continue nato ato chat sa pikas thread resty.. kasuk-an nya ta sa mod :D

haha mga adik wala pa nangatulog..

MABUHI ang METRO CEBU!!! MABUHI ang mga SUGBUANON!!! :carrot::banana:


The King's Island Mactan - Lapu Lapu City - resort city

Mandaue City aims to penetrate the global economic arena - Mandaue City - industrial city

Tom eyes "super block" at North Recla Project - Cebu City - commercial/educational/business city


WoW... the Three great cities of the south currently has unlimited developments from left to right, and back to front :rock::rock:

I smell new batch of tourists in the Cebu air...

From Sunstar Website

DOT bares plan to attract Russians to RP (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/04/07/bus/dot.bares.plan.to.attract.russians.to.rp.html)

THE country’s tourism industry expects Russia as a new market that will contribute to the three million target of foreign guests this year while Korea remains on top, said Tourism Secretary Joseph “Ace” Durano.

“Mainland China is fast catching up and Japan will always be an important market. Our new markets will be Russia and hopefully, before end of the year, India,” Durano said in an interview during the opening of the first Tourism Jobs Fair 2006 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino last Wednesday.

He revealed that Russians are interested in the country.

“They are just so hot on the Philippines. I was in Moscow and talked to the big travel wholesaler there and it sounded like they were selling the Philippines to me. They were just so excited about the Philippines,” he said.

He said the Department of Tourism (DOT) is helping them by “linking” travel agencies in Russia with the “supply chain.”
Direct flights

“For example, there are no direct flights now (to Russia). We ask them how can we accommodate. What can we do to make it easier? They said it would be good if Asian Spirit, Sea Air, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific will have a GSA (general service agent) in Russia because it will lower their costs,” he said.

He said the DOT is also helping “rationalize” visa requirements for Russians visiting the country.

Japanese tourists, also called “the Europeans of Asia,” will remain as an important market to the country because they tend to spend “a little bit more” per day, he said.

He added that the country recorded 2.613 million foreign tourist arrivals last year, an “uncharted territory” for the 20-year existence of DOT.

Right conditions

He attributed the growth of tourism to the principle of “doing the right things in the right market under the right conditions.”

The Philippines is the most cost-efficient tourism promoter in Asia, he said.

“We only spend $2 for every tourist we generate while other countries spend between $10 to $12. Our natural attraction is a draw. We just have to do a little bit more (of promotion), then it’s easier to attract them,” he said.

To meet its three-million target of foreign tourists with the $2 per tourist budget, Durano said the DOT needs to spend $6 million or around P300 million.

“We’re so grateful to the President (Arroyo) because she included that increase in the executive budget and it was approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate,” he said. (ALC)

maayong kadlawn mga higala...
cebu's being prepped for the ASEAN summit huh..
i've seen the presentations for the ASEAN so many times at abellana
and I could say, we are prepared to welcome our guests
*crosses fingers* hehehehe

welcome sa SSC super_cebuana.. kuyawa ug username nimo oi :D

superhero kayo ang dating.. hehe

breaking news:

CICC, to show that we are ready

The ground breaking ceremony of the CICC (Cebu International Convention Center) is on going as of the moment headed by the Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia and Mayor THadeo Ouano.

THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON FOR THE FULL BLAST CONSTRUCTION OF THE CICC. Rep. Luot.

He said thet it may reach to 20 heads of states, depends on the invitations...

Cebu is under the scrutiny of the entire world...
We are on the eyes of the world, terrorists wants immediate attention... but we are doing our best for the events security. Rep. Luot

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i'm just assuming they'll put up a robinson's mall or sumthing once Gokongwei acquires the lot. it could be a business center, basta commercial area. according to the article, the lot is beside or in between White Gold Club and Cebu International Port. it has to be somewhere before SM City complex.

At last, development on that part of the city. :applause: Diba, there are a lot of squatters there? I'd really like to see that site develop because it's located in one of the prime districts of the city. GO CEBU! :)

^^ they'll be cleaned up before the asean summit.. im sure tommy has the political will to remove those squatters from the area.. the problem now is on the mandaue side..

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Tom eyes "super block" at North Recla Project

Mayor Tomas Osmeña is planning to create a "super block" out of three independent blocks of land at the North Reclamation Project.

The city government also intends to sell its 4.6-hectare property at the North Reclamation Area to business tycoon John Gokongwei who, Osmeña said, has expressed interest in converting the property into a commercial area.

Osmeña said proceed from the sale of this property, which is located beside the White Gold Club, would be utilized either as a standby fund or for payment of the city's loan for the South Reclamation Project.

While there is direct interest from Gokongwei, Osmeña said they would have to follow legal procedures such as the conduct of a bidding. However, he is reportedly anticipating two biddings for the property considering that only Gokongwei is interested to purchase.

If there will be a failure of bidding in the first try, the second may already result to a negotiated purchase of approximately P580 million. Full article (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/FREEMAN200604071805.htm)


The "Super Block" is located across SM City (the lot which is currently being utilized as a Nursery for trees).

I wonder what would be built there but I guess condominiums and hotels would be a fitting choice. It wouldn't be prudent enough to build another mall just across an existing one, which by the way is currently undergoing expansion. :)

The lot that was offered to the Gokongweis is just beside White Gold Club.

^^

Ahah, now I understand...

The "Super Block" is actually a conglomeration of three separate blocks. So meaning, the existing roads that are currently traversing the separate blocks would be permanently closed since this would be fused with the other three to create a one big block.

I wonder what the city is planning for this one big block.

Bai I've noticed that Midtown Hotel is currently undergoing renovation in its interiors including rooms.

I always hear noise in the building everytime I pass there. Sometimes I can also see dusts coming out of the room's windows indicative of something being demolished or what.


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Also, the proposed Cebu International Trade and Exhibition Center (CITEX) have been endorsed by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to JICA for funding. Full article (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/Freeman200604072001.htm)


This is what the defunct Uniwide Sales Building would become in the very near future. :)

PB members support move to nurture Cebu film industry

The Freeman 04/07/2006

The provincial board is throwing its full support behind Sugbu Film Philippines, Inc.'s move to nurture the Cebuano film industry.

PB member Juan Bolo said it is only necessary that the entire Visayan-speaking community back this endeavor because of the potential it offers especially that Cebu has a considerable number of talents.

Sugbu Film's main objective is to raise the standard of the local film industry.

"The growth and development of our Cebu film industry would not only bring honor and prestige to the Cebuanos and the entire Visayan-speaking community but would likewise help in the economic upliftment of the country," Bolo said in a resolution.

PB member Agnes Magpale shared the same observation citing the need for the Cebuanos to unite and develop their talents. - Jose P. Sollano

^^ Ah, so the Super Block and the 4.6 hectare property to be sold are two different things.

Bai I've noticed that Midtown Hotel is currently undergoing renovation in its interiors including rooms.

I always hear noise in the building everytime I pass there. Sometimes I can also see dusts coming out of the room's windows indicative of something being demolished or what.

bai, i believe this is part of the "by-phase" renovation that they are doing. I tried to stay at midtown several times na, frontdesk peepz would ask us, if ever there are many vacant rooms, if we would choose the newly-renovated room coz there are still some which are not. cguro, the construction that you are referring to is the renovation of the old rooms... :)

nice pics marvin the man#%$....!!!
welcome super_cebuana..have some kimchi :drunk:

mga bai, sa kadugay na nako ug post-post dire, just realized that i also have first-hand information that i can share to you... my company, a life insurance company in the philippines, which is kinda related to the ayalas though technically it's not, is planning to put up a new building inside cebu business park. im sure we are all familiar with metro parking near the ayala food and entertainment center, right? that's the lot our company owns and that's where our new building will rise.. we're so excited na about it... if the groundbreaking won't happen at the end of 2006, im pretty sure that it will be early 2007.... AND, ive heard that one of our competitors is also planning to put up there own in CBP. just dont know if they have a lot already!!!! i can only imagine how awesome the future cebu skyline would be!!!

maayong kadlawn mga higala...
cebu's being prepped for the ASEAN summit huh..
i've seen the presentations for the ASEAN so many times at abellana
and I could say, we are prepared to welcome our guests
*crosses fingers* hehehehe

Welcome Super_Cebuana to SkyScraperCity Pilipinas! The # of Cebu forumers is really growing, keep it up! :okay: By the way, please introduce yourself here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=313430

mga bai, sa kadugay na nako ug post-post dire, just realized that i also have first-hand information that i can share to you... my company, a life insurance company in the philippines, which is kinda related to the ayalas though technically it's not, is planning to put up a new building inside cebu business park. im sure we are all familiar with metro parking near the ayala food and entertainment center, right? that's the lot our company owns and that's where our new building will rise.. we're so excited na about it... if the groundbreaking won't happen at the end of 2006, im pretty sure that it will be early 2007.... AND, ive heard that one of our competitors is also planning to put up there own in CBP. just dont know if they have a lot already!!!! i can only imagine how awesome the future cebu skyline would be!!!

wow! that's so good news! but i'm quite confused about the location. is it near Metro Department store or the entertainment center on the other side of the mall? :)

cool! there must be "panic building" going on in Cebu Business Park! haha
Cebu Tower Palace
Ayala Mall Expansion
Cebu Commercial Tower
two Lexmark Buildings
Parklane hotel just across the park
and then the insurance company building
plus the lot across FGU Center
i can't wait to see other new developments!

^^
wow. what a term ha 'panic'.. hehe. ya even if I'm away I can feel it right here. . .

Wow, so another CBP to rise in Cebu! Who's the developer? Santa Lucia perhaps?

Bai, maybe the building dive-cebu is referring to is the one across FGU Building which is now being fenced...

bai, i believe this is part of the "by-phase" renovation that they are doing. I tried to stay at midtown several times na, frontdesk peepz would ask us, if ever there are many vacant rooms, if we would choose the newly-renovated room coz there are still some which are not. cguro, the construction that you are referring to is the renovation of the old rooms... :)

Good for Midtown bai. At least they're keeping up with the competition especially that Rajah Park nearby has spruced up. I even thought that they would close down. They should also anticipate the opening of the Fuenter Towers complex.

Indeed, the Fuente Osmeña area has lived up to its name as the "heart of Cebu City."

I didn't know that there are these strip malls in Lapu-lapu City:
>GMC Arcade
>Southgate

I also Googled for Cebu shopping. I'm confused why they included the following in the list of malls:
>Rivergate (the one beside USC-NC)
>Q.C. Pavilion (along Gorordo Avenue)

The Metropolitan Cebu Development Council

The Metropolitan Cebu Development Council was created by the RDC through Resolution No.117 (1997) and was patterned after the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. It is mandated to formulate development plans, prepare programs and projects, and coordinate/monitor the implementation of programs and projects that address problems and concerns affecting Metro Cebu.

The MCDC is composed of the Provincial Governor of Cebu; the Mayors of the Cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapulapu and Talisay; and the Mayors of the Municipalities of Compostela, Liloan, Consolacion, Cordova, Minglanilla and Naga. The Governor of Cebu acts as Interim Chairman of the Council.

Last August 2005, development planners in Central Visayas expanded the definition of Metro Cebu to include the towns of San Fernando and Carcar in the south and Danao City in the north.

MCDC does not have legal and institutional powers and resources like the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The Province of Cebu has proposed a bill to create a permanent Metropolitan Cebu Development Authority (MCDA). This bill is still pending in both the Congress and Senate.

--By Conrado M. Diaz Jr.
The Philippine Star 04/07/2006
http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200604070711.htm

The Port of Cebu, one of the major customs districts in the country, is aiming to surpass its record collection growth in 2005 with a targeted 40-percent hike this year to P5.32 billion, as authorities put in place more efficient revenue collection measures to absorb the anticipated upsurge in imports.

Last year, the Cebu port posted its biggest revenue increase on record at 38 percent, a significant improvement from the average 10-percent annual growth in the past years, with a new district collector at the helm.

Since assuming office last year, Cebu customs district collector Lourdes Mangaoang has initiated various reforms that contributed to the port’s record accomplishments.

These include the newly-constructed Cebu Customs building serving as a one-stop shop for government agencies doing business with the Bureau of Customs – a first of its kind in the Philippines, and the streamlining of document processing to speed up transactions.

Cebu’s business community has particularly lauded the port authorities’ drive in reducing red tape, noting that this has saved them time, money and effort.

According to Michael Basubas, president of the Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation, the Port of Cebu increased by 31.3 percent its assigned collection target for 2005 due to the significant improvements in performance and services, especially in terms of trade facilitation and related operations.

Robert Go, president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Carlos Go, vice president for the Visayas of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said they are supportive of Mangaoang’s actions, especially on her "quick and fast action on the various pressing concerns of Cebu’s export sector which needed much support."

Timex president and CEO Robert Oliver, who is also president of the Mactan Export Processing Zone Chamber of Exporters and Manufacturers, added that their organization "has taken notice of her many efforts to dismantle the barriers and bureaucracies that have burdened us for so long."

