Cebú City and Province [Archive] - Page 235

hakz2007

August 12th, 2009, 02:34 PM

VP de Castro says former patients to own lands inside former Mandaue leprosarium (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=223361)

CEBU CITY, Aug. 11 (PNA) -- Vice President Noli de Castro said former patients and their families who live inside the compound of a former leprosarium turned hospital in Mandaue City will soon own the 11.8-hectare area they are occupying, with papers for the transfer of ownership now being processed.

”Housing, like democracy, isn’t given a way. We must work hard for it and take care of it,” de Castro told a crowd that filled the Barangay Jagobiao gymnasium over the weekend.

De Castro, concurrent chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), visited Barangay Jagobiao with Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes.

The vice president distributed 35 lot titles to individuals, Community Mortgage Program (CMP) checks to different housing association officials, and certifications of entitlement to lot allocation (Cela) to groups and individuals.

Sacred Heart Chaplaincy priest Fr. Edwin Bacaltos said these former patients of the Eversley Childs Sanitarium have been working to own that area for 10 years.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, through Presidential Proclamation 1772, declared last May 14, 2009 the area inside the Eversley Childs Sanitarium in Barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue City as an “urban development and socialized housing site.”

De Castro told the crowd the President ordered him to help speed up the process so that the area can be turned over to qualified beneficiaries.

Bacaltos and his group are helping in the process of screening applicants. He said there are already more than 1,000 qualified applicants, compared to only 800 in 2005.

Persons who used to suffer from leprosy are prioritized.

Leprosy, or Hansen’s disease, is a chronic infectious disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract.

Patients afflicted with the disease stayed within the compound because they were formerly treated as outcasts because the disease is highly contagious until modern treatment stops negative patients from transmitting it.

It took them years of struggle to own the lot they are occupying, said Bacaltos, as many private individuals and groups also staked their claim to the same area.

Mandaue City Housing and Urban Development Office (Hudo) chief Francisco Amit said the mayor met with all claimants, until Profoods eventually yielded its claim to a portion of the 11.8 hectares, and even donated a hectare.

Bacaltos said they may use this additional hectare to accommodate patients still undergoing treatment and living in cottages inside the hospital compound. (PNA)

SleMarKen

August 12th, 2009, 02:39 PM

SRP road Tunnel viaduct AsoF 08-07

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concern

August 12th, 2009, 02:53 PM

^^ squatters ng naa sa ubos sa bridge?

carl_vilches21

August 12th, 2009, 02:56 PM

Ako 2 years from now, sakay og jeep sa Pardo then mo na-og diha sa NBacalso SRP intersection then molakaw nalang padong sa SM SRP para mag shopping... madala rag 15 mins gikan sa amo...hehehe

Diba layo ang NBacalso sa SRP?..Abi nako imong giingon nga NBacalso inayawan (talisay) intersection...hahaha...

diehardbisdak

August 12th, 2009, 03:14 PM

^^ squatters ng naa sa ubos sa bridge?

..very depressing gyud tan-awon bai...i thought gi-demolish na ni nga area up to Pasil...

SleMarKen

August 12th, 2009, 03:21 PM

^^Wala pa... kay wapa nahuman ang SRP... I dungan daw na tanan after na mahuman ang SRP...

@Carl... LoL

carl_vilches21

August 12th, 2009, 03:34 PM

SRP road Tunnel viaduct AsoF 08-07

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Naa poy wharf dira duol sa mga illegal settlers...

diehardbisdak

August 12th, 2009, 03:47 PM

..kumita na ang strategy na 'to! LOL! ...hayz, politiko talaga!

VP de Castro says former patients to own lands inside former Mandaue leprosarium (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=223361)

ivanc

August 12th, 2009, 04:32 PM

Naa poy wharf dira duol sa mga illegal settlers...

murag pambot (pumpboat) padung bohol

BULLDOG

August 12th, 2009, 04:33 PM

ivanc

August 12th, 2009, 04:34 PM

sa NRA man gud, daghan namalit pero gihimo rag depot/warehouse... sa SRP dapat strict gyud ang cit hall, para ang maka palit rag yuta kato ra gyung naay plano ug dili lang pang land bank, etc...

diehardbisdak

August 12th, 2009, 05:31 PM

Powerbooks @ The Northwing

pic by @Mia_Arguillon
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ngprofflorida

August 12th, 2009, 05:31 PM

...proudly made in CEBU!

pic & text by @tonee_despojo of flickr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3807436311_1b649ac4c9_o.jpg
The FBMA Marine Inc with its workforce pose for a souvenir shot with its buyer Andrew Banks with their families during the launching of Hull-1025 Pentalina at FBMA ship building facility in Balamban Cebu, Philippines.

Congrats Cebu for another milestone.....

diehardbisdak

August 12th, 2009, 05:35 PM

^^ kaso nga lang, the operation was shut down recently... sayang...sana, magkaroon ng maraming orders para mag re-open sila...isa sila sa naapektuhan ng world economic crisis!

diehardbisdak

August 12th, 2009, 05:39 PM

^^ that's why bai, i am for the creation of governing body (management) of SRP...more or less, the same set-up as CBP with CHI as the property manager/owner...

SleMarKen

August 12th, 2009, 06:04 PM

SleMarKen

August 12th, 2009, 06:57 PM

The new King of CBP...
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jsl_bxu1206

August 12th, 2009, 07:44 PM

Manila Water eyes Cebu concession
Thursday, 13 August 2009 01:16

METRO Manila’s east zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. Inc. (MWCI) is formally eying the Cebu market after saying it submitted an unsolicited plan to build a bulk water facility in the Visayan island, considered an underserved market.

In a disclosure on Wednesday, MWCI said the proposal called the Cebu Bulk Water Supply Project will supply 35 million liters of potable water per day to meet supply requirements in Cebu cities and municipalities, namely: Danao, Compostela, Liloan, Consolacion, Mandaue, Lapu Lapu and Cordova.

“Currently, these areas are being underserved,” said MWCI in a statement, adding that the water will be sourced from the Luyang River, of the municipality of Carmen.

MWCI said should the project proceed as planned, it will be built in a joint venture with the provincial government of Cebu and will be subject to the province’s joint investment guidelines.

The Ayala-led firm added that salient features of the proposal include a “no-take-or-pay provision” and the turnover of all the Cebu project’s assets once the 25-year cooperation period has lapsed.

MWCI said the proposal aims to replicate its role in Metro Manila’s east zone to lessen the “overextraction” of groundwater in Cebu, currently the province’s main source of potable water.

The company’s concession area encompasses parts of Manila, San Juan, Taguig, Pateros, Antipolo, Taytay, Jala-Jala, Baras, Angono, San Mateo, Rodriquez, Marikina, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Makati and most of Quezon City.

Regulator Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System recently granted the extension of the company’s east-zone concession by another 15 years from 2022 to 2037.

http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/companies/14500-manila-water-eyes-cebu-concession.html

MatudNilaBaby

August 12th, 2009, 09:37 PM

sus...lami ba ana oi...

gimingaw lang ko ug spaghetti da...maayo pa magluto ko ug pasta ala ssc. let me see if i know how to post a pix on here afar from cebu.

springcity

August 13th, 2009, 02:25 AM

The new King of CBP...
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9093/cbpc.jpg

hehehe the picture shows both sides of cebu.....the rich and not the rich :)

springcity

August 13th, 2009, 02:29 AM

SRP road Tunnel viaduct AsoF 08-07

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:ohno: sayang tana makakita ug sulbad ang LGU Cebu about sa mga squatters

marxman

August 13th, 2009, 03:44 AM

nganu cge mag tagalog mga tao? unsay naa?

olineil

August 13th, 2009, 03:57 AM

nganu cge mag tagalog mga tao? unsay naa?

Tulad ko sir... I used to be an active contributor here kaso when it came to a point na puro cebuano na ang discussion I had to pass cause I can't understand the discussions totally. So everytime I visit the thread I just skim thru the pictures and doesn't even bother to post any comments anymore.

Keep in mind po na porket nagtatagalog doesn't mean taga Manila na. Bicolano po ako just like hakz. Although I can understand a little based on similar words used I still have to communicate in either tagalog or english. :)

_leonell_

August 13th, 2009, 03:57 AM

ha? Unsa'y nagtagalog bai?

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 13th, 2009, 04:05 AM

nganu cge mag tagalog mga tao? unsay naa?

coz hindi lang mga cebuanos ang nagmamahal sa cebu...naks!

bitaw, pasagdahi lang na sila uy basta magcebuano ta dinhi! way magbuot! di ta paapekto kay klaro kaayong gipakonsensya ta kay di sila kasabot...hehehe...j/k

amendercabal2

August 13th, 2009, 04:55 AM

for those non-visayan speaking people....speak in english mga bro rather than tagalog

leylander

August 13th, 2009, 04:57 AM

Tulad ko sir... I used to be an active contributor here kaso when it came to a point na puro cebuano na ang discussion I had to pass cause I can't understand the discussions totally. So everytime I visit the thread I just skim thru the pictures and doesn't even bother to post any comments anymore.

Keep in mind po na porket nagtatagalog doesn't mean taga Manila na. Bicolano po ako just like hakz. Although I can understand a little based on similar words used I still have to communicate in either tagalog or english. :)

we understand. but it's prero of cebuano posters to use their own language when posting here as this is not a 'national thread'. :)

personally, id rather you use english. it's proper courtesy too since you're posting in a thread 'inhabited' by non-tagalogs.

Sleepwalker

August 13th, 2009, 05:04 AM

for those non-visayan speaking people....speak in english mga bro rather than tagalog

Daghan hard core nga mga "Filipinos" ang mo-reklamo ani og foul, kay kuno dili ni nationalistic... :)

hakz2007

August 13th, 2009, 05:26 AM

for those non-visayan speaking people....speak in english mga bro rather than tagalog

no problem with that...English parlance would be best for our tete-a-tete....:banana::banana::banana:

I am not too adept with this kind of language.....:cheers:

hakz2007

August 13th, 2009, 05:27 AM

^^let's talk in english albeit August is considered as "Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa":lol:

leylander

August 13th, 2009, 05:55 AM

^^why make a big deal out of it?

Sleepwalker

August 13th, 2009, 05:58 AM

no problem with that...English parlance would be best for our tete-a-tete....:banana::banana::banana:

I am not too adept with this kind of language.....:cheers:

Just take our comments lightly, Bai...Nothing serious... :)

dive-cebu

August 13th, 2009, 06:39 AM

AGREE. this is the best answer to those who question why we use Cebuano in our disucssions here. this is an old issue, and i believe we already had a verdict several threads back. BUT, as ley is saying, as a courtesy to other readers worldwide, it's better if we use English.

we understand. but it's prero of cebuano posters to use their own language when posting here as this is not a 'national thread'. :)

personally, id rather you use english. it's proper courtesy too since you're posting in a thread 'inhabited' by non-tagalogs.

Wind Shear

August 13th, 2009, 07:55 AM

To add with, most Cebuano forumers perfer English as neutral language.

c6josh

August 13th, 2009, 08:02 AM

for those non-visayan speaking people....speak in english mga bro rather than tagalog

hehehe...very nice rule, bai.:) at least everyone who joins Cebu thread will practice there english writing skills.

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 13th, 2009, 09:12 AM

for those non-visayan speaking people....speak in english mga bro rather than tagalog

well its up to them if they don't speak english! its not our problem!
nasobrahan sa pagkanationalista KUNO! :drool::puke:

anyway, we don't care if they insist! :nuts::nuts:

federalist

August 13th, 2009, 10:06 AM

guys, be friendly and educated.

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 13th, 2009, 10:19 AM

^^

hehehe.... friendly man ta dinhi dugay na. dili ba? :lol::lol::D

jrevalde

August 13th, 2009, 10:49 AM

english lang gyud to include not just tagalogs in our discussions, but also foreigners and maybe some overseas born pinoys who cant speak bisaya or filipino

weewit

August 13th, 2009, 12:39 PM

WOW! why do we have this issue in the first place... lets not make language as barrier to each other... lets hope we welcome everyone whatever the language be... peace..

_leonell_

August 13th, 2009, 02:26 PM

Di lagi kaayo ko ganahan sa bulge sa dan padung saka sa coastal road oi! Lain sad tan-awn ang mga squatters sa kilid........ pero that's the face behind Cebu's success. The City may relocate into a Government funded highrise Condominium!

marxman

August 13th, 2009, 02:26 PM

sorry guys! i wasnt trying to incite something... i was kinda joking bout it... no bad intentions... but i think id prefer english than tagalog... and i dont know... its just me i guess... i dont like conversing in tagalog with fellow cebuanos... hehe!

_leonell_

August 13th, 2009, 02:30 PM

^^^^ I also feel not talking to fellow Cebuanos in Tagalog............ especially that this is a PROVINCIAL thread so don't expect that posters here would speak other languages aside from Cebuano and English..........

gustokiddo

August 13th, 2009, 02:39 PM

Guys, aside from the one in SM, where else can I find The Coffee Bean in Cebu?

