Cebú City and Province [Archive] - Page 51

MarkiiBoi

May 30th, 2006, 07:48 PM

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Cebu City sets P20M to spend on foreign journalists

Two Philippine Embassy officials from Japan will help the Cebu City Government set up its organization system and protocol for the Asean summit.

Cebu City Hall is also preparing to allocate P20 million to fund the planned activities for members of the international media who will cover the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting in December.

The amount is just an initial allocation, the mayor explained, and does not cover the expenses for peace and order, security and traffic management.

Later this year, other appropriations will be made to fund security expenses, allowances and food for volunteers, Mayor Tomas Osmeña told a news conference yesterday.

Plan

Osmeña reiterated his plans to take care of the foreign media, with special attention for the representatives from Japan and Korea.

The mayor said the City will “borrow” two officials of the Philippine Embassy in Japan, including one charge d’ affairs, who happens to be a Cebuana.

“We will let them set up our organization here and take care of the protocol. We will also ask for their help to find out who among the Japanese media will come,” said the mayor.

Osmeña expects at least 300 journalists from Japan to cover the event.

Optimistic that he can tap the foreign media in enhancing Cebu tourism’s potentials, the mayor said he will see to it that all the needs of the international journalists are taken care of.

“We will have man-to-man assistance for the media, especially those from Japan and Korea, because they are our tourism market and we’re gambling they will continue to contact us and they’ll help promote Cebu,” he said.

Osmeña added that a bulk of the P20-million allocation would be spent to entertain foreign journalists, including their rest and reaction, food and sports activities of their own choice.

“In other words, we want them to have the time of their lives while they are here, if it’s possible, and we’re preparing already so I think it’s possible. Pasensya na lang (Bear with us) but it’s going to be lavish,” he said.

Dining area

Among other things, the mayor plans to rent the Grand Convention Center to serve as the dining area of the media.

He will also send foreign media agencies catalogs featuring the rest and recreation activities and sites that Cebu has to offer, and a checklist of what they want to do here.

sugbuanon

May 30th, 2006, 08:07 PM

Cebu known for its pool of software developers

Cebu should capitalize on its competitive edge in software development, according to Cesar Tolentino, XMG director of intelligence and data services and senior analyst for market intelligence.

Speaking during the recent Cebu ICT Strategy Summit, Tolentino noted that Cebu is increasingly known for its sustainable pool of quality talent for software development.

Cebu is also known for its growing pool of software development companies that form the building blocks for higher-valued information technology (IT) services such as business process outsourcing (BPOs), he added.

Tolentino cited the presence of good universities in Cebu, which produce graduates with more technical skills in various fields, such as accounting and engineering. Because of this, he said, Cebu would attract more BPOs, rather than call centers.

These would include those engaged in back-room operations (accounting and human resource) and more industry-specific sourcing such as engineering design, publications and content development, and research and development, Tolentino pointed out.

“The IT services is expected to remain the biggest segment of the information and communications technology (ICT) services global market by the end of 2006, possibly accounting for at least 90 percent share of the global market,” Tolentino told the summit participants.

In the Philippines, the IT services market is estimated to grow by at least 36 percent to $1.1 billion by the end of 2006, he said.

However, the IT services contributed only $0.10 billion to the country’s ICT revenues generated by Philippine-based companies, amounting to $1.8 billion in 2005. About $1.7 billion came from BPOs, the bulk from call centers.

The BPO services market is expected to grow by at least 40 percent to $2.4 billion by the end of 2006, Tolentino said.

The most significant trends in the BPO services sector are the back sourcing and the selective sourcing. The back sourcing refers to taking back a portion of what has been outsourced, while selective sourcing is the breaking up of business processes into more than one vendor.

sugbuanon

May 30th, 2006, 09:01 PM

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raintree mall

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tj_brewed

May 31st, 2006, 12:34 AM

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Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort offers the best of Cebu for those who seek the ideal balance of creature comforts and nature's wonders. The Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort is located just 15 minutes away from the Mactan Cebu International Airport. All the diverse pleasures of island living are at your doorstep, scuba diving, snorkeling, beach combing, swimming or just simply lazing under the tropical sun. And yet, the temptations of city life are but a short 40 minute drive away! In historical Cebu City you can have your fill of shopping, fine dining, casino gambling and sightseeing. Whatever you want to do, Maribago Bluewater is the perfect seaside haven for refreshing body and soul.

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:eek2: this is what i missed this summer!!!! I should have attended the company outing.

MarkiiBoi

May 31st, 2006, 03:10 AM

(pics taken while Im driving. ang hirap! hehehe)

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Sinjin P.

May 31st, 2006, 05:19 AM

World Press Photo Exhibit set at Ayala

The World Press Photo organization and Ayala Center Cebu proudly present the World Press Photo Exhibition from June 7 to June 29 at the mall's ground level, in Paseo Marina and Rotunda Area 1.

It features the winning images taken by photojournalists from all over the world and will be in 85 other cities such as London, Paris, Barcelona, and New York.

World Press Photo is a highly respected non-profit group known for organizing the world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. Its main office is in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Its mission is to encourage high professional standards in photojournalism and to promote a free and unrestricted exchange of information. It brings together pictures from all parts of the globe, trends and developments in photojournalism, and how the press brings news.

Some winning photos in the past have become iconic: a naked girl running after a napalm attack in Vietnam; a Buddhist monk who has set himself alight; a sole demonstrator in front of tanks; a veiled woman mourning after a massacre in Algeria; a girl trapped in debris after a mudslide following the eruption of a volcano in Colombia; the execution in Vietnam of a suspected Vietcong.

For more information, visit its website at www.worldpressphoto.nl

Jimbu

May 31st, 2006, 08:37 AM

Inayawan landfill’s biogas to power SRP air-con supply

By Doris C. Bongcac
Last updated 09:33am (Mla time) 05/31/2006

An accumulating pocket of methane gas underneath Cebu City Inayawan landfill would soon be put to effective use.

City Hall plans to power a centralized air-conditioning system at the legislative building and offices within the South Road Projects (SRP) using methane gas from the landfill.

The project would be realized once Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña gets to commission a team of retired US Navy personnel to help design the system.

“We are getting retired US Navy personnel because they are among the best in the world,” he said.

Philbio, the group’s firm, is helping the city government produce energy from biogas generated by decaying garbage. Osmeña said he met one of the US navy experts through a friend when they were still based in Guam.

The group is now staying in Manila. Osmeña said he is leaving for Manila on Wednesday to meet with them.

“We will evaluate what they tell us. They asked me for a building plan, which they wanted to study,” he said.

The US navy team, he said, also set up the air-conditioning system of five SM malls in Luzon, which resulted in a savings of 22 percent to 25 percent in electricity for the company.

For such a project in City Hall, Osmeña said he is willing to buy brand new air-conditioning units.

“In putting up an air-conditioning unit, you don’t think of the cost of the equipment but the cost of its operation that is more critical,” he said.

LordCarnal

May 31st, 2006, 08:42 AM

^^

When I was conducting a research at the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill way back college I always see those smoke coming out from the ground. One of the personnel told me that it's methane gas, a by-product from the decomposition of the garbages.

dabert

May 31st, 2006, 08:53 AM

Wall panel exporter eyes domestic, international markets

Last updated 10:23am (Mla time) 05/31/2006

A wall panel manufacturer, which has been supplying the Japanese market, is now developing its domestic market and expanding its exports.

The Nakayama Technology Corp. (NTC), through its exclusive marketing arm Vineyard WallTech System Corp., is starting to market its brick and granite insulated wall panels.

Thrilly Ezhel Penaso, product manager of Vineyard WallTech System, said they choose Cebu as the first place to launch the EcoWall series since it is a good test market.

“If we succeed here, then there is no reason we will not make it in Metro Manila and other areas,” Penaso said.

The company is also looking at the United States, Canada, Brunei and New Zealand to expand their export market, she said.

According to Penaso, the company started to expand its market to include both domestic and international during the third quarter of 2005.

The NTC had been solely supplying the Japanese market when it started operations in the Philippines three years ago.

The company decided to transfer operations from Japan and invested P413 million when it established a seven-hectare plant in the Philippines in 2002.

It has come up with an innovative strategy, called direct renovation, to market the EcoWall series. It includes designing direct production, and the installation of the panels.

The factory can produce 12,000 square ft of tiles or 4,500 pieces daily, Penaso said.

Of the factory's total production, 70 percent goes to Japan while the remaining 30 percent goes to the domestic market and the rest of the international market, she added.

It uses Japanese technology in the manufacture of the brick and granite wall panels.

The company is among the exhibitors that will be participating in the upcoming 14th Construction Show Cebu, which will be held from June 2 to 5 at the SM City Cebu Trade Hall.

About 80 percent of the products and technology that will be showcased in the event are new, according to Lilibeth Ducut-Abais, managing director of event organizer L.A. Ducut and Co.

“At the 14th Construction Show Cebu, trade visitors get more than a glimpse and a showcase of construction materials and technology. You get real solutions and expertise. Expect to deal with trade suppliers whose business is to get your projects done right on time with the use of the latest innovations available in the country,” she said.

She noted that the event is an effective marketing strategy to reach out to the target markets of exhibitors.

The event, which is supported by Hardwares Consolidated Inc., has been the launching pad of various local and global brands of construction products, technology and expertise, she added. /Irene R. Sino Cruz

dabert

May 31st, 2006, 09:04 AM

^^ sus, usahay ra au nang mu-una ug invest sa cebu.. unya sunod manila.. hehe,

dive-cebu

May 31st, 2006, 10:26 AM

^^ I don't think so bai because I've heard from reliable sources that Cebu is frequently used as a test market for various products and services. One good example is the motorcycle industry. These motorcycle makers make Cebu as their test market for their new models. If patok sa Cebu, then they will distribute/introduce it nationwide.

dive-cebu

May 31st, 2006, 10:44 AM

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raintree mall

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^^ WOW! Mura ug naa sa California, USA.... :eek2: Kulang na lang, naay marka HOLLYWOOD sa bukid...

SayBooMyBoo

May 31st, 2006, 12:45 PM

^^oi, musta bai... fan diay ka ni Panday?hehe
mingaw na mi nimo bai, kinahanglan mo uli na jud ka... :rock:

oi slerz and markiiboy akong mga roadtrip buddies!!! mingaw na pod ko ninyu bai..kita kits niya ta ninyu..mu uli jud ko bai kay mag audition ko sa pinoy big brother this june..

sugbuanon

May 31st, 2006, 01:58 PM

^^ hoy dax.. pagdali na diha ky naghulat na ang mga kimchis dire.. attack nya ta.. haha

CwEoBwU

May 31st, 2006, 02:47 PM

^^ hoy dax.. pagdali na diha ky naghulat na ang mga kimchis dire.. attack nya ta.. haha

dad-an daw mo niya ug desert sand bai.

sugbuanon

May 31st, 2006, 02:54 PM

^^ hehe sige oki ra nako basta naay pakapin duha ka camel bayi ug laki ky magbreeding ko dire sa cebu.. :D

sugbuanon

May 31st, 2006, 02:59 PM

Mayor to meet with ex-Navy men on centralized aircon for City Hall

Mayor Tomas Osmeña will leave for Manila today to meet with a group of retired US Navy personnel, who are into putting up centralized airconditioning systems in big establishments.

The system, which will be installed at the new legislative building, he said, will help the Cebu City Government save 25 percent in electricity consumption.

The mayor said that with the City’s plan to adopt a centralized airconditioning system for the new legislative building, he will try to evaluate the legislative department’s request for new fixtures and airconditioning units for the building.

Experts

He said he will possibly consider the purchase after the evaluation of the request.

Mayor Osmeña also considers adopting the district cooling system of the retired Navy personnel, and put this up on some buildings in the South Reclamation Project.

“I consider them to be the best in the world as far as installing the system is concerned. They will help us set up a system of managing it correctly. They’re currently handling project with call centers in Manila. They’re doing five SM malls,” he told a news conference yesterday.

The mayor said the experts can help the City manage the system from Manila, as it is computer-based and the City will just use some sensors.

Savings

“Theirs is a system that can give us savings up to 25 percent in electricity,” he added.

If the City is able to do it, Cebu City will be the first to have a district cooling system in the country.

Phil Biosciences Co., an investor conducting a test project at the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill can help empower the cooling system with cheap electricity.

Landfill gas may be collected and used to generate cheap electricity.

slimer

May 31st, 2006, 03:39 PM

at least naa sad diay benefit makuha sa garbage sa? karon pa ko ani da. kinsa kahay maka-explain ani dire?

