"Cebu Landmark, interesting friendly people with some attitude beyond my understanding; picture taking on and off while taking picture security guards come and say:
"Bawal pumasok ng letrato" forbidden to take picture, I useually answer in "Schwyzer Duetch" language they are likely to ignore and it does take care of it, "No speak Englisch" but I wonder why and what is the reason behind it. When I will be back homne I will contact their embassy and tourist office asking "why" as it makes no sense. Manila is much worse for that, so if it happens to you answer in Russian, Javanese, Swahili or whatever.
If I were a terrorist, which I am not I would use state of the art technology to make my photo or even a cell phone, I did wonder why as it makes no sense whatsoever."

^^from an unknown foreigner

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di lagi nako makit an ang picture mark... di sad mo abli sa iya link...


@slerz: It will have two hotel buildings as big as Shangrila Mactan and some villas like those found in Princeville Mactan. the center island will be connected with mini-suspension bridges. and the most exciting stuff is the country's first underwater restobar cool huh

wow, another world class resort and as huge as Shang? So it will become another famous resort hotel in mactan along with Shangri la Mactan, Plantation Bay and Hilton... Keep on rising Cebu coz every progress that I hear about you in a day, my feeling is the same that of a girl saying yes to me...hehe:D

dako man diay inyo chapel @Marvs, abi jud nako sa una nga pariha rag kapilya kadako....hehe

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@slerz: It will have two hotel buildings as big as Shangrila Mactan and some villas like those found in Princeville Mactan. the center island will be connected with mini-suspension bridges. and the most exciting stuff is the country's first underwater restobar :okay: cool huh :cool:[/QUOTE]

wow an underwater restobar!! That's very original - when will this place open?

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the old engineering building: university of san carlos - TC


USC will be constructing a new building for the engineering department.. this building will be converted into a commercial establishment probably a mall.. (mao ingon sa amo teacher sa architecture)


wow ninduta sa inyung skul bai oi, maka suya kaayo da
:applause: :applause: :applause:

it's good to know cebu schools are getting bigger and better, this will support the growing need for human resources.

sayang ang megadome kung dili matukod...hope that even if they build the new CICC...they'd still build that sports arena...


sayang ang convention center kay daghan na kaayong pareha ana. ang ila ra gihunahuna kay ang summit wala ang long term use. dapat unta ang sports arena naa sad kay mura ug wala gyud ang cebu ani.

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the old engineering building: university of san carlos - TC


USC will be constructing a new building for the engineering department.. this building will be converted into a commercial establishment probably a mall.. (mao ingon sa amo teacher sa architecture)

Marvs, I really missed that building and the atmosphere of the campus, studied there in the mid 80's. I will be sad to see that building converted into a commercial establishment.

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@slerz: It will have two hotel buildings as big as Shangrila Mactan and some villas like those found in Princeville Mactan. the center island will be connected with mini-suspension bridges. and the most exciting stuff is the country's first underwater restobar :okay: cool huh :cool:[/QUOTE

wow an underwater restobar!! That's very original - when will this place open?

it will be in Mactan island but construction has yet to start. they'll start to work on it next year pa. the company is still completing the 40-storey tower in Cebu City. :D i think this will due on 2009 pa. based on the image, they need to either excavate the land or build a man-made island, which i think will take time.

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sayang ang megadome kung dili matukod...hope that even if they build the new CICC...they'd still build that sports arena...

sayang ang convention center kay daghan na kaayong pareha ana. ang ila ra gihunahuna kay ang summit wala ang long term use. dapat unta ang sports arena naa sad kay mura ug wala gyud ang cebu ani.

hmmm... you know what, i'm beginning to sense that the Megadome could actually be built for several facts and the latest developments:

1. The Megadome is a Cebu Province project and funds for building the structure has already been alloted by the provincial board in the first place. so why build a megadome for the ASEAN Summit budget if the province has the money for it? it is then a wise move to build a convention center from the P1 Billion SUMMIT budget and build a Megadome from the Cebu Province budget.

2. Architect Medalla has been in contact with the government since winning the design contest. Mr. Medalla has also been instructed to modify the design up to the last minute of decision-making but gave in to the convention center and put the Megadome on-hold again.

3. Architect Medalla in the span of more than two years for sure have all the necessary details to build this not just the design itself. (electrical, plumbing, etc.)

4. Architect Medalla has yet to receive his grand prize for winning the design which is the Megadome being built itself. the architect will get a portion of the amount for the construction.

5. Mayor Tomas Osmeña of Cebu City earlier expressed his interest on the Megadome by offering a portion of lot in South Road Properties for FREE.

6. Part of the SRP masterplan is to alot an area for a sports complex.

7. The Cebu Province mayors, congressmen and other leaders have expressed their support to build a "sports-complex" which they think it is high time to have such sports venue for the premier province.

all i can say is, why settle for one megastructure if you can afford two? :2cents:

i find it nice though, cutting edge yet simplistic

haay...i miss cebu...i'm an ilonggo but palagi ako punta ng cebu...sarap yung bulalo sa may tabi ng capitol...hehehe...nandyan pa rin ba yun?i guess maraming improvement ang nangyayari dyan sa cebu...hope maka balik ulit ako. :)

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greetings shatorre! when was the last time you went to Cebu? :D

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@slerz: It will have two hotel buildings as big as Shangrila Mactan and some villas like those found in Princeville Mactan. the center island will be connected with mini-suspension bridges. and the most exciting stuff is the country's first underwater restobar :okay: cool huh :cool:[/QUOTE

wow an underwater restobar!! That's very original - when will this place open?

it will be in Mactan island but construction has yet to start. they'll start to work on it next year pa. the company is still completing the 40-storey tower in Cebu City. :D i think King's Island will due on 2009 pa. based on the image, they need to either excavate the land or build a man-made island, which i think will take time. but it's worth the wait ;)

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sayang ang megadome kung dili matukod...hope that even if they build the new CICC...they'd still build that sports arena...

sayang ang convention center kay daghan na kaayong pareha ana. ang ila ra gihunahuna kay ang summit wala ang long term use. dapat unta ang sports arena naa sad kay mura ug wala gyud ang cebu ani.

hmmm... you know what, i'm beginning to sense that the Megadome could actually be built for several facts and the latest developments:

1. The Megadome is a Cebu Province project and funds for building the structure has already been alloted by the provincial board in the first place. so why build a megadome for the ASEAN Summit budget if the province has the money for it? it is then a wise move to build a convention center from the P1 Billion SUMMIT budget and build a Megadome from the Cebu Province budget.

2. Architect Medalla has been in contact with the government since winning the design contest. Mr. Medalla has also been instructed to modify the design up to the last minute of decision-making but gave in to the convention center and put the Megadome on-hold again.

3. Architect Medalla in the span of more than two years for sure have all the necessary details to build this not just the design itself. (electrical, plumbing, etc.)

4. Architect Medalla has yet to receive his grand prize for winning the design which is the Megadome being built itself. the architect will get a portion of the amount for the construction.

5. Mayor Tomas Osmeña of Cebu City earlier expressed his interest on the Megadome by offering a portion of lot in South Road Properties for FREE.

6. Part of the SRP masterplan is to alot an area for a sports complex.

7. The Cebu Province mayors, congressmen and other leaders have expressed their support to build a "sports-complex" which they think it is high time to have such sports venue for the premier province.

all i can say is, why settle for one megastructure if you can afford two? ;) :2cents:

greetings shatorre! when was the last time you went to Cebu? :D
that was 2000 pa..5 years ago but before that palagi kami dyaan sa cebu for meetings...pag balik ko punta ako cebu for sure... :)

oh ic. nice to know that. :) hope you can visit the place soon :D as they say, Cebu has been growing rapidly. even with just 3 years of absence, the sign of progress is very evident. ;) i'm hoping to go back in Cebu this summer. i dreadfully miss the beaches! :D

yeah...yung Argao nandyan pa rin ba? :)

punta ako cebu hanap wife...hahahaha.... :laugh:

yeah, still alive and kicking. what about it? got connection of some sort? hehe our fellaz here just had road trip, with Argao photos and stuff. :)

yeah, still alive and kicking. what about it? got connection of some sort? hehe our fellaz here just had road trip, with Argao photos and stuff. :)
naka punta na kasi kami ng family ko ng argao for a vacation...but matagal na yun...last 1992 pa. tsaka miss ko na rin yung otap at chicharon na may laman galing cebu...wala kasi dito...healthy living yung mga singaporeans eh... :)

what do you think will be the size of that cicc? bigger than picc? or it should be bigger than the grand ballroom of waterfront hotel, at least.

walay pictures bisan kural lang sa construction site, heheheheheh.

Medalla unfairly treated,
says group of architects
Published: 01 March 2006


by Dale G. Israel

The organization of architects in the country has thrown its support behind Alexius Medalla, the original designer of the Megadome project, who after spending P4 million and winning the national competition, was junked by Capitol officials at the last minute.

Benjamin “Bing” Avila, United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) regional vice President, said the organization would study all options available to help Medalla who he said had been unfairly treated by provincial officials.

“What the Capitol did was unfair. It's very unfair,” he told Cebu Daily News (CDN) on Tuesday.

“He was not even paid a single centavo for his work and what's worse, the architect (Medalla) was put in the bad light,” he added.

Avila said he met with UAP national president Dinky Florentino and Medalla in Manila last week, when the beleaguered architect told them of his problem.


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It was then decided that “the entire UAP is supporting Medalla on this,” he added.
Avila stressed Medalla did not commit any lapse as it was “natural” for the beleaguered architect to hesitate submitting the entire structural drawings since there had been no contract between him and the province and that no payment had been made since winning the design contest in 2003.

CDN reached Medalla on Tuesday, but he refused to issue any statement.

Medalla, who worked for a firm in Hong Kong for nine years, won the Megadome design competition in 2003, besting 69 entries nationwide. The clincher was his “spinning disc” design.

He was supposed to receive P12.5 million in professional fee, or five percent of the P250-million project cost.

But this alumni of the University of San Carlos and ninth placer in the architect board exams had not received a single centavo from his cash prize.

The project was placed on the back-burner due to the opposition of the provincial board members who found it a “waste” of people's money.

It was resurrected in December when Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia offered the Megadome as the venue for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in December.

Instead of a sports arena, the Megadome will now house the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) for the annual meeting of the 10-member ASEAN and its dialog partners.

Medalla revised his design to accommodate the CICC and submitted the documents for the Phase 1 of the project, which was substructure or the foundation of the building.

The design was used by the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in the procurement process and was distributed to the contractors, where WT Construction emerged as the winner in the bidding process.

But early last month, Capitol dropped his design and replaced it with that of Manuel Guanzon and Associates, which increased the project cost from the original budget of P250 million to P370 million.

Guanzon will receive P12.5 million out of the P370 million budget of the CICC project. His contract will include supervision of the construction as well as consultancy.

Vice Governor Gregorio Sanchez told reporters on Monday that Medalla was replaced for showing disinterest in the project.

“We are afraid that the project will be held hostage because it appears that he had some hesitations. He was not clear when to submit the design (of the project) and sign the contract,” Sanchez said.

Pablo John Garcia, the governor's brother and consultant on information, organization and management, told a news conference that it was an “executive decision” to replace Medalla as project designer.

He pointed out that Medalla had been stalling the submission of the details of the plan on the spinning disc design.

But he added they decided to get another designer because they could no longer wait for Medalla because the construction should start this month so the CICC would be completed by November in time for the ASEAN summit in December.

Pablo John said Medalla got some money when he won the design in 2003. He added the governor tried to find ways to compensate Medalla for his expenses despite the absence of a contract.

“I know that there is a risk that Architect Medalla might claim for compensation but, as I have said for the past two years, we are trying to reach a compromise on the matter. We will just face whatever Architect Medalla will raise, we will just answer it,” Consultant Garcia said.

But Avila said the province only paid P75,000 to Medalla, barely a fraction of the P12.5 million he was supposed to receive as cash prize.

The amount could hardly compensate the P4 million that Medalla spent for the project - from conceptualizing the design to revising it in order to accommodate the CICC.

“And all of sudden they (Capitol officials) drop the design...that is unfair,” Avila said.

congrats pang 18th na!:applause:

i think what the people want is that megadome with the sports arena. daghan na kaayo ta convention center. hinoon naa man ang summit, ok ra gihapon pero what next after that?

it is really unfair for architect medalla. kay dugay na biya siya wa bayri, natural lang iya reaction nga dili mocooperate. usa sad nag-usab sila ug design, mas na nuon ni mahal. ma-issue gyud na, klaro kaayo.

agi lang ko.................

what do you think will be the size of that cicc? bigger than picc? or it should be bigger than the grand ballroom of waterfront hotel, at least.

Construction has already started. Bulldozers have already made the ground works.

I think this convention center will be a number of times bigger than the existing "CICC" in Waterfront. According to the newspaper article, this facility will have helipads, a huge parking area, briefing rooms, ante rooms, a room for media, etc..etc..etc..


This facility will also feature a "commercial center" which will be developed after the summit.

Hopefully too, the CITEX will be built within the vicinity of this complex making the area a "Convention Park". Hehehehehe

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@slerz: It will have two hotel buildings as big as Shangrila Mactan and some villas like those found in Princeville Mactan. the center island will be connected with mini-suspension bridges. and the most exciting stuff is the country's first underwater restobar :okay: cool huh :cool:

wow an underwater restobar!! That's very original - when will this place open?[/QUOTE]


cool! :nocrook: another major tourist destination! the first in the Philippines!

OT - this is the underwater hotel in Dubai! In Cebu, we will be having our very own underwater resto! This proves that Cebu is not only the country's best seller! It's one of Asia's best world class business and tourism destination!

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maayong gabii sa tanang cebuano...

marvs, imong avatar morag nakatira og katol. ok bitaw, adik-adik! :jk:

lapas na sa 500 ang posts...

wheres sinjin to unofficially close the thread?