Lawmakers, local government officials, customs employees and support personnel have likewise credited the improved performance of the Cebu port to the transparent, efficient and client-friendly approach laid out by Mangaoang, on top of her firm resolve to curb smuggling, particularly motor vehicles, in the region.

marvz, enjoy ko kaayo sa imong flickr account :D great photos!

salamat fhoy.. wala man gud lingaw.. :D

sayang lang dili nako maka upload ug mga bago na pics ky full na ako account..

mga bai, sa kadugay na nako ug post-post dire, just realized that i also have first-hand information that i can share to you... my company, a life insurance company in the philippines, which is kinda related to the ayalas though technically it's not, is planning to put up a new building inside cebu business park. im sure we are all familiar with metro parking near the ayala food and entertainment center, right? that's the lot our company owns and that's where our new building will rise.. we're so excited na about it... if the groundbreaking won't happen at the end of 2006, im pretty sure that it will be early 2007.... AND, ive heard that one of our competitors is also planning to put up there own in CBP. just dont know if they have a lot already!!!! i can only imagine how awesome the future cebu skyline would be!!!

bai, how tall is this building? is it a highrise ir a scraper?

I really want to go, pero I don't have the money eh, hahaha... any pics of that, the name sounds familiar kasi eh.

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Oooohh.... . . white beaches.... Cebu is truly complete with every tourist needs.

Summit to spur Cebu’s growth


Cebu's hosting of the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit will have far-reaching effects on its local industries, with the construction of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) alone seen to spur development in the tourism and professional service industries, according to a foreign affairs official. Citing the experience of Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian city that hosted the 11th Asean Summit in December 2005, Luis Cruz, director general, Asean-Philippines of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), said Cebu can expect to draw international conventions and exhibitions when the CICC is completed.

“The City Government of Kuala Lumpur also put up a convention center for the (11th Asean) summit. Even before it was completed, the Kuala Lumpur International Convention Center was already booked for two years in advance,” said Cruz. The DFA official was in Cebu yesterday for the groundbreaking ceremony of the CICC at the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City. He was representing Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo. The Capitol is rushing to complete the convention center in time for Cebu’s hosting of the 12th Asean Summit this December.

Catalyst

Cruz told Sun.Star that Cebu could easily attract international conventions because it has an international airport and air links to travel hubs like Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia. “For foreign conferences and exhibitions, organizers look at the feasibility of getting into the place,” he said, adding that Cebu’s resorts and malls add to its appeal.

Cruz explained that the CICC also serves as a catalyst for the development of Cebu’s tourism and professional service industries because hotels, airlines, restaurants, translators, manpower service firms, car rental firms, caterers and souvenir makers-”anything that caters to delegates”-will benefit from the staging of exhibitions and conventions in Cebu.

For this December, the foreign affairs official said the Asean Summit will give local industries like the furniture and jewelry industries the opportunity to showcase their capabilities either to the foreign delegates or their “accompanying delegates,” the delegates’ spouses and children. Based on the experience of Kuala Lumpur last December, Cebu could receive as many as 2,500 foreign delegates, including the media, businessmen and the delegates’ families, Cruz said.


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Cooperation

Caesar Atienza, former Asean Secretariat official in Jakarta, said the spouses could be taken on a separate tour, which could showcase Cebu’s programs like its gender sensitivity programs and Cebu’s experience in microfinance. This could result in future bilateral or regional cooperation initiatives among Asean members.

Cruz said many locals do not realize that there are many good things that Cebu can do better than other countries. For instance, he said, Malaysia’s furniture industry, although well developed, still looks to the Philippines in the area of design. Cebu is the furniture export capital of the country. This December’s event is a very big production for Cebu because it will feature prime ministers and presidents of various countries.

Cruz explained that what will happen is actually a series of summits. Aside from the meetings among the 10 members of the Asean, there will also be meetings with Asean’s six dialogue partners, which are China, South Korea and Japan, also called Asean + 3; and India, Australia and New Zealand.

Cebu papers

Asean is composed of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia. The foreign delegates are expected to be in Cebu for about two weeks, with the preparatory senior officials’ meeting expected to be held in the first week, and the staging of the 12th Asean Summit and the 2nd East Asia Summit to follow. Three declarations are expected to be made, a Cebu declaration on the framework of the Asean Charter, a declaration on cooperation in combating HIV/AIDS, and a declaration on combating terrorism.

The name of the host city or province is traditionally included in the name of any declarations made during summits held in that city or province, another added benefit for Cebu, which could look at this as a promotional tool for the province.

Design meant to show flexibility, Asian unity


The architectural design of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) took its inspiration from the idea of a “fragile spaceship earth” that links nations together.

Its planners and builders introduced flexibility as a major feature of the structure, given its functions and use during and after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit.

The CICC concept prepared by Guanzon Architecture and Design explained that a careful assessment of the summit program resulted in a choice of two solid rectangular blocks connected by a luminous lobby, as their design for the CICC.

Its pure geometrical form is meant to suggest the strength of Asian nations.

“The purity of geometry of the two major rectangular blocks represents the pristine and clear intentions expected of the delegates and future users,” its concept paper stated.

“The idea of a spaceship as link is carried further to include a parabolic steel arc, making the lobby roof appear to be floating, suspended by the steel arc. The arc also reminds us of a ring as a symbol of unity,” it added.

One block of the CICC is intended for the exclusive use of the main functions and the other block is for support facilities and exhibits.

3-story structure

Architect Manuel Guanzon yesterday told Sun.Star Cebu the CICC will occupy only around 7,000 square meters of the entire 3.8-hectare Mandaue City-owned lot at the reclamation area.

However, the structure itself will have a total floor area of 20,000 square meters because it will be a three-story facility.

He said this leaves CICC with more than three hectares of parking area, parks and open space.

Guanzon formally presented to local and national officials the miniature model of the CICC during yesterday’s groundbreaking ceremony.

Engineer Apollo Enriquez, a Capitol consultant, said the lower ground floor contains the cafeteria, specialty shops, mechanical and electrical space area and VIP parking.

October

The lobby, media center, international exhibition hall and plenary hall will be on the upper ground floor, while the leaders’ lounge, secretariat room, conference rooms, prayer rooms and other rooms will occupy the second floor.

Guanzon is hopeful that the structure will be completed by October, or a month ahead of its original target date, because its construction is now two weeks ahead of schedule.

He said the contractor is now working on the structure’s foundation and has managed to drive in 600 of the 800 concrete piles.

Enriquez said the foundation is now 72 percent complete and by next week, it should be around 95 percent to 100 percent complete.

Guanzon said that based on their schedule, they were only supposed to be putting in around 400 concrete piles by this time but as it turned out, they are working ahead of the schedule.

“Our only prayer is that we will not have typhoons because these are beyond our control,” said Guanzon.

He said construction materials, which are available in the country, will be shipped to Cebu and typhoons could delay shipments.

Guanzon said they are working within the P250-million budget of the Capitol but he expects its actual cost to increase or decrease by 10 percent to 15 percent, due to changes in the prices of construction materials.

Room shortage in Cebu will remain a dilemma


The “room situation” in Cebu will continue to be tight, but the strong demand will encourage expansion of the industry, said Tourism Secretary Joseph “Ace” Durano in an interview this week.

“Creating the demand is a lot easier than catching up with the supply because naturally, it takes two years from groundbreaking to opening (a hotel). So it will continue to be tight,” he said.

But the support of the private sector is a good sign of the supply chain that is “stretching along with the demand”.

“I don’t want to preempt a lot of new investments. But there will be a lot of new announcements regarding new investments in the hotel and accommodation industry,” he said.

He said the ongoing negotiation between the Philippine National Bank, which now owns Coral Reef, and a foreign investor for a 1,000-room integrated resort, is a development to watch out for.

“The private sector is doing its share to stretch its existing capacity. For example, in a few months time, Plantation Bay was able to open 20 new rooms. I feel that the supply chain is more flexible than we imagine,” he said.

The tourism industry injected over P150 billion into the country’s economy last year, he said, adding that the sector is expected to earn P200 billion to P250 billion this year.

“It’s not the collection of the government but it’s tourists’ money spent on shopping, food and beverage and other services like spas,” he said.

He added that direct employment in the industry last year reached 887,000 and 2.2 million including indirect employment.

“That’s why tourism is the most efficient generator of employment because for every foreign tourist, one job is created. If arrivals increase by 14 percent this year, although we hope for more, it will also increase employment in the country,” he said.

He added the Department of Tourism (DOT) continues to promote destinations that are “underuti-lized,” like Davao.

“Davao has an airport like Cebu and they have rooms but are underutilized. So we’re pushing Davao. In Cebu, it’s really just a matter of sustaining the demand and helping the private sector facilitate (and hasten the entry of) new investments,” he said.

While the DOT central office will concentrate on international promotions, Durano said its regional offices are tasked to work with local government units for domestic promotions.

Some P48 million for domestic promotion given by the Congress have already allocated to the regional offices to promote tourism areas in their areas, he said.

marvz, enjoy ko kaayo sa imong flickr account :D great photos!

i agree. one of the best maniniyot in SSC Cebu :applause: keep 'em coming bai! :cool:

tenk u! tenk u! ang babait ninyo.. :D

oi resty ikaw nasad puli nako dire ky gnina pa ko buntag ngari sa computer.. ahak ma cancer man sad ako mata ani.. hehe

Room shortage in Cebu will remain a dilemma

“I don’t want to preempt a lot of new investments. But there will be a lot of new announcements regarding new investments in the hotel and accommodation industry,” Durano said.


There's more? Wow amazing! it's incredible! unbelievable! hehe
:dance:

tenk u! tenk u! ang babait ninyo.. :D

oi resty ikaw nasad puli nako dire ky gnina pa ko buntag ngari sa computer.. ahak ma cancer man sad ako mata ani.. hehe

superb quality shots, pang postcard! :master: haha don martiano now signing off. oo ba, takeover ko. but i'll be missing in action til Sunday :D

GROUNDBREAKING IN MANDAUE
Convention center is
'symbol of unity'-Garcia
Published: 8 April 2006


by Kathy I. Navarro

CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday called the future Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) as the province's symbol of unity, having brought together a divided provincial government.

At the groundbreaking ceremony of the CICC at the Mandaue City Reclamation Area yesterday, Garcia said when the idea of the building was still being hatched years ago, legislators were divided on its importance.

But with Cebu's hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in December, the governor said the idea was quickly agreed upon, then finally realized.

And with the CICC located in Mandaue, Mayor Thadeo Ouano said the city would finally be "ready for the world."
Yesterday's ceremony marked the official start of the CICC's construction, and was attended by provincial and city officials, as well as an official from Malacañang.

The CICC, a joint project of the Cebu provincial government and Mandaue, will host the ASEAN Summit after it is completed.

Garcia said the project was a dream that died, but was revived after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo chose Cebu to host the summit, which will bring together the heads of state of 18 countries.

The project was first proposed during the time of former governor Pablo Garcia, Gwendolyn's father. Originally, it was planned as a multi-purpose "Megadome."

Garcia said the idea first "ran into quite inhospitable and difficult realities," as members of the opposition in the provincial board as well as divisions among the province's officials kept the idea from becoming a reality.

"We reached a stalemate. And for years, nothing was heard except the question that refused to die: Should it be built? Will it ever be built? How?"

Things changed, however, when Arroyo chose Cebu as the venue for the ASEAN Summit.

"Cebu responded to this supreme compliment by seizing the opportunity of a century, and destiny cleared the way for the dream that has evolved into the Cebu International Convention Center," Garcia said.

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CEBU IS No. 1 COZ CEBU IS ONE :okay:

i agree. one of the best maniniyot in SSC Cebu :applause: keep 'em coming bai! :cool:
doesnt iyot means sex in bisaya? :dunno:

GROUNDBREAKING IN MANDAUE
Convention center is
'symbol of unity'-Garcia
Published: 8 April 2006


by Kathy I. Navarro

CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday called the future Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) as the province's symbol of unity, having brought together a divided provincial government.

At the groundbreaking ceremony of the CICC at the Mandaue City Reclamation Area yesterday, Garcia said when the idea of the building was still being hatched years ago, legislators were divided on its importance.

But with Cebu's hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in December, the governor said the idea was quickly agreed upon, then finally realized.

And with the CICC located in Mandaue, Mayor Thadeo Ouano said the city would finally be "ready for the world."
Yesterday's ceremony marked the official start of the CICC's construction, and was attended by provincial and city officials, as well as an official from Malacañang.

The CICC, a joint project of the Cebu provincial government and Mandaue, will host the ASEAN Summit after it is completed.

Garcia said the project was a dream that died, but was revived after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo chose Cebu to host the summit, which will bring together the heads of state of 18 countries.

The project was first proposed during the time of former governor Pablo Garcia, Gwendolyn's father. Originally, it was planned as a multi-purpose "Megadome."

Garcia said the idea first "ran into quite inhospitable and difficult realities," as members of the opposition in the provincial board as well as divisions among the province's officials kept the idea from becoming a reality.

"We reached a stalemate. And for years, nothing was heard except the question that refused to die: Should it be built? Will it ever be built? How?"

