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Jimbu

April 26th, 2006, 04:58 PM

North Reclamation lot
to be sold to Gokongwei
Published: 26 April 2006

by Doris C. Bongcac

The Cebu City government is selling a city-owned 4.6-hectare property at the North Reclamation Area to a prominent business family.

Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the Gokongwei family was the only one that showed up during two public auctions organized by the city council’s bids and awards committee offering the lot, known as Block 10, for bidding.

“Now I think the road is clear that we sell the property to them in the amount that they bidded for,” Osmeña said.

The Gokongweis, owners of the Robinson’s chain of malls and supermarkets and the Universal Robina Food Corp., offered to buy the property at P12,500 per square meter.

Block 10, at 4.6 hectares, would cost P575 million.

Once sold, the lot would generate income for the city in the form of taxes, the mayor said.

City Administrator Francisco Fernandez said the city government has already submitted a letter to the Commission on Audit (COA) asking permission to dispose of the property.

The Local Government Code, Fernandez said, requires all local government units to always secure the approval of the COA when disposing government-owned real properties.

The letter, however, has not yet reached the COA head office in Manila, said Fernandez, who traveled to Manila on Monday to follow up the city’s request.

The letter was sent through the COA office in Central Visayas.

“We will be able to finalize the deal in maybe another month,” Osmeña said.
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The mayor, however, expressed frustration at the COA’s processes.

“If we were a private company, we would have been able to complete it in two days,” the mayor said.

EXISTING STRUCTURES
The city currently has several facilities in Block 10: the City Engineering Office, Department of Public Services (DPS), Squatters Prevention Encroachment and Elimination Division (Speed), Mobile Patrol Group (MPG), and the city oil depot.

Osmeña said the Gokongweis have agreed to give the city government two years — starting from the time they pay the city — to vacate government offices now occupying Block 10.

Osmeña said he planned to transfer the affected city government facilities to a portion of the South Reclamation Project (SRP) facing the city's sanitary landfill in barangay Inayawan.

Osmeña said the area in the SRP that the facilities would be transferred to is unmarketable, and would not spell a loss of potential SRP profits.

I hope the Gokongweis will develop this property soon. Because their property in front of Chong Hua Hospital until now still a parking area and no mention when it will be developed.

slerz

April 26th, 2006, 05:42 PM

nop, just a road for vehicles... It can also be used as a term for roads, yan nga ang ginagamit nila sa SRP... ;)

Luap777

April 26th, 2006, 05:45 PM

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Just a few pics I took from "tops" overlooking Cebu City. It really is a beautiful view for all those who haven't been there. We went up there before the sun came up early in the morning. The fog/clouds were so thick you couldn't see anything, then they slowly broke up as the sun came through. Was really amazing.

Jimbu

April 26th, 2006, 06:18 PM

ASEAN Summit Preparations:
MCIAA board prioritizes rehabilitation of airport
The Freeman 04/27/2006

The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority board has decided to prioritize the rehabilitation of the airport and completion of different projects lined-up this year in preparation of the 12th Association for the holding of the Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Cebu this December.

Governor Gwen Garcia disclosed that the board supported the move of MCIA general manager Adelberto Yap to fast track the implementation of the project.

Garcia said Yap briefed members of the board the status of the projects, which include the rehabilitation of the runway, additional tubes, and paving with asphalt the roads leading to the airport.

Yap is also scheduled to brief members of the ASEAN Summit-Cebu Organizing Committee and the National Organizing Committee in a meeting that President Gloria Arroyo will also attend.

Governor Garcia said all committees are expected to submit their respected updates on the preparations for the Summit, while the contractor of the Cebu International Convention Center will also give its report on the status of the construction.

Last month, Capitol infrastructure consultant Apollo Enriquez informed members of the committee that the project contractor has not encountered any problem so far.

Assistant Secretary Phineas Alburo promised to report the status of his inventory of hotels and beach resorts in Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu cities where the more than 4,000 delegates will be accommodated.

Ambassador Marciano Paynor, Jr., chairman of the ASEAN Summit-Cebu Organizing Committee, is expected to brief President Arroyo the overall status of the preparations for the Summit. - Jose P. Sollano

slerz

April 26th, 2006, 06:52 PM

Invest Cebu!

The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry was in Manila at the Hotel InterContinental to launch the Cebu Business Month 2006. Francis Monera, president of the Cebu chamber and Wilson Ng, chairman of the Cebu business Month lead the group. The theme of CBM2006 was Invest Cebu and together with over 20 officers of Cebu chamber were Tomas Osmena, Cebu City Mayor, and Gwendolyn Garcia, Cebu Provincial Governor. There were over 150 top businessmen from the ICT, Tourism, and the Franchising industry.

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Mayor Tom

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Gov Gwen

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Director Dawnie Roa of Tourism Region 7 and Tourism Chairperson Mila Espina.

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The Governor ( left) and the mayor of Cebu ( third from left) with a guest and Carmel Salvador (right), CBM committee on sponsorships.

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kiretoce

April 26th, 2006, 10:28 PM

Battle of Mactan marked today; President at rites
By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.

MACTAN, Cebu - President Arroyo is expected to witness today the reenactment of the historic "Battle of Mactan," the first organized Filipino resistance against foreign invaders on April 27, 1521, at the shores of this town.

Based on the schedule released by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) 7 yesterday afternoon, President Arroyo is expected to watch the reenactment of the fierce battle — dubbed "Kadaugan sa Mactan" — between Mactan Island chieftain Lapu-Lapu and Portuguese conquistador Ferdinand Magellan 485 years ago. Magellan died of wounds during the battle.

President Arroyo will be joined by Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano and local officials of Lapu-Lapu City and Barangay Mactan.

Portuguese Ambassador to the Philippines Jao Caetano da Silva is also expected to attend.

Actors Alfred Vargas and Ramon Christopher will play Lapu-Lapu and Magellan, respectively, while actress Criselda Volks will portray Lapu-Lapu’s wife, Bulakna.

Councilor Damian Gomez, chairman of the Lapu-Lapu City Tourism, Cultural, and Historical Affairs Commission, said that the city government has allocated R1.2 million for the celebration.

The private sector raised more than R400,000 while pledges from other government agencies also reached more than R400,000, he said.

Gomez said owners of beach resorts and hotels in Lapu-Lapu have expressed support by leading a food festival.

Mactan Barangay Captain Paz Radaza, wife of Mayor Arturo Radaza, said they tapped different sectors to assist them with the preparations for the affair, most especially with the scheduled visit of President Arroyo.

After witnessing the reenactment, President Arroyo will immediately proceed to the Naga-Toledo Junction in Naga, Cebu to inaugurate the R785-million Cebu South Road Improvement Project, covering more than 28 kilometers of road improvement.

The four-lane, 11-kilometer stretch from Talisay City to Naga was finally completed after a six-month delay, based on the report of the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Jose Bustamante of the Project Monitoring Office of the DPWH said that the road, a component of the Cebu South Road Improvement Project (CSRIP), under Package 1, was declared as "substantially completed" last Dec. 10 after three deadline extensions.

CwEoBwU

April 27th, 2006, 02:33 AM

^^

Tj, diba Coffee Dream is based in Davao?

The Coffee Shop which closed down as what I've said previously was the one located in Fuente Osmeña which is now a Chowking.

Some coffee shops here:

1.) BOs
2.) Starbucks
3.) Bigbucks
4.) Venetian
5.) Coffee Dream
6.) Milk
..I forgot the others..

Of the six above, I'd say the best would be BOs... second would be Starbucks... Worst would be Milk and Bigbucks... Hehehe, my opinion...

you forgot gloria jean's coffee, which is also an international brand.

actually, it was glenn soco of coffee dream who brought the coffee drinking lifestyle in cebu among all others.

CwEoBwU

April 27th, 2006, 02:34 AM

Yup they have! there are alot of Bo's Coffee Club in major VisMin key cities. Same with Coffee Dream. As far as i know, there is a coffee dream in bohol and in Davao.

they have already conquered manila too!!!

CwEoBwU

April 27th, 2006, 02:50 AM

Cebu ‘grande dame’ back in business

BIZZFIZZ ABS-CBN Interactive
By RENE MARTEL

For almost two decades she was the grandest of grande dames, sitting regally atop a Cebu hill and representing the best in local hospitality. But a series of unfortunate circumstances which followed saw the stately lady loose some of her allure, and she stood forlorn and neglected for a few years.

But that was then, and this is now. After a much needed multimillion-dollar makeover, the erstwhile Cebu Plaza will Thursday open its doors once again for business as the Marco Polo Plaza Cebu and ready to regain its former glory.

For several months a sign outside the hotel has read: "Dress rehearsals. Watch this space." But the dry runs, intensive staff training, the sound of drilling and hammering and the hoardings around function spaces have all ceased to be.

When the hotel—set in 7.5 hectares of lush greenery—swings opens its doors Thursday with a lavish ceremony it will have 329 refurbished guest-rooms and suites. The grand ballroom, built with a permanent stage and 12 multifunction rooms represents approximately 2,400 square meters of function room space that can cater for 2,000 persons.

Cafe Marco, the Hong Kong-based Marco Polo Hotel Group’s signature restaurant, has been created to serve dishes within minutes through four "show kitchens" that showcase the preparation of a la carte and buffet dishes. The mango wood-fired oven at the Pool Bar will be a source of delight for Mediterranean food lovers.

Along with a business center, the hotel will offer broadband Internet access in all guest-rooms, cable television, a travel desk, car rental, airport transfers, secretarial services, local and national daily newspapers, a medical clinic, tennis courts and a fitness center.

Presiding over the Marco Polo Plaza as its opening general manager is seasoned Swiss hotelier Hans Hauri. A graduate of the Swiss Hotel Management School in Lausanne, Hauri has worked in Asia’s hospitality industry for 25 years, and is fluent in English, German and French.

He was general manager for numerous hotels in international chains such as The Hilton, The Peninsula, Shangri-La and Meritus. Prior to joining Marco Polo Hotels, Hauri was GM of JC Mandarin Shanghai, the flagship hotel of Meritus Hotels and Resorts.

Says Hauri: "What we have adds up to an elegant urban resort hotel. We are all very excited to start serving guests and extending hospitality that is distinctly Filipino."

Taking on the task of titillating the palates of its guests is Canadian-born Luke Gagnon who is Marco Polo Plaza’s executive chef. Joining the hotel industry shortly after obtaining his degree at George Brown College in Toronto, Gagnon has over the past 23 years since won numerous awards in food preparation, gastronomic competitions and ice sculpting.

Gagnon brings with him over two decades of culinary experience in prominent establishments such as The Four Seasons, Sutton Place, Westin Harbour Castle, Excelsior and Shangri-La. His enthusiasm is apparent as he establishes the Marco Polo Plaza Culinary Team philosophy: "Management through inspection, not by expectation."

He adds: "As a team we treat others with respect and dignity, and never jeopardize our team’s integrity."

So it’s all systems go for the re-entry to the skyline of this Cebu landmark. And Cebuanos will be glad to welcome back to the fold a hospitality crown jewel from the past, now ready to sparkle and dazzle its patrons once again.

sugbuanon

April 27th, 2006, 03:52 AM

@ luap777 thanx for the pics bai..

philwily

April 27th, 2006, 03:59 AM

fundraiser

April 27th, 2006, 04:24 AM

daming nang hotels, but cebu still needs more! next will be cebu parklane hotel.

OT: nag ocular inspection na ang mga tag iya sa kings island resort, basig sugdan na daw.

another OT: why is cebu always dragged into the picture whenever there are conflicts between cities outside cebu, i dont know if i should feel flattered cause it seems that cebu's development is their model and epitome of success. or if i wanna feel angry because oftentimes, cebu is put on a bad light and theyre using cebu to undermine the other city. i just hope cebu and cebuanos will continue to be humble, we are sensitive to others and most of all we know where we stand, and we know what we have and we always keep our tongue (in this case, our fingers) in check. keep it up cebu!

sugbuanon

April 27th, 2006, 04:27 AM

Must be really pretty and cozy inside. Can't wait to see the lobby... (pictures anyone? Hehe) :)

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took these pics last month.. i was not able to get a clear shot of the lobby coz guards were everywhere.. security in the hotel is so tight..

Animo

April 27th, 2006, 04:28 AM

Wind Shear

April 27th, 2006, 04:50 AM

daming nang hotels, but cebu still needs more! next will be cebu parklane hotel.