SayBooMyBoo

May 31st, 2006, 03:39 PM

^^ hehe sige oki ra nako basta naay pakapin duha ka camel bayi ug laki ky magbreeding ko dire sa cebu.. :D
^^ hoy dax.. pagdali na diha ky naghulat na ang mga kimchis dire.. attack nya ta.. haha
dad-an daw mo niya ug desert sand bai.

hoy marvin bantay bitaw di ka mu attack ha may pa adto ta south korea para mag tagbaw ta..pahulata usa na sila kay padung nako... mag dala ko desert sand para e huyop sa inyung mga dagway...
wala nay camel diri oi..ering lang kay naay daghan diri

MarkiiBoi

May 31st, 2006, 04:09 PM

A basic schema of the principle from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogas_powerplant):

First is Biogas production:
* 1 Preparing the biomass
* 2 Mixing
* 3 Digester/fermenter (Heating 40-90 °C )

Second is Gas input:
* 4 Raw biogas input 40 °C
* 5 Liquid gas Separator → condensate
* 6 Gasdryer (refridge) 4 °C → condensate
* 7 Gas compressor about 400 kPa
* 8 Gas filter (cleaning of dust particles, less then 5 parts per billion by mass of siloxanes)
* 9 Gas heating (minimum about 10 °C)

Then Gas combustion → thermal energy:
* 10 Gas turbine exhaust output 300 to 400 °C
* 11 Generator → electric energy

Finally is the Exhaust output → heat exchange
* 12 HRSG heat recovery steam generation
* 13 Heat exchanger for hot water

slerz

May 31st, 2006, 05:37 PM

at least naa sad diay benefit makuha sa garbage sa? karon pa ko ani da. kinsa kahay maka-explain ani dire?

kana man gani septic tank, maka produce man gani na og gas...

Jimbu

May 31st, 2006, 07:32 PM

Thursday, June 01, 2006
10 local, foreign firms to invest in SRP - CIPC

Some 10 local and foreign companies have expressed interest in locating at Cebu City’s South Road Properties (SRP) and
are just waiting for signs of project completion, according to SRP’s marketing officer.

“The investment potential of the SRP is high. But right now, we still have an incomplete product. The investors are already here, just waiting for signs of completion from the City Government,” Cebu Investment Promotions Center (CIPC) managing director Joel Mari Yu said.

CIPC is the agency tasked to market the 300-hectare SRP (formerly South Reclamation Project).

He told a press conference yesterday that the prospective investors want to make sure the City will still build roads within the SRP and that other important infrastructure, such as water, power and telecommunications, will not be a problem.

Yu said CIPC is now negotiating, at various levels, with Cebutainer Systems Corp., PY group of companies, Bigfoot group, JY Construction, Arcenas Group, Cardiovascular Hospitals, Mactan Rock Industries Inc., Filinvest Land Inc., Ayala Land Inc.
(ALI), King Group of Companies, J King Group of Companies (JKSCI), Paknaan Central Development Corp., Kurata, Sonnette and the University of Cebu.

Relocate

The PY group, a furniture and furnishing manufacturing company, plans to relocate its manufacturing plant in China to the SRP, while Bigfoot will establish a yacht club at the property.

Mactan Rock Industries Inc., on the other hand, will put up a desalination facility, which will produce water to be supplied to the Metropolitan Cebu Water District. The King Group of companies plans to put up a motorcycle assembly plant while the J King group will establish a water theme park.

Earlier, JKSCI chairman Richard King said the company has been talking with Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña on the project, which King estimated to cost the company some $4 million.

Theme park

“(If the talks between Mayor Osmeña and JKSCI will succeed), JKSCI will build a water theme park that is like, if not better than, the Enchanted Kingdom and Splash Island,” he said.

Investors Kurata and Sonnette will also put up a condominium for Japanese national and a one-hectare retirement village, respectively.

Meanwhile, ALI has proposed for a joint venture with the City for the establishment of a five-hectare mall, patterned after the Market! Market! in Fort Bonifacio.

“When these investors see signs of construction of the infrastructure needed, in three years time, the SRP will be full,” Yu said.

He also emphasized that the City does not owe money from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, but from the Land Bank of the Philippines.

“The JBIC loan was coursed through Land Bank. This means, there is a national sovereignty risk. If Cebu can’t pay the loan, the national government will,” Yu said. (JBN)

Jimbu

May 31st, 2006, 07:39 PM

Incomplete SRP infra affects marketing blitz
By Ehda M. Dagooc
The Freeman 06/01/2006

At least six investors may start building their facilities at the 300-hectare South Road Properties (SRP) this year, as soon as the primary infrastructure will be immediately provided.

Cebu Investment and Promotion Center (CIPC) managing director Joel Mari S. Yu said the roads must be built first, power and water supply must be put in place.

The Cebu City government, the developer of SRP, is now talking with 15 investors that expressed interest in locating at the SRP, however the property still has to complete the necessary infrastructure requirement first, like water supply, power, and roads, in order to accommodate these investors.

CIPC, which is commissioned by the Cebu City government to market the SRP both to local and foreign investors, still cannot fully start an aggressive marketing blitz for the property.

Although the potential of SRP to attract investors is very strong, he said "right now, we have an incomplete product."

According to Yu, the Visayan Electric Company (VECO) had informally agreed to provide power supply at SRP, but the City government and the Aboitiz Group still has to finalize the contract, and VECO is still on the process of applying a petition to Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).

These 15 interested investors will have to occupy close to 80 hectares of the entire SRP, the two largest lot takers include a Singaporean-company called Cebutainer Systems Corporation which needs 20-hectare for its facility, and the Bigfoot Group, which also proposed to build a commercial center, and a Yatch Club or Marina, and also need 20-hectare land cut.

Other interested investors include; Taiwanese firm Paul Yu Group of Companies; JY Construction; Arcenas Group; Pakna-an Central Development Corporation; an American company to build Cardiovascular Hospital, Mactan Rock Industries Corporation; Filinvest-to build a commercial center; Ayala Land; King Group of Companies; Japanese-owned Kurata company to construct a condominium facility; University of Cebu; and another Japanese company called Sonnette to build a retirement village for Japanese market.

According to Yu, the issue on land title has been settled already, with special patent, and is "alienable and disposable."

Other concerns that need to be given immediate attention by the Cebu City government is to appoint a professional property manager, to manage the entire area, which has already been declared as an Special Economic Zone (SEZ) by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).

"The interest is strong, but we have to put in place first a lot of concerns, before we could take off our national and international marketing blitz," Yu said in a press conference yesterday.

Yu dismissed impressions that SRP, through the Cebu City government cannot pay its loan obligation to Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), now at P6 billion, saying that as soon as the locators will start operating, the SRP will be making a lot of money, not only for the lease and lot revenues, but for the concession fees of providers like power, water, telecommunication, among others.

"We are going to make a lot of money. The important thing is getting the locators in," he stressed.

Initial marketing promotions were done by CIPC in last couple of years, these include promoting the property to the Japanese government through Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); closer linkage with Singapore Enterprise, and key government and private sector organizations in other countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan China, among others.

sugbuanon

May 31st, 2006, 07:53 PM

hoy marvin bantay bitaw di ka mu attack ha may pa adto ta south korea para mag tagbaw ta..pahulata usa na sila kay padung nako... mag dala ko desert sand para e huyop sa inyung mga dagway...
wala nay camel diri oi..ering lang kay naay daghan diri

pagdali na jud diha kay gasige na text mga kimchis nako pangita naka nila dax.. layoa sad anang south korea oi mayta naay jeep mo byahe didto.. hehe

sugbuanon

May 31st, 2006, 08:29 PM

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the no. 1 resort in the country

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sugbuanon

May 31st, 2006, 08:52 PM

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sheraton hotel

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cebu at night

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Animo

May 31st, 2006, 11:15 PM

By Mary Ann Ll. Reyes
The Philippine STAR 05/26/2006

Those who have been to Sagada know that all throughout those eight hours of travelling from Baguio, there is only one far from being decent but still clean enough comfort room available to travelers for a minimal fee.

That is how tourist-friendly our country has become.

Government is targeting three million foreign tourist arrivals this year, compared to 2.61 million in 2005 and 2.29 million in 2004. The potential is greater, but because of the limited facilities for accommodating tourists, the goal has to be kept at three million to match the country current capacity.

This is where Turismo Rural comes in. While tourism experts fully recognize the appeal of commercial tourism, key stakeholders in the industry see the potential that small towns and remote areas of the Philippines have for tourism.

Tourism Secretary Joseph "Ace" Durano has noted that the country lacks capacity and quality of experience in dealing with the influx of tourists compared to other Asian countries.

Despite the growing local and international interest in the country’s rural tourism industry, small villages do not have enough resources required to get involved. Rural communities given their current economic state lack adequate tourist services and facilities such as lodging, dining amenities and shops.

Durano noted during the recent Asean Tourism Forum in Davao City that the country now enjoys a record-breaking volume of tourists arrivals and for small non-urban communities, this is an opportunity to enhance economic development via rural tourism, highlighting areas where tourists witness and participate in activities that form the core of the community’s culture.

A proprietor of several successful resorts and hotels across the country has seen tourism as a vital means of economic development.

Julie Alegrado-Vergara, president of Almont Holdings which is behind the highly successful Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort in Mactan Island, Cebu and Sumilon Bluewater Island Resort in Oslob, Cebu close to Dumaguete, is leading an innovative effort to advance tourism in these communities.

Vergara is largely behind Casa Rural, an association of bed and breakfasts to accommodate the influx of tourists in rural communities. Casa Rural will convert unused or unoccupied ancestral or vacation homes in appropriate lodging and dining facilities for tourists.

Aided by the Cebu provincial government and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the project will allow tourists to enjoy the experience of rural tourism and at the same time provide locals with jobs and more importantly, pride in their place.

According to Vergara, a native of Cebu, it is fortunate that Secretary Durano himself is from the province and does not need much convincing in making portions of Cebu a pilot area for Casas Rural.

A well-organized community-based tourism can offer not only affordable, comfortable, and safe local accommodations in areas without established city hotels or beach resorts, but also provide new or additional tourist destinations, attractions and packages since each town in the Philippines has something unique to offer.

At the same time, it will be a different cultural experience for foreigners and local urban families who want to immerse and learn more about Philippine rural life, not to mention preserve heritage, culture and cleanliness of the town, increase economic activity and rural development, and provide job opportunities for local residents.

Vergara, in an interview, feels very deeply about how some people and communities take for granted what they have.

For instance, Carcar, a small town in Cebu, has a very rich heritage. The St. Catherine Church in Carcar, which was constructed in 1859, is admired for its Byzantine architecture, Greco-Roman altar and twin-bell towers that mirror a minaret shape similar to the ones founds in Muslim mosques. It was named after the townís patron saint St. Catherin of Alexandria and is the second oldest church in Cebu.

There is also the Boljoon Church which is the oldest remaining stone church in Cebu that offers an authentic sense of Philippine colonial past with its intricate carvings and beautifully decorated interior. It showcases a unique tower that is Islamic in character given its square shape as opposed to the usual curved design.

While Casa Rural will use Argao in Cebu as a pilot area, Vergara says they plan to expand the project all throughout the country. "Our idea is to have one showcased ancestral home per town. We will partner with the owner, renovate, put good toilets," she said.

As for Turismo Rural of which Casa Rural is a key component, Vergara revealed that they have tied up with other companies, such as Boysen Philippines, to help in the restoration of old churches and sites.

While helping promote community-based tourism, Vergara is also busy running the family business.

From 32 rooms in 1989, the lush five-hectare tropical paradise Maribago Bluewater now has 153 rooms and is opening its Amuma Spa Wing soon. Across Maribago, Almont is putting up service apartments to cater to businessmen as well as families who want to stay longer.

There is also Sumilon Bluewater Island Resort, Cebu’s best-kept secret, which was opened only last year. It is 125 km from Cebu City and is very close to Dumaguete. The island has an area of 24 hectares and is the first marine protected area in the Philippines and was made a fish sanctuary in 1974 under the guidance of the Siliman University Marine Reserve. Its sandbar is well known for its changing shapes and shifting locations around the island, depending on the season. It is also known for its "baluarte," a historical watchtower built as part of a warning system to thwart slavers and marauders in the 19th century.

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slerz

June 1st, 2006, 12:46 AM

Thursday, June 01, 2006
10 local, foreign firms to invest in SRP - CIPC

Theme park

“(If the talks between Mayor Osmeña and JKSCI will succeed), JKSCI will build a water theme park that is like, if not better than, the Enchanted Kingdom and Splash Island,” he said.

Investors Kurata and Sonnette will also put up a condominium for Japanese national and a one-hectare retirement village, respectively.