Things changed, however, when Arroyo chose Cebu as the venue for the ASEAN Summit.

"Cebu responded to this supreme compliment by seizing the opportunity of a century, and destiny cleared the way for the dream that has evolved into the Cebu International Convention Center," Garcia said.

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CEBU IS No. 1 COZ CEBU IS ONE :okay:


Sorry if this has already been answered. But how big is the CICC? I've read somewhere that the land area where the structure will be built is only 38,000 sq.m which is roughly the same as the convention center in Waterfront. Gamay ra diay. I was expecting it to be massive, at least almost the same size as SM Cebu.

doesnt iyot means sex in bisaya? :dunno:



Bastos man na Matteo, please dont mention words like that, here, ok? :bash: Anyway makapasaylo man ko nimo. Good morning guys I miss u all. Muwaaaaaahhhh. :banana: :banana: :cheers: :) :runaway: :runaway:

doesnt iyot means sex in bisaya? :dunno:

maniniyot from the root word 'niyot'. an ancient cebuano term for photographer. hehehe

'mangingiyot' is the taboo word :rofl: these are the words we always make fun of. :lol:

maayong kadlawn mga higala...
cebu's being prepped for the ASEAN summit huh..
i've seen the presentations for the ASEAN so many times at abellana
and I could say, we are prepared to welcome our guests
*crosses fingers* hehehehe


Super - Cebuana welcome. Abi nako duha ra kaming babaye diri sa cebu thread, the other one is islandergirl from Palau , i dunoo , hain na siya? :fiddle: Luwasa ko kung ila kong panguyaban ha ? hehehehe joke.

[QUOTE=rusty18]wow! that's so good news! but i'm quite confused about the location. is it near Metro Department store or the entertainment center on the other side of the mall? :)



bai, it's the one in front of starbucks. that parking lot is named metro parking. i don't know who operates it but i also saw that name in some of makati's parking spaces...

Wow, so another CBP to rise in Cebu! Who's the developer? Santa Lucia perhaps?

Bai, maybe the building dive-cebu is referring to is the one across FGU Building which is now being fenced...

dili bai arnold. though, the one beside it, facing cardinal rosales ave. is also owned by our company. it's the lot used by metro parking right now. in front of starbucks. if that will be realized, mag tapad-tapad na ang mga buildings diha... if you are familiar with the new concepts of buildings in manila now, our building will be similar to them. it's ground and mezzanine levels will house food shops like jollibee or delifrance or pizza hut bistro.... :)

^^

Nice unta bai kung masugdan dayon. Are you working in an insurance company now?

By the way, the building to be constructed across FGU is not a highrise. I think it's going to be another bank that's going to be 2-3 storeys tall just like the Union Bank and the Metrobank.

Sorry if this has already been answered. But how big is the CICC? I've read somewhere that the land area where the structure will be built is only 38,000 sq.m which is roughly the same as the convention center in Waterfront. Gamay ra diay. I was expecting it to be massive, at least almost the same size as SM Cebu.

Yup bai, the lot area is only 3.8 hectares.

The total floor area will be 20,000 Sq.M plus for the three-storey structure(each floor will have 7,000 sq.meters)

How big would that be in comparison to other buildings?

oki ra butch ky ako asawa nurse man.. hehe tigbantay lang ko sa amo mga anak :D

Ako gusto kaayo ko nga mag-nurse uy. Pero late na kaayo, im already working. When i was a little girl , all i want is to take up in college, is nursing, but my parents forced me to enroll management. At least nakatrabaho man lang gihapun ko. Dia man sab gud magtrabaho ako mga parents. :lovethem:

if you are familiar with the new concepts of buildings in manila now, our building will be similar to them. it's ground and mezzanine levels will house food shops like jollibee or delifrance or pizza hut bistro.... :)

Ahh, so it's going to be the same with the PIPC Building in Asiatown wherein the ground floors are housing food/commercial shops like NGenius Hub, DaVinci Pizza, Bos Coffee, etc..

By the way, it's just today that I knew that there's actually a Wikipedia in Sinugboanon. (What the heck is Sinugboanon? hehehe)

here it is: http://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unang_Panid

Super - Cebuana welcome. Abi nako duha ra kaming babaye diri sa cebu thread, the other one is islandergirl from Palau , i dunoo , hain na siya? :fiddle: Luwasa ko kung ila kong panguyaban ha ? hehehehe joke.

Kinahanglan luwason gyud ka dinhi, kay kasagaran sa mga regular posters diri kay mga single pa.

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7969/2230920661060bg7ed.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

shangrila hotel

http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/2500/9130920661060bg8wi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

hilton hotel

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/8640/70932529c6e524af58o9dw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Nice... Bantayan looks like a lot of fun. ;)

its all out party in bantayan island especially during the holy week season.. it's cebu's answer to aklan's boracay but much cheaper..

Hilton's beach is kinda small....and wassup with that pink wall on the side?

haha great wall of hilton siguro.. :D hate the color especially the blue roof

yeah, pink and blue doesnt compliment each other. but that pink wall really annoys me!

Shangri-la did it right...they made the surrounding areas lushy, tropical and no walls!

Super - Cebuana welcome. Abi nako duha ra kaming babaye diri sa cebu thread, the other one is islandergirl from Palau , i dunoo , hain na siya? :fiddle: Luwasa ko kung ila kong panguyaban ha ? hehehehe joke.

Jeje, kalouy ba ani. :jk:

good morning cebu!

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1732/bantayanparty7ac.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ohoi madayun to ang sabut karun?

Kinahanglan luwason gyud ka dinhi, kay kasagaran sa mga regular posters diri kay mga single pa.


Thanks D'Transporter you're my hero. hehehhe muwahhhhhhh. : :bow:

Ohoi madayun to ang sabut karun?

ako madayon, ako ra ussa...hehe


natakdan nakas gulat exoression @mark? ako safe pa, cguro krn gabii...hehe


SunStar editoryal...

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5809/editoryalaseansummit7hc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

what's your opinion of the last three sentences?

^^ lagi bai. nindut man gud ng kalit-kalit. hehehe



about the editorial, CICC will really spur up business in the area. and as ive posted days ago, even before its completion the CICC will be showcased as a premier convention center in the region this June in Australia. So this is a big boost for our growing neighbor Mandaue, and more so to our province.

ei someone txtd me up last nyt...pero wala ko nakatxtback since i got no load...huhuhuhuhu naay laag today? anyway, im currently at work now..just taking my lunch! hope to cya all! miss ya all !

^^ ako to bai. gi pang textan nako mga tao. si arnold ug si div ra man ni reply. basin madayun.

maytag madayon mo kay ako madayon ko...:D adto ra man ko SM then ig mga 3 or 4 adto ko park under m fernan bridge kay wapa ko kaadto didto..hehe tan aw gd ko update sa sm expansion.

^^ txt-txt lang cguro bai. magkita ra lagi ta [kung dili ta mangabuta]. :D

cg txt tx lang ninyo kay adto nako... kita lang nya ta sa mata...hhee

Hilton looks very Miamish, I don't know if that is good or bad but it does have the tropical touch in it. Ya know? flamingo birds...LOL Wait, that sounds more like vegas, where are the show girls then???LOL

haha show girls? they're here in my room right now.. hehe

the only thing i hate with hilton is its color.. pink and blue are two contrasting colors.. in the rendering hilton was white..

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6672/49944615mainimg05222jw0ek.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

here's a close up pic of the resort

haha show girls? they're here in my room right now.. hehe

the only thing i hate with hilton is its color.. pink and blue are two contrasting colors.. in the rendering hilton was white..

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6672/49944615mainimg05222jw0ek.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

here's a close up pic of the resort


Ilang storey ba to?

here's my 3D version of cbp that includes lmk bldg. sorry, under construction pa ang 8 storey bldg nila hehehe...

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8122/1cbp3d1cv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ How many high-rise are there in that area?

ang galing!!! sana maging Hong Kong nga ang Cebu... hahaha

^^ Uhmmm, yes it will become a Hong Kong on 2020 if they will follow there masterplan. Just look at this:

Chamber bares Cebu Master Plan 2020; province’s P2.1-B budget OKd

CEBU CITY — The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has cited the need to implement projects that would make Cebu Province more attractive to tourists.


The Cebu Master Plan 2020, prepared by CCCI’s Cebu Tourism Core Group, identified major infrastructure projects that needed to be implemented in the coastline areas, CCCI president Robert Go said.

The plan aims to turn Cebu into an the information hub, maritime center, and tourism capital of the country, he said.

To realize this goal, he said, there is a need to refurbish historical landmarks and rehabilitate infrastructure facilities to attract foreign investments and tourists.

The proposed projects would improve the Metro Cebu corridor, which covers the coastline from Mandaue Reclamation to the Kawit Island in South Road Properties (former South Reclamation Project) and the Mactan Boardwalk, Go said.

In a related development, a South Korean investor plans to build a 700-room resort in Mactan, which was expected to help alleviate the shortage of resort rooms, a regional tourism official said.

Patria Aurora Roa, Department of Tourism regional director, said the facility would consist of six towers, with 250 rooms for outright hotel operations, and the rest would be on a condotel operation.

The Korean investor, she said, plans to start the project in 2006 and has targeted 2007 for its completion and the start of the resort’s operations.

Roa said the plans for the project are already finished, and the investors are now completing the documentary requirements such as the building and electrical permits.

She said the Korean bought the area, estimated at between seven to eight hectares, from the heirs of Eddie Woolbright.

However, Roa said the projected room capacity of the resort project would not be enough to meet the growing demand.

She noted that it would not be good for Cebu’s tourism industry to always turn away prospective guests because of lack of rooms.

Meanwhile, the Cebu provincial board approved the R2.1-billion 2006 budget of the province prepared by the office of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.

The amount is R310 million more than this year’s R1.7-billion budget.

The 2006 budget includes 351 percent increase for social welfare and 131 percent for health.

"This budget espouses the judicious application of resources, bearing in mind my principle of governance that a budget must be - beyond the figures - an approximation of the people’s hopes and aspirations," Garcia’s budget message stated.

Garcia raised allocation for the legislative branch by 132 percent, general services by 151 percent, and engineering by 126 percent. A drastic increase is seen in the item "subsidy for LGUs," which is now R75 million from the estimated R32.9 million in the current year.

here's my 3D version of cbp that includes lmk bldg. sorry, under construction pa ang 8 storey bldg nila hehehe...

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8122/1cbp3d1cv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A great presentation Slimer!! What software did you use to do it??

^^beautiful slim:)
CBP looks nice if there are pine trees:colgate:

Do we have an update on the soon to be constructed international convention centre in Cebu? It was reported in today's daily that the 250Million budget has been released.

na alas onsehan mi sigeg storya! hehehe. div, marki and arnold, nice meeting you mga bro's. sunod daghan na ta dapat. summer bitaw ron.

pics pics pics

day and night

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/wow2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/wow1.jpg

cbp 04/09/06

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/wow3.jpg

the shangrila coaster at ayala mall

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/wow4.jpg

the space shuttle launcher, cebu space station, :jk:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/wow5.jpg

I don't know if these pictures have been posted here.

Coral Point Beach Condos (Punta Engano, Mactan)

http://www.mactanproperties.com/dar/darvu.jpg

http://www.mactanproperties.com/gan/cpcvu1.jpg

Here is more of Coral Point and it's future development.

http://www.coralpoint.com.ph/afileastmartowers.jpg

http://www.coralpoint.com.ph/floorplans-phase1.jpg

More info on Coral Point: http://www.coralpoint.com.ph/villas.htm

not so bad news...


Cebu vessel catches fire; no one hurt

First posted 07:28am (Mla time) April 10, 2006
By Jolene R. Bulambot
Inquirer





CEBU CITY -- Fire broke out at the rooftop of a Cebu-based passenger-cargo vessel early Sunday morning while on its way to Ormoc City, Leyte.
No one was hurt among the 801 passengers including 11 infants after the crew of MV Heaven Star of Roble Shipping Lines managed to put out the fire.

They made it to their destination at about 2:45 a.m. when the vessel docked at Ormoc port, said Senior Coast Guard officer Lemuel Alqueza, assistant district commander of Philippine Coast Guard in Ormoc.

He said MV Heaven Star was also allowed to return to Cebu but without any passenger so the vessel could be repaired here.

The Inquirer tried but failed to get comments from officials of Roble Shipping Lines.

An initial report showed that the fire broke out at about 1:18 a.m., or about three hours after the vessel left Cebu port, while MV Heaven Star was about nine nautical miles off Mirada, Leyte.

Alqueza said the fire was caused by overheating of the smoke stack at the
sundeck and spread to the economy accommodation rooftop, which was made of fiberglass.

"The fire broke out at the back portion of the vessel. The initial report we got was [that] everything was placed under control several minutes after the fire broke out. The crew was quick to put out the fire and advised the passengers not to panic," he said.

Alqueza said the Coast Guard district office in Cebu would conduct an investigation after Rodulfo Saavedra, MV Heaven Star skipper, told them Sunday that they would file the marine protest here.

