How I wish that banner would be at SSC one of these upcoming days.

Nindut ba! :D

Ceboom!

Philippine's first of its kind Retirement Village

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A.C Enclave Resort Homes
A vacation home where the heart is!

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This first of its kind development is a place where you truly feel at home. It is ideally situated 1 1/2 hours drive from the heart of the busy city of Cebu, along the coast going north (Tabogon, Cebu).

Here, all the amenities are of a first class resort. The convenience of a private beach is articulated by the children’s playground, clubhouse, swimming pool, wellness center and piazza as an activity center for personal needs. Other architectural features vary in each home, from individual water feature or hot tubs, high ceilings, loft style rooms, glass walls, and corner windows that capture a maximum panoramic sea view giving a great atmosphere of well being.

Special attention to technical details are expressed in the individual water treatment facilities, centralized water system, garbage chutes, standby power facility, telecommunication hook-ups and 24 hour security.

Jogging pathways, tree part buffer zone, mini forests and landscape promenade serve as a backdrop to these poetic modern designs built on the hill facing the Camotes Sea, thus giving a perfect blend of modern luxury and a healthy way of life.

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For retirement village project: Cebu Doc in talks with Naga lot owners
By Ehda M. Dagooc
The Freeman 10/13/2006

Cebu Doctors Hospital Inc.,(CDHI) is currently negotiating with different lot owners in Naga for the establishment of an integrated retirement village facility.

In an interview with CDHI chairman Potenciano Larrazabal, Jr., he said that the company is looking at five years time to complete the entire plan, which will utilize the Cebu Doctors' South General Hospital as the medical component of the retirement village, with its 250-bed capacity.

In the last few years, Cebu Doctors Hospital invested close to a billion pesos to create a network of hospital facilities in Metro Cebu, including the North General Hospital, the South General Hospital, and its support facility the establishment of Cebu Doctors University in North Reclamation Area.

He said the company has not entertained the entry of partners to the multi-million pesos retirement village facility project.

Last year, Larrazabal said that the company has started to explore around the world in a benchmarking travel, especially in Thailand to see the facilities that attracted the medical tourism in that country.

Larrazabal strongly believes that the future is into healthcare sector, as people are becoming health conscious, while aging population around the world are looking for good sites for retirement, at the same time availing of good healthcare facilities and services.

Cebu, despite having the potential to attract the medical tourism market, or the retirees from all over the world, what impedes these multi-million dollar tourists from coming to Cebu is the absence of "legitimate" facility for medical tourists.

As of this moment, Larrazabal said he cannot determine the size of the upcoming CDHI retirement village, as the company is still on the negotiation stage with the lot owners with properties near the South General Hospital.

Certainly, he said after CDHI will be able to close deal with few lot owners, the project will have to start.

The Board of Investments (BOI) requires that a retirement village should be a large tract of land suitable for development that will ensure healthful, safe and environmentally-sound community life.

The village should be under a unified and continuous management.

And it should be readily accessible by air, land or water transport.

BOI also requires that a retirement village shall not be less than four hectares of contiguous land, and project cost must be at least US$1 million.

Despite the huge potential of Cebu to attract foreign retirees to settle here, there is no retirement facility yet being built in Cebu, aside from the 1.5 hectare sea-side retirement village A.C. Enclave Resort Homes, in Tabongon town, northern Cebu.

Friday, October 13, 2006
Citibank eyes another savings branch in Cebu

TO REACH a wider, more varied market, Citibank opened yesterday another branch of its savings bank arm.

The new branch, located along Osmeña Blvd. near the Capitol Building, indicates that the bank is optimistic about the banking industry in Cebu and the country, in general, said Citibank Savings president Jeffrey Choa.

It is the second Citibank Savings branch in Cebu Province. The first Citibank Savings, located in Mandaue City, will undergo renovations soon.

Choa said Citibank Savings is also looking for possible sites for a third branch in Cebu.

“Cebuanos have a tendency to be more conservative with their money. And because they feel the importance of saving, they also (see the) need to invest,” Choa said.

Citibank Savings also recently opened a branch in Iloilo City.

Choa said that while the bank “is not largely different” from Citibank in terms of target clients, it offers several products and services that are designed to cater to the savings and investment needs of low-income individuals.

One of the products is the Power Savings Account that Citibank Savings describes as “revolutionary” as it requires a low initial deposit, no maintaining balance and no transaction fees when depositors withdraw from any automated teller machine (ATM).
It also offers interest rates of as much as five percent per year.

“Power Savings is an innovative product that gives depositors high returns on their savings plus the convenience and flexibility to meet the demands of their lifestyle,” Choa said.

He also said the Citibank Savings is giving its depositors access to international ATMs and accepts Citibank credit card payments.

Citibank Savings has six branches in the Visayas and Mindanao, including Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro and Davao.

Citibank, which is a unit of global financial services giant Citigroup, is on its 102nd year of service with 36 branches nationwide. Here (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/13/bus/citibank.eyes.another.savings.branch.in.cebu.html)

^^ done bai. :) Anyway these are the photos posted by rage on the previous thread. I just did the stitching. :colgate:

Yes , really nice one, for me that's the best panorama so far except for the crane. Once Crown regency is done and that crane is gone it will be worthwhile to recreate that panorama.

Friday, October 13, 2006
Speak out: Best city by far
Sun Star Daily
By Bryan Bellamy

(This letter is addressed to Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña)

I’m a world traveler. My home country is Canada and I have lived in four cities there. I have also stayed in Phoenix, USA and in Mazatlan, Mexico.

The past four years I have been in Cebu, and I like this city best.

In my country, people always seem unhappy, and the young ones seem rude and crude---every second word that they speak is a swear word.

People here have less but they seem happier. I don’t remember a Pinoy swearing in English.

Almost everyone likes to sing love songs, not hard rap.

People seem more pleasant and helpful, and no matter how little they have they share.

I am amazed at how people work hard for so little and yet they are able to support their families.