Meanwhile, ALI has proposed for a joint venture with the City for the establishment of a five-hectare mall, patterned after the Market! Market! in Fort Bonifacio.

“When these investors see signs of construction of the infrastructure needed, in three years time, the SRP will be full,” Yu said.

aw mao ba? nana say investor? kapoy huna huna... investor ra bitaw na :rock:

Napansin nako nga hinay na kaayo mo react ang mga bata sa sugbo kung naa mga new developments or investors nga bag o... lahi ra kaayo sa una nga hapit tanan smilyeys nga mo sayaw ipost...hmmmm, bakit kaya??? :D:D:D

MarkiiBoi

June 1st, 2006, 02:45 AM

^^ normal happenings na man gud na bai. hehe. its nothing out of the ordinary coz there is almost always good news every day... hehehe :D

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 06:36 AM

mao jud slerz.. hinay na kaayo mopost ang uban dire.. murag ako nalay kusog kaayo mopost ug bisan unsa dire.. hapit nalang nako nahurot ug post tanan pictures sa flickr.. hehe

dive-cebu

June 1st, 2006, 06:58 AM

^^ oi guys, dili unta ta mahinay kay layo pa ra ba ang 50th thread, naa pa ta sa tunga2. pero sakto bitaw si @markii, wa nay kurat ang mga tawo kay usual na man gud nga naa gyuy good news sa cebu every single day...

dive-cebu

June 1st, 2006, 07:00 AM

New BPO firm for ads, tones, logos opens

A new outsourcing company has opened in Man-daue City.

FOCUS Interactive Out-sourcing is a player in on-line sales acceleration.

The company is initially employing a group of PHP programmers.

Focus has clients based in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and parts of Europe, disclosed Andrie Udal, the president and chief executive officer of the company.

“At the least, we produce and sell mobile phone ringtones and logos to GSM providers in these countries, but we are more occupied with handling the advertising requirements of our international clients,” said Udal, who has been into e-commerce and human resource industries for more than ten years now.

Setting up

Udal said that since he already had clients, finding the right people for the tasks required was one of the easier parts of setting up his company’s operations.

“Technology today is awesome, but I believe more in people that make such amazing use of technology,” he noted.

Udal said he “channeled a significant chunk of his investments in competent information technology specialists and programmers.”

He would welcome those who would demonstrate their promising potentials and join his Focus team. (PR)

dive-cebu

June 1st, 2006, 07:01 AM

^^ Question: Asa ang ilang office mga bai? naa mo pics?

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 08:12 AM

slerz

June 1st, 2006, 08:53 AM

^^pwede na diay ko mamatay ani :D :jk:

Sinjin P.

June 1st, 2006, 09:08 AM

slerz

June 1st, 2006, 09:44 AM

^^mura diayg burikat @mike... daghan kaayo color ang nawng :D

dive-cebu

June 1st, 2006, 10:57 AM

What's happening to Ayala Center Cebu's interior? Lahi-lahi lagi ug pintal, diri kay peach, didto kay maroon, didto sa pikas avocado green, sa tumoy kay yellow... Hehe, a more colorful Ayala Center Cebu?!?

that's what ive noticed also with ACC now, I think it has something to do with how they are positioning the portions of the mall, the more colorful, the more pang masa... correct me if im wrong, but the ground floor is still white/cream, right? since most of the shops sa ground floor kay pang sosyal man! hehe!!! :)

dive-cebu

June 1st, 2006, 11:55 AM

CCCI tourism event to determine Cebu’s competitive edge

STAKEHOLDERS of Cebu’s tourism industry will gather later this month to discuss whether it is ready for global competitiveness.

The Tourism Congress, which is initiated by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) as part of the Cebu Business Month, will provide a venue for the different industry stakeholders to determine whether Cebu can remain competitive as a tourist destination.

The theme for this year’s congress is “Invest Cebu! Biyahe Tayo! Suroy Na!”

Tourism Congress chairperson Mila Espina said that there will be five forums happening simultaneously. One of the topics will focus on what Cebu City can offer in order to attract foreign investors.

Espina said the CCCI has invited a resource person from Convergys to speak about Cebu's competency in English for call center sourcing and global competitiveness.

The other speakers include Julita Urbina of Cafe Laguna, who will talk about Cebu's food industry, and Matt Lubetich of Bigfoot Entertainment, who will discuss the emerging film industry in Cebu.
At the Congress, tourism stakeholders will also look at Cebu’s hotel and resort development, which is a major requirement for world-class destinations.

Another speaker will discuss how Cebu can maximize profitable trade and tourism linkages, such as health, sports, wellness and convention facilities.

The Tourism Congress is part of InTourPreneur 2006, a three-day business conference promoting tourism and information and communications technology. /Correspondent Kathi Eric A. Dalguntas

Sinjin P.

June 1st, 2006, 12:02 PM

that's what ive noticed also with ACC now, I think it has something to do with how they are positioning the portions of the mall, the more colorful, the more pang masa... correct me if im wrong, but the ground floor is still white/cream, right? since most of the shops sa ground floor kay pang sosyal man! hehe!!! :)

Yeah, did you notice the entrance of Metro Supermarket? Class na kaayo, mura na ug Metro Market! Market! ang approach.... :D

dive-cebu

June 1st, 2006, 12:19 PM

^^ Not yet bai sinj but I was in Market Market last Sunday so I can still picture out how it looks like. so if the entrance of metro ayala supermarket is already like that, then mas OKAY!!!

Pardoboy

June 1st, 2006, 12:23 PM

http://i3.tinypic.com/11b3slj.gif
Wikipedia Article - Metro Cebu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Cebu)

Is Danao City, Carcar and San Fernando included in Metro Cebu? Metro Cebu will have a larger land area than Metro Manila...
people have actually deleted Danao, Carcar and San Fernando from the Metro Cebu Wikipedia page because there's no evidence that these places were part of the metropolis.

Can somebody help... this question was brought up at the discussion page of Metro Cebu in Wikipedia:

What's the basis for the list of the member cities and municipalities? Was there an organization in charge of designating officially what towns are or will be included as part of Metro Cebu? ....
Metro Cebu refers only to the area consisting of the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu. Talisay maybe is a fresh addition... Is the present composition really legally defined by the Metropolitan Cebu Development Council?
Claiming Metro Cebu as "the largest metropolis in terms of land area" in the Philippines maybe is taking it too far. Let's just be conservative with the information presentation. Information consistency of is of utmost importance since this article will have repercussions everywhere.

LordCarnal

June 1st, 2006, 12:29 PM

^^

The definition of Metro Cebu was actually expanded by the Regional Development Council (RDC) of Central Visayas last August 2005 after a request from Governor Gwen Garcia.

I think there's no law to be passed for a metropolitan area to be defined. For formality's sake, the expanded definition was made by the RDC itself.

The RDC-Region VII is composed of all the governors of Central Visayas.

Right now, two sanitary landfill projects by the provincial government are being developed in Danao City and Carcar. The one in Danao City will serve the northern half of Metro Cebu, while the one in Carcar will serve the southern half.

Sinjin P.

June 1st, 2006, 12:35 PM

^^ Not yet bai sinj but I was in Market Market last Sunday so I can still picture out how it looks like. so if the entrance of metro ayala supermarket is already like that, then mas OKAY!!!

Yeah, it's color green right?

Sinjin P.

June 1st, 2006, 12:37 PM

LordCarnal

June 1st, 2006, 12:40 PM

^^

From SUNSTAR ARTICLE last year

RDC enlarges Metro Cebu

Development planners expanded the definition of Metro Cebu to include the towns of San Fernando and Carcar in the south and Danao City in the north.

This way, the Regional Development Council (RDC) 7 hopes to improve the local governments’ capability to address traffic congestion, solid waste management and threats to peace and order.

“We can come together and discuss projects. These projects can be realistically planned and implemented with the active cooperation of all the local government units (LGUs),” said Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia during the RDC full council meeting yesterday.

----------------------------------------------------------------

Regarding the transition from MCDC to MCDA, here's from the NEDA Website:

Metro Cebu Development Council

From July 2001 to December 2002, the Metro Cebu Development Council (MCDC) had only one meeting. During the said meeting, the committee passed a resolution requesting all congressmen and senators from Metro Cebu to support the creation of a Metro Cebu Development Authority (MCDA). In response to the resolution, Senator Sergio Osmeña III informed the MCDC Chairman of Senate Bill No. 1673 he filed entitled " An Act Creating Metropolitan Cebu, Establishing the Metropolitan Cebu Development Authority, Defining its Powers and Functions, Providing Funds Therefore, and for Other Purposes" in September 2001.

The Council likewise endorsed the conduct of a Master Plan and Feasibility Study on Solid Waste Management for Metro with funding assistance to be provided by the Government of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The proposal, however, did not take off due to unavailability of local counterpart funds.

LordCarnal

June 1st, 2006, 12:45 PM

@Sinjin

The map is correct Sinjin. Cebu City has a big land area with a part of it bordering Compostela, Consolacion, and Liloan -- although only a small part of it is urban.

One of Cebu City's watershed (KotKot-Lusaran) empties into Cotcot River which I think is in Liloan.

Sinjin P.

June 1st, 2006, 12:50 PM

^^ Wow, I didn't know that. I really thought that the northern tip of Cebu City is beside Canduman, Mandaue, lol. So are there roads from Cebu City that directly connect with Consolacion, Liloan or Compostela?

LordCarnal

June 1st, 2006, 12:57 PM

^^

Yup, there are secondary roads (mostly unpaved) from Talamban or from the Transcentral highway connecting with Consolacion and Liloan.

The one in Talamban is more accessible.

There's also an "off-road" from Transcentral Highway that takes you to the vicinity of Royale Cebu Estates Subdivision in Consolacion.

My cousin once brought me with him on an "off-road" adventure using his 4x4 jeep.

@slerz might want to post his pic of Cebu City's boundary (signage) with Balamban which he took during our roadtrip in Transcentral highway.

Sinjin P.

June 1st, 2006, 01:04 PM

^^ Wow, new knowledge for me, thanks! :D

slerz

June 1st, 2006, 01:44 PM

http://i3.tinypic.com/11b3slj.gif
Wikipedia Article - Metro Cebu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Cebu)

@ Pardoboy, taga pardo ka? hilig kag geography?

bai Arnold, daghana nimo nahibaw an oi, nya mahinumduman pa gyd nimo tanan... so matzalamz kay gi share nimo imong mga nahibaw an dri kanamo... amen :D

here are some of the signage during our roadtrip...
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/sign1.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/sign2.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/sign3.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/sign4.jpg

MarkiiBoi

June 1st, 2006, 01:55 PM

The Cebu Auto Show 2006, the premiere motoring event of the south, will be held at the Ayala Center from June 1 to June 4, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Some displays:

Porche Federal

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2589/image1334tt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2874/image1348cc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Toyota MR-S 2002

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/593/image1356rg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2089/image1363za.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 02:02 PM

^^ :drool:

waahh skwela nako tarong para maka-auto ko ug ingon ana.. :D

Britster

June 1st, 2006, 02:05 PM

SkyscraperCity > Continental Forums > Asian Skyscraper Forums > South East Asia > Philippine Forums
CEBU: The Metropolis and Province

Hi there,

I am new to this Forum, and being a Foreigner here (British), I like what I read about CEBU. I have lived here 5 years and nearly 4 of those married to a Filipina from Barili.
We currently live in Lawa-an 1, Talisay City, Cebu.

Actually I came across this 'SkyscraperCity - CEBU' Forum doing a 'Google' to find out if any Oktoberfest activities planned in Cebu.

This is one of the returned 'finds':-

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.phpt=268633
October 14th, 2005, 04:38 PM

"October 13-15:- SMB Oktoberfest @ Soccer Field, MEPZ, Lapu-lapu City"

Since the post message date is October 14 2005, I rather suspect that was last years EVENTS?

Anyone know what current 2006 Events are planned?

This is my introduction to having found this useful Forum to Yahoo Group - CebuSocialEvents:-
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CebuSocialEvents/message/282

Subject: Good website for things happening in Cebu (and some great photos also!).

Came across this website whilst doing a 'Google':-

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=268633

"The members on this website must love Cebu as they put a lot of effort
into promoting it's good points and letting members know what events
are happening.

Well worth checking this website from time to time if in Cebu and what
to know whats going on."

If any of you guys know about any special events, concerts, live bands, parties etc, please let me know by dropping me an e-mail, or sign up to Yahoo Group and add an entry to our CebuSocialEvents Calendar, or post a message advising of such.

Please dont abuse this Yahoo Group, it's not meant to be a free advert board for commercial marketing/sales. Its there as a 'service' to hopefully let people in Cebu know what's happening in Cebu, on a common website, without having to trawl many sites looking for event/happening information.