"The Special Board of Marine Inquiry is there and the vessel's captain said they would file the marine protest in Cebu so we would let our district in Cebu conduct the investigation," he said.

Lieutenant Commander Erwin Balagas, chief of staff of the Philippine Coast Guard Eastern-Central Visayas district, said they would conduct a preliminary investigation of the incident.

Oh, by the way, here's the website of Coralpoint Gardens

http://www.coralpointgardens.com

Speaking of EB, I wasn't able to join because I was asleep. LOL. Pardon my absence.

^^ is CoralPoint different from Coral Reef?

^^ Yup. Coralpoint is different from the Coral Reef. CoralPoint is located at Punta Engaño while Coral Reef (I don't know if it is reopened) is located at Marigondon.

By the way, it's just today that I knew that there's actually a Wikipedia in Sinugboanon. (What the heck is Sinugboanon? hehehe)

here it is: http://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unang_Panid

Hehehehe... Bentong Isles. :-)

I'm one of the contributors of the Wikipedia Cebuano Version. :-)

Some cities of Cebu.

1. Dakbayan sa Mandaue (http://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakbayan_sa_Mandaue)
2. Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu (http://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakbayan_sa_Lapu-Lapu)

By the way, will someone help me creating an article about Cebu?

^^ aha. so hopefully coral point can start the their phase 4 and 5 this year. and itll be a very good addition to mactan skyline!:okay:

[QUOTE=fundraiser]na alas onsehan mi sigeg storya! hehehe. div, marki and arnold, nice meeting you mga bro's. sunod daghan na ta dapat. summer bitaw ron.



same here fundraiser. it was nice meeting you guys for the first time... :)

haha show girls? they're here in my room right now.. hehe

the only thing i hate with hilton is its color.. pink and blue are two contrasting colors.. in the rendering hilton was white..

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6672/49944615mainimg05222jw0ek.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

here's a close up pic of the resort

cool pic marv but im still bothered/annoyed with hilton's dominant color - PINK!!!! :bash:

Osmeña urges council to approve
P74-m supplemental budget
Published: 9 April 2006

CDN

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is asking the council to approve a P74-million supplemental budget to fund various infrastructure and road improvement projects.


read full story: http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_cdn/2006/apr/new/apr09_06.htm

'Consult public before
building flyover'-councilor
Published: 9 April 2006

CDN

A CEBU City councilor is urging the Department of Public Works and Highways to hold a public consultation on the proposal to construct a flyover in barangay Mabolo before working on the P80-million project.

read full story: http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_cdn/2006/apr/new/apr09_05.htm

Ahh, so it's going to be the same with the PIPC Building in Asiatown wherein the ground floors are housing food/commercial shops like NGenius Hub, DaVinci Pizza, Bos Coffee, etc..

precisely bai. :)

The Blues Brothers

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9647/dsc005244ln.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



ACC

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/6592/dsc005250ya.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



ACC Entertainment

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6480/dsc005261ln.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



The Capitol

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6867/dsc005396ot.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the only thing i hate with hilton is its color.. pink and blue are two contrasting colors.. in the rendering hilton was white..

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6672/49944615mainimg05222jw0ek.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

here's a close up pic of the resort

contrary to what most of us feel about the PINK THING, guests seem not to mind as this hotel is enjoying HIGH OCCUPANCY (among the highest in Mactan). their 70+ suites are most of the time taken. so i think the most important element of a hotel is the brand name. :cool:

@arnoldsa and @markiiboi i just got home. we stayed at Crown Regency Mactan for two nights and i left my fone here at home. i texted u guys as soon as i got here which btw i got 100+ unread messages and 20+ missed calls damn. sorry i wasnt able to attend the recent meet. :(

arnold and marki just informed me that we'll have another group EB this wednesday. just let me know ur suggestions guys like the time and venue. my mobile num: 09173241312 thanks!

I think the color pink blends well with the environment. :D

^^ its ok bro. so wednesday imo na treat. hehehe. bitaw where na man ang pics sa mcia ug sa crown regency bai. :D

^^ waaaa dili nasad ko makakuyog ninyo sa wednesday.. gabie resty wala ko kakuyog sa ato meet ky si nap [ricamora] namangka inom ky graduate naman siya sa cebu doc..

I think the color pink blends well with the environment. :D


yeah i think its ok for a resort to be pink. but imagine the hilton in the middle of the cebu business park, now that is rediculous. hehehe

Crown Regency? Will catch you up. Besides, my departure will be on 8:00 pm.

-double post-

pink nasad.. hehe

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan.jpg

Crown Regency Suites, Mactan
I need to resize the other photos i took in Crown Regency. i'll upload the photos later.. :)

The Capitol

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6867/dsc005396ot.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



nindot lagi imo camera mark ky clear kau ug kuha maski gabie..

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan01.jpg

Aside from their pink hotel building, they have 36 villas (formerly known as Princeville Executive Villas) within the Crown Regency complex. our family rented a villa for two nights. Basta, more photos to follow.

^^ so dako pa jud diay na ang CR Mactan bai. plus naa pa jud unya CR sa fuente, unya naa pa jud king's island. so combined rooms ana nila mo abut na cguro ug 1000++...




nindot lagi imo camera mark ky clear kau ug kuha maski gabie..

ok ra ako cam bai. nindut lang jud ang lighting sa capitol building. dili pareho sa uban capitol ba. :hahaha:

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan01.jpg


mura man naa sa america..

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan01.jpg

Aside from their pink hotel building, they have 36 villas (formerly known as Princeville Executive Villas) within the Crown Regency complex. our family rented a villa for two nights. Basta, more photos to follow.

Nice! My mom told me that the houses there are only for rent and not for sale so it's kinda like a transient house. And most of the time, foreigners are their clients. True?

hala no kabantay sad ko, daghan na kaau ug pink na building. :)

sinjin, that's true.

I've been inside the villa a year ago to meet my boss's friend who is renting (also a foreigner, I forgot his nationality) a house. The landscape inside the villa is very nice, just like living in a suburb in US.

Nice! My mom told me that the houses there are only for rent and not for sale so it's kinda like a transient house. And most of the time, foreigners are their clients. True?

mostly koreans and some of them leave without even paying. agent namo gaingon ha, hehehehe.

yeah i think its ok for a resort to be pink. but imagine the hilton in the middle of the cebu business park, now that is rediculous. hehehe



I agree with you Markiiboi, I cant imagine the Cebu Hilton standing side by side together with Pagibig Tower and Parklane Hotel. Or standing beside the Innove tower. Murag dili gayud mo-blend iya color sa CBP. But as a resort, Cebu Hilton is ............ :applause: GREAT. I love this resort pero wala pa ako makaadto, im already here in PNG when the resort open. But i will try my best to go and see during my holiday. :applause:

I've been inside the villa a year ago to meet my boss's friend who is renting (also a foreigner, I forgot his nationality) a house. The landscape inside the villa is very nice, just like living in a suburb in US.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan03.jpg
like this? :D

Mactan is no doubt world-class, it's just that a lot of people under estimate Lapu-Lapu City. so funny coz this hotel is just a 5-minute drive from home. :hilarious

when we checked in, a swarm of hotel guests (Koreans na naman) just went out taking tourist buses. this is indeed something you won't see often in Manila or elsewhere. there was another group of government officials and staff who are about to check out along with a huge banner that says: "Iloilo Provincial League of something something... Convention 2006 something something". :D

it is very impressive to know that this hotel is really doing great. ah well, how can i ever forget that Cebu is suffering from hotel room shortage for several years already.

@sinjin yes they are only for rent. it's basically a hotel except guests have a choice of staying in a traditional room or in a form of villa. full-serviced, fully furnished, 3-bedroom villas. most of the occupants are long staying expats (months and even a year or two), executives working for Mactan Export Processing Zone and some hotel projects/construction in Cebu. mostly are Americans bringing their wife and kids with 'em.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan02.jpg

i was able to obtain tons of information, knowing me i would never go home empty-handed (information-wise)! close na mi ni general manager :lol: but not too close, i forgot his name. baga kaayo kog nawng. 'kapal-muks'. i had a feeling that he's very nice and approachable so i went straight to his office and pretended to be an internet specialist. i started asking about their hotel information system and if they have an existing facility for online reservation etc. etc.. :lol: the conversation was very informal though. he mentioned about how the hotel is doing. they are currently constructing a scenic-elevator which will have a full view of the Mactan Cebu International Airport and resorts. :okay:

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan04.jpg

Another good news, CR Mactan is now in the process of acquiring an adjacent lot for their expansion! building more villas but no other details are available for now. i'll be going back to the hotel tomorrow, work-out and spa. then maybe more chat with the manager. :okay:

^^ bai resty, human na ba tanan nilang rooms?

crown regency mactan is really good. i think the kings have an eye for art and beauty as depicted in their hotel interiors. they've got a good collection of antique wares, which can be found in the hotel itself.

nindot lagi imo camera mark ky clear kau ug kuha maski gabie..

marvz, nindot man pud imong camera...naa man tingali na long exposure di ba? try na nimo when taking night photos...but you may need a tripod...mao na akong number one problem kay wa koy tripod so lisod kaayo mag picture picture sa gabii :D

^^ bai resty, human na ba tanan nilang rooms?

crown regency mactan is really good. i think the kings have an eye for art and beauty as depicted in their hotel interiors. they've got a good collection of antique wares, which can be found in the hotel itself.

yes bro, this hotel has been operational since 3rd Quarter last year pa :D the subdivision, formerly known as Princeville Executive Villas first opened about 2-3 years ago. The Crown Regency hotel was still under construction at that time. apparently Crown Regency acquired Princeville and made it part of the hotel complex. :D and they're expanding soon!

@Markiiboi: Club Ultima and Crown Regency are two separate entities. :D Club Ultima made arrangement with Crown Regency Mactan to allow club members to use the facilities of the hotel while waiting for the Club Ultima Tower to be completed. :okay:

So, how many resorts do we have now?

This afternoon's view from North Recla:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/DSC00558.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/DSC00552.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/DSC00572.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/panotry.jpg

cool pics mark!!! :)

marvz, nindot man pud imong camera...naa man tingali na long exposure di ba? try na nimo when taking night photos...but you may need a tripod...mao na akong number one problem kay wa koy tripod so lisod kaayo mag picture picture sa gabii :D

hehe hinatag lang raba ni ako cam sa ako cousin.. ambot tanan ako na gisuwayan fhoy dili man kau nindot iya quality basta gabie.. mao bitaw ako mga pics puro buntag..


@mark paytera ana imo pics gud.. mura mag mona-og na ang ginoo :D

^^ bai gitawag na kuno ka ni Lord. :hahaha:


lamats bai div.

@MarkiiBoi: Grabe kaayo imo photos, morag tanan naay light from above... GRASYA KANA! Hala Cebu, dawata! :D

^^ pasabut kana bai nga naa ra jud SIYA pirmi nagtan-aw kanato, naglikay kanato sa tanang dautan ug naghatag kanato ug tumang grasya para kita mulambo pa sa hangtud. :D [pagkalawun!]

^^ hina-ut unta na ang grasya kanunay naa sa atong mga palad aron kita malampuson sa atong mga pangandoy sa kinabuhi.. o banal na espiritu bantayi kami kanunay [labi na ko] aron kami malikay sa bisyo ug sa dautang hangin [utot] :D

...agi lang ko.... :)

^^ bai arnold! karun nasad wednesday ha!

crown regency mactan is really good. i think the kings have an eye for art and beauty as depicted in their hotel interiors. they've got a good collection of antique wares, which can be found in the hotel itself.

though we didn't go inside the Crown Regency Hotel lobby, i'm pretty sure it's full of antique wares. the villas area has its own reception, at the clubhouse. and it has a very good collection of it!

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan05.jpg
The Clubhouse Hall

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan08.jpg
Pool area

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan14.jpg
Did they get this cannon from Fort San Pedro? Lolz

rusty, try the hotel rooms especially the 3 bedroom suite. layo ra kaayo ang waterfront, or even shangri-la.

uy, markii, maulan ba diha cebu ron?

^^ there was a slight downpour this afternoon but not enough to remove the dust off the roads. :D

Crown Regency Suites, Mactan
April 8-10, 2006
by Rusty18

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Our villa at the last image. :D These photos are supposedly copyrighted, my name sticked on every image, tinamad lang me. hehe

@markiiboi

yup bai, wednesday napod. nindot kung mangadto tung wala pa nato nakaila, makaadto unta sila iCeman, windshear.. ug ang uban.

@rusty18

bai, this cannon looks like the one that was unearthed in SRP and displayed outside the Rizal Library and Museum in Fuente. It was reportedly brought into the house of Tommy Osmeña and until now there's still no word of it.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan14.jpg

SRP to draw investments
Published: 10 April 2006

Although things appear to be moving slowly at the Cebu City-owned South Road Properties (former South Reclamation Project), investors are expected to put up their facilities within the year, said Joel Mari Yu, managing director of the Cebu Investment Promotion Center (CIPC).

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña had designated CIPC as the marketing arm for the South Road Properties (SRP).

