nga naa ra diri to post the latest about Cebu for you guys...:okay:

slerzy i need ur assistance. i can't find na lagi photos sa north reclamation area? do u have photos of those ba? i need it karon so i can play with it. i'll try to edit it with the megadome and the boardwalk mall. problema lang i can't locate na the photos. remember mga pics ni fundraiser? he has the best spot of NRA, taken from old mactan bridge... kato gud mura na exposed? :D i hope u can repost it :) paging fundraiser! :D

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 08:08 AM

I am in agreement with you....

I am freakyn excited about the Cebu boardwalk mall and how would it look like.. Any updates? Thanks.

amazing shots flashlight and slerz! wow, thank u so much! :D

cebu vice gov who happens to be a civil engineer clearly said the Megadome superstructure can be completed within 5-8 months if construction will be on three shifts in a day.

IMO, North Reclamation Area in Mandaue is the perfect place for the Megadome. it is also where the posh Cebu Boardwalk will soon rise. the reclamation area is first seen when crossing the two mactan bridges from the international airport. meaning, if non-cebuanos visit Cebu for the first time (or havent visited for the last 5 years), the majestic Megadome will warmly welcome them. and then a yatch club, a modern upscale shopping complex (boardwalk mall), can u imagine all those stuff?

KL Malaysia spent P4B for their summit and built a convention center just for the highly publicized event. so there is no reason a world-class convention center won't rise in Cebu. :D

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 08:20 AM

slerzy i need ur assistance. i can't find na lagi photos sa north reclamation area? do u have photos of those ba? i need it karon so i can play with it. i'll try to edit it with the megadome and the boardwalk mall. problema lang i can't locate na the photos. remember mga pics ni fundraiser? he has the best spot of NRA, taken from old mactan bridge... kato gud mura na exposed? :D i hope u can repost it :) paging fundraiser! :D

Kani @Rusty? I like this shot of fundraiser too...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/panobridge3.jpg

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 08:23 AM

Hello! I am back! Failed to post yesterday since I was, again, in the middle of a life and death situation. :D Oh, I just exaggerated it. Anyway, that situation was when I was walking through a waist deep flood... EWWW! ;)

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 08:44 AM

gikan lang ko sa Ayala.. mao ni ingon sa trabahante ako pangutana gnina..

the 19-storey Tower Palace will be constructed beside Kaona Grill

while the 2-storey showroom will be at the site near gorordo

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 08:44 AM

Planning to go to the malls? SM, Ayala, Gaisano Main, Gaisano Country Mall and all the Metro Gaisano Branches are extending their store hours until 12 MIDNIGHT!

>>>>
Just arrived from lurking in SM and Ayala and grabe gyud! 12 noon palang, puno na kaayo ang parking area sa duha ka malls. The ATMs, out of service because they're out of money.

>>>
'Tis the Season for extended gift-shopping! :D

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 08:47 AM

tigidig14

December 17th, 2005, 08:48 AM

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 08:50 AM

Business leaders see better days for Cebu

The local business community is very bullish that the country’s economy, especially Cebu, will pick up next year.

“We have reached the bottom of the crisis. We have no other direction to go but up,” Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president Robert Go told a press conference during the CCCI yearend briefing at the City Sports Club last Thursday.

He said Cebu’s economy is expected to grow next year, as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will hold its 12th summit here in December 2006.

Meetings

Apart from the summit, he said other meetings of the Asean, such as its parliamentary meetings, anti-terrorism and bilateral trade talks, will also be held in Cebu prior to the big event.

These activities will increase tourist arrivals to Cebu next year and will stimulate the local economy, he added.

Tourism is one of the two sectors identified by the CCCI, which will bring economic development to Cebu. The other sector is information and communications technology (ICT).

Aside from an increasing tourist arrivals, CCCI also foresees more ICT and ICT-related companies investing in Cebu next year with the deregulation of the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), said vice president for business development Clarito Fruelda.

VoIP is the integration of voice calls in the Internet. This service, which has generated negative response from telecommunication companies, has been liberalized.

Fruelda said consumer confidence is expected to increase consumption next year and the peso would further strengthen, as the “political noise dies down.”

He, however, said another political squabble next year will dampen consumer and investors’ confidence.

Not easy

“It is not easy to separate business from politics just like it is difficult to separate the church from the state,” Fruelda said.
“Business always requires a certain climate, including a stable political environment, for the (business) sector to invest more.”

Earlier, Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philex-port) president Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. called on the entire business community to protect the economy from political uncertainties.

“We have been urging the business community to keep the wheels of business and industry moving,” he said.

In a separate interview, Philexport-Cebu vice president Jay Yuvallos said the only way for the country’s economy to prosper is for businessmen to overpower politicians as far as policy and decision making is concerned.

“If business will take hold of this country and influence politics, (that’s the only way we will prosper economically),” he told Sun.Star Cebu.

Meanwhile, the CCCI expects the electronics exports, which has slowed down in the last two years, to pick up next year, CCCI vice president for external affairs Ted Locson said.

Furniture exporters may be also able to sell more to the European Union countries and China.

“But they need to compete more to hold on to their premium on design,” he said.

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 09:07 AM

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 09:13 AM

I am in agreement with you....

I am freakyn excited about the Cebu boardwalk mall and how would it look like.. Any updates? Thanks.

glad to hear that buddy:okay: are u sayin' u haven't seen Boardwalk mall renderings? for those who haven't, pls allow me to repost the images:

The Cebu Boardwalk Mall
Mandaue City

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/boardwalk/CBW-CAM_4-1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/boardwalk/CBW-CAM_5.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/boardwalk/CBW-FRONT_PERSPECTIVE.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/boardwalk/CBW-CAM_2-3.jpg

construction update unavailable. seems to be on-hold or it's just way too slow.

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 09:14 AM

yup.. i counted the no. of floors sa pic sa Tower Palace. the 15-storey building will be infront of Pag-ibig..

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 09:14 AM

@mike...double post #339;)
_ _ _ _ _
ngutana ko mike, hows d weather in lapu yesterday...
the weather here yesterday was very stormy, strong winds and heavy rains and it was because the ALPA has transformed into a TD in between Bohol and Cebu island (1st time happened)... then it crossed Argao area @3pm...
_ _ _ _ _

Sige nalang nang double post oist kay wala man sad ko'y ikapuli. May hinoon aron mabasahan na taud-taod sa mga wala nakaread kanina nga di na mo-scan sa previous pages. lol. :D

Actually @slerz, naa ko sa Cebu City kahapon. School day baya, so baha jud kaayo! Di ko ka explain. :D

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 09:17 AM

glad to hear that buddy:okay: are u sayin' u haven't seen Boardwalk mall renderings? for those who haven't, pls allow me to repost the images:

The Cebu Boardwalk Mall
Mandaue City

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/boardwalk/CBW-CAM_4-1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/boardwalk/CBW-CAM_5.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/boardwalk/CBW-FRONT_PERSPECTIVE.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/boardwalk/CBW-CAM_2-3.jpg

construction update unavailable. seems to be on-hold or it's just way too slow.

From the shape, to the perspectives, to some colors, to the location, etc., It really is very similar to SM Mall of Asia.

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 09:20 AM

@resty.. hope they will include the cebu boardwalk in their preparation for next year's ASEAN Summit.. this could be made possible through the Build-Operate-Transfer scheme..

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 09:23 AM

From the shape, to the perspectives, to some colors, to the location, etc., It really is very similar to SM Mall of Asia.

yeah, the mini SM Mall of Asia. any idea mike kinsa operator for this mall? it has no connection in any way with an existing mall in the philippines ba? first timer ba ni nga mall operator just in case?

what SMoA doesnt have is a majestic megadome behind :D

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 09:25 AM

Yeah, first timer man cguro. It's the FF Cruz Company.

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 09:26 AM

Kani @Rusty? I like this shot of fundraiser too...

beautiful indeed! thanks a bunch slerz, laging handa jud ni sya da, boyscout! hehehe thanks

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 09:33 AM

Yeah, first timer man cguro. It's the FF Cruz Company.

oh, the same people behind the Taft IT Park still in Mandaue? hmmm, intriguing... an upscale mall as their flagship project? not bad :D

@marvin: yeah, i really do hope the boardwalk mall will be included for the ASEAN Summit priority list. when the Megadome gets built, certainly the rest will follow: Cebu Boardwalk Mall, Greyhound race-track, CITEC, Cebu Theme Park, Japanese Hotel, etc. so exciting! :D

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 09:35 AM

And hopefully, our theme park will be a lot better than that of Enchanted Kingdom. ;)

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 09:38 AM

beautiful indeed! thanks a bunch slerz, laging handa jud ni sya da, boyscout! hehehe thanks

idol ko kase si Komander Nene;)

So with these developments, that North Rec. will hopefully become a center for entertainment and the SRP for financial districts.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 09:47 AM

And to add, the Cebu Business Park, the central Business District. ;)

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 09:57 AM

Why spend for ASEAN Summit? Please read this!

ASEAN summit to boost
Cebu economy
Dec. 17, 2005

THE hosting of the ASEAN Summit would boost Cebu's economy, particularly the tourism sector, in 2006, said Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president Robert Go.

According to Go, the preparation for the summit alone would pour in a sizeable amount into the Cebu economy.