Yup. Given that the number of tourists arrivals and as long as there are few hotels operating here in Cebu, the said city continues to experience hotel room shortages.

another OT: why is cebu always dragged into the picture whenever there are conflicts between cities outside cebu, i dont know if i should feel flattered cause it seems that cebu's development is their model and epitome of success. or if i wanna feel angry because oftentimes, cebu is put on a bad light and theyre using cebu to undermine the other city. i just hope cebu and cebuanos will continue to be humble, we are sensitive to others and most of all we know where we stand, and we know what we have and we always keep our tongue (in this case, our fingers) in check. keep it up cebu!

Nah... don't mind them. It's only kids will do that (sarcasm).

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April 27th, 2006, 05:43 AM

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WOW!!! Frikken awesome lobby, frikken awesome pool! the pool is so much better now!! and frikken awesome View! I know where I'm staying when I return to Cebu. Marco polo has done a great job!

philwily

April 27th, 2006, 07:00 AM

WOW!!! Frikken awesome lobby, frikken awesome pool! the pool is so much better now!! and frikken awesome View! I know where I'm staying when I return to Cebu.

Hhehe... nice reaction. :) The lobby is spotless and the floors are shiny. Hope they maintain it that way. Nice view from the pool! :rock:

Super_Cebuana

April 27th, 2006, 07:19 AM

wow!! kanice sa Marco Polo.

Animo

April 27th, 2006, 07:19 AM

By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.

MACTAN, Cebu - President Arroyo is expected to witness today the reenactment of the historic "Battle of Mactan," the first organized Filipino resistance against foreign invaders on April 27, 1521, at the shores of this town.

Based on the schedule released by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) 7 yesterday afternoon, President Arroyo is expected to watch the reenactment of the fierce battle — dubbed "Kadaugan sa Mactan" — between Mactan Island chieftain Lapu-Lapu and Portuguese conquistador Ferdinand Magellan 485 years ago. Magellan died of wounds during the battle.

President Arroyo will be joined by Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano and local officials of Lapu-Lapu City and Barangay Mactan.

Portuguese Ambassador to the Philippines Jao Caetano da Silva is also expected to attend.

Actors Alfred Vargas and Ramon Christopher will play Lapu-Lapu and Magellan, respectively, while actress Criselda Volks will portray Lapu-Lapu’s wife, Bulakna.

Councilor Damian Gomez, chairman of the Lapu-Lapu City Tourism, Cultural, and Historical Affairs Commission, said that the city government has allocated R1.2 million for the celebration.

The private sector raised more than R400,000 while pledges from other government agencies also reached more than R400,000, he said.

Gomez said owners of beach resorts and hotels in Lapu-Lapu have expressed support by leading a food festival.

Mactan Barangay Captain Paz Radaza, wife of Mayor Arturo Radaza, said they tapped different sectors to assist them with the preparations for the affair, most especially with the scheduled visit of President Arroyo.

After witnessing the reenactment, President Arroyo will immediately proceed to the Naga-Toledo Junction in Naga, Cebu to inaugurate the R785-million Cebu South Road Improvement Project, covering more than 28 kilometers of road improvement.

The four-lane, 11-kilometer stretch from Talisay City to Naga was finally completed after a six-month delay, based on the report of the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Jose Bustamante of the Project Monitoring Office of the DPWH said that the road, a component of the Cebu South Road Improvement Project (CSRIP), under Package 1, was declared as "substantially completed" last Dec. 10 after three deadline extensions.

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Super_Cebuana

April 27th, 2006, 07:27 AM

I was watching the battle of Mactan on NBN kanina, and yeah, madam GMA was there, sitting beside madam Gwen Garcia. what I found so funny was that, there were guys in the re-enactment, supposedly Magellan's soldiers, who were bringing pana or bows and arrows. did the early occupants of mactan ever use bow and arrows?? hehehe just asking :D

diz

April 27th, 2006, 08:01 AM

wow! that's alot of gained land..

LordCarnal

April 27th, 2006, 10:28 AM

pnggirl

April 27th, 2006, 10:40 AM

LordCarnal

April 27th, 2006, 10:46 AM

LordCarnal

April 27th, 2006, 11:10 AM

LordCarnal

April 27th, 2006, 11:23 AM

OT: Karon man gud ang 486 ka-tuig na namatay si Magallanes. Wala lang pasag-dahi lang ng mga away-away bunalan nako mo karon ug bratilis na kahoy. :)

---

Jueves 27 de abril de 2006

Hoy hace 485 años que Fernando de Magallanes murió en Mactan.

"El viaje interminable lo lleva a descubrir un inmenso archipiélago,
el de las Filipinas, densamente poblado de aborígenes y rico en oro y
especias. La decisión de desembarcar sobre estas tierras va a costarle
la vida. La tripulación llega a la isla de Mactan, donde es atacado
cuando pone el pie en tierra, por un gran número de indígenas. El
capitán es herido por una piedra lanzada por uno de los asaltantes que
aprovecha de este instante para darle un violento golpe de lanza, por
el cual Magallanes morirá el 27 de abril de 1521".

I'm planning to enrol Spanish at the Casino Español so that I can decipher what Animo is talking about. The mentor will be Cecilia Picornell.. The fee I guess is just the same at P600..

Gomez said owners of beach resorts and hotels in Lapu-Lapu have expressed support by leading a food festival.

I was at the food festival which runs from April 20 up to today.. Some of the food were pretty expensive considering that most of them came from posh hotels like Hilton and Shangri-La. But yummy naman! Hehehehehe//

rustyboi

April 27th, 2006, 11:36 AM

ASEAN Summit Preparations:
MCIAA board prioritizes rehabilitation of airport
The Freeman 04/27/2006

Assistant Secretary Phineas Alburo promised to report the status of his inventory of hotels and beach resorts in Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu cities where the more than 4,000 delegates will be accommodated.

wtf? 4,000++ delegates for the ASEAN Summit? there are like 7,000++ hotel rooms in Cebu. they might need a total of 3,000 rooms for the event. amazing!

OT: nag ocular inspection na ang mga tag iya sa kings island resort, basig sugdan na daw.

whoa! thank u for that pau. if they start constructing the hotel within the year, then it has to be a year ahead of schedule! nice. alright! :D

rustyboi

April 27th, 2006, 11:40 AM

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took these pics last month.. i was not able to get a clear shot of the lobby coz guards were everywhere.. security in the hotel is so tight..

this has always been my fave marco polo pool shot sugbuanon :rock: nindot kaayo ni ipa sagpa sa mga tawong suya-on diri. :hilarious whatever happened to "Lantaw Restaurant"... was in highschool the last time we went there. food was great, romantic view too :)

LordCarnal

April 27th, 2006, 11:45 AM

^^

Let's take another shot of it especially when Citylights Towers 3 and 4 (20-storeys each) have topped off. That would make the scenery look better.

rustyboi

April 27th, 2006, 11:52 AM

^^the best! do u think only Cebu has high-rise buildings on a hill/mountain? can't think of somewhere else in the country.

dive-cebu

April 27th, 2006, 11:57 AM

bo's is a great coffee shop, tam-isan ko gamay sa coffee dream... naa pa bay coffee dream sa cebu doc main, taas sa icu?

naa pa bai. i remember when i visited a friend who was confined there, na kt.an pa to nako...

dive-cebu

April 27th, 2006, 12:11 PM

^^the best! do u think only Cebu has high-rise buildings on a hill/mountain? can't think of somewhere else in the country.

i cant think of any bai except baguio, but of course it's baguio. tanan bukid... :)

dive-cebu

April 27th, 2006, 12:17 PM

Yahoooo, Marco Polo Plaza Cebu is formally open! Indeed Cebu's getting better and better each day!

List of Cebu's Premier Hotels/Resorts (in any order):
1. Marco Polo Plaza Cebu
2. Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino
3. Cebu City Marriot Hotel
4. Shangrila Mactan Resort and Spa
5. Hilton Cebu
6. Waterfront Mactan
7. Plantation Bay Resort

please feel free to add... i know there are many more!

rustyboi

April 27th, 2006, 12:20 PM

nice! thanks for all the infos arnold. if ever Filinvest wins the bidding, SRP could be the next Filinvest Corp. City :D btw, isn't Megaworld bidding for this project too? :)

shadow_can2003

April 27th, 2006, 12:25 PM

Whats that buildings behind Marco Polo? Any picture of Marriot Hotel? Thanx!

LordCarnal

April 27th, 2006, 12:38 PM

^^

Citylights Gardens Condominium Towers 1 and 2. Construction of towers 3 & 4 is also ongoing. :)

LordCarnal

April 27th, 2006, 12:41 PM

^^

I don't have any idea about it rusty18. :)

sugbuanon

April 27th, 2006, 01:08 PM

this has always been my fave marco polo pool shot sugbuanon :rock: nindot kaayo ni ipa sagpa sa mga tawong suya-on diri. :hilarious whatever happened to "Lantaw Restaurant"... was in highschool the last time we went there. food was great, romantic view too :)

haha kaw jud resty..

bout the lantaw restaurant.. they'll start renovating the place once they're done with the hotel.. the last time i went to marco polo that was 3 weeks ago there were still workers doing finishing touches on the hotel..

sugbuanon

April 27th, 2006, 01:12 PM

Whats that buildings behind Marco Polo? Any picture of Marriot Hotel? Thanx!

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richard fischer

April 27th, 2006, 07:19 PM

sorry, although it does not suit here, does anyone have an aerial of north reclamation area ?

Jimbu

April 27th, 2006, 07:37 PM

Friday, April 28, 2006
Plans for Malapascua to benefit resorts too
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If the development plan of Malapascua will be carried out, the island located in the Municipality of Daanbantayan will be the first “organized” tourism attraction in Cebu Province.

According to Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 Director Patria Aurora Roa, the development of Malapascua, one of the top 10 diving sites in the Philippines, includes the drafting and implementation of a zoning plan.

“(If carried out), there will be zoning in the island. Unlike here in Cebu and other areas, which do not have master plans (and) establishments are located anywhere. We would like to avoid that kind of scenario in Malapascua and other tourism sites,” she said in an interview on the sidelines of the Manila launch of the Cebu Business Month 2006 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati last Monday.

Of the top 10 diving destinations in the Philippines, four are located in Central Visayas, said Roa. These are: Malapascua and Moalboal in Cebu; Apo Island in Dauin, Oriental Negros; Balicasag Island in Bohol.

Demolition

The development plan of Malapascua Island involves the demolition of sea walls, ripraps, cottages and other structures that are inside a 30-meter easement, which is from the point reached by seawater during high tide up to 30 meters inland.

Roa said this should not discourage prospective investors from doing business in the island.

“The structures that will be demolished are those violating the law, which has been there since 2002. They will just have to follow the rules,” Roa said.

Earlier, resort owners complained against the municipality’s implementation of the 30-meter easement zone in the whole island. Several cottages of 22 resorts in Malapascua are found in the easement zone.

There are 48 resorts in Malapascua.

Task force

Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, after witnessing the growing garbage problem in Malapascua, said she will also assign a task force to oversee the development of the island.

In a separate interview, Hong Kong-based businessman Carlos Yeung, who is married to Cebuano Mari-quita Salimbangon, earlier said he will develop his 30-hectare property in Malapascua into a resort.

“Cebu is booming, and the best industry in Cebu is tourism. Cebu has a lot of potential. Many people in Hong Kong want to come to Cebu (which) is already known to the world,” he said. (JBN)

Jimbu

April 27th, 2006, 07:43 PM

Friday, April 28, 2006
City status for Naga, Carcar

The towns of Naga and Carcar in southern Cebu may be converted into cities before next year’s elections.

Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, 1st district) announced yesterday that the proposals may be taken up by the Senate when sessions resume next month or in July.

“We are hopeful,” he said, adding that there are 23 pending proposals for cityhood.

Gullas said the House of Representatives already approved the creation of the 23 cities during the 11th Congress, whose term ran from 1998 to 2001.

However, the proposals were set aside because of the impeachment trial of former president Joseph Estrada.
Gullas said the petitioners already appeared before the Sen. Alfredo Lim, chairman of the Senate committee on local government, so the proposals will be taken up.

Naga Mayor Valdemar Chiong said the town is “ready” for cityhood.

With an increase in the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), Chiong hopes to bring more services to his constituents once Naga becomes a city.

The first-class municipality, he believes, has among the highest budgets among the towns in Cebu Province.

Naga operates on a P100-million annual budget, 55 percent of which go to basic services.

Carcar Mayor Patrick Barcenas said aside from an increase in IRA, becoming a city would bring in more residents to the town, resulting to an increase in revenues.

It would also result in an increase in real property values, bringing more income to Carcar.

However, Gullas said that although the law on the creation of cities was amended before the term of the 11th congress ended, he believes the 23 proposals, including Naga and Carcar, were already considered approved.