"It is a race among four or five companies as to which one will start first (with constructing their facilities)," Yu said.

One of these is a Taiwanese group, which had earlier indicated to lease 10 hectares, he said.

According to Yu, prospective investors are just waiting for some infrastructure work to be completed before they start constructing their buildings.

He noted that the city is now in the process of finalizing power deals and setting up road network at the SRP. "The power is about 90 percent resolved," Yu added.

The Cebu City government is negotiating with the Visayan Electric Company (Veco) for the latter to finance the setting up of distribution lines, transformers and electric power posts at the SRP, Yu said.
While Veco has started putting up the poles, the power firm could not complete it until the road project is completed, he added.

The city government has yet to implement the road network project since it still has to pass through government procedures, Yu said.

Aside from this, he said the city has to provide good quality filling materials for a portion at SRP, which is flooded every time there's a heavy downpour. The delay in doing the filling is due to the efforts of the city government to look for free or almost free filling materials, he said.

As far as water is concerned, he said that Mactan Rock, which was contracted to build the desalination plant, will be training Cebu City employees for the latter to run the plant. /Irene R. Sino Cruz

Holy Macaroni!Amen!

Its up to you whether that chump has to be silenced

rusty, try the hotel rooms especially the 3 bedroom suite. layo ra kaayo ang waterfront, or even shangri-la.

really? seems like Crown Regency Suites is not just any other hotel afterall. ;) btw bai were you told that Club Ultima members have 30% discount on room rates? :D i might stay there one of these days. kinsay mo kuyog? lolz

maybe the holy moderators will go with you :)

dang those are more expensive than a round trip to moscow by AEROLOFT :laugh:

@rusty18

bai, this cannon looks like the one that was unearthed in SRP and displayed outside the Rizal Library and Museum in Fuente. It was reportedly brought into the house of Tommy Osmeña and until now there's still no word of it. Unearthed in SRP? it shouldn't be a surprise since there are so many old structures that are still visible near that area, such as the Heritage Park. speaking of SRP, someone told me (rumors) that Mayor Tom Osmeña insisted of constructing a tunnel rather than an overhead passage way to increase chances of retrieving hidden treasures or some sort undergound. the tunnel would pass below Plaza Independencia and other historical landmarks in old downtown Cebu so chances are really high. interesting...

^^ is that 'tunnel' same as the current 'subway' bai?

^^yes the road tunnel known as the subway.

^^ so since everybody is really into this road tunnel that they call subway, then i don't see any reason why they can't start with the digging the soonest possible time.

maayu unta nga masugdan na jud ug kabkab..



:goodnight

^^ so since everybody is really into this road tunnel that they call subway, then i don't see any reason why they can't start with the digging the soonest possible time.

maayu unta nga masugdan na jud ug kabkab..

:goodnight

as soon as the 27th Yen Loan package is approved, sure the digging will start
more .. (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business03_jan16_2006)

Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Film school to make Cebu known globally

The exposure factor is among the biggest benefits Cebu gets from the development and operation of a film school in Mactan.

“There’s no cosmopolitan city in this world that would not want to host a film company. But we choose and want to do it here (in Cebu) and it should mean a boost for Cebu,” Matthew Lubetich, chief operating officer of Bigfoot Entertainment said in a press interview.

Bigfoot Entertainment is the parent firm of Bigfoot Productions, Bigfoot Production Services, International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT), Bigfoot Partners and Bigfoot Sound-works.

He said they invite foreign film companies and industry players to come to Cebu.

“Those that we invite here go back to their countries and talk about their Cebu experience,” he said.

IAFT is a film school that offers courses such as animation, cinematography, directing, sound design and hands-on training with Hollywood professionals as mentors.

“We want Cebu to be like Phuket of Thailand, but it’s not only going to be a leisure destination. We bring multiple job opportunities here that include food services and transportation,” he said.

One of a kind

Bigfoot Entertainment has an 8,200-square-meter facility in Mactan, Cebu that houses the latest technology and equipment for film production and a staff of 120, he said.

He noted that its 370-square-meter soundstage facility is the best in the country and “not even Bangkok or Singapore has the same kind,” he said.

“We are here to raise Cebuano’s skills. Filmmaking is a specialty craft. But the workforce potential in Cebu is incredible. We have lots of hope here and we are keen on bringing Cebu to the world,” he said.

Job opportunities in the film school are not limited to film production but extend to the work of make- up and hair artists, set designers, and other artistic and technical skills, he explained.

Investments

John Joseph Mercado, chief executive officer of Bigfoot Global Solutions Inc., said Cebu’s human resource, telecommunications infrastructure and accessibility made the company choose Cebu as investment location in the country.

Since its operation in Cebu in 2001, Bigfoot poured in an investment of some $25 million to $30 million and hired about 600 Cebuanos, he said. (ALC)

swaying by cebu thread, ho hum hum hum hee

An article I found :

Cebu silicon island
By Dennis Posadas

I was in Cebu twice last year upon the invitation of Union Bank and by the Cebu Educational Foundation for Information Technology. In both instances, I was asked to give a talk about the Silicon Valley model.

One thing that struck me about Cebu is the fact that it is gung-ho about this model. The city does not advertise it that much in the sense that it doesn’t proclaim itself as the IT capital of the Philippines.

Instead of advertising that so-and-so company has located in Cebu (Lexmark is there, so is NEC and others), local executives are instead embarking on something that very few have bothered to do -- educating themselves about the Silicon Valley model, and taking pains in not misusing the term.

One of their proposals is for a consortium of schools to adopt a common syllabus for computer science and software engineering. If I recall correctly, this will involve five Cebu universities that will offer a similar set of programs in software engineering.

I had urged the head of the Cebu foundation, Boni Belen, to consider a program similar to the University of the Philippines’ Intarmed program for its medical students, and develop a straight five-year program where the student ends up with a BS and MS in software engineering or computer science. That should help generate a critical mass of people with enough skills to do the higher value-added software work required to compete with countries like China and India.

Another advantage is the large number of expatriate technical professionals in the city, and the proximity of most areas. These expats have a role to play aside from offering technical input to local companies. They can also help market these companies abroad.

Without putting Metro Manila (where I live) and other cities down, it just excites me when local governments and nongovernment organizations sit down and study the Silicon Valley model and adopt long-range plans to realize the goal, instead of relying on just media and some posters to announce it.

http://www.itmatters.com.ph/columns.php?id=posadas_041106

An article I found :

Cebu silicon island
By Dennis Posadas

Without putting Metro Manila (where I live) and other cities down, it just excites me when local governments and nongovernment organizations sit down and study the Silicon Valley model and adopt long-range plans to realize the goal, instead of relying on just media and some posters to announce it.

http://www.itmatters.com.ph/columns.php?id=posadas_041106

Thanks for the article Jamaicus. Cebu's economic team is very serious about studying the Silicon Valley model for the IT industry and the Singaporean Educational System.

Without putting Metro Manila (where I live) and other cities down
it's actually the other way around (except Metro Manila people) as witnessed by many. :lol:

[QUOTE=rusty18]http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan03.jpg
like this? :D


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Very nice. And i must agree that it looks like very Wysteria Lane. Mao na nga at home ang mga Amerikano diha.
Are the villas beside the hotel or close to the beaches?

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Crown%20Regency/crs-mactan03.jpg
Very nice. And i must agree that it looks like very Wysteria Lane. Mao na nga at home ang mga Amerikano diha.
Are the villas beside the hotel or close to the beaches?

The villas are just beside the hotel. crown regency's wall (pink) is actually visible on the pool area background :D

The hotel complex is right in the middle of mactan island, within the city proper limits thus not directly competing with resort hotels in the island. this is more of a business type, fit for executives. that's why all their rooms are in suite setup. :)

PIA Press Release
04/11/2006
All set for Cebu anti-terror meet


All is set for the First International Conference of Counter Terrorism Experts (CTEC) on April 20-22 at the Shangri-La Mactan Island Resort, Metro Cebu.

Ambassador Ben Defensor, Jr., conference chairperson, said over 30 countries signified attendance.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced this 3-day workshop of counter-terrorism experts during the ASEAN Leader's meeting with US President George W. Bush in the APEC Leader's Summit in Busan, South Korea last November 2005.

Invited are various countries including the World Islamic Call Society of Libya and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Counter Terrorism Committee in New York.

Media will be accredited by the Philippine Information Agency. Please download accreditation form at www.pia.gov.ph. Media ID's will be given at Media Center on site.

Unearthed in SRP? it shouldn't be a surprise since there are so many old structures that are still visible near that area, such as the Heritage Park. speaking of SRP, someone told me (rumors) that Mayor Tom Osmeña insisted of constructing a tunnel rather than an overhead passage way to increase chances of retrieving hidden treasures or some sort undergound. the tunnel would pass below Plaza Independencia and other historical landmarks in old downtown Cebu so chances are really high. interesting...


@rusty

Yup, we actually talked about this during last sunday's meet. But here's an article, I already posted it in the Cebu Heritage thread.

Digging out Plaza Independencia
Published: 30 March 2006


IN the thick of the largest gathering ever of archaeologists in the Asia-Pacific region last week at UP Diliman, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) sent an urgent note to the National Museum (NM) regarding plans for the subway to be built at Plaza Independencia. Conscious of the culture and heritage issues involved in such a project, the DPWH had commissioned in 2002 an archaeological assessment of the site, carried out by a team from NM. That team had recommended the total excavation of the areas to be affected by the project -- literally the entire plaza since three distinct cultural levels have so far been determined to lie beneath, namely: colonial, late pre-colonial and Metal Age. This translates to a period covering from between 2,000 to 3,000 years before present. The three burials uncovered during this assessment are very telling of what lies beneath.


MORE FROM HERE ---> http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/se.../opi/joe_30.htm




@jimbu

It was reported in a news article that bidding will start on April (this month).

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/stitch01_edited.jpg

^^ cebu's premier business districts - the downtown and the midtown.

Osmeña Boulevard (formerly and still popularly known as Jones Avenue)


Facing east
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/osmeaboulevard06.jpg


Facing west
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/osmeaboulevard01.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/osmeaboulevard02.jpg


Denver Clamp, pay P500 immediately to have this clamp released

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/osmeaboulevard08.jpg


Jeepney stop at Central Bank

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/gv02.jpg


At dusk

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/gv03.jpg

from mr. google, a view from the midtown hotel.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/479/a601cebucity9ql.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/stitch01_edited.jpg

i love the panoramic view of the city! i love to see you, see you, see you in cebu..... cebu, cebu!!! :)

bai marki, murag naa na say decent of the "holy one"!!! hehehe!!!!

^^

Sus bai, that's a view from our neighbor's house which is 6-storeys tall. Their lot area is so small so they built such house, rich pod sila.

nindota gud anang view sa ila balay bai arnold! pwede ta mag pa invite sa ila? hehehe!!! nindot siguro diha mag inom inom no while enjoying the view of the city!

^^ maayu lagi unta bai nga mahurot na ang space sa city para wala nay choice but to go up para managhan na ato scrapers. hhe

i agree with u bai marki but if the real estate boom will continue i believe that businessmen would prefer to build high rise/skyscrapers vis-a-vis bungalow ones...

Here's a bayanihan tradition in Bogo, Cebu.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/IMG_1329.jpg

..and what if he meant "no taking pictures."

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/IMG_1330.jpg

bai arnold, gikan diay ka sa bogo? pero mas mo tuo pa ko bai if that picture was taken in Danao.. hehehe!!! :jk:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/PICT53433.jpg


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http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/PICT96088.jpg


Photos by Storm Crypt of Unfinished Journeys (http://storm-crypt.blogspot.com/2005/10/aerial-view-of-cebu-city.html)

31 Oct 05

^^ Stunning aerials, especially the SRP one. ;)

hi sinjin, were u in sm this afternoon?

Nope, why?

thought twas u in french baker...

Cebu Boardwalk update! check out my post at the Metro Cebu Proposals and UC's. :D

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=7993727#post7993727

@dive-Cebu

^^

those were old pictures, i just reposted them.

^^

nice aerials markiiboi, do have bigger versions of these? say 600x800 pixels?

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/PICT5331.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/PICT5325.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/PICT5327.jpg



beautiful aerial shots of Cebu bridges (SRP and 2 Mactan bridges) and seas.
Cebu City looks so clean from above. Downtown has lots of greens kinda like Baguio. :cheers:

some photos from the previous threads

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/cebuayalapano1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/cebuayala1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/fundraiser2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/fundraiser9.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/fundraiser13.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/fundraiser1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/mountain5.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/mountain4.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/paulo5.jpg

^^ i just love the greens within the city man! :okay:

when we went to mt view about 2 years ago, we really have fun on that hanging bridge! we really shook it hard when we're on it. poor bridge. lol. mt. view offers one of the best view of cebu btw.

old photos dba bai marki? just for the the benefit of the new members, mag pic pic kog new pics next time, i love to pic pic gyud :)

oi ka alegre daghan kau pics.. hehe ahak tinuod diay to aerial shot sa south coastal road abi nako miniature :D

english: oh my god :D

old photos dba bai marki? just for the the benefit of the new members, mag pic pic kog new pics next time, i love to pic pic gyud :)


i love pic pic too bai. labi na pink. :hahaha:

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@slimer: bai naa new updates sa CBP?

murag padulong na sad ni sa kimchi ug sushi ah. toinks! txt if dayon tom. after 3pm ok naman ko.

english: kimchi and sushi, good for the body.