The national government has allocated P1 billion budget for the summit, including the widening of roads and the building of infrastructure requirements for the summit, he said during the CCCI year-end briefing held yesterday.

CEBU'S BENEFITS

+ Upgrade of facilities to accommodate additional number of planes that would land at Mactan Cebu International Airport. 17 Boeing 747 planes are expected to come to Cebu to carry the heads of states of ASEAN members and seven other non-member nations.

+ 17 Heads of States are expected to come. Eight would be billeted at the Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort. Three would be housed at the Cebu Hilton Hotel and Resort. The rest may be billeted at Marco Polo Plaza, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Plantation Bay Mactan.

+ The private sector would be tapped for the luxury vehicles. We would need at least 17, at most, 20 top-of-the line vehicles. Cebu would also need 50 second-line vehicles, 200 3rd-line and 200 high-end vans for the transportation requirements of the other delegates.

+ Aside from the summit, which would be held in Dec. 11 to 13, 2006, 54 of 75 pre-summit conferences would be held in Cebu starting July 2006.

+ Some roads in Metro Cebu would also undergo widening.

+ The year 2006 would be a better year than 2005, the ASEAN Summit would also boost the tourism industry in Cebu. The delegates of the various pre-summit conferences and the actual summit would be a good way to promote Cebu.

This is the best time for Cebu and the Cebuanos to showcase the place as a tourist destination and a tourist-friendly place.

The recent summit, which was attended by 10 ASEAN member countries as well as Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand and Russia, resulted in a vision of an East Asian community that covers India to New Zealand.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 10:08 AM

ceBOMBA!

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/saint_heart08/shooting_cat1.gif

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 10:25 AM

i passed by in ayala kanina, they are now starting to uproot the bermuda grass near the entrance of the jeepney terminal. The ACC expansion is now officially underway!! :)

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 10:29 AM

i passed by in ayala kanina, they are now starting to uproot the bermuda grass near the entrance of the jeepney terminal. The ACC expansion is now officially underway!! :)

Oh yes! And as what I've heard, the expansion (construction of the building) will start in January 2006.

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 10:33 AM

Ouano wants Megadome,
not killer, Cardinal says
Published: 17 December 2005

by Cebu Daily News

MANDAUE City Mayor Thadeo Ouano is not letting go of the chance for Mandaue City to host the Megadome project.

He, however said he has no plans to fight it out with Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña.

Gov. Gwen Garcia earlier said that both cities were vying to host the facility.

Garcia herself confirmed yesterday that the project would be built in Mandaue City for the December 2006 ASEAN Summit.

Ouano said he has not heard of plans to move the project to the South Reclamation Project (SRP).

Mayor Tomas Osmeña, on the other hand, said his offer to Governor Garcia still stands - a free 2.1 hectares of land from the South Road Properties (SRP) for the multi-million peso Megadome project, despite the governor's announcement that she would push through with the project in Mandaue City.

Osmeña denied that he was trying to stir an intrigue between Cebu City and Mandaue City. He clarified that he was only giving Governor Garcia another option.

He also said that he did not know the story covering Mandaue City and the provincial government regarding the north reclamation area property where the Megadome is supposed to stand.

Osmeña said when he talked to the governor about the project, she told him then that she was not sure about the status of the Mandaue property.

Unused

The 4.3-hectare lot at the reclamation area in Mandaue City, which Ouano promised for the Megadome project, has remained unused.

Ouano said his plan to ask for a share of its income and for representation in the management team in exchange for the free use of the lot still stands.

Mayor Ouano entered into an agreement with the provincial government in September 2003 for the use of the lot for the Megadome project. He later withdrew because of the "uncertainty" of the project.

On December 2004, the Mandaue City Council authorized Ouano to enter into an agreement with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to allow instead the use of three hectares of the 4.3 hectare property for the planned construction of the Cebu International Trade and Exhibition Center (Citec) worth P1.1 billion.

One of the stakeholders of CITEC yesterday said he was willing to give way for the Megadome in the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue.

A project of the provincial government, the Megadome will serve as venue for next year's ASEAN Summit.

"We will give way. Anyway, it will be for the improvement of Cebu," said Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president Robert L. Go.

CCCI is one of the three stakeholders of the CITEX project, which include the Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation (CFIF) and the PhilExport Cebu.

The three stakeholders had a memorandum of agreement with the City Government of Mandaue allowing them to build CITEX in the area, now again being eyed by the provincial government to build its Megadome.

The P584 million CITEX is targeted to become the future venue for international exhibitions to boost furniture and export industries here in Cebu.

Of the project cost, P700 million would be provided by the Japanese government as a grant while the rest would be sourced from the national government.

KL summit

After observing the summit in Kuala Lumpur, Garcia said that Cebu would follow what the Malaysians did in hosting a prestigious international event.

The Malaysian government built the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC) specifically for the ASEAN Summit.

"One thing is sure, we really need a convention center or the Megadome, Garcia said.

"The ASEAN Summit is such a prestigious undertaking that will put together ten plus seven countries and we should be able to host the entire summit in a venue that is world-class," she added.

Asked whether there is a chance that the project would be built in the South Reclamation Project, Gwen said, "I recalled my promise, an election promise in fact, that if elected governor, I would work for the construction of the Cebu Megadome."

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 10:43 AM

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 10:44 AM

Nice work there, Kuya Rus! :okay: The beauty of the Megadome has even covered the Innove Tower. :D

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 10:46 AM

^^ nice one!

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 10:46 AM

wala mo kabantay.. wala py one week ang kani na thread hapit na dayon puno.. wooohhhhooooo.. DA BEST JUD ANG CEBU!!!

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 10:59 AM

wala mo kabantay.. wala py one week ang kani na thread hapit na dayon puno.. wooohhhhooooo.. DA BEST JUD ANG CEBU!!!

it's unstoppable! imagine marvs, before the ASEAN summit issue there has been countless developments in the metro. with so many updates, news and infos from our fellow forumers! thanks a bunch guys, kiss ko ninyo beh! haha the ASEAN thing boosted the already skyrocketing progress! :cheers: tuloy tuloy na toh :okay:

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 11:05 AM

At least we are not dreaming! :cool:

The Megadome and Cebu Boardwalk Mall
Cebu North Reclamation Area, Mandaue City

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/cebupics2/metropolis/boardwalk_megadome.jpg
Photo by Fundraiser
Edited by Rusty18

yup @Rusty, you're absolutely perfectly right:okay:
we're not waiting for these developments to materialize but instead we're waiting for these projects to be finished in these coming few months...

daghana bitaw noh? di man ko ka enumerate tanan sa developments krn lang last quarter sa 2005... bout you guys?

I also like that Cebomba cat of @mike:D

@mark, pun an pas imong balita bout sa start sa expansion sa Ayala
pun an pa sad photoshop ni @rusty about sa itsura sa NRec this Dec 2006,
na! samot kapaspas...wahehe

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 11:07 AM

What was that tower/condo or whatever again across One Acacia Place? THE CONSTRUCTION of that tower is SO FAST! I guess it could catch up to Parklane I.H. :D

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 11:11 AM

What was that tower/condo or whatever again across One Acacia Place? THE CONSTRUCTION of that tower is SO FAST! I guess it could catch up to Parklane I.H. :D

naa diay? wala lagi picture? you mean the place where magellan hotel used to be?

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 11:19 AM

What was that tower/condo or whatever again across One Acacia Place? THE CONSTRUCTION of that tower is SO FAST! I guess it could catch up to Parklane I.H. :D

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5104/img02225pc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

its the 8-storey golden prince suites.. gadali siguro sila para makaabot sila sa sinulog..

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 11:20 AM

Yeah, It's really so fast. They're kind of like at the 3rd or 4th floor already.

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 11:34 AM

love hotel? duol man gud sa infinity... hehehhe...

good thing, that place will become brighter.

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 11:36 AM

kilid sa isuzu?

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 11:42 AM

^^atbang sa izuzu. mura naa man cguro cla sa 5th floor..

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 11:44 AM

If they're at the 5th floor, much better! Wow, I hope we can make again a LIST of the Under Construction Buildings in Metro Cebu plus the Buildings to be constructed within a year's time. ;)

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 11:48 AM

wow, it looks so cool !
good Job.. cant wait to see it real !!!

Miss ya Cebu ... :)

At least we are not dreaming! :cool:

The Megadome and Cebu Boardwalk Mall
Cebu North Reclamation Area, Mandaue City

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/cebupics2/metropolis/boardwalk_megadome.jpg
Photo by Fundraiser
Edited by Rusty18

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 11:52 AM

edit. wrong post.

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 11:52 AM

@rusty18: bai, apila ni cya o, dba under construction na man sad ni cya?

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9936/cebudoc6db.gif (http://imageshack.us)
CDU

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 11:58 AM

Correct! :okay: I was too dumb encoding those without thinking the other aspects (span of time, etc.). Anyway, I'm too happy about the developments of Cebu!!!!!

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 12:00 PM

kilid sa isuzu?

another hotel will soon rise beside the isuzu showroom.. legend hotel of manila already bought the lot previously occupied by the magellan hotel which was reduced to ashes years ago..

there's also another local developer (the developer of park terrace townhouse in talamban) that's planning to construct a hotel next year..