Cheers
David

slerz

June 1st, 2006, 02:13 PM

^^ :drool:

waahh skwela nako tarong para maka-auto ko ug ingon ana.. :D

waaaah! ako manag skwela, wa gihapon maka auto og ingon ana... :D
pero niapil man ko hope and winsrton supersteaks, murag sure ko mkadaog atong sports car..hehe

@Britster, welcome to SSC ;)

MarkiiBoi

June 1st, 2006, 02:19 PM

Ei David!

Thanks for dropping by and a warm WELCOME to the Cebu thread.

I know of this website http://www.cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/ and it is my daily portal for news and information about Cebu. I hope this helps.

MarkiiBoi

June 1st, 2006, 02:21 PM

^^ :drool:

waahh skwela nako tarong para maka-auto ko ug ingon ana.. :D

ako bai humana skwela pero dili pa ghapun ka afford. mantinil lang ta ug multicab karun. wahehehe :D

CwEoBwU

June 1st, 2006, 03:35 PM

welcome, david!

we are pleased to have you here and made cebu as one of your dwellings.

slerz

June 1st, 2006, 03:35 PM

dabert

June 1st, 2006, 03:50 PM

^^ sus, kapareha mi'g pangan ni david..., yati ra a.. daghan na au'g david sa kalibutan.. wakekeke..
I've noticed it too (I think everyone here did) that if someone posts here good news (be it skyscrapers being constructed or business districts being planned), there's not much reaction of excitement anymore.. Nonetheless, it just goes to show that we are already used to it coz good news just keep on happening almost everyday.. :D

D'Transporter

June 1st, 2006, 03:59 PM

Guys!! Check this out!!
*Sorry, I took out the pic, I think it shouldn't be posted here in this thread*

MarkiiBoi

June 1st, 2006, 04:03 PM

nice ride! what's that? is that you?

D'Transporter

June 1st, 2006, 04:04 PM

That's Mercedes SLK! Yeap, that's me, good thing it's blurry :D

CwEoBwU

June 1st, 2006, 04:10 PM

^^ako, bisag trisikad, wa gyud... grrrrrzt.

@cebuwowbai, slamat diay sa imo offer... we're grateful that we have you here kay naabotmi argao tungod nimo nya makasaka ad mi club ultima tungod nimo...ehehe

kaw gyud! naabot mo ug argao tungod ni sayboo. igo ra ko ato gapadungog dungog niya, hehehehe. kami dapat magpasalamat sa inyo kay dakong kalipay kaayo inyong nabuhat para di mi mingawon sa cebu labi na sa mga picture nga pwerteng nindota. gamay ra kaayo na kung ikumpara sa inyong hago nga makapicture lang para naay mabutang diri sa ssc.

sige lang bai, inig maabri na nang hotel, makatulog na sad nya ka diha. hehehhehehe.

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 04:16 PM

@david welcome to SSC.. enjoy your stay here :)

ninduta ani oi.. inig uli ni cebuwow makatulog ta sa club ultima.. inig uli sad ni butch makasakay ta sa iya mercedez.. inig uli ni harvey makasakay ta ug camel.. hehe

D'Transporter

June 1st, 2006, 04:38 PM

Guys, kita kita inya ta when I get there in Cebu. I'll be there with my family. I'll be in Manila from July 14-18 and Cebu from July 18 to Aug 9. I already have my tickets but havn't made any reservations yet. I'll let you guys know later where I will be staying basin pwede tang mag hangout/swimming/laklak sa Marco Polo pool area, Shangrila or Waterfront :D

MarkiiBoi

June 1st, 2006, 04:41 PM

^^ ayaw kalimti imo mercedes bai. hehehe.

CwEoBwU

June 1st, 2006, 04:43 PM

CwEoBwU

June 1st, 2006, 04:52 PM

sunod kay ako na nya ning ilisan akong id kay pirming sayop sayopon ang spelling. hehehhehe bitaw bisan ako maglisud ani ug type. ako usa i-type ang cebu dayon ang wow with the combination of arrow left key. hasul no? lisud nang suwaton lisud pa gyud litokon.

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 04:56 PM

^^ unsa jud diay imo ngalan bai or nick man lang ky lisod kaayo spelling imo username.. hehe.. oki ra mag sir lang mi nimo: :)

@butch sige kay andaman ko na.. mag puwasa ko daan ky sigurado ko naa jud ni hikay.. busog nasad ta ani.. :D

D'Transporter

June 1st, 2006, 05:11 PM

^^ ayaw kalimti imo mercedes bai. hehehe.

Kung pwede lang unta dalhon bai, lahi ra gyud nang na'ay sakyanan diha kay dali ra maka suroy suroy. Basin mag taxi na lang ko diha or jeep kaay gimingaw na ko ug sakay sa jeepney.

D'Transporter

June 1st, 2006, 05:13 PM

slerz

June 1st, 2006, 06:03 PM

kaw gyud! naabot mo ug argao tungod ni sayboo. igo ra ko ato gapadungog dungog niya, hehehehe. kami dapat magpasalamat sa inyo kay dakong kalipay kaayo inyong nabuhat para di mi mingawon sa cebu labi na sa mga picture nga pwerteng nindota. gamay ra kaayo na kung ikumpara sa inyong hago nga makapicture lang para naay mabutang diri sa ssc.

sige lang bai, inig maabri na nang hotel, makatulog na sad nya ka diha. hehehhehehe.

hehe... lamia paminawn... tulog man gyud and I hope ig mata nako maako na ang unit...ehehe
@d'transporter, lami sad na imong gi balita namo sir da! inom inom along d'pool. Salamat daan para di na mabawi :D

ingon ani palang tang tanan diris pinas, mag hinatagay, lipay gyud tang tanan. And I consider you guys here, in danger of extinction :D

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 07:18 PM

SRP firms can avail of tax perks

Locators of the South Reclamation Project (SRP) will qualify for tax perks as the entire property has been registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) as a special economic zone (ecozone).

“This is what makes the SRP different from other reclamation projects. As long as the companies belong to industries that qualify for tax incentives (such as information technology, manufacturing and tourism), they will get the tax perks due them,” Cebu Investment Promotions Center (CIPC) managing director Joel Mari Yu said.

SRP is now considered a mixed land-use property from being a pure industrial-use zone. It can now accommodate companies with light manufacturing, commercial, tourism and information technology (IT) operations, among others.

Change

“We have explained the change to the Jbic (Japan Bank for International Cooperation). Times have changed. In 1992, when the loan was incurred, the Philippines was the premier destination for manufacturing companies. Now, manufacturing companies are going to China,” Yu told a press conference.

Businesses not allowed at the SRP include housing, heavy industries, gambling establishments and stand-alone golf course.

Even though some 10 local and foreign companies have already expressed intention to locate at the SRP, the CIPC continues to market the property outside the country, especially in Japan.

CIPC is the agency tasked to market the SRP.

Yu said CIPC has sought assistance from the Japanese Government through Jbic, the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Developers

“The Japanese Government will provide us a consultant who will identify and arrange meetings for us with possible property developers in Japan while Jetro has included information on the SRP in their advisories worldwide,” he said.

CIPC also had discussions with Jurong Estates in Singapore.

Yu said the Singapore Government has committed to organize this year a forum in Singapore that will give Cebu the opportunity to present SRP to land developers in that country.

Similar forums will also be held in Hong Kong and Taiwan with the help of Philippine commercial attachés in the two countries.
On June 25 to 30, CIPC will be in Tokyo, Japan for an investment mission to promote the SRP to manufacturing, IT and retirement facility developers there.

“But we will proceed with the marketing only if the City (Government) starts constructing roads within the SRP,” Yu said.

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 07:21 PM

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 07:24 PM

Cebu province to accredit small resorts, homestay facilities

TO ENCOURAGE smaller resorts to upgrade their facilities, the Cebu provincial government is coming up with an accreditation program.

Grace Paulino, who is assigned to the Suroy-suroy sa Sugbo project, said they have been conducting inspections on 365 accommodations within Cebu province.

Of this total, between 50 and 60 percent are homestay accommodations.

The inspection team has started looking at accommodations since December.

The resorts and homestay facilities that pass their inspection would be given a certificate of seal of approval, Paulino said.

Aside from this, these accommodations would be included in the various packages of the Suroy-suroy said Sugbo project, she added.

The minimum requirements include cleanliness and sufficient supply of potable water.

Approximately seventy to eighty percent of these accommodations will receive the seal of spproval, Paulino added.

She noted that owners of accommodations from the northern and southern part of Cebu that did not pass the test wanted to have the copy of the report so that they could improve their facilities.

The team will be conducting regular inspections of the accommodations to ensure that these will continue to meet the minimum standards, Paulino said.

sugbuanon

June 1st, 2006, 07:29 PM

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/2269/12363908556523f762fo5bm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/1992/405742179855fd707co6fk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

waterfront hotel

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/8186/57575159c89557f363b5mg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

windland towers

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/101/42211549bdcba43f1co8hm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

downtown cebu

photos from: flickr

IMPRESARIO

June 1st, 2006, 07:49 PM

Cebú es muy hermosa y progresiva!
Go Cebu!

CwEoBwU

June 2nd, 2006, 12:28 AM

^^ unsa jud diay imo ngalan bai or nick man lang ky lisod kaayo spelling imo username.. hehe.. oki ra mag sir lang mi nimo: :)
:D

i'll remain anonymous in the public domain of ssc until we have gathered face to face. i'll send my name privately (tan-awa sa imo private message box bai) and you are bound to a non-disclosure agreement, limiting your capacity not to indiscriminately include my name in any of your posts. hahahahhahah:D mura man ug si kinsa no?

the internet is very unsafe.

ayaw mo basta basta ug post diri sa internet, be it your name, phone numbers, or even your photos (pero ok ra gihapon). be comfortable with your anonymity, at least diri sa ssc or any forum. kay ipavigilante unya ta ug naay mobikil nato:D

ayaw ko tawaga ug sir kay dili man ko maestro.

john_3:16

June 2nd, 2006, 12:37 AM

Coke offers to spend P3.8M to build better, cleaner Larsian

The Cebu Provincial Government received a proposal from the Coca-Cola Company, which is willing to spend P3.8 million for stalls where Larsian vendors near Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City could transfer.

Provincial Treasurer Roy Salubre told Sun.Star Cebu that the Provincial Economic Enterprise is still studying the proposal, which promises to create a new Larsian that is clean and with murals to depict the lifestyle and tradition of Cebu.

Salubre revealed that the vendors were already told of their impending transfer to a province-owned lot that is still near Fuente Osmeña, and that they already agreed.

Capitol consultant Pablo John Garcia said the Capitol already finished the site development of the 1,900-square-meter property that will have a mini-park.

Landmark

A total of 36 vendors are affected, 23 of which are roadside barbecue vendors while the rest are those fronting the Cebu Maternity Hospital.

In its proposal, the Coca-Cola Company said that while the Larsian barbecue is popular and is already a landmark offering Cebuano barbecue both for locals and visitors, it now looks disorganized.

The company also cited that the stalls in the place now have limited space and sitting capacity, and “no ambience.”

If the proposal is approved, Coca-Cola will build 46 stalls that will have murals, provide for tables, chairs and umbrellas, and will also hold a mural contest among schools for the walls surrounding the property.

Exclusive

The murals and the new Larsian itself will reflect Cebuano culture and lifestyle. The company will also put up a huge lighted billboard that the Province can use to promote upcoming events or tourist destinations in the municipalities.

In return, the company is asking for its exclusive distribution of non-alcoholic beverages in the area, where it also plans to put up a depot to serve the stalls.

Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has embarked on efforts to retrieve Capitol properties that have been used for years by people or entities.

She believes that tolerating the situation will continue to deprive the Province of its right over the properties and deprive its constituents of services, had these been put to better use.

She plans to develop the province lots, especially those with commercial value, so these could generate more income for the Capitol. (JPM)

john_3:16

June 2nd, 2006, 12:38 AM

YEHEY!!!! favorite kayo nang larsian... i used to eat there everyday even if hugaw siya... hahahahaa so karon if malimpyu na the better

slerz

June 2nd, 2006, 12:41 AM

^^kinsay ingon bai?

aw diay, naay news article sa babaw:D

Æsahættr

June 2nd, 2006, 01:19 AM

That's cool! Very environmentally friendly!

MarkiiBoi

June 2nd, 2006, 10:59 AM

CwEoBwU

June 2nd, 2006, 11:50 AM

Hey, GREEN THUMBS!