^^ Sorry, di ko magpalibak! I just arrived from school! Grabe ang pressure! :D

As Cebu is booming, the Cebu Thread Series is also booming. Keep it up guys! :okay:

Time to unofficially close this thread. :lock:

Meanwhile, continue discussions here: Thread XVIII (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=323203)

Marvs, I really missed that building and the atmosphere of the campus, studied there in the mid 80's. I will be sad to see that building converted into a commercial establishment.

mura dugay-dugay na jud diay ka sa TC.. one thing i dont in TC now is the presence of nursing students.. "nagda lang sila ug huot sa campus hehe"


maayong gabii sa tanang cebuano...

marvs, imong avatar morag nakatira og katol. ok bitaw, adik-adik! :jk:


haha ayaw sad ng katol dave ky mura nata ani ug lamok.. bisyo nasad ta ani!!! :D

walay pictures bisan kural lang sa construction site, heheheheheh.

actually bai naa nay kural but not completely finished pa. ngasugod nasad bulldoze on some parts of the area.

Congrats to our 18th thread guys.

:applause: to the 18th power

This calls for a celebration. inom unya ta karun weekend. hehe.

oi, DEBUT naman diay ta... kung inday pani atong thread :D

hay, kaanindot sa atong Sugbo..hehe
maayong gabii udto mga higala ko sa niini sa thread nato ika dise ocho:D

paita oi, ako nasay wanay time, di na jud ko kakuyog sa mga outings...:(

oh ic. nice to know that. :) hope you can visit the place soon :D as they say, Cebu has been growing rapidly. even with just 3 years of absence, the sign of progress is very evident. ;) i'm hoping to go back in Cebu this summer. i dreadfully miss the beaches! :D

actually, just a week of absence in the city like me hehe, marami ang nababago:D

naka punta na kasi kami ng family ko ng argao for a vacation...but matagal na yun...last 1992 pa. tsaka miss ko na rin yung otap at chicharon na may laman galing cebu...wala kasi dito...healthy living yung mga singaporeans eh... :)

bai, here's our SSC Cebu Argao Carcar trip last Feb 3...
http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=313885&page=1

looks like an airport terminal building. is the site beside the abandoned uniwide warehouse?
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:cheers1: :cheers1: :cheers1: Thread 18!!!!!!!! :cheers1: :cheers1: :cheers1:

Move to enter into convention
center deal OK'd
Published: 02 March 2006

CDN


THE Mandaue City Council authorized on Tuesday Mayor Thadeo Ouano to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the provincial government for the use of a 38,136-square-meter lot at the North Reclamation Area for the construction of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC).

In exchange for the city's accommodation is an agreement to jointly manage the facility, which is identified as the venue for the ASEAN Ministers Summit in December 2006.

The MOA states that the construction can begin within a period of six months from the execution of the agreement and should be completed by Dec. 31, 2006.

"The construction by the province of Cebu of the CICC on the above-mentioned parcel of land of the City of Mandaue is not only advantageous to the parties but would, aside from being a source of pride, also redound to the benefit of the Cebuanos, in terms of sports, cultural and economic development and will serve as a legacy of good and sensible governance," the MOA said.

Ouano wrote the council on Feb. 27 to request for authority to enter into a joint venture agreement with provincial government.

The council approved the mayor's request during its council session held on Tuesday afternoon.

Reporter Doris C. Bongcac

agi lang ko...

Architects raise megadome issue to national office
By Minerva B. Gerodias
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

The United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) has brought up the megadome issue to its national office ethics committee, a UAP official said.

UAP-Visayas vice president Benjamin Avila, in an interview with Sun.Star Cebu, said the Provincial Government “should have cleared it with Alex (Medalla) first” before entertaining another architect to pursue the project.

Medalla won the megadome design contest in 2003, but Capitol last week replaced his design with another design.

Now P370M

Avila denied allegations that Medalla failed to comply with what the Provincial Government was asking for.

Capitol initially considered Medalla’s design for the Cebu International Convention Center, which will be built for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in December.

Capitol will now use the plans submitted by Guanzon Architectural and Design. The original budget of P250 million has shot up to P370 million with the new design.

“Capitol contacted prominent architects and I think only (Manuel) Maning Guanzon accepted the challenge. However, I think at this point, it might be unethical for Maning to accept the challenge. He should have asked Medalla first if he was through with the project,” Avila said.

Avila said Medalla was able to comply with the necessary alterations of the design but he did not submit the structural component of the design because, in the absence of a contract he was not paid.

Treatment

Several Medalla sympathizers contacted Sun.Star Cebu expressing their gripes over how Medalla was “unfairly treated.”

“Our names are the only things we architects have,” one of them said.

Avila has contacted UAP national president Dinky Florentino, and the organization will only make a stand after the ethics committee will have evaluated the case.

Avila admitted that Medalla could not collect from the Provincial Government in the absence of a contract. The legal committee of UAP, though will look into that.

He said Medalla should have secured a contract first before implementing the project or even executing the plans.

Capitol consultant Pablo John Garcia said that even without a contract, Capitol still tried to help Medalla by trying to arrive at a compromise agreement, so he would be paid with whatever he deserves, based on work he has done.

Politics

After winning the design contest, Medalla’s contract was submitted to the Provincial Board (PB), but it was not acted upon.

Avila expressed dismay that Medalla became a victim of government politics.

During that time, majority of the board members were not allies of then governor Pablo Garcia and were against the megadome project, saying it was a waste of people’s money.

Recently, though, the PB passed a resolution authorizing Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to enter into a contract with Medalla, but the board still has to ratify the contract.

Avila was among those who formulated the guidelines for the megadome design contest. He said the P75,000 Medalla received for winning the contest was enough, because he only did the concept.

When Medalla started working on the structural designs that was when he spent so much, because he had to hire consultants.

DOT assures tourists in Cebu are ‘high-end’


The Department of Tourism (DOT) chief said they will not tolerate any “illegal” activities of tourists.

But Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano said he is not aware there are tourists who overstay and illegally do business in the country.

A national paper had reported that “the govern-ment’s drive to attract Korean and Chinese tourists is paying off too well, as many of the visitors are traders and businessmen who end up overstaying to take jobs (away) from Filipinos.”

Won’t tolerate

“I didn’t know about that. But if there are activities like that, we won’t tolerate that,” Durano said in an interview during the Philippine Business for Social Progress’ 18th annual membership meeting last week.

The report said a “bloc of consultants, informally known as Cebu Inc., has been running the show at the Department of Tourism and targeting the entry of more tourists from China and Korea.”

The report said Chinese immigrants allegedly smuggle items into Divisoria, Quiapo and other large trading centers in Metro Manila while Korean nationals now own travel agencies, hotels, restaurants and bars despite constitutional restriction on foreign ownership.

Families

Durano said the biggest bulk of tourists that come to the country, especially in Cebu, are families on holiday, he said.

“If there are cases like that (overstaying foreigners), I think it’s the Bureau of Immigration that should take care of that. As far as the mainstream of tourists is concerned, we’re getting the high end,” he said.

The number of Koreans who stay at Shangri-la’s Mactan Island Resort and Spa, the “most expensive resort” in Mactan, manifests that the tourists who come to the country belong to the high-end market, he said.

Seventy percent of Shangri-la’s tourists are Koreans, he said.

The DOT 7 reported a 43-percent increase in Korean tourists to 120,871 in the first 10 months last year compared to 84,326 in the same period in 2004, making them the top travel market for the province, above Japanese and American tourists.

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JY square mall

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mango square mall

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elizabeth mall

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gaisano country mall

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SM city cebu

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ayala center cebu

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^^ this area at the back of our apartment has started clearing the plants and the caretaker's house.. they said that they will build a tall building. but i dont know if they will follow this original vision.

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The new Yo! Latino and Brescia bars beside Sunflower City. [phone cam]

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^^ this area at the back of our apartment has started clearing the plants and the caretaker's house.. they said that they will build a tall building. but i dont know if they will follow this original vision.

oh! really @MarkiiBai? a tall building that it is? so those projects that are on hold several years ago are already planning to proceed...

:banana::banana::rock::rock:

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The new Yo! Latino and Brescia bars beside Sunflower City. [phone cam]

sa may metro sports ni nuh?

^^ yup. the arch-shaped roof at the back is actually metro sports...

ganahan kaau ko dinha sa metro sports.... dnha man mag workout akong ate, if naa ko sa cebu, kuyog sa ko niya...

^^ and its AFFORDABLE. hehehe

there are actually three bars on that. the yellow on the left is Yo! Latino, the blue on the right is Brescia, and the middle has still no name on it.

oi, cheap diay? mga cheap diay ang mga mag workout dihang dapita...:jk:

I like the name of the bar in the middle, it's unique..the "still no name on it" bar... :D

Capitol: Medalla delayed project
Published: 02 March 2006

by Dale G. Israel

CEBU Vice Gov. Gregorio Sanchez Jr. yesterday debunked comments that the provincial government "unfairly treated" architect Alexius Medalla, who won the nationwide contest for the P250-million Megadome project in 2003.

Sanchez, who is acting governor until Gwendolyn Garcia returns from South Korea, advised the United Architects of the Philippines to first hear the Capitol's side and "dig deeper to unearth the real story" before taking a stand on the issue.

Benjamin Avila, UAP regional vice chairman, rallied the group behind Medalla after learning that the architect was dropped by the Capitol as the designer for the Megadome project.

"If they said that we treated him (Medalla) unfairly, I think it is the other way around," Sanchez said.

Sanchez reiterated the Capitol's explanation for dropping Medalla: that the architect had withheld designs for the project which made it difficult for the provincial government to initiate the bidding.
"The bidders could not even make intelligent estimates because what he (Medalla) had given us were incomplete documents," he said.

The vice governor blamed the misunderstanding to "Medalla's demand for payment for his work prior to submitting the complete design and other accompanying documents."

"We do not have time to wait (for Medalla)," Sanchez said.

Medalla was purportedly demanding P12.5 million, or five percent of the P250-million budget for the Megadome project.

Sanchez clarified that the absence of a contract between the provincial government and Medalla cleared the Capitol of any obligation to pay the architect.

He said that as far as the Capitol was concerned, Medalla had already received his payment-P75,000-for the design.

"(Medalla) took his own risk to proceed with the project even without a notice (from the provincial government)," Sanchez said. "The province will have no liability if he demands payment. It will be up to him if he asks for it (payment)." With Reporter Doris C. Bongcac

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whatever that is, the construction of CICC has started and that matters most. i'm confident the Capitol officials and Medalla issue will be resolved soon.

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^^ this area at the back of our apartment has started clearing the plants and the caretaker's house.. they said that they will build a tall building. but i dont know if they will follow this original vision.

Whoa! Another tall building adds up to the growing number of under-constructions in the city :okay: looking forward to hear more details regarding that. :D

More accommodations to help
Cebu get 2M foreign tourists
Published: 03 March 2006

by Irene R. Sino Cruz

THE planned opening of various hotels and resorts in Cebu would enable Cebu to achieve two million tourists by year 2010, Tourism Secretary Ace Durano said.

Durano said the trend shows that Cebu gets half of the total tourists coming to the country. Since the Department of Tourism (DOT) targets five million tourists by the year 2010, he said, Cebu could easily get two million of that.

However, he said, what Cebu needs to attain this much number of tourists is by providing enough accommodation for them.

The increasing number of tourists has also helped encourage investors to set up hotels and resorts, Durano added.

The planned opening of Coral Reef and the hotel beside SM City Cebu will help alleviate the shortage of rooms in Cebu, he said.
Coral Reef is now owned by the Philippine National Bank (PNB) after the bank foreclosed the property.

According to Durano, Lucio Tan would like to operate the property on their own because his group of companies has a hotel chain.

"Since the (Coral Reef) villas could no longer be used, the plan of Mr. Tan is to build a 1,000-room hotel and to fully develop the golf course," he said.

On the other hand, Durano said that the SM group would attend to the planned operation of its hotel beside SM City Cebu after the Mall of Asia is completed.

He said the SM group is targeting the end of first quarter to open its huge shopping complex in Manila.

"After that is completed, they can move on to this property. But their plan here is to put up a convention center and look for a management company. It would no longer be Sheraton," Durano said.

Another upcoming project by a Korean investor is the 700-room resort complex in Mactan, he pointed out.

Another plus for Cebu is the upcoming ASEAN Summit scheduled on December, Durano said. "The ASEAN Summit will give further large exposure for Cebu. The holding of the meeting at such a high level will give a different level of exposure," he added.

During the ASEAN Summit, about 18 heads of states are expected to attend, he said.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Francisco Benedicto said that about five hotels have been identified to provide accommodations for the heads of states and other officials.

According to Benedicto, the venue of the summit is yet to be identified.

"I hope that the planned convention center by the provincial government will be completed," he said.

Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has given assurance that the project will be completed in time for the Asean Summit.

Garcia said that the contract for the substructure has been awarded to WT Construction, which will soon start the works.

Other local governments also see the opportunity of promoting Cebu during the summit.

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the city would spend millions for the foreign journalists who would cover the event.

According to Osmeña, these journalists would be senior ones since they would be covering the heads of state.

Because of this, he said, Cebu City would promote Cebu as a tourist destination through them.

Hello fellow cebuanos out there! May I just ask what happened with the Village? I've heard that their contract was over and Ayala had to close it. Please give some details if you know the real reason of its closure. Sayang sad no? Maayo na lang gani kay nag open na sad ang YO Latino ug bag-o...

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JY square mall

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mango square mall

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elizabeth mall

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robinson's place

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gaisano country mall

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SM city cebu

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ayala center cebu

Ask lang ko, I've read an article about the upcoming expansion of Ayala Center Cebu. Are they starting it already? Even if wala pa, where are they planning to expand? sa lagoon area ba?

^^welcome dive-cebu!

it is due for renovation and expect a new village when it opens again. it will feature new shops that suit the call center employees' working time according to a news article.

thanks for the info cweobwu, had a hard time typing your user name.. hehehe!!! anyway, ill be there in cebu tomorrow, soooo excited na gyud!!! im in davao, workin...