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:01 PM

kaulion na man hinoon ko! nindot gyud diha!!!

we only hope the planned constructions around the megadome site will also start. the mandaue reclamation is still bare and aesthetically unattractive.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:04 PM

another hotel will soon rise beside the isuzu showroom.. legend hotel of manila already bought the lot previously occupied by the magellan hotel which was reduced to ashes years ago..

there's also another local developer (the developer of park terrace townhouse in talamban) that's planning to construct a hotel next year..

WOW! I am really so excited about all these developments!!! I don't want to leave the PC until your next posts about these updates. :D

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 12:08 PM

I'd just like to comment about our Cebu Thread.

We are now at post #398 (near to the limit of 500) and yet, only 5,300+ has viewed this thread. What does this mean?

Cebu Thread 9 had 7,819 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 8 had 9,054 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 7 had 7,593 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 6 had 8,600 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 5 had 9,500 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 4 had 7,778 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 3 had 7,055 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 2 had 14,305 views when it closed. (even at post #447)
Cebu Thread 1 had 14,207 views when it closed.

WoW, this thread was created Dec 11th and in a matter of 7 days, 5,300+ viewers? so everyday, Cebu thread has an average of 757 viwers.
too many viewers indeed.

the 1st thread has 14 thousand + viewers but it was open for about 11months from April 2004 to March 2005, average of 43 viewwers per day.
but with this 10th thread, in a matter of 7 days, it already has 5,300+ viewers.

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 12:09 PM

I'd just like to comment about our Cebu Thread.

We are now at post #398 (near to the limit of 500) and yet, only 5,300+ has viewed this thread. What does this mean?

Cebu Thread 9 had 7,819 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 8 had 9,054 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 7 had 7,593 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 6 had 8,600 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 5 had 9,500 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 4 had 7,778 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 3 had 7,055 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 2 had 14,305 views when it closed. (even at post #447)
Cebu Thread 1 had 14,207 views when it closed.

the previous threads took more than 3 weeks to reach the 500 posts.. many forumers probably viewed the previous threads but didn't post..

this thread is only less than a week old.. naaahhh who cares.. mas daghan bitaw mga new projects sa kani na thread compared sa previous threads..

paspas gud kau ang progress sa cebu mao na paspas sad ato thread.. :D

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:11 PM

I'd just like to comment about our Cebu Thread.

We are now at post #398 (near to the limit of 500) and yet, only 5,300+ has viewed this thread. What does this mean?

Cebu Thread 9 had 7,819 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 8 had 9,054 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 7 had 7,593 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 6 had 8,600 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 5 had 9,500 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 4 had 7,778 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 3 had 7,055 views when it closed.
Cebu Thread 2 had 14,305 views when it closed. (even at post #447)
Cebu Thread 1 had 14,207 views when it closed.

include the duration of these threads before it got closed. i think this recent thread is fast enough, the people are so excited!!!

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:13 PM

Yes, you're all correct! Now, I edited post #401...

Now, I can't count the developments in Cebu! Waahhh, I'm crazy!!! I think I need to be brought to a Psychiatrist! :D

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:16 PM

let's get the statistics right. please provide the duration of these threads too. so we can plot a graph... heheheheh.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:17 PM

From CeBOMBA, I'm upgrading it to

Cebu, Endless Blessings Upcoming. :lol:

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 12:18 PM

ya right, and i hope SM Sheraton will be opening as a Sheraton. nya maau unta ma nayon to ila plano na Four Seasons Hotel and Marriott in Mactan, Traders Hotel. ahhhh, can't all these in Cebu!

s**t, akong overtime kay nag SSC lang !! hehe

another hotel will soon rise beside the isuzu showroom.. legend hotel of manila already bought the lot previously occupied by the magellan hotel which was reduced to ashes years ago..

there's also another local developer (the developer of park terrace townhouse in talamban) that's planning to construct a hotel next year..

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:19 PM

im sure the regular viewers of this thread didn't know this recent thread is about to close, apparently because we are just tooooooo FASSSSTTTTT!!!

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 12:21 PM

WOW! I am really so excited about all these developments!!! I don't want to leave the PC until your next posts about these updates. :D

its the developer of this http://www.cebu.esmartdesign.com/parkterrace.html that was already planning of putting up another hotel here in cebu city

check also this site sinjin: http://www.cebu.esmartdesign.com/

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:21 PM

s**t, akong overtime kay nag SSC lang !! hehe

preha diay ta bai pero wala lang mi bayad sa amo overtime so ok ra, hehehehe. ako alkanse ngano nag overtime ko.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:23 PM

Thanks for the links @sugbuanon

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:25 PM

by the way, how is aboitiz's pristina north?

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 12:25 PM

pareho ta way bayad pero bahala na malipay lang ko. ambot nganu everytime mag ssc ko malipay man ko magtan aw all the progress Cebu is enjoying (purya buyag) ... mawa akong kamingaw sa Cebu.. :) I cant believe for the first time ma miss nako ang Sinulog...

preha diay ta bai pero wala lang mi bayad sa amo overtime so ok ra, hehehehe. ako alkanse ngano nag overtime ko.

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 12:26 PM

ya right, and i hope SM Sheraton will be opening as a Sheraton. nya maau unta ma nayon to ila plano na Four Seasons Hotel and Marriott in Mactan, Traders Hotel. ahhhh, can't all these in Cebu!

s**t, akong overtime kay nag SSC lang !! hehe

we already warned you before ashton that SSC is addictive.. :D

cebu's economy is now accelerating from 200 kph to mach 3.5... CEEEBBBBBOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! there's no stopping now.. "ang maligsan patay sigurado"

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:29 PM

we already warned you before ashton that SSC is addictive.. :D

cebu's economy is now accelerating from 200 kph to mach 3.5... CEEEBBBBBOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! there's no stopping now.. "ang maligsan patay sigurado"

And about how SSC is addictive. Go to the latest post in the Roll Call Thread and you'll see a pic on how SSC is addictive.

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:29 PM

we also hope that these developments will not only beautify cebu but will also translate to better lives among its constituents, the sugbuanons.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:30 PM

Ashton, here is how SSC is addictive.

http://www.nackvision.com/gif/favorite/47295755.work.gif

:jk:

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:33 PM

pareho ta way bayad pero bahala na malipay lang ko. ambot nganu everytime mag ssc ko malipay man ko magtan aw all the progress Cebu is enjoying (purya buyag) ... mawa akong kamingaw sa Cebu.. :) I cant believe for the first time ma miss nako ang Sinulog...

alkanse diay ta ani bai? heheheheh. pero ok ra kay lingaw gyud ning foruma!!!

ako, daghan kaayo ma-miss, tanan nga naa sa pinas, pero sige lang kay inig uli nako magdala man ko ug investor! hehhehe. :)

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 12:35 PM

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 12:36 PM

^^^ haha. :)

youre right, and for me its also the people of Cebu, the Cebuanos who are in unity with one vision- progress.

Honestly, a lot of times I was asked where I came from, and if I will say 'Cebu', I get positive comments right away... meaning to say they might not be aware that Cebu is part of the Philippines. But if I'd say Philippines, a number of them commented that we are a very chaotic country straight to my face. I smile at them and say nothing.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:38 PM

Sorry Lord, di jud ko tigsimba og Misa de Gallo. ;)

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 12:42 PM

@sugbuanon, di sad ta mangligis kay basig madakpan nya ta...ahehe

So with these recent fast progress of Cebu... kinahanglan magpasalamat ta ni Child Jesus og manimba ta this remainin Misa de Aguinaldo..:okay:

hehehe ako pasalamat ko sa ako kuya kay siya moy nagpata-od sa amo internet.. and also to my sponsors: Dell, Smart wi-fi, Nike, Nature Spring, Nokia, Globe, Cebu Pacific, Ricky Reyes, Microsoft, Vaseline, Hiyas Papaya.. and sa ako mga fans, salamat sa inyo suporta.. hina-ot na kanunay ko ninyo suportaan..

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 12:45 PM

hahahahha!

Ashton, here is how SSC is addictive.

http://www.nackvision.com/gif/favorite/47295755.work.gif

:jk:

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 12:48 PM

maau pa ka naka investor nada, ako wa nako na dani ug maau... was talkin to Lufthansa to open flights to Cebu but they said galisod man gani cla sa Manila. Ako company Banyan Tree , i asked them but they said politically unstable daw and Pilipinas, I told them Cebu is the perfect place and they said they will discuss about it, so at least Cebu is on their list.. :)

alkanse diay ta ani bai? heheheheh. pero ok ra kay lingaw gyud ning foruma!!!

ako, daghan kaayo ma-miss, tanan nga naa sa pinas, pero sige lang kay inig uli nako magdala man ko ug investor! hehhehe. :)

fundraiser

December 17th, 2005, 12:53 PM

^^^ ogag! hahaha, tingin ko d na aabutan ng bukas tong thread na to ah, there will be an 11th na, galeng!!! sorry guys, nagtatagalog ako, its my mother tongue eh, cebuano is second language ko lang, but im all for cebu!!! go cebu!!!

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:54 PM

@Fundraiser: K lang un! :okay:

Since, inde na ito aabutin ng bukas, mas mabuti siguro kung may maghahanda na ng layout para sa Thread 11. :D

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 12:56 PM

@Fundraiser: K lang un! :okay:

Since, inde na ito aabutin ng bukas, mas mabuti siguro kung may maghahanda na ng layout para sa Thread 11. :D

Nagawa na po ni sugbuanun ang layout para sa 11th..