I live modestly in a pension house, but I have also lived in a luxurious house in one of Cebu best gated communities.

I find the rents reasonable and my landlords to be good people.

I ride in four to six taxis daily, but I find passenger jeepneys an efficient form of transportation.

I have never gotten into a dirty taxi, although the vehicles’ state of repair often leaves something to be desired.

Drivers for the most part are friendly and helpful, but a few do overcharge, don’t give the change, do detours and stop for fuel even with a passenger onboard.

I find Cebu to be a cosmopolitan city.

You can shop and find almost anything you want at a reasonable price.

You can find any service you want at a reasonable cost.

Restaurants are generally good, even the sari-sari ones. The water system is clean and safe.

Work on the roads for the Asean summit will do much for the city now and in the future.

Lastly, you meet people from all over the world here, and many Pinoys who travel and work abroad have interesting stories.

Cebu is the seventh city I have lived, and I find it to be the best in terms of quality of life for the cost.

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@Mark, nice panorama there...

btw, I didn't understand the title?
You mean the 1st was in 1995 then ika duha rn? am I right?

wow... no wonder Cebu is tourists magnet !!!!

yes... as you can see Cebu now, construction boom is on the full swing again! it stopped in year 1999 during the Asian Financial Crisis and it's Ceboom again in 2005 until now... and hopefully, the future threads, we'll name it as CEBOOM: Forever !!! ...hehhehehe!

TY! ...sounds like a local movie title .....hhehheheheh!

Kapag Tumibok Ang Puso, Not Once But Twice

mura man baduy paminawon. hehehe

Congratulations! 36 na ta, double-debut :lol:

Citibank eyes another savings branch in Cebu

TO REACH a wider, more varied market, Citibank opened yesterday another branch of its savings bank arm.

The new branch, located along Osmeña Blvd. near the Capitol Building, indicates that the bank is optimistic about the banking industry in Cebu and the country, in general, said Citibank Savings president Jeffrey Choa.

It is the second Citibank Savings branch in Cebu Province. The first Citibank Savings, located in Mandaue City, will undergo renovations soon.

Choa said Citibank Savings is also looking for possible sites for a third branch in Cebu.

“Cebuanos have a tendency to be more conservative with their money. And because they feel the importance of saving, they also (see the) need to invest,” Choa said.

Citibank Savings also recently opened a branch in Iloilo City.

Choa said that while the bank “is not largely different” from Citibank in terms of target clients, it offers several products and services that are designed to cater to the savings and investment needs of low-income individuals.

One of the products is the Power Savings Account that Citibank Savings describes as “revolutionary” as it requires a low initial deposit, no maintaining balance and no transaction fees when depositors withdraw from any automated teller machine (ATM).
It also offers interest rates of as much as five percent per year.

“Power Savings is an innovative product that gives depositors high returns on their savings plus the convenience and flexibility to meet the demands of their lifestyle,” Choa said.

He also said the Citibank Savings is giving its depositors access to international ATMs and accepts Citibank credit card payments.

Citibank Savings has six branches in the Visayas and Mindanao, including Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro and Davao.

Citibank, which is a unit of global financial services giant Citigroup, is on its 102nd year of service with 36 branches nationwide

http://sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/13/bus/citibank.eyes.another.savings.branch.in.cebu.html

yes... as you can see Cebu now, construction boom is on the full swing again! it stopped in year 1999 during the Asian Financial Crisis and it's Ceboom again in 2005 until now... and hopefully, the future threads, we'll name it as CEBOOM: Forever !!! ...hehhehehe!

ah ok... I think twas the 1997 financial crisis.

^ Yes, 1997 :)

Grabe ang traffic sa NRA, so picture-picture sa, DYAB Abante Bisaya!
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The cause of the traffic
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I hope they would change this traffic light
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I love the thread title not once, but twice! hehehe


I think it was Susan Roces who said that PGMA stole the presidency "not just once, but twice.."

Hehehehehe... :)

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Nice new pictures Rage!!

Nice new pictures Rage!!

couldn't have done it without the cam bai... thanks...

Yes , really nice one, for me that's the best panorama so far except for the crane. Once Crown regency is done and that crane is gone it will be worthwhile to recreate that panorama.

balik ko didto inig human sa crown regency, ug legislative building...

Pila gani ang GFA sa Ayala ug SM?(current ug after expansion)

oops... kit.an na diay... naa sa archive ang thread 35...

;10099754']Pila gani ang GFA sa Ayala ug SM?(current ug after expansion)

don't know... maybe others can help...
SM: dako2x ang expansion...
Ayala: as what I've seen ganiha... gamay ra gyud...

basi murag greenbelt ila expansion mao gamay..pero astig ang mga shops..kanang ma ASTIG imo jaw sa kamahal sa presyo..lols

;10099797']basi murag greenbelt ila expansion mao gamay..pero astig ang mga shops..kanang ma ASTIG imo jaw sa kamahal sa presyo..lols

mao gani daw... you can buy all hot techies, latest brands, products.... pero i think the price is reasonable naman...

SSC real time access @ the office... club ultima...
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ah ok... I think twas the 1997 financial crisis.

...yes, 1997 ang financial crisis, not 1999....hehehehhe!

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Aerial photo of CICC (above) was taken yesterday. (Sun.Star photo/Joseph Mariblanca, Courtesy of Abs-Cbn News Sky Patrol)

... a worker died at CICC site! hope this will not bring bad luck! God forbid!

full story: Sun-Star Online (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/14/news/cicc.worker.dies.at.building.site.html)

...good news for the safety of Asean Summit!!!

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Besides Marines, Army soldiers to help secure summit

full story: Sun-Star Online (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/14/news/besides.marines.army.soldiers.to.help.secure.summit.html)

oh my... why did the worker die??? :( That is so sad to hear :(

Arroyo orders speedy implementation of north road widening projects

The Freeman 10/14/2006

President Gloria Arroyo directed Tourism Secretary Joseph "Ace" Durano to coordinate with concerned national government agencies for the immediate implementation of the Cebu North Road widening projects.