Ey guys, just wanna share this. Kapoy na create ug new topic so dire na lang:

World's tallest buildings in several categories:
CATEGORY
completed: Taipei 101 (Taipei, Taiwan) 509 m or 1,671 ft
under reconstruction: Tour de Montreal (Montreal, Canada) 175 m or 575 ft
under construction: Burj Dubai (Dubai, UAE) 705m or 2,313 ft
under demolition: 130 liberty street (NY, USA) 158 m or 517ft
construction on hold: plaza raykat office tower (KL, Malaysia) 382m or 1,253ft
approved project: park square tower (Dubai, UAE) 666m or 2,185ft
proposed: Lotte World II Hotel (Seoul, South Korea) 800m or 2,625 ft
in ruins: one world trade center (NY,NY, USA) 417m or 1,368 ft
demolished: chicago world trade center (Chicago, IL, USA) 762m or 2,500 ft
just a vision yet: x-seed 4000 (Tokyo, Japan) 4000m or 13,123ft

Shouldn't this thread be Sticky? :colgate:

try visiting: http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/12thaseansummit/

US wants role in SE Asian group after initial reluctance

check out the news article here (http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=3&story_id=68096)

could it be the US president will be among the dignitaries in the 12th asean summit?

^^ he will be. he told me. :D

tuloy p ba ang megadome of cebu??? are there any developments about that??

tuloy p ba ang megadome of cebu??? are there any developments about that??

Korean firm invests P1.4B for premium condo project
By Ehda M. Dagooc
The Freeman 03/04/2006

A Korean-owned company Fastem Housing and Development (FHD) is investing P1.4 billion in Cebu to build a premium condominium building facility, which is set to be completed in the next two years.

FHD has started its horizontal works in the 3,000 square-meter lot it purchased at the Cebu Business Park (CBP). The company is building a 19-story high rise building condominium, called Tower Place Residential Condominiums, located right in front of the south-entry area of the Ayala Center Cebu.

"I believe that there is a market in Cebu for condominiums. The City [Cebu] has started to embrace the condominium living lifestyle," said FHD president Sun Kyu Baek in a press conference yesterday.

As soon as the company will get its license to sell from the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), they will start to sell the 200 condominium units to the market, said ChaCha R. Rama, FHD marketing director.

Initially, the company has built a showroom facility to showcase the unit models of the upcoming project, also located near the Cebu Business Park.

The Tower Place will be the first condominium building developed by an investor-company in Cebu Business Park, aside from the Park Towers condominium buildings that are developed by Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI), the developer of Cebu Business Park.

Baek emphasized that another unique facet of the project is the extensive use of state-of-the-art technology in the condo units. Doors are equipped with digital keypad door lock system, which can store multiple security codes, sensor systems, among others.

Out of 200 high-end condominium units to be made available come September of 2008, are eight penthouses to be located in the 18th and 19th floors.

Baek said the project expects to attract 80 percent Filipino buyers of condo investors, while 20 percent may be purchased by foreigners, especially Koreans.

By the end of this month, of early April, the company will hold its formal ground breaking ceremony to officially start the two-year construction work, of Cebu's another landmark.

Baek, who has also investments around the world, like maintaining a construction related manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia, said Cebu for his part, is the most strategic area for this kind of business, among other regions in the Philippines, including Metro Manila.

Although, there are already several condominium units available in Cebu, he said the market is offering almost the same product, in terms of quality, among others.

"I like to introduce another dimension of condominium units that will be state-of-the-art in Cebu," Baek added.

FHD started in the Philippines in 1980, and handled various construction projects in numerous cities and sites in Asia.

The Fastem Group of companies include; Fastem Construction, Fastem Wall System, Fastem Trading, and FHD.

oi, cheap diay? mga cheap diay ang mga mag workout dihang dapita...:jk:

I like the name of the bar in the middle, it's unique..the "still no name on it" bar... :D

daghan man ang mga laysho dd2... mahal gani sa mga non-members....350 ang cheapest sa pagpa-massage... tapos aircon ang gym except sa may badminton court...

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FASHION TV is now in CEBU
Another first in the entire Philippines

Bigfoot opens first RP Fashion TV modeling school

Bigfoot Global Solutions Inc., through its affiliate International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT), launched the Fashion TV ModelSchool.

The first in Cebu and in the entire country, the Fashion TV ModelSchool is the Philippine franchise of the world’s leading TV authority on fashion and trends, Fashion TV. It is expected to break new grounds in the local fashion and modeling business.

“We are very excited to open the FTV ModelSchool Philippines in Cebu because we believe that by bringing in the experience and expertise of the system, we will be able to help elevate the standards in our local modeling business,” said Joe Mercado, chief executive officer of Bigfoot.

Opportunities

“With FTV’s vast network worldwide, we are confident that we are giving aspiring models in the Philippines countless opportunities and exposure that they need to penetrate the international modeling arena,” he added.

The FTV ModelSchool Philippines will follow the same courses designed by fashion experts of the FTV network, which are being used in FTV ModelSchools in other parts of world. However, the ModelSchool will be localized as it will cater to the needs of both aspiring and professional models in the country.

“The school will thus help expand the network of our local models and extend their marketability beyond our native shores,” Mercado said.

The FTV ModelSchool Philippines will tap Supermodel Tweetie De Leon-Gonzalez and Jackie Aquino to conduct classes on fashion and personality enhancement and runway modeling, respectively. Rustan’s and Daisy Ba-ad will conduct workshops on hair, make up and photographic and commercial modeling.

Program

Throughout the entire program, ModelSchool students will also have the chance to learn a few modeling tips from FTV representative, Rebecca Piket, who has been an international runway and print model since the age of 14.

The Fashion TV model school aims to acquaint young people, from 13 to 25, male and female, about the way models and “fashion” live and work.

Students who finish the five-week course will get basic introduction on how to walk, dress, makeup and to present themselves to model agencies. They will also learn tips on food and drinks and general overview on who is who in the national and international fashion world.

Each student will receive at the end of the course a certificate from the Fashion TV ModelSchool Philippines.

Their names and photos will be posted on Fashion TV’s website, showing all the successful members of the different schools around the world. This will provide them a link to many professional opportunities in and outside the country.

All successful candidates will also become Fashion TV members entitled to many important rights and privileges, such as invitations to FTV events, discounts at selected service providers and access to FTV sites and locations. (PR)

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Mactan Island, The Philippines

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BISAYA TO BE USED AS MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN CEBU CITY

CEBU CITY, May 13, 2005 (STAR) By Jasmin Uy — The Department of Education (DepEd) will be introducing Bisaya and English as the languages for medium of instruction in the city’s public elementary schools.

City schools superintendent Leonilo Oliva said the new system patterned after Singapore’s will be applied here.

Oliva said schools in Singapore, which she and other city officials recently visited, use its mother language and English in schools.

"I think it is effective because it will be very easy for students to comprehend what is being taught to them," she said.

In the first four months, Oliva said Grade 1 students in Singapore are taught how to read in English and in their country’s language.

Here, students will be taught how to read in Bisaya in the first four months, and subsequently in English.

Oliva said the new system will be piloted in five schools, namely the Barrio Luz, Busay, Camputhaw, Camp Lapu-Lapu and Lahug elementary schools.

He said the city’s teachers will be trained on how to teach in the vernacular.

DepEd regional director Carolino Mordeno is amenable to the new system and hopes that what is being done here can be duplicated in all schools in the region. — Freeman News Service

^^infact DYAB am radio created a program dedicated to Bisaya/Cebuano language. Cguro it's a preparation for the implementation for the policy coz they have conducted a test recently that students got 80% ave. scores in exams using the English and Bisaya language as medium of instruction in schools... but using the tagalog and English lanuage as a medium of instruction, students got only 30% ave. scores...

Didto ka nakabaw nga ang bisaya diay sa sunday kay "ligid ligid"
and do you know that the bisaya of July is "hidapdapud", August is "hinlubad", October is "bagyo bagyo"...

and one thing, those Cebuanos that are good in bisaya language daw are fluent english speakers and/or can pronounce english words fluently...

i preffer ENGLISH / BISAYA on school as a MEDIUM Of instruction too ..good thing they are doin this thing :) cebuanos should learn thier own culture/language too before learning something else :) good move there ! :)

binisaya na ug english ang mga eskwelahan diha bai ?

OT - yung sa harap ng AYALA Center and Pag-ibig tower....that building underconstruction is called as CEBU TOWERS and COMMERCIAL CENTER (or something like that - i aint sure sa whole name, basta may word dun na TOWERS! ehehehehhehe) whoa...maybe more than one skyscraper ang itatayo jan! too bad ala pa silang rendering ngayon!

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FASHION TV is now in CEBU
Another first in the entire Philippines

Bigfoot opens first RP Fashion TV modeling school


The Fashion TV model school aims to acquaint young people, from 13 to 25, male and female, about the way models and “fashion” live and work.



oh mah god! makaapil pa ta! ahahahahahahaha! eh d mas ok ang mga Cebu produced models than those in Metro Manila (IMO) kc they are being trained with international standards!

Apil Na Ta! ehehhehehehe

i preffer ENGLISH / BISAYA on school as a MEDIUM Of instruction too ..good thing they are doin this thing :) cebuanos should learn thier own culture/language too before learning something else :) good move there ! :)

It should not be only applicable in Cebu but the whole country. Use their regional language with English. It will pave way for the removal of Tagalog as the official language.

i preffer ENGLISH / BISAYA on school as a MEDIUM Of instruction too ..good thing they are doin this thing :) cebuanos should learn thier own culture/language too before learning something else :) good move there ! :)

And that's what you call, BisGlish. :)

Ouano against holiday during ASEAN summit

The Freeman 03/04/2006

Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano expressed his opposition to the plan of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to put Cebu under a four-day holiday during the upcoming 12th Association of Southeast Nations Summit this December 11 to 14.

During the ASEAN Summit Cebu Organizing Committee meeting with the executive committee yesterday at Plantation Bay Resort, Ouano said the plan is an "overreaction" and instead suggests a selective holiday for the public, especially to the public schools and government offices but not the business establishments.

Sixth district Rep. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz and Cebu City Representatives Raul del Mar and Antonio Cuenco backed Ouano's idea.

Del Mar said that the security committee should look into the dissenting opinions of Ouano and Osmeña on whether or not Cebu should be put under a four-day holiday during the upcoming ASEAN summit to determine what is best to be done.

Presidential adviser for Central Visayas Felix Guanzon brought up the concern of the business against the four-day holiday proposal.

Ouano said that he does not want the city to look like a ghost town during the summit, adding that there is no need for such declaration considering that Cebu is safe.

But Cebu City planning officer Nigel Paul Villarete insisted that in the last ASEAN Summit in Thailand, their government also adopted the four-day holiday to ensure the safety of the delegates.

Ruiz was angry to learn that until now the Department of Tourism has not yet submitted important data in relation to the preparation of the said event, such as the number of hotel rooms needed, and how to go about the transportation of the delegates for safety purposes.

Another meeting will be held on Monday wherein the DOT is expected to present data to answer Ruiz's concern.

Vice Governor Gregorio Sanchez, meanwhile, appealed to local business groups to "sacrifice a little" as the 4-day holiday proposal during the holding of the summit here in Cebu this December means greater economic returns.

President Gloria Arroyo has announced the declaration of December 11 to 14 a holiday during her visit here in Cebu last January, following the request of Osmeña over fears of possible terrorist attacks during the hosting of the said international event.

A presidential proclamation covering such measure has yet to be issued, though.

Mandaue residents are 'warming up' to trash segregation

The Freeman 03/04/2006

Residents of Mandaue City are slowly complying with the "No Segregation, No Collection" policy in support of the Solid Waste Management System of the city government which was implemented last February 18, 2006.

Rene Tariman, head of the Department of General Services, said residents in the barangays of Ibabao-Estancia and Subangdaku are positively responding to the call to segregate their biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage

The city government distributed more than 4,000 garbage bins to all the 27 barangays.

He further said that they also resumed their information and dissemination campaign in the barangays and asked the cooperation of all the barangay officials to instill awareness among their respective constituents.

The city government also imposed stiffer penalties to violators. Under the city's Solid Waste Management Implementing Rules and Guidelines, varied penalties shall be imposed against violators ranging from payment of a fine of P500 to ten days imprisonment, or 15 days community service.

Among the prohibition includes throwing or dumping human and animal waste and other offensive matter in any vacant lots and other public places; spitting, urinating or defecating in any streets or public places; posting of any handbills, posters or streamers without authority from the city mayor; throwing of wastes of any kind or drain untreated water into the city's creeks and coastline, among others.

Money collected out of penalties and fines shall be used only to support environmental management initiatives.

Scarcity of judges hits Cebu as Caminade quits

The Freeman 03/04/2006

The problem of lack of judges in Cebu has worsened after the Supreme Court accepted the resignation of Regional Trial Court Branch 6 Judge Anacleto Caminade Jr. from the bench.

Although The Freeman failed to get a copy of the Supreme Court resolution accepting Caminade's resignation, a lawyer at the Office of the Court Administrator said he already saw the copy of the document.

The Supreme Court lawyer, however, refused to provide The Freeman with a copy of the resolution without a formal letter of request to be approved by the justices.

Regional Trial Court executive judge Simeon Dumdum Jr. confirmed hearing reports about Caminade's resignation after being informed by a fellow judge, Bienvenido Saniel, about it.

Dumdum said it is not necessary for a retiring RTC judge to submit to him a copy of the resignation letter because they are in the same court level.

Caminade failed to hear cases yesterday and his staff told The Freeman that the judge is on leave.

Aside from RTC Branch 6, Caminade, an Argao town native like former chief justice Hilario Davide Jr., is also the acting judge of the regional trial court in Oslob and holds sessions there every Monday and Tuesday.

"The effectivity of judge Caminade's resignation would start once he will receive the copy of the Supreme Court resolution accepting his offer," said the Supreme Court employee.

At present, RTC branches at the Palace of Justice that have no permanent judges are the Branches 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 22.

La Niña brings rain to Cebu on supposed dry, hot days

The Freeman 03/04/2006

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration announces that because of the La Niña weather phenomenon expected to end on May, the country especially Cebu will have more rainfalls over sunshine.

PAGASA Mactan weather specialist Claude Alviola said that the hot, dry season is not expected this year for the months April to May.