CwEoBwU

December 17th, 2005, 12:57 PM

maau pa ka naka investor nada, ako wa nako na dani ug maau... was talkin to Lufthansa to open flights to Cebu but they said galisod man gani cla sa Manila. Ako company Banyan Tree , i asked them but they said politically unstable daw and Pilipinas, I told them Cebu is the perfect place and they said they will discuss about it, so at least Cebu is on their list.. :)

i am in the software development industry. whatever noise we have in the philippines we can still develop software with the large pool of software engineers in cebu. also, we have a very good telecom infrastructure in cebu, making it easier to send programs to and from tokyo.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 12:57 PM

@MarkiiBoi: Thanks! Oh, IMPROVED! CEBU, ENDLESS BEAUTY UNMATCHED

A while ago, our # of views was 5,385

Now, it's 5,566

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 12:59 PM

@MarkiiBoi: Thanks! Oh, IMPROVED! CEBU, ENDLESS BEAUTY UNMATCHED

hehe, kinopya ko sig style mo tol. matsalam!!

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 01:01 PM

ya good for you and for us...
You should deserve an award ! haha.

and now we are preparing for thread 11. hehe. how fast !

i am in the software development industry. whatever noise we have in the philippines we can still develop software with the large pool of software engineers in cebu. also, we have a very good telecom infrastructure in cebu, making it easier to send programs to and from tokyo.

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 01:02 PM

so that means everyday this thread has 769 viewers... bastos lang last 2 nos...hehe

@mark, I lurv your sig:okay:
and thanks to mike:)

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 01:03 PM

oi hinay-hinay mo gamay ky nag edit nako ron para sa 11th thread.. dili ko matulog rn..

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 01:05 PM

^^^ im guilty i even read SSC first and then my work emails. haha

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 01:06 PM

oi hinay-hinay mo gamay ky nag edit nako ron para sa 11th thread.. dili ko matulog rn..

waaah, usa sad ko sa dili matulog. hehehe.

@slerz: Lamats, pero kinopya ra diay to ang style. wahehhe

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 01:13 PM

Asus Ginoo, kung paspas na ang dagan ani nga thread karon, mas mopaspas pa ni kay VACATION NA!!!

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 01:17 PM

another hotel will soon rise beside the isuzu showroom.. legend hotel of manila already bought the lot previously occupied by the magellan hotel which was reduced to ashes years ago..

there's also another local developer (the developer of park terrace townhouse in talamban) that's planning to construct a hotel next year..

It's called KABAYAN HOTEL, operated by the Legend Group of Manila

flashlight

December 17th, 2005, 01:19 PM

Bantayan Island December 2004

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0031.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0034.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0035.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0038.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0041.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0063.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0055.jpg

:)

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 01:19 PM

It's called KABAYAN HOTEL, operated by the Legend Group of Manila

Oh, Kabayan Hotel?!? So, that's why THERE's A BILLBOARD ABOUT KABAYAN HOTEL, PASAY CITY, ON THE FOOT OF THE 1sT MANDAUE MACTAN BRIDGE

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 01:21 PM

@rusty18: bai, apila ni cya o, dba under construction na man sad ni cya?

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9936/cebudoc6db.gif (http://imageshack.us)
CDU

Yeah, it's under construction at the Cebu Boardwalk... My alma mater.. hehehe....:)

I guess the construction of the CDU Campus at the Boardwalk will also stimulate the construction of condos/apartments and restaurants especially that CDU has a number of korean, nepalese and iranian students.. :)

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 01:23 PM

Did you know that Kristine Kreuk and her partner katong nag dala sa Superman visited Cebu?
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1192/sscosmenablvds120ux.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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@Mark, gi feature nasad imong pinalanggang Badian Cebu sa The Travel Show sa Studio 23... world class og accomodating jd kaayo sila.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 01:24 PM

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 01:28 PM

@Mark, gi feature nasad imong pinalanggang Badian Cebu sa The Travel Show sa Studio 23... world class og accomodating jd kaayo sila.

Lagi, thats why im very proud jud of my hometown. I used to dance at the badian hotel every wednesday night for entertainment to guests during my highschool days.. wahehehe.

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 01:28 PM

I don't have {hotoshop:(

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 01:29 PM

Nice pics flashlight..! kudos to you.. :)

This hotel (photo below by Flashlight) was built for the Asian Tourism Forum (ATF)... The DOT secretary during that time even thought of cancelling the meeting in Cebu and have it held in Manila instead because she had doubts whether it will be finished on time -- but it did!!!

I also remembered during that time that she sighed at the cleanliness of Mandaue and some parts of Cebu... :(.... But with a spirit to make Cebu ready for the summit, all uncertainties were conquered! After the much needed preparation, she even said that Mandaue was getting cleaner than Cebu! It was also during that time that the FUENTE Osmena was rehabilitated (it was rid of the skating rink and the historic fountain was made to flow again)....

With the same spirit, we can do it again for the ASEAN Summit...!.....
LET'S ALL BE VOLUNTEERS...! you may want to email Mr. Mayor himself and voice out your SUPPORT.... http://www.cebucity.gov.ph

@photo by FLASHLIGHT
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/aDSCF0291.jpg

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 01:30 PM

@Slerz: So that is a true and authentic pic? Sorry. ;)

flashlight

December 17th, 2005, 01:32 PM

Nice pics flashlight..! kudos to you.. :)

thanks, memorable ang Cebu saken..
i feel cozy everytime im there.

:)

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 01:37 PM

@Slerz: So that is a true and authentic pic? Sorry. ;)

maybe..:D
_ _ _ _ _
from CEBOOM site:
ASEAN Summit In Cebu
17th, 2005 by ayatollah

Cebu City will get to host the 12th ASEAN Summit in December 11-13, 2006. ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

But is Cebu City ready to host such event of this magnitude?

As host to the most important meetings of the region’s top leaders plus seven other leaders from Japan, China, India, Russia, Australia, Korea, and New Zealand, Cebu’s facilities and infrsructures needed for the summit need to be spruced up to meet the required international standards.

Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has surprised the Philippine delegates to the 11th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur recently that she would get the Megadome ready in next year’s summit. She even assured that the Megadome will definitely be built just for the scheduled summit to be attended by 17 presidents and heads of states across the region.

In the meantime the site for the Megadome is not yet finalized as the original site earlier identified was already used for other project. However, the city mayor from Cebu City has offered a portion of the SRP for the Megadome project.

Accommodation facilities are already identified to house some of the 17 heads of states. These are the Shangri-La’s Mactan Island Resort & Spa and Cebu Hilton Resort & Spa which already meet the required standards. Other hotels which could possiblybe tapped are the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino, Marco Polo Plaza Hotel, and Plantation Bay Resort & Spa but they need to meet the required standards first.

Transportation infrastructures such as roads, highways, bridges and the airport need some improvements too. Seventeen (17) Boeing 747 planes are expected to land at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport carrying the 17 heads of states and their respective delegates

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 01:38 PM

check this link out. i dnt know if uve seen this b4..

http://www.interthemepark.com/projects/cebu.htm

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 01:40 PM

@Markii: We've seen them before but maybe some haven't. Iapil kaha tani sa thread 11... :D

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 01:42 PM

yup, I've waited for that Theme Park ala Cebu Disneyland but until now wala pa mn...

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CPVDC To Create Night District
13th, 2005 by jorge

http://www.ngkhai.net/cebu/wp-images/asiatown.jpg
Cebu is becoming more and more attractive to companies in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. With its current number of call centers and medical transcription centers, Cebu is poised to become the next hub for BPO in the country next to Manila. With more companies, local and international alike, planning to branch out in Cebu in the near future, more workers will be seeing themselves earning money during the night.

No, I don’t mean the red light district workers. They may call themselves call girls or call boys but call centers need verbal intercourse with its clients from around the world and only e-Reps, as they call themselves, can communicate with absolute panache and sobriety.

Cebu is now home to more than a dozen call centers and medical transcription centers and employ thousands of call agents and transcriptionists in three different shifts everyday of the week. The sheer number of night employees from the industry prompted some commercial establishments to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, especially fastfood restaurants and cofee shops.

Within Asiatown IT Park, Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC), a subsidiary of Cebu Holdings, Inc. will create a new environment to suit the lifestyle of the employees starting in January next year. The site, which is currently occupied by The Village, is set to be renovated to complement Asiatown’s working population during the night and early morning where most shops are closed. This will allow the night employees to enjoy life after work late at night or early morning.

The renovation includes the construction of a commercial center that will host shops who are willing to operate in accordance to the working time of the Asiatown employees. Retail stores, fastfood restaurants, coffe shops, resto-bars, and the like are the most presferred locators to operate in the new district.

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 01:44 PM

maybe..:D
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from CEBOOM site:
ASEAN Summit In Cebu
17th, 2005 by ayatollah

Accommodation facilities are already identified to house some of the 17 heads of states. These are the Shangri-La’s Mactan Island Resort & Spa and Cebu Hilton Resort & Spa which already meet the required standards. Other hotels which could possiblybe tapped are the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino, Marco Polo Plaza Hotel, and Plantation Bay Resort & Spa but they need to meet the required standards first.