“The principal author hurried (Sen. Aquilino) Pimentel Jr. to regulate the creation of cities,” he said.

Pimentel succeeded in having the law amended that a town or a cluster of barangays need to have an average annual income of P100,000, excluding the IRA, before it could become a city.

The previous requirement was only at P20,000, including the IRA.

Gullas said Carcar and Naga would not qualify under the new requirement.

He revealed that when he became majority floor leader in the 11th Congress, he approved the conversion of 31 municipalities into cities under the old requirement.

“We became 115 (cities). (Pimentel told me) that it’s too much,” he said.

“What’s the problem? If they qualify, let’s make them into cities so that these municipalities will get a bonanza in the IRA. That’s why Talisay got a bonanza,” said Gullas, who was former Talisay City mayor.

Talisay’s cityhood in 2001 is being questioned by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, Gullas’ political foe.

If Carcar and Naga would become cities, their IRA would increase drastically.

Chiong said Naga has, at present, an IRA of about P50 to P60 million. Barcenas, for his part, said Carcar gets an IRA of P75 million annually.

Cities get an IRA share of about P180 million to P200 million, Gullas said.

Under the Local Government Code, a town has to have at least a P20 million average annual income for two consecutive years, and a population of 150,000 or land area of at least 100 square kilometers.

Animo

April 28th, 2006, 02:04 AM

I'm planning to enrol Spanish at the Casino Español so that I can decipher what Animo is talking about. The mentor will be Cecilia Picornell.. The fee I guess is just the same at P600..

Nice! I'll help you start now. :)

Jueves 27 de abril de 2006

--> You can understand this right? Kasabot man diba pareha lang na ug Cebuano. ;)

Hoy hace 485 años que Fernando de Magallanes murió en Mactan.

--> "Hoy" in Spanish means "today" o "karon". In Spanish too "o" is "or" in English and "o" in Filipino. Sayon lang diba? :) This sentence said that: "Today is the 485 years that Ferdinand Magellan died in Mactan. The Spanish word "morir" means dead. Isipa "morgue" pareja na sa English ug Spanish. I have that word italized because its Spanish.

"El viaje interminable lo lleva a descubrir un inmenso archipiélago,
el de las Filipinas, densamente poblado de aborígenes y rico en oro y
especias. La decisión de desembarcar sobre estas tierras va a costarle
la vida. La tripulación llega a la isla de Mactan, donde es atacado
cuando pone el pie en tierra, por un gran número de indígenas. El
capitán es herido por una piedra lanzada por uno de los asaltantes que
aprovecha de este instante para darle un violento golpe de lanza, por
el cual Magallanes morirá el 27 de abril de 1521".

When you first start reading Spanish phrases. Look for words that you know in English, Tagalog, and Cebuano. It will help you learn and be able to understand.

Mao sa ni karon. :cheers:

Wind Shear

April 28th, 2006, 02:10 AM

Animo, I self-studied Spanish during my high school years and augmented my Mexican friend. The tenses makes me crazy. :nuts:

Some Spanish words pala:

morir - (v.) to die
morirá - (v.) he/she died
golpe - (n.) blow (thus the Tagalog loanword gulpi)
lanza - (n.) lance
rico - (adj.) rich
oro - (n.) gold
tripulación - (n.) crew (thus the Tagalog loanword tripulante)

Wind Shear

April 28th, 2006, 02:38 AM

then how about that municipality(s) between danao and liloan?

The place between Lilo-an and Danao? It's Compostela.

c0kelitr0

April 28th, 2006, 04:00 AM

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1632/6655134cac02c2b0c2bg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/910/115791988b6c1755fb8b0hl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/4192/863299191ce402e9dd0uk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

mao rani ako nakit-an fhoy.. pwede nani?

thanks marvz! ;)

demented_pigeon

April 28th, 2006, 04:25 AM

The place between Lilo-an and Danao? It's Compostela.
there you have it. they can put EK there.

LordCarnal

April 28th, 2006, 04:34 AM

ryanr

April 28th, 2006, 04:44 AM

where in that aerial shot is the entrance to the "subway"?

philwily

April 28th, 2006, 04:44 AM

There's a lot of newspaper articles about SRP, and I read a lot about it here, but when will actual construction start? I mean, what's delaying the development? Just curious. :)

Btw, well-deserved thread for SRP. :)

LordCarnal

April 28th, 2006, 05:04 AM

@GreyX

The tunnel is going to start at this marked point (yellow).

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SouthRoadProperties/srp_banner_SSCSRPThread02_tunnel.jpg

LordCarnal

April 28th, 2006, 05:08 AM

Dvorak

April 28th, 2006, 05:16 AM

any news on the exhibition game between the ex-NBA stars w/ Dennis Rodman vs. the San Miguel All stars headed by Allan Caidic, Hector Calma, Vince Hizon, etc?

LordCarnal

April 28th, 2006, 05:22 AM

^^

I wasn't able to see it. Tickets were sold out na. They're also going to have a game at Araneta right?

Dvorak

April 28th, 2006, 05:30 AM

yup sa Monday pa.. pero against PBA players..

wala man lang news regarding the game last night?? wala din sa mga newspapers..

^^

I wasn't able to see it. Tickets were sold out na. They're also going to have a game at Araneta right?

Sinjin P.

April 28th, 2006, 06:42 AM

demented_pigeon

April 28th, 2006, 06:51 AM

richard fischer

April 28th, 2006, 08:03 AM

^^

@RichardFischer

I'll try but I cannot assure you. The North Reclamation Area was a project done decades ago and all of the lots there are privately owned already so I guess there's no recent or even old aerial pics for it to be promoted or what.

Here are some trivia about the North Reclamation Area. I got this from a newspaper article and I hope my memory is correct:

- The North Reclamation Area (NRA) was a project undertaken by a private Cebuano company headed by Sergio Osmeña Jr.

- The lots at the NRA was supposed to be "leased" only. Prospective locators were given a definite period of time as to when to construct their buildings.

- The NRA, also known before as Cebu Port Centre was supposed to become some sort of a neo-city. There would be provisions for a public park, a new public market, an area for commercial establishments, some theaters and restaurants, etc.

- During the Marcos years, the NRA was sequestered by the national government like what happened to ABS-CBN of the Lopezes and other related businesses. Sergio Osmeña Jr. was a political enemy of Marcos and was a symbol of the opposition in Cebu.

- The Public Estates Authority (PEA) was then created to manage the NRA. Before, there was no government agency that directly handled reclamation projects.

- The lots at the NRA were then sold to individuals whom Mayor Osmeña recently called as "having a distorted sense of investment" because instead of building a structure they just made the lots lie idle waiting for its value to appreciate. This is the reason why the NRA looks like a wasteland to some; in fact, some parts of it are slowly becoming an urban slum.

..It was because of this that Mayor Osmeña promised that whatever happened to the NRA will NEVER HAPPEN to the SRP. The city government now has been very careful with regards to the "potential locators" that want a piece of the SRP. The mayor further promised that the SRP will be teeming with economic activity just like any other special economic zones.

very acurate professional explanations, thank you very much arnoldsa !

philwily

April 28th, 2006, 08:11 AM

of what bro? the SRP itself or that tunnel? :)

The SRP itself. :) It's just that I read lot of updates regarding interested investors, but there seems to be no actual development happening... :( Or maybe i'm just too impatient. :bash:

ryanr

April 28th, 2006, 08:17 AM

@GreyX

The tunnel is going to start at this marked point (yellow).

thanks, bro:)

LordCarnal

April 28th, 2006, 09:18 AM

philwily

April 28th, 2006, 10:00 AM

^^ - Thanks arnoldsa. Very informative. :) When I arrived in Cebu, the papers always carried articles (squabbles, delays) about the SRP. :)

Well, I'm just anticipating what the SRP will look like after the structures have been placed. I do hope actual construction starts within the year (as said in the article). :)

pnggirl

April 28th, 2006, 10:24 AM

Guys, gubot kaayo cdo thread. Away dvo vs. cdo. Btw, hows the construction of the following : Cebu Boardwalk Mall, Crown Regency Hotel, CICC and the unfinish Uniwide bldg. (nagstart na ba ang Star 168 to finish it).
Any update guys ? Muawaaaahhhhhhhhh. :rock:

tagacebuako

April 28th, 2006, 12:34 PM

Mga bai, since im away from Cebu for a quite sometime , and i have not been yet sa Elizabeth mall , how big is the mall? The floor area ?

sugbuanon

April 28th, 2006, 02:46 PM

^^ murag si sinjin ra maka answer sa imo pangutana bai.. :)

Unicef to make Cebu City street kids program a model

CEBU CITY - An official of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said the international agency wants to make Cebu City's program for street children and minor offenders as a model not only for other provinces but for other Asian countries as well.

Colin Davis, Unicef senior program officer, said they are impressed with the achievements of the Cebu City task Force on Street Children (CCTFSC), particularly its non-formal education and health services for street kids.

Davis said they also found remarkable the coordination between the Cebu City Government and a network of non-government organizations working together for the cause of children in the city.

He said he believes CCTFSC has a lot of successful projects that other local government units can learn from because of its 20 years of experience in taking care of out-of-school youth, street children, children in conflict with the law and abused children.

"They're all very good, very well established and very focused on their cause. It's about the only one I've seen that's gone a little step further to provide other services like Internet access to street children. It's this going an extra mile, going one step ahead of the others that makes them different and interesting,” Davis told reporters here on Thursday.

Davis specifically lauded the task force's barangay-based diversion program for minor offenders and the dynamic leadership in Cebu City in the area of programs for children.

Unicef and Canadian International Development Agency (Cida) officials were in Cebu to monitor the initial results of the implementation of the Sixth Country Program for Children (CPC 6).

Some components of the city's program for children receive an annual funding of close to P 9.3 million from the two agencies.

Lawyer Aleberto Muyot of the UNICEF’s children’s justice committee said local government units are not the only ones interested to learn from Cebu City's experience.

In the past three years, various government agencies and NGOs from Mongolia, Bhutan, Indonesia, Malaysia and China have been coming to Cebu and have been coordinating with Unicef to learn more about the programs of the task force and the Cebu City Government, he said.

"Most of the time, we do not just sell the program for children here as the Cebu City model. We're selling the ideas and the program as model for Unicef," Muyot said.

shadow_can2003

April 28th, 2006, 03:07 PM

Maribagu Island Resort was featured in ANC a while agO.
Ang ganda pala dun. :D

sugbuanon

April 28th, 2006, 03:19 PM

^^ yup it's one of the best resorts in mactan.. probably next to shangrila and plantation bay.. :)

demented_pigeon

April 28th, 2006, 03:26 PM

i hope the current owners dont sell plantation bay, call me stupid but it really brings pride whenever there is a world class resort owned 100% by filipinos.

flashlight

April 28th, 2006, 03:40 PM

Just want to share some pics of my holiday at Cebu last Holy Week :)

Taken from Marriott Cebu City

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday153.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday150.jpg

Guadalupe Church

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday179.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday185.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday187.jpg

sloid

April 28th, 2006, 04:18 PM

Just want to share some pics of my holiday at Cebu last Holy Week :)

Taken from Marriott Cebu City

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday153.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday150.jpg

How ironic, just coz it's holy week the surroundings look like something holy is gonna happen too. lol. nice pictures.

john_3:16

April 28th, 2006, 07:32 PM

Ayala affiliates to implement more infra projects at mall, Asiatown IT

A series of expansion buildings and a lagoon will soon dot the landscape of Asiatown IT (Information Technology) Park.

This was revealed by Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI) president Jose Rene D. Almendras during CHI’s annual stockholders’ mee-ting at the City Sports Club Cebu.

CHI subsidiary Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC), on the other hand, will start constructing “in a few weeks” annex buildings of the Ayala Center Cebu. The project is scheduled for completion in March 2007.

CPVDC will start building a lagoon at the IT Park by June or August next year. The project is projected to cost P870 million.

Retail spaces

The multi-level annex buildings, which Almen-dras described as a “series of retail spaces,” will house 50 various retail outlets based locally and internationally. At the first floor of the building would be Rustan’s Supermarket.

Although Almendras admitted that the buildings’ schematic diagram is hard to explain because it has yet to reach its final stage, he said that they “are making sure that the enhancement to the malls is very Cebuano.”

“It’s really a nice place to shop, to walk around in, to sit in and to just spend time in. You’ve never seen anything like it,” he said.

Nature

Since CPVDC would bring in a “nature component” to the buildings, shoppers can expect to hear birds chirping and water rushing while they shop.