Hi Guys my husband and I are planning of visiting philippines again this coming O. I usually just stay in Manila cuz that is where my families are. When we came this past February, we bought a condo unit in Fort Bonifacio. Now i am thinking of Cebu...i heard a lot of great things about it but i haven't been there....we are thinking of buying a property there as well...gusto sana namin condo, if not even a town home...may suggestion ba kayo, it would also be nice if it is a water front property. I am excited na talaga, i think we might just have to check out Plantation bay resort as well, i always see this on TV and I am intrigue on how nice it really looks :)

^^ Cebu would be perfect for a great vacation islandhoney. And there are a lot of waterfront properties that you can choose from. Aside from Plantation bay, you can also try Hilton out.

^^ Cebu would be perfect for a great vacation islandhoney. And there are a lot of waterfront properties that you can choose from. Aside from Plantation bay, you can also try Hilton out.

Yeah I was checking out the pictures, they look really nice....you know we actually have a timeshare that we can use to stay at Maribago Bluewater Resort...do you know anything about this place? Also how is the weather there around end of october???

Actually when i said water front properties, I was also referring to buying a home/condo/townhouse infront or atlease near the beach, maybe you can recommend me some MarkiiBoi since you are the expert in Cebu. :banana:

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Good Evening! OT: Flashlight has sent to me a PM...

sinjin we just arrived here in Cebu a while ago, we are spending the holy week here. Tanong ko lang kung saan pwedeng pumunta para makita namin kung pano mag-celebrate ng holy week ang mga taga Cebu, for example kung may stage plays, at kung anung oras ang Misa sa Bascilica ng Sto. Nino.

Maraming salamat :)

i'll post some pics when i have the time.


Unfortunately, I can't reply to him since I will be very busy. Please do PM him anyone about the info on the cenaculos, etc.

^^ there will be a reenactment of jesus' crucifixion at Guadalupe, Cebu City.. but this is no ordinary reenactment coz there's this guy (he's been crucified for 14 straight yrs already) that will be crucified on a real cross.. i saw his interview in TV Patrol Central Visayas this afternoon..

kaya lang i forgot the date of the reenactment..

Yeah I was checking out the pictures, they look really nice....you know we actually have a timeshare that we can use to stay at Maribago Bluewater Resort...do you know anything about this place? Also how is the weather there around end of october???

hi Islandhoney! Maribago Bluewaters is a pretty nice place to stay. it's a resort hotel. white sand beach, pool, some recreational facilities and GREAT FOOD! :okay: though generally not as good as Hilton Towers or Shangri-la Mactan, i'd guarantee you that it's worth spending your time there while in Cebu. Rainy season in the Philippines start in the month of July but its not like everyday that we're expecting rainfall in October-November ;)

Actually when i said water front properties, I was also referring to buying a home/condo/townhouse infront or atlease near the beach, maybe you can recommend me some MarkiiBoi since you are the expert in Cebu. :banana:

btw islandhoney, Hilton Cebu consists of three towers. two towers for residential condo and one for the outright hotel operation. ;)

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Fellow SSC Cebu forumers,

i regret to inform you that i won't be able to meet up with you today. :( me and my family will be paying our last respects to our granddaddy's brother who passed away recently. we're traveling to the countryside near our vacation home in Daan Bantayan, Cebu. However, i will be available for meet up on Black Saturday until Monday. Looking forward seeing you before going back to Manila.

Best regards,

Rusty



p.s. share ko lang our location thru this map. april 12-13
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/cebupics/apr-loc.jpg

someone sent me a msg, it says something about the owner of Plantation Bay. he claims the owner isn't Cebuano. a rich Ilonggo businessman from Bacolod daw.

http://www.plantationbay.com/Picture/main/joypost.jpg
Brain drain in hotel industry not a problem
The Freeman 04/12/2006

Despite the exodus of Filipino hotel workers to earn dollars abroad after gaining ample training in hotel works in the Philippines, it has not created a ruckus among hotel and resort operators here.

"Philippines is a gold mine of good accommodation or hotel workers in the world. People are easy to train, they learn fast," said Plantation Bay Food and Beverage director Enzo Ciliani.

Ciliani, who returned to the Philippines after taking similar jobs in different hotels in the world, said Filipino hotel staff are the best in the world.

"I lose one, it doesn't matter and it doesn't give me a problem, Filipinos are resilient, it doesn't take long to train them," the Italian hotelier said.

Ciliani worked for Plantation Bay for seven years when it started its operations over a decade ago, but he went abroad, and last worked in a hotel in Egypt.

He said brain drain in the hotel industry here, is not likely to be a problem by the hotel operators.

He admitted that a few of his food and beverage staff have gone to other countries like Dubai, but he said he can immediately find somebody to fill the vacancies.

He added that unlike other nationalities, Filipinos are more kind, approachable, and most of all fluent in English. "This is not the case in other countries," he added.

With Ciliani's come back in Plantation Bay, he said he is trying to highlight Filipino Fiesta culture in food serving, although the five-star resort has several theme restaurants.

Every Monday, he said Plantation Bay will be showcasing a Filipino Fiesta ambiance for the guests' dinner, to go with ballroom dancing to complete display the Filipino way of celebration.

After his seven-year service in Plantation Bay, Ciliani was able to work with other International hotel chain abroad, like InterContinental, Peninsula, and even Shangri-La hotel properties, but now he is back to the Cebuano-owned resort Plantation Bay.

He said Cebu has a great potential to attract more foreign tourists, aside from the Japanese, Koreans, and the Chinese. He said if it has to promote well in European market, and accessibility will be put in place, Cebu could become a vacation haven for the Europeans.

For him, he said Cebu is not an expensive destination, other destinations in world like Turkey is more expensive than Cebu.

Although, he said that Thailand is the popular destination for the wealthy Europeans because of its accessibility.

^^ Si Manuel Gonzales imu pasabot? My friends working at Plantation Bay did not mention about him being an Ilonggo. . .

hey, good day. i'm planning to go to bantayan island with some of my friends, but since i'm not really from cebu (but i'm based here now coz i work here), i don't really know how to get there. can anyone suggest what we could ride going there? and any ideas about the cost?

Thanks in advance!

^^ there will be a reenactment of jesus' crucifixion at Guadalupe, Cebu City.. but this is no ordinary reenactment coz there's this guy (he's been crucified for 14 straight yrs already) that will be crucified on a real cross.. i saw his interview in TV Patrol Central Visayas this afternoon..

kaya lang i forgot the date of the reenactment..

Yeah, he (Gilbert Bargayos) will be crucified on Good Friday itself.

Napansin ko lang that a lot of you papunta ng Bantayan. I haven't been there yet. Maganda ba doon? Why go to Bantayan island, meron namang Mactan island? Does this mean that Mactan is not as beautiful as Bantayan island?

here's a news article about Bantayan today form Cebu Daily News.
punta pa ba kayo ng Bantayan island? Read the second paragraph. Nakakawalang gana naman, no reservations better not come!


‘Bantayan island is overbooked’
Published: 12 April 2006

by Jhunnex Napallacan

The hundreds of visitors that have arrived in Bantayan for the Holy Week festivities have fully occupied the island’s resorts and pension houses, according to Bantayan Mayor Geralyn Escario-Cañares.

Because of this, “kung wa gyud mo’y reservations ug wa mo’y kadangpan diri, mas maayong di nalang mo mopadayon pag-ari (if you have no reservations, better not to come),” Cañares said.

Bantayan is a favorite destination during the Holy Week as it is the only place in Cebu where the Vatican permitted its Catholic faithful to feast on pork even on Good Friday.

While in some parts of the country Catholics are immersed in solemn commemoration, on this island Holy Week means feasts and celebration.

At this time of year, prices of commodities and rental fees for pension houses and resorts usually go up.

Most of the island visitors are locals, mostly from mainland Cebu through Hagnaya wharf in San Remegio, but many visitors also come from Iloilo, Cadiz and Masbate.


Foreigners have also come in increasing numbers.
Cañares said that in Sta. Fe town, the municipal government had allocated a space along the shore where tents could be put up to accommodate additional visitors.

This, however, was not allowed in Bantayan town, Cañares said.

Discos or concerts are also prohibited upon the advice of the priests, she explained.

As of Tuesday, the lady mayor said some Bantayan households have began slaughtering pigs for the celebration.

A papal indult granted by Pope Leo XII in the 19th century allows Bantayan residents to feast on meat even on Good Friday because fishermen at this time of year could not go fishing due to the inclement water conditions.

The Spanish Church obtained a copy of the indult in 1843, 263 years after the erection of the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul in 1580. The indult was later renewed by Pope Gregory XVI.

see you all in Banatayan! I'll be there till Sunday Morning!!!!!

Very exciting news. From what I recall, that area near White Gold has been idle for so long already. Sayang kaayo kay kanang area has a neatly laid out grid of streets. Anyways, I can't wait to see what the Gokongweis will do with the place! :cheers:

Tom eyes "super block" at North Recla Project

Mayor Tomas Osmeña is planning to create a "super block" out of three independent blocks of land at the North Reclamation Project.

The city government also intends to sell its 4.6-hectare property at the North Reclamation Area to business tycoon John Gokongwei who, Osmeña said, has expressed interest in converting the property into a commercial area.

Osmeña said proceed from the sale of this property, which is located beside the White Gold Club, would be utilized either as a standby fund or for payment of the city's loan for the South Reclamation Project.

While there is direct interest from Gokongwei, Osmeña said they would have to follow legal procedures such as the conduct of a bidding. However, he is reportedly anticipating two biddings for the property considering that only Gokongwei is interested to purchase.

If there will be a failure of bidding in the first try, the second may already result to a negotiated purchase of approximately P580 million. Full article (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/FREEMAN200604071805.htm)
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Cebu North Reclamation Area development is unstoppable!

+ Cebu International Convention Center
+ Cebu Doctors University
+ Cebu Boardwalk Mall and Complex
+ Taft IT Park
+ Cebu International Trade & Exhibit Center
+ Proposed Japanese Hotel and Cebu Theme Park

NRA currently has:
SM City Cebu complex
White Gold Club of the Gaisanos
Gokongwei's Robinsons Mall and business center??? wow!

we're just talking about North Reclamation pa lang. unsaon naman lang ni, samot daghan na kaayo masuya. i'm sure ga hilak nato sila samtang nagbasa ani. :hilarious

@Rusty

The owner of Plantation Bay is Manuel Gonzales, a Cebuano (by birth and blood) who is related to the Cuencos here in Cebu...

I'm not sure if he was raised in Manila or in the U.S.

In fact I have a classmate way back college. Manny is his father's brother and they, of course, get free stays at the resort.

nice upcoming hotel..

Dili sad ko palupig! hehehe. Sa Badian ra gud ko. mao ra man ma afford :D

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8419/aprloccopy6ff.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Happy trip na lang sa inyo bai, I hope you'll enjoy your weekend!!!

:nocrook: kita kitz sa beach!!!!! Sa Bantayan din me till Sunday. Sta Fe here we goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :drunk:

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hey, good day. i'm planning to go to bantayan island with some of my friends, but since i'm not really from cebu (but i'm based here now coz i work here), i don't really know how to get there. can anyone suggest what we could ride going there? and any ideas about the cost?

Thanks in advance!

Take a taxi to North Bus Terminal in Mandaue. From there you can choose Vhire Vans or Bus going Hagnaya. For me I always prefer Aircon Bus for comfort. Just be sure you take the one going to Hagnaya and from there enjoy a boat ride to Bantayan island. Bus fare P80 Vhire 100+. Boat fare P150. So a round trip will cost you between 500 to 600 pesos including transport cost in Bantayan. Resort accomodation will cost you between 500 to 1500 a night. This time cottages in Sta. Fe area are already fully booked. But there are so many people just stay party overnight at the beach in tents. Maybe they rented it or brought tents with them rather that stay in the resort. Holyweek in Bantayan is also beach dance party, foods, drinks totally in contrast to other places in the Philippines.

Bantayan Island, Cebu http://www.treklens.com/images/photos/4596/budyong_bantayan_island.jpg
http://www.tourism.gov.ph/images/Explore/Gallery/Big/CEBU/Bantayan-Is.jpg
http://www.visitadventure.com/drift/files/ID372-3130762015bantayan_island2.jpg
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Take a taxi to North Bus Terminal in Mandaue. From there you can choose Vhire Vans or Bus going Hagnaya. For me I always prefer Aircon Bus for comfort. Just be sure you take the one going to Hagnaya and from there enjoy a boat ride to Bantayan island. Bus fare P80 Vhire 100+. Boat fare P150. So a round trip will cost you between 500 to 600 pesos including transport cost in Bantayan. Resort accomodation will cost you between 500 to 1500 a night. This time cottages in Sta. Fe area are already fully booked. But there are so many people just stay party overnight at the beach in tents. Maybe they rented it or brought tents with them rather that stay in the resort. Holyweek in Bantayan is also beach dance party, foods, drinks totally in contrast to other places in the Philippines.