Waterfront has already started its renovation of all the rooms in the 11th floor for the summit...

@sinjin: ah ok. karun ra man gud ko kita ana. hehehe.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 01:45 PM

Okay..

BTW, offline na lagi si @Sugbuanon. :D

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 01:47 PM

CPVDC To Create Night District
13th, 2005 by jorge

http://www.ngkhai.net/cebu/wp-images/asiatown.jpg
Cebu is becoming more and more attractive to companies in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. With its current number of call centers and medical transcription centers, Cebu is poised to become the next hub for BPO in the country next to Manila. With more companies, local and international alike, planning to branch out in Cebu in the near future, more workers will be seeing themselves earning money during the night.

Cebu is now home to more than a dozen call centers and medical transcription centers and employ thousands of call agents and transcriptionists in three different shifts everyday of the week.

Usa na ko ani!!! hehehe

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 01:48 PM

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 01:51 PM

If they will ask for volunteers bai, mu volunteer jud ko!!!

gusto ko mamawi because ni back-out ko during the EATOF (East Asian Tourism Forum) just because of our research which was rescheduled last-minute to the date of the forum itself...! makalagot kaayo....

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 01:53 PM

naghimo pa ko ngari ..waaahaha hinay lng

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 01:54 PM

Hala @Sugbuanon, 38 ka posts nalang... Hehe, joke ra oi! Ayaw'g kakuyawan. Cge, I won't post sa. Practice sa ko sa sayaw for tomorrow's FAMILY DAY. ;)

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 01:58 PM

@arnoldsa, I wanna volunteer... let's volunteer bai... I wanna be a part of this Cebu achievement to be.

Count me in for volunteer!! mag sick leave ko ana na week. hehehe

ako kha @mark, ma one of you kha ko? ???

Maglisod jud bai if dili from med field. but u can always enrol sa mga mt schools.. Pag CALL boi na lang gud. :D

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 02:03 PM

Count me in for volunteer!! mag sick leave ko ana na week. hehehe

Maglisod jud bai if dili from med field. but u can always enrol sa mga mt schools.. Pag CALL boi na lang gud. :D

Cg bai Mark, volunteer nya ta...

haha! Call boi.... di ghapon tingali ko madawat ana kay wa koy asset...

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 02:08 PM

haha! Call boi.... di ghapon tingali ko madawat ana kay wa koy asset...

Callcenter boi uy! :D

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 02:12 PM

markiiboi, ilisi na imo avatar kay giilisan na nako ug ni slerz among avatar nga picture namo.... hehehe

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 02:21 PM

Callcenter boi uy! :D

na! samot, nagkamang kamang man gani kos akong ininglis...ahehe

nauwaw na lagi ta's atong mga dagway, aato man gipang ilisan...:D

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 02:24 PM

elow, i've made minor changes on the photo. although this isn't accurate, the area will look very much like this in the near future. no, this isn't a dream ;)

Cebu North Reclamation Area
Mandaue City, Metro Cebu, Philippines
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/cebupics2/metropolis/megadome_cdu_boardwalk.jpg
Cebu Boardwalk Mall, Cebu Doctors' University (Left), The Megadome (right)

status:
Cebu Doctors' University - under construction
The Megadome - awaiting go signal
Cebu Boardwalk Mall - no available info yet

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 02:25 PM

Yipee!!!! To the max is my excitement.

ashton

December 17th, 2005, 02:28 PM

i used to be a call center boy myself for 2 years ! twas fun... thats why IT park is always close to my heart... hehe

Callcenter boi uy! :D

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 02:29 PM

usamay nindot isulat sa 11th thread.. naa na koy mga pics wala pa ko kita kung unsa ako sulat.. pangitae ko ninyo beh.. hehehe kana nindot kau.. :D

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 02:38 PM

TRY THIS SUGBUANON:

CEBU -- VISION CITY

- 7th best island in the Asia-Pacific for 2004 (Condenast)
- 8th best island in the Asia-Pacific for 2005 (Condenast)
- 8th most livable city in Asia and the most livable city in the Philippines (Asiaweek)
- the most preferred convention city outside Manila
- the most popular tourist destination in the Philippines and one of Asia's preferred (PAL Mabuhay Magazine)
- the second biggest metropolis in the Philippines
- Southern Philippines' gateway and growth leader

NEW DEVELOPMENTS in the next few months..!!!

- AYALA CENTER CEBU will be expanding to cover the lots currently occupied by the jeepney terminal, the Marriot Parking area, and the unoccupied space beside it.. The expansion will be almost half as the original floor area of the existing building..!!! VERY VERY big and grandiose expansion indeed!!! The biggest in the Visayas and Mindanao...!

- Currently, there are THREE HIGH-RISES on-going at the Cebu Business Park. One of them is TOWER Palace, a 19-storey office/condominium. Another 15-storey building is u/c right in front of WTI-PagIbig. And another one beside KAONA Grill.

- A high-rise building will also rise at the South Road Properties (SRP). The architect is Arch. Francisco Noel.

- Cebu TO HOST the 12th ASEAN LEADERS SUMMIT and 2nd East Asia Community Summit on December 2006

VIPs Who Have Been to Cebu:

- His Excellency the President of Germany (West)
- His Holiness Pope John Paul II
- His Holiness the Papal Legate
- His Excellency the Prime Minister Go Chok Tong of Singapore
-The Vice-President of Vietnam
- The Honorable Governors of Fujian, Hainan, Hawaii, etc.. (sisterhood pacts)
- The Honorable Mayors of Harlemmermer, Busan, Xiamen, Kaoshiung, etc.. (sisterhood pacts)
- The Honorable Ambassadors of Spain, France, USA, Italy, China, etc..etc..
- The Honorable Ministers of ASEAN and APEC (related Ministers' meetings)
- The royalties of Thailand, Brunei, etc..etc..

The Most Preferred Convention City outside Manila:

- Miss Asia-Pacific
- Asian Tourism Forum (ATF)
- East Asian Tourism Forum (EATOF)
- APEC Ministers related-meetings (tourism, trade, etc..etc..)
- ASEAN Ministers related-meetings (tourism, cyberterrorism, security, etc..etc..)
- 12th ASEAN Leaders Summit and 2nd East Asia Community Summit (December 2006)

- Philippine Advertising Congress
- Personnel Management Association of the Philippines
- Philippine Jaycees Inc. National Convention
- Asia-Pacific Jaycess International Convention

- and hundreds of other international and local gatherings..!

International Events/Concerts in Cebu:

- World Wrestling Federation; WWE (went to Cebu twice)
- Frank Sinatra
- Boyzone
- PearlJam
- Air Supply
- Constantine
- Michael Buble
- David Pomeranz
- Vince Larusso
- The Magic of Curtis
- The Lettermen
- other prominent classical violinists and soloists of Europre..
- etc..etc..

Mactan-Cebu International Airport

- soon to become the country's premier international airport
- the only "earning" and "real" international airport in the country aside from the NAIA
- the country's second largest major gateway to Asia and the world;
- in the next three years, construction of a P1 billion Terminal II and a second parallel runway will begin

International Hotels in Cebu and other hotels

- Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort and Spa (currently Asia's best as rated by Time Magazine and CondeNast Magazine)
- Hilton Cebu Hotel, Resort and Condominiums (22-storeys)
- Marco Polo Plaza Hotel (23-storeys)
- Waterfront Cebu City Hotel (15-storeys)
- Waterfront Mactan Airport Hotel (9-storeys)
- Cebu City Marriot Hotel (15-storeys)
- Crown Regency Hotel and Club Ultima (36-storeys and 24 storeys respectively)
- Parklane International Hotel (20-storeys)
- Days Hotel Cebu
- Plantation Bay Hotel, Resort and Spa (a member of the small hotels and resorts in the world; one of Asia's best)
- Cebu Midtown Hotel (14-storeys)
- Rajah Park Hotel (10-storeys)
- and a hundred more hotels...

Opportunities in Cebu for investors

- 300 hectares South Road Properties Economic Zone (Industrial, Commercial, mixed, etc..)
- AsiaTown IT Park (looks like THE FORT)
- Cebu Business Park (Cebu's very own Makati)
- West Cebu Industrial Park (the country's largest Ship-building facility)
- MEPZ I and II (the country's most succesful export processing zones)
- Cebu Light Industrial Park (for light industries)

@Photo credits go to Rusty18 of SSC.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/cebu01.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/cebu02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/cebu03.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/cebu_aerial01.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/cebu_aerial02.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/CEBU/cebusky.jpg

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 02:38 PM

but my mind is thinking business... I'm really into business, my 1st interest when it comes to livelihood... that's why I'm starting for a small business this January... may tag swertihon...

DmJ

December 17th, 2005, 02:42 PM

Hey guys. Im new here. Wow daghan diay u/c ug proposals ang Cebu! Yey! :)
Anyway just wanted to share some pics I took earlier this week. :)
http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1334zz.jpg
http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1346is.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1353zw.jpg

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 02:44 PM

Waaahhh! Abi 'kog napuno na ni... :D

Anyway, can't wait for the FORMAL INAUGURATION (:D) of our 11th Thread.

----
4000th Post. :)

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 02:45 PM

DmJ

December 17th, 2005, 02:47 PM

Yup im in Cebu. Unsaon pag post ug pics? Di lagi mo gawas...