Ang_Bantayanon

August 13th, 2009, 02:44 PM

SineBuano

August 13th, 2009, 03:28 PM

Payter. Hala asdang ta tanan para sa kalambuan.

Sinjin P.

August 13th, 2009, 03:34 PM

^ The Terraces Ayala Center Cebu and i2 Building, Asiatown IT Park, Cebu City

Sinjin P.

August 13th, 2009, 03:41 PM

SM City Cebu Awesome 3 Day SALE
up to 70% off on great selections mallwide
Extended Mall Hours: 10am-10pm

Make Your Own Havaianas
August 14-17, 2009
Northwing Atrium, SM City Cebu
Mall Hours

bakasaurus

August 13th, 2009, 03:42 PM

Hahaha. Payter.
Na hala.
Ug karon, naa bay mga updates? maayong balita preferably. ehehe.

Zuburbia

August 13th, 2009, 04:15 PM

hahaha! kana! way mosukwahi sa gusto nato nga linguahe...way magbuot sa mga bisdak! hahaha!

leylander

August 13th, 2009, 04:22 PM

Cebu Ravaged By Unknown Giant Life Forms
Thursday, August 13, 2009

CEBU, PHILIPPINES - The three big cities of Cebu - Cebu City, Mandaue City, and Lapu-Lapu City were ravaged by unknown giant life forms late Wednesday night. According to witnesses, the life forms, which were shaped like giant globs of red jelly, appeared out of nowhere. The attack, which lasted for less than ten minutes, left the officials and armed forces of the three big cities still clueless up until this report was printed.

Damaged during the attacks were the General Milling Corporation compound in Lapu-Lapu City, the expansion project of Super Metro Mandaue in Mandaue City, and SM City Cebu in Cebu City.

One witness, Erlinda Canoy said that the two giant life forms appeared two hours before midnight. According to her, the life forms were most definitely not human. "Hadlok gyud kaayo ko oi! Hapit gani naigo among balay! (I was so scared. Our house was even almost hit)," Canoy said.

Richard Omampao, an employee of Super Metro Mandaue, said that he was walking toward the Marcelo Fernan Bridge when two giant red figures suddenly covered the night sky. "Nagkaratol gyud kog dagan sa kahadlok. Karon pa ko kita ug ingon adto. (I ran like crazy when I saw the figures. I've never seen anything like them before!)

Richard Monroe, an Australian tourist, who was having beer with his Cebuana fiance Lucita Catipay at the Mountain View Nature Park in Sitio Garaje in Baranggay Busay during the attack, was able to snap some photos of the intruders. Monroe willingly shared one shot that he managed to take before the intruders disappeared.

Photo Below

nyhahahahaha!
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artwork by: Pikoy Famador. hehehe

Zuburbia

August 13th, 2009, 04:59 PM

Bag-o ra naabot ako papa nya ako dayon giinterview hoping nga basig kahibaw siya sa mall nga itukod pero wala man daw siya kahibaw...hehe. Pero nisulti daw si Tomas nga pipila nalang ka months, mag abot abot na ang kwarta nga halin sa SRP...:banana::carrot:

hala kalami ani bai! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :banana: :banana: :banana:

Zuburbia

August 13th, 2009, 05:05 PM

bakasaurus

August 13th, 2009, 05:17 PM

Hahahaha. Ahak pod nimo bai Ley.

Theme Song bai:

There's something strange in the neighborhood..
Who you gonna call?

Gowsbasters!

_leonell_

August 13th, 2009, 05:32 PM

^^^^ Kuyawana pud nako ana oi! Ahak man sad ka! ABi nako'g unsa nan'ng mga invaders nikalit ug abot Cenu! Woooohhhhhhooooooooo what a thriller! Nakalimot nuon ko sa isyu nila ganina!

SleMarKen

August 13th, 2009, 05:33 PM

The Media Launching of make your own havaianas 2009 @ the Northwing... 08-13

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monthly_gallery

August 13th, 2009, 05:56 PM

Where is the Northwing ba?

The Media Launching of make your own havaianas 2009 @ the Northwing... 08-13

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Sinjin P.

August 13th, 2009, 06:00 PM

^ SM City Cebu. :)

olineil

August 13th, 2009, 09:27 PM

well its up to them if they don't speak english! its not our problem!
nasobrahan sa pagkanationalista KUNO! :drool::puke:

anyway, we don't care if they insist! :nuts::nuts:

:) My wife is a full blooded Cebuana so I have nothing against Cebuanos. But if you want to continue with this kind of welcoming attitude that's your prerogative.

As I mentioned before I am bicolano, but I speak to my wife in bisaya when I can, like, naunsa man ka?, nganu man?, kapoy naka be? Unsay imo ganahan, masahe?, hehehe... hope I typed it right. I love cebu, its my second home, I just hope we don't generalize those people who speak tagalog as manileño na. Cebuanos are better than that. Lets not make the mistake of Manileños generalizing visayan and promdi people during the old times as lower than them.

Pero dili man gyud ko palupig ninyo kay Uragon man ko! Hahahah!

Love, Peace, & LOL!

Sleepwalker

August 14th, 2009, 04:01 AM

habagatcentral1

August 14th, 2009, 04:26 AM

^^

Welcoming attitude? Just because we choose not to speak in Filipino (errr, Tagalog) language, we already have some issue with our attitude? I hope you are not misunderstanding us.

Welcome kaayo ka diri bai. Everybody is welcome in this thread. So relax, feel at home and enjoy... :cheers:
I hope so because I'm already misunderstood in my post at the other thread. No derogatory or war intended but some people interpreted it otherwise. I just expressed my opinion (although getting redundant) but will have to explain to a newbie...but the reply from the forumer is very far from my intention to express, not to sow hatred. We're grown ups, I hope we could discuss that issue in a more mature way.

So I hope I have a wrong impression over the seemingly "unwelcoming" remark from a forumer there.

Sleepwalker

August 14th, 2009, 04:33 AM

^^ Forums, as you are aware, are very prone to misunderstanding. I bet, if you discuss the same topic over a bottle of beer, I am sure, things will go smoothly.

Here, we see from time to time, a small misunderstanding escalates to word war, just because nobody is willing to back off...Being egoistic is singular. It does not have to be collectively Cebuano. As you can observe, Cebuano forumers also have some heated discussions here, just because nobody think to back off.

marxman

August 14th, 2009, 04:34 AM

hi guys! lets not fight over languages here... bisag unsaon pinoy rata tanan. we dont have rules here in cebu thread na Cebuano and English only. those are just preferences by the forumers. like me id prefer Cebuano and English. coz practicality lng. most forumers here are bisaya. and we bisaya are used to Cebuano(bisaya) and English. and honestly lng. wala jud angay mga bisaya mag.tinagalog. hehe!

no language rules ta diri mga bai! preferences lng.

to all tagalog forumers. pasensya nlng. coz most here will always be comfortable with bisaya and english.

its not that we have "this kind of welcoming attitude". its just using the language we bisaya are comfortable with.

Peace guys!

Kmsta na mga updates?

marxman

August 14th, 2009, 04:37 AM

this past few months ive been convincing my officemates here in makati na mag.vacation sa cebu.

plan namu mag portofino, bantayan island, tour sa cebu city, kawasan falls, mountain view, tops, katong mountain resort sa balamban.

how much kaha ang estimate na gastuson? mga 2K sa airplane. then mag.enjoy na kaha sila sa 3K-5K na pocket money? ang accomodation kay sa amu house sa naga. then transpo ka ako nsad.

what do you think? tnx!

Sleepwalker

August 14th, 2009, 04:52 AM

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 05:10 AM

Sleepwalker

August 14th, 2009, 05:21 AM

Even though i sometimes rant about the bickerings of Tomas and Gwen, but still I trust on these two leaders.

Wala lang nako gi-quote tanan kay taas kaayo.

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Gwen says sorry (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/gwen-says-sorry)

CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday apologized to Cebuanos for the purchase of the Balili property in Tinaan, Naga and pledged to recover the amount paid for the portion that is underwater. Garcia said she will take full responsibility for the purchase.

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Garcia said she did not get any warning on the purchase, unlike Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña who was cautioned by Vice Mayor Michael Rama for the purchase of the Ting property, which is also partly submerged. She said “this is one of the very, very rare times that I envy Tomas.”

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Former senator John “Sonny” Osmeña, however, said the damage has been done and Congress should also look into the issue. In an interview over radio dyRF, Osmeña said Congress should also look into the purchase and not just on the Cebu City Government agreement with Filinvest.

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 05:25 AM

:) My wife is a full blooded Cebuana so I have nothing against Cebuanos. But if you want to continue with this kind of welcoming attitude that's your prerogative.

As I mentioned before I am bicolano, but I speak to my wife in bisaya when I can, like, naunsa man ka?, nganu man?, kapoy naka be? Unsay imo ganahan, masahe?, hehehe... hope I typed it right. I love cebu, its my second home, I just hope we don't generalize those people who speak tagalog as manileño na. Cebuanos are better than that. Lets not make the mistake of Manileños generalizing visayan and promdi people during the old times as lower than them.

Pero dili man gyud ko palupig ninyo kay Uragon man ko! Hahahah!

Love, Peace, & LOL!

yeah i will continue it! and i have no intentions to change it either. :lol::lol::D

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 05:28 AM

yeah i will continue it! and i have no intentions to change it either. :lol::lol::D

Are you in Cebu right now?

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 05:30 AM

^^

yes, why? :lol::lol::D

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 05:32 AM

^^

yes, why? :lol::lol::D

Just akin' pading mainstream..thanks for visiting our thread from time to time...we appreciate it so much....:cheers:

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 05:34 AM

^^

your welcome bai! BTW, nice updates there! :cheers::okay:

BTW, what's pading? :sly:

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 05:35 AM

^^

your welcome bai! BTW, nice updates there! :cheers::okay:

yup...its my pleasure updating all of you guys with informative news....:banana:

SleMarKen

August 14th, 2009, 05:56 AM

Latest pics of SM City Cebu 08-13
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The old building (renovation still ongoing)
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The Northwing
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hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 06:02 AM

^^ganda ng SM Cebu..nakapunta na rin ako diyan at sa Ayala Center Cebu

marxman

August 14th, 2009, 06:11 AM

Mora og sakto ang 5K bai...Mamalit pa gud na og souvenir unya. How about island hopping, wa mo'y plano?

bitaw noh! island hopping diay. ampay jud kau ni nila!

federalist

August 14th, 2009, 08:46 AM

Since the first time that I read in this forum, I observed that there are some who tend to be nice but we all know that deep in their heart they envy of us Cebuanos or maybe hatred is the right term. They want to rival/compete Cebu even if the playing field is not Even. Well, Cebuanos are open to competitions, at the end of the day, we rarely lose battle.

pasensya na mo ha dili ni stimulus para mohimo ug another word war pero mao lang jud ni ako nabantayan.

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 09:53 AM

^^
:lol::lol::D:rofl:

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 10:23 AM

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 10:31 AM

^^
:lol::lol::D:rofl:

surely not from camarines sur! :okay:

federalist

August 14th, 2009, 10:32 AM

if you don't mind, may i know who are these envious?:)

you dont have to worry.

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 10:46 AM

GWEN SAYS SORRY
Friday August 14, 2009
By Rizel S. Adlawan
Sun Star Cebu Daily

CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday apologized to Cebuanos for the purchase of the Balili property in Tinaan, Naga and pledged to recover the amount paid for the portion that is underwater. Garcia said she will take full responsibility for the purchase.

She said she has learned her lesson for refusing to be a “cynic and continue to maintain good faith on my fellow Cebuanos and believe that we Cebuanos are upright. So, I say I’m sorry as your governor to continue to believe in the Cebuanos,” Garcia said.

The governor called for a press conference yesterday to present facts related to the purchase. Capitol officials presented to reporters the result of its own survey that showed a portion of the 25-hectare property is submerged.

According to the Capitol survey, 94,526 square meters of the property are submerged, 80,124 square meters underwater and 14,402 square meters with mangroves.

Garcia said Capitol will recover P37.8 million of the P98 million paid for the property from the Balili estate through its executor, Romeo Balili. She said they will write the demand letter today.

Torrens System

If the Province can’t get the money back, Garcia said they can go after several properties in Naga titled under Luis and Amparo Balili.

Garcia said the Province purchased the property “believing in the veracity and authenticity of the Torrens System, which has been followed by the Republic of the Philippines and respected as such.”

Garcia said she did not get any warning on the purchase, unlike Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña who was cautioned by Vice Mayor Michael Rama for the purchase of the Ting property, which is also partly submerged. She said “this is one of the very, very rare times that I envy Tomas.”

The governor called for a press conference yesterday to present all the facts on the purchase “in the midst of all of these innuendos, suspicions, speculations and not to mention a lot of posturing.”

Garcia said that it was only after the purchase that talks on the property started to circulate. She said the property was bought at P400 per square meter, which is lower than the appraised value of P610 per square meter.

No need

For PB Member Victor Maambong, there’s no need for officials to apologize because they purchased lots with titles. Still, Maambong joined Garcia and the other PB members in apologizing yesterday.