The annex buildings will also feature an area where social events and functions can be held.

Strong demand promp-ted CPVDC to expand its retail business.

“For three years, people have been wanting to open new stores in the mall,” Almendras said.

He said there are pending applications of 111 merchant stores. By November, they can open their shops to the public, he added.

He predicted that the annex buildings would generate “very strong” sales grosses. “You’ll just have to look at our annual report,” he said.

Last 2005, CHI posted a 12-percent growth in its retail business with gross sales of P371.8 million, while CPVD revenues reached P50.3 million, up 14 percent over that in 2004. (UP Mass Comm Intern Arrah Camillia Quistadio)

Jimbu

April 28th, 2006, 07:46 PM

Saturday, April 29, 2006
Cebu has enough rooms for Asean summit guests

Both the national and local organizing committees of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit already decided on the theme and the logo for the event.

Also, the summit now has an official website, which will be officially launched with the logo in August.

The theme will be “One Caring and Sharing Community.” The logo, meanwhile, will be 10 sampaguita flowers on seven leaves. Each flower represents the 10 member nations of the Asean while the leaves stand for the seven participating nations.

The official website will be www.12aseansummit.gov.ph and this will also be launched on Aug. 8 along with the logo.

Hotel space

Also in yesterday’s meeting, organizers found that Cebu now has enough rooms for the guests.

Last month, during the meeting of the Cebu Organizing Committee, authorities still had problems on hotel rooms for the guests.

Ambassador Marciano Paynor, who presided over the meeting, had said he will be meeting with hotel managers and finance officers to let them commit more rooms for the Asean Summit.

“We can fully meet the requirements with some more to spare,” Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, the co-chairman of the National Organizing Committee, said after yesterday’s meeting.

The construction of the Cebu International Convention Center, which will be the venue of the summit, is two weeks ahead of schedule and Capitol is even expecting to increase its lead.

Garcia said that as co-chairman, she defined a rule during yesterday’s meeting. “As co-chair, I’m picking up my cue from the first syllable which is co. Meaning, we will coordinate, collaborate and cooperate.”

She also reiterated that Cebu will deliver, being the chosen venue for the historic event.

Proud host

“It is the Philippines that is the host of the summit and we are very proud and privileged to have been chosen as the venue. I said that as governor, I know that I speak for all Cebuanos. I say that we are grateful to the President for having chosen Cebu and this enormous vote of confidence will be repaid by us by delivering when needed, as needed,” she said. (MBG)

john_3:16

April 28th, 2006, 07:47 PM

NBA Legends entertain
By Rommel C. Manlosa
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

Dennis Rodman, the star attraction of the all-star show, grabbed rebounds, dived for loose balls and stayed true to himself to the thrill of the 5,000 fans who witnessed the “Bad Boy Tour.”

The rest of the foreign visitors were just as impressive – and entertaining – as Rodman’s crew, collectively known as USA Basketball Legends, annihilated the SMC All-Stars, 124-94, Thursday night at the Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex.

Rodman and his fellow ex-National Basketball Association (NBA) stars did most of the entertainment part, while the rest of the team, players from the NBA Developmental League (NBADL) led by Olu Famutimi, did most of the scoring.

Dunks

Famutimi wowed the crowd with his display of slam-dunks, varying from a simple two-handed slam to acrobatic 360-degree dunks. He also got help from spitfire guard Kareem Reid and flashy Marion Allen.

Rodman scored only five points on a jumper, a ditsy-do and split free throws. However, he had 17 rebounds, an assist and a block to go with one turnover in 34 minutes of play.

Rodman’s intensity was on display in the first three quarters but he did not see action in the entire fourth quarter, where Famutimi and his NBADL buddies put on the finishing touches to the blow-out game.

At one point, Rodman dived for the loose ball and rammed into the press section under the court. The 6-foot-7, 230-pound Rodman slammed into Sun.Star Cebu’s Karlon Rama, ABS-CBN’s Naomi King and The Freeman’s Cyril Camporedondo.

Rama and Camporedondo were unhurt but King suffered a small cut on her left hand because of the collision.

Rodman did what he used to do in the NBA: during the halftime break, he took off his shoes not minding his white socks were soiled; he did stretching before plunging into action, and when he was on the bench, Rodman veiled his head with a white towel.

The other Legends

NBA Legends’ Alex English, an NBA scoring champion in the 1980s, seemed to have lost his touch despite scoring 11 points. Darryl Dawkins, famous for his rim-breaking dunks in the 70s and 80s, could no longer execute a dunk but was more effective clowning around and showcasing skills as a Harlem Globetrotter.

While former dynamo Calvin Murphy was finally slowed down by age. Otis Birdson and Sidney Moncrief opted to sit on the bench and call the shots for the team.

Against the aging NBA Legends, the SMC All-Star, made up of former Philippine Basketball Association stars, looked good, erecting a 20-10 edge on Allan Caidic’s two triples.

Fresh legs

When Moncrief infused fresh legs into his line-up, Famutimi, Allen, Collin Boddicker and Chad Wilkerson responded by quickly taking a 28-24 lead, 1:33 left in the opening quarter.

Caidic and Tony Boy Espinosa canned back-to-back triples as SMC regained the lead, 34-32, with 10:17 in the second before Rodman scored his first basket at the 10:01 mark and Famutimi made his first dunk at the 8:19 mark for a 36-34 lead.

The SMC All-Stars’ last taste of the lead was at the 6:47 mark when Peter Martin, Ato Agustin and Chris Bolado connived for a 40-36 edge. It was all Legends show from thereon as the Americans took the half, 67-51.

The SMC All-Stars also had their share of dunks courtesy of Peter Martin, who scored his first basket over Rodman. Martin, however, regretted having stuffed the ball.

“Nakakahiya na sundan (I fell embarrassed trying to imitate their dunks),” said Martin grinning. “I’d rather watch Famutimi do his stuff.”

Famutimi topped the game with 33 points, Allen added 25 and Reid scored 13. Caidic and Agustin topped the SMC All-Stars with 17 points each.

On Monday, the NBA Legends will play against a team from the PBA at the Araneta Coliseum.

USA Legends (124) – Famutimi 33, Allen 25, Reid 13, English 11, Boddicker 10, Rodman 5, Dawkins 5, Murphy 4. SMC All-Star (94) – Caidic 17, Agustin 17, Espinosa 7, Martin 6, Bolado 6, Pacheco 6, Magtulis 5, Jose 5, Sta. Maria 4, Jarencio 3, Loyzaga 2, Cordero 2. Quarters: 30-28; 67-51; 94-74; 124-94.

xDieselJockx

April 28th, 2006, 09:05 PM

[QUOTE=arnoldsa]@GreyX

The tunnel is going to start at this marked point (yellow).

QUOTE]

The tunnel will go under the water? Just like the tunnel in NYC?

dabert

April 29th, 2006, 01:13 AM

CHI, CPVDC incomes up due to tourism, IT

Ayala - affiliate Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI) has attributed the positive growth of its subsidiary companies in Cebu to the growth of the province’s tourism and information and communications technology industries, among others.

During CHI’s annual stockholders’ meeting at the City Sports Club-Cebu yesterday, CHI president Jose Rene Almendras said CHI’s total net income last year increased to P117.3 million from P90.6 million in 2004.

Retail

CHI’s retail business, the Ayala Center Cebu, grew 12 percent with P371.8 million in gross income.

“A contributor to this growth was the success that Cebu achieved in tourism in 2005 as tourist arrivals grew by 21.3 percent.

Ayala Center Cebu became the shopping haven for both domestic and foreign tourists on top of its growing A, B and C+ target markets,” Almendras said.

The growth in Cebu tourism also brought in last year a significant share of the market for the Cebu City Marriott Hotel, which is 37 percent-owned by CHI. The hotel maintained an average occupancy rate of 86 percent.

Sales

With regard to CHI’s real estate development business, operations at the Cebu Business Park and the Asiatown IT (information technology) park registered combined sales of P109.5 million from commercial lots, representing a 12 percent growth compared to the year-ago level.

Leasing revenues contributed by CHI-subsidiary Cebu Property Ventures Development Corp. (CPVDC) reached P50.3 million in 2005, up 14 percent over the previous year’s results.

“This can be attributed to the vigor of BPOs (business process outsourcing), which spawned a significant area of additional office spaces at Asiatown,” Almendras said.

“As Cebu positions itself as a highly competitive destination for global IT locators, Asiatown IT park continues to secure its significant share of opportunities related to IT and IT-enabled services,” he added.

The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has identified tourism and ICT as Cebu’s sunrise industries, which will put the Province in the international map.

Almendras earlier told reporters that these industries are “the lights after the tunnel.”

sugbuanon

April 29th, 2006, 05:05 AM

@ flashlight ganda ng effects ng pics mo.. holy talaga ang dating.. thanx for sharing :)

sugbuanon

April 29th, 2006, 05:47 AM

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8549/img00827rq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

ayala center cebu

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1/img04305qe9bn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

sm city cebu

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1706/img04616lr0bc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

gaisano country mall

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5576/img04954uv4cx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

robinson's place cebu

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8804/img02791nm6ab.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

jy square mall

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4049/img05087yp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

mango square mall

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4189/img04657gg5xe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

elizabeth mall

sugbuanon

April 29th, 2006, 05:57 AM

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9316/764390780ffd20f396o2dm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

banilad town center

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7950/img04728iy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

raintree mall

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8738/img04910xp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

st. patrick's square

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6121/img04562qn6ow.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

northgate center

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5270/x21sc1be.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

one acacia place

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5028/img03750vw3lk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the forum

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8785/img05171ib5qa.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

coco mall

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3945/img05058jg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

century plaza

dive-cebu

April 29th, 2006, 09:05 AM

mga bai, lingaw kaau ang :bash: :bash: :bash: pinukpukay sa cdo thread! it took me around 30 minutes to read the whole thread (#3)... pero mas nalingaw ko sa comment ni bai marv: butangi! producers feed sad diay ka marv? :)

dive-cebu

April 29th, 2006, 09:38 AM

P201M FOR MACTAN
Wider roads for routes to hotel resorts

ROADS leading to two plush resorts in Mactan, Cebu will be widened, not just asphalted, for the arrival of ASEAN delegates billeted there this December. Lapu-Lapu City officials yesterday were able to draw a pledge from President Gloria Arroyo to release P201 million more to widen narrow roads in Mactan where foreign heads of state will pass on their way to their hotels in Shangri-la Mactan Island Resort and Spa, and Hilton.
read story: http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_cdn/2006/apr/new/apr29_01.htm

LordCarnal

April 29th, 2006, 10:21 AM

And judging from the angle of the pics, I think I was just a few feet away from the one who took these pics.. Hehehehehe...

Just want to share some pics of my holiday at Cebu last Holy Week :)
Guadalupe Church

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday179.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday185.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/flashlight_/April2006Holiday187.jpg

LordCarnal

April 29th, 2006, 10:58 AM

MarkiiBoi

April 29th, 2006, 11:46 AM

SRP Zoning

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3953/srpzoning20sv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Kawit Island Development

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6619/kawit4fw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

tagacebuako

April 29th, 2006, 12:01 PM

:dunno:

LordCarnal

April 29th, 2006, 12:09 PM

tagacebuako

April 29th, 2006, 12:09 PM

Good evening mga bai.

LordCarnal

April 29th, 2006, 12:36 PM

^^

Nice photos of some of the commercial establishments here Marvin. I really like the architecture of all those buildings! Very pleasing to the eyes.

Judging from those pics, SM City and Ayala Center are really, no doubt, the biggest malls outside the capital.