Speaking during the inauguration of the new Danao City Terminal, Arroyo said that the implementation of the north road widening project is part of the priority projects under her administration.

She hopes that with the leadership of Durano, as head of the Super Region-Central Philippines, projects proposed by local government units in Cebu will immediately be implemented.

Danao City Mayor Ramon "Nito" Durano III informed Arroyo on the importance of the north road-widening project in the continued development of northern Cebu.

Durano said that lately more businessmen expressed interest in pouring investments into the city especially at the economic zone in barangay Sabang where Cebu Mitsumi, Inc., a Japanese firm that currently employs about 15,000 workers, mostly women, is located.

Fifth district Rep. Ramon "Red" Durano VI, on the other hand, said the funds needed for the implementation of the road-widening project in the north will be included in the General Appropriations Act next year.

Although, Durano hasn't given any figure yet he assured that the funds will be channeled through the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Consolacion Mayor Avelino Gungob Sr. said the realization of the project would benefit his town as this would decongest traffic.

The lack of budget has stalled the implementation of certain projects during the previous administration.

Arroyo also said she wants Danao City to serve as an example to local government units nationwide to avail of the loan funding from the Land Bank of the Philippines for local development projects.
more (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/Freeman200610141801.htm)

Pila gani ang GFA sa Ayala ug SM?(current ug after expansion)

*** i'll try to answer you bai !!!!

...SM City Cebu, the GFA of the Main Building (named as Southwing) is 161,562 square meters. The GFA for the expansion building (named as Northwing) is 120,000 square meters that will include a new Enterntainment Area in which according to SM Prime's Press Release, it will have one of the biggest entertainment areas among SM Malls. It will also have an Al Fresco dining. The interior design of the building will have a replica of the Mall of Asia...

...for Ayala Center Cebu, the GFA of the main building is 100,000 square meters. On-going is the expansion that covers the surface parking area which will add more internartional brands in apparel, shoes and other lifestyle accessories. Of course, it will include another supermarket to be anchored by Rustan's and hi-end electronic shops. It will be a 4-storey, I assumed. The 2nd development is that the entire lagoon area, located at the back of the ACC will be transformed into an outdoor lifestyle destination, largely for entertainment and dining customers and this is what you are talking about which will be similar to the development of Greenbelt in Makati...

hey guys,
regarding anang expansion sa citibank savings, i had a bad experience, purya-gaba lang ang ilang customer service sa newly opened branch kilid sa cebu doc. her name is ELIZABETH CABRERAS. ambot lang nya, maot kaau iyang dagway....
ang story kay gisugo ko sa akong friend para mobayad sa iyang loan. honestly, ignorante man gud ko regarding banking and stuff...nangutana ra man ko kung unsaon pagbayad, paet kaau. kusmodan ta sa iyang face..sala ba diay na nako kung mobayad akong friend. ang ako lang nga cheerful unta sya kay bisan dili ako ang customer, maka-apekto baya na sa ilang business... tiguwang na man ta sya sa iyang trabaho pero wala syay ayo...hay...bad example...

.... i think this will delay in adding more hotel rooms for Cebu

Former Coral Reef operators attempt to regain ownership

full story: The Freeman 10/14/2006 (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/FREEMAN200610142002.htm)

... bai, i think she's one of the former employees of the defunct Insular Savings Bank which was acquired by CITIBANK. But still, she owes to perform her duties well. I suggest that you e-mail the customer service of Citibank.... if you do that, i think it will do good for Citibank.

hey guys,
regarding anang expansion sa citibank savings, i had a bad experience, purya-gaba lang ang ilang customer service sa newly opened branch kilid sa cebu doc. her name is ELIZABETH CABRERAS. ambot lang nya, maot kaau iyang dagway....
ang story kay gisugo ko sa akong friend para mobayad sa iyang loan. honestly, ignorante man gud ko regarding banking and stuff...nangutana ra man ko kung unsaon pagbayad, paet kaau. kusmodan ta sa iyang face..sala ba diay na nako kung mobayad akong friend. ang ako lang nga cheerful unta sya kay bisan dili ako ang customer, maka-apekto baya na sa ilang business... tiguwang na man ta sya sa iyang trabaho pero wala syay ayo...hay...bad example...

...good news for the safety of Asean Summit!!!

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Besides Marines, Army soldiers to help secure summit

full story: Sun-Star Online (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/14/news/besides.marines.army.soldiers.to.help.secure.summit.html)

and so will the INTERPOL...or so i've heard...

... a worker died at CICC site! hope this will not bring bad luck! God forbid!

full story: Sun-Star Online (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/14/news/cicc.worker.dies.at.building.site.html)

pero at least, dili basta-basta ang ilang insurance company...85K gyud ang gihatag...kasagaran kay 25-35K ra baya...

that's enough amount....

...good news for the safety of Asean Summit!!!

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Besides Marines, Army soldiers to help secure summit

full story: Sun-Star Online (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/14/news/besides.marines.army.soldiers.to.help.secure.summit.html)
Sounds like Cebu will be the most secure place in the country during the ASEAN Summit. !!!I hope so!!! ...because I'll be bumming around the city myself (with my old camera) right about that time. I hope the marines won't get me, hehehe.
By the way, are you guys (my beloved fellow forumers) planning to meet in December?

Guys, as said, please post nalang the full articles and then the links below them because as been discussed, some news websites archive their articles regularly and we might not retrieve them in the future so it is better to post the full article with the link below to acknowledge the author ;)

SSC real time access @ the office... club ultima...
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Pariha ta ug monitor sa usa nako ka PC :D

hey guys,
regarding anang expansion sa citibank savings, i had a bad experience, purya-gaba lang ang ilang customer service sa newly opened branch kilid sa cebu doc. her name is ELIZABETH CABRERAS. ambot lang nya, maot kaau iyang dagway....
ang story kay gisugo ko sa akong friend para mobayad sa iyang loan. honestly, ignorante man gud ko regarding banking and stuff...nangutana ra man ko kung unsaon pagbayad, paet kaau. kusmodan ta sa iyang face..sala ba diay na nako kung mobayad akong friend. ang ako lang nga cheerful unta sya kay bisan dili ako ang customer, maka-apekto baya na sa ilang business... tiguwang na man ta sya sa iyang trabaho pero wala syay ayo...hay...bad example...