What: Kapamilya Tree Planting Program

Where: MCWD Family Park, Talamban

When: Tomorrow, 03 June at 7 AM

Most of the participants are in groups, and there are only two of us from SSC Cebu, me and slerz. So mga bai! take part in this ''green'' event! text slerz at 09264285435.

Thanks! ;)

APIL KO!!!

ganahan unta mouban si sugbuanon pero mauwaw lang daw siya moingon ninyo kay basin di ninyo siya paubanon. patay kung sugbuanon ani! :D

CwEoBwU

June 2nd, 2006, 12:03 PM

the fenced lot fronting the driving range at cbp is another location for a highrise building. tinuod bai?

MarkiiBoi

June 2nd, 2006, 12:04 PM

CwEoBwU

June 2nd, 2006, 12:16 PM

^^ hahaha pwede sad ka apil bai. pero ingun man c marvin naa kuno siya lain lakaw.

ang fenced lot didto bai kay kato ra man para sa Tower Palace. then kato sa tapad sa Union Bank ingun si arnold kay hihg rise kuno to kay deep naman daw ilaha excavation.

joke ra to bahin kang sugbuanon bai. basin highrise gyud o di ba kaha basement parking mao nga gilawm pag-ayo. the lot seems too small for a highrise. hinoon ang innove plaza building gamay man sad ang yuta... unta high rise!!!

Sinjin P.

June 2nd, 2006, 12:18 PM

READY FOR SCHOOL SALE!
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*Colon*Mandaue*Ayala*
Up to 50% off!
June 2, 3 and 4

CwEoBwU

June 2nd, 2006, 12:56 PM

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Rural tourism: Going beyond the familiar
By RAOUL J. CHEE KEE, Senior Reporter
Vol. XIX, No. 221
Friday-Saturday, June 2-3, 2006 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES
BusinessWorld Weekender: Focus

Once or twice a year, I jump at the chance to go to Cebu. The invitations that usually come from either of the city’s two major hotel chains are to cover the opening of a new or recently refurbished restaurant, the launching of a spa, or the staging of a series of fashion shows or week-long food promotion.

With all the attendant activities, there are few chances to go beyond the confines of the hotel or resort. Although I am often successful in squeezing in lunch or dinner with my Cebu-based relatives, there is never enough time to go exploring.

click here for the complete article... (http://www.bworldonline.com/Weekender060206/main.php?id=focus1)

sugbuanon

June 2nd, 2006, 01:09 PM

APIL KO!!!

ganahan unta mouban si sugbuanon pero mauwaw lang daw siya moingon ninyo kay basin di ninyo siya paubanon. patay kung sugbuanon ani! :D

dili ko kakuyog ninyo ky naa koy bible study apilan ugma.. dili kaya sa akong konsensya ang mo absent.. hehe

bago rasad ko namutol sa ako mga kuko basin mahugawan nya ug yuta.. :D

sugbuanon

June 2nd, 2006, 04:07 PM

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mango ave.

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banilad

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asiatown i.t. park

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cebu business park

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2nd mactan bridge

slerz

June 2nd, 2006, 04:16 PM

^^saun! ang taw nagagikan sa yuta busa ayaw kahadlok og kamkam sa yuta pero siguradoa lang nga way tae sa iring :D

bitaw, kami lang represent sa SSC Cebu ni Mark sa tree planting ugma...

rustyboi

June 2nd, 2006, 05:38 PM

Thursday, June 01, 2006
10 local, foreign firms to invest in SRP - CIPC

Yu said CIPC is now negotiating, at various levels, with Cebutainer Systems Corp., PY group of companies, Bigfoot group, JY Construction, Arcenas Group, Cardiovascular Hospitals, Mactan Rock Industries Inc., Filinvest Land Inc., Ayala Land Inc.
(ALI), King Group of Companies, J King Group of Companies (JKSCI), Paknaan Central Development Corp., Kurata, Sonnette and the University of Cebu.

Meanwhile, ALI has proposed for a joint venture with the City for the establishment of a five-hectare mall, patterned after the Market! Market! in Fort Bonifacio.

“When these investors see signs of construction of the infrastructure needed, in three years time, the SRP will be full,” Yu said.
Holy Mowly for the love of God Almighty! Good heavens, the Manhattanization of SRP shall commence anytime soon. Ayala Mall in SRP? i can't freakin wait!!! :rock:

hello fellaz... kinda busy these days. thanks for those great photos and tons of great news :cool: see u guys around :D

demented_pigeon

June 2nd, 2006, 05:46 PM

^^ yes naa nay market market! sa cebu soon!!!

sugbuanon

June 2nd, 2006, 05:48 PM

^^ grabeha ug reaction ni resty mura man kita ug pink na kuan.. hehe

rustyboi

June 2nd, 2006, 06:05 PM

^^ grabeha ug reaction ni resty mura man kita ug pink na kuan.. hehe

hahaha saon nlang! missing in action lang ko diri few days pa lang overflowing man hinuon ang mga developments! di na gyud matabang marvs! di na gyud maapsan, layo na kaayo ang biya. :lol:

ingon ato jud ako reaction pag anha nako cebu last year pagka daghan na gyud ug pink nga kuan labi na mga kimchis :hilarious

i've got a roundtrip plane ticket august 19. pero overnight ra ko diha cebu kay naa paman gud ko taping and pictorials. pasensya na, busy kaayo ko sa akong career. :cool:

sugbuanon

June 2nd, 2006, 06:51 PM

hahaha saon nlang! missing in action lang ko diri few days pa lang overflowing man hinuon ang mga developments! di na gyud matabang marvs! di na gyud maapsan, layo na kaayo ang biya. :lol:

familiar man ni na line resty.. ka leo lastimosa man ni.. hehe sige lang resty "atangi lang nya ang mga nagbagang balita" :D

sugbuanon

June 2nd, 2006, 07:41 PM

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Animo

June 2nd, 2006, 08:13 PM

^^ Nice! invitahon pud nako mo mag-post dire: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=8704148#post8704148

:)

sugbuanon

June 3rd, 2006, 03:26 AM

Tropicana Mactan
Owner - Fil-Estate Properties, Inc.
Location Tambuli Beach Resort, Mactan, Cebu

http://www.prsp.com.ph/Gallery/mixTropicana%20Mactan.jpg

A complex of hotel and residential towers, this project will definitely be a grand development in the scenic area of Cebu. It is comprised of a 15-storey hotel and three (3) residential towers of varying heights ranging from 12-16 storeys.

It is characterized by the use of locally available materials of stucco, clay tiles, wrought iron grilles and piedra tiles.

Parkcity Central
Owner -Parkcity Philippines Corporation
Location Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City
http://www.prsp.com.ph/Gallery/mixParkcity%20Central.jpg

This mixed-use project has been designed as a symbol of a progressive city-Cebu. Integrated into the overall urban space, this complex consists of a 12-storey office and leisure building, a 34-storey service apartment and a 34-storey hotel resting on a 3-storey retail podium.

Once completed, the presence of this building complex will surely set the new standards of architecture in the city.

repost lang..

Sinjin P.

June 3rd, 2006, 03:29 AM

^^ OMG!!! I'm hoping for more 30+ storey buildings in Cebu!!! :D

dive-cebu

June 3rd, 2006, 05:05 AM

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mango ave.

@marv, thanks for posting our company's building!!! hay, when pa kaha mi mo transfer sa CBP. wala pa man gud buyer ani nga building oi!!! :)

dive-cebu

June 3rd, 2006, 05:38 AM

Harbor City’ to rise in Mandaue

By Kathy Navarro
Last updated 05:16am (Mla time) 06/03/2006

MANDAUE City is in the process of striking deals with two of the world’s leading engineering companies to construct a new reclamation project and develop it into a “Harbor City.”

Mayor Thadeo Ouano announced that the Mandaue Land Consortium Inc. would work with Jan de Nul N.V. of Belgium and Lyon Associates Inc. of the USA to create the North Reclamation Area near the foot of the Marcelo Fernan Bridge.

Jan de Nul, Ouano said, was known all over the world for its reclamation works, dredging, rock dumping, salvage, heavy lifting, and specialized services for offshore pipelines.

Lyon Associates Inc., with headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii, would provide its expertise in construction management and planning, Ouano added.

The North Reclamation Area, if it pushes through, will be Mandaue’s second reclamation project.

The city has existing reclaimed properties on the city’s southern side, which city officials refer to as the South Reclamation Area.

Ouano said Jan de Nul was involved in the largest reclamation project in the world – the Dubai Palm Project in the United Arab Emirates – and has expressed interest in working on Mandaue’s North Reclamation Area.

Lyon Associates, on the other hand, was involved in the management of several projects in the world, including the Port of Karachi in Pakistan, and was the firm that designed and managed the construction of the South Harbor properties of the Port of Manila.

The Harbor City concept revolves around making the reclamation project into an international port to complement the South Reclamation Area’s development into the “New Mandaue City” or the Convention Center of Asia.

dive-cebu

June 3rd, 2006, 05:40 AM

^^ Could anyone of you guys post a map of where they're planning to put up this Harbor City? Thanks.

D'Transporter

June 3rd, 2006, 06:35 AM

It's nice to hear them talking about a new Harbor City but I oppose having it in Mandaue, I prefer to have the port further south of Cebu's SRP. The current of the seawater on the channel flows southerly this will worsen the quality of water across cebu city.

Jimbu

June 3rd, 2006, 07:44 AM

People Support opens 2nd BPO facility in Lahug

By Regina Aguilar
Last updated 05:09am (Mla time) 06/03/2006

A US-BASED call center company remains confident that there is enough supply of information and communication technology (ICT) talents in Cebu despite a reported shortage of qualified workers for the call center sector.

According to People Support Inc. chairman and chief executive officer Lance Rosenzweig, resolving the manpower needs of the call center sector is not difficult for Cebu.

“We’re not seeing the (shortage) as a problem at all. When we first started in Cebu three years ago, we thought we’ll only have 500 people, but now we’re more than three times that number,” Rosenzweig yesterday told members of the local media.

Players in the ICT industry started to reveal last year the difficulty in getting the right people for their companies particularly for call centers.

Some firms even looked for talents from outside Cebu to fill up their manpower requirements.
Rosenzweig, however, said that Cebu, particularly its academic sector, has been receptive in acknowledging the problem.

Cebu’s universities are now incorporating curricula based on the needs of the industry.

“We just have to link with the education sector and improve proficiencies of would-be applicants,” said Rosenzweig.

People Support formally inaugurated its second business processing outsourcing (BPO) facility in the new Skyrise Building at the AsiaTown I.T. Park in Lahug.

The expansion covers three floors of the building with a capacity of 450 seats per floor.

Rainerio Borja, president of People Support Philippines Inc., said that the company has more than doubled since it started here in Cebu.

He said the company is now employing more than 1,600 people, making People Support Cebu’s biggest BPO operator in Cebu.

“We’re not stopping here because we’re growing very fast. The quality of people, business environment, and a work-life balance are all here in Cebu,” said Borja.

Gracing the affair is Cebu City Mayor Tomas R. Osmeña who assured to help call centers get the right people.

“Cebu has many very qualified people but don’t like to work on a call center because they’re worried if they can go home safely at night and that’s what we’re working on,” said Osmeña.

He also announced that the Cebu City government is allocating P2 million to help train Cebuanos meet the demands of call centers.

“Cebu is the only place in the Philippines that takes a direct linkage among universities, government, and employers,” said Osmeña.

Copyright 2006 Cebu Daily News.

overtureph

June 3rd, 2006, 07:54 AM

Dutch experts warn of Cebu water crisis

Last updated 05:15am (Mla time) 06/03/2006

DUTCH water management experts urged Cebuanos not to lose time in undertaking a 25-year action plan to avoid a dangerous shortfall in water supply.

“The problem has been discussed for decades,” said Albert Nauta, team leader of the Netherlands-funded Water Remind Project, which unveiled results of a three-year study of Cebu’s water supply and needs.

“If you continue to move like this,” said Nauta about the status quo, “Cebu will go from a situation of scarcity to shortage.”

The solutions offered in the 25-year Action Plan were familiar – build new dams in Lusaran and Kotkot, dig more well fields, control water pricing, reduce water consumption, protect existing watersheds, and build a “knowledge center” of technical water data to guide decision-makers.

By year 2030, Cebu’s current demand of 165 million cubic meters a year is expected to double.
Nauta noted that “several initiatives” have sprung up over the years to address Cebu’s water problem but what was lacking was a coherent strategy or water resources management board to implement reforms.

The capital cost of infrastructure improvements was estimated at P17.6 billion. The biggest spending was needed in the service area of the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) or P15.3 billion.

Water Remind said “good governance” was crucial to seeing the plan through with a tripartite water board with members from government, private sector/business and civil society.