“There’s no need to apologize because this is a titled property. The measure of diligence is due diligence. There is still an opportunity to re-coup (the payment),” he said.
Capitol officials will book advertisements to publish issues and their answers with supporting documents.

Land titles were issued for the property last May 18, 1978. Capitol consultant Rory Jon Sepulveda said he is wondering why the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued land titles even if parts of the property are seawater and mangrove.

Garcia has requested the PB to grant her the authority to pursue any legal action to recover the amount. The authority will be included in the agenda for next week’s PB session.

Lawyer Gloria Ramos, one of those who questioned the Province’s purchase, said a prudent lawyer would always trace back documents to the original title in order to ensure its validity.

Had officials done their research, “they would have known that there was a court order issued declaring it null and void,” she said in a separate interview.

Ramos said public interest “demands that the investigation continue and those who benefited from this anomalous transaction and those who failed to exercise due diligence in the performance of their duty be held accountable.”

2 checks

On the claim by Amparo, the widow of Luis Balili, that she only got P65 million of the P98 million paid by Capitol, Garcia said the media and the public should ask Romeo Balili where the rest of the money went because two checks totaling P98 million were issued to him as court-appointed administrator of the Balili estate.

Former senator John “Sonny” Osmeña, however, said the damage has been done and Congress should also look into the issue. In an interview over radio dyRF, Osmeña said Congress should also look into the purchase and not just on the Cebu City Government agreement with Filinvest.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/gwen-says-sorry

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 10:50 AM

HOUSE TO LOOK INTO CITY-FLI DEAL
Friday August 14, 2009
By Gary C. Cabotaje & Linette C. Ramos
Sun Star Cebu Daily

MANILA - The House committee on good government yesterday decided to hold a congressional inquiry on the joint venture agreement between the Cebu City Government and Filinvest to develop a portion of the South Road Properties (SRP).

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will cooperate with the investigation even if he considers it a trap and is already made to appear guilty.

Osmeña said legislators from the Province are manipulating the proceedings on the inquiry, which he described as politically motivated. He said it is meant to discredit him in time for the elections so the Garcias can join Cebu City politics.

Some Cebuano legislators, however, welcomed the committee’s decision, saying they pushed for the holding of the House inquiry in Cebu City for the convenience of witnesses and enlightenment of Cebuanos.

Both Reps. Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City, south) and Pablo John Garcia (Cebu Province, 3rd district) said Cebuanos are entitled to know details of the multi-billion deal.

In his April 20 privilege speech, Pablo John questioned the joint venture, describing it as grossly and criminally disadvantageous to Cebu City.

In yesterday’s hearing, the committee, chaired by Camiguin Rep. Pedro Romualdo, acknowledged the issues raised in the privilege speeches of Garcia and Rep. Raul del Mar. He said these should be resolved in the inquiry.

“The issues have been joined and the committee will determine the veracity or falsity of these charges raised by Garcia during the congressional hearing,” said Cuenco, a regular committee member.

Pablo John said the joint venture agreement and not a mere newspaper advertisement is the best evidence for the committee to study.

The legislator was referring to Cebu City’s advertisements in local newspapers to defend the legality of the contract.

Rep. Raul del Mar (Cebu City, 1st district) reportedly used the statements in the newspaper advertisement when he answered Pablo John’s privilege speech.

But del Mar said his reply was not merely based on the newspaper ads because he consulted City Hall officials.

As to the issue on equity in the joint venture, Pablo John clarified that he only questioned the percentage share of Cebu City with Filinvest, which is lower compared to a similar deal between Taguig City and R II Builders Inc.

“I’m not referring to the revenues or amount but the percentage share, which in Taguig is way higher than that of Cebu City,” he said.

He said Taguig City gets 69 percent in the revenue sharing while Cebu City will get only 10.16 percent.

Pablo John said the committee should request Taguig City to furnish it with a copy of its deal with R II Builders.

Romualdo asked Pablo John for his copy of the contract and said the committee will write Taguig for the document.

During the hearing, Rep. Pablo Garcia (Cebu Province, 2nd district) also assailed the legality of the outright sale of 10.6 hectares to Filinvest, saying it violates Section 3, Article 12 of the 1987 Constitution and Section 60 of the Public Land Act.

The Constitution and the Public Land Act, he said, prohibit the transfer or sale of public domain, even if it is disposable or alienable, without the authority of Congress. What is allowed by law, he said, is only to lease the property. The sale, he said, is void.

In his news conference at Cebu City Hall yesterday, Osmeña said he is ready to defend the fairness, morality and advantages of the deal to the City Government. He said he will leave the legality of the matter to the City’s lawyers.

The mayor, however, said that it is unfair to appear before a hearing where the accusers, prosecutors and judges are the same people, instead of a judge in a regular court.

“No problem, fine, they can question me but alkanse gyud ko kay the accuser, the witness and the judge are the same people.

If this is a case of illegality, the proper venue is the court,” said Osmeña.

“I don’t want to show the Cebuanos that we have something to hide so we’ll just go there and answer their questions, bahala na if it’s a trap. They’re timing all of this for the elections. It’s been months that I’ve been asking them to bring out that Taguig contract... I will insist to them to include that, unless they want to lose their own credibility,” he said.

Transparency

Cebu City officials have been asking Pablo John to give them a copy of the Taguig City contract so they can review it.

“Why can’t they show that to us when they’re accusing us of lack of transparency? I’m willing to be transparent, we are willing to walk into a trap if only to prove to the Cebuanos that we have nothing to hide. But this is really a trap,” he said.

FLI vice president for Visayas and Mindanao Tristan las Marias said the company would not comment on the matter because they have not received any advice on what transpired during the committee’s meeting yesterday.

Osmeña also believes that politics is behind Garcia’s actions from the beginning, and is also meant to make investors afraid to buy SRP lots. He said he would not be surprised if the Garcias file a case against him before the May 2010 elections.

“They want to fool the Cebuanos. Fine, but I’m not going to suffer. You know who suffers? It’s Cebu. Because if Cebu City will suffer, they think we will be destroyed and makasud gyud sila in glory but they have to burn the place down first so they can take over. And I’m not going to allow them to do it,” he added.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/house-look-city-fli-deal

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 10:54 AM

you dont have to worry.

okay, thanks....

federalist

August 14th, 2009, 10:56 AM

pa sorry sorry na si Gwen aron ingnong honest mistake. atik atik ra na kay kung wa pa sakpi pila kahay iyang bahin ana. :ohno:

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 10:59 AM

^^

:lol::lol::D:cheer:

atik gyud kaayo bai. magbasa pud ka kay makaingon pud ka na gabaan! hehe...

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 11:01 AM

pa sorry sorry na si Gwen aron ingnong honest mistake. atik atik ra na kay kung wa pa sakpi pila kahay iyang bahin ana. :ohno:

at least mga bay nagsorry....nag-ala Gloria ba o hindi naman?

Brandon32

August 14th, 2009, 11:20 AM

http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/Albay_Kodaks/brazilisa017.jpg

http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/Albay_Kodaks/brazilisa020.jpg

Lets make cebu as Asia's shipbuilding capital!:banana::cheers::cheers:

ormocanon

August 14th, 2009, 11:24 AM

^^Well at least it's Southeast Asia's shipbuilding capital now.:)

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 14th, 2009, 11:25 AM

Lets make cebu as Asia's shipbuilding capital!:banana::cheers::cheers:

^^
bai thanks for the photos! looks like its going to rain.

thanks for the salutation!:okay:

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 11:30 AM

^^Well at least it's Southeast Asia's shipbuilding capital now.:)

even greater than Subic...

ormocanon

August 14th, 2009, 11:35 AM

^^Even greater than Malaysia and Indonesia combined. Let's not compare local cities. Cebu's success is the Phils.' success including Subic.:okay:

hakz2007

August 14th, 2009, 11:47 AM

^^Even greater than Malaysia and Indonesia combined. Let's not compare local cities. Cebu's success is the Phils.' success including Subic.:okay:

sure....:cheers:

RonnieR

August 14th, 2009, 11:56 AM

^^Even greater than Malaysia and Indonesia combined. Let's not compare local cities. Cebu's success is the Phils.' success including Subic.:okay:

If all Filipinos have the same way of thinking, we can be a great nation. Let's not compete with fellow filipinos, other cities/provinces but the world.
:cheers:

ormocanon

August 14th, 2009, 12:00 PM

^^Right. The key is to complement each of our strengths, not to compete with each other or worse, pull each other down. Cebu and the rest of the Visayas will be in the forefront to our country's economic recovery.:cheers:

Jimbu

August 14th, 2009, 01:23 PM

^^
TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES(CEBU) INC.
Gallery of Products > here: http://www.thici.com/gallery08.htm

marxman

August 14th, 2009, 01:48 PM

If all Filipinos have the same way of thinking, we can be a great nation. Let's not compete with fellow filipinos, other cities/provinces but the world.
:cheers:

i do think that competition among ourselves will be beneficial. just no "CRAB MENTALITY".

I think this is the trait thats slowing us down...

"Competition breeds Innovation"

diehardbisdak

August 14th, 2009, 02:06 PM

^ wow, look at boardwalk mall...sayang!

diehardbisdak

August 14th, 2009, 02:25 PM

^^ and soon: Cybergate Cebu!

diehardbisdak

August 14th, 2009, 03:18 PM

Can-asujan Dam (Small Reservoir Irrigation Project)
Carcar, Cebu, Phil.

flickr pics by @nakons
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/3816088135_a6c44af9cb.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/3816087451_ce1493a7be.jpg

diehardbisdak

August 14th, 2009, 03:22 PM

...look at Robinsons' lot at NRA...quite big!

[qoute=@brandon32]http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/Albay_Kodaks/brazilisa017.jpg[/quote]

Fraulein

August 14th, 2009, 03:23 PM

AmbutLang

August 14th, 2009, 03:34 PM

wala pa diay masugdi pagdevolep sa Robinson diha sa NRA? Hopefully masugdan na. :)

^^Mga tourist specialist sa Cebu advice kuno? :cheers:

diehardbisdak

August 14th, 2009, 03:46 PM

Fraulein

August 14th, 2009, 03:48 PM

...it's beside the University Of San Carlos - Main Campus (Pelaez side)...very near Colon area (5 minute walk lang)... Magellan Cross (5 minutes by jeepney)...may jeepney dadaan sa harap ng hotel papuntang uptown (Crown Regency - 5 minutes)...Ayala - 10 to 15 minutes...

Wow Thanks po!
\Pero ok ba yung hotel or kung may napabalitang bad record or whatsoever. We are planning to check in there kasi mura.

diehardbisdak

August 14th, 2009, 03:55 PM

^^ you can search the internet...so far, sa mga nababasa kong mga reviews, ayos na man...i think bago pa lang ang hotel na yan...so expect na okay pa ang facilities...anyways, have a nice trip...

Fraulein

August 14th, 2009, 04:01 PM

^^ you can search the internet...so far, sa mga nababasa kong mga reviews, ayos na man...i think bago pa lang ang hotel na yan...so expect na okay pa ang facilities...anyways, have a nice trip...

Salamat Sir! :)

maayomo

August 14th, 2009, 05:58 PM

Would want to share some photos... : )

http://i30.tinypic.com/20l11e1.jpg
Ribbon-cutting at the NHI Gallery

http://i26.tinypic.com/2j1ofuh.jpg
NHI Director Ambeth Ocampo

http://i29.tinypic.com/2upuzyr.jpg
The National Museum Director

http://i30.tinypic.com/2qaipz5.jpg
Governor Gwen serenading Ambeth Ocampo with a Happy Birthday

http://i25.tinypic.com/2le32pg.jpg
SSC forumers posing for a photo op.

http://i28.tinypic.com/34imtt5.jpg
The event was well-produced, with good sound, lights, and program.

http://i28.tinypic.com/2h8a2k8.jpg
Looks familiar...hmmmm...

http://i25.tinypic.com/16h9b0i.jpg
Pose-pose...hehehehe.

http://i26.tinypic.com/1072d84.jpg
The hallway, awash with light on the big evening.

http://i30.tinypic.com/2wnr503.jpg
The facade, awash with even more lights.

http://i32.tinypic.com/flkdup.jpg
Posing with the Governor.

I hope we could also hold an SSC meet here, you guys. It's good to know that, in the midst of all the beautiful new buildings being constructed, the really old ones are being brought back to life. : )

marxman

August 14th, 2009, 06:27 PM

Hi guys!

We will be in Cebu and Bohol for our three day escapades with my officemates. We are so excited and we hoped that our trip will be successful one. :)

I would like to ask since I am new here about in Cebu:

1. Is Tuxedo Business Suite ok? What i mean is safe or has good hotel / pension record?
2. We are planning to have a Cebu day tour. What are the suggested place for us to visit and at the same time to have fun?
3. What will be the cost or if there any places / point of interest that has entrance fees?
4. Any suggested place for we can buy our pasalubong.

Help me naman po in order for us to decide at the same time to enjoy our stay there.