I also like the architecture of this JY Square Mall, very western!
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8804/img02791nm6ab.jpg

sugbuanon

April 29th, 2006, 01:17 PM

^^ jy is also one of my favorite buildings here in cebu.. pero sayang ky gamay siya

mga bai, lingaw kaau ang :bash: :bash: :bash: pinukpukay sa cdo thread! it took me around 30 minutes to read the whole thread (#3)... pero mas nalingaw ko sa comment ni bai marv: butangi! producers feed sad diay ka marv? :)

haha mao lagi dave ako nalingaw sad ko basa2 sa ila lalis didto.. nag apil2 pa jud si valium samot nuon ka gubot.. gubot pa sa lukot.. dili ko producer div.. popular feeds ko.. :D

JAMAICUS

April 29th, 2006, 01:37 PM

^^^ How big is that business-commercial area of SRP?

sugbuanon

April 29th, 2006, 01:44 PM

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4783/colon0038bg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

haha gnina ra ko kabalo naa sad diay koy branch sa downtown..

shadow_can2003

April 29th, 2006, 01:45 PM

pakitranslate naman :lol:

rustyboi

April 29th, 2006, 01:45 PM

haha mao lagi dave ako nalingaw sad ko basa2 sa ila lalis didto.. nag apil2 pa jud si valium samot nuon ka gubot.. gubot pa sa lukot..:D
ga ya-ya lang gyud abugan ato, nagparis lang to ni madam mas taas! :hilarious

sugbuanon

April 29th, 2006, 01:48 PM

^^ haha mayng iparok ang mga ulo sa gutter resty..

pakitranslate naman :lol:

which one? my last post? :D

translation: ngayon ko lang alam na my branch pala ako sa downtown..

ang yaman ko talaga may sariling bangko ako.. hehehe

rustyboi

April 29th, 2006, 01:57 PM

Jimbu

April 29th, 2006, 03:30 PM

CHI to invest over P1.0B
for Ayala mall expansion
Published: 29 April 2006

by Irene R. Sino Cruz

CEBU Holdings Inc. (CHI) will be investing over P1 billion for the expansion of the Ayala Center Cebu, company president Jose Rene Almendras said.

The expansion is in two stages, the expansion building that will house Rustan's Supermarket and the lagoon area development, Almendras said.

"CHI will strengthen its retail rental portfolio by 17 percent or an additional 13,500 sq.m. of space at Ayala Center Cebu," he said during the annual stockholders' meeting held yesterday morning at the City Sports Club.

The lagoon development alone will cost P870 million while the expansion building at the former passenger jeepney terminal will cost over P200 million, he added.

The expansion building will have two basements and three levels, with Rustan's Supermarket occupying the ground floor, according to Cebu Holdings operations officer Celeste Bernardine Dy.

According to Dy, the other two floors will be occupied by retail firms. "We're looking at around 50 additional merchants."

The expansion building, which will be connected to the main building, will have a total space of 7,000 sq.m., with 2,000 square meters alloted to Rustan's Supermarket.

On the other hand, the lagoon area development will comprise a number of multi-level buildings that would carry a novel concept, Almendras said.
"You've never seen anything like it. It's not a mall anymore. It's a lifestyle. You can shop, walk around, sit in, spend some time in it. You will be closer to nature. You can sit down, hear water coming through and birds chirping. There will be an open area," he added.

The lagoon development will also include a good venue for events, such as concerts, that could accommodate quite a good number of people, Almendras said.

The construction of the expansion building will start in a few weeks and Rustan's will be operational before the end of the year, he said.

Almendras said the expansion building will be fully occupied by the time it is open since there are 111 pending applications for mall spaces. "They have been waiting for three years," he said.

He noted that the demand for commercial spaces - from Manila-based, local and international retail firms - has been going up.

"The demand is strong. Our retail is very strong. The growth is fantastic. I think the merchants in the mall are happy. Sales growth is very strong," Almendras said.

He noted that the Ayala Center Cebu's gross revenues have reached P371.8 million.

"We are making sure the enhancement to the mall is very Cebuano. There's a place for the tourist, a place for family. It's along those lines," Almendras pointed out.

CHI's net income in 2005 grew to P117.3 million, up by 30 percent from the previous year's P90.6 million, he said.

The company's gross revenues rose to P690.2 million. Aside from the P109.5 million contribution from the mall, the company also earned P109.5 million from the lot sales in Cebu Business Park and subsidiary Cebu Property Ventures Development Corp. and P50.3 million from eOffice rentals.
Amara, the company's seaside residential project, also registered P189.7 million in gross sales.

He noted that the overseas Filipino workers market accounted for 27 percent of Amara sales.
Almendras told stockholders that the price per share has more than doubled from 0.98 centavos in the first quarter of 2005 to the present P2.

He added that the price per share has increased by more than 500 percent over the 0.38 centavos in the first quarter of 2001.

LordCarnal

April 29th, 2006, 03:31 PM

I really don't have any idea, I hope Slerz can answer this.. :dunno:

LordCarnal

April 29th, 2006, 03:37 PM

Jimbu

April 29th, 2006, 04:01 PM

^^

The expansion in a "few weeks" finally. :)

I hope they can also build a second Ayala mall at the SRP as what they previously planned.. :)

The expansion would now bring the total floor area of the mall to over 120,000 sq.meters.

I'm really excited to see how this lagoon looks. i hope anyone can find the rendering soon.

On the other hand, the lagoon area development will comprise a number of multi-level buildings that would carry a novel concept, Almendras said.
"You've never seen anything like it. It's not a mall anymore. It's a lifestyle. You can shop, walk around, sit in, spend some time in it. You will be closer to nature. You can sit down, hear water coming through and birds chirping. There will be an open area," he added.

The lagoon development will also include a good venue for events, such as concerts, that could accommodate quite a good number of people, Almendras said.

D'Transporter

April 29th, 2006, 05:24 PM

D'Transporter

April 29th, 2006, 05:26 PM

Here is a typical McDonald's here in the US

http://www.rehobothtoday.com/McDonalds/images/storeRonopt80.jpg

edifice_complex3

April 29th, 2006, 08:42 PM

Here is a typical McDonald's here in the US

http://www.rehobothtoday.com/McDonalds/images/storeRonopt80.jpg

This looks familiar. Is this somewhere in Vermont St.?

overtureph

April 29th, 2006, 10:04 PM

Viewpoint : Drinking the pond dry

First posted 00:38am (Mla time) April 25, 2006
By Juan Mercado
Inquirer

Editor's Note: Published on page A12 of the April 25, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

FOUR years of foot-dragging by Cebu City bureaucrats are causing an Ayala-led multinational consortium to consider junking investments for water in the country’s most parched metropolis.

Button-down Ayala Corp. is usually bland. But in the latest discussions between the decrepit Metro Cebu Water District (MWCD) and Ayala and Stateland Inc., it candidly states: “Potential co-investors… might withdraw from the project.”

Submitted in 2002, the Joint Venture Consortium proposal would funnel 50,000 cubic meters of water daily from Carmen to the city, a distance of 39 kilometers. Metro Cebu’s daily demand for water now exceeds 275,000 cubic meters. The MCWD provides only over 100,000 cubic meters, although it serves less than half of city households. It loses 38 percent of the water to theft and leakages.

City Hall can’t afford JVC-type projects. A quarter of its budget pays devaluation-bloated yen loans for Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s South Reclamation Project, which is water short.

No other credible investors are around. Investments for water “waned after publicized financial losses incurred in concession contracts in Manila, Jakarta and Latin America,” the Asian Development Bank notes. The ADB is convening 200 experts at the end of May to address this concern.

A consortium pullout would confirm findings by the “Philippine Cities Competitiveness” survey that among 13 metro cities, Cebu trailed at “ninth in responsiveness to business needs.” The cities of Davao, Makati, Marikina and Muntinlupa ranked ahead of Cebu, the Asian Institute of Management study added.

“Frogs do not drink up the pond in which they live,” an old Inca proverb says. “In Cebu City, the sustainable capacity of its small (180 sq km) aquifers has been exceeded 3.6 times, and 7.4 times in Mandaue,” studies by the USAID, Delft University and ADB show.

Water tables are slumping. E-coli bacteria from human and animal waste have shut down some wells. Others are turning brackish -- a sign that salt water is seeping into emptied aquifers.

“The saline water edge has penetrated three kilometers inland,” says the Water Resources Center which tracked salination since 1973. “It is moving at the rate of 100 to 150 meters per year.” Contamination now brushes against the foothills.

Osmeña’s administration “never worked its way through to a comprehensive urban policy,” the Cebu Daily News noted. “Water, garbage, land use and others remain policy black holes.”

Results careened between the bizarre to pathetic. Osmeña earlier proposed a snow-fed Lake Arrowhead of California, which serves 25,000 people, as model for Cebu’s tropical watershed, which serves over a million. “He reminds us of a line from Acts of the Apostles on Pentecost Sunday,” the Sun Star said. “This man is not drunk, as many seem to think. It is only nine in the morning.”

Ricardo Cardinal Vidal and civil society got President Fidel Ramos to issue Proclamation 1074 to correct falsified maps because Osmeña couldn’t be bothered by the issue. His partisans dominate the MCWD.

The mayor stomps on dissent, compounding policy flaws. The city council is a “harem of eunuchs” unable to fiscalize. “What Osmeña wants, Osmeña gets,” GMA Network television commentator Bobby Nalzaro notes.

Trapped in this policy vacuum was the draft agreement on the JVC proposal. Negotiated over three years, it was anchored to the Dublin Conference Principle that water is an “economic good.” It becomes available when a “fair return” is ensured for investors.

In the fourth year of talks, a new set of MCWD consultants scuppered the draft agreement with new demands: decrease volume delivery to 42,000 cubic meters per day, scrap joint management rights in the event of a default by the MCWD, etc. “The voice is that of Jacob, but the hands are those of Esau.”

Time loss, inflation, and spreading aquifer damage, meanwhile, take their toll. The new conditions result in “a return on investment lower that what was approved by government,” the summary notes. So, has City Hall left this serious investor no other recourse but to pick up its marbles?

The ADB’s 12-volume study “Water For All” notes that politicians all over the region try to curry favor with voters by shoving water bills below production cost. The result is less water from shoddy service. “Water utilities … cannot cover even maintenance and operational costs.” It locks firms into obsolescence as “they cannot generate funds for expansion.

There is no substitute for water. So, governments must “create an environment conducive for successful public and private investment,” the ADB says. The first major step: “Establish credible regulatory frameworks devoid of political interference.”

Asia has successful examples in Singapore’s Public Utilities Board, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority and Manila Water Inc., the ADB points out. In Manila, the Ayala firm expanded its coverage from 325,000 to 593,000 households, installed water taps for 138,000 indigent families, reduced costs of water by 29 percent with a reduced staff, ensured 24-hour service -- and made a fair profit.

“Experience shows that a principal impediment to accessing financing for the water sector is the absence of good governance,” the ADB points out. “The reverse is likewise true. Good governance can lead to increasing financial viability and consequently improving access to finance.”

That’s Cebu, all right.

Copyright 2006 Inquirer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

http://news.inq7.net/opinion/index.php?index=2&col=110&story_id=73621

ewh1

April 29th, 2006, 11:11 PM

That looks so beautiful. Look how blue the water is and how sunny the sky is. Perfect day to relax there

dabert

April 30th, 2006, 03:59 AM

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/04/30/article_172367_april130.jpg
source: Sunstar Online (April 30, 2006)

mga bAi, chui lagi ni nga pic... di just diay mu last ang first impression, coz i thought it wasn't cebu at first.. hehe :D

LordCarnal

April 30th, 2006, 05:20 AM

LordCarnal

April 30th, 2006, 05:33 AM

It's funny because here in the US, when I see those kind of buildings I think of it as an Oriental Modernist design

I see a lot of those styles in Korea town here

aha, so that must be the correct description -so korean, or say, so Japanese.. :) funky buildings indeed. :rock:

D'Transporter

April 30th, 2006, 06:23 AM

This looks familiar. Is this somewhere in Vermont St.?

I just googled it, so I really don't know.

xDieselJockx

April 30th, 2006, 07:52 AM

Those are very nice pictures arnoldsa. I hope the city of cebu will maintain all these. It's something Cebu really can be proud of.

ivanc

April 30th, 2006, 10:28 AM

kuyawa sa usc main! after improving the front side walks by putting green and orange floor tiles, they put up several lamp posts and palm trees.

maayo untag more building owners here in cebu will follow usc's lead and start to improve the areas within their premises.

fundraiser

April 30th, 2006, 12:28 PM

kumusta na mga peeps dinhi? 2 days at the beach! and i have tons of pic. from the beach we went to gilutungan island, a fish sanctuary kuno, nag snorkel, there was a school of fish na akala ko corals, and i saw a fish that looks like nemo pa. and i think i saw tito mikes' (gleisnner) yacht, toinks. in olango island naman there are floating restaurants pala. dami rin kumakain, mostly yung mga nag island hopping and nag scuba diving. pics coming soon.

fundraiser

April 30th, 2006, 12:31 PM

patikim pa lang to. i personally took these pics karon lang hapon. bahalag malikot ang pumpboat, pero para man gud sa ssc and cebu, hehe.

the hilton mactan
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/port16.jpg

one of the top ten resorts in ASIA. shangrila mactan
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto13.jpg

good neighbors.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto27.jpg

shadow_can2003

April 30th, 2006, 01:05 PM

fundraiser

April 30th, 2006, 01:20 PM

3 lang po ang towers, operational na po, both ang condo and the hotel tower.

shadow_can2003

April 30th, 2006, 01:24 PM

3 lang po ang towers, operational na po, both ang condo and the hotel tower.