You should have reprimanded him bai. Hehehe.

I was in SMART Service Center last week and there was this foreigner (from his accent I can say that he was a German) who was having a problem with his SmartAmazing Phone. Well, alangan, ang customer service pod sa Smart kay maypagka as###ole pod mutubag, aw gibali-bali lagi ug pamalikas sa foreigner.

I remembered the foreigner saying "You're not fuc##ng SMART after all... you're just trying to fuc##ng fool your customers... it's not fuc##ng okay... etc..etc..etc.."

I was also tempted to use the same kind of words to the customer service of SmartBRO.. Hehehehe..

Mobs of people filled Ayala Center Cebu yesterday because of the 3-Day Sale. I became dizzy so I just sat on one corner :( That was the most crowded ACC ever! (Hmm, maybe because going to SM is very inconvenient with the ongoing roadworks so people decide to go to Ayala instead?!?!)

Anyway, I am really disappointed by these TEDMAN! (I agree with Sir Leo Lastimosa, "mga TEDMAN BOGO liwat sa ilang MAYOR nga BOGO!") Traffic northbound from the NRA exit (within the vicinity of the Mandaue City Sports Complex) until the intersection of the United Nations Avenue was horrible! The TEDMAN (or perhaps TEDMEN, lol) were hysterical for they don't know how to manage the situation, tsk tsk tsk :|

Guys, please come to the rescue, many forumers from international sections are interested with Cebu's projects, here's the thread in the WORLD FORUMS: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=399237

Rendering by Sugbuanon
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If I'm not mistaken, diba mao ni siya ang katung UniWide Sales Building nga i-retrofit nila?

^ Yup, will it really look like that?

Mobs of people filled Ayala Center Cebu yesterday because of the 3-Day Sale. I became dizzy so I just sat on one corner :( That was the most crowded ACC ever! (Hmm, maybe because going to SM is very inconvenient with the ongoing roadworks so people decide to go to Ayala instead?!?!)

Anyway, I am really disappointed by these TEDMAN! (I agree with Sir Leo Lastimosa, "mga TEDMAN BOGO liwat sa ilang MAYOR nga BOGO!") Traffic northbound from the NRA exit (within the vicinity of the Mandaue City Sports Complex) until the intersection of the United Nations Avenue was horrible! The TEDMAN (or perhaps TEDMEN, lol) were hysterical for they don't know how to manage the situation, tsk tsk tsk :|

di ba di man pud kasulod ngadto ang metro buses? (ingon sa among driver) kung mao gyud gani, bogo gyud na sila...

^ Yeah, kay giofferan man kuno ang Tedman ug seminar sa CITOM pero dili kuno sila kay si Thadeo kuno muy mutudlo nila :D

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If I'm not mistaken, diba mao ni siya ang katung UniWide Sales Building nga i-retrofit nila?

If this gonna be Uniwide, nindot na jud Mandaue. Mura sad Mall of Asia:)

Hehe, anyway, works for the Cebu Boardwalk Mall are ongoing and are at full swing too :okay:

Hehe, anyway, works for the Cebu Boardwalk Mall are ongoing and are at full swing too :okay:

kalingaw...duha ka mall mag-atbang...mura na ug sa makati...

swertiha gud ni ouano...

Haha, duol lang sad ang SM :D

WOW!! It wows me this Cebu BoardWalk
I hope somebody could share some close-up rendering and its
interiors.

kalingaw...duha ka mall mag-atbang...mura na ug sa makati...

swertiha gud ni ouano...

:hilarious. bitaw, swerte kaayo si mayor ouano sa ASEAN summit.. it seems this decade belongs to Mandaue. thereafter I see the future of modern Cebu will expand up to the proposed reclamation in Cordova which they said is more than 1,000 hectares plus the international container port.

:hilarious. bitaw, swerte kaayo si mayor ouano sa ASEAN summit.. it seems this decade belongs to Mandaue. thereafter I see the future of modern Cebu will expand up to the proposed reclamation in Cordova which they said is more than 1,000 hectares plus the international container port.

nindot gyud kung madayon ang cordova project...but i hope that they'll do something to spare the mangroves (i planted more than a hundred there...) i hope they might consider something like my proposal in the environmental architecture thread...

We Came, We Saw, We Planted
Today's Mangrove Planting in Liloan


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... more pics later. pahuway sa kay kapuy kaayu akong hawak. hehehe

^ Close na kaayo mo ni Sir Leo, suya ko :D

The new Danao City Bus Terminal inaugurated by HE Arroyo last Thursday.

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^^ bai, naa kay real time pics ana?

I heard the Danao City bus terminal could accomodate at least 100 vehicles and the public market could accomodate at least 100 stalls

kano na lagi ang mga taga-danao karon...joke...

nindota gud ana na terminal...mura man ug dili sa pilipinas...ang farmers market/mall sa south bus terminal, madayon pa?

btw, naa diay mangrove planting sa lilo-an ganina?

Cebu Photos (by yours truly):


Sidewalk Repairs @ Mandaue
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Parklane International Hotel
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Is this building (to the left of Pier 4 entrance, see below) new?
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Pier 4
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btw, naa diay mangrove planting sa lilo-an ganina?

yup, lami kaayo ang lapok, murag dinuguan,,,hehe

@mark, ayaw kapoy kapoy, priceless raba ka..bwahahahha

Jhaelinis? si sinjin ka? :D

^ Dili Jhaelinis but Jhaelnis, hehehe. Sinjin lang gihapon oist ;)

unsaon pag view thread 35?