Thanks!:okay:

hmmm... try these places:

1. Crown Regency Extreme Rides - along Osmena Blvd. tallest building in cebu
2. SUTUKIL - seafoods in mactan island near Lapu2x shrine
3. Taoist Temple - Busay i think
4. Mountain View or Tops - Busay
5. Santo Nino Cathedral and Magellans Cross
6. Mactan Beaches - Mactan Island
7. Cebu Museums
8. Asia Town IT Park - Night Life
9. Cebu Business Park - ayala center cebu - shopping
10. Mango Square - Night Life
11. CrossRoads - Night Life

compared to metro manila, cebu has a lower cost of living. so i think you can afford most of the things in there.

Pasalubong... you can buy pasalubong in the airport but its a lot expensive. i think sa ayala or sm. there are pasalubong sections sa groceries...

pasalubongs to buy:
1. Lechon Cebu - CNT sa SM
2. Chilens Chicharon
3. OTAP
4. Danggit - Taboan Market (much better if you have a bisaya guide with you)
5. 7D Dried Mangos - you can buy it here in metro manila though... hehe!

much better if you have a cebuano friend with you... so you wont waste time looking for the places u wanna go...

Gud luck! enjoy ur stay!

bukid

August 14th, 2009, 06:53 PM

I also prefer to use English and Cebuano.
Tagalog should only be used in the national threads.

August as language month is not solely for Tagalog.
It is also for other Philippine languages like Cebuano.

Sige, mga kahigalaan, padayon ta!

hi guys! lets not fight over languages here... bisag unsaon pinoy rata tanan. we dont have rules here in cebu thread na Cebuano and English only. those are just preferences by the forumers. like me id prefer Cebuano and English. coz practicality lng. most forumers here are bisaya. and we bisaya are used to Cebuano(bisaya) and English. and honestly lng. wala jud angay mga bisaya mag.tinagalog. hehe!

no language rules ta diri mga bai! preferences lng.

to all tagalog forumers. pasensya nlng. coz most here will always be comfortable with bisaya and english.

its not that we have "this kind of welcoming attitude". its just using the language we bisaya are comfortable with.

Peace guys!

Kmsta na mga updates?

Since the first time that I read in this forum, I observed that there are some who tend to be nice but we all know that deep in their heart they envy of us Cebuanos or maybe hatred is the right term. They want to rival/compete Cebu even if the playing field is not Even. Well, Cebuanos are open to competitions, at the end of the day, we rarely lose battle.

pasensya na mo ha dili ni stimulus para mohimo ug another word war pero mao lang jud ni ako nabantayan.

:lol: basta cebuano, di gyud palupig ay. :lol:

hmmm... try these places:

1. Crown Regency Extreme Rides - along Osmena Blvd. tallest building in cebu
2. SUTUKIL - seafoods in mactan island near Lapu2x shrine
3. Taoist Temple - Busay i think
4. Mountain View or Tops - Busay
5. Santo Nino Cathedral and Magellans Cross
6. Mactan Beaches - Mactan Island
7. Cebu Museums
8. Asia Town IT Park - Night Life
9. Cebu Business Park - ayala center cebu - shopping
10. Mango Square - Night Life
11. CrossRoads - Night Life

compared to metro manila, cebu has a lower cost of living. so i think you can afford most of the things in there.

Pasalubong... you can buy pasalubong in the airport but its a lot expensive. i think sa ayala or sm. there are pasalubong sections sa groceries...

pasalubongs to buy:
1. Lechon Cebu - CNT sa SM
2. Chilens Chicharon
3. OTAP
4. Danggit - Taboan Market (much better if you have a bisaya guide with you)
5. 7D Dried Mangos - you can buy it here in metro manila though... hehe!

much better if you have a cebuano friend with you... so you wont waste time looking for the places u wanna go...

Gud luck! enjoy ur stay!

Night life sa mango square? :lol: kung ganahan kag mga *you know* daghan na sa mango square. maynalang gani good boy ko. :D ug ang kadaghanan sa mga boys didto mejo dili gyud boys, basin di siya malingaw didto, hinuon kung girl sya murag safe sya kay di gyud sya mahilabtan pero ang boypren niya kung guapo ug macho, aayy pagbantay nalang sya kay di na gyud kauli kay makidnap gyud, dad-on dayon sa luyo. :D:D:D

Jimbu

August 14th, 2009, 07:02 PM

Marco Polo Plaza Cebu bags travel award for excellence (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=495731&publicationSubCategoryId=87)
(The Philippine Star)
August 14, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Marco Polo Plaza, a prominent landmark and Cebu City’s only five-star hotel, was recently awarded a Badge of Excellence by TripAdvisor, a travel guide and research website which enjoys nearly 32 million unique visitors a month.

TripAdvisor awarded the much-coveted badge to the Marco Polo Plaza for having received the most number of “excellent ratings” among Cebu City hotels from visitors who sent in their reviews and opinions to the popular website.

TripAdvisor.com is a free website that hosts reviews covering more than 400,000 hotels and 90,000 attractions in over 68,000 destinations worldwide.

With more than 20 million reviews and opinions and nearly 32 million unique visitors a month, TripAdvisor claims to be the largest and most popular travel community on the Web.

“We are delighted to receive this Badge of Excellence from one of the most popular and trusted online travel guides in the world,” says Hans Hauri, general manager of the Marco Polo Plaza Cebu. “It is a testament to the hotel’s unparalleled dedication and commitment to guest service excellence.”

The Marco Polo Plaza, situated 600 feet above sea level in the Nivel Hills district, is acknowledged as Cebu City’s finest business and leisure hotel in an urban resort setting.

Nestled on 7.5 hectares of lush greenery, it offers 329 spacious rooms and suites with unmatched panoramic views, 14 functions rooms, and four food and beverage outlets, including the award-winning buffet restaurant Café Marco and Cebu’s only rooftop restaurant, BLU Bar & Grill.

The Marco Polo Plaza is a subsidiary of Federal Land Inc., a member of the Metrobank group of companies, which includes the largest banking institution in the Philippines, Toyota Philippines, Orix Transportation, Philippine Axa Life, and 1st Metro Travel.

It is managed by the Marco Polo Hotels group, which has a portfolio of properties in Asia, exceptionally well located and convenient to the major landmarks and key attractions of Hong Kong, Beijing, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Wuhan in China, and Davao.

jsl_bxu1206

August 14th, 2009, 07:09 PM

Cebu is no. 21 in development
First Posted 09:31:00 08/14/2009

For some time now, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) had been preparing a report which compares the level of achievement of each UN member states using a single measure. Named the Human Development Index or HDI, this index has three distinct measures representing three basic dimensions. The first is a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy rate at birth. The second is knowledge, measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weight) and the combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio (with one third weight). The third and last is a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms in US dollars.

To get the HDI, an index is also computed for each of these three basic dimensions. An average of the index of the three basic indicators will now represent the summary measure of human development called the HDI.

In its 2008 Human Development Report, the UNDP presented the 2005 HDI rankings of 175 states . The HDI could be calculated along with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Insufficient data prevented the calculation of the remaining 17 member UN countries. In this report the Philippines placed No. 90 with an index of 0.771. Over time, the Philippines was successful in raising its HDI level, from only 0.655 in 1975 to 0.692 in 1985, 0.739 in 1995, and 0.758 in 2005. This is not so, however, in terms of its ranking because according to the Philippine 2008-2009 Human Development Report, the country’s 90th place in 2005 covered in the 2008 UNDP HDR was actually six places down since the preceding computation when it was ranked 84th. This means that while we improved our HDI in some way, many other countries were improving theirs in a big way, leaving us behind in ranking.

It is interesting to know what the 2008-2009 Report has to say about different provinces of the country. The Philippine HDR is actually patterned after the UNDP HDR. Where the latter presents the ranking of different UN member countries in terms of HDI, the former presents the ranking of different provinces in terms of its own computed HDI per province.

The HDI by province presented in the Philippine report varies only a little from the HDI presented in the UNDP report. One difference is the use of the average family income data taken from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) to measure the standard of living because of the absence of data on gross domestic product at the provincial level. The second is the use in the Philippine report of the high school graduate ratio in the knowledge indicator instead of literacy rate together with the basic enrollment ratio at the elementary and high school instead of the tertiary, high school and elementary level used in the HNDP report.

What now is the position of each province in the country in terms of HDI? The Philippine report shows that the top positions are occupied by Benguet, followed by Rizal, Cavite, Batanes, Laguna, Pampanga, Ilocos Norte, Bataan, Nueva Viscaya, and La Union in that order to complete the top ten. In the lowest position is Sulu, followed by Tawi-Tawi, Maguindanao, Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Masbate, Sarangani, Eastern Samar, Zamboanga del Norte and Romblon in that order.

Interestingly, Cebu which Gov. Gwen Garcia claims is number one in the country simply because it has the biggest total government revenue or zero debt is not found at all even in the second top ten but in number 21. This shows that Cebu has a lot of catching up to do in terms of raising the per capita income or average family income of its people, along with education because it already ranked high at No. 6 in terms of the longevity or health index.

The other interesting information from the Philippine HDR about Cebu, which also claims to be the most progressive area outside Metro Manila, is that it has one of the highest ratio of income of the highest ten percent of its population to its poorest ten percent at 13.7 or no. 8 among all the provinces of the country, which is topped by Eastern Samar with a ratio of 20.9. The higher the ratio, the more inequitable the distribution of income.

Cebu just celebrated its 440th year anniversary. I think it is just fitting to know where it stands compared to the rest of the country in terms of development. Consider that when the Americans first conducted a national census in 1903, Cebu was found to be one of, if not the top most, populated province in the country. That means that at that time Cebu was relatively highly progressive compared with the rest of the country to be able to support such a big population. We don’t look at the size of population of a place as an indicator of progress now or we would be looking at China or India as the two most developed nations in the world, not the US, Japan or other rich countries in Europe. But neither is total government revenue alone or its debt level. The HDI is.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/opinion/view/20090814-220272/Cebu-is-no-21--in-development

jsl_bxu1206

August 14th, 2009, 07:24 PM

CEBUNEXT: Furniture of the future
By AJ de la Torre (The Freeman) Updated August 15, 2009 12:00 AM

CEBU, Philippines - Previously known as CebuX, this year’s furniture and furnishings exhibition dubbed as CEBUNEXT, aims to showcase the best of what Cebu furniture companies and designers have to offer in the future.

CebuX organizers find it timely to change the major event to CEBUNEXT to convey the message that it is time to think of the future and foresee what the Cebu furniture industry could still offer.

Creative Director Kenneth Cobonpue said that they re-branded the activity “because they are thinking about tomorrow” and through the show on March 5-8, products that are not only entirely unique but environment-friendly will be displayed.

Cobonpue said that eco-friendly materials were already used by furniture designers and companies even before, but stressed on the importance of using it now especially since mainstream buyers are also looking for products made of environment friendly materials.

During the launching recently of what would be expected during the show on 2010, which will be held in Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino, Lahug, products on what has been popularized by the local designers during the 60’s to 90’s were featured like rattan, buri, stonecraft and abaca and hinted on more to be seen at CEBUNEXT.

CFIF Executive Director Joseph Martin Borromeo said that “they are taking the bold step forward” in order to rise up from what has been seen already in the past.

“This event aims to answer the question, What has not been done yet?” said Borromeo who explained that after a lot of consultations from their members and the previous exhibitors, they have come up with a show that is aimed to encourage more buyers.

Charles Streegan, the overall chairman of the Fair Management Team said that they are not after the number of exhibitors that will commit themselves for the show, but is on giving out the best show that the customers and buyers could witness regardless of how many exhibitors.

The show is aimed at proving that “Cebu is still the place to get things that are not in other places” said Streegan who stressed that they would want to show the furniture world that “Cebu is here.”

Streegan explained that in their effort to gather more buyers, they have already cleaned out their previous data file and have added more than 4,500 new buyers both local and international.

Also the committee explained that they have also lowered down the prices of the payments for the exhibitors so that more could be able to participate in the exhibition. These new rates are much more less than the exhibit in Manila which could help the exhibitors save up to 62 percent all in all.

Aside from this effort in gathering in more companies, CFIF have also come up with new promotional activities to entice and help out their buyers like their new user-friendly and interactive website.

Streegan said that they are determined to make the buyers come and believe that they have done their part and is now challenging the exhibitors to do their part also.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=496173&publicationSubCategoryId=108

jsl_bxu1206

August 14th, 2009, 07:25 PM

First AmiSa tower to be completed ahead of sked
(The Freeman) Updated August 15, 2009 12:00 AM

CEBU, Philippines - The Tower A of AmiSa Private Residences will be completed seven months ahead of schedule, this according to Robinsons Land Corporation on the current update of its five-star leisure resort community in Punta Engaño in Mactan.

Tower A, a 14-story structure, will be topped-off by mid-September this year and is targeted to be completed by May 2010.

In a statement, the company bared that sales of Tower A units have been brisk, allowing the company to start and complete the project earlier than scheduled. This despite the anticipated weak interest of buyers brought about by the jitters of the global economic recession.

The bulk of buyers are from the Visayas while a significant number of overseas Filipinos and investors from Manila have also acquired units. Tower B is currently on a pre-selling stage.

Meanwhile, the AmiSa clubhouse and swimming pools will be completed by the first quarter next year to ensure residents will have a place to relax and unwind as soon as they move in.