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 02:47 PM

^^ Welcome DmJ!!!

DmJ

December 17th, 2005, 02:49 PM

http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1334zz.jpg

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 02:49 PM

It is not possible to attach images to the forums straight from your PC or upload your images to our server. Images must be somewhere on the internet already before you can post them.

You can post images by using the image tags (more info about tags can be found in the forum FAQ). In your post, place the full address of the image (including http://) in between the and tags. For example, this line...

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 02:54 PM

DmJ

December 17th, 2005, 03:01 PM

Thanks for the welcome guys! :)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7317/1335bj.jpg

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 03:09 PM

WOW! @DMJ, I recommend you to join in the Urban Photo Contest.

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 03:09 PM

welcome to SSC DmJ!! :cheers:

nice photo! did u take that photo somewhere down the road? hehe... i mean, the road leading to TOPS? :D if i remember it right there's a resto something on that area. we went there three years ago pa. hehehe

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 03:10 PM

when did you take this pics @DmJ?

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1999/itparkssc2nl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Just a question, there is a T crane within IT Park... what is that for? I think it will be for a medioun or high rise building???

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 03:10 PM

WOW! @DMJ, I recommend you to join in the Urban Photo Contest.

yup, sige DmJ... iapil na...

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 03:14 PM

Just a question, there is a T crane within IT Park... what is that for? I think it will be for a medioun or high rise building???

thats a new u/c near the entrance by the PIPC, the same builders of the e-tel building. i bet thats a high rise.

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 03:15 PM

welcome Dmj

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 03:19 PM

thats a new u/c near the entrance. i bet thats a high rise.

how many underconstruction thingy in Asiatown right now? does it have as much as CBP's? :)

DmJ

December 17th, 2005, 03:20 PM

Thanks guys. Ill be posting more pics later on cause I just got my cam! yehey! :)
@sinjin hehe tanawn lang bai. :)
@Rusty yup sakto ka! took the one pic there! The other 2 were taken from a friends house in Ma. Luisa.

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 03:23 PM

how many underconstruction thingy in Asiatown right now? does it have as much as CBP's? :)

IT Park U/C: TWO . the village will undergo a facelift next year.

CBP U/C: THREE. ACC expansion has already started.

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 03:23 PM

Yes, hapit na jud mapuno!

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 03:29 PM

@markiiboi

yeah kita ko ganiha nag uproot sila sa grass! long live Ayala Center Cebu! I bet this will be the largest expansion in the entire VisMin...!

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 03:31 PM

IT Park U/C: TWO . the village will undergo a facelift next year.

CBP U/C: THREE. ACC expansion has already started.

so one u/c in IT park is a highrise?
and in CBP, 2 hrises, right?

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 03:33 PM

so one u/c in IT park is a highrise?
and in CBP, 2 hrises, right?

Yeah CBP 2 highrises.

Unsaun gani to pag classify sa building bai accdg to low,mid,high rises? basta ang usa sa IT park kay 8 storeys, ang usa no idea..

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 03:36 PM

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 03:39 PM

According to a book I read about the history of skyscrapers in Chicago bai, at least 10 storeys, considered highrise na... :)

A 10 storey building in the US was the first high rise daw...

But I THINK it's very subjective because there are 8-storey buildings that are taller than a 10-storey one... That actually depends on the height in terms of feet/meters... Maybe...

salamat eng. arnolds..

[yeah kita ko ganiha nag uproot sila sa grass! long live Ayala Center Cebu! I bet this will be the largest expansion in the entire VisMin...!

This should be the biggest. Compare this:

The Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership is redeveloping the whole sprawling Ortigas area into an alternative business community, allocating some P800 million for its real estate project.

whereas,

The Cebu Holdings, Inc. is allocating the same amount of P0.8 billion only for the expansion on a considerably small lot...

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 03:42 PM

salamat eng. slerz..

engr. arnoldsa na oi...hehe

but I think it's twelve storeys... the cut off between midrise and high rise is 35 meters high... but it depends if a building has only 10 stiries but has achieved the 35 meter height mark... so it could still be a high rise...
that's what I know...

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 03:44 PM

di man ko si SLERZ>..... bai kita nalang close ani nga thread... 3 posts to go!!

LordCarnal

December 17th, 2005, 03:47 PM

yup sakto... AKO NA MU CLOSE ANI.... bowowowow

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 03:47 PM

salamat eng. arnolds..

This should be the biggest. Compare this:

The Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership is redeveloping the whole sprawling Ortigas area into an alternative business community, allocating some P800 million for its real estate project.

whereas,

The Cebu Holdings, Inc. is allocating the same amount of P0.8 billion only for the expansion on a considerably small lot...

I can't imagine how grand Ayala Center would be after the expansion...

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 03:58 PM

yaw sa ni close.. tagae ko 30 min.. hehehe or kung dili jud madala nko kamo lang sa himo sa next thread.. hehehe

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 03:58 PM

yaw sa ni close.. tagae ko 30 min.. hehehe or kung dili jud madala nko kamo lang sa himo sa next thread.. hehehe

kaw lan @sugbuanon, just don't rush:)
pwede ra mn msbra gamay...

Nice:applause:
gonna have my 1st post of the 11th thread tomorrow:)

:goodnight

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 04:06 PM

yaw sa ni close.. tagae ko 30 min.. hehehe or kung dili jud madala nko kamo lang sa himo sa next thread.. hehehe

take your time lang bai..

olineil

December 17th, 2005, 04:19 PM

Photoshop?

Obviously photoshoped. The Color saturation of The two and the Background is very different. But hey who knows they've been to cebu secretly... :)

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 04:21 PM

marvs, create nalang the 11th thread. u can always re-edit as much as u want afterwards. basta importante mu reflect imo name as the thread creator :D

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 04:54 PM

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http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/3566/cebu1a5kt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 04:56 PM

done.. but napa koy e add ato.. hehe im still making a compilation of cebu's skyscrapers..

olineil

December 17th, 2005, 04:59 PM

Wow...Nice graphics there! Exellent work sugbuanon! Thread XI...i cant keep up.

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 05:01 PM

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Mabuhi ka sugbuanun!!!

olineil

December 17th, 2005, 05:03 PM

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3561/cebu7a8rw.jpg
Hey didnt know Cebu has a CART racing track. Hmmm wheres the misus! Why didnt she bring me there... :runaway:

Pls post more of this Cebu Facility.

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 05:09 PM

:applause: Welcome to Cebu Thread XI! :applause:

whatta grand introduction u got in there marvin! ;) great job! :okay:

Cebu North Reclamation Area
Mandaue City, Metro Cebu, Philippines
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/cebupics2/metropolis/megadome_cdu_boardwalk.jpg
Cebu Doctors' University (Left), Cebu Boardwalk Mall (Center), The Megadome (Right)
Photo by Fundraiser
Edited by Rusty18

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 05:18 PM

Hey didnt know Cebu has a CART racing track. Hmmm wheres the misus! Why didnt she bring me there... :runaway:

Pls post more of this Cebu Facility.

hehehe.. yup we have one in mabolo.. its the only racing track here in cebu..

i still have 2 more pics here olineil.. ill post it later. thanx for visiting our thread

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 05:20 PM

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 05:27 PM

heheh bao jud ko dali-dali ug himo ani.. photoshop gihapon gamit nimo ana resty.. mura siya tinuod tanawn kung pakalitan..

gi career jud nimo ang intro! hats off to you marv, nindot kaayo pang brochure :okay: yeah, photoshopped lang. in north reclamation area, fundraiser's shot is the best i've seen so far. sayang mejo exposed pero nice lang gihapon ang outcome :cool:

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 05:34 PM

hehe actually im still practicing photohop mao bitaw excited kau ko mohimo ani na thread.. woohhhooo 4 days nalang resty.. goodbye ortigas, hello cebu!!!!

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 05:45 PM

hehe actually im still practicing photohop mao bitaw excited kau ko mohimo ani na thread.. woohhhooo 4 days nalang resty.. goodbye ortigas, hello cebu!!!!

nah, maayo na gani kaayo ka mu photoshop ;) oi tomorrow night na tawn! picture-picture unya ta diha ok! :okay: im so excited :D

Jefferyi

December 17th, 2005, 05:46 PM

11th already??? :applause:

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 05:59 PM

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/1438/banner5wt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

MarkiiBoi

December 17th, 2005, 06:15 PM

Governor hints at ‘unconventional’ funding for project
SUNSTAR

Capitol is considering a proposal that is “out of the box, unconventional and untraditional, but has been tried and tested and has shown itself to have worked” for its megadome project.

Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia will be meeting with Vice Gov. Gregorio Sanchez Jr. and the Provincial Board (PB) members tomorrow to discuss her proposal, which she described as a win-win solution.

“We have a proposal that may be in consonance or in full agreement with their (the PB’s) wish that government funds may not necessarily be fully spent for the project. The proposal takes into consideration the urgency of the project, availability of funds and more revenues for the province,” Garcia said.

In 2003, an appropriation of P250 million was approved for the megadome project. The amount remains a continuing fund.

But former governor Pablo Garcia, Gwendolyn’s father, and the previous Provincial Board had clashed over the project.

Governor Garcia confirmed that Mandaue City will still be the site of the multimillion-peso project, but she appreciates the offer of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to give a 2.1-hectare lot in the South Reclamation Project for the megadome.