Thanks for the tip! :) I thought I wouldn't get a reply here. well, off to bantayan for me tomorrow. :) Thanks!

Thursday, April 13, 2006
SRP locator to give P500M down payment
By Aurelia l. Castro
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

A Singaporean firm is Cebu City’s biggest potential “pre-approved” locator in the South Reclamation Project (SRP), an official of the Cebu Investments Promotion Center (CIPC) said yesterday.

“This firm wants to put up a highly-automated manufacturing plant and wants to buy 20 hectares. We are really dreaming of this because if it does (locate), then we won’t have to worry about our loan for the next five years,” CIPC managing director Joel Mari Yu told Sun.Star Cebu in an interview.

CIPC is the designated marketing arm of the SRP.

He said Singapore’s Fil-Rich Holdings Corp. will put up the “world’s first” fully automated container manufacturing plant here in Cebu.

“We quoted Fil-Rich Holdings Corp. a price of P2 billion or P10,000 per square meter, and they agreed. All negotiations were done already. We expect to receive their down payment of P500 million after the Holy Week,” he said.

With the purchase of a 20-hectare land at SRP for P2 billion, he said Cebu City government could pay “more than one-third” of its loan from Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

He noted that Fil-Rich Holdings Corp. does not meet SRP’s requirement of 350 to 400 workers for every hectare. However, because it’s a highly strategic firm buying 20 hectares for P2 billion, the land purchase is a “dream” they have sought for, he said.

Fully accredited

He explained that CIPC uses the standard for export processing zones, where potential locators need to hire 350 to 400 persons per hectare. However, it’s not absolute, he added.

Cardiovascular Hospitals of America also wants to put up the first hospital in the Philippines that will be fully accredited by American hospitals insurance system at the SRP.

“There’s no hospital yet in the Philippines, including St. Luke’s or Makati Medical Center, that is accredited by the American insurance system. This will be the first,” he said.

The hospital will require two hectares of land, he said.

In a forum last month, David Paraiso, chairman and director of the Health-care Coalition Institute of Santa Fe Springs, California said aging populations of developed states present tremendous opportunities for countries that can provide retirement homes and medical services to retirees.

Yu stressed that for the country to capture the foreign market of retirees, it has to do some “realigning” of its health insurance system to ensure that Philippine doctors and hospitals can accept the insurance companies and policies of the retirees.

Thursday, April 13, 2006
City Hall planning to construct SRP access road under bridge

Cebu City Hall plans to put up an access road at the South Reclamation Project (SRP), under the bridge connecting mainland Cebu City with Talisay City, said Cebu City Councilor Gabriel Leyson.

Leyson said Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants the access road constructed to enable motorists from Cebu City to make a left-turn in going back.

This was considered because the long drive at the South Coastal Highway after the bridge will not allow motorists to turn left after the last turn toward Kawit Island.

Spillway

Since the access road will be built under the bridge, Leyson said this can also be used as a spillway of the channel during high tide.

There is no approved budget for the proposed access road, but to begin with the plan, the City Council approved last Wednesday the program of works and estimates (Powe) for the proposed sandbagging of base materials at the SRP.

According to the estimates, the City will spend about P7.3 million for the sandbagging of base materials at P31.80 per bag for 230,400 bags.

Leyson said the mayor particularly wants to adopt sandbagging, an old American technology of manually compacting base aggregates, because of cheap manual labor and the technique’s integrity.

Deferred

Meanwhile, the council deferred the deliberation on the proposed acquisition of more properties affected by the access road in Barangay Mambaling to the SRP.

The proposed resolutions authored by Councilor Jose Daluz covers the plan to buy an 86-square-meter lot owned by Felix and Hilaria Ting, another 109-square-meter lot owned by Remedios Tan Romero and a 95-square-meter property of Wilfredo and Elizabeth Chy.

Other separate parcels include those owned by Gabriel Alonzo and Martha Dacuyan. (GAC)

Are they renovating Coral Reef Resort? If so, any pics/renderings on how it looks like? I've stayed there twice.

Cardiovascular Hospitals of America also wants to put up the first hospital in the Philippines that will be fully accredited by American hospitals insurance system at the SRP.

“There’s no hospital yet in the Philippines, including St. Luke’s or Makati Medical Center, that is accredited by the American insurance system. This will be the first,” he said.

The hospital will require two hectares of land, he said.

In a forum last month, David Paraiso, chairman and director of the Health-care Coalition Institute of Santa Fe Springs, California said aging populations of developed states present tremendous opportunities for countries that can provide retirement homes and medical services to retirees.

Yu stressed that for the country to capture the foreign market of retirees, it has to do some “realigning” of its health insurance system to ensure that Philippine doctors and hospitals can accept the insurance companies and policies of the retirees.

great! clearly, SRP doesn't wanna be left behind. whoa sounds like cebu is now going into the realization of becoming a hub for medical tourism.

Are they renovating Coral Reef Resort? If so, any pics/renderings on how it looks like? I've stayed there twice.

Coral Reef Resort has closed down for quite some time but will reopen before the year ends. they're planning to build more african villas and upgrade the resort's facilities. no renderings/pics available for now...

@Rusty

The owner of Plantation Bay is Manuel Gonzales, a Cebuano (by birth and blood) who is related to the Cuencos here in Cebu...

I'm not sure if he was raised in Manila or in the U.S.

In fact I have a classmate way back college. Manny is his father's brother and they, of course, get free stays at the resort.

yeah, i knew it. obviously the spam i got was a poorly executed black propaganda. thanks for that info arnold. :okay:

a news article at sunstar cebu in todays issue, i logged on their online site pero wala ni na article, so i guess this is published only in the paper issue, this is an edited version kay kapoy ug type, hehehe.

Firm to finish Uniwide building, develop area near CICC

The unfinished Uniwide building and its sorrounding area at the Mandaue Reclamation Area will soon be converted into a commercial and recreational center. The city council has given mayor Thadeo Ouano the go-signal to lease the 59,568 square meter city-owned property, including the unfinished building, to Star 168 Inc., which has committed "to construct structures solely commercial, recreational and institutional in nature."

Ouano told SunStar Cebu yesterday that with the lease contract, the city will no longer have to attend to the beautification of this area, which is adjacent to the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC).

Under the proposed lease contract, Star 168 Inc. will lease the property for 25 years at a monthly rental of P8 per square meter or P476,544.

Based on the project plans submitted to the mayor, the firm will pour in a total investment of P160 million for the entire project, which is divided into six phases.

The contract even provides that the firm will beautify and develop the frontage of the leased premises before Oct. 31 in preparation for the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations summit in December.

If completed, Star 168, as well as CICC and Cebu Doctors University, which are both under construction, are expected to propel economic activities at the Mandaue Reclamation Area.

^^ Great news about the defunct Uniwide building.

so sugbuanon will have his worries put to rest knowing this uniwide building will be an eyesore no more. asta si slerz malipay nga wala damha naa na sad laing development, apil pud diay ko, heheheheh. ngil-ad bitaw gyud nang bildinga mura ug tangkal sa baboy nga higante.

with regards to that comment from the media, i don't think it will create a stir as development from each city or town within cebu is complementary and does not initiate competition. even the cebu investment promotion center or cipc, which was initially formulated by the cebu city government during mayor tom's term(if i'm not mistaken) doesn't only market cebu city, but the entire province as a whole. also, mayor tom was the most aggressive among mayors to have the asean summit be held here and it all ended up with mandaue as the main venue, nevertheless no resentment of some degree ever surfaced. that is cebuano!!!

mismo taga cebu city malipay kung naay hotel nga buhaton sa mactan o mall sa mandaue o highway sa carcar...

a news article at sunstar cebu in todays issue, i logged on their online site pero wala ni na article, so i guess this is published only in the paper issue, this is an edited version kay kapoy ug type, hehehe.

Firm to finish Uniwide building, develop area near CICC
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So there maybe more good news that most of us here do not know, i mean for for those relying only on online news like me. maayo nalang na'y SSC. Thanks so much for posting it here, practice typing sab na bai. anyway, i hope Star 168 can finish developing the area in time for the ASEAN summit.

hello... just wana say hi to all of you guys.. im from cebu..graduate of USC college of engineering... been reading your threads for quite some time now.. im currently out of town and will be coming home soon.. its nice reading this site to know the updates of the many developments in cebu... you've been such a good help, all of you... thanks

@Rusty

The owner of Plantation Bay is Manuel Gonzales, a Cebuano (by birth and blood) who is related to the Cuencos here in Cebu...

I'm not sure if he was raised in Manila or in the U.S.

In fact I have a classmate way back college. Manny is his father's brother and they, of course, get free stays at the resort.

in addition to that, i was able to read an article way way back that the owner of plantation bay is really a cebuano. i could no longer recall if he was educated here or in the states, but what's sure is he went to the US and played in the stock market. after several years of trading in the US stock exchanges, he came home and invested his money in what is now known as the Plantation Bay... so please... dream on sa mga tawo nga mangangkon!!!! :)

hello... just wana say hi to all of you guys.. im from cebu..graduate of USC college of engineering... been reading your threads for quite some time now.. im currently out of town and will be coming home soon.. its nice reading this site to know the updates of the many developments in cebu... you've been such a good help, all of you... thanks

Welcome to SSC Philippines! Post away and Enjoy! :cheers2:

hello... just wana say hi to all of you guys.. im from cebu..graduate of USC college of engineering... been reading your threads for quite some time now.. im currently out of town and will be coming home soon.. its nice reading this site to know the updates of the many developments in cebu... you've been such a good help, all of you... thanks

hello there john_3:16! im also from usc, college of arts and sciences. we're glad that you've been reading our posts for quite some time. we'd be very happy to meet u when u arrive here. recently, i met up with some of the ssc-cebu guys. i really enjoyed our conversation, we didn't even notice that twas almost midnight maybe because of the exciting things we discussed about cebu and its development.. hope to hear from u in our cebu thread and just keep us posted... :)

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additional info about manny gonzales of plantation bay:

Emmanuel C. Gonzales - Plantation Bay's Founder and CEO. A former international banker, he was the person principally resposible for the conceptualization, design and construction of the resort. Had his MBA at Columbia University.

guys tanong ko lang kung tuloy yung crucifixion sa Carcar, nakita ko kasi sa isang cable channel last night. Nandito ako sa Cebu hanggang Monday. Thanks ng marami. :)

guys tanong ko lang kung tuloy yung crucifixion sa Carcar, nakita ko kasi sa isang cable channel last night. Nandito ako sa Cebu hanggang Monday. Thanks ng marami. :)

i think most of the active members of this thread are out of town. it seems quiet. i've read in one of the cebu dailies that a crucifixion will be staged at brgy. guadalupe in cebu city.

^^

Yup, "Buhing Kalbaryo" tomorrow starts 11AM at the Cebu City Sports Center after which a reenactment of the stations of the cross all the way to Guadalupe Church.

Among the highlights is the crucifixion of Gilbert Bargayo (I dunno if I got the correct spelling).

thanks guys. i'll be posting some pics soon ;)

Firm to finish Uniwide building, develop area near CICC

The unfinished Uniwide building and its sorrounding area at the Mandaue Reclamation Area will soon be converted into a commercial and recreational center. The city council has given mayor Thadeo Ouano the go-signal to lease the 59,568 square meter city-owned property, including the unfinished building, to Star 168 Inc., which has committed "to construct structures solely commercial, recreational and institutional in nature."



This is good news but I was hoping for the CITEX to rise in that area. Anyway, this is better than none.

i think most of the active members of this thread are out of town. it seems quiet. i've read in one of the cebu dailies that a crucifixion will be staged at brgy. guadalupe in cebu city.

I'm still here, alive and active! :colgate: Anyway, just arrived from Visita Iglesia

^^ Count me too hehehehehe. .. . . .. anyway, any news on CITEX

‘Bantayan island is overbooked’

The hundreds of visitors that have arrived in Bantayan for the Holy Week festivities have fully occupied the island’s resorts and pension houses, according to Bantayan Mayor Geralyn Escario-Cañares.

Because of this, “kung wa gyud mo’y reservations ug wa mo’y kadangpan diri, mas maayong di nalang mo mopadayon pag-ari (if you have no reservations, better not to come),” Cañares said.

Bantayan is a favorite destination during the Holy Week as it is the only place in Cebu where the Vatican permitted its Catholic faithful to feast on pork even on Good Friday.

While in some parts of the country Catholics are immersed in solemn commemoration, on this island Holy Week means feasts and celebration.

At this time of year, prices of commodities and rental fees for pension houses and resorts usually go up.

Most of the island visitors are locals, mostly from mainland Cebu through Hagnaya wharf in San Remegio, but many visitors also come from Iloilo, Cadiz and Masbate.