AmiSa is designed to have six residential condominiums featuring Australian Gold Coast architecture that offer breathtaking views of the beach, sea and Cebu’s coastline.

It will also have a five-star hotel with amenities, an entertainment center, two big and beautiful pools, tree-lined walks and nooks, pocket parks, and open spaces that lead to a pristine white sand beach, and sports activity areas.

The resort development was conceived to allow its users to enjoy an active interaction with nature while preserving and enhancing its environment. The concept of the towers soaring above the rest of the natural site takes advantage of the picturesque views it offers.

The project site is a mere 10 minutes from Mactan Shangri-La Mactan Resort and Spa and Hilton Cebu Resort and Spa, 15 minutes from Mactan International Airport and 40 minutes away from Cebu City.

The Gokongwei-led project, called AmiSa, is an eight-year development project. The hotel component will be started in the next one or two years, depends on the market take up of its condominium unit offerings.

The company has lined up several real estate developments in Cebu, including Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) buildings that will be located in the Cebu City metropolis district, the Cybergate building.

Today, RLC is among the most profitable business of JG Summit Holdings Inc., with its 18 malls, 23 residential subdivisions, 22 residential condominiums, six office buildings and three hotels.

Earlier, JG Summit Holdings Inc., president and chief operating officer (COO)

Lance Gokongwei, said that the company is looking at expanding its land bank in Cebu to prepare for more projects in the next few years.

So far, Amisa is the company’s first largest project here.

In Cebu, the Gokongwei Group has operated one mall the Robinsons shopping mall in Fuente Osmeña, the Midtown Hotel, and the Blue Coast subdivision in Mactan and Robinson’s Supermarket at the Banilad Town Center.—Ehda M. DAgoc

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=496174&publicationSubCategoryId=108

jsl_bxu1206

August 14th, 2009, 07:25 PM

Wellness industry grooms Cebu as vanity destination
By Ehda M. Dagooc (The Freeman) Updated August 15, 2009 12:00 AM

Noting the huge interest among foreigners including Filipino “balikbayans” availing of beauty enhancement procedures in Cebu, the Cebu Health and Wellness Council (CHWC) is geared to position Cebu as the vanity and dental destination.

Department of Trade and Industry Cebu Provincial Office director Nelia F. Navarro said that Cebu will quantify the number of vanity and dental clinics in Cebu in order to make these as banner services for the broad medical tourism market.

Because of this, Navarro, who is also a board member of the CHWC, said that 20 dental practitioners have already signified interest to join the CHWC membership and include their dental clinics in the list of international promotion for health and wellness.

However, Navarro said the group still has to finalize its database on the list of services offered by hospitals and specialty clinics, in order to have as well organized marketing collaterals to strong push Cebu as medical tourism destination.

“We are waiting for the official survey form from the three top hospitals in Cebu on what types of services are being availed of by those Filipinos working abroad, including medical tourists. But beauty or vanity and dental services are easily among the top choices,” said Navarro.

According to Navarro, Cebu has to identify its (strong) niche in medical tourism. So far, she said vanity and dental services have emerged strong among foreigners, and Filipino citizens residing or working abroad.

Other countries that are successful in attracting the multi-billion dollar medical tourism market have already identified their expertise or banner service. India for instance is strong in heart surgery, Singapore for its good Cancer Centers, while Thailand is considered as a competitor for the Philippines, specifically Cebu, as it is also strong for its vanity and dental services.

Navarro admitted that because of lack of market intelligence among players in the health and wellness sector, some services offered in Cebu are more expensive than other countries.

For eye laser service for instance, Eye clinics in the Philippines, or in Cebu charge from P60 thousand to P40 thousand on the procedure, while good Eye Clinics in the United States, are only charging an equivalent of P30 thousand in Philippine peso.

While Cebu has identified its niche in attracting medical tourism market, industry players also need help especially in market intelligence.

“We should highlight our competitiveness, especially in terms of costs. It is important that players will be informed constantly on the trends and movement and charges of the medical services offered by our competitor countries,” Navarro said.

In order to capitalize on the emerging global health and wellness industry, Navarro bared that the CHWC, through the assistance of an expert from the Center for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI)-Netherlands, will be drafting an export marketing plan that will serve as a benchmark for local stakeholders in the latter’s promotional campaign in foreign markets.

In Asia, medical tourism has raked US$120 billion in revenues for 2006, a big improvement from US$40 billion it earned in 2000. India is now the number one destination for medical tourists around the world.

Total package for one medical tourist, is pegged at US$28,000, depending on medical procedure, this already include accommodation, vacation package among others.

Every medical tourist can save at least US$77,000 for this amount, if they were to have their medical services done in other countries like Europe or United States.

Aside from vanity and dental services, medical tourists, including balikbayans are also availing other medical services such as cardiac surgery, executive check up, MRI, and CT Scan, among others.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=496177&publicationSubCategoryId=108

Sleepwalker

August 14th, 2009, 07:32 PM

AmbutLang

August 14th, 2009, 07:46 PM

:lol: basta cebuano, di gyud palupig ay. :lol:

Night life sa mango square? :lol: kung ganahan kag mga *you know* daghan na sa mango square. maynalang gani good boy ko. :D ug ang kadaghanan sa mga boys didto mejo dili gyud boys, basin di siya malingaw didto, hinuon kung girl sya murag safe sya kay di gyud sya mahilabtan pero ang boypren niya kung guapo ug macho, aayy pagbantay nalang sya kay di na gyud kauli kay makidnap gyud, dad-on dayon sa luyo. :D:D:D

Bai, nadaggit na diay ka? :nuts: :lol: :jk:

Would want to share some photos... : )

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Posing with the Governor.

I hope we could also hold an SSC meet here, you guys. It's good to know that, in the midst of all the beautiful new buildings being constructed, the really old ones are being brought back to life. : )

It was a success opening diay sa Museo. :banana:
@arnold gikan ka sa work bai, naka uniform paman. :cheers:

Wellness industry grooms Cebu as vanity destination
By Ehda M. Dagooc (The Freeman) Updated August 15, 2009 12:00 AM

Noting the huge interest among foreigners including Filipino “balikbayans” availing of beauty enhancement procedures in Cebu, the Cebu Health and Wellness Council (CHWC) is geared to position Cebu as the vanity and dental destination.

Department of Trade and Industry Cebu Provincial Office director Nelia F. Navarro said that Cebu will quantify the number of vanity and dental clinics in Cebu in order to make these as banner services for the broad medical tourism market....

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=496177&publicationSubCategoryId=108

Mahal diri ang dental work kung wala kana insurance, hailabi kung retired na kai dili covered only medical libre.
Akong brother nigasto $4,000 dental work, aysos bati ug mahal pa. Kung sa Cebu pa apil na pliti,suroy pa. Akoang dental work 3,000 pesos ra. :):)

Daizuke

August 15th, 2009, 02:52 AM

^^Tsk...Tsk...Ubay ubay pa gud og atimanon ang Cebu...Luoy lang ko sa Cebu, kay gabaguod kay wa'y tabang sa national government, unya daghan pa kaayo ning unwanted elements gikan sa laing lugar manganhi.

Adto lang pud unta na sa ila lugar sila manghasol pud oi...Para ilang opisyal ang magproblema.

Nagsakit lang ako dughan. Pero sige lang. Padayon lang gihapon ta og kamang... :)

It really saddens me that Cebu's progress has been really slow due to the lack of support from the national government. :bash: We could have been the Shanghai of China or Osaka of Japan in terms of progress and development. It is always Manila Manila Manila, nag ho-ot nlng cla. Mao rang cgeg lng clag bahaon og bagyohon didto. Karun lng jud ni mdyo na arang2x ang developments sa Cebu tungud ky nitanaw og utang kabobot-on si Gloria.. Nya naa pa jud ng mga TRAPO na politico (Garcias og uban pa) nga cgeg pang lawgaw sa kalamboan sa Cebu pra lng matabunan ilang mga hokus pokos..

Si Gwen dli jud ko libib ana niya oi, nag daghan lng jud ning iyang social events. Tourism kunu! Pwe! :down: Pa social2x ra jud ng iyaha. Nag kuwang jud iyang mga livelihood projects pra sa province na dpat jud unta 1st niyang atimanon pra improve ang way of living sa atong mga probinsyanong Cebuano.. Naa pay kung interbyuhon sa media, palengkera kaau.. walay class.. Governor of Cebu pman unta. I've been to Camotes, Bantayan, Moalboal og uban pa, some tourist spot ky naa jud iyang "botox-inspired" na face.. I dont understand nganu confident kaau ni sila mgpa display sa ilang itsura sa mga banners sa ilang "projects" kunu.. Dli bya na ilahang kwrta gigamit, as if ilahang bulsa pud maoy gigamit anang pahimo sa banners og billboards.. Kalood jud oi!... :gunz: Dghan kaau syag tourism-related events and meetings pero most tourist spots ky wla hapun kaau na develop. Not something na mka wow og foreign tourist. Hay Lord! Tabangi ntawn akong Pinalanggang Cebu.. Maayo nlng jud ky free-spirited tang mga Sugbuanon and we dont lose hope. :angel1:

bakasaurus

August 15th, 2009, 03:00 AM

Wow Thanks po!
\Pero ok ba yung hotel or kung may napabalitang bad record or whatsoever. We are planning to check in there kasi mura.

By the way. When was the last time you've been to Cebu?

Fraulein

August 15th, 2009, 03:11 AM

By the way. When was the last time you've been to Cebu?

2007. Pero I stay with my friend sa Tisa and then sa isa pa nyang friend sa Labangon. Nagyon lang ako susbok sa pension hours or hotel kasi we are in a group. :)

Sleepwalker

August 15th, 2009, 04:37 AM

Firms re-hiring workers (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/firms-re-hiring-workers)

BY consolidating their operations, local and international companies with offices in Cebu have managed to “stabilize” their businesses, keep their workers, and even hire more to enhance their operations.

This was revealed by Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) 7 Director Elias Cayanong, who said his office will host or co-host at least 69 jobs fair in Central Visayas this year.

About 44 jobs fair have been held in the region so far, Cayanong told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday.

Dole has not received any “serious” case of retrenchment by Cebu-based companies since the second quarter this year.

This quarter, Dole has not received any job displacement-related reports.

For Cayanong, this situation is an indication of economic recovery.

He said companies severely affected by the crisis last year and have to retrench are recalling their former employees.

He cited Cebu Mitsumi Inc. that re-hired 2,000 workers, Pentax Cebu Philippines Corp. that re-hired more than 700 workers, and Lear Automotive Philippines that is processing some 600 applications.

In a separate interview, Rhoda Villaflor of the human resource department of Cebu Mitsumi Inc. said the company has 12,000 employees. But the Danao-based electronics manufacturing company needs more engineers and technicians.

Villaflor said the company is planning to “hire as much as they can,” adding that it can also accommodate trainees for electronic assembly through the apprenticeship program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

Cebu Mitsumi is one of the 30 local employers that joined 40 overseas companies and manpower staffing service firms in a jobs fair at the Mandaue City Sports Complex yesterday.

The Mandaue City Government hosted the event in partnership with Dole and the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) as part of the MCCI’s Mandaue Business Month (MBM) activities.

Mandaue City’s Public Employment Service Office said the fair attracted about 2,000 applicants.

MBM 2009 chair Philip Tan disclosed that jobs fair organizers hoped that at least 1,000 would be hired on the spot, to beat last year’s 700 on-the-spot hires.

Cayanong said applicants in job fairs now have more chances of getting hired since Dole implements a pre-registration and pre-qualification system, which identifies suitable jobs for them.

He pointed out that a jobs fair is not only about placement but also involves identifying skills of applicants and referring them for training, if necessary, to qualify for their target jobs.

He noted that Cebu’s strength is in tourism, business process outsourcing and construction whose continuous growth demands increasing workforce.

“While some industries are not performing well (due to the global financial crisis) like furniture exports, for instance, we are training and retraining displaced workers (so they will) qualify (for jobs) in Cebu’s other sunshine industries, including tourism, call centers and construction,” he said.

Sleepwalker

August 15th, 2009, 04:40 AM

Sa kini nga news, mora og ang Shemberg mao naglisod pa og rebound...I hope nga makabangon na ang Shemberg...As far as I know, sila na baya ang pinakadako nga supplier sa carageenan.

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Exporters foresee rebound (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/exporters-foresee-rebound)

THE organization of exporters in Cebu is seeing signs that the region is recovering from the effects of the global economic meltdown.

“The rebound in export shipments is a good sign of recovery. The stock market is showing indication of investors’ confidence coming back. We see orders slowly coming in and companies rehiring,” said Fred Escalona, executive director of the Confederation of Philippine Exporters Foundation Inc. (Cebu), an umbrella organization of export groups.

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Escalona told Sun.Star Cebu that export sectors such as electronics, fashion accessories, garments, gift toys and housewares are doing well.

“We see orders slowly coming back, for instance, in our gift toys and house-wares sector. People (nowadays) don’t buy new homes, instead they buy house wares to redecorate their old homes. Same thing with the fashion accessories sector, instead of buying new clothes, people buy accessories to accent their clothing,” he said.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) had reported a 10.4-percent increase in export shipments in June.