Nauta admitted he was “disappointed” that nothing much had changed since he came to Cebu.

Last year, Water Remind helped set up the Central Cebu Water Resources Management Board with members Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena, MCWD chairman Juan Saul Montecillo and a representative of the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources.

In the open forum, Lorenzo Jamorra, administrator of the Local Water Utilitiies Administration, described the 25-year Action Plan “as the best master plan I’ve seen so far.”

“Sad to say, however, that sometimes the politics here (in Cebu) gets out of hand.”

He said Metro Cebu already has “the highest” cost of drinking water in the country.

The focus of the action plan was to provide safe and affordable water for “all Cebuanos.” At present, MCWD serves only 40 percent of its client population leaving thousands of Cebuanos, mostly living in rural areas, to cope without piped, potable water.

Mindset

Some Cebu-based stakeholders, who were invited to the briefing on the Action Plan at the Casino Español last Thursday said the problem boiled down to the political will of local government leaders.

“The mindset of leaders today is resistant to change,” said Inquirer and CDN columnist Juan L. Mercado in the open forum.

“The only way to break it is for a crisis to happen, then they wake up when the water is gone.”

He mentioned former Gov. Pablo Garcia who insisted during his term there was “no water crisis” in Cebu and Mayor Osmeña who favors the commercial development of the watersheds in Cebu City hillylands.

To this Nauta shared his own view that Cebu remained in the “same situation”as when the Netherlands project started three years ago.

“I’m disappointed,” he said. “This (plan) needs commitment.”

Vic Dumon of the Cebu Uniting for Sustainable Water (CUSW), a multi-sectoral advocacy group, cited the conflict between the “rights of a water district” versus “rights of a local government.”

He recalled the impasse in Compostela town where a P100-million wellfield project of MCWD has been idle since 1992 because towns officials refused to let the pumps operate.

A similar hitch is developing in Carmen town where plans for a bulk water project between MCWD and Ayala Corp. to tap the Luyang river is being opposed by some town officials seeking higher royalty fees.

Prof. Eelco van Beek, policy analysis specialist for Water Remind, said that with the reforms recommended, he forsees a “long and painful process but it can be done as proven in other places. Central Cebu can’t afford any longer to have a wait-and-see approach.”

Domini Chua of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) said relying on a tripartite board to steer progress in water management in Cebu was “an old idea” that needed sincere action.

“Let’s stop the talking exercise and do something,” she said.

RAFI executive director Evelyn Nacario Castro said the tripartite model had been tried over the past 10 years in the CUSW, Mananga Watershed Development Authority, and Canadian project PCEEM but remained frustrated by the inaction or indifference of some local officials.

MCWD general manager Armando Paredes said the water district was the “primary beneficiary” of the Netherlands findings because MCWD had long wanted to come up with a master plan, which would have cost millions.

“We will take the results seriously, maybe even reconsider our approach to tapping surface water,” he said.

With the Dutch project winding up at the end of its fourth year, it’s two strongest recommendations were to set up a Technical Secretariat to serve as a “knowledge center” of accumulated water research and the Water Management Board.

“Decisions must be data-based, not driven by emotion,” said Nauta. “Continue to update the 25-year Plan. Be proactive, instead of waiting for unsolicited proposals,” he advised, referring to business propositions to exploit water resources where the process is less transparent or thorough.

Engr. Fe Walag of the 20-year-old Water Resources Center- University of San Carlos served as project manager of Water Remind.

She acknowledged the uphill battle to get Cebu government leaders to take the water supply problem seriously “so we decided to let the long-nose do it.”

Walag was referring to the value of letting foreign consultants get the attention of local officials to deliver the message.

“And indeed they listened--- for a while,” she said.

“We have dragged the consultants into an internal problem. To me, the priority should now be to establish the critical mass (among the people) and achieve this.” Eileen G. Mangubat and Regina Aguilar

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

http://globalnation.inq7.net/cebudailynews/news/view_article.php?article_id=3652

slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 07:56 AM

“We’re not seeing the (shortage) as a problem at all. When we first started in Cebu three years ago, we thought we’ll only have 500 people, but now we’re more than three times that number,” Rosenzweig yesterday told members of the local media.

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rustyboi

June 3rd, 2006, 10:16 AM

familiar man ni na line resty.. ka leo lastimosa man ni.. hehe sige lang resty "atangi lang nya ang mga nagbagang balita" :D

haha kang leo lastimosa diay na? yeah, so much great news. it's MO-MO-MO-MONSTER KILL! :righton:

Dutch experts warn of Cebu water crisisoops, bad news! i sure hope water crisis won't hit Cebu in the future. anyway, we have the best governor in the country, not really something we should worry about. ;)

People Support opens 2nd BPO facility in Lahug
People Support formally inaugurated its second business processing outsourcing (BPO) facility in the new Skyrise Building at the AsiaTown I.T. Park in Lahug.

The expansion covers three floors of the building with a capacity of 450 seats per floor.

Rainerio Borja, president of People Support Philippines Inc., said that the company has more than doubled since it started here in Cebu.

He said the company is now employing more than 1,600 people, making People Support Cebu’s biggest BPO operator in Cebu.

“We’re not stopping here because we’re growing very fast. The quality of people, business environment, and a work-life balance are all here in Cebu,” said Borja.

impressive! :okay: 3 floors in Skyrise bldg? i thought they're occupying a single floor lang. nice! by the way, any idea what companies are occupying the second PIPC Bldg? the biggest building so far within Asiatown Park. :)

ivanc

June 3rd, 2006, 11:54 AM

cool lagi na ang park city central.. asa dapit sa gorrodo na itukod? maayo ta dapit sa century peak aron naa siya tapad nga taas. there's a vacant lot adjacent to the malaysia airlines office pero i think its too small.

slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 12:49 PM

ABS-CBN KAPAMILYA TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY MCWD Family Park, Talamban Cebu City... 06.03.06

The last batch of participants who planted the last of the seedlings from the MCWD Nursery with Leo Lastimosa
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pic by Mr. Leo Lastimosa. Thank You Sir for dropping by our Cebu thread.

Close to 1,000 participants showed up in the rough mountains surrounding the MCWD Family Park
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more pics by Markiibai.:okay:

sugbuanon

June 3rd, 2006, 12:52 PM

^^ wala lagi si bobby nalzaro slerz.. ila sad unta to gipakuyog si super bob.. :D

slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 12:54 PM

^^wa oi, pildi na kay dako na kaayog biya, naapsan na hagbay pa :D

astroboi

June 3rd, 2006, 01:11 PM

WoW, galing naman ng tree planting for greener environment jan sa Cebu. Diba kapamilaya ay ABSCBN?

slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 01:21 PM

^^edited na pow ;)

Sinjin P.

June 3rd, 2006, 01:21 PM

^^wa oi, pildi na kay dako na kaayog biya, naapsan na hagbay pa :D

Unsa gani na iyang isulti every after TV Patrol Central Visayas

"gideklarar nga labing maayo nga TV News Program sa tibuok Pilipinas"
"lisod na maapsan kay dako na kaayog labaw!"

Sinjin P.

June 3rd, 2006, 01:43 PM

Off topic:

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE:
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Rajah_Soliman

June 3rd, 2006, 02:28 PM

Off topic:

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE:
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Nakuratan ko dong!!! :bash:

MarkiiBoi

June 3rd, 2006, 02:57 PM

Kapamilya Tree Planting 03 June '06 at MCWD Family Park

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MarkiiBoi

June 3rd, 2006, 02:59 PM

The view from the 'summit'. ;)

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slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 06:04 PM

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bai, through you, SSC Cebu is now better known. Salamat sa imong diskurso ganiha bai, we've established a step for our group to be acknowleged by media through ABS CBN. Basig sunod ani ma membro nata's CHI...ehehe

slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 06:06 PM

YAHOOO, daog nasad taga Cebu sa PBB :rock::rock:
Congrats Kim. Di gyud mapuhalan ang kagwapa sa mga Cebuana :okay:

sugbuanon

June 3rd, 2006, 06:08 PM

^^ unsa diay gistorya ni mark slerz.. basin naa lang kalit mga taga media ang mobisita sa ato mga balay.. hehe

patupi ko daan ani ugma basin magdala sila ug camera.. :D

Askal82

June 3rd, 2006, 06:27 PM

Wow, SSC is just more than forums and intelligent exchange of ideas. I believed now.

slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 06:28 PM

nakalimot na ko bai marvs basta very professional kaayo pagka storyaa niya. Very warm man gani ang pag tagad sa mga taw namo tungod kay nakita nila sa pag diskuso ni @Mark nga unsa ta ka dedicated pag promote sa Cebu og pag protect sa atong environment. Cg lang bitaw mi kuha sa camera ganina, napa gyud sa ako atubangan, ako sad bitaw gibawsan og picture..ehehe.

sugbuanon

June 3rd, 2006, 06:45 PM

mao nani ako gihulat.. chance nani nato na mahimong artista.. basin inviton ta ug talk show sa ABS-CBN naay makakita nato mga talent agents.. hehe

oi CONGRATZ diay ni KIM!!! dili jud mabangbang ang mga bisaya.. mangawat nya ko ug hinayhay ni kim sa ila balay.. ako na e auction ngari sigurado ko naa jud daghan mag-apas.. hehe

@sinjin ahak anang imo gipost oi.. pirme ko makuratan ngari samot na ky mag headphones ko pirme.. :D

slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 06:51 PM

^^news and current affairs man @marvs... lahi raman tong entertainment sa ABS...eheh bsig mahimo nuon news caster :D

Basig imbitaron ako mama sa ila KIM kay ang mama sa gi tuturan sa ako mama kay igsoon sa mama ni KIM or in short ig agaw ni KIM ang gi tuturan sa ako mama... mokuyog gyud ko haron maka picture ko wid har :rock:

sugbuanon

June 3rd, 2006, 06:59 PM

^^ mao ba.. naay botique ang iyaan ni kim kato atbang sa mcdonalds sa mambaling.. duol raman amo balay didto.. usahay mosuroy daw si kim didto.. atngan na nako siya nya paapilon nako siya sa SSC.. kung dili siya mo apil aww wala koy mabuhat buwagan nako siya.. hehe

atay oi nanakit na ako dunggan ngari tungod anang abat sa taas.. paspasan tani ug post para mabalhin ta sa next page..

slerz

June 3rd, 2006, 07:05 PM

^^saon!!! wa manay lami ang atay @Marvs:D.... askag damgo ahhh!!! Si KIM rana oi, napay kam kam og kum kum diha sa kilid kilid, dali pa maduol. Aw naa diay abat sa taas? wa lagi ko kabantay, murag bugo abata kay wa kahadlok nako...wahehe

sugbuanon

June 3rd, 2006, 07:24 PM

^^ dili bitaw slerz ang tinuod jud MU mi ni kim.. Mura Unggoy.. hehe kung sa isda pa si kim ky blue marlin na siya.. mahalon na siya na isda slerz.. :D dili sad ko anang kilid2 oi.. lisod kayo pataka ta kaon ug isda sa kilid2 ky mabukog ta ana murag isdang tuloy ug barungoy.. :D atay jud oi.. mayta ang picture sa taas kay si francine prieto nya mokalit lang siya ug pakita sa iyaha.. joke lang wholesome bitaw ko na pagkatao.. hehe

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one acacia place

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mcia

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 04:47 AM

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overtureph

June 4th, 2006, 05:00 AM

Illegal fishing killing C. Visayas marine life

First posted 02:22am (Mla time) June 04, 2006
By Jolene R. Bulambot
Inquirer

Editor's Note: Published on page A21 of the June 4, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

CEBU CITY—Ornamental and tropical fish and other marine species thriving in the seas of Central Visayas are slowly disappearing.

The culprit, warned the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the region, is the prevailing use of destructive fishing methods.

Known for its rich marine life, many ornamental fish in the waters of Central Visayas—composed of the island-provinces of Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor and Negros Oriental on Negros Island—were being driven away by the degradation of their habitat.

Joezen Corales, chief of the project development section of BFAR regional office, said the use of cyanide, dynamite, push-nets and other destructive methods in fishing caused ornamental and marine aquarium fishes to seek safer habitats.

“The use of cyanide has caused damage to our coral reefs, it has poisoned the coral reefs...,” she said.

Woodenheaded

Despite stiff penalties for illegal fishing, many fishermen still continue
using destructive fishing methods, she said.

Corales said one other solution was to establish more marine sanctuaries in the region’s waters.

Corales said BFAR continues to provide technical services to local government units and nongovernment organizations to set up marine sanctuaries in Central Visayas.

So far, he said, the region has 274 marine sanctuaries.