She confirmed that putting up a megadome for the Association of Southeast Asian (Asean) summit next year has been discussed with President Arroyo, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, Ambassador Marciano Paynor Jr., and Mayor Osmeña during their trip last week to Kuala Lumpur, where this year’s summit was held.

This is will be first time Cebu will be hosting the Asean gathering of heads of state from the 10 member-countries.

The Philippines is willing to spend P1 billion for the entire event, but Garcia said they have not discussed if the National Government will give a financial counterpart in building the megadome.

“This I can say, the first consideration is urgency of the project. I would rather be in total control in so far as capital, management and execution of the project are concerned. We will welcome any assistance from the National Government, but I will not make that as an excuse for any delays in the execution of the project,” Garcia said.

Casino a no-no

The Malaysian Government built the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center especially for the Asean summit.

The Waterfront International Convention Center in the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City is “the nearest Cebu has” for the summit.

“A summit of this stature usually should not be held in a hotel. Further, the fact that there’s a casino might pose image problems. The option was the casino would have to close during the entire summit, which means losses in revenues, but we still would not be able to hide the fact that a casino exists there,” Garcia said.

The biggest challenge that the project is facing is whether it can be made in one year, since the Asean summit is scheduled in December next year.

Double-time

“That is the challenge that all of us must face and in many times past, Cebuanos have proven themselves equal to the challenges,” the governor said, adding that she will be closely working with Sanchez, who is a civil engineer.

Sanchez has said the project can be done in one year but the contractor has to work double-time.

The spinning disc design of Alexus Medalla that won the contest that Capitol launched three years ago will still be used for the project.

“The design has already the complete structural detailed engineering, and that is the most important because that takes months to finish. At least we have headway there already. What needs concentration now will be the electrical and plumbing,” Garcia said. (MBG)

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The Iron Lady Of Cebu at work... :okay:

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 06:27 PM

This is what the Malaysian Government built just for the recently concluded ASEAN summit.

The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
http://www.11thaseansummit.org.my/images/gallery/klcc.jpghttp://www.11thaseansummit.org.my/images/gallery/klcc2.jpg
http://www.11thaseansummit.org.my/images/gallery/klcc3.jpg
http://www.11thaseansummit.org.my/images/gallery/plenary%20hall.jpghttp://www.11thaseansummit.org.my/images/gallery/theatre.jpg
http://www.11thaseansummit.org.my/images/gallery/exhibition%20hall.jpghttp://www.11thaseansummit.org.my/images/gallery/conference%20hall.jpg

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 06:36 PM

“This I can say, the first consideration is urgency of the project. I would rather be in total control in so far as capital, management and execution of the project are concerned. We will welcome any assistance from the National Government, but I will not make that as an excuse for any delays in the execution of the project,” Gov. Garcia said.

The Iron Lady Of Cebu at work... :okay:

Gov. Gwen Garci and Cebu City Mayor Tomas tandem works best for Cebu. I'll forever thank them and the rest of the dedicated Cebu officials for making our children's future brighter than ever.

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Clearly, a world-class convention centre is very much needed for the upcoming ASEAN summit. so, Megadome is a must whether they like it or not.

Why spend for ASEAN Summit? Please read this!

CEBU'S BENEFITS

+ Upgrade of facilities to accommodate additional number of planes that would land at Mactan Cebu International Airport. 17 Boeing 747 planes are expected to come to Cebu to carry the heads of states of ASEAN members and seven other non-member nations.

+ 17 Heads of States are expected to come. Eight would be billeted at the Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort. Three would be housed at the Cebu Hilton Hotel and Resort. The rest may be billeted at Marco Polo Plaza, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Plantation Bay Mactan.

+ The private sector would be tapped for the luxury vehicles. We would need at least 17, at most, 20 top-of-the line vehicles. Cebu would also need 50 second-line vehicles, 200 3rd-line and 200 high-end vans for the transportation requirements of the other delegates.

+ Aside from the summit, which would be held in Dec. 11 to 13, 2006, 54 of 75 pre-summit conferences would be held in Cebu starting July 2006.

+ Some roads in Metro Cebu would also undergo widening.

+ The year 2006 would be a better year than 2005, the ASEAN Summit would also boost the tourism industry in Cebu. The delegates of the various pre-summit conferences and the actual summit would be a good way to promote Cebu.

This is the best time for Cebu and the Cebuanos to showcase the place as a tourist destination and a tourist-friendly place.

The recent summit, which was attended by 10 ASEAN member countries as well as Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand and Russia, resulted in a vision of an East Asian community that covers India to New Zealand.

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 07:08 PM

argh! God help me i can't sleep!

i thought of playin' around with this thing but i still can't sleeep :mad:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/cebupics2/mactan/mactan2050.jpg
Two IFC Tower HongKong in Mactan

sugbuanon

December 17th, 2005, 07:18 PM

hahaha nagkagrabe naman na resty..

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 07:29 PM

mao gyud! Mata pa lagi ka...?

Marvs diba u posted King's Island Mactan, Club Ultima before? pls repost those photos for me when u aint busy. im havin' a hard time locating those pics on previous threads kse. :D hehe

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 08:46 PM

maayong buntag, udto, kadlawn PASKO mga pinalangga kong higala og SUGBO.

Thanks @Marvs for the beautiful lay out:okay:
now I know thet you're one of them:)

Gov. Gwen Garci and Cebu City Mayor Tomas tandem works best for Cebu. I'll forever thank them and the rest of the dedicated Cebu officials for making our children's future brighter than ever.

and also the Mandaue Mayor Ouano, the honorable one who gave a piece of their land for free where the magadome will be built:okay:

tigidig14

December 17th, 2005, 08:50 PM

ano 'to every week merong another series, hehehe. again nice. im proud :applause:

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 08:50 PM

1 :applause: 2 :applause: 3 :applause: 4 :applause: 5 :applause: 6 :applause: 7 :applause: 8 :applause: 9 :applause: 10 :applause: 11 :applause::applause::applause:

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/1438/banner5wt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Oh Gosh, can't help it manh! how lucky you are, you're stripped out in this world in that Paradise::::okay:
help me to see myself there:)

THANK YOU LORD.

argh! God help me i can't sleep!

i thought of playin' around with this thing but i still can't sleeep :mad:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/cebupics2/mactan/mactan2050.jpg
Two IFC Tower HongKong in Mactan

oh! whatta kewl scenario @Rustybai:okay:
Naha, banat @Rusty..banat:D

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 09:02 PM

oh! whatta lewl scenario @Rustybai:okay:
Naha, banat @Rusty..banat:D

waaah, u guys awake na for misa de gallo? di pa me tulog...! cant sleep :mad:

slerz

December 17th, 2005, 09:05 PM

waaah, u guys awake na for misa de gallo? di pa me tulog...! cant sleep :mad:

I know, coz of your excitement to be back here...;)
nyway, gotta go late nko:D

rustyboi

December 17th, 2005, 09:24 PM

^^ yeah, can't hold my excitement any longer!! sounds like abstinence :lol:

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Cebu's anti-mendicancy drive takes new twist
First, feed them, then sue them

Beggars and street-children who will be rounded up by Cebu City Hall’s special task force will be fed. But there’s a catch: they will also be charged with violating the City’s anti-mendicancy ordinance.

The City Council allocated at least P45,000 to pay for their food until they are sent to jail or released on probation.

City Hall wants to make sure they don’t go back to the streets, especially during the holidays.

Changing tactics, the City Anti-Mendicancy Board has decided that instead of just gathering and sending home the beggars with canned goods, it will now file criminal complaints.

The complaints will be for violating City Ordinance 1631, which prohibits and penalizes the giving and soliciting by mendicants of cash or goods in public places, buildings, offices, as well as business or commercial establishments.

City Councilor Gerardo Carillo, chairman of the committee on social services, and board members met with barangay officials from the north and south districts to discuss the strategy yesterday.

The barangays, he told Sun.Star Cebu, were told to catch the beggars in their areas and take them to the City’s Community Scout Rehabilitation Youth and Guidance Center at the North Reclamation Area or turn them over to the task force.

The task force will work in three shifts.

Adult mendicants caught beyond 9 p.m. will be detained at the Mabolo Police Station, while the minors will be taken to the Pari-an Drop In Center.

Carillo said they will go after mentally disturbed vagrants, beggars and those sleeping on the sidewalks.

sloid

December 17th, 2005, 10:40 PM

^^ that sounds like a good idea

But like something confuses me, they never want those street people to go back live on the streets again, so where do they go?

jrevalde

December 17th, 2005, 11:05 PM

:eek2: gone for a day tapos new thread na! It's all thanks to our industrious and dedicated contributors markiiboi, slerZ, rusty, arnoldsa,sinjin, sugbuanon, fundraiser atbp. nga cge lang post ug updates and of course ang mga tao nga pareha nako nga cge lang ug pamurhisyo :) . More power ninyong tanan!

Sinjin P.

December 17th, 2005, 11:12 PM

Good Morning and Congratulations for this 11th!

rowell_sk

December 17th, 2005, 11:23 PM

Good Morning Folks!!! It's our eleventh thread... i've been following this since the first thread...can't believe that, though I'm not that so active in posting.