Escalona also said companies are starting to hire again.

“An electronics manufacturing company is panicking to re-hire employees but on a contractual basis. They have a lot of machines but there is lack of manpower,” he added.

But he said that of the eight export sectors under Philexport Cebu, the sea-weed’s sector might take a long time to recover because its supply chain has been disrupted.

Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation Inc. president Eric Vincent Casas, however, declined to comment on the export shipment increase reported by NSO. In an interview during the launching of the Cebu international furniture show Cebu Next last Thursday, he said the furniture industry suffered an 18-percent drop in sales in the first six months of the year.

He said, though, that there is a “slight improvement” in the industry. “Employees whose work week were shortened are now back to their normal schedule. That’s one positive thing we see,” he added.

Philexport chairman Allan Suarez also sees positive indications.

“There is a rebound. Companies are rehiring, semiconductors are showing signs of recovery but not that significant,” he said. “That’s why there’s a need to maintain our presence in trade fairs.” (KOC)

[dx]

August 15th, 2009, 05:39 AM

The Terraces, Ayala Center Cebu
June 2009

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Fraulein

August 15th, 2009, 06:51 AM

Hi!

Do they have Multicab for hire in Cebu? Does anyone know any contact number or website that I will inquire such in case? We need a multicab that will fit 14 - 15 passengers.

Thanks! :)

AmbutLang

August 15th, 2009, 07:24 AM

Hi!

Do they have Multicab for hire in Cebu? Does anyone know any contact number or website that I will inquire such in case? We need a multicab that will fit 14 - 15 passengers.

Thanks! :)

There are plenty of Toyota Hi-Ace and Urban Vans for rent. One Near Cebu Doctors Hospital and the other one by Ayala. I think its about 3,500 PHP per day. Enjoy your vacation.

Fraulein

August 15th, 2009, 07:31 AM

There are plenty of Toyota Hi-Ace and Urban Vans for rent. One Near Cebu Doctors Hospital and the other one by Ayala. I think its about 3,500 PHP per day. Enjoy your vacation.

Thanks! :)

We already rented a van for our cebu day tour. We will be going to Bohol the next day and we are planning to take a multicab once wegot off from Pier.

Do they have multicab for rent that fits 14 - 15 people?

Sleepwalker

August 15th, 2009, 08:22 AM

Skyrise Building @AITP
flickr photo by deejoy

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Guys, unsa kaha itukod anang vacant lot tupad niya?

SleMarKen

August 15th, 2009, 08:25 AM

Ayala Center Cebu latest pics 08-14

The Main Mall
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ormocanon

August 15th, 2009, 08:46 AM

i do think that competition among ourselves will be beneficial. just no "CRAB MENTALITY".

I think this is the trait thats slowing us down...

"Competition breeds Innovation"
Right. But competition is good when done with others not with your own siblings. So instead of picking on Manila or Davao, Cebu ought to compete with Penang, Malaysia which is now emerging as the Sillicon Valley of Asia.:okay:

bakasaurus

August 15th, 2009, 09:03 AM

Ayala Center Cebu latest pics 08-14

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Bai, kani nga angle just got my attention. Nag-imagine na pod nuon ko how the scene would look like from this angle once the HKPH is finished>:cheers:

Maayong pagpaniyot bai!

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 15th, 2009, 09:43 AM

Bai, nadaggit na diay ka? :nuts: :lol: :jk:

hahaha....nadagit na na si bai @bukid if i know! :lol::lol::D:nocrook:

Right. But competition is good when done with others not with your own siblings. So instead of picking on Manila or Davao, Cebu ought to compete with Penang, Malaysia which is now emerging as the Sillicon Valley of Asia.:okay:

hmmm, IMO cebu is not even competing with manila and davao. cebu is just being drag bec. obviously its in the philippines. if cebu would have been independent, surely it would be the world!

SleMarKen

August 15th, 2009, 09:46 AM

Bai, kani nga angle just got my attention. Nag-imagine na pod nuon ko how the scene would look like from this angle once the HKPH is finished>:cheers:

Maayong pagpaniyot bai!

Here's more zoomed version of that angle bai...
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Sleepwalker

August 15th, 2009, 09:52 AM

hahaha....nadagit na na si bai @bukid if i know! :lol::lol::D:nocrook:

hmmm, IMO cebu is not even competing with manila and davao. cebu is just being drag bec. obviously its in the philippines. if cebu would have been independent, surely it would be the world!

Cebu and Davao together with the rest of the VisMin leading regions, could very well soar up, if only this nation's system is federated.

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 15th, 2009, 10:01 AM

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

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 15th, 2009, 10:08 AM

guys do you have any idea if naa bay entrance ang taoist temple and what time will it close kaha?

thanks!

betro

August 15th, 2009, 10:14 AM

Thanks! :)

We already rented a van for our cebu day tour. We will be going to Bohol the next day and we are planning to take a multicab once wegot off from Pier.

Do they have multicab for rent that fits 14 - 15 people?

Sorry no multicab allowed in Bohol Day Tour only van like Urvan. We can give you P3000 for day tour only (countryside tour).

SleMarKen

August 15th, 2009, 10:30 AM

Stroll strolll along Mindanao Ave., Cebu City 08-14

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mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 15th, 2009, 10:34 AM

^^
as i happen to look at the title, nakaimagine ko sa mindanao. nindot gyud kaayo! and suddenly my eyes rolled and its mindanao avenue, cebu city diay. hehehe

bakasaurus

August 15th, 2009, 10:36 AM

Nindot kaayong bungkagon ang flyover diha sa? Hahaha.
Lamat bai SleMarken for the pics.

@main..sayo pa gani hubog na man ka bai? >.< hahaha.

SleMarKen

August 15th, 2009, 10:42 AM

^^
as i happen to look at the title, nakaimagine ko sa mindanao. nindot gyud kaayo! and suddenly my eyes rolled and its mindanao avenue, cebu city diay. hehehe

Atay Wui! :lol:

BTW, Gi sugdan na diay og work work ang South Bus Terminal...

bakasaurus

August 15th, 2009, 10:46 AM

Atay Wui! :lol:

BTW, Gi sugdan na diay og work work ang South Bus Terminal...

Ngano work work man bai. Yaga yaga pa? Half hearted effort pa diay?
Maayo unta oi ilaha na gyud tarongon atoang mga bus terminals.

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 15th, 2009, 10:52 AM

@main..sayo pa gani hubog na man ka bai? >.< hahaha.

Atay Wui! :lol:

you know na basta mingaw ang payag, daghan kag mahunahunaan na way sama ka boang. hehehe

SleMarKen

August 15th, 2009, 10:52 AM

^^Small renovations raman to bai, pero basig ilang i phase by phase...

@main, naa ka ron CEbu? ala lagi ka pakita sa meets?

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 15th, 2009, 10:55 AM

^^

busy kaayo ko bai @slerz....ahak kaayo..hehehe....busihon man gud ko na pagkataw....:lol::lol::hahaha:

but hey, nakaattend ko uy! kas-a ra hinuon...pero wala man ka didto maong wala tag magkita...hehehe

SleMarKen

August 15th, 2009, 11:01 AM

^^Kbaw nako ngano wana ka meet meet after sa usa ka meet... Kay di ka ganahan sa mga Cebu forumers sa? halaaaaaa...hmmmmm. Kbaw ko sa? ako sila ingnon, patay ka do...:D

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 15th, 2009, 11:05 AM

^^
atay uy! :lol::lol::D:hahaha:

dili uy! unsa ba! hehehe....kanindot ra ninyo kakuyog ah kay daghan kaayo kog makatonan basta kamo....naks...:okay:

busy lang gyud ko ay...

laena bataa o! hahahaha

guys ayaw mog tuo ni bai @slerz kay himo-himo ra na niya...hehehe

Zuburbia

August 15th, 2009, 11:24 AM

bakasaurus

August 15th, 2009, 11:41 AM

naay nakahibaw ninyo tagpila nang entrance fee sa tambuli or cebu beach club kung maligo lang sa ila dagat? naa koy bisita nya murag didto nako dad-on kay ganahan sila mo-experience maligog dagat sa mactan nga di pod kayo mahal...i think di kayo mahal ning tambuli or cebu beach club nya murag nindot2x man pod tingali og taas2x gamay ang ila beachline compare sa hadsan....

Bai ambot karon ha, pero sa una naay 250 entrance with buffet na na lunch apil na use sa pools. Ambot lang karon ha. hehehe.

Hala @Main..Gibuking na nuon ka ni ai SlemarKen. Hahahaha.:lol:

Jose Farrugia

August 15th, 2009, 11:54 AM

RCTV launched a "Revolution" with their new logo and website.

The press conference and party was held at VUDU, Crossroads, Cebu City.

- RCTV VJ's included Alexis Yap and Ms Borromeo.
- Producers Nikki Taylor and Ryan Yu were there too.
- Johann Chiongbian Young coordinated the event.

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/3822922764_f19ab43d79.jpg (http://www.mangochico.com/rctv-revolution-new-website/)

And Ellen Adarna was there too

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2659/3822917378_04dfe59401.jpg (http://www.mangochico.com/rctv-revolution-new-website/)

SleMarKen

August 15th, 2009, 12:26 PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3822915498_c52b9c966a.jpg

VUDU vs Pier One:D
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Jose Farrugia

August 15th, 2009, 01:09 PM

VUDU vs Pier One:D
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2404/jarenz.jpg

Which Pier One is that? :P

SleMarKen

August 15th, 2009, 01:20 PM

Which Pier One is that? :P

sa IT park...

concern

August 15th, 2009, 01:24 PM

concern

August 15th, 2009, 01:26 PM

VUDU vs Pier One:D
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2404/jarenz.jpg

if magpakuyog ta ni bai jarenz dha mka discount ta? :nuts:

great184

August 15th, 2009, 05:07 PM

Bar-wise, at least I know where to go on my next visit to Cebu hehe.

bukid

August 15th, 2009, 05:46 PM

guys do you have any idea if naa bay entrance ang taoist temple and what time will it close kaha?

thanks!

ugma suwayan nako pangutana sa ako migo na member anang taoist association diha kung unsang orasa sila manira, pero ang sigurado ana naa silay entrance kay kung wala pa silay entrance, nah saun nalang nilag sulod sa taoist temple ana. :D

pero kung ang pangutana nimo bahin sa entrance fee, makasiguro ka na wala syay entrance fee diha.

VUDU vs Pier One:D
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2404/jarenz.jpg

if magpakuyog ta ni bai jarenz dha mka discount ta? :nuts:

naa diay si jarenz sa pier one IT park? katulo na biya ko kaanha, wa ko kabantay dah, ngitngit man gud. :)

Bai, nadaggit na diay ka? :nuts: :lol: :jk:

hahaha....nadagit na na si bai @bukid if i know! :lol::lol::D:nocrook:

guapo ra man ang daggiton. di man ko guapo kay di man ko sugbuanon, waraynon man ko. :D:D:D

AmbutLang

August 15th, 2009, 07:41 PM

guapo ra man ang daggiton. di man ko guapo kay di man ko sugbuanon, waraynon man ko. :D:D:D

Waa rabay pili kung taga asa ka, basta matrippan lang. :lol:

Stroll strolll along Mindanao Ave., Cebu City 08-14

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Hahitta sa eskina anang HK Hotel. Murag sab sa flatiron building sa NYC sa 23rd ST & Broadway.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/900875

Nindot sabna ang effect sa sunlight da, murag naa suga pero adlaw diay. :)

bukid

August 15th, 2009, 09:58 PM

Waa rabay pili kung taga asa ka, basta matrippan lang. :lol:

:D:D:D

SleMarKen

August 16th, 2009, 12:04 AM

Today Sunday morning 6am... Most of Metro Cebu is under water. Poblacion Pardo is now experiencing a flash flood...
Usa ka pamilya nadat ugan sa ilang balay sa Tisa Labangon, apil ang usa ka mabdos...
Daghang mga balay sa Talisay nanga anod...

SleMarKen

August 16th, 2009, 02:21 AM

Rain Burst hits Metro Cebu

Flash Flood Updates: Southern Metro Cebu
Tabunok (hi-way) - waist deep flashflood
Lagtang Talisay - waist deep flood
Basak Pardo (hi-way) - waist deep flood
Labanhon, Tisa - knee Deep flood
Mambaling (hi-way) - knee deep flood
Pardo - flash flood
Colon/Junquera - thigh deep flood

Biasong Talisay - 2 confirmed dead
Casa Rosita sbdv Tisa - 1 confirmed dead

habagatcentral1

August 16th, 2009, 02:33 AM

^^ What happened? Weather here in Manila is absolutely fine. What weather disturbance or condition is affecting Central Philippines? Is it ITCZ Slerz?

Azipod

August 16th, 2009, 03:08 AM

if magpakuyog ta ni bai jarenz dha mka discount ta? :nuts:

:bash:
Bai ni click ba 2 disco bar diha sa Gallery? thnx..