^ Search the archives ;)

yup, lami kaayo ang lapok, murag dinuguan,,,hehe

@mark, ayaw kapoy kapoy, priceless raba ka..bwahahahha

Jhaelinis? si sinjin ka? :D

you should also try kalawisan near cordova bai, lapas sa hawak ang lapok...

@sinj, why do you have to change your username to jhaelnis? i just think it's sayang... institution naman gud ang sinjin na name sa ssc... hehe

bravo to you guys who joined the mangrove planting activity!!! now, we can prove that ssc-cebu is not just all about party, we also know how to take good care of our environment and WORLD PEACE! haha...

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WHAT: Talisay Inasal Festival
WHEN: Tomorrow, October 15, 2006 before 10:00 AM
WHERE: (Meeting Place) McDOnald's Highway Mambaling.

Libre ra, kuyog ta!

^^ cholesterol festival in other words... hehe!

^^ exactly bai! hehehe. naa ka davao no? kuyog unta ka.

hala, fiesta na sa amoa, pero sayang, wala ko diha ron sa Talisay...hehehheeh!

unsa na dira? all-you-can eat?

^^ exactly bai! hehehe. naa ka davao no? kuyog unta ka.

mao lage... sayang kaau! cge lang, i only have to wait for my bonuses and other sources of moolah this coming xmas season, and then balik na jud ko cebu mark... maboang na ko ngari if magdugay pa ko! haha:banned:

....i miss this, really !!! wala gyud ni diri sa Riyadh....hehhehehe! Happy Fiesta to my beloved hometown, TALISAY..... :)

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^^ bai, naa kay real time pics ana?

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Pics lifted from SunStar.

Wow, the place looks modern :cool:

^^ haha!!! ang mga kano, nahimo na jud mga pinoy! taga danao na jud na sila... sure na ko.

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here's my Cebu pano version from rage-cebu's shots. i took the crane out digitally. :lol:

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^^ nice one resty! mas ok kay mas gamay pod sya, dali ra ma download.

unsa na dira? all-you-can eat?


Yeah its all-you-can-eat daw bai, basta dili lang mag take-home.

nicely done!!! ..bai @rusty18, hope you can submit that for SSC Banner...

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WHAT: Talisay Inasal Festival
WHEN: Tomorrow, October 15, 2006 before 10:00 AM
WHERE: (Meeting Place) McDOnald's Highway Mambaling.

Libre ra, kuyog ta!

eat-all-you can na?

^^ that will have to wait for 1 to 2 years acdg to sinjin... btw, is there someone who's doing the ASEAN summit banner to be posted this december?

pila bayad?

^^ markiiboi just said it, eat-all-you-can as long as no take-home of lechon for paksiw purposes...

....i miss this, really !!! wala gyud ni diri sa Riyadh....hehhehehe! Happy Fiesta to my beloved hometown, TALISAY..... :)

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miss this one too! had it last summer back home. though it's a Lapu-lapu lechon. hahaha
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^^ that will have to wait for 1 to 2 years acdg to sinjin... btw, is there someone who's doing the ASEAN summit banner to be posted this december?

I did not say that. :nono: What I said is that all the slots for 2006 are fully booked. And that the Philippines can be featured once a month. December is reserved for our ASEAN Banner. It needs to be submitted one week or before the ASEAN Summit acdng to Jan ;)

^^ hehe! exag ra diay to ako...

who's making it bai @sinj?

^ I do not know yet... :( I think Markiiboi will be volunteering for that :D

^^ i suggest that we should of course include CICC, maybe pics that we'll be taking a week before the summit officially starts...

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From SunStar

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WHAT: Talisay Inasal Festival
WHEN: Tomorrow, October 15, 2006 before 10:00 AM
WHERE: (Meeting Place) McDOnald's Highway Mambaling.

Libre ra, kuyog ta!

Waaaaahhhhh!!!!! Deprived ako sa kalipay!!!! Nganu man good times always fall on a weekend! Lechon man sad na! Lamian gyud ko sa Talisay LechoN! Naa man ginabutang nga spice nga mag-distinguish sa lechon Cebu.

Maayo pa mo, makadto sa pyesta. Ako, trabaho...alipin. :cry:

^^ take a leave!

^^ i suggest that we should of course include CICC, maybe pics that we'll be taking a week before the summit officially starts...

The CICC should be mixed (medyo transparent) with the Cebu Skyline and perhaps the beaches of Cebu, it depends sa maghimo...(basta present ang skyline because it's one of the qualifications for a banner...)

Or perhaps can create banners and send them to me. 2 weeks before the ASEAN Summit, we can poll them.

:dunno:

^ I do not know yet... :( I think Markiiboi will be volunteering for that :D

Nah, ingun si resty siya kuno mohimo. di ba bai resty? :D

... i see, i trust bai @markiiboi can pull off this and he can make a good one!!!

^^ we'll give this opportunity to the very first ssc cebu forumer, Rusty18!!!

^ Actually, Sailor is the first Cebu forumer, where is he now? But it's not a question of who's first... Anyway, CEBU, makit-an na gyud sa tibuok kalibutan ang imong garbo!

also, bai @rusty18 can do that too!!! with the way he's making those PANO's... he can do it well !!!

Magtabangay nalang silang MarkiiBoi, rusty and sugbuanon, our EXPERT PHOTOSHOPPERS :applause:

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^^ Hehe, whatever jud kay what's important is that all of us are here for one mission which is to show the beauty and charm of Cebu to the World

^^ yeah! very well said.

^^ take a leave!

Its not that easy. I had my sick leave last weekend anyway.

OT. Bawi naman sa Bohol trip this upcoming Wednesday. Staying there for 2 nights and 3 days at Alona Beach. This is our price for winning the CSAT race. Finally, a break and first time ko kasulod sa Bohol (hangtud pier lang ko sa nagagi mi Bohol gikan Ozamis padung MNL)!