Alviola pointed out that the La Niña is expected to bring showers in the Visayas especially in the northern and southern part of the province, unlike last year wherein the temperature reached 42.2 degrees Celsius, the third hottest temperature that was recorded in Cebu.

Increases in the incidence of typhoons, floods and frequent heavy rains since November last year may be explained by the development of La Niña, Alviola said.

"The persistence of present oceanic and atmospheric patterns in the next two months will confirm the occurrence of a La Niña episode and continue to influence the climate of the country," he added.

"Conditions in the country will be characterized by normal to above normal rainfall at least up to May, the probability of more tropical cyclones within the Philippine Area of Responsibility and flooding in some areas," Alviola said.

He further advised the public especially in flood prone areas and landslide prone areas to be extra vigilant.

i preffer ENGLISH / BISAYA on school as a MEDIUM Of instruction too ..good thing they are doin this thing :) cebuanos should learn thier own culture/language too before learning something else :) good move there ! :)
I think this can never be good, this is going to widen our already-wide language gap. When we went to Cebu last time, some small schoolchildren we asked for directions can't answer because they cant speak tagalog daw. Here in Pampanga, the medium of instruction is Tagalog and English and yet Capampangan is still dominant at home and everywhere else.

I think this can never be good, this is going to widen our already-wide language gap. When we went to Cebu last time, some small schoolchildren we asked for directions can't answer because they cant speak tagalog daw. Here in Pampanga, the medium of instruction is Tagalog and English and yet Capampangan is still dominant at home and everywhere else.

this can never be good for the whole country including Luzon BUT it will be good for Cebu... This should not be an issue coz this will only be implemented in Cebu, only in Cebu excluding Luzon, coz we have our own language and culture here and through this, children from different schools here in Cebu are expected to get high grades as tagalog will never be used in schools but instead the Cebuano/Bisaya language which these children are used to.

Why don't we use our own, why are we using that we don't own? we will only suffer in that case. So it's time to use our own ;)
(said by a Cebu City councilor, nakalimot kos ngan)

tuloy p ba ang megadome of cebu??? are there any developments about that??


Yup construction has already began but it won't be a megadome. More of just a "convention center" like the PICC..

The structure would be easier to build and accomplished in time since steel frames and glass would be used.. :)

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^^

No problem with BISAYA being taught as medium of instruction in Cebu only.. It should be noted that during a forum on Visayan Language held at UP, it was emphasized that the Visayan Language is slowly "dying out."

Before, we had music, poetry, arts, etc.. in Bisaya but now wala na..

Hail to Vicente Sotto, Vicente Rama, Mariano Cuenco, and other Visayan publishers during the pre-war years!.. :)

Hello fellow cebuanos out there! May I just ask what happened with the Village? I've heard that their contract was over and Ayala had to close it. Please give some details if you know the real reason of its closure. Sayang sad no? Maayo na lang gani kay nag open na sad ang YO Latino ug bag-o...

Welcome dive-cebu

You're into diving? ummm, another SSC-outing on the way. At least it's summertime already.

The most promoted is Pescador Island in Moalboal..! Almost everyone from Luzon and other countries go there.

Regarding The Village, yup it's true that the contract expired and the execs at Ayala (CHI) didn't renew the term with the owners of The Village because they're (CHI) apt at building their own "commercial and recreation center" probably some sort of a mall. Construction is currently ongoing I guess.

I think this can never be good, this is going to widen our already-wide language gap. When we went to Cebu last time, some small schoolchildren we asked for directions can't answer because they cant speak tagalog daw. Here in Pampanga, the medium of instruction is Tagalog and English and yet Capampangan is still dominant at home and everywhere else.

in my opinion, it will do more good as it will ease the burden of learning the language. it is better to master one or two languages than speak many yet not good enough. communication is not about learning a lot of languages, but it is importantly inclined on how well one is able to bring the right message to his audience.

with the local language used as tool for learning makes it easier for people to absorb knowledge. english puts us in the international scene and it gives our people advantage over other nationals. it will bring food on the table and pay the bills. while tagalog gives us an identity as filipinos, but it is not the answer to make us love for our country.

personally, i find it hard to speak tagalog, nevertheless, my pride for the country is as rigid as diamond. :) nationalism is not about fluency of tagalog after all.

what good news we have here after just a day! Cebu lami pa ka's inasal! hehehehhe.

It should not be only applicable in Cebu but the whole country. Use their regional language with English. It will pave way for the removal of Tagalog as the official language.


we could learn tagalog as an optional language not necessarily removing it from the curricula. having many languages and dialects and with english as a second language will make us more interesting as a country. that makes europe interesting, a union with diverse languages and cultures.

^^ Nice collage Arnold. :okay:

And Thanks to all the Bisaya bands for reviving Bisaya Music.
"Ang mga bungi, nawong ongo. Ang mga lugwag ngipon, nawong ongo!"
"Ako si M-16, at your service bai, Aduna pod koy anak si Baby Armalite!"
"Roger, ger, ger!"
"Hi boys, hi boys, paukaya ko beh!"
Lol, makatawa ko sa mga songs! :D

^^

No problem with us not learning Tagalog too considering that ABS-CBN and GMA are dominant wherever you go.. :) By the way we can continue our discussion with this issue at the Visayan Languages Thread. It has been revived already after a very long time. :rock:



@sinjin

Thanks, I was actually just experimenting with Photoshop; it was my first time to use the software! Hehehehe...

^^ Yeah. @Arnold: Did you notice a time last year when GMA dubbed some of its shows into Bisaya? It was really so disgusting. Dili mubagay ang voice sa face sa mga artista. lol

I'm so disappointed about Club Ultima Mactan. Over sa kulit! Sige lang og text ug call para lang anang Gift Certificate nila. :)

^^

Are the shows still dubbed in Bisaya? Lain jud, samot na ko dili makasabot. It would have been nice if it was a pure bisaya telenovela like Matud Nila, or "Si Goat da wanderpul, For Life, etc..etc.."

There was also this Visayan telenovela in ABS-CBN sometime last year, the director was a Boholano who trained in Hollywood. The show also starred Visayan artists like Joel Torre, and that artist in Rizal (forgot his name)..

Is there still "For Life" in ABS-CBN?

^^ Nice collage Arnold. :okay:

And Thanks to all the Bisaya bands for reviving Bisaya Music.
"Ang mga bungi, nawong ongo. Ang mga lugwag ngipon, nawong ongo!"
"Ako si M-16, at your service bai, Aduna pod koy anak si Baby Armalite!"
"Roger, ger, ger!"
"Hi boys, hi boys, paukaya ko beh!"
Lol, makatawa ko sa mga songs! :D

I remembered in Boys High seven years ago this Cebuano comic song:

"Nasuko, nasuko, si gwapo nasuko, nasuko nasuko si gwapo (si gwapo)......
......taxi, taxi, habal-habal,....."

^^

Are the shows still dubbed in Bisaya? Lain jud, samot na ko dili makasabot. It would have been nice if it was a pure bisaya telenovela like Matud Nila, or "Si Goat da wanderpul, For Life, etc..etc.."

None anymore. GMA stopped dubbing their shows into Bisaya when they noticed the drastic drop of the ratings of their shows.

There was also this Visayan telenovela in ABS-CBN sometime last year, the director was a Boholano who trained in Hollywood. The show also starred Visayan artists like Joel Torre, and that artist in Rizal (forgot his name)..

Is there still "For Life" in ABS-CBN ?

No more. :(

@arnold, nindota diay kung cluster ang mga buildings sa Cebu noh? kay mga nindot og designs... :okay:

Regarding The Village, yup it's true that the contract expired and the execs at Ayala (CHI) didn't renew the term with the owners of The Village because they're (CHI) apt at building their own "commercial and recreation center" probably some sort of a mall. Construction is currently ongoing I guess.


Two months has passed since 'twas fenced bai but there are still no signs of renovation or expansion whatsoever. The establishments were not even demolished yet.

payter kau imo collage bai arnold.. post ko bago mga pics basin magamit ni ninyo sa inyo mga collage..

pasensya na kay ga balik2 nani ang mga buildings.. post lang ko para dili boring tanawn ang cebu thread

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wow! singapore ba to marvs? :lol:

haha sa iraq na resty.. nihapit lang ko didto ky ngita ko AK-47.. :D

^^ wala pa nag start ang construction sa lagoon bai marvin? humana ang jeepny terminal? taud-taud na sad ko wala kaadto ug ayala da.

wala paman nagstart mark.. tanaw nako ang 1st phase sa ACC expansion ky ang terminal then 2nd phase ky ang mall then ang lagoon dayon.. nagpicture2 pa gani ko gnina sa lagoon ky nangatol ako kamot.. :D

ang jeepney terminal ky mura 70% complete na.. kuha nya ko pics ngadto ky everyday man naa nako nawong sa ayala ky adto man ko sakay jeep pirme.. modern kau iya design mark

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more pics of iraq.. :D :D

^^ ninduta diay sa iraq bai uy. nagtulo man akung laway. :D

bitaw modern lagi ang terminal bai. ako ma remember daghan man to steel 'spikes'. hehe

^^ dapat lang sad na modern ila design sa new terminal ky ang old terminal ky mura ug waiting shed sa siyudad tanawn.. samot na ko gnahan mosakay ug jeep didto :D

New Megadome design
patterned after old plan'
Published: 04 March 2006

by Cebu Daily News

IS there a need to re-bid the Cebu provincial government's Megadome project because of a change in design?

With roughly nine months left before the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and the winning bidder already working on the venue, the question of whether the new design for the project is compatible with the design of architect Alexius Medalla is also being raised.

Allaying fears of an incompatibility in designs for the project, an official of the Capitol yesterday revealed that the new design, submitted by architect Manuel Guanzon, was "anchored" on the old design.

Capitol consultant Pablo John Garcia assured that there was no conflict of designs in terms of the substructure, or the foundation, and the superstructure, or the outer shell, for the Megadome.

When three architects were asked by the Capitol to present new designs for the Cebu International Convention Center, they were told to build a new design based on the old design for the substructure, Garcia explained.

Medalla's design for the substructure was used by the Capitol in the bidding process for the Megadome's first phase.

Garcia pointed out that even if there were obvious differences in the shapes of the two designs, the "columnations" were fitted out of Medalla's design.

"We cannot redo the whole thing. We do not have enough time," he said.

An architect, however, debunked the Capitol's explanation, saying it was difficult to use different designs for the substructure and the superstructure.

"It's like fitting square pegs in round holes," said the architect, who requested anonymity.

Despite admitting that Medalla's design was used for the bidding, Garcia clarified that "the Capitol will not be obliged to pay for it."

ganahan kaayo ko sa design sa Ayala FGU o nanindot kay tungod sa maniyot nga pro..heh:okay:

@Marvs, napariha lagi ang imo cam sa kang mark no, naay linya linya sa clouds dapit.

mo ingon ana ra na siya basta naay white labi na sa mga clouds.. pero oki raman gihapon

^^ ang akong cam bai wala nay makita. itom ra jud ang display. sayang. mao celfon na lng akng gamit tawn. hehehe

ako digicam ky naa man sakit.. usahay mokarat iya lcd unya mo violet ang color.. pero kung maayo siya ky oki gihapon ang quality.. adto ko sa columbia atbang ayala 4000 daw ako kailangan para paayo.. uuuhhmmm maglugos man gani ko ug load sa ako celfon :D

^^lol, abi nakog lugoson nimo ang lod sa celfon, gihuna huna jud nakog maayo kay wa jud ko ka gets... sori, nasayop lang diay kog basa, maglisod diayg palit og load :lol:

lugos = rape

e.g.

gilugos nako ang hubag na katabang sa amo silingan.

maglugos = maglisod

e.g.

maglugos ko ug palit ug bugas ky nahurot ako wawarts sa rugby.

:D :D :D

^^ bai, based on experience na nimo ang duha ka example no? :hahaha:

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pasensya lang mo.. wala na jud ko lain mga buildings na pwede nako picturan mao na nagsige ko balik2 ug tira ani mga buildinga sa CBP.. keppel ug globe innove na lang ako kulang para ma completo nako ako collection sa mga highrises sa CBP..

maysad na naay mga pictures ato thread para dili boring tanawn :D

ayaw kabalaka bai, dili man sad me pul-an ug tan-aw sa imong mga hulagway bisag binalik pa. they are simply amazing. :okay: hehe

kaya*a, klaro lagi kaayo na bai, 2 of the most beautiful buildings of Cebu... modern, classy and glassy...:okay: ayo, way kalabaw...hehe

Wow! pang Cebu Yearbook ah!!!! nice kaau! :) :) :) even better than those pix that can be found sa promotional brochures! THE BEST!!!!!!!!

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Ship proudly made in Balamban town
Cebu Daily News
05 March '06


THE world's first commercially produced high-tech fastcraft vessel was launched yesterday in Balamban town, Cebu by FBMA Marine Inc.

The crew vessel, which took 12 months to build at a cost of US$9 million, was made by Filipino hands entirely in Balamban, according to a briefing sheet from the Aboitz company.

Ordered by a Mexican state oil company call Pemex, the vessel will operate in the Gulf of Mexico. Two of these vessels were ordered in November 2004 and specified by the customers to be state-of-the-art in offshore support craft.
Advertisement

The vessel uses the design of Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor. The prototype of this "Slice" vessel was built in Hawaii in 1998.

"The vessel was constructed entirely by Filipinos assisted by expat management," said company representatives.

FBMA is an Aboitiz company with a long history of building and delivering aluminum or steel high-speed ferries, patrol vessels and specialist work boats.

Its first vessel was a 50-knot Tricat for the Hong Kong-Macau route.

The shipyard has been operating in Balamban since 1997.

FBMA has built 14 vessels with another four currently in construction for clients in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, the United Kingdom, Korea, Netherlands and Mexico.

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City buys tractor for SRP clearing
The Freeman
05 March '06


The city government will purchase an agricultural tractor to fast-tract the clearing of the South Reclamation Project, and for the use of upland rice farmers.

Councilor Hilario Davide III, chairman of the City Council committee on agriculture, said the city agricultural department, which has been tasked by Mayor Tomas Osmeña to spearhead the clearing and removing of grass at the SRP, is in need of a tractor to speed up its operation.