SleMarKen

August 16th, 2009, 03:10 AM

^^a passing severe Rain Burst Berns... Continuous heavy rain and heavy winds blowing downwards to the landmass with full pressure, movement is very slow. From 2am to 6am. Expect heavy floodings ang flashfloods when a rain burst hits your locality.

CDCC is now monitoring the situation around the City...
Clearing of the fallen Acacia Trees in Lahug is now ongoing.
Clearing Operations is now ongoing in the worst hit barangays.

Zuburbia

August 16th, 2009, 03:13 AM

habagatcentral1

August 16th, 2009, 03:14 AM

zidlakan

August 16th, 2009, 03:15 AM

^^ What happened? Weather here in Manila is absolutely fine. What weather disturbance or condition is affecting Central Philippines? Is it ITCZ Slerz?

volume of precipitation. generally, cebu has less annual precipitation volume
than manila (or the rest of the phil. for that matter), less frequency of meteoro-
logical anomalies, and more number of sunny days (about ten more per year).
the average heavy rain do not last beyond 15 minutes (kanang mo bundak). but
there are infrequent abnormal events nga heavy precipitation occur over a long
period of time and the draining capacity of the area, both natural and man-made
could not cope with the heavy downpour and so flash floods occur (flash floods,
not flood). last night was one of them - it started 12:30 i think, and it was still
pouring when i woke at 5:30 am.

habagatcentral1

August 16th, 2009, 03:19 AM

volume of precipitation. generally, cebu has less annual precipitation volume
than manila (or the rest of the phil. for that matter), less frequency of meteoro-
logical anomalies, and more number of sunny days (about ten more per year).
the average heavy rain do not last beyond 15 minutes (kanang mo bundak). but
there are infrequent abnormal events nga heavy precipitation occur over a long
period of time and the draining capacity of the area, both natural and man-made
could not cope with the heavy downpour and so flash floods occur (flash floods,
not flood). last night was one of them - it started 12:30 i think, and it was still
pouring when i woke at 5:30 am.

Yup. That's what we notice from us "westerners" or from western section of the country. During habagat season, rain does not fall heavy over Cebu.

But anyway, I've checked PAGASA and I think there is a shallow LPA somewhere in the Visayas. This one shot at around 8AM local time.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/satpic.jpg

betro

August 16th, 2009, 03:41 AM

naay nakahibaw ninyo tagpila nang entrance fee sa tambuli or cebu beach club kung maligo lang sa ila dagat? naa koy bisita nya murag didto nako dad-on kay ganahan sila mo-experience maligog dagat sa mactan nga di pod kayo mahal...i think di kayo mahal ning tambuli or cebu beach club nya murag nindot2x man pod tingali og taas2x gamay ang ila beachline compare sa hadsan....

Niadto ko tambuli last wk tag P350 na bai. consumables ang P300 so entrance P50 ra.:banana:

Fraulein

August 16th, 2009, 04:12 AM

Hi!

Aside from Cebu Tops, which has an entrance fee, may I know what are other destinations / tourist spots has entrance fees?

Thanks!:)

Zuburbia

August 16th, 2009, 04:58 AM

Niadto ko tambuli last wk tag P350 na bai. consumables ang P300 so entrance P50 ra.:banana:

bai betro salamat kaayo...pwede ba kaya makadala og pets (dog) diha sa ila beach sa? hehe

SleMarKen

August 16th, 2009, 05:51 AM

nganong karon simpli ra nga uwan daghan naman kayo damage og murag kuyaw na gyud siya nga panghitabo...hehehe! dali raman unta tong uwana ngano kuyaw naman dayon ang mga balita, naa naman hinuoy nangamatay...lahi na gyud ang panahon karon, na na gyuy sakit si mother earth, kinahanglan nang tambalan..:ohno:

Dili ni simpli nga uwan bai ganiha bai uy... Natog pa siguro ka bai wa nimo namatikdi kay kami diri sa amo sa Pardo, alas 4am nisulod na sa amo ang tubig, nya ang dan mura nag river kay kusog kaayo ang bul-og sa tubig gikan sa Sta. Lucia sa Pardo.
Kung sa CNN pricipetation map pa ni, nana ni sa color nga violet ang nahitabo ganiha... highest precipitation reading sa CNN. It lasted for 4-5 hours bai which is unusual for Cebu... Mao sad ni nahitabo sa Taiwan last week sa bagyong Kiko, couninuous heavy downpour for almost a day mao nga nag ala Guinsaogon sila didto ron.
Kato ganiha sa estimate nako, murag tibuok 1 year nga usual nga uwan ni bubo sa Sugbo ganiha in just 4-5hours...

@Berns, yup rainbursts are very dangerous sa aircrafts... Anga mga sanga sa kahoy dri kay hapit na ni hawk sa yuta tungod sa hangin ganina, and the rain nga murag bala inig igo sa panit.

SleMarKen

August 16th, 2009, 06:38 AM

SSC-Cebu FREEDOM WALL
Big Dreams for Urban Cebu

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Mao daw ni ang Crown Reg puhon...
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Ingon sad sa usa, mao daw ni... saun!:D
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wise_zech

August 16th, 2009, 06:59 AM

Two Filipino boxers win Donaire and Melligen...... Bernabe Concepcion disqualified against WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano...Congrats to our filipino boxers...

hakz2007

August 16th, 2009, 07:31 AM

Two Filipino boxers win Donaire and Melligen...... Bernabe Concepcion disqualified against WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano...Congrats to our filipino boxers...

Congratulations sa kanila....si Bernabe kasi sumuntok pa kahit nagring na ang bell....di daw niya narinig....

wise_zech

August 16th, 2009, 07:41 AM

Congratulations sa kanila....si Bernabe kasi sumuntok pa kahit nagring na ang bell....di daw niya narinig....

OT: uu nga at least panalo pa rin ung dalawa boxer natin...:banana::banana::banana::banana:

hakz2007

August 16th, 2009, 07:55 AM

OT: uu nga at least panalo pa rin ung dalawa boxer natin...:banana::banana::banana::banana:

yup...They deserve our congratulations for making us more prouder as Filipinos!:banana::banana::banana:

zidlakan

August 16th, 2009, 09:23 AM

SSC-Cebu FREEDOM WALL
Big Dreams for Urban Cebu

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6691/abinv0814q.jpg

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/932/abinv0814v.jpg

ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!

wise_zech

August 16th, 2009, 09:33 AM

ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!

OT: murag gi-kompanya naka sir sa taga SSC-Cebu....for Cebu City Mayor...hehehehhe

ivanc

August 16th, 2009, 09:59 AM

zidlakan

August 16th, 2009, 10:49 AM

from Tomas: ‘I feel sorry’ for the Province
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/tomas-%E2%80%98i-feel-sorry%E2%80%99-province

quote:
When asked for his comment, Capitol consultant Rory Jon Sepulveda said: “I feel sorry for him. Cebuanos know the real score. The Province has never been as progressive and as inspired.”

“Meanwhile, the city is literally drowning and has lost its edge, and yet the mayor continues to claim greatness. For what? Doleouts to senior citizens? He cannot even pay loan interest on time. Roads are horrible. Traffic system kaput. Peace and order deteriorating,” Sepulveda said in a text message.

just wanted to post this. grabe kaau manaway sa cebu city. has he ever been to talisay, esp. outside gaisano fiesta mall? no traffic system... naay enforcers, pero dili ka enforce sa traffic. traysikad maabot sa high way... mga jeep mag double stopping outside mcdo, meanwhile the traffic behind them naabot na sa flyover...

you know, i try my best to keep away from the political bickering and trash
talk and concentrate on real issues for the city, also trying my best not to
comment on the negative issues of the province. but what really irritates
me is when some people starts to tell LIES! WHEN had the city gov't. failed
to pay loan interest on time? it really goes down to uneducated and uncultured
character below-the-belt accusations which are untrue and deceitful and
only meant to put down people. this guy's character is showing and it really
embarrassing to see the reality ....

hakz2007

August 16th, 2009, 10:55 AM

$5-M mosque to be built in Cebu (http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/14529-5-m-mosque-to-be-built-in-cebu.html) (http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/14529-5-m-mosque-to-be-built-in-cebu.pdf) (http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/14529-5-m-mosque-to-be-built-in-cebu.html?tmpl=component&print=1&page=) (http://businessmirror.com.ph/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&link=aHR0cDovL2J1c2luZXNzbWlycm9yLmNvbS5waC9ob21lL3JlZ2lvbnMvMTQ1MjktNS1tLW1vc3F1ZS10by1iZS1idWlsdC1pbi1jZWJ1Lmh0bWw%3D) (http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions.html)
Written by Willy Rodolfo III / Reporter Thursday, 13 August 2009 02:38 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }
CEBU CITY—The Cebu City government is rolling out its plan to build a $5-million mosque as one of the important landmarks in its massive development in the reclaimed South Road Properties (SRP).

The director of the local Office of Muslim Affairs in Cebu City, Sakiran Hajan, said he has already received authority from Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to negotiate with a wealthy patron in Dubai to fund the construction.

“This will be one of the biggest mosques in the city and it was initiated by Christians and the local government,” Hajan said. “This shows how peace-loving Muslims are now part of the Cebu community.”

Hajan flew to the United Arab Emirates over the weekend for the meeting.

Mayor Osmeña earlier announced he would allocate 2,500 square meters of land for the mosque on what was formerly Kawit Island. The island is now part of the reclamation project where the city plans to build attractions, including the mosque.

The SRP, completed in 2002, was funded by a loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Filinvest land Inc. is also set to start its long-term P25-billion development on over 50 hectares of property under its joint-venture project with the city.

The mosque could accommodate 30,000 faithfuls, Hajan said.

Besides the mosque, which could be an imposing figure in Cebu City as visitors come from the sealanes or as they arrive by air, will also have a mall complex which should generate revenues for the mosque’s upkeep.

The predominantly Christian Cebu and the estimated 40,000 Muslims in the city have been enjoying generations of relative peace because of efforts of local religious leaders and the local government.

Osmeña has also given the Muslims a four-hectare cemetery in barangay Guba, the first of its kind in the country, Hajan said. The mayor has been declared an honorary sultan by the predominantly Maranao community in the city for his pro-Muslim efforts.

The Muslim community in the city has volunteered to police its ranks from troublemakers and members of separatist rebels and violent groups from Mindanao, Hajan said. Even during the Catholic celebration of the Sinulog, held in honor of the Child Jesus, hundreds of Muslims go to the streets as security volunteers.

“The Muslims are enjoying a life of peace and prosperity in Cebu,” Hajan said. “We do not want to destroy that.”

ivanc

August 16th, 2009, 11:38 AM

maayomo

August 16th, 2009, 12:59 PM

from Tomas: ‘I feel sorry’ for the Province
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/tomas-%E2%80%98i-feel-sorry%E2%80%99-province

quote:
When asked for his comment, Capitol consultant Rory Jon Sepulveda said: “I feel sorry for him. Cebuanos know the real score. The Province has never been as progressive and as inspired.”

“Meanwhile, the city is literally drowning and has lost its edge, and yet the mayor continues to claim greatness. For what? Doleouts to senior citizens? He cannot even pay loan interest on time. Roads are horrible. Traffic system kaput. Peace and order deteriorating,” Sepulveda said in a text message.

just wanted to post this. grabe kaau manaway sa cebu city. has he ever been to talisay, esp. outside gaisano fiesta mall? no traffic system... naay enforcers, pero dili ka enforce sa traffic. traysikad maabot sa high way... mga jeep mag double stopping outside mcdo, meanwhile the traffic behind them naabot na sa flyover...

Naa na bay ikatubag ang Capitol sa pagka-number 21 sa Cebu Province in the whole country sa Human Development Index? Ay kog ingna i-discredit pud nila ang United Nations, who conducted the study. Matay, kadugayan mura naman ni siya ug si Chemical Ali uy. Remember Saddam's general who, despite footages of Iraq being almost bombed down to the ground in 2003, kept announcing on the radio, "We are winning!"

Ha-ha-ha-ha...

Zuburbia

August 16th, 2009, 04:36 PM

makaingon ko nga kuyaw nang panahon karon kay panagsa raman na mahitabo sa ato, nga mo=ulan lang kadiyot nya naa dayon mamatay..kadali nga uwan naa nay daghan damage...piskot plano baya namo sa bay nga maligo sa carmen nya perti dag-uma sa buntag, wa hino-on madayon...adto nalang ko SM nya pagkahapon lami-a sa blue sky...natanggong hinoon kos mall, nya nakainom napod gamayng beer, pagka-way lami nga sunday...oki ra kay naka-inom gamay...hehehehe!

diehardbisdak

August 16th, 2009, 07:19 PM

...i hope ETON Properties has better plans for Coral Reef!...and good news, no more legal battle pala with the original owner...officially, it's now owned by PNB... :okay:

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Lucio Tan Group not keen on selling Coral Reef resort (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=496703&publicationSubCategoryId=108)
Philstar Online (The Freeman)
By Ehda M. Dagooc (The Freeman)
Updated August 17, 2009 12:00 AM

CEBU, Philippines - Although the idle 36-hectare Coral Reef Resort property on Mactan Island is now apt for redevelopment, Tourism secretary Joseph Ace Durano believes that any interested investor will find it difficult to close deal with the Lucio Tan Group.