Ok salamat sa info.! More SC's naman dyan. :lol:

LordCarnal

April 30th, 2006, 02:10 PM

Which is which?

Is Hilton composed of six buildings or just two buildings?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/port16.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto27.jpg

fundraiser

April 30th, 2006, 02:37 PM

actually, 3 main towers ra gyud na sila, pero tungod siguro sa design sa building kung tan awn sa lain na angle mura gyud ug six.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto25.jpg

and this could be gleisners yacht. not sure though
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto15.jpg

the chapel of shangrila mactan
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto17.jpg

gilutungan island, a great place for snorkeling
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto21.jpg

a lonely island in the vicinity of olango
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto22.jpg

LordCarnal

April 30th, 2006, 02:50 PM

fundraiser

April 30th, 2006, 02:54 PM

it was anchored on the same site man gud, in front of hilton, and it looks like the same yacht na ginamit nila when they had a pictorial underwater for a calendar. basin sad ug dili, i forgot the name of the yacht man gud.

the floating restaurants (there are about 5 or 6 of them) in olango.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto23.jpg

pumpboat docking area bringing foreign and local tourists, ing ani ka daghan ang mag snorkel sa gilutungan.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto19.jpg

sushis
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto20.jpg

LordCarnal

April 30th, 2006, 03:00 PM

ok, nakakalibog din pala ang pictures, hahahaha...

From the beach front, these two buildings seem to have the same height. But from another angle, the other building is shorter! :bash:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto25.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/Hilton02_mactan.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/Hilton01_mactan.jpg

LordCarnal

April 30th, 2006, 03:07 PM

^^

Bai, where's the mini-pier in Mactan going to the outlying islands located? Is it still beside Vistamar? Because the last time I went to Olango around 5 years ago pa, the docking area was at a makeshift pier just beside Vistamar. And how much is the fare going to Olango or Hilutungan? Before it was around P20 - P30.

fundraiser

April 30th, 2006, 03:13 PM

nakakita kog mini pier beside vistamar, naa sad mga tao didto so i guess didto gihapon ang area. sa fare, wala raba ko kabalo bai kay gi service man gud ang pumpboat.

Jimbu

April 30th, 2006, 03:37 PM

thanks for the pics. nice shots. i've never been in hilutungan. ok man diay diha.

Jimbu

April 30th, 2006, 06:19 PM

Lumad Basakanon bags title plus P1M in Aliwan festival
The Freeman 05/01/2006

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/01/17/article_160248_01-17-2006.jpg
Lumad Basakanon brought pride to the Cebuano community when it was adjudged grand champion last Saturday in this year's Aliwan Festival held in Manila.

The Lumad Basakanon of Cebu City, that bagged several championship titles in this year's Sinulog Mardi Gras, was the official representative of Region VII to compete with other groups from different regions in the dance contest.

The Aliwan festival is an annual cultural event that brings together almost all major festivals from various regions of the country. The festival was spearheaded by Manila Broadcasting Company, together with the cities of Manila and Pasay and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Former councilor George Rama, the head delegate of the Lumad Basakanon, said that there were 28 participating contingents and that they were the last performer to compete in the national championship, which kicked off from April 27 and culminated last April 29.

Aside from the prestige, the group received P1 million, Rama said.

Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will endorse to the city council the passing of a resolution declaring the Lumad Basakanon of barangay Basak as the official dance troupe of Cebu City.

Osmeña added that the Lumad Basakanon will represent Cebu City in all cultural events nationwide, giving significance to the promotion of the Sinulog festivity.

Lumad Basakanon first joined the Sinulog Mardi Gras in 1991 and won top prize in the barangay division.

In 2005, the group was adjudged grand champion in the Free Interpretation category. They also bagged the Best in Costume and Best in Musicality awards.

However, in 2006, the Lumad Basakanon failed to grab a spot in the Free Interpretation category, but landed first in the street-dancing category.

Through the years, talents were discovered. Most importantly, the group served as an avenue for young people to engage in activities that proved effective in keeping them away from drugs and other vices, Rama said. - Garry B. Lao

slerz

April 30th, 2006, 06:30 PM

slerz

April 30th, 2006, 06:42 PM

Downtown Cebu

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/tchdsk4.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/tchdsk3.jpg

Jimbu

April 30th, 2006, 06:42 PM

sloid

April 30th, 2006, 06:50 PM

Downtown Cebu

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/tchdsk4.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/tchdsk3.jpg

ka nindot jud sa cebu uy.. gi mingaw na kog samot.

slerz

April 30th, 2006, 06:52 PM

^^kayasa sad gud bai jimbu, gubot man sad diay ang site tungod sa mga comments... saon :bash:

Jimbu

April 30th, 2006, 07:14 PM

^^kayasa sad gud bai jimbu, gubot man sad diay ang site tungod sa mga comments... saon :bash:

lagi. sobra sad diay nang aliwan uy giawayan man. abot naman ug ilok :lol:

Jimbu

April 30th, 2006, 07:20 PM

This is the first time that the Cebu City’s Sinulog Festival is fielding a contingent for the Aliwan Fiesta.

The Champions
http://static.flickr.com/34/104237944_d04d3f8c7c.jpg

Photo Credits:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightsurge/104237944/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightsurge/104238040/

jivlou77

April 30th, 2006, 08:25 PM

congrats tribu basakanon...
Cebu once again proves that it is the Mother of all Festivities in the philippines... long live Sinulog Cebu Philippines....
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Jimbu

April 30th, 2006, 08:32 PM

Monday, May 01, 2006
Cebu IT development spurs real estate infra

DESPITE the country’s unstable political climate last year, Ayala-controlled Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC) managed to grow its net income by 7.5 percent to P33 million from P30.7 million in 2004.

This positive growth, which the company has attributed to the income generated from lot sales and lease from firms located at the Asiatown Information Technolgy Park (AITP), is one of the manifestations that Cebu is nearing its goal of becoming a hub for information technology (IT) and IT-related services, CPVDC chief operating officer Francis Monera said.

Hotspot

“Cebu, with its urban conveniences, yet relatively tranquil environment, is fast becoming a hotspot for IT and IT-enabled businesses,” he said during the company’s 2006 stockholders’ meeting at the City Sports Club Cebu last Friday.

To emphasize the world-class quality of Cebuano IT professionals, Monera cited one of AITP’s locators, NCR Cebu Development Corp., which produces software for point-of-sales-machine.

Software

“(When you) travel to the US, Australia and Europe, and you get to transact with the so-called fastlane self checkout terminal—a self-service machine used in supermarkets in these countries—the operating system of that machine can very well be the work of a young software designer at the NCR of our Asiatown,” he said.

AITP, the first IT park in Southern Philippines, is a project of CPVDC, a subsidiary of Ayala Land Inc.-affiliate Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI).

“AITP is host to companies which represent a good mix of software research and development, business process outsourcing companies and contact centers, bringing in millions of pesos in investments and employing thousands of people,” Monera said.

These companies include Globe Telecom, NEC Software Philippines, Tsuneishi group of companies, NCR Cebu Development Center, Epson Precision Philippines Inc., PeopleSupport Philippines Inc., eTelecare Global Solutions, Dash Engineering, SPI Technologies and Versagraphix Design Philippines Inc.

More space

To meet the increasing demand for office spaces, two more buildings were constructed last year at AITP. These were results of the company’s investor-matching program, wherein CPVDC facilitates talks between a possible investor and a lot owner at AITP.

More office space will soon be available, as Primary Industrial Property Corp. (PIPC) and Skyrise Realty and Development Corp. (SRDC) are in the process of constructing their own buildings.

SRDC, which bought three lots in 2004, is completing the construction of an eight-level building with about 15,500 square meters available for rent.

PIPC, the contractor of the Engineering and Sciences Building, has also started constructing its second building that will have a total area for lease of 16,000 square meters.

PIPC bought two more lots with a total area of 2,854 square meters last year. Last year, the company opened a retail strip, which included a variety of restaurants, a coffee shop, a convenient store, IT shops, a spa and a dental center. (JBN)

Animo

April 30th, 2006, 09:09 PM

I need your votes! Forumer for the Month of April! Please! :bow:

Thank you very much!!! :okay:

Link: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=333341&page=1&pp=25

This would be the last day!!! :)

Tabang sa wala pa naka-boto! Iboto nako ninyo karon na mahuman!!! :cheers:

CwEoBwU

May 1st, 2006, 12:06 AM

Asiatown IT Park to host more BPOs, commercial outlets for IT locators
By -- MARITES S. VILLAMOR
Visayas Bureau Chief
Business World

Cebu City -- Asiatown IT Park will soon host at least 31,500 square meters of additional leasable office space for business process out-sourcing (BPO) and other technology-related companies, a hotel and additional commercial establishments that support the infor-mation technology (IT) industry.

Francis O. Monera, newly elected president of the Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC), said they have also started plans to develop a 5-hectare portion of the 24-hectare park.

CPVDC, which developed Asia-town, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cebu Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI).

"We’re still in the conceptual stage. We’re looking at more com-mercial lots. Another option is to temporarily put up e-Office build-ings there. Or it could even be a Serendra. We’re still calibrating the market," he said.

An e-Office is a pre-engineered one-storey modular building sys-tem that caters to IT companies while Serendra is a 12-hectare residential development in the Bonifacio Global City.

CPVDC is pushing for a hotel, a residential development and commercial establishments that operate 24/7 to support the grow-ing IT community at Asiatown. One of the lot buyers has informed CPVDC that he was going to build a hotel.

Mr. Monera said he was not privy to the details. He said the hotel will be constructed on one of the four lots that they sold only in the first quarter of this year.

"This is a very interesting trend. We sold only three lots last year. We’re only in our fourth month this year and we have already sold four lots -- one will be a hotel while the three others will be office build-ings," Mr. Monera said.

Aside from the five-hectare development, Mr. Monera said they will start the construction late this year of an e-Office building that will house units 12 to 15. The e-Office units 1 to 11 are occupied by NEC Telecom Software Phils., Inc., PeopleSupport Phils., Inc., Tsu-neishi Technical Services (Phils.), Inc., Epson Precision (Phils.), and NCR Cebu Development Center.

"We have very serious negotiations with one company that is interested in leasing units 12 to 15," he said. He declined to identify the company, but said it’s a foreign IT-related company with operations in the Philippines.

CPVDC will spend around P70 million for this new e-Office build-ing, which will have about 4,000 square meters of office space. Each e-Office unit is 1,008 square meters.

Lot owners Primary Industry Property Corp. (PIPC), and Skyrise Realty and Development Corp. are constructing separate buildings that will provide a total of 31,500 square meters of additional office space for BPOs and other IT-related companies at Asiatown.

PIPC, which purchased two other lots last year, has completed its Engineering and Sciences Building and has started work on its second building which will provide a gross leasable area of 16,000 square meters. Sky-rise Realty, which bought three lots in 2004, is completing an eight-storey building that will have a gross leasable area of 15,500 square meters.

Meanwhile, Mr. Monera said they will renovate The Village which ceased operations when its lease contract expired in December 2005. "The commercial center business group will operate a retail component that will include chill-out and specialty shops designed to operate 24/7 to serve the unique needs of this growing [IT] population," he said.

Among the possible establishments that would occupy the new commercial center are spa and wellness centers as well as restaurants and bars.

With the increase in leasable space and additional support facilities, Mr. Monera said they were confident that Asiatown will attract more locators.

In 2005, Mr. Monera reported to stockholders that CPVDC gene-rated P121.8 million in revenues from the sale of two lots and e-Office rentals. Net income rose 7% to P33 million. The company distributed cash dividends of P0.80 per share towards the end of 2005, Mr. Monera added.

Super_Cebuana

May 1st, 2006, 02:08 AM

congratulations, Lumad Basakanon!! ^_^ sus, no. 1 nasad ang cebu, pastilan! hehehe :righton:

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 02:15 AM

summer in cebu!