News (late na basi): TJ Brewed may be going out tomorrow from Chong Hua. OK na sya. :)

...amen to that !!!! :bow:

Hehe, whatever jud kay what's important is that all of us are here for one mission which is to show the beauty and charm of Cebu to the World

Its not that easy. I had my sick leave last weekend anyway.

OT. Bawi naman sa Bohol trip this upcoming Wednesday. Staying there for 2 nights and 3 days at Alona Beach. This is our price for winning the CSAT race. Finally, a break and first time ko kasulod sa Bohol (hangtud pier lang ko sa nagagi mi Bohol gikan Ozamis padung MNL)!

News (late na basi): TJ Brewed may be going out tomorrow from Chong Hua. OK na sya. :)


hoping you will have a great time in my home province...

what happened to tj diay?

This may be off-topic but what has happened to Jech (tj_brewed)? That explains his absence in the forums for days

...in VIZMIN.. bai @tj said, he's leaving for a week....but did not elaborate where he's going..

^^ too much work and not enough sleep.

...taga Bohol diay ka bai @dive-cebu?

hoping you will have a great time in my home province...

He had infection in his tonsils and he was admitted at Chong Hua. Bistia mi ni Bai Rage didto ganiha before dinner. OK na sya karon. Ugma na sya mogawas. Too much work. Nakatilaw dayon sermon si TJ gikan sa akon, hehehe! Pero mao na, stressed pa sa work. Pila lang ka oras ang tulog niya.

...taga Bohol diay ka bai @dive-cebu?

yup, i'm from bohol but cebuano by heart.

...on behalf of SSC Cebu ....hehhehehe! I declare bai @Dive-Cebu as adopted son of CEBU !!!!!

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...same declaration goes to bai @TJ and @berniemack !!!!!

thank you, thank you! murag ka level na jud mi ni GMA ani...

other topic that i want to discuss, any one of u could give some updates sa arcenas estate? how's the ala-ATC mall there? on-going na ba ang construction?

...same declaration goes to bai @TJ and @berniemack !!!!!

Im a Wanderer like Kenshin Himura. Im Ilonggo by heart but Cebuano by soul, Mindanaoan by blood, Filipino is my identity. :D

Arcenas Estate, is that Plaza San Ramon, Rustans and Convergys are? Ang sa Banawa?

One-stop affairs
By Aurelia L. Castro
(Sunstar Daily, Oct. 13, 2006 issue)

Real estate develpors agree that there is a demand for residential, commercial and industrial spaces in Cebu, and some have married these components to create one-project-has-it-all offerings.

Chief of this mixed-use development planners is Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI), whose Cebu Business Park, a 50-hectare development that integrates business with high-rise residential, shopping and recreational developments, will see more new buildings in the years to come.

Francis Monera, chief operating officer of CHI, said these new buldings will include Korean firm Fastem Inc.'s 21-story Tower Palace condominium, Lexmark Research and Development Corp.'s seven-story and 22-story buildings, and Shirmma Land Corp.'s two-story commercial buidling for bankj use this year.

In the next five years, he said, CHI will also add 13,500 square meters to expand its centerpiece, the Ayala Center Cebu mall, and will construct additional office and residential condominiums.

Asiatown

On the other hand, he said Asiatown IT Park's Phase 2 development for mixed use is now on the drawing board.

The 24-hectare information technology (IT) park is the flagship project of CHI subsidiary Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC).

In the next five years, CPVDC will develop the five-hectare Phase 2 of the park and offer additional e-offices, which are modular buidlings designed for companies that want to move in immediately.

Another Asiatown occupant, The Village, which used to house restaurants, will be "redeveloped" in the later part of this year to suit the lifestyle of the IT park's employees. It may reopen late next year. Some shovels away, Primary Industrial Property Corp. is constructing an IT building that will make available an additional 16,000 square meters of ofifce space by June.

The wight-story Skyrise IT Building owned by Skyrise Realty and Development Corp. also has 13,800 square meters for lease.

"If you look at our economic environment, with more investements coming in, low interest rates, and high remittances of our overseas Filipino workers, you're actually looking at real estate as an upswing industry," Monera said.

Arcenas Estate

Danny Arcenas, developer of the 20-hectare Arcenas Estate in Banawa, Cebu City, said the demand for housing indicates that Cebu is a preferred location for investment, education and homes.

The mixed-use Arcenas Estate houses the Paseo San Ramon and Casa Rosita residential developments; and IT building occupied by business process outsourcing from Convergys; and a three-hectare commercial center which includes Rustan's Supermarket and the Paseo Center, a 30-unit commercial building to open in October.

Vibrant

"The market for real estate in Cebu is vibrant because its economy is doing well and not dependent on just one industry but on many, like the furniture , fashion accesories and service industries," he said.

Arcenas Estate hopes to eventually become a residential provider of South Reclamation Project (SRP) locators.

SRP

Joel Mari Yu, managing director of the Cebu Investment Promotions Center, which is marketing Cebu City-led SRP, said the development has drawn "much interest."

The SRP has some 160 hectares for sale. Its total gross area of 300 hectares includes the South Coastal Road, Pond A and its internal roads, he explained.

The SRP is being marketed as prime land for light manufacturing, tourism, information technology and other service enterprises. Yu expects construction of buildings at the SRP to begin later this year.

Singapore'sFil-Rich Holdings Corp., the SRP's biggest potential locator, requires 20 hectares for its fully automated container manufacturing plant.

Other "pre-approved" investors include Bigfoot Group of Companies, a movie animation firm, Cardiovascular Hospitals of America, JY Contruction, developer Richard King, RDAK, Toyota, Hardware Consolidated, Cebu Holdings Inc., Filinvest and a Japanese group that will put up a Japanese retirement complex.

North

On the other side of the town, Aboitzland is creating the 32.5- hectare Pristina North in Talamban, a high-end community with residential and retail spaces, an office park and a village center that will be cmpleted in the next five to 10 years.