According to Durano, the Philippine National Bank (PNB), which is the owner of the foreclosed property is not “desperate” to dispose Coral Reef, as the Lucio Tan Group is also interested to redevelop the resort because of its huge potential for tourism related businesses.

“I know that the Lucio Tan Group is on its advance stage in the planning of redeveloping Coral Reef. It is a single prime property [of that size] in Mactan Island,” said Durano in an interview.

Because of this, Durano encouraged the Philippine-Russian Inc. (PRI), which recently expressed its interest to redevelop the Coral Reef property and pour in US$80 million (P3.7billion) investments, to look for other areas aside from Coral Reef.

PRI could also opt to immediately submit its proposal to PNB “maybe they can arrive with an agreement.”

However, Durano said investors should not only look at Mactan Island for tourism investments, as there are a lot of areas around the Cebu province that have huge potential for development.

The secretary mentioned the Argao Beach Club, which is also up for sale by the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA), and other areas like Moalboal, Bantayan Island which properties are of huge potentials and ripe for big ticket developments.

“Investment opportunities in Cebu for tourism are not only in Mactan Island. There are areas in the province which properties are also ripe for developments.

Also, Durano said the Coral Reef property is already free from any legal impediments saying “the Supreme Court decided with finality and as far as I am concerned Coral Reef is already owned by PNB.”

This prime property has become one of the hottest interests for investors in the last few years, as the 36-hectare property is the last remaining prime property on Mactan Island.

In the last few years, there were already a number of foreign investors which proposed to rehabilitate the Resort, a China-based and a Korean investor, and now the Russian-led company, but PNB remained un-interested of their proposal as the priority of the Group is to have it developed by its real estate arm.

PRI president Alexander Zusik, in an earlier interview, said that the company is planning to build a 600-room resort, 300 department buildings, business centers, 20 small villas, and develop Coral Reef coast line, to maximize the potential of the idle property in two years, after it clinches a deal with Lucio Tan Group, which is now the owner of the property.

PRI is closely working with the Department of Trade and Industry’s Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) to help the company fasten its developmental projects in the Philippines, including a multi-billion-peso project in Subic Bay, and the Coral Reef re-construction plan.

diehardbisdak

August 16th, 2009, 08:07 PM

^^ hehe...

Gov. Garcia to former Sen. Sonny Osmeña:
(if Sonny run for governor and if he wins..)

"Gobernador na, Gobernadora pa!" :lol: :rofl: :lol:

here: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/gwen-doubts-endorsement-ace-dares-sonny-run

diehardbisdak

August 16th, 2009, 08:17 PM

HAPPY MEALS PLAZA with 13 food stalls and cafes, convenience store (soon!) located near CDU in Mandaue (Reclamation) is now open mga bai! ...with Unlimited Wi-Fi connection pa!

here: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/diner-offers-affordable-food-studes

Jeffreyw

August 17th, 2009, 12:34 AM

$5-M mosque to be built in Cebu (http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/14529-5-m-mosque-to-be-built-in-cebu.html) =

I hope the proposed mosque is of modern type like this one in Pakistan:

http://www.islamic-architecture.info/WA-PAK/Faisal_Mosque_Islamabad2.jpg

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 17th, 2009, 03:29 AM

ugma suwayan nako pangutana sa ako migo na member anang taoist association diha kung unsang orasa sila manira, pero ang sigurado ana naa silay entrance kay kung wala pa silay entrance, nah saun nalang nilag sulod sa taoist temple ana. :D

pero kung ang pangutana nimo bahin sa entrance fee, makasiguro ka na wala syay entrance fee diha.

giats! alangan sa langit muagi bai @bukid! :lol:a:lol::D

guapo ra man ang daggiton. di man ko guapo kay di man ko sugbuanon, waraynon man ko. :D:D:D

istorya bai @bukid! :lol::lol::D:nocrook:

OT: murag gi-kompanya naka sir sa taga SSC-Cebu....for Cebu City Mayor...hehehehhe

hehehe...kampanya siguro bai. :D:okay:

leylander

August 17th, 2009, 03:29 AM

Daizuke

August 17th, 2009, 04:06 AM

The mosque would probably look something like this --->

http://www.geocities.com/irene_bernard/mosque5.jpg

or mas samot ka nindot if something like this --->

http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/3910/85559/f/758918-Khalifa-Tower--Mosque-0.jpg

:banana::banana::banana::banana:

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 17th, 2009, 04:08 AM

^^

oh really? mas nindot nang ikaduha bai although murag dili na siya mosque tanawon kung dili olympic torch!! :okay::cool:

_leonell_

August 17th, 2009, 04:11 AM

Ipang-ukit palang na nila mga nawng sa Cebu City Mayors sa kabukiran sa Sugbo para pareha ta sa South Dakota ba..... we have a new icon.

The mosque with the large torch looks more olympic than religous so I don't like it...... I love the one in Pakistan more......

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

August 17th, 2009, 04:17 AM

^^
IMO we have a new icon lagi pero copycat gihapon na bai...hehehe

and also maluoy napud ta sa atong kabukiran. upaw na gani, pandayonan na lang hinuon. mas maayo pa na tanuman nagbalik at least nindot pa tanawon ang greens. :)

Sleepwalker

August 17th, 2009, 04:37 AM

Daizuke

August 17th, 2009, 04:40 AM

IMO we have a new icon lagi pero copycat gihapon na bai...hehehe

and also maluoy napud ta sa atong kabukiran. upaw na gani, pandayonan na lang hinuon. mas maayo pa na tanuman nagbalik at least nindot pa tanawon ang greens.

^^ Right.. It is too modern and Mayor Tom would not like it either.. I was thinking of a similar structure (esp. the height) but has an "old feel" and very traditional looking. Perhaps a rainbow colored facade will look better? :lol:

ormocanon

August 17th, 2009, 04:49 AM

I like the way the Christians and Muslims live together in harmony here in Cebu. A Chrisitian provided a place for worship for Muslims, and likewise, the Muslims helped us in providing security during Sinulog festival? Now, I say, that's very profound... :)
Tinuod gyud bay. Sa Manila, pugad sa mga tigpayuhot og ginadiling drogas ug mga kawatan ang Muslim community dapit sa Quiapo. Adto sad manago ang mga terorista gikan sa Mindanao. Apan sa Cebu, di gyud ka kabati nga nagsamok-samok ang mga Muslim diha.:)

Sleepwalker

August 17th, 2009, 04:52 AM

Tungod kay wala man discrimination diri gud. Ug pinangga pud sila diri and they consider themselves as Cebuanos, so they are partly responsible for Cebu... :)

ormocanon

August 17th, 2009, 05:09 AM

If your local gov't plays it right, that proposed $5M modern mosque can also attract tycoons from the Middle East to invest in real estate and tourism in Cebu. Your SRP may yet become the next Dubai.:banana:

Sleepwalker

August 17th, 2009, 05:12 AM

Let's hope for the best of Cebu... :okay:

_leonell_

August 17th, 2009, 05:29 AM

Daghana na'g dreams for Cebu City oi!

Una, Little Singapore sunod Hongkong nya karon Dubai nasad? I love Cebu the way it is...........

Let other cities be the next Cebu!

But on the other hand, Cebu is unique and beautiful in it's own way........... people never dreamed of Cebu being something but being progressive in itself..........

ormocanon

August 17th, 2009, 05:32 AM

If the Koreans and other Asians, Americans and Europeans fell in love for Cebu, surely the sheiks and oil moguls of the Middle East will, too. I really hope Chacha will push through to allow foreign investors to own land here and Cebu will be the first to benefit from it.:cheers:

_leonell_

August 17th, 2009, 06:07 AM

Nope, I won't agree about that. It would be a great disadvantage to Cebuanos if Foreigners are given outright freedom to own lands which is supposedly for US. There's no problem with the 1987 Constitution but we really need more decentralization and no too much dependence on the NCR for budgets.

LordCarnal

August 17th, 2009, 06:45 AM

Imagine, 1,118 hectares as a possible extension of Asiatown IT Park! :banana:
I hope Tommy will not be anti-Cebu this time by converting this into a socialize housing just to spite at the province's success.

MOA among stakeholders needed for Centcom transfer

AS TO when the Central Command (Centcom) will be transferred to the Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base will depend on how soon stakeholders will sign the memorandum of agreement (MOA).

Centcom’s transfer to Mactan, as ordered by President Arroyo, will pave the way for the Cebu Provincial Government to convert the 1,118-hectare Camp Lapu-Lapu into a premier business district in Cebu.

Camp Lapu-Lapu, situated partly in Barangays Banilad, Apas and Lahug, is consisting mostly of idle lands and military reservation areas, some of which are being occupied by squatters.

“We are waiting for the (MOA),” said Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, who was guest speaker of the Big Bikers Association of the Philippines at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino in Barangay Lahug yesterday.

He said that when they were here in Cebu a few months ago, they signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) stipulating things to be done.

Replication

“The most important point there is for the two parties to agree on a relocation site and then there should be complete replication of facilities before the transfer,” Teodoro said.

The replication must be funded by the Capitol, who will get back the lands that the military will give up within Camp Lapu-Lapu.

He added that once he will receive the MOA, he will allow the concerned parties to negotiate.

“The MOA will be signed principally probably by the Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff but definitely my signature must be there whether on approval basis or as principal signatory,” he said.

Meanwhile, Teodoro said the AFP is always on alert for destabilization plots against the Arroyo administration.

“General (Hermogenes) Esperon said that up to this time, attempts to recruit soldiers to join a coup continues but nobody wants to participate,” Teodoro said.

He also denied allegations that these reports are aimed to justify the plan to extend term of Esperon, who is retiring from service next month.

“It is hard for us to stage this scenario just for that as it will cause a problem somehow, so I deny that categorically,” Teodoro said.

On the order of Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez to restrict journalists in emergency operations, Teodoro said that as a general rule, a law enforcement officer would like unhampered access to areas with critical situations.

He also refused to comment on the invitation of Lakas-CMD to be its presidential standard bearer in the 2010 elections.

“(My answer to) that question is not beneficial to the nation. I occupy a very sensitive post with a specific mandate from the President to assure the peace and order and security in all areas. So, I would like to focus on that task and just not comment on the issue,” Teodoro said. (EOB)

wise_zech

August 17th, 2009, 06:52 AM

i hope it will build also church not only mosque in srp....

_leonell_

August 17th, 2009, 07:21 AM

We already have the Basillica and a lot of other parishes scattered all over the City and there will be only a few Mosques here so there's no need for another one, let's just reserve it for business.

PINOYmeat

August 17th, 2009, 07:41 AM

Let other cities be the next Cebu!

But on the other hand, Cebu is unique and beautiful in it's own way........... people never dreamed of Cebu being something but being progressive in itself..........

an old news but anyway...

GMA Vows To Create ‘A Thousand Cebus’ To Move Country Forward To Greater Progress

LAHUG, Cebu City—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today said her administration vows to create at least “isang libong Cebu (a thousand Cebus)” in the Philippines to move the Philippines forward to greater progress and prosperity in the new millennium.

In her opening statement during a press conference at the Waterfront Hotel here, the President said that the level of development that Cebu has attained over the years was the measure of growth and development that her administration intends to happen in the whole Philippines.

“It is the goal of my administration to introduce the gift of modernization, capital, technology, and development to all the islands in the country,” the President said.

HERE (http://www.op.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24762&Itemid=2)

PINOYmeat

August 17th, 2009, 07:45 AM

i hope it will build also church not only mosque in srp....

i think a catholic church is also in the pipeline for SRP, its facade will be similar to the cathedral in macau. i just hope they did not shelve the catholic church and put the mosque in its place though. i really hope im wrong. :)

marxman

August 17th, 2009, 08:08 AM

diehardbisdak

August 17th, 2009, 08:14 AM

^^ around P235 million (-/+) ang budget sa Mosque...sa pagkamahal sa mga materials karon og sa labor and less sa profit sa contractor, unsa kaha'y hitsura ani nga mosque...?

_leonell_

August 17th, 2009, 08:49 AM

Wala pa diay sila'y model sa building bai diehard?

Fraulein

August 17th, 2009, 08:53 AM

Hi!

May I know the homegrown fastfoods in Cebu?

Thanks!:)

diehardbisdak

August 17th, 2009, 09:08 AM

Hi!

May I know the homegrown fastfoods in Cebu?

Thanks!:)

- ORANGE BRUTUS (there's a branch near to Tuxedo Suites)

- FLAME IT! Burger (Ayala, SM)

diehardbisdak

August 17th, 2009, 09:09 AM

Wala pa diay sila'y model sa building bai diehard?

...no idea bai!

_leonell_

August 17th, 2009, 09:13 AM

^^^^ Abi nako puro ra na Commercial or Industrial use? Buhatan pud diay na nila ug Mosque......... well good sa mga Muslims because they also contributed a lot to our success not just a City but as an Ethnic Majority...............

RonnieR

August 17th, 2009, 09:24 AM