During its last Wednesday's session, the council approved a P2.7 million appropriation for the undertaking, which will be taken from Pagcor funds.

"The tractor that the city will acquire will not only be used for the SRP but will also be used to develop the city's property in Guba and made available to our farmers in the upland barangays," Davide said.

City agricultural head Joelito Baclayon said that the rental of tractors from Toledo City would be delayed because of some priorities. "Using our equipment, road blocks were already established so as the purchase of herbicides, sunflower seeds and necessary tools."

Recently, the council approved over P700,000 for the landscaping of a miniature hill at Kawit Park by the Parks and Playground Commission.

In a joint resolution, councilors Gabriel Leyson and Nestor Archival said such move is aimed to beautify the city to attract tourists and investors considering that it is one of the venues for the Asean Summit in December.

The total cost of the project is estimated at P695,093.

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wow! unsa ni? unta tanang kanto butngan og public art sama ani.

^^ mao lagi dave nindot jud kau tanawn if butangan ang tibuok siyudad ug ingon ana preho sa uban nasod.. myta pwede na maghimo ko ug ako nya ako lang ang mag butang2 :D

Enya - Orinoco Flow Lyrics

Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow.
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore.
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.
De de de de de...
Sailway,...

From Bissau to Palau in the shade of Avalon.
From Fiji to Tiree and the isles of Ebony.
From Peru to Cebu, feel the power of Babylon.
From Bali to Cali, far beneath the Coral Sea.
De de de de de...
Sail away...

Turn it up...Adieu, ooh.
From the North to the South, Ebudau unto Khartoum.
From the deep Sea of Clouds to the Island of the Moon.
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen.
Carry me on the lands I've never seen.
We can sail, with the Orinoco flow.
Wecan sail away...

We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel.
We can sigh, say goodbyeRoss and his dependencies.
We can sail away (repeat and fade).


^^ my favorite enya song

Enya - Orinoco Flow Lyrics

Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow.
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore.
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.
De de de de de...
Sailway,...

From Davao to Palau in the shade of Avalon.
From Fiji to Tiree and the isles of Ebony.
From Peru to Cebu, feel the power of Babylon.
From Bali to Cali, far beneath the Coral Sea.
De de de de de...
Sail away...

Turn it up...Adieu, ooh.
From the North to the South, Ebudau unto Khartoum.
From the deep Sea of Clouds to the Island of the Moon.
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen.
Carry me on the lands I've never seen.
We can sail, with the Orinoco flow.
Wecan sail away...

We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel.
We can sigh, say goodbyeRoss and his dependencies.
We can sail away (repeat and fade).


^^ my favorite enya song

i like that song... also, hubagang ate oi! :jk:

na abot sad diay diha sa davao dave ang "hubagang ate oi" ?

naa sad lain na kanta ang chorus ky:

kuyaw, kuyawa nimo dai
kuyawa nimo dai
makatulog laway

:D

naa puy lain:

"siya si roger... jer jer..."

og

"hi boy hi boy... ukaya ko be... ukaya ko be.."

haha wala pa ko kadungog ana ngari..

Architect Medalla should skip going to the courts for compensation for now, in my opinion. His cutting edge design was obviously quite complicated and would have taken a longer time to build in time for the SEAN Summit. The Capitol only seemed to have double crossed him mainly due to the time constraint. It would be very bad for Cebu to have had his design chosen and not havinng it finished in time for the summit. He should wait a little while because his building might still get built in the near future. The most important thing for Cebuanos right now is to be united behind all the efforts for the summit.

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^^ this area at the back of our apartment has started clearing the plants and the caretaker's house.. they said that they will build a tall building. but i dont know if they will follow this original vision.

^^good news. kinsa diay developer ani?

i really pity medalla.. after all the hardworks and millions of pesos spent for the megadome design, it was just scrapped by the province.. the govt. even owes him 12.4 million for the megadome design.

the megadome is really "sayang". it could be a new landmark for the province if not for the entire country.. but it's still possible for the megadome to be built. the province could tap an investor to finance the construction under the build-operate-transfer scheme. but this time, the megadome will only be used for sports-related activities.

^^I can understand you bai. He should definitely be compensated for all his work but he should wait after the summit is finished so Cebu officials can concentrate on ensuring a successful hosting of the ASEAN summit. Sus, magkatawa lang ang taga toot ani nato kung isugod niya ni dayon sa korte.

what i really fear is medalla filing a TRO (temporary restraining order) to the court to hault the construction of the convention center. hope it will not happen

pero tanaw nako mura dili na niya buhaton ky kabalo gud siya kung unsa ka importante ang ASEAN Summit sa cebu.. ater all dili man nga gagmay ug utok ang mga cebuanos dili preho sa "taas" na personal interest lang ang gi huna-huna..

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international academy for film and television (the hollywood in asia)

^^very nice. unsa diay latest ato movie ni adam sandler about Cebu bai?

ambot bai wala paman updates bout sa iya movie ngari sa cebu.. mayta lagi madayon na ky mo audtion ko para extra.. haha maski lang ako role ky igo ra mo-agi sa likod ni adam sandler.. pwede sad ko stunt man :D

kung madiscover unsaon nalang ang pagka-architect ani bai? :)

naa puy lain:

"siya si roger... jer jer..."

og

"hi boy hi boy... ukaya ko be... ukaya ko be.."

hapit nako ka memorize ana kay cg na balik balik og play sa NU 107 og sa mga FM's diri...hehe. Si roger, ger ger...

Enya - Orinoco Flow Lyrics

Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow.
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore.
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.
De de de de de...
Sailway,...

From Bissau to Palau in the shade of Avalon.
From Fiji to Tiree and the isles of Ebony.
From Peru to Cebu, feel the power of Babylon.
From Bali to Cali, far beneath the Coral Sea.
De de de de de...
Sail away...

Turn it up...Adieu, ooh.
From the North to the South, Ebudau unto Khartoum.
From the deep Sea of Clouds to the Island of the Moon.
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen.
Carry me on the lands I've never seen.
We can sail, with the Orinoco flow.
Wecan sail away...

We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel.
We can sigh, say goodbyeRoss and his dependencies.
We can sail away (repeat and fade).


^^ my favorite enya song

pariha ta, kumpleto jud ako album sa Enya...hehe

^^tinuod ba na lyrics anang enya bai??

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international academy for film and television (the hollywood in asia)


great find sugbuanon! wow, parang hollywood nga!!! :eek2:

kung madiscover unsaon nalang ang pagka-architect ani bai? :)

bahala dili ko ma architect basta mahimo lang ko ug artista.. basin pa diay maparis nako si zhang ziyi :D

^^tinuod ba na lyrics anang enya bai??

mao jud na ang iya lyrics bai

Guys hindi naba matutuloy yung construction ng megadome? So pagnagkataon anong gagamitin sa ASEAN FORUM?

^^ Matutuloy. Infact, the construction site has been fenced and there has been quite an activity in the area for the past few days.

the gov't scrapped the megadome design, they replaced it with a convention center similar to PICC. in fact, construction is on-going bro. will be completed on November. :)

^^ Matutuloy. Infact, the construction site has been fenced and there has been quite an activity in the area for the past few days.

do you have photos of the construction site sinjin? hope u can show us. i'm so excited :D

^^ None yet. I'm too busy these days considering that next week will be our final exams. :( Anyway, yeah, the construction site is huge! Big enough for a mall to rise :cool:

La Niña brings rain to Cebu on supposed dry, hot days

The Freeman 03/04/2006

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration announces that because of the La Niña weather phenomenon expected to end on May, the country especially Cebu will have more rainfalls over sunshine.

PAGASA Mactan weather specialist Claude Alviola said that the hot, dry season is not expected this year for the months April to May.

Alviola pointed out that the La Niña is expected to bring showers in the Visayas especially in the northern and southern part of the province, unlike last year wherein the temperature reached 42.2 degrees Celsius, the third hottest temperature that was recorded in Cebu.

Increases in the incidence of typhoons, floods and frequent heavy rains since November last year may be explained by the development of La Niña, Alviola said.

"The persistence of present oceanic and atmospheric patterns in the next two months will confirm the occurrence of a La Niña episode and continue to influence the climate of the country," he added.

"Conditions in the country will be characterized by normal to above normal rainfall at least up to May, the probability of more tropical cyclones within the Philippine Area of Responsibility and flooding in some areas," Alviola said.

He further advised the public especially in flood prone areas and landslide prone areas to be extra vigilant.

^^Will the rainy climate affect the construction of the CICC? I hope not. ;)

^^tinuod ba na lyrics anang enya bai??

mali to. kani ang tama. hehe

Enya - Orinoco Flow Lyrics

Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow.
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore.
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.
De de de de de...
Sailway,...

From Davao to Palau in the shade of Avalon.
From Fiji to Tiree and the isles of Ebony.
From Peru to Cebu, feel the power of Babylon.
From Bali to Cali, far beneath the Coral Sea.
De de de de de...
Sail away...

Turn it up...Adieu, ooh.
From the North to the South, Ebudau unto Khartoum.
From the deep Sea of Clouds to the Island of the Moon.
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen.
Carry me on the lands I've never seen.
We can sail, with the Orinoco flow.
Wecan sail away...

We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel.
We can sigh, say goodbyeRoss and his dependencies.
We can sail away (repeat and fade).


^^ my favorite enya song

@Sinjin

La Niña will not affect the construction of the CICC since they would be utilizing pre-fabricated concrete slabs and steel beams. :)

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KEWL :okay:
the actors of the play are the PBB housmates Cassandra, Sam etc.

^^Will the rainy climate affect the construction of the CICC? I hope not. ;)

LoL... Rains can't hamper building constructions... bisag kada adlaw pa mag uwan...ehehe

Two months has passed since 'twas fenced bai but there are still no signs of renovation or expansion whatsoever. The establishments were not even demolished yet.

Maybe they're still in the bidding process or design stage.. But I guess this will be pursued. Basta Ayala na ang mag develop, kasaligan jud.. :)

Originally Posted by MarkiiBoi
Two months has passed since 'twas fenced bai but there are still no signs of renovation or expansion whatsoever. The establishments were not even demolished yet.



Maybe they're still in the bidding process or design stage.. But I guess this will be pursued. Basta Ayala na ang mag develop, kasaligan jud.. :)

Niagi ko kanina..naa man nanglimpyo within The Village. Though wala pay nagdemolish jud pero murag naghinay hinay pa og hipos sa sulod!

OT - kanang front sa Pagibig tower and ACC ba...dako dako na sya na building(s)! lapad man iyang area.

^^

And you're going to have one piece of a very cool working place.. :) :rock:

arnold! kuyog ko next laag beh! plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz? :)

^^

Sure no prob.. Wala pa man sad.. :)

Guys, me and my brother are closing on a deal to buy a hectare of beachfront property on Olango island (Santa Rosa). The terrain is like Duawon with small coves and a little bit of white sand. Beach front is a little over four hundred feet. We think we are getting a good deal, is $1.00/sq.m. a good deal???

That's about $10,000 for the property

I forgot to add the property is directly across Hilton and Shangrila

^^

That's pretty much a good deal bro considering that it's a beach front.

Years ago, properties there could go to as low as P20 per square meter but that was before.. So you got it at P51.2 per sq.meter :)

Umm, your newly bought property is directly across Hilton? Is this the one with an existing structure that was left idle by a previous owner? I remembered long ago we docked our pump boat on an abandoned white-sand beach property with some cottages that were obviously wrecked by wind and rain.

RP, Russia to sign tourism accord

Eight years after it was first drafted, a tourism accord between the Philippines and Russia will be signed this month to further boost travel and friendly relations between the two countries.
Tourism secretary Joseph Ace Durano and Minister Vladimir Stazhalkovsky of the Russia Federation's Federal Agency for Tourism are scheduled to sign the bilateral agreement on March 14 at the Philippine Embassy in Moscow.

The accord, first drafted in 1998, seeks to simplify border control and customs matters and to provide for the exchange of information, the training of tour guides, the organization of group and individual tours and the establishment of tourism offices in both countries, among others.

In a statement, Durano also noted that Russia is becoming a major source of tourists to the Philippines, pointing out that the number of Russian visitors here grew 108 percent from 2004 to 2005.

In January of this year, the Philippines played host to 334 Russian tourists who visited Cebu, Bohol and Boracay.

The World Tourism Organization has also ranked Russian travelers tenth in the list of the biggest spenders.

A 1,000 room hotel to help boost tourist accomodations

THE planned opening of various hotels and resorts in Cebu would enable Cebu to achieve two million tourists by year 2010, Tourism Secretary Ace Durano said.

Durano said the trend shows that Cebu gets half of the total tourists coming to the country. Since the Department of Tourism (DOT) targets five million tourists by the year 2010, he said, Cebu could easily get two million of that.

However, he said, what Cebu needs to attain this much number of tourists is by providing enough accommodation for them.

The increasing number of tourists has also helped encourage investors to set up hotels and resorts, Durano added.

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OT: Nanganak na akong iro (fire dog kay color fire brown:D) karon lang, duha iya anak, black og white nya akoy nag bira sa puti kay nag una ang tiil. Narecord nako sa video, ako lng nya to i upload...hehe. Amahan na jud ko :jk:

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That's pretty much a good deal bro considering that it's a beach front.

Years ago, properties there could go to as low as P20 per square meter but that was before.. So you got it at P51.2 per sq.meter :)

Umm, your newly bought property is directly across Hilton? Is this the one with an existing structure that was left idle by a previous owner? I remembered long ago we docked our pump boat on an abandoned white-sand beach property with some cottages that were obviously wrecked by wind and rain.

ARNOLDSA: 50 pesos per square meter to be exact. I know the property is only 1.5 to 2.5 Km north of the "pantalan". We are so excited, with the proposed yatch club I think the property is just 35 to 45 minutes away with a power boat.

Can you believe? I havn't even seen the property yet.

WoooW!!! those pics bai ...ka detailed!!!!

Congratulation Slerz!!!!