More power Cebu.hope i could find a job soon!!

yam_spitfire

December 17th, 2005, 11:42 PM

heloo evryone!! wow new thread again...congratz

edifice_complex3

December 17th, 2005, 11:47 PM

The Cebuano thread has got to be the fastest thread in SSC. Thanks to all Bisdaks and non Bisdaks who made all of this possible. Although I don't get to post much as I used to last year, I'm still very much a part of this thread. Siguro nagsalig nasad ko nga daghan ng mga Cebuanos mo contribute.
I can't contain my excitement over recent developments in Cebu. Maayo unta if everything will be ready before the summit. Kung na-a pa ko diha, mo apil gyud ko ug kawt sa yuta ug mag-masa para dali matukod ang Megadome.
Keep this thread alive mga Bisdaks.

edifice_complex3

December 17th, 2005, 11:50 PM

Also, this is just a suggestion. What if we have a contest like Forumer of the year, photo of the year ug uban pa? I couldn't do it last year kay it was only me and Rusty who were members.
What do y'all think?
Ang makadaog taga-an ug $100. I -email nako ang picture sa $100,he,he.

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 12:13 AM

^^ hahaha maayong buntag sugbo..

si @resty mo balik na ngari sa cebu unya gabie.. sugaton nato siya sa airport.. naghire na ko ug banda.. :D

yam_spitfire

December 18th, 2005, 12:24 AM

sugbuaon... naa ka sa pinas right?? sayuha gud nimo internet,, nice ra og breakfast ah,, hehe..

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 12:29 AM

naa ra ko cebu ron yam! hehehe addict man ko.. sa SSC bah. cebuano/cebuana sad ka? wala pa gani ko kaon dritso lang ko internet..

yam_spitfire

December 18th, 2005, 12:34 AM

yeah,, cebuana,,,regular lurker.. sometimes mag post... .... i miss cebu...

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 12:43 AM

kasagaran mga forumers ngari naa man nuon sa abroad.. heheh kami nalang nabilin ngari sa cebu.

yam_spitfire

December 18th, 2005, 12:47 AM

yeah.. pro how i wish i was there..

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 12:53 AM

anhi lang pirme sa SSC para mura sad ka naa sa cebu.. :D

yam_spitfire

December 18th, 2005, 12:59 AM

indeed..

and yeah.. i am... til lurk nga lng...hehe

ashton

December 18th, 2005, 01:19 AM

CONGRATULATIONS, guys.. it makes me miss Cebu even more. :)

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 01:35 AM

mabuhay ang mga sugbuanon ug si sugbuanon.. :D

ashton

December 18th, 2005, 02:12 AM

^^^ u did a very good job! salamat bai.

sista

December 18th, 2005, 03:29 AM

wow! I went out for 2 days and another thread for Cebu comes in! everybody sure loves Cebu, I think this is one of the fastest threads in SSC :lol:

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 03:35 AM

@ashton: walay blema na bai.. salamat sad :)

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/566/z34lx0rr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

@resty: mao rani ang naa nako resty..

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2007/68824332c3a72cb1b2o3vc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/638/643300761e35b98a9bo4oc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

@olineil: more pics of cartzone in mabolo, cebu city

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3831/cebu657dr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

unsa gani ngalan ani na building atbang sa SM?

ashton

December 18th, 2005, 03:49 AM

i think CIFC or CICF tower... it looks so cool even if not that tall.

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 03:51 AM

salamat ashton.. post na nako rn ako compilation of cebu's skyscrapers..

bulakenyo

December 18th, 2005, 03:54 AM

[URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3003/cebu8a8ll.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Hello mga kaibigang Cebuanos! I'm just eager to know more about the pictures shown in this post. Are all of these proposed projects in Cebu? If so, can you please provide any article about it? I know the Megadome will be built but the other pictures, I'm not sure. Please? Can you post articles or any rendering? Excited ako for Cebu! Lagi ko pinagmamalaki ang Cebu sa mga online friends kong based abroad. :)

ashton

December 18th, 2005, 03:55 AM

welcome bai, ninduta sa imu intro oi, kahilakon man ko labi pa karon kay pasko na, hehe. but with SSC, mura ra sad ko naa Cebu. :)

bulakenyo

December 18th, 2005, 03:57 AM

Mabuhay ang Cebu! Pag nagkagulo na nang tuluyan sa Manila, lipat tayo lahat sa Cebu! The Philippine economy's bright spot!

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 04:04 AM

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/6104/skyscrapercity17lo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

bulakenyo

December 18th, 2005, 04:08 AM

^^ Ei Sugbuanon forgive my ignorance, but I wanna know more about the pics that came along with the Cebu Megadome in the post I quoted here. Can you provide me with some details? Please?

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 04:22 AM

^^ Ei Sugbuanon forgive my ignorance, but I wanna know more about the pics that came along with the Cebu Megadome in the post I quoted here. Can you provide me with some details? Please?

:) those pics with the megadome are all proposals bulakenyo.. i just goggled for pics since there are no available pics for those proposals except the cebu boardwalk (upper left). here's the list:

1. cebu megadome
2. cebu boardwalk
3. 3rd mactan bridge
4. expansion of MCIA
5. lrt for the province
6. cable car

ashton

December 18th, 2005, 04:49 AM

^^ for me the LRT should be on the priority list because we are aiming to be the premiere city in Asia... every major city in Asia has the best mass transportation and I CANNOT wait for Cebu to have such kind. I dont mind Cebu having no cable car at all, as long as we have LRT.... and everyting will follow... :) :) :)

Askal82

December 18th, 2005, 05:09 AM

I agree, LRT's should be prioritized muna kung parang HK ang Cebu city.

Askal82

December 18th, 2005, 05:14 AM

Anyway, Im happy that Cebu city is optimistic not minding the political noise and brouhaha's in Manila.

bulakenyo

December 18th, 2005, 05:24 AM

^^I agree with you. Cebuanos are neither pro nor against GMA. But they never engaged in destabilizing efforts staged by those who claim to be intellectuals.
I'm proud of the Cebuanos. We should all emulate their way of dealing with political issues like this. Nakakahiya ang karamihan sa mga Pinoy sa Capital city natin. Puro daldal, pero pag tinanong mo kung ano naitulong nila sa ekonomiya natin, walang maisasagot.

bulakenyo

December 18th, 2005, 05:25 AM

:) those pics with the megadome are all proposals bulakenyo.. i just goggled for pics since there are no available pics for those proposals except the cebu boardwalk (upper left). here's the list:

1. cebu megadome
2. cebu boardwalk
3. 3rd mactan bridge
4. expansion of MCIA
5. lrt for the province
6. cable car

I hope most of them appear in Cebu's landscape in the next 5-10 years! The next ASEAN Summit will be held in Cebu right?

slerz

December 18th, 2005, 06:22 AM

@sugbuanon, about sa existing highrises dri sa Cebu...
how about the Richmond plaza hotel, Chonghua:D og katong apartel along escario nga duol sa Golden Peak hotel?
og kato karaan hotel sa colon, 10 storeys man to og ang islacom building sa North Rec duol sa white gold, 10 stroeys man sd to...hehe

I hope most of them appear in Cebu's landscape in the next 5-10 years! The next ASEAN Summit will be held in Cebu right?

exactly bai, with Pres. George W. Bush as their guest...

bulakenyo

December 18th, 2005, 06:49 AM

^^Wow! That's great news! Next year, ASEAN focusses attention to Cebu. I really hope we pour more investments outside Metro Manila. Kung ako negosyante mas gugustuhin ko sa Cebu kasi ang mga tao diyan masisipag tska hindi mareklamo, hindi tulad ng squatters sa Metro Manila. Panay ang reklamo sa government pero pag tiningnan mo mga nakatambay at nagsusugal lang.

ashton

December 18th, 2005, 06:54 AM

@sugbuanon, naunsa man ng itsura sa Golden Peak nilapad lagi, pero cute gihapon. hehe

manileño

December 18th, 2005, 07:16 AM

sugbuanon

December 18th, 2005, 07:29 AM

slerz

December 18th, 2005, 07:36 AM

@slerz wala to nako sila apila ky karaan naman gud.. para modern sad tanawn ang cebu ba.. :D wala koy pic sa richmond nya chonghua wala lng nako apili ky hospital man gud..

is it true that bush will be here for the Summit or he'll just send a representative?

@ashton hehe kinit-an ra na nko sa internet.. kana na angle ako pili kay dako siya tanawn. pirte man gud nipisa ani na building..

As what I've heard in the news... narecord nako but dili mn gd video, kinahanglan video man jd para ma upload sa you tube... ngita lng ko paagi para ma post nko dri..hehe
but they said na there's a big possibility coz this early they've already sent an invitation para ma schedule jd og tarong ni Bush.

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Double-time for the MEGADOME

“That is the challenge that all of us must face and in many times past, Cebuanos have proven themselves equal to the challenges,” the governor said, adding that she will be closely working with Sanchez, who is a civil engineer.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/Megadome.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/Megadome2.jpg
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Sanchez has said the project can be done in one year but the contractor has to work double-time.

The spinning disc design of Alexus Medalla that won the contest that Capitol launched three years ago will still be used for the project.

“The design has already the complete structural detailed engineering, and that is the most important because that takes months to finish. At least we have headway there already. What needs concentration now will be the electrical and plumbing,” Garcia said. (MBG)
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mega double time (mega doble hora) for the megadome:D