BFAR data said from January to May 2006, 63,130 kilograms of ornamental fish were exported to the United States, Europe and other Asian countries like Japan and Singapore.

Aside from the depletion of tropical fish in Central Visayas, BFAR also noted a decrease in the production of municipal marine fisheries.

In the first quarter of this year, fish catch declined by 12.81 percent, with 12,752 kg caught during the period, according to data from the Department of Agriculture. During the same period last year, the total fish catch reached 14,626 kg, the DA data said.

Destructive factors

Corales said the DA data also cited destructive fishing, pollution and cold weather as the primary causes of the decrease in production.

Aaron Abraham, director for Asia-Pacific operations of the Marine Aquarium Council (MAC), also expressed concern over the use of destructive fishing methods in the Philippines.

Abraham said destructive fishing has diminished the quality of tropical fish because there is a perception in the international marine aquatic trade that ornamental fish in the Philippines is of “low quality” due to the destructive practice.

MAC, an international nonprofit organization, is involved in conservation of coral reefs and other marine ecosystems by creating standards and certifications for those engaged in the collection and care of ornamental marine life.

According to MAC, the Philippines is in the “Coral Triangle,” a global center of coral reef biodiversity with an estimated 2,000 species of fish and 500 species of corals.

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

http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=77980

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 05:36 AM

bai, through you, SSC Cebu is now better known. Salamat sa imong diskurso ganiha bai, we've established a step for our group to be acknowleged by media through ABS CBN. Basig sunod ani ma membro nata's CHI...ehehe

Basin sunod bai naa na mo sponsor na to, like IPI (Int'l Pharmaceutical Inc). hehehe.

CwEoBwU

June 4th, 2006, 05:56 AM

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/MarkiiBoi2/Picture007copy.jpg

ARTISTA?! kinsa na bai? :D

congrats markiiboi and slerz. nindot na inyong gibuhat!!! wala ninyo giingon didto nga apil ko in spirit? heheheheheheh.

k'yawa! naa na tay spokesperson. walay transcript sa speech ni markiiboi?

sunod bai kita na sang taga ssc mag tree planting. someday i will meet with you. you are the people who i share the same interests with especially in those aspects.

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 06:19 AM

^^ cge mag tree planting ta sa SRP kay barren pa kaayu didto. hehehe.

My speech was rather short bai. a very brief overview of what SSC Cebu is all about. And that we joined the tree planting because of our environmental awareness program (meron ba tayo 'nun? hehehe).

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 06:26 AM

^^

I wasn't able to attend the Tree-planting kay naay wedding ako gi-apilan.. :colgate:

D'Transporter

June 4th, 2006, 06:35 AM

Basin sunod bai naa na mo sponsor na to, like IPI (Int'l Pharmaceutical Inc). hehehe.

Mark, kaning Int'l Pharmaceutical Inc., ma-o ba ni ang business ni Stanley Villacin??

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 06:41 AM

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http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/MarkiiBoi2/Picture016copy.jpg

^^ mao na na camera imo gamit sa imo picture mark? limpyo kaayo!!! :applause:

ato nya to saboton si sir villarete na mag tree planting ta sa SRP.. tamnan to nato ug tuba-tuba.. hehe

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 06:46 AM

^^ yup kato akung dako bai. lagi tsamba. hehe. salamat bai. ako na ni tarungon photography bai basin makakwarta pa ta ani. hehehe

Mark, kaning Int'l Pharmaceutical Inc., ma-o ba ni ang business ni Stanley Villacin??

wa ko kahibaw bai, basta sila ang makers sa Dr. S. Wong's Bioderm germicidal soap

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 06:47 AM

^^ Sure winner na to imong entry Mark, I'm so sure! :applause:

----
Unsay gihuwat ninyo mga tao, vote na ug 10!!! :D

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 06:52 AM

^^ yup kato akung dako bai. lagi tsamba. hehe. salamat bai. ako na ni tarungon photography bai basin makakwarta pa ta ani. hehehe

wa ko kahibaw bai, basta sila ang makers sa Dr. S. Wong's Bioderm germicidal soap

basta makatrabaho ko puhon ako jud ni seryosohon ang photography bai.. karon wala paman kwarta ang bata.. hehe wala ta kabalo basin kuwaon ta sa Fashion TV ug photographers para sa ila mga models.. hehe

oi apil man sad diay si leo lastimosa sa flickr.com.. staring kaayo mo duha ni slerz didto..

CwEoBwU

June 4th, 2006, 07:09 AM

weird lagi ni ssc kay kung abrihan nimo naay motingog. pero kung laing site ok ra man. kamo bai, ok ra inyo?

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 07:12 AM

^^ bitaw d i no. hapit na jud me maartista ani bai. hehehe.

weird lagi ni ssc kay kung abrihan nimo naay motingog. pero kung laing site ok ra man. kamo bai, ok ra inyo?

unsa nga tingug bai? wala lagi ako.

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 07:15 AM

^^

katu sigurong Monster.. :)

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 08:09 AM

^^ Monster nako? :colgate:

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 08:16 AM

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dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 08:17 AM

@mark and @slerz, i'm so proud of what you did! i wish i was there para maka participate sad ko sa pagtanom ug mga kahoy ug maka pakpak sa diskorso ni mark... hehehe!!! bitaw mga bai, bilib kaayo ko sa inyo gi buhat...

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 08:37 AM

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 08:48 AM

^^ apil na cguro ang madagascar trees sa 3M...

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 08:57 AM

siguro.. pero sa latest pic ni slerz sa north recla wala my madagascar trees.. lubi-lubi man ilang gipang tanum sa center islands.. siguro basin nag order pa sila..

KulasKusgan

June 4th, 2006, 09:31 AM

Off topic:

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE:
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aguruy! giatake kog heart attack!

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 09:35 AM

^^ bai, ako pod!!! perteng kurata nako oi!!! imo pa jud gi balik dire nga page...

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 09:39 AM

^^ May ma na nga samtang enjoy, naay pinakurat. :D

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 09:41 AM

^^ ikaw ramay na enjoy :bash:

ahak imo mang gi repost dave.. na igking nasad nuon ko ngari :D

paspasan tani ug post para mabalhin nasad sa next page..

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 09:43 AM

^^ and it reminds me nga lami kaayo ekaon ug bahaw and danggit nya PINAKURAT para sa sawsawan.. kalami!!! gutom nako!

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 09:44 AM

^^ Lol, diba ang PinaKurat gikan sa Iligan?

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 09:45 AM

^^ paresan pa jud ug pinakupsan na buko-buko sa buwaya na kagumkong kaayo.. hehe

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 09:45 AM

Tutuki mga bai, muari kuno si Jessica Alba sa Cebu!
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dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 09:46 AM

^^ yup, pero you can buy it sa mga supermarket.. sige mi ug palit ug pinakurat sa may robinson supermarket fuente, dili sa btc..

CwEoBwU

June 4th, 2006, 09:47 AM

unsa nga tingug bai? wala lagi ako.

kani diay ang gipost ni sinjin ang hinungdan hehehhehehe.

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 09:48 AM

gara naman ni imo..

Tallers

June 4th, 2006, 09:48 AM

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/MarkiiBoi2/Picture025copy.jpg

si slerz to diba? Congrats pala sa inyong dalawa sa maganda nyong adhikain.
slerz, bibisita uli ako sa Cebu this august. Ok lang ba sayo if we'll meet? Ganda ng chin mo pare, divided :)

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 09:49 AM

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 09:50 AM

^^ paresan pa jud ug pinakupsan na buko-buko sa buwaya na kagumkong kaayo.. hehe

unsa ni bai? wapa ko katilaw!

Tallers

June 4th, 2006, 09:54 AM

Miss Tallers, welcome back! The Cebu Forumers will be glad if you'll meet with us. ;)

di po ako miss, lalake ho ako.

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 09:57 AM

^^ hala sinj, lagot ka... hehehe!!!

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 09:59 AM

si slerz to diba? Congrats pala sa inyong dalawa sa maganda nyong adhikain.
slerz, bibisita uli ako sa Cebu this august. Ok lang ba sayo if we'll meet? Ganda ng chin mo pare, divided :)

ei tallers, we want to see you, see you in cebu... :)

kevinb

June 4th, 2006, 10:00 AM

^^ hala sinj, lagot ka... hehehe!!!

bakit?may hidden agenda ba si sinjin? :lol:

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 10:00 AM

Tutuki mga bai, muari kuno si Jessica Alba sa Cebu!
<embed src='http://sheendigital.com/alba/alba.swf' width='1000' height='625'></embed>

para malingaw si sinjin..

Tallers

June 4th, 2006, 10:01 AM

pwede rin, after I'll meet with slerz. I mean pagkatapos kong mameet si slerz.

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 10:14 AM

bakit?may hidden agenda ba si sinjin? :lol:

meron ba sinj? u better ask him. i was referring to how sinjin addressed tallers. sinj used "ms." :)

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 10:16 AM

^^ ei guys, we're about to reach the 500th post. who's assigned to do the 26th thread?

Pacific_leopard

June 4th, 2006, 10:40 AM

helo, congrats sa cebu... for a few post... new thread nanaman uli kayo... by the way... congrats sa "pride ng Cebu" Thats Kim of PBB...

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 10:50 AM

^^ in behalf of everyone in cebu thread, thanks pacific leopard.. by the way, you're from iloilo pala, i was there last april and was able to visit your newest hang-out place... forgot the name...

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 10:55 AM

in 5, 4, 3, 2.. and now the for the world premier of... CLOSING TIME!!!

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 10:58 AM

YEHEY, ako lang jud isa, so im the one posting for the 500th thread!!! close it, close it, close it!!! :lock: :lock: :lock: :lock: :lock:

Pacific_leopard

June 4th, 2006, 11:04 AM

^^ in behalf of everyone in cebu thread, thanks pacific leopard.. by the way, you're from iloilo pala, i was there last april and was able to visit your newest hang-out place... forgot the name...

buti ka nakapunta ka na rito, ako i really want to experience CEbu,

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 11:10 AM

^^ ey, just inform us if one of these days, you'll be visiting cebu... many forumers are more than willing to tour you around the place...

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 11:30 AM

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welcome to cebu

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 11:41 AM

before closing this thread, let me post this pic courtesy of [2]rokbot[2]...
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g135/div-cebu/6432994_c5074f77f6_m1.jpg

CwEoBwU

June 4th, 2006, 11:42 AM

by the way, next time let us not post something like that here. mawala ang dignity sa cebu thread. ang mga seryoso nga tawo kay mapungot. it takes space in memory because it contains both video and audio data. luoy tong mga dili kaayo up to date na systems kay makapa-hang up or hinay sa ilang computer. we could possibly lose quality viewers who are worthy of cebu thread's attention and attract crazy people to just mess around with our intention to bring cebu closer to everyone.

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 11:46 AM

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dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 11:48 AM

^^ i couldn't agree more. i myself was having some problems opening cebu's thread becoz of that post cguro...

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 11:59 AM

^^ What are you talking about? The ghost? Sorry if it has inflicted damage on you. :)

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 12:07 PM

acc
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dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 12:12 PM

^^ What are you talking about? The ghost? Sorry if it has inflicted damage on you. :)
if you're askin me sinj, apology accepted. not so much damage man, dugay lang ang pag open sa page... pero mas ok if next time dili na ta mag post ug dagko kaayo nga files, inconvenient kaayo sa mga users... :)

dive-cebu

June 4th, 2006, 12:20 PM

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g135/div-cebu/cbp.jpg

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 12:21 PM

Let's now proceed to the next thread

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 12:27 PM

:lock:

:lock:

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 01:38 PM

Two under constructions at the Cebu Business Park are already occupying almost half of the main road at the CBP: the Cebu Towers Commercial, and the one beside Unionbank.

Although there is still no rendering on the one beside Unionbank, I think it's really a highrise given the fact that the excavation which I saw last friday was very, very deep.

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 01:39 PM

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 01:45 PM

Shanties face demolition

* 3M required for landscaping, beautification project that will cover purchase of plamts that will be planted along isalnds and sidewalks

* repair cost of 11 local roads estimated to reach P211.4M

* city govt. asking malacanang to tap special local road fund

* structures built under the Subangdaku flyover were also torn down

* mayor thadeo ouano, in his state of the city address last april, promised to clear Mandaue City of illegal structures lining along the streets and sidewalks

I've been to Mandaue City two days ago and indeed, the illegal structures under the dirty Subangdaku flyover have all been removed. I hope that the next step would be the cleaning up of that very dirty area, and probably a liitle bit of landscaping too like the flyovers in CBP and Lahug. :)

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 01:45 PM

^^ Naglagot jud diay mo? :colgate:

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 01:48 PM

:lock:

:lock:

:lock:

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 01:48 PM

^^ Yeah, that area is indeed bustling. There's even a commercial building (or was that a bank) which is currently under construction across the Subangdaku flyover

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 01:50 PM

^^ the u/c beside unionbank could be just a midrise arnold coz the lot is quite small.. maybe 6-10 storeys lang.. i'll just try asking the workers there for confirmation.. hapit siguro ko sa ayala after our enrollment tomorrow..