Ninong inya ko Ha!!!! :D

bahala dili ko ma architect basta mahimo lang ko ug artista.. basin pa diay maparis nako si zhang ziyi :D



mao jud na ang iya lyrics bai

plano man siguro ka mudagan pagka presidente bai. siguradoha lang gyud na si zhang ziyi og dili si ziyi zhang kay basin kato inya manukon ug dakog bat-ang nga miga imo maparis.

about that enya song....i'm gonna check on that one tho new age music is just way out of the universe for me.

luora pud ana iring oi. hilig diay ni si slerz sa balbons.

edit: iro diay hahaha pasenya nalipong ra

^^infact DYAB am radio created a program dedicated to Bisaya/Cebuano language. Cguro it's a preparation for the implementation for the policy coz they have conducted a test recently that students got 80% ave. scores in exams using the English and Bisaya language as medium of instruction in schools... but using the tagalog and English lanuage as a medium of instruction, students got only 30% ave. scores...

and one thing, those Cebuanos that are good in bisaya language daw are fluent english speakers and/or can pronounce english words fluently...

This is not surprising because kids generally learn much faster if they are taught in their native language. I think they should do this throughout the RP. :)

ARNOLDSA: 50 pesos per square meter to be exact. I know the property is only 1.5 to 2.5 Km north of the "pantalan". We are so excited, with the proposed yatch club I think the property is just 35 to 45 minutes away with a power boat.

Can you believe? I havn't even seen the property yet.

Ah so it's located to the north from the "pantalan." The one I mentioned was somewhere down south.

There are some parts of Olango Island where stilt houses that stand on a shoal/coral bear flags of different countries (reflective of the owners maybe) like Korea, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, etc. as if they've reclaimed those shoals for their respective countries.

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Airport prepares for ASEAN Summit
Cebu Daily News
06 March '06

While most of the committees preparing for Cebu's hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in December are still waiting for funding before they can move, the airport committee has opted to start preparations using their own money.

Adelberto Yap, general manager of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) and head of the airport committee for the ASEAN Summit preparations, said renovations to the Cebu airport are now underway, with the airport management allocating P300 million for a "facelift" of the airport terminal.

Their airport committee's share of the P1.3 billion that the government is allocating for the summit would be spent on developing the old Philippine Air Force property that the MCIA now owns, which would be turned into a parking area for the aircraft of foreign delegates, Yap said.

"We are expecting some 18 Airbuses and Boeing 747s to arrive and park at the MCIA," Yap said.

A lounge would also be developed at the airport that could accommodate the visiting heads of state while they make transactions at the terminal.

"We are developing the airport for arrival and departure activities for our heads of state," Yap said.

He said some facilities at the airport would also be created to prevent summit-related activities from interfering with the airport's usual business.

"We will be cementing another track to make the runway bigger. We will construct an extra ramp and put up a new exit road so as not to hamper traffic in Lapu-Lapu City," he added.

Yap said he was ready to submit the plans and budget for their proposed expansions to the summit's national organizing body.

But even in its current state, Yap said the MCIA was enough to impress Japanese inspectors.

He said members of the Japanese contingent visited the airport recently to make sure it could accommodate the two Boeing 747 aircraft that would carry the Japanese prime minister and his contingent to the summit.

"Pagkakita gyud dayon nila, nawala ilang doubts because capable man ang atong airport ana (When they looked around, their doubts disappeared because our airport was very capable). We passed their standards with flying colors," Yap said.

He, however, expected the construction of the lounge and the airport expansions to start much later in the year due to fights over the budget.

During the national organizing body's meeting last Friday, Representative Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City, south district) pressured the body to release the funds so that the different committees could start doing their jobs

luora pud ana iring oi. hilig diay ni si slerz sa balbons.


dili iring to oi, dog to... o, hilig kaayo kog balbons coz not bec of them, wa ko dri's SSC...hehe

WoooW!!! those pics bai ...ka detailed!!!!

Congratulation Slerz!!!!

Ninong inya ko Ha!!!!

hehe, ninang lang. Maayo nalang nakabaw ko unsaon pag pa anak og iro kay kung naa nyay tabangunon nga taw nga manganakay, nana koy idea unsaon pag bira...hehe

ako nya to ipost sa pets nga thread sa samahan... my labour dog :D

@arnoldsa, pila gani ka tourists sa Phuket og Bali every year?

@mark, dili na daw si Yap ang legitimate nga Manager sa MCIAA starting Febuary.


"Pagkakita gyud dayon nila, nawala ilang doubts because capable man ang atong airport ana (When they looked around, their doubts disappeared because our airport was very capable). We passed their standards with flying colors," Yap said.

so even if our Airport is old enough, it still passed Japanese stadards :okay:

^^ nganu dili naman c yap bai? i thought he is doing well as GM of the airport.

wa ko kasunod sa story bai pero akong nadunggan ganiha starting Feb wana siyay sweldo nga madawat kay di na man siya legitimate manager kuno, nakadungog sad kog gi lingla...ibalita ra tingali na rung taud taud bai.

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Yap was recently reappointed as General Manager of the MCIAA last February.. :)

So far, he's the best manager I have ever seen. He's got so many proposed projects on the line-up. He is so knowledgeable when it comes to airport infrastructure of international standards. Aside from that, he is also a former military man and a Cebuano. Note that he was a former executive at the Clark International Airport, a former military base which is being groomed to replace NAIA.

Alerre, Oppus, Diamos and other former managers of the aiport can never surpass Yap.

Shipbuilding firm gets deal for hi-tech boats


DESPITE the political turmoil that continues to bug the country, the shipbuilding industry in Cebu continues to grow and make milestones.

Iken Aboitiz, chief finance officer of the Aboitiz-owned FBMA Marine Inc., said the cost per manpower hour at the firm’s shipbuilding facility in Balamban, Cebu is eight times less than in other areas in the world.

That, and FBMA’s reputation of quality and timely delivery, are among the reasons that allowed the firm to secure a contract to commercially produce high-technology fastcrafts for the world’s largest defense contractor and aeronautics and astronautics specialist, Lockheed Martin.

Last Saturday, FBMA released to the sea off Balamban one such vessel, the “Lider.”

According to FBMA president Dough Border, the company is scheduled to build two more fastcraft vessels of the same design for Lockheed Martin aside from the other placed orders that are already in the pipeline.

“In our nine years of operation, we have worked hard and succeeded in gaining the confidence, which has been the company’s supreme challenge, of the world (seacraft) market,” he said during a press conference on the launching of the “Lider.”

Aboitiz said FBMA won a contract from Lockheed Martin to build for the first time the fastcraft vessel, a specialist form of Swath (small waterplane twin hull) designed to cope with extreme weather conditions experienced in servicing offshore oil and gas installations.

FBMA has the capacity to simultaneously build six of the Swath fastcraft.

Good example

“This is a very good example of what Filipinos can do,” he said.

The $9-million “Lider,” which is built entirely by Filipino hands, is owned by Mexican oil company Pemex. It will be run by the Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros, which operates in the Gulf of Mexico.

With the Swath technology, the four torpedo-like hulls and the onboard computerized stabilizing systems, the two-meter-by-28-meter vessel will give comfort to the offshore oil and gas workers as they travel to and from the oil rigs.

The hull forms offer exceptional sea keeping and reductions in onboard motion, thus minimizing motion-induced sickness.

Border said this technology offers a cost effective alternative to the very expensive and sometimes risky helicopter.

The construction of the “Lider” took about 12 months.

Headaches

Aboitiz said the never-ending political turmoil in the country has given the company constant “headaches” and apprehensions that it will threaten the confidence of the world in the Philippines.

But he said FBMA’s clients are not scared.

FBMA is wholly owned by the Aboitizes, a Cebuano clan that has ventured into almost all sectors of business including power, transport, banking, food, construction and real estate.

An International Organization for Standardization-certified company, it constructs aluminum or steel vessels for European, Australian, United States and Asian operators.

It has built 14 vessels for the Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, United Kingdom, Korea, the Netherlands and Mexico. At present, it is building four vessels.

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FASHION TV is now in CEBU
Another first in the entire Philippines

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Cebu will once again take the spotlight in the world of fashion, as the world's Fashion TV (FTV) enters into partnership with Bigfoot Entertainment, through its affiliate the International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT) to establish a Philippine Fashion TV Model School.

Cebu will soon be the center of attention in the world's fashion industry, particularly in Asia, as it is the first Fashion TV Model School established by FTV in Asia.

First to be opened in Cebu and in the entire country, the Philippine franchise of the model school of the world's leading TV authority on fashion and trends, Fashion TV will break the new grounds in the local fashion and modeling business, said Bigfoot general director of Schools Larry Mercado.

Fashion TV is the only 24/7 fashion, beauty and style TV station airing worldwide which provides glamorous entertainment with emphasis on the latest trends and styles. It is present in 130 countries in six continents.

"Cebu has a lot of talents. It is a beautiful island with great locations. We are here to stay," said Rebecca Picket FTV producer in the press conference yesterday.

This deal with Bigfoot and the FTV is certainly not a one-shoot-deal, Mercado said after the summer workshop offering, the school is planning to offer special classes in the whole year round.

Not only that, Picket said FTV will be holding several events to be aired in its worldwide coverage, coordinating and touching base with the local model agencies, designers, fashion industry players, among others.

Already, Cebu is trying to position as a "design capital in Asia," not only for furniture but also for fashion. This vision is boosted by the success of Cebuana Monique Lhuillier, among others who made it to the international fashion scene, particularly making her name in the Hollywood.

"We've got a lot of talents here like models, that have great potentials, but don't have a chance to properly be trained," Mercado added.

"And with FTV's vast network worldwide, we are confident that we are giving aspiring models in the Philippines countless opportunities and exposure that they need to penetrate the international arena," he stressed.

The FTV ModelSchool Philippines will be the benchmark for the rest of the FTV modeling schools in the network. However, the ModelSchool will be localized in such a way it caters to the needs of both aspiring and professional models who are interested in updating their modeling skills and learn new tips from the FTV experts, most especially on how to break through the global modeling market.

The FTV ModelSchool, which will start its classes middle of this month, will tap fashion and modeling experts Supermodel Tweetie De Leon-Gonzalez and fashion director Jackie Aquino to conduct classes on Fashion and Personality Enhancement, and Runway Modeling, respectively.

Workshops on hair and make up, and photographic and commercial modeling will be conducted by Rustan's and Daisy Ba-ad together with ace photographer Eisen Job Alquiza.

I just heard in the radio (DYAB) that Ayala Land Inc. will be investing millions for a NATURE PARK here in Cebu.

^^

Yap was recently reappointed as General Manager of the MCIAA last February.. :)

So far, he's the best manager I have ever seen. He's got so many proposed projects on the line-up. He is so knowledgeable when it comes to airport infrastructure of international standards. Aside from that, he is also a former military man and a Cebuano. Note that he was a former executive at the Clark International Airport, a former military base which is being groomed to replace NAIA.

Alerre, Oppus, Diamos and other former managers of the aiport can never surpass Yap.

yup but his reappoinment daw is illegitimate. Sige kuno siya trabaho gihapon but COA added that from that on, wala na siyay sweldo. :dunno:

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on the lighter side, I've noticed that the temperature reader and digital clock of road namesigns along N Bacalso ave. were already restored and is already functioning.

and about sa North Coastal Road, nangutana ko sa mayor sa Consolacion through DYAB nga madayon gyd daw but it isn't clear yet when it will start.

I just heard in the radio (DYAB) that Ayala Land Inc. will be investing millions for a NATURE PARK here in Cebu.

aw naminaw sd diay ka mike, cg raba kog comment diha.

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and about sa CICC, it will be completed on October and the worst case scenario will be on September.

^^ it'll be finished that early bai? wow. ive passed by the site kanina, it is huge! maybe the same floor area as Uniwide.

picyur picyur? :D ^^

yup, mao toy ingon ni vice gov ganiha. Mura raman kuno i assemble a mga steel beams.

suwayan nako ugma bai. mubalik ko didto...

so mura d i na giant lego bai. hehehe. kay i assemble ra man.

^^ unsa ila plano sa uniwide? hugaw man kayo to tanawn basin mao lang to makada-ot sa view sa covention center..

Tuesday, March 07, 2006
PB renames megadome, realigns P250M for bldg.

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) yesterday formally renamed the megadome as the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) with the resolution realigning the P250-million allocation.

Board Member Gabriel Luis Quisumbing would have wanted the budget committee to study the resolution first because he did not believe in Member Victor Maambong’s position that it is the same project or for the same purpose.

“It’s a totally new project. It’s different down to the plans and purpose. The only thing similar is the location,” said Quisum-bing, citing the dropping of the original design.

But Quisumbing and his colleagues in the opposition—Victoria Corominas, Estrella Yapha, Raul Bacaltos and Jose Ma. Gastardo—were outvoted.

Quisumbing also questioned whether an ordinance is not necessary for the realignment, but Maambong cited several other realignment resolutions that were included in the agenda of yesterday’s session.

Also, Maambong said there is no material realignment because the purpose is still the same—for the construction of an edifice. He pointed out that other realignment resolutions with appropriations for health were changed to road concreting and others.

The CICC must be finished by December, in time for the Cebu hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit.

A new design was made for the building, after the architect for the megadome and Capitol failed to reach an agreement over the terms of the contract.

However, Gov. Gwen-dolyn Garcia still wants to work within the P250-million budget despite the pronouncement of its architect that the CICC will cost up to P375 million.

Garcia said the P375-million estimate of architect Manuel Guanzon is a “liberal computation that already includes everything.”

“Where we can save, we will save and maximize savings as much as possible. Let us be very scrupulous in spending public funds,” she said.

She pointed out that savings is already realized because the approved budget for the substructure is P100 million but WT Construction, which won the bidding, pegged the cost at P84 million.

Garcia also revealed that there will be an alternative design of the foundation, which would mean more savings.

She is also considering inviting “other sectors in Cebu” to help out “when it comes to furnishings of the convention center as this will showcase Cebuano products.”

“I would not refuse if some of them will be more than willing and happy to volunteer. Balibaran diay nato kun mo-donate,” she said.

In fact, Globelines’ Jerry Intig already committed to donate the Wi-fi connections of the center for free, and this is worth millions.