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

Super_Cebuana

May 1st, 2006, 02:32 AM

sa portofino na sya, fundraiser noh? nindot na kaayo, gi-improve jud nila :D

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 02:54 AM

yup! portofino na, heres another shot.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/2a913f6b.jpg

dabert

May 1st, 2006, 03:44 AM

Asiatown IT Park is booming with developments already... i hope that hotel which is stated in the article will be highrise.. maybe 20 to 30 (or even more) floors..
and a few meters from this booming park is another park which is our very own cebu business park which is already being sprouted with highrise buildings, some of which are now being constructed with foundations while others are still on the blue prints..
Not far from this rapidly changing business district is the fuente osmeña, housing 4 highrises, 2 of which are on its skeletal stage..
nah, este, na saag na ko da, hehe.. :D

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 03:50 AM

- this post is bound to edit, content already posted, hehehe -

CwEoBwU

May 1st, 2006, 03:53 AM

Asiatown IT Park is booming with developments already... i hope that hotel which is stated in the article will be highrise.. maybe 20 to 30 (or even more) floors..

a former colleague of mine who works in a software dev't company at asiatown mentioned that their visiting japanese counterparts, oftentimes, hardly get reservations in cebu city's hotels. instead, they go to as far as mactan hotels and even 'the not so' famous ones, just to find a room. that scarce especially during the peak seasons.

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 03:54 AM

Improving customer service raises advantage of Ayala mall - CHI exec

Ayala Center Cebu (ACC) is also the first mall in the Philippines to obtain certifications for ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001 for standard of quality, ISO 14001 for environmental management and OHSAS 18001 for standard on health and safety.

more (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/05/01/bus/improving.customer.service.raises.advantage.of.ayala.mall.chi.exec.html)

Super_Cebuana

May 1st, 2006, 04:02 AM

@fundraiser, the best time to go to Portofino, para nako, is weekdays. la gyu'y tao. hehe I love what they have been doing to the resort, a lot of improvements, most especially the kiosks, the beach front. very good!

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 04:22 AM

sugbuanon

May 1st, 2006, 04:49 AM

summer in cebu!

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

nindot na lagi ang portofino.. mga bago na na cottages paulo kana naa sa atubangan? wala paman na sila sauna..

salamat sa mga pics..

dive-cebu

May 1st, 2006, 04:52 AM

bai marv, pau, sa leftmost side sa pic ^^ , naa building under construction.. unsa na sya?

tagacebuako

May 1st, 2006, 04:53 AM

and pueblo de oro, developer of a business park in cagayan de oro will be developing another real estate property here in cebu

Good news for Cebu, bai fundraiser asa man dapit sa Cebu ( Lahug area? Srp ba ? ) ? :dunno: :dunno:

tagacebuako

May 1st, 2006, 04:55 AM

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 04:59 AM

@ div, vista mar na i have pics here

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto28.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto18.jpg

@tagacebu wala ko kabalo, kay sa classified ad ra man ko nakabalo regarding their project in cebu, they need a project assistant, pero the office of pueblo de oro is in mactan

@sugbuanon, last year naa naman na sila mga white structures. basin sad ug panindoton pa gyud na nila for the SkiN FHM this may 6, ehehehe.

sugbuanon

May 1st, 2006, 05:01 AM

bai marv, pau, sa leftmost side sa pic ^^ , naa building under construction.. unsa na sya?

mura kato na condo sa vistamar div.. tanawa sa cebu U/C thread naay pics sa vistamar na gipost si fundraiser..

tagacebuako

May 1st, 2006, 05:01 AM

[QUOTE=CwEoBwU]Asiatown IT Park to host more BPOs, commercial outlets for IT locators
By -- MARITES S. VILLAMOR
Visayas Bureau Chief
Business World

Cebu City -- Asiatown IT Park will soon host at least 31,500 square meters of additional leasable office space for business process out-sourcing (BPO) and other technology-related companies, a hotel and additional commercial establishments that support the infor-mation technology (IT) industry.

Francis O. Monera, newly elected president of the Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC), said they have also started plans to develop a 5-hectare portion of the 24-hectare park.

CPVDC, which developed Asia-town, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cebu Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI).

"We’re still in the conceptual stage. We’re looking at more com-mercial lots. Another option is to temporarily put up e-Office build-ings there. Or it could even be a Serendra. We’re still calibrating the market," he said.

An e-Office is a pre-engineered one-storey modular building sys-tem that caters to IT companies while Serendra is a 12-hectare residential development in the Bonifacio Global City.

CPVDC is pushing for a hotel, a residential development and commercial establishments that operate 24/7 to support the grow-ing IT community at Asiatown. One of the lot buyers has informed CPVDC that he was going to build a hotel.

Mr. Monera said he was not privy to the details. He said the hotel will be constructed on one of the four lots that they sold only in the first quarter of this year.

"This is a very interesting trend. We sold only three lots last year. We’re only in our fourth month this year and we have already sold four lots -- one will be a hotel while the three others will be office build-ings," Mr. Monera said.

Aside from the five-hectare development, Mr. Monera said they will start the construction late this year of an e-Office building that will house units 12 to 15. The e-Office units 1 to 11 are occupied by NEC Telecom Software Phils., Inc., PeopleSupport Phils., Inc., Tsu-neishi Technical Services (Phils.), Inc., Epson Precision (Phils.), and NCR Cebu Development Center.

"We have very serious negotiations with one company that is interested in leasing units 12 to 15," he said. He declined to identify the company, but said it’s a foreign IT-related company with operations in the Philippines.

CPVDC will spend around P70 million for this new e-Office build-ing, which will have about 4,000 square meters of office space. Each e-Office unit is 1,008 square meters.

Lot owners Primary Industry Property Corp. (PIPC), and Skyrise Realty and Development Corp. are constructing separate buildings that will provide a total of 31,500 square meters of additional office space for BPOs and other IT-related companies at Asiatown.

PIPC, which purchased two other lots last year, has completed its Engineering and Sciences Building and has started work on its second building which will provide a gross leasable area of 16,000 square meters. Sky-rise Realty, which bought three lots in 2004, is completing an eight-storey building that will have a gross leasable area of 15,500 square meters.

Meanwhile, Mr. Monera said they will renovate The Village which ceased operations when its lease contract expired in December 2005. "The commercial center business group will operate a retail component that will include chill-out and specialty shops designed to operate 24/7 to serve the unique needs of this growing [IT] population," he said.

Among the possible establishments that would occupy the new commercial center are spa and wellness centers as well as restaurants and bars.

With the increase in leasable space and additional support facilities, Mr. Monera said they were confident that Asiatown will attract more locators.

In 2005, Mr. Monera reported to stockholders that CPVDC gene-rated P121.8 million in revenues from the sale of two lots and e-Office rentals. Net income rose 7% to P33 million. The company distributed cash dividends of P0.80 per share towards the end of 2005, Mr. Monera added.[/QUOTE

A very good news for Cebu. Hope the hotel that will rise there is an international chain. The Village will become a mini mall, sakto ba?

tagacebuako

May 1st, 2006, 05:04 AM

Salamat bai fundraiser.

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 05:06 AM

new page, new pics, more of portofino.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto3.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto8.jpg

you can just bring a tent if you want to be adventurous, pero d mo katulog kay sige lang storya (ug inom, hehehe)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto9.jpg

dive-cebu

May 1st, 2006, 05:29 AM

Conde Nast Traveler
Readers' Choice Award 2005

Top Islands in Asia/Indian Ocean Category
1.Phuket - 87.3
2.Bali - 86.7
3.Mauritius - 78.2
4.Maldives - 77.6
5.Koh Samui, Thailand - 75.3
6.Langkawi, Malaysia - 74.4
7.Lombok, Indonesia - 71.2
8.Cebu, Philippines - 69.5
9.Seychelles - 69.3
10.Borneo - 65.7

*waaahh... what a grade, cebu got!!!

tagacebuako

May 1st, 2006, 05:34 AM

dive-cebu

May 1st, 2006, 05:37 AM

Conde Nast Traveler
Readers' Choice Award 2005

Top Resorts in Asia
1. Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay, Bali - 95.7
2.Ritz-Carlton, Bali - 95.5
3.Four Seasons, Chiang Mai, Thailand - 94.6
4.Sheraton Laguna Nusa Dua, Bali - 94.4
5.Four Seasons Sayan, Bali - 93.7
6.Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India - 92.8
7.Amanpuri, Phuket, Thailand - 92.6
8.Ana Mandara, Nha Trang, Vietnam - 91.1
9.Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort, Cebu, Philippines - 90.5
10.Banyan Tree, Phuket, Thailand - 89.4
11.JW Marriott Phuket, Phuket, Thailand - 88.9
12.InterContinental Resort, Bali - 88.5
13.Grand Hyatt, Bali - 88.3
14.Oberoi Vanyavilas, Rajasthan, India - 84.6
15.Le Royal Meridien Phuket Yacht Club, Phuket, Thailand - 82.6

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 05:40 AM

^^ and its asia-wide, entries include as far as india, almost half of the face of the earth!

more of portofino.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto7.jpg

dive-cebu

May 1st, 2006, 05:41 AM

^^ Now I definitely agree with Pau, DON'T say booo, SAY CEBU!!!

dive-cebu

May 1st, 2006, 05:45 AM

CwEoBwU

May 1st, 2006, 05:45 AM

how come there is no news regarding who won the bid for the provincial lot in banilad? wala madayon, gi-sikreto? heheehehh.

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 05:54 AM

i was talking about snorkeling in hilutungan island, i have some underwater pics here, but it didnt give justice to the real beauty, life and color underwater, these are all amateur, unedited underwater pics, and again this line "sorry for the quality guys, fonecam lang eh" hehehehe.

the black figure you see at the corner, above left is the bottom of the pumpboat, the dark blue area is actually a deep trench, you can see scuba divers there (but not in the pic) at first i thought nakakita kog iho, scuba divers ra diay.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/Photo-0286.jpg

fundraiser

May 1st, 2006, 05:58 AM

the same pic, figure encircled is the one im talking about, akala ko they are sea weeds or corals, but when i saw it moving, nagtaka ako, when i looked at it closely, mga isda pala
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/school.jpg

another pic of the deep trench, malakas daw ang water current when you go beyond that deep blue area, and its very very deep.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/Photo-0289.jpg

MarkiiBoi

May 1st, 2006, 07:17 AM

Firm plans expansion of eOffice
Additional space to serve growing demand
Published: 01 Mayl 2006

by Irene R. Sino Cruz

With the growing demand for office spaces by information technology companies, the Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC) plans to expand its eOffice facility at the company-owned Asiatown IT Park to serve as temporary offices for new and existing companies.

CPVDC president Francis Monera said the company would spend about P70 million for the phase two of eOffice.

“As we look ahead and capitalize on this IT (information technology) uptrend, the future development for Asiatown IT Park includes the construction of phase two of eOffice within the year,” Monera said.

The company built the eOffice about three years ago to provide office space to information technology companies wanting to set up operations in Cebu.

At the time, Asiatown did not have any building that could accommodate the special requirements of IT companies, which were coming to Cebu looking for appropriate office space.

The company then decided to build the eOffice to show owners of lots at the Asiatown that there is a demand for office space so that they would construct buildings on their lots.

While some lot owners responded to the challenge and have constructed or started to construct buildings on their lots, Monera said the expansion program was not enough to meet the demand.

Because of this, he said, CPVDC will build the expansion of the eOffice at a lot adjacent to the Globe Telecom building.

c0kelitr0

May 1st, 2006, 08:02 AM

^^ Is this a wake-up call to ALL RESORTS in Boracay? In terms of number of resorts, of course bora tops the list in the country but how come, they don't even have one who's on the list!?! look at thailand/indonesia, many in the list are Phuket/Bali resorts... please don't get me wrong here, I'm just kinda worried about our own bora...

well, first and foremost, resorts and hotels in boracay must distribute conde nast magazines to their guests...that would help a lot in that list :D

philwily

May 1st, 2006, 08:12 AM

Jefferyi

May 1st, 2006, 08:25 AM

This couldn't be Gleissner's yacht. A rich guy like him could get something far more better (and bigger) than this. Hehehe

I think this is just a private yacht of another local.. A lot of yachts like this are anchored too at the Cebu Yacht Club in Lapu2x..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/porto15.jpg

Maybe it's Lhuillier's? I've read before from Filipinas mag that they have a compound there in Punta Engano(?) and that their clan, including Monique Lhuillier, spends Christmas there every year.

Wind Shear

May 1st, 2006, 08:38 AM

If you want to see the beauty under the Philippine seas, check this website: http://www.poppe-images.com

Jefferyi

May 1st, 2006, 08:39 AM

Excellent work,Maniniyot Slerz! IMO, mas munindot pa gyud siguro tanawn kung red siguro natan mga atup diha para naay uniformity. Also, I just noticed that the Basilica is very near to that other old cathedral and both buildings have the same belfry! :okay:
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/tchdsk4.jpg

Excellent job with the pano, Maniniyot Fundraiser! I've never been to nor heard of that Portofino before, but it sure does look very inviting. :okay:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/2a913f6b.jpg

Jefferyi

May 1st, 2006, 08:41 AM

If you want to see the beauty under the Philippine seas, check this website: http://www.poppe-images.com
I hope those water snakes aren't the poisonous kind. Yikes! :runaway:

Wind Shear

May 1st, 2006, 08:56 AM

I hope those water snakes aren't the poisonous kind. Yikes! :runaway:

Despite that the banded sea snakes shown in the images of the said website are very poisonous (10-15 times of the potency of cobra), they are docile unless you disturbed the nest, during mating, or when the snake is washed ashore.