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 01:56 PM

^^

Hinuon sad bai.. :) But if it will be as tall as Ayala FGU (it seems that their lot area is more or less the same), that would be fine. What I'm after for is a "construction boom" at the CBP.

For this year alone, there are already five u/cs at the CBP

1. Cebu Towers Commercial
2. u/c beside Unionbank
3. Tower Palace Condominium
4. Lexmark Building
5. Social Security Bank

slerz

June 4th, 2006, 02:01 PM

oi mike sinjin, kaw ha maayo kaayo ka niingon atong tallers nga willing kaayo ka and us nga makig meet niya pero wa jud ka ka lugar og pakig meet namo, bisag 1 second lang... look kid, gibinuangan naman gani ko ato niya nya maki meet pa gyud ka. Naa tawn mi diri lilbro nga mga bata sa sugbo willing sad makig meet nimo. ;)

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 02:04 PM

^^

yeah Sinjin join us on our next road trip.. Ummm, lisod bai Slerz, classes start tomorrow I think. :colgate:

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 02:05 PM

^^ yeah me too bai.. i'd love to see more constructions in cbp so by the time its full they could then proceed with their planned expansion..

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 02:06 PM

^^ Lisod jud, graduating pa. :colgate: Sa tinuod lang, I'm shy. :D

slerz

June 4th, 2006, 02:14 PM

^^if there's a will, there's a way ;)
mas shy pa gani ko kaayo kaysa nimo. pariha tang duha, shy type.

btw, the ICT IT mall is now working on its 3rd floor... I was there a while ago and they're already installing the T-crane blue ang color, very fast ang ila construction sa building... For sure in several days, ma congest nasad nag maayo diha nga area along N Bacalso ave. The Osmeña blvd, P del Rosario junction is the busiest intersection in Metro Cebu.

And about the MCWD Family Park, I've talked to one of the personel sa MCWD nursery, the park is currently undergoing a facelift coz he said that the park will be one of the sites to be visited by the first ladies and genlemen of the diffrent heads of States in this coming ASEAN Summit this december. Nindot na raba kaayo ila mini lake.

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 02:15 PM

^^

@sinjin

Graduating year was very memorable to me bai. I think you will also experience this:

1.) Confirmation
2.) Industrial Tour (tour at different factories, plants, hospitals, offices, etc..etc..)
3.) 2 days retreat at USC-TC Retreat House
4.) Intramurals (seniors will always be over-all champion)
5.) Prom/Graduation Bash
6.) Graduation Day!

in addition to the ones above, we also had:

1.) CAT Tactical Inspection
2.) CAT Camping (overnight with wargames, etc..etc..)
3.) CAT Graduation

etc..etc..

LordCarnal

June 4th, 2006, 02:19 PM

I took these photos from a book:

MORE PHOTOS at the Cebu Heritage Walk Thread. :)

Papal Visit Mass at the old Lahug Airport, now an IT Park

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/pope_visit07.jpg

The dusty roads of the former Lahug Airport, now an IT Park
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/pope_visit05.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/pope_visit04.jpg

The Pope with the original image of the Santo Niño beside him
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/pope_visit03.jpg

The Pope at the Arzobispado (Archbishop's Palace of Cebu)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/pope_visit02.jpg

The Pope with the late Cebu Archbishop Julio Cardinal Rosales
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/pope_visit06.jpg

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 02:20 PM

^^ By the way, don't you know that the Intramurals is different now. Before it was the traditional by year level competition right? But many thought of it to be unfair to the freshmen and other younger years so now, it's by color (Blue Eagles, Red Lions, Yellow..., and Green...)

rowell_sk

June 4th, 2006, 03:01 PM

morag ang Tower Palace Condominium man tingali ang tapad sa Union Bank kay ang ila gibutang nga site map sa ilang ads sa SunsStar last Sunday kay atbang man siya sa Pag-Ibig Building, nya naa sad siya tunga sa Arch. Reyes ug Ayala Center.

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 03:06 PM

^^ asa naman ka bai rowell pnagsa naman kau ka dire?

dili rowell ang tower palace ky adto itukod sa kaona grill kilid sa driving range.. lahi pud to tapad sa union bank ug kato atbang sa pag-ibig..

rowell_sk

June 4th, 2006, 03:14 PM

sorry!!! bay sugbuanon, nalibat tingali akong mata, libog man gud ang naa sa newspaper...

mao diay ni siya ang site map sa ilang official site..

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/rowell_sk/cebutowerpalace.jpg

CwEoBwU

June 4th, 2006, 03:15 PM

3. Tower Palace Condominium

tower palace has already started with the construction?

edifice_complex3

June 4th, 2006, 03:39 PM

Sinjin P.

June 4th, 2006, 04:12 PM

^^ Okay, but that will have to wait next week since next week will be the opening of classes

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 04:15 PM

tower palace has already started with the construction?

yeah the construction has already started bai..

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 04:18 PM

^^ bai marvin suroy ka ayala ugma no? hapit daw sa showroom sa TP bai. basin naa updaes didto. hehehe. salamat daan.

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 04:24 PM

^^ sulayan lang nako hapit sa ayala ky pa enroll pako ugma.. kung makahapit ko pang interviewhon nako mga trabahabte didto.. basin magdala sad ko sa ako masakiton na camera.. hehe

slerz

June 4th, 2006, 04:34 PM

maayo imo camera kay masakiton pa, ako deadbol na :D

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 04:36 PM

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sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 04:42 PM

maayo imo camera kay masakiton pa, ako deadbol na :D

mao ba.. basin madala pana ug pikpik.. naa nako natripan na digicam baratuhon ra gud pero maynalang ba kaysa mag-antus ko ani ako masakiton na camera..

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 04:44 PM

maayo imo camera kay masakiton pa, ako deadbol na :D

kuyog unya me sa lubong bai. hehehe. joke! :D

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slerz

June 4th, 2006, 04:53 PM

dili pa cguro nako ilubong bai kay basing napay miracle mahitabo...hehe
@marvs, hapit nalang malumping sa sigig nakog pikpik, di gyud gihapon moguwa iyang lens, sige la'g lens error... :cry:

ala na raba koy wawart ipalit... :cry: wa wa wa wa
basig di nako ka kuyog sa club ultima kay wana koy picture nga ma post dre :cry::cry: baby... :D :D

sugbuanon

June 4th, 2006, 05:07 PM

@mark bago lang ko ni vote didto.. makasuya kaayo inyo mga pics didto

@slerz oki rana daghan nata walay wawarts.. hehe mangayo lang ta ug hinabang sa TV Patrol..

JAMAICUS

June 4th, 2006, 05:39 PM

Guys, when did the Ayalas bought and turned the the old golf course into what is know CBP???

Jimbu

June 4th, 2006, 07:34 PM

Monday, June 05, 2006
Firm opens at IT park 1st call center in Asia
By Jessica B. Natad
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

TRACFONE Wireless Inc., one of the leading prepaid wireless providers in the United States, has chosen Cebu to host its first customer care center in Asia.

According to Qualfon International business development director Abelardo Cruz, TracFone vice president for customer experience Ron Garon himself recommended Cebu to be the place for Qualfon’s first operation in Asia.

Mexico-based Qualfon is a contact center with offices in the Mexican city of Monterrey, Costa Rica, Argentina and Guyana.

Tracfone, which has more than seven million current subscribers, has been outsourcing its customer care services to Qualfon for 30 years now.

Partnership

“We (Qualfon) want to thank God and our Virgin Mary for allowing and interceding for such a strong partnership witn Tracfone. Thanks to His blessing, He guided us to open centers (in different countries). Now, this customer care center in the beautiful city of Cebu, following the wise recommendation of our partner and friend Ron Garon in the place God wanted to service Tracfone customers with impeccable service,” Cruz said during Qualfon’s formal launching at its office in Skyrise Building inside Asiatown information technology (IT) park last Friday.

Garon said on the sidelines of the event that the “smile” of the Filipinos, especially Cebuanos, has not escaped his memory, since his first visit to Cebu 30 years ago.

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This is the reason he strongly recommended the province to Tracfone.

“I first arrived in Cebu as US Peace Corps volunteer assigned to the Ministry of Health working at Eversley (Child’s Sanitarium) Hospital. It was during this time that I learned about Filipino culture and people,” he said.

“Customers of any business deserve to have a good customer service with a smile. The kind of service that makes you want to come back and stay. And this is exactly what we want and expect for our Tracfone customers. Good service builds customer loyalty. I fully expect that with this added dimension of diversification in the Tracfone family, that Cebu and the Cebuanos will provide a level of service quality second to none in this industry. And this wonderful level of service with a smile is what brought us here to Cebu,” Garon added.

More friendly

For his part, Qualfon Cebu project manager Victor Garcia showed no disappointment in the choice of the company.

“We found (people) in Cebu more friendly (than people in Manila.) The infrastructure here is also strong. In general, Cebu has the people and the technology. The local government, government investment offices and the universities here are also very supportive,” he said.

Garcia said Qualfon expects to grow “very fast” in Cebu—adding around 60-70 employees every week.

“We expect to have 1,000 people by the end of the year,” he said.

Qualfon currently has 110 employees.

MarkiiBoi

June 4th, 2006, 07:34 PM

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same post as above...

edifice_complex3

June 4th, 2006, 09:45 PM

^^ Okay, but that will have to wait next week since next week will be the opening of classes

Salamat. Apila tanan suok ha. Ang gym, ang canteen, ang quadrangle, and field, basta tanan.
Masaligan gyud ka.

CwEoBwU

June 4th, 2006, 11:50 PM

@mark bago lang ko ni vote didto.. makasuya kaayo inyo mga pics didto

@slerz oki rana daghan nata walay wawarts.. hehe mangayo lang ta ug hinabang sa TV Patrol..

nakabotar na ko bai. heheheh. number one man!

sugbuanon

June 5th, 2006, 01:17 AM

oi gipakita karon buntag sa "maayong buntag kapamilya" ang tree planting activity sa dyab.. staring kaayo ang duha ka sugbuanon dire.. si slerz conscious kaayo sa camera.. hehe

sugbuanon

June 5th, 2006, 02:02 AM

Keep children from crime scenes: Carillo

CONCERNED about the trauma that violence may cause on children, a Cebu City councilor is asking the police to extend the police line around crime scenes, keep children away and prevent them from viewing bloodied bodies of crime victims.

In a proposed resolution, Councilor Gerardo Carillo said that personnel of the Scene of the Crime Operations should extend their cordon farther than the usual distance of the police line from the victim’s body.

He also requested the barangay officials to prohibit the children from going near the crime scene, as in the case of vigilante-style killings.

Carillo raised the concern after learning about the numerous complaints regarding children who were left to view the body of a murder victim last week.

Majority of the bystanders viewing the body sprawled on the ground were children, the concerned citizens noted.

The photo and the complaints were posted on “Isumbong mo kay Tom!,” the public concern forum on the City’s website (http://www.cebucity.gov.ph).

“Children are not supposed to be exposed to violence because we all know that this can cause trauma, especially when they see the bodies of victims up close,” Carillo lamented.

The issue was also brought to the attention of Cebu City Commission for the
“These young children will grow to see violence as a very casual matter. I don’t oppose vigilanWelfare and Protection of Children co-chairperson Margot Osmeña, the mayor’s wife, during a meeting last Friday.

A concerned Cebuano said she was shocked to see a photo showing a number of children casually looking at the body of a vigilante victim, “like they were simply watching Mickey Mouse lying on the ground.”

“These young children will grow to see violence as a very casual matter. I don’t oppose vigilantitism but I don’t see the point why we allow our people to freely view crime scenes, especially the young,” she said.

“Ingon ana na lang ka iresponsable ang atong society sa mga kabataan? Kung ang salida sa TV naay parental guidance kung magpakita kini og kalaw-ay, unsa pa kaha ang mga actual scenes?” another commented. (Are we so irresponsible that we place parental guidance warnings for TV shows, but allow our children to see actual scenes of violence?)

The resolution will be tackled during the City Council session this Wednesday.

@cebuwow bai imo man ni na post sa cebu city forum.. kodus to you bai for bringing up the issue.. :cheers:

na aan pa jud ka ug babay ky ang nakasulat ky "she said".. haha