Foreigners have also come in increasing numbers.

Cañares said that in Sta. Fe town, the municipal government had allocated a space along the shore where tents could be put up to accommodate additional visitors.

This, however, was not allowed in Bantayan town, Cañares said.

Discos or concerts are also prohibited upon the advice of the priests, she explained.

As of Tuesday, the lady mayor said some Bantayan households have began slaughtering pigs for the celebration.

A papal indult granted by Pope Leo XII in the 19th century allows Bantayan residents to feast on meat even on Good Friday because fishermen at this time of year could not go fishing due to the inclement water conditions.

The Spanish Church obtained a copy of the indult in 1843, 263 years after the erection of the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul in 1580. The indult was later renewed by Pope Gregory XVI.

Large crowds prompt Capitol to push bus terminal expansion

THE deluge of people who used the Cebu South Bus Terminal yesterday only underscores the need to expand the facility, according to Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.

She revealed that the Capitol is set to implement anytime now the court order telling squatters occupying more than 30,000 square meters in the terminal to leave for their relocation site.

“We have given them enough time, stretched our patience for so long. Less than 100 ra sila, while hundreds of thousands nga mga taga province nga maoy nanag-iya niini will benefit from the expansion,” Garcia, who inspected the terminal yesterday, told reporters.

Parking space

A farmers’ mall or a shopping complex is being eyed to add to the terminal, but Garcia stressed that the expansion of parking spaces for the buses will have to come immediately after the demolition of structures.

The terminal also posted a 16.3 percent increase in income from January to March this year, compared to last year’s first-quarter figures.

The illegal settlers had vowed to bring the conflict all the way to the Supreme Court. But the governor said that as of now, the Regional Trial Court decision upholding the Capitol’s stand stays.

It is not even the responsibility of the Province to give them a relocation site, but it has offered one, she added. The illegal occupants, however, refused to go to the relocation area in Barangay Kalunasan.

“Wa sila kauyun sa relocation site. Sorry ha, wa man gud mi kakita og condominium, mahal man pud ang Maria Luisa... Usahay man gud malimot ta sa atong kaugalingung responsibilidad ug abusuhan nalang ang kaayo sa tawo (They do not like the relocation site. I’m sorry we failed to find a condominium, and Maria Luisa is expensive. Sometimes people forget their own responsibilities and abuse the kindness of others),” the governor said.

The governor said they still have to find a way of doing expansion without disrupting ongoing terminal operations, considering that the facility is already crowded.

Commended

Meanwhile, the governor commended the terminal management for the rise in revenues.

“I will be happier if this will increase further,” she said.

The terminal earned P19,653,203 last year. Garcia has set a target of P25 million in earnings for this year.

Manny Guial, the terminal’s manager, expects to have more income-generating activities for the facility for the rest of the year, with the small businesses approaching him for space there.

“I gave them the benchmark, meeting the target will be up to their innovativeness and creativity,” Garcia said.

Order invites pilgrims to Via Crucis in Talamban


CATHOLICS are encouraged to observe the traditional pilgrimage that traces the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ this Holy Week.

The Way of the Cross is a series of 14 stations representing key events in the Passion of Christ. One example can be found in the Order of the Discalced Augustinians’ (OAD) formation house in Tabor Hills, Talamban, where pilgrims can make their way up a hill where the different stations are spread out.
But instead of 14 stations, OAD has 16 stations.

According to the OAD regional supervisor, Fr. Luigi Kerschbamer, the OAD Way of the Cross was intended to symbolize Jesus Christ’s walk before He was crucified.

The formation house’s “Stations of the Cross” was opened four years ago, and stays open all year-round.

On Holy Thursday and Good Friday, “it’s like Carbon,” said Kerschbamer of the crowds.

The practice of retracing the Way of the Cross originated in Jerusalem, inspired by early Christians who walked the route on which Christ was taken to Calvary.

From the words of St. Bridgitte who saw a vision of Jesus and His suffering before He was crucified, Jesus received 150 blows on the head, 108 on the stomach and 80 kicks on the shoulders.

More than 600 armed soldiers trailed him during his journey to Calvary. Citing her vision, St. Bridgitte also wrote that Jesus had 20 wounds on the head from blows, 110 gashes on the head caused by a crown made of thorns, and 1,000 wounds on His body.

Meditation

“This is a meditation of the passion and death of Jesus Christ... Doing this is a sign of gratitude because Jesus paid for our sins,” Fr. Kerschbamer said of the practice, in an interview with Sun.Star Cebu.

The Stations of the Cross were built on a steep hill, so the OAD also has a Rosary Garden that contains all the 20 mysteries, where the elderly and those with health problems can pray without the uphill climb.

The first station is at the lower portion of the hill, where the first step of a long staircase starts.

A 33-meter-long millennium cross stands on the 12th station. At the foot of the cross is a framed portrait of relics of the witnesses of Jesus’ Passion and other important items found during Jesus’ lifetime.

Fr. Harold Toledano, the formation house’s master of aspirants, announced that they will have a Holy Week presentation this 7:30 p.m. that is open to the public.

According to Toledano, the play “Kristo Tanging Mahal” reflects the Passion of Christ according to the Gospel of John, and portrays a modern life story of a family that overcomes trials through faith.

At 5 a.m. of each Friday, different groups make their pilgrimage in Tabor Hills but this Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, more people are expected to fill the area.

Apart from retracing the Way of the Cross, Catholics also practice fasting and abstinence during the Holy Week.

On Good Friday, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal is expected to deliver a message during the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral’s Siete Palabras, a meditation on Jesus Christ’s final words.

Two-day processions kick off this evening

Life-size religious images will tour around the city for the traditional processions today (Maundy Thursday) and tomorrow (Good Friday) to commemorate the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ.

The images will be surrounded with elaborate floral decorations and lights on carrozas, usually mini-trucks.

These images that will be brought around the city streets are "Santo Entiero" (Haya ni Kristo) and the "Dolorosa" (Sorrowful Mother Mary).

Images of important characters like the apostle Peter, Mary Magdalene and St. Veronica will be included since some devotees say prayers while following their carrozas.

The first procession, which will start at 6:30 p.m. today, will depict the incidents before Jesus' death, including the betrayal of Judas up to Pontius Pilate's washing of hands.

In Guadalupe, a street play depicting Jesus' passion dubbed "Buhing Kalbaryo" will be held on Friday noon.

On Easter Sunday, parishes have prepared a presentation during the "Sugat" to encourage parishioners and guests to attend the early morning Mass.

Tomas revives plan to privatize CCMC

Two years after Mayor Tomas Osmeña came to the verge of closing down the 45-year-old Cebu City Medical Center, persistent reports of unprofessional attitude of some of its personnel have prompted the mayor to revive and pursue plans to have it privatized instead.

Osmena's renewed threat came after he received reports that CCMC turned down a pregnant inmate of Mabolo Police stockade while on labor.

The mayor said such incident did not only befall upon city constituents but also on his wife Margot's driver who CCMC had refused to attend to, resulting in his death.

"One day, I will have to close it down," Osmeña said while admitting that the city government is currently planning to privatize the hospital.

Osmeña said if the plan pushes through, the city will give instead the city funds to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, which will in turn take over in serving patients from the city.

The main problem of the city over the plan is where to find between P50 and P100 million for retirement and terminal payments of the affected employees, said Osmeña as he emphasized that privatization of CCMC is beneficial to people needing its services.

Two years ago, CCMC was almost closed down when Osmeña gave it only six months more to operate as it was saddled with criticisms of inefficiency, corruption, political intervention, lack of equipment, lack of manpower, and unprofessional attitude of its personne

The mayor "froze" the functions of the CCMC board, and created instead a management team composed of private sector representatives to oversee the hospital's day-to-day operations.

The three-story CCMC was constructed on a 10,000-square-meter lot along South Express Highway. For the past years, it underwent several renovations to its present 200-bed capacity.

It was on April 27, 1961 when the then city council of Cebu City approved Ordinance No. 343 establishing the Cebu City Hospital to serve city residents.

On January 15, 1979 it got its present name after the city council adopted Resolution No. 42 and Ordinance 1019, which mandates the city government to maintain and operate a non-profit general hospital, which will provide adequate medical service to the city's underprivileged residents.

nindota sa ubang taga SSC uy nag-beach man. well we went to church this afternoon and here some pics i took.

GV Hotel

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Sto. Niño Church (lots of foriegners kanina-wala lang nako picturi)

5:00 pm

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/401/imgp12734us.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

5:45pm

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hello... just wana say hi to all of you guys.. im from cebu..graduate of USC college of engineering... been reading your threads for quite some time now.. im currently out of town and will be coming home soon.. its nice reading this site to know the updates of the many developments in cebu... you've been such a good help, all of you... thanks
hi john... i was from usc college of commerce until i transferred here in the US.... anywayz, welkam to scc philippines...

I woke up this morning, my family's nowhere to be found. while having this Holyday feeling, boredome is simply killing me which made me decide to explore the beauty of my island. Although i was born and raised in Cebu City, Lapu-lapu is where my heart/home is. :D for the first time, i walked around the city streets all by myself under the excruciating summer heat :lol: and because SSC is so contagious with the so-called "picture-picture" fever, i never left without my handy-dandy camera. ;)

while the cebu-based forumers are all out-of-town, i hope these'll feast our eyes in the meantime while they're away. :cool:

Lapu-Lapu City in Pictures
April 13 2006
by Rusty18

The First Mandaue-Mactan Bridge
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Marcelo Fernan Bridge (2nd Bridge)
The W-O-R-L-D's longest center-spanned cable-stayed bridge!
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Mactan Marina Mall
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Real Beauty is EFFORTLESS

more photos to come :)

beautiful pics slim and rusty!!!

Sto. Niño Church (lots of foriegners kanina-wala lang nako picturi)

5:00 pm

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/401/imgp12734us.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

5:45pm

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9837/imgp13448hz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

cool, is that the newly renovated facade of the church? very oldish hispanic sumthing gani. payter kaayo :okay: naa pay lamp or lights on the wall!

Marina Mall (from other tread)
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Real Beauty is EFFORTLESS

more photos to come :)

hello again..nice pics...
sure dive, if i have time since im gonna look for work once i get back...
hopefuly i can find work on one of those proposed and on-going projects there since im a civil engineer graduate...
carlos, what part of US are you in right now? im currently in NY visiting my aunt..will be here til early june

im in houston...

wow...i like that area, Mactan Marina Mall. Very nice:okay: Thanks, Rusty and slimer!

John and Carlos, I'm a Carolinian myself too with civil eng background. I'm based in LA.

@Slimer

I was also in Santo Niño Church 5pm... Naa ra diay ka didto? hehe

heres an interesting find on the net, journal of the house from the house of representatives. pero dugay na ni, november 2005 pa.

House Bill No. 4845, entitled:

“AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO MICHAEL G.J. GLEISSNER”


House Bill No. 4857, entitled:

“AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERSEA TUNNEL FROM CEBU CITY TO LAPU LAPU CITY, PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR”

more (http://www.congress.gov.ph/legis/print_journal.php?congress=13&id=117)

another nice article from the net

Cebu Teaches The Other Philippine Cities How To Do It

It was no junket but basically a learning experience. The resilience
and political maturity of the Cebuanos is something we in Pampanga can learn a lot from. It has all the basic elements of a progressive and nearly self-reliant province. It is not surprising why Cebu was given the moniker Queen City of the South. With its facilities and disciplined people, I am not surprised why it is the favorite haven for seminars and conventions. Cebu may not have the cozy climate of Baguio, but the totality of its attractions make it a favorite tourist destination.

more (http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/cebu_glimpse.html)

@Rusty18

Rusty, if you wanna take more pictures especially in SRP, Mandaue Recla or what, text me kay I'm also just here in the city.

Today (good friday), I'll be watching the "Buhing Kalbaryo" here in Guadalupe Church. There will be a live crucifixion of Gilbert Bargayo..

House Bill No. 4857, entitled:

“AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERSEA TUNNEL FROM CEBU CITY TO LAPU LAPU CITY, PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR”

more (http://www.congress.gov.ph/legis/print_journal.php?congress=13&id=117)

This is so interesting. I hope this gets discussed in Congress immediately...

@Rusty18

Rusty, if you wanna take more pictures especially in SRP, Mandaue Recla or what, text me kay I'm also just here in the city.

^^ uys naa ra sad ko diri

^^ Me too... Hopefully I could take pictures of the Mactan Cebu International Airport since I'll be flying to Manila on Sunday. :cry: Sigh, I'll miss Cebu for a month!

^^

sinjin, fundraiser, rusty..

so kita ta tomorrow? just bring your cameras. i'll bring my own transportation tomorrow.

We can go to SRP, then Fort San Pedro, then Cathedral and Santo Niño and then finally at Mandaue Recla.

just text me 0926-8548160

carlos...ic.. top bad we're far away..hehehe
d'transporter, what batch are you? im civil engineering too batch 2005...

i hope they build the bridge from cebu to bohol first... i think it would really make cebu-bohol an even better place for tourism in the country...