More info here: http://www.tigerhomes.org/animal/banded-sea-snake.cfm

JAMAICUS

May 1st, 2006, 09:16 AM

Has anyone seen any renderings of the Cebu LRT?

Super_Cebuana

May 1st, 2006, 09:55 AM

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/7249/officialpicturefiles2186tc.th.jpg (http://img160.imageshack.us/my.php?image=officialpicturefiles2186tc.jpg)
mao ni sya katong sa mga kiosk sa porto fino.. improve na kaayo sila
naa na pud sila'y spa.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5615/officialpicturefiles2115fi.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=officialpicturefiles2115fi.jpg)
@fundraiser, when mo niadto? :D

JustHorace

May 1st, 2006, 10:08 AM

Is that Hilton on the far left of Jefferyi's second picture?

c0kelitr0

May 1st, 2006, 10:32 AM

^^ yup

slerz

May 1st, 2006, 11:24 AM

jrevalde

May 1st, 2006, 11:52 AM

^^ bai slerz, nikatkat nasad diay kas city hall pagkuha atong downtown pic! gisugdan naba nila renovation sa city Hall? Basin humanon nila before sa summit

slerz

May 1st, 2006, 12:17 PM

ivanc

May 1st, 2006, 12:30 PM

yup, cg raman kog katkat sa CityHall... the renovation is ongoing na, humanon daw nila before ASEAN summit...
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/chrenov1.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/chrenov2.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/chrenov3.jpg

at last manindot na gyud ang city hall nga karaan. the last time i was there, mura man to ug langob nadto sa sulod.

speaking of city hall, bad news gamay, from tv patrol central visayas:
vm rama opposes mayor tommy on latter's decision to place newly opened marco polo hotel under barangay apas, not lahug.

LordCarnal

May 1st, 2006, 12:34 PM

^^

The renovation of the Rizal Memorial Library and Museum has been pursued. Since April 2 pa diay ni nag start!

jrevalde

May 1st, 2006, 12:42 PM

^^ Asa manang Rizal Memorial library, is that in fuente osmena?

dabert

May 1st, 2006, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by JAMAICUS
Has anyone seen any renderings of the Cebu LRT?

Murag sauna pa man ni... I saw the rendering once on a newspaper (i think it was a 2002 or 2003 issue, forgot.. hehe) and until now, ive not heard of any plans that they would pursue it.. maybe they'll move onto that after the SRP..
:D

Jimbu

May 1st, 2006, 03:17 PM

ashton

May 1st, 2006, 03:22 PM

^^
but Amanpuri is also very very expensive. . .

rustyboi

May 1st, 2006, 03:29 PM

^^waaaa.... UNANG SALI PA LANG, PANALO NA KAAGAD :banana::carrot:

Now, it's clear that Cebu is indeed a FESTIVAL ISLAND, FESTIVAL CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES :carrot::banana::carrot::banana::carrot:

Lets pardy!!!!

cool! congratulations tribu basaknon! :okay: Sinulog has always been (obviously) the biggest and most spectacular festival in the country. it's even giving bigger cash prizes compared to Aliwan Festival. yet again, congrats to all the winners of Aliwan :D

gipakyaw lagi tanan title? saon! :lol:

slimer

May 1st, 2006, 03:38 PM

Hey guys. Took these pics today on board Sulpicio Lines. 'Been to CDO to take a vacation. Sorry for the quality though. I'm quite far from where I took these.

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/778/imgp24332oe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1676/imgp24413yb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6237/imgp24466xe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2894/imgp24483wo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9860/imgp24589ii.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

rustyboi

May 1st, 2006, 03:45 PM

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2894/imgp24483wo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9860/imgp24589ii.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

todo na toh! Hongkong in the making!! :rock: beautiful shots u got in there slime.. :cool:

KiBeN

May 1st, 2006, 03:47 PM

oongah! cebu will be like hongkong someday :)

slimer

May 1st, 2006, 03:49 PM

Here's more...

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/1615/imgp24597mb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/3150/imgp24673nq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/5339/imgp24689pw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/2044/imgp24750rn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

rustyboi

May 1st, 2006, 03:49 PM

btw, just came from Baguio and Makati last week... I've noticed that I seldome see group of foreign tourists there... sa Baguio, maayo lang gani kung makakita kag lima ka foreigner, mostly mg alocar ra jud didto... lahi ra jud dri sa Cebu nga bisag asa ka mo lingi, daghag di ingon nato...:D

akjo lang post pics sa Makati og Baguio thread...

i didn't know u came here slerzy. did u get the chance to check ortigas out? :) i've seen ur makati pics, nice shots. my workplace ;)

btw, developments in Asiatown IT Park, Cebu Business Park, South Road Properties and North Reclamation Mandaue City are worth to visit in the coming months! i'm seriously considering of putting up my very first business next year! i just have to choose which of those locations. basta, i'm so freakin' excited :cool: :D

rustyboi

May 1st, 2006, 03:51 PM

etienne

May 1st, 2006, 03:57 PM

when will the Sheraton operate?
i can imagine the number of additional rooms it will generate for cebu.

KiBeN

May 1st, 2006, 04:27 PM

oongah noh, SM Cebu really looks massive! and waterfront really looks like a big palace...

xXx carlos xXx

May 1st, 2006, 05:14 PM

wow.... i can see some skyline shaping happening there...

slerz

May 1st, 2006, 05:38 PM

WoooooW!!! nice pics of Cebu skyline @slimer... so mao diay na makita kung naa kas barko along mactan channel? So that beautiful skyline scene of Cebu welcomes our visitors warmly... :okay: thanks bai...

@Rusty, I dunno kung naka agi ba ko sa Ortigas coz I'm not familiar with the place but I'm sure that I passed by Makati area coz of the PBCom and PSE buildings...

slerz

May 1st, 2006, 05:52 PM

@ the Queen City Memorial Garden
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/QueenCity1.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/QueenCity2.jpg

Ayala Sunset
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/AyalaSunset.jpg

KiBeN

May 1st, 2006, 06:16 PM

thanks for the pics slerz! the memorial really has garden, haha... and on the 3rd pic, it looks like the states, or Baguio?

Jimbu

May 1st, 2006, 06:18 PM

nice shots slimer, klaro na jud ang mga building developments sa pier.

john_3:16

May 1st, 2006, 10:07 PM

The country’s food, beaches and the people’s warm and friendly attitude will lure Italian tourists, an official of the Italiani Associati Cebu Inc. (IAC) said yesterday.

“The country should make use of its potentials of tapping and attracting more Italian and other European tourists,” IAC president Walter Finzi de Vita told Sun.Star Cebu.

The country’s beaches are “better” than those in Thailand, he noted.
“Filipinos even speak better English. Your bea-ches are more beautiful. But how come Thailand’s tourism industry is way bigger than the Philippines’?” he said.

He noted that accessibility is one challenge in attracting European tourists due to the “lack or shortage” of flights from the country to Europe.

History

IAC is an organization of Italians in Cebu that seeks to promote Italian businesses, tourism, culture and relationship with various sectors in the country.

De Vita said Italy and Philippines have a long history.

He said Italian chronicler Antonio Pigafetta, Ferdinand Magellan’s second official in command, was the “first Italian tourist” who set foot in Cebu.

“We would like to maintain our warm rapport with the locals,” he said.

Pigafetta’s monument, which stands on the Plaza Independencia, speaks of Italian presence in the city, he said.

He added that the Italian community in Cebu is keen on helping promote the city and the country more.

He said Italian businesses and investments in the country can grow “a hundred times more” and Italian tourists will increase by promoting the country in Italy.

De Vita also revealed that IAC solicited some P1 million worth of 30 pieces of hearing appliances from multinational company, Amplifon Italia Spa, as part of its “humanitarian” efforts.

The hearing-impaired indigent children at the Mission for the Deaf Center in Banilad, Cebu City will benefit from the donation, he said.

The Mission for the Deaf was first opened in Italy and was brought to Cebu some 20 years ago. (ALC)

john_3:16

May 1st, 2006, 10:08 PM

Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Coal-fired power plants to be ready by 2008

The construction of the coal-fired power plant of Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) in Naga, Cebu is still, so far, on schedule.

This means that the power plant will start producing power for consumers in Cebu by December 2008, Cebu power core group chairman Carlos Co said.

“Even if the contract with Visayan Electric Co. will not push through, the construction will push through (until completion),” he said in an interview on the sidelines of the general membership meeting of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Cebu Grand Convention Center.

Co admitted that the burning of coal is hazardous to the environment. But Cebu has no choice but to choose the lesser evil.

“Bunker fuel is also not environment-friendly and it is expensive compared to coal. (If we do not allow Kepco to operate), Cebu will have power shortage in the next years” he said.

Co said Cebu is holding on to Kepco’s promise to invest on environmental protection.

“And as long as the implementation of the policies to protect the environment is made strict, (then air pollution will be minimized),” he said.

National and local government officials already expressed their support for the project during the groundbreaking last year.

Pollutants

Subic Enerzone general manager Dante Pollescas earlier said Kepco’s fluidized bed technology, which dampens the ash-wastes of coal-fired power plants, minimizes the waste pollutants of coal-fired power plants.

Hydro-electric Development Corp. vice president Miguel Salas earlier said the geographical profile of Cebu limits its capacity to produce clean energy.

Aside from Kepco, Mirant Philippines, located in Toledo City, is using coal to run its power plant. (JBN)

john_3:16

May 1st, 2006, 10:12 PM

Lapu City to launch search for Ms. South Pacific

The Lapu-Lapu City Government has found another way to attract tourists to visit Mactan Island especially during the annual re-enactment of the Kadaugan sa Mactan.

According to Lapu-Lapu Tourism Council Chairman Rudy Villalobos, the City will institutionalize the Miss South Pacific search, the culminating activity of the festival.

Phoebe Cates Perez, the winner of last Friday’s beauty and brains pageant, which was co-organized by Cebu-based independent film production company, Sugbu Films Philippines Inc., was the first one who grabbed the Miss South Pacific title.

The pageant was held last Friday at the Vistamar Beach Resort in Mactan.

International

Villalobos said the pageant will go international next year since they plan to invite contestants from all over the world.

“We (Lapu-Lapu government) would like to do this every year with participants from other countries,” he said during the event.

Promote

Villalobos said he will ask the Cebu Association of Tour Operators to help Lapu-Lapu and Sugbu Films in promoting the event to tourists.

Sugbu Films creative director Tom Po has expressed gratitude to the Lapu-Lapu City Government for organizing the event, which was sponsored by the Cebu Province, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and Philippine Gaming and Amusement Board, part of the Kadaugan sa Mactan Festival.

“Rest assured that we (Sugbu Films) will be making the necessary preparations for next year’s beauty pageant next month,” he said.

Sugbu Films produces Cebuano television series and handles events, among others. It aims to revitilize Cebu’s local film industry, which had its heyday in the 1990s. (JBN)

sloid

May 1st, 2006, 11:26 PM

“The country should make use of its potentials of tapping and attracting more Italian and other European tourists,” IAC president Walter Finzi de Vita told Sun.Star Cebu.

Cebu should really promote itself in Europe and hopefully open more direct flights to/from European countries, a lot of people in there have a lot of $$$ to spend, almost all my european friends have traveled to at least two or three countries already, they like to travel.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Coal-fired power plants to be ready by 2008

Yay, more power for cebu. btw, do guys still experience black-outs there?

Lapu City to launch search for Ms. South Pacific

The Lapu-Lapu City Government has found another way to attract tourists to visit Mactan Island especially during the annual re-enactment of the Kadaugan sa Mactan.

According to Lapu-Lapu Tourism Council Chairman Rudy Villalobos, the City will institutionalize the Miss South Pacific search, the culminating activity of the festival.

Phoebe Cates Perez, the winner of last Friday’s beauty and brains pageant, which was co-organized by Cebu-based independent film production company, Sugbu Films Philippines Inc., was the first one who grabbed the Miss South Pacific title.

The pageant was held last Friday at the Vistamar Beach Resort in Mactan.

International

Villalobos said the pageant will go international next year since they plan to invite contestants from all over the world.
I hope this won't turn out as another third-rate international pageant.