Further up north, Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano envisions Mandaue as the province's economic driver with the consruction of the Capitol-funded Cebu International Convention Center, the 50-hectare mixed-use district that FF Cruz & Co. Inc. is developing, and the Mandaue Reclamation Area with the unfinished Uniwide buidling that will soon be converted into a commercial and recreational center by Star 168 Inc.

gi atngan raba ang Metro Cebu KMK bus transit dri sa bulacao ganiha, gi hulga ang driver sa bus sa mga driver sa puj's. Didto lng ko sa poblacion pardo bag o lang, I've seen 3 metro cebu bus transit, standing tanan... daghan na gyud nanakay, alkansi nang mga jeep mao ila gihulga... ang traffic sd dri padong sa Talisay, bumper to bumper.

^^ Mao ni let's expect the worst... so this is it, I'm kinda liking it now. I hope naa unta photo. Thanks.. Go, BRT!

grabe gyud ang UC mga bai dah. murag naa man koy nakit-an nga pile driver ug crane didto sa mandaue school nila nya may rendering sa corner. could it be another school building to be constructed?

also, ang vidichi it complex sa lapulapu kay gisugdan na gyud. not to mention nga ang mga roads didto kay gi-overlayhan nasad plus, gibutangan nsad ug fence katong road going to mcia kanang naay bbq-han diha. pero nindot sa nga pagka-fence.

...also with regards to ACC's lagoon, ready naman daw tanan only ang pagsugod ra'y wala.

gimingaw na jug ko's ssc, tagsa ra ko kasulod.

sa Asiatown sad, naay daghan projects naka-line up na projects nya naa pa gyuy dako kaayo nga investor. but i wont elaborate para madayon ba hehehe...

...basta a friend told me (very reliable source) that in 5 years time, mas monindot pag-ayo ang cebu!!!

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We Came, We Saw, We Planted
Today's Mangrove Planting in Liloan





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daghan daghan sd mig natanom ni Mark ganiha, more than a hundred siguro or more than pa. I'm excited to go back there a year from now and see if they have grown. Samot gyud kadaghan ang langgam og mga kasag...hehe

tkod nasad tag balay kato ingon nimo bai...hehe

^^ bai sa last pic mura man gikuhit ni manang ang imo lubot sa kawayan. hehehe :D



...basta a friend told me (very reliable source) that in 5 years time, mas monindot pag-ayo ang cebu!!!

lagi bai murag taud-taud sad ka nawala sa ssc. maayu unta madayun na tana projects bai. pero maayu sad unta masugdan na sad ang lagoon, hasta ang Ayala, naapsan sad sa expansion sa SM. hehehe

...basta a friend told me (very reliable source) that in 5 years time, mas monindot pag-ayo ang cebu!!!

pag sugod nako sa ssc bai last year, wala paning daghan kaayong developments ron per pag mga November ato, napansin na nako nga naay dramatic change ang Cebu nga mahitabo... Karon, murag dako kaayo ang change 11 months before. 11 months ra gani, 5 years pa kaha.


^^ bai sa last pic mura man gikuhit ni manang ang imo lubot sa kawayan. hehehe :D



wahahaha... bitaw sa? karon pa ko kabantay. Bugalbugalon gyud nis manang da! hmmm.
pero murag imo gyud gitayming bai da... kaning kamot sa maniniyot, makatayming man gyud...hmmmm


pero kanang 5th pic, murag imo mang giilog ang kawayan ni manang bai... oooy! yaw pangilog bai...hehe

ngek...regarding sa pista sa talisay, adto ko unya...hahaha...birthday sa akong friend...sos sayang, magpabaga na unta ko sa akong face aron mouban ninyo..lol

... Kudos to @markiiboi and @slerz !!! ...you guys have already contributed so much in preserving Cebu's environment :applause:

...on a lighter news (showbiz...hehehhehe!) ...i'm not sure if this was the movie that was produced by a Cebuana lawyer and was shot entirely in Cebu.. ???

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‘Minsan Pa’ wins hearts at APEC film festival
ABS-CBN Online
14/Oct/2006

The country's lone entry to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation film festival in Hanoi has gained the admiration of moviegoers after it was shown at the Vietnam National Cinema Center on Friday.

Philippine ambassador to Vietnam Estrella Berenguel said film watchers from other Asian countries were able to relate with the plot of the film "Minsan Pa" because of the similarities of their cultures with the Filipinos.

Berenguel said they were also impressed with the film’s technical production, most especially the underwater shots of rich Philippine corals.

"Minsan Pa" tackles the struggles of a young boy who at an early age was forced to take the responsibility of his father after the latter abandoned his family. It stars Jomari Yllana, Ara Mina, Rio Locsin, Tirso Cruz III and Christian Vasquez.

The film is one of the 14 entries from the APEC member- countries being shown in the festival, which is also supported by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

The festival is organized by the Vietnam Cinema Department of the Ministry of Culture and Information to celebrate in advance the 14th APEC economic leaders' meeting in Vietnam from November 17 to 19, 2006.

"Minsan Pa" is also scheduled for screening in Da Nang City on October 15 and in Ho Chi Minh City on October 20.

^^ Yeah that's the one bai. i remember seeing them filming near Bigfoot in Ramos St. way back in college.

A clearer pic of the Danao Bus Terminal inauguration from The Freeman:

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at last, after hectic days of exam, maka-login na jd ko sa SsC.. i've got tons of pix but i lost the driver of our bluetooth dongle.. sad =(
pr0 glad to hear that cebu is now being showered with spectacular developments., from north to south.. from mountains to seas... etc. etc., btw, i'm excited of what the christmas tree in fuente would be.. i reckon it would be grander.. :D

oi kanang mga niadto sa talisay, pagbutang sab up pix... sa lechon

Ang mga napa-Talisay....MAGPABILIN MO OG LECHON OI! :D

^^ i guess they're still enjoying every last rib they can "kitkit"! hahaha!!!