Garcia also called for a meeting today with the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) to explain to them what went wrong with the deal between the Province of Cebu and architect Alexus Medalla.

Capitol initially considered Medalla’s spinning disc design for the CICC but for some reasons, it was later on rejected.
She said it was her decision to change the architect and the design, and she takes full responsibility for it.

“Beyond personalities, beyond characters involved, there’s a bigger issue at hand and that is our name and our honor as Cebu, the chosen venue for the 12th Asean summit. I will do what needs to be done within the parameters of my authority and the parameters of the law in order to deliver on our commitment,” she said.

At the PB, the governor’s ally, Maambong said the matter should not be viewed from the engineering perspective—that the plans have changed, but from the legal point of view—that it is still for the construction of a building. (JPM/MBG)

Dad-on kang GMA ang kontrobersya sa Asean holiday

Dad-on ni Gob. Gwen Garcia kang Presidente Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang kontrobersya kabahin sa pagpahigayon og upat ka adlaw nga holiday sa Sugbo atol sa Association of South East Asian Nations Summit karong Dis-yembre.

Si Garcia nagkanayon nga pulos dunay punto silang Mayor Tomas Osmeña ug Mayor Thadeus Ouano.

Kini samtang gitaba-ngan sa pagsaway si Osmeña sa iyang pag-in-sister nga himuong holiday ang upat ka adlaw atol sa Asean summit.

Si Mayor Ouano sa Siyudad sa Mandaue ni-dapig sa mga negusyante diin iyang gihulagway nga “over-acting” si Osmeña sa tinguha niining mag-holiday ang Sugbo atol sa international nga kalihukan.

Sumala ni Ouano nga wa kinahanglana ang holiday aron pagsiguro sa seguridad sa mga langyaw nga mga bisita, sanglit malinawon ang Sugbo.

“To them it’s a business issue. To me, this is an issue of safety. Can they not sacrifice for four days?” sumala ni Osmeña sa miaging semana.

Apan nagtuo si Ouano nga ang kalihukan na kaayo sa mga negusyante sa pagpakita ngadto sa mga dignitaries sa nagkadai-yang nasod sa Southeast Asia nga malambuon ang ekonomiya sa Sugbo.

“Business should remain open during the entire summit so foreign leaders and the investors who will accompany them will be impressed by Cebu’s growing economy,” dason ni Ouano. (JECT/FQB

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Cebu will once again take the spotlight in the world of fashion, as the world's Fashion TV (FTV) enters into partnership with Bigfoot Entertainment, through its affiliate the International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT) to establish a Philippine Fashion TV Model School..............



Awesome! I can definitely see Cebu as one of the World's Fashion Capitals.

not the usual news item we find in this thread...

15 students from Leyte to get scholarship fund

Fifteen students from St. Bernard, Southern Leyte studying in Cebu will benefit from the scholarship fund that various agencies will put up soon, with some universities pledging to give them free education.

The students are now assured of immediate financial aid, using the close to P600,000 raised during the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) “radiothon” held a day after a landslide struck the town.

Capitol also pledged to use the P200,000 as educational assistance for the students who lost their families and homes in the tragedy. The amount is a surplus of Bigfoot Communications’ aid for the relief operations.

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^^thanks to DYAB ;)

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international academy for film and television (the hollywood in asia)


wow! :eek2:

^^the only way to experience Hollywood without a visa. :lol:

Awesome! I can definitely see Cebu as one of the World's Fashion Capitals.

true. Cebu, The Philippines' Milan Italy? :applause: plus, The Hollywood of Asia. :okay:

^^I thought Hong Kong is the Hollywood of Asia?

^^ unsa ila plano sa uniwide? hugaw man kayo to tanawn basin mao lang to makada-ot sa view sa covention center..

NEDA has already endorsed the CITEX project for Japanese Funding. I hope construction could begin within this year too... :)

It will be Cebu's version of Bangkok's BITEC and Singapore's EXPO.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006
EGI to build 12-storey condo hotel, addresses room shortage problem

A 12-storey condominium hotel will soon rise in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu in “response” to the need for more hotels in Cebu to accommodate the influx of tourists.

The proposed E. Ganzon Inc. (EGI) Cebu Mactan Condominium Hotel will be constructed as an expansion to the EGI City by the Sea Resort and Hotel. The condo hotel will be located within EGI’s four-hectare property in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.

“The local government of Cebu and the Department of Tourism have been on an intense marketing blitz promoting Cebu as a vacation destination in the Philippines. The influx of tourists, mainly from neighboring Asian countries, created a demand for more accommodation,” a statement said.

Completion

The construction of the condominium hotel, which is set to start after its groundbreaking ceremony next Wednesday, is expected to be completed within 18 months.

The condo hotel will be a new addition to resorts in Mactan Island, which include the Shangri-la’s Mactan Island Resort and Spa, Hilton Cebu and Plantation Bay.

Sheila Santiago, sales and reservations staff of EGI Cebu, said the 177-room condominium hotel will cater to both foreign and local clients.

The Cebu Mactan Condominium Hotel, which will rise on a 1,844-square-meter land area, will operate as a full service condominium hotel giving unit owners the benefits and privileges of a full hotel service like room service, free use of swimming pool, restaurants, shuttle service, among others.

Investment

“Purchasing a condo unit at the new EGI Cebu Mactan Condominium Hotel is an investment opportunity offered to those who would like to acquire a unit as a vacation home or to prospective buyers and investors who would probably only occupy the units for just a couple of weeks in a year,” the EGI statement said.

Owners of EGI Cebu Mactan Condominium Hotel units, who include their condos in EGI’s pool of hotel rooms, do not have to pay maintenance charges when they are not occupying the property. This is because EGI hotel management will manage and operate the units like any room in a hotel.

“You’ll earn a fixed guaranteed rental income every month and at the end of each year and share the profits of the hotel operation, making ownership of the condominium unit an

Architects' group now supports CICC project

The Freeman 03/08/2006

The United Architects of the Philippines-Visayas chapter has now thrown its support to the new design of the Cebu International Convention Center.

This after Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia had briefed its officials on the circumstances surrounding the change of architect and design of the project in a meeting at her office yesterday afternoon.

During the meeting, the governor presented the facts, supported by documents, on Capitol's negotiation with Alexius Medalla, the winning designer for the dissolved megadome project in 2003.

"That was very well, eloquently said by them. In fact, architect Avila himself said that 'rest assured Gov. that the entire UAP is behind you and fully supporting you in this project'," Garcia told reporters in a news conference held shortly after her meeting with the architects.

UAP-Visayas chapter vice president Benjamin Avila, however, refused to be interviewed by the media after the meeting.

On the other hand, Garcia disclosed that the UAP officials were to hold a separate meeting last night together with Medalla and architect Manuel Guanzon, the new designer of the CICC. Both architects were called to the meeting to iron out kinks in relation to their Code of Ethics.

"They will be holding another meeting tonight, after which I believe they will be coming out with a statement which I requested them to make for we cannot allow this cloud of doubt to hang over this Cebuano project," Garcia said.

The governor sought for a meeting with the UAP officials and the officers of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) after Avila came out with a statement that Capitol should have cleared it first with Medalla before tapping the services of Guanzon for the CICC design.

Nevertheless, the governor was interested to hear from a certain architect Achas, who spoke for the UAP, that the previous statement of Avila did not represent the sentiments of the group.

Avila, on the other hand, reportedly admitted that what he said was his own views on the matter.

Moreover, the governor said the provincial government is going to re-align the P250 million originally appropriated for the megadome project to fund the CICC.

"It's the same appropriation which we shall stick to. Di buhiang piso og di malumping," Garcia said. - Cristina C. Birondo

Malacañang designates more IT buildings

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo proclaimed three more information technology (IT) buildings and one IT park last month, granting tax cuts to existing and prospective locators of these facilities.

These facilities will be granted incentives by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority -- the country’s largest incentives-giving body under Republic Act. No. 8748 or the amended Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, designed to help the country compete with neighbors in luring foreign direct investments.

Two of the four facilities are in Metro Manila, namely: the 1,749-square meter Wynsum Corporate Plaza and the 1,779-square meter Octagon IT Building, both located in Ortigas Center in Pasig City.

The two other facilities are the 2,310-square meter Cebu IT Tower at the Cebu Business Park and Tarlac Provincial Information Technology Park III at Barangay Tibag, San Isidro Tarlac City that has a total area of 13,968 square meters.

The PEZA incentive package includes four- to six-year income tax holiday and exemption from paying the value-added tax, the rate of which rose to 12% just last month from 10% previously.

As of end-December, there were 99 IT parks and buildings approved by PEZA. Only 28 of the total facilities have locators, 19 are still awaiting for locators, while development is still under way for the remaining 52 facilities.

GROWING TREND

A growing lack of sprawling space -- complete with the required infrastructure -- for IT parks has led to the concept of the IT building, whose locators enjoy the same perks as those operating in IT parks.

But one senator warned that PEZA may not have the power to designate "vertical" -- or building -- "economic zones."

During a Senate hearing on the PEZA budget, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile said Republic Act 7916, the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, does not specifically empower PEZA to do so.

LEGAL QUESTION

He said such authority of the President to proclaim, upon recommendation of the PEZA board, a building -- or even just a portion of it -- as a special economic zone could be challenged in court, hence, putting locators in such zones at risk.

But PEZA director-general Lilia B. de Lima said the Special Economic Zone Act gives government the leeway to do so. She said Section 3 of that law allows other types of economic zones to be formed.

She also said if PEZA did not allow the declaration of vertical economic zones, the country could have missed out on investment opportunities from information technology services, the fastest-growing sector so far. She noted it is natural for information technology zones to be built upwards due to the needed infrastructure, and that this is the trend in other countries.

CORRECTIVE MEASURE

Mr. Enrile said PEZA should have approached Congress first to ask specifically for such authority.

He said Congress is now considering bills to correct the vagueness of the law on this point, and allow the creation of vertical economic zones. He also assured PEZA that he does not intend to question the matter with the courts.

He recalled that when Congress was deliberating the Special Economic Zone law, it was never contemplated that buildings could be declared special economic zones.

Moreover, courts will always refer to the intent of the authors of specific laws to settle debates on the interpretation of vague provisions of laws. -- M. E. Estavillo and F. Y. Capistrano

^^ naa diay Cebu IT Tower?

alegre kaayo no kay kana hinoong mga proposals nga sige nato gi-expect kay maoy dugay tukoron. kana hinoong mga wala gibalita maoy magtukod dayon. daghana na high-rise sa mactan...

^^ the closest possibility is the Cebu Towers across Pag-ibig.

^^ naa diay Cebu IT Tower?


Maybe it's the Innove IT Plaza

By the way, Cebu Doctor's University's view is already shaping up from the first Mactan-Mandaue Bridge. nindot, kaayo unta picturan, di lang ko magda ug cam.

^^

That's great bai! If that campus will be finished na and the current campus in Capitol will be transferred there, the Cebu Boardwalk will surely be a bustling place! Who knows the proposed Cebu Boardwalk Mall might resurrect. Note that mid to highrise condos might also rise up with the growing demand from the students there especially the kimchis and the iranians.

If naa ka sa Old Bridge, nya molingi ka sa wala or sa tuo, puro naay building under construction. Ang usa kay and CDU, then ang usa is UCLM which is also a quite big mid-rise school building.

Btw, unsa diay nahitabo as Cebu Boardwalk Mall? nahold diay na? mao diayng walay progress kanang moagi ko sa North Recla. area.

^^ ang CDU building ky klaro kau sa amo building sa USC-TC.. dako kayo siya. dili lang ko maka picture ky dili makaya sa ako digicam..

gnina lang naa sad dako kayo na cruise ship na naka dock sa pier dapit sa SM.. pirte sad dako.a.. paghuman sa ako klase gnina gabie ky pirte niya hayaga mura ga fiesta sa barko..

I have news from Cebu City Hall.
The Cebu City government is currently applying for a SPECIAL CITY status for Cebu City from Highly urbanized city. My father is tasked to compute the income and budget of the city in order to qualify for the said highest status of a cityhood in the Philippines.

karon pa ko kahibaw nga Manila is not a highly urbnized city but a special city.

status of cities from highest to lowest

1-Special city
2-Highly-urbanized city
3-component city
4-1st class municipality
5-2nd class municipality
6-3rd class municipality
7-4th class municipality
8-5th class municipality

Population, Area, Income are some of the included criterias. Cebu City daw napun an og area for business use, ang SRP.

gnina lang naa sad dako kayo na cruise ship na naka dock sa pier dapit sa SM.. pirte sad dako.a.. paghuman sa ako klase gnina gabie ky pirte niya hayaga mura ga fiesta sa barko..


naa na diay mo dock na cruise ship sa cebu bai? karun ra lagi ko kahibaw ana da.

I have news from Cebu City Hall.
The Cebu City government is currently applying for a SPECIAL CITY status for Cebu City from Highly urbanized city. My father is tasked to compute the income and budget of the city in order to qualify for the said highest status of a cityhood in the Philippines.



what other cities are considered special bai?

Only Manila City ra daw. I dunno if City of Manila ra jud or apil ang other cities in Metro Manila like Makati or Quezon Cty.


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Jupiter's New Red Spot

Christopher Go of the Philippines photographed it on February 27th using an 11-inch telescope and a CCD camera:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/images/redjr/go1_strip_lab.jpg

[more] (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/02mar_redjr.htm)


Little Red

March 3rd, 2006
Jupiter has a second red spot forming and it was photographed by Christopher Go of the Philippines on February 27th using an 11-inch telescope and a CCD camera.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/images/redjr/go1_strip_lab.jpg
Image Credit: science.nasa.gov / headlines [Christopher Go Cebu, Phillipines]

“Oval BA” or Red Jr., is approximately 1/2 the size and the same color as the Great Red Spot.