Hey guys, I've been living and working in Cebu for about a month now and I have a few honest questions...

- Is there any pattern to the numbering of jeepney routes? How is it decided, for example, that this certain jeepney route is going to be designated "17B"?
- On my map of Cebu, there's two "Osmena Boulevards". How do you distinguish between the two?
- Why is it "Gen. Maxilom Avenue" on the map when everyone calls it "Mango Avenue"?
-Why is there so much garbage? It seems like whenever there's some open space beside a telephone pole on the sidewalk, there's a pile of garbage there.
- What place is referred to when people say "Jones"?

Thanks. :)

hello there COFFEE!

let me try to answer some of your questions...

1. based on my own observation since im also not from cebu, but i always say cebu is my second home, the jeepney codes/routes of course have patterns. say for example the number 13 is for talamban bound jeepneys. since, not all of these jeepneys have exactly the same route (meaning they'd be plying on different streets), that's why they have letter codes such as B, C or D.

2. can't answer this

3. Gen. Maxilom Avenue is the new name. I'm pretty sure this is not only happening in Cebu. We Filipinos are fond of changing the names of our streets so those people in Congress would have some things to do... The old name, Mango avenue, just a piece of history here, was used because there were mango trees along this street years ago... now, you can barely see one.

4. with regards to the garbage problem, you better join the cebu city government forum and air out your concern. in my place and the places where i usually go, garbage collection is pretty much efficient so id like to know where in particular do u see this trash that you're talkin about?

5. I'm not sure with this one, but i think Jones Avenue (or Osmena blvd) starts from fuente osmena circle to downtown area (Gaisano Metro intersection)

hope this one helps...

Hey guys, I've been living and working in Cebu for about a month now and I have a few honest questions...

- Is there any pattern to the numbering of jeepney routes? How is it decided, for example, that this certain jeepney route is going to be designated "17B"?
- On my map of Cebu, there's two "Osmena Boulevards". How do you distinguish between the two?
- Why is it "Gen. Maxilom Avenue" on the map when everyone calls it "Mango Avenue"?
-Why is there so much garbage? It seems like whenever there's some open space beside a telephone pole on the sidewalk, there's a pile of garbage there.
- What place is referred to when people say "Jones"?

Thanks. :)

Some that I know. the numbers in the jeepney may indicate the place of destination such as:
17- Apas
04- Lahug
06-Guadalupe
01-Urgello (basi)
12-Labangon
21-Mandaue
13-Talamban
62-Pit-os
14-Ayala
03-Mabolo

Osmeña Blvd that I know is "Jones Avenue" which is the road that leads from Colon to the Capitol and intersects with Mango Ave and B.Rodriguez with Fuente Osmeña (Rotunda with the big fountain across Robinsons). The main thoroughfare. The other one maybe "Serging Osmeña Blvd? The one from Plaza Independencia to SM/Port Area.

Maxilom Ave is the new name of old Mango Ave.

For the list of Cebu Jeepney Routes, you can refer to the Philippine Infrastructure Thread

What I know is this:

Then Jones Ave. - Now Osmeña Boulevard (for President Osmeña)

Then Gen. McArthur Street - Now Osmeña Avenue (Senator Osmeña Jr.)

So there's only one Osmeña Boulevard, the one referred to as Jones. The other one is Osmeña Avenue which is in the pier area.

@bernie, i don't think jones avenue ghapon ang tawag sa mga tawo if we are refering to the street from capitol to dunkiin donut fuente... murag osmena blvd man kasagaran tawag... the rest of the street, jones na na sya padung downtown...

i think jimbu has a better explanation... mine's quite confusing... the more ma confuse is coffee...

^^ Sayon man gud litokon ang "Jones" kay sa Osmeña, bisag ako Jones man guihapon.

Di ba mao man ang former name sa Osmeña Blvd? Jones Ave?
Mao man makalibog sa Pilipinas kay sige sige ang change sa ngalan sa mga dalan.

What I know is this:

Then Jones Ave. - Now Osmeña Boulevard (for President Osmeña)

Then Gen. McArthur Street - Now Osmeña Avenue (Senator Osmeña Jr.)

So there's only one Osmeña Boulevard, the one referred to as Jones. The other one is Osmeña Avenue which is in the pier area.

di ba there was this dispute between the terms 'boulevard' and 'avenue'? unsa man gyud diay ang kalahi-an sa duha?

btw, just to share a piece of trivia: in case you guys wonder who the heck is General Maxilom, well he's actually a cebuano general who succeeded leon kilat, and was responsible for liberating Cebu from the spanish...

maski asa man siguro pimre change ug ngalang ang da^an, basta ba mao ra gihapon dagawy sa dalan..fights na hehe

ngek..karon pa ko kabalo nga ang mcarthur kay giilisdan na diay ug osmena ave....ngari sa amo kay mcarthur man gihapon ang tawag...oist..gi-asphalt na ang amo dapit..ngari sa NSO...hahaha

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INASAL FESTIVAL (Talisay City, Cebu) photo by The Freeman

THE long-awaited Talisay City Inasal Festival will take center stage today, with dancing contingents and colorful floats showcasing the city’s famous lechon.

The City Tourism Heritage Council, chaired by Councilor Shirley Belleza, listed almost 60 floats representing business establishments, government agencies, and nongovernment organizations joining in the grand parade.

Asiatown expects work force hike with new bldg.

AYALA-led Asiatown IT is anticipating an increase in its present 5,700 working population with the completion of the second building of Primary Industrial Properties Corp. (PIPC)

In a statement, Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp. (CPVDC) said the total annual compensation of employees in Asiatown is estimated to be more than P1.4 billion.

“This is the amount of disposable income that the IT (information technology) park will contribute to Cebu’s economy by the end of 2006, not to mention the income tax component that will be generated out of the employees’ wages,” CPVDC said.

The second building of PIPC, which has a leasable space for offices of about 17,611 square meters, is near completion. The first PIPC property, the Engineering