[more] (http://boyruageek.com/)

^^gi balita sad na ganiha sa GMA Cebu and the spot where he took the photo last Feb 27 kay sa the TOPCebu nya gipakita sad iya gadgets dako dako sad nga pang NASA na gyud and he wants to develop that area of Cebu to be a tourist spot for star gazings and also for the Cebuanos to have a chance to see those planets through his gadgets... coz his pictures was recognzed by NASA, he wants Cebu to be known for this kind of attraction :okay: congrats ;)

^^ a true filipino... more importantly, a world-class cebuano (ala monster radio dnha sa cebu!)

^^or just another wanna be... :D

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Market research center to expand in Cebu, hire 500 new employees

U.S.-BASED Western Wats is expanding its contact center operations in the Philippines this year.

This means an additional 500 more available jobs in the country, specifically Cebu.

Western Wats’ only offshore company is located in the Mactan Economic Zone 2 in Lapu-Lapu City. It is an independently-owned market research data collection company.

From operating 250 seats when it began operations in 2003, Western Wats Philippines now operates 500 seats employing 800 people, according to president Chris Mangelson.

He said the coming of call centers benefits the Philippines more, as call centers do not consume natural resources and do not leave wastes.

New capital

Instead, they infuse fresh capital to the country’s economy through the wages of their employees, he added.

Western Wats spent some P11 million for the salary and allowances of its employees last month.

“That’s all coming from outside infused into the economy in the form of wages. None of that will go back to the US (United States),” Mangelson told a press conference at the Laguna Garden Café yesterday.

He advised Filipinos to keep learning the English language, as this is their edge over the labor force of other countries that are also attracting information technology (IT) and IT-related companies.

Best

“When we searched for a country to establish our offshore company, we considered India and South Africa. But the Philippines is the best country (where) people speak American English,” Mangelson said.

With regard to the attitude of its employees toward work, he said the company has an average turnover rate of 28 percent. But its human resource department has been implementing programs that will eventually lessen employee turnover.

Mangelson also stressed that Western Wats employees experience lesser stress because the company is a research company, not a customer relations company. Its vision is to continue providing value-added services that help business maximize their return on market research and customer relationship management services. (JBN)

Asian pediatricians plot strategies to fight infectious diseases

EMERGING diseases are the biggest challenge pediatricians in Asia are facing, and they have gathered in Cebu City to dissect the problem.

Over 2,500 foreign and local delegates arrived last Tuesday for a four-day convention on the prevention of pediatric infectious diseases.

This is the first time the Philippines is hosting the Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, which is held along with the 13th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of the Philippines Annual Convention.

The convention opened yesterday with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia leading the opening of booths exhibiting pharmaceutical products.

more (http://http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/03/09/news/asian.pediatricians.plot.strategies.to.fight.infectious.diseases.html)

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Phase-1 is fully SOLD-OUT and 100% occupied, while Phase-2 is fully completed, 25% sold-out and ready for occupancy......

Phase-3 just started its development and its now on the pre-selling stage for Investors and End-users alike.

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Park Terrace Condominium will be starting soon
at Phase-4.

^ Hey Marvin, musta na? Cool design! Is this centrally located? I wonder how much each appt costs...

ey steve.. eto medyo busy malapit na kase finals namin..

i really love the design of their townhouses parang nasa US..

here check this site steve for more pics: http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1&Uc=1667k89e.5jvdtg0i&Uy=-kve244&Ux=0

what other cities are considered special bai?

special city? first time nako nadungog ni a. basig naay itlog.

as usual, nice pics marvs. mas gusto nako tong 3rd pic, right nga structure phase 1 yata.

gnina lang naa sad dako kayo na cruise ship na naka dock sa pier dapit sa SM.. pirte sad dako.a.. paghuman sa ako klase gnina gabie ky pirte niya hayaga mura ga fiesta sa barko..

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Mao d i ni bai.
From CDN.

^ I like phase 3 too - funky design and quite original! The interiors look great! Good luck with the finals, Marvin.

Guys, just wondering if you know the purchaseprice of those condo's or townhomes, I'm particularly interested on phase 2/ four levels contemporary design.

Asian pediatricians plot strategies to fight infectious diseases

EMERGING diseases are the biggest challenge pediatricians in Asia are facing, and they have gathered in Cebu City to dissect the problem.

Over 2,500 foreign and local delegates arrived last Tuesday for a four-day convention on the prevention of pediatric infectious diseases.

This is the first time the Philippines is hosting the Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, which is held along with the 13th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of the Philippines Annual Convention.

The convention opened yesterday with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia leading the opening of booths exhibiting pharmaceutical products.

more (http://http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/03/09/news/asian.pediatricians.plot.strategies.to.fight.infectious.diseases.html)


Hey! That's what I'm here now in Cebu for! Last day tomorrow.

^^ do you mind sharing what are your strategies? :D

@steve thanx steve.. 2 more weeks na lang at tapos na lahat.. 24/7 na naman ako sa SSC :D

@dave nindot lagi kau ipuyo diha ky mura sad ka naa sa abroad.. palit nya ko ugma.. paapil ka dave? :D

@mark kaw kuha ana na pic sa barko mark? dako kayo sa..

^^ dili bai. frontpage na sa CDN na. hehehe

gnina ky wala naman ang barko..

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Mao d i ni bai.
From CDN.

I thought this picture wa taken from other place... so @Marvs and @Mark, this is the cruse ship that docked Cebu last wed and is that Cebu harbour on the pic? Unsay ngan sa barko bai, Star Cruise? hehe


Yeaterday, I saw three bus loads of Arab tourists, all of them are wearing bandanas and I felt awkward seeing them as tourists coz they seldom come as travellers, adventurers like Europeans, Koreans and Americans.

@dave nindot lagi kau ipuyo diha ky mura sad ka naa sa abroad.. palit nya ko ugma.. paapil ka dave? :D


aw, kung naay buy one take one... why not? buk-on nako akong alkansya.

btw, ang nagkanta diay sa 'hubag' og katong akong giingon nga 'roger ger ger'... ang grupong 'thavawenyoz'

maayong buntag!

^^ tagadavao diay ang nagkanta ato nila? na-uso na ngari ang word na "hubag" tungod sa ila kanta.. kadakita ug chix na mo-agi tawgon dayon ug hubag

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shangrila mactan resort chapel

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EGI condominium: cordova, mactan

arang arang na-active na sugbuanon balik :D

^^ hehe pawala lang sa stress ky kapoy kayo kung sige lang ta drawing ani sa ato project.. :D

palingaw sad sa mga forumers na motanaw sa ato thread.. bati gud kayo kung puro lang text..

^^ Nindut kaayu ato mga resort bai, pero kasagaran sa mga sugbuanun hanggang tingin nalang, pictures ra jud kutob kay dili ka afford. hehehe. usa na ko ana! :D :D

^^ sige lng puhon.. makaminyo pa diay ta ug nurse.. :D

Shangri-La has been very agressive on their TV campaign. it seems they have booked numerous slots on cable channels like the Travel&Living channel, especially Discovery. and the great thing is, Shangri-La featured one of their most priced possessions, our very own Shangri-La Mactan. i think there were like 4 or 5 Shangri-La's featured. and Mactan is one of 'em! astig diba! :cool:

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and then a very strong statement as the ad about to end,
"Shangri-La, The world's finest hotels"

Go Shangri-La Mactan! :okay:

On my trip to Talisay City via the Coastal Highway of the South Road Properties Special Economic Zone.

Sorry for the quality of the pictures, I was inside a tinted AUV.


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This approach to the South Coastal Highway is very very impressive; truly pang first world infrastructure. The angle of my camera lens was limited so I wasn't able to get much details. To the left (and to the right) of this picture is the seafront development park and the underground tunnel. What you see in this picture is different from what one can actually see. Towering also at the background is the Visayan Electric Company of the Aboitezes.

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Mambaling Access Road
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Beating the odds even if it meant being caught by the SRP Patrol
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Senior Citizens Center
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Jupiter's New Red Spot



This is the guy that made Cebu known in the astronomy world.

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The Freeman (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/Freeman200603111801.htm)

NEDA endorses Citex to Japan for funding
By Edha M. Dagooc
The Freeman 03/11/2006

After the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) finally endorsed the Cebu International Trade and Exhibition Center (Citex) project proposal to the Japanese government for funding, while the Mandaue City government expressed willingness to provide lot area for the facility.

"I am willing to look for a land property to accommodate the project, according to the project's lot area requirement," said Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano.

The Citex project is now endorsed by the Philippine government through NEDA to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) for a funding of half a billion pesos. NEDA is the government agency tasked to approve projects worthy of funding.

Ouano earlier offered the 13,000 square-meter lot available at the Mandaue reclamation area to the Cebu Provincial Government's P250-million megadome project or the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) as the main facility to accommodate the upcoming ASEAN Summit in December this year.

This particular lot was previously offered to the Citex project, initiated by the exporters and private sector group in Metro Cebu. However, Ouano offered the land upon the request of the Cebu Provincial government to build the megadome project.

Nevertheless, Ouano said he is still willing to provide land for the Citex project, as it will be a complementary facility to the Megadome, or the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), to take off Mandaue's bid as the convention and exhibition center in Asia.

"I believe that the Citex project is a good complementary facility of CICC that will stage Mandaue as an exhibition and convention destination in Asia," the Mayor said.

The Citex project, which has been conceptualized and proposed in 1995, is a 4,000 square-meter exhibition facility that will serve the trade and exhibition needs of Visayas and Mindanao.

A Citex task force was organized in 2002, to act as an ad hoc body composed of business organizations and selected line agencies, such as the Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation Inc., Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Philexport-Cebu, European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Trade and Industry.

Currently, Cebu is having difficulties in accommodating larger international events, as the convention accommodation is limited. Only Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino is offering huge convention facility that can only accommodate a little over 5,000 participants.

these developments are all good news, but can cebu sustain these massive developments? i dont wanna see a bubble burst or another bangkok of 97 in the making. i just hope it wont overheat because cebu is threading a dangerous path, the footprints of bangkok, and thats not ideal and is much less appealing. ciao ciao!

oh no, dont take this statement negatively, just wanna hear your opinions guys....

^^ imo, its still sustainble. Cebu has a metro popln of approximately 2 million and if you look at rate of development relative to population size, Cebu can still support a good number of projects (like an LRT system, hehe) :) . So its still far off from becoming another Bangkok. And also industries currently developing (IT sector and tourism) has the potential to greatly increase the purchasing power of Cebuanos

^^

And we should commend the efforts of CENRO to preserve the watershed system and the protected central national park although lots of work still has to be done.

Imagine, a few years ago, the Cebu city Council once proposed to declare the transcentral highway a commercial area! Meaning, buildings would be allowed to be built there! It's just like allowing a mall or hotel to be built at Mt. Apo or any other protected national park.... Fortunately they withdrew their foolish proposal.

^^ That's good. Thanks to the united government officials of Cebu. (except for a few maybe. :D )

oi, i read from the sunstar website that bohol gov. Erico Aumentado is determined to block the proposed runway in Mactan in response to a comment made by Yap that the Panglao airport would be another "white elephant". I just wanna ask you guys how much trouble the bohol gov. can cause. Is he gonna cause serious delays for the project or is he just gonna be ignored, i personally want to know if akong pagkaguol kay naay basihan.....

SRP
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theres no stopping cebu na gyud!!!

Flyover to rise at foot of old Mandaue-Mactan bridge
Published: 11 March 2006
by Cebu Daily News

WITH the multimillion-peso Megadome project already underway, a new flyover at the foot of the first Mandaue-Mactan bridge in Lapu-Lapu City may also rise in preparation of Cebu's hosting of the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in December.

more (http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_cdn/2006/mar/new/mar11_04.htm)


Cebu could become RP's retirement industry hub
Published: 10 March 2006

by Irene R. Sino Cruz

"What I know of Cebu is that Cebuanos are more business-friendly people than those from other parts of the country. I expect that one of the initially successful and sustainable models would take place here" - David Paraiso Jr., chairman and director of Healthcare Coalition Institute

more (http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_cdn/2006/mar/ent/mar10_01.htm)


Western Wats eyes 1,000 additional workers by 2007
Published: 10 March 2006

DATA collection company Western Wats Philippines is expanding its workforce by a thousand by the end of 2007.

Western Wats president Chris Mangelson said that the company plans to hire a total of 500 additional workers by December 2006 to meet the growing demand for data collection.

more (http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_cdn/2006/mar/ent/mar10_02.htm)

the twin-win industry of cebu, tourism and IT

awesome pictures ic3man25.

the srp is actually better than i thought.

wow! ka nice sa SRP oi!!!!!!!!! for me...mas ok pa sya kaysa Roxas Blvd! ei fundraiser!

wow, im really, really impressed with how Cebu is turning out to be. It's definitely poised to become the Philippines' premier destination. I just hope it will learn from the mistakes in Manila, infra-wise; so far everything here looks very promising. nakaka-excite..gus2 ko punta Cebu ngayon..haha nangarap..may direct flights naman from Legazpi to Cebu.

ei...Visit Cebu! we'll be glad to tour u around! And thats for free ha! eheheheheh ikaw na bahala sa pamasahe from Legaspi to Cebu :) :) sa accomodation.....hmmmm well u can stay in our humble abode! :)

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so there is already finished part of the seafront :okay:

nus-a man tawn manlaag uy kay murag nadunot na kog kinatulog diri sa balay kay vacation leave ko, hehehe, payter ang pics sa srp ah!

yeow tj! akong eldest bro, not my twin, sugod na siya ig monday sa PS

@dxpsycho oo nga, bakit ba walang direct flights dyan, i wanna see the place din eh.

love that SRP thingy! can't wait to move to cebu!

thanks! visit din kayo sa Legazpi....we are also making progress in our own little way, though not in the scale of Cebu's..hehe..gus2 ko ung mga highrises dun sa hills...'yun ba ang Nivel hills? nice..:)

yup! sa nivel hills yun! those are Citylights Tower 1 and 2.. tapos on going ang construction of Towers 3 and 4! oi if may kakilala kayo na gustong bumili ng property dun sa Citylights....just pm me! ahahahahahahahha (toinkz!)

fundy! when are we gonna hangout again? im soooooooooooooo bored na! ehehehehehe.

Coke! we're glad to have u here! :)

naay price range bai sa mga units? my friend from manila is looking for a condo/townhouse unit here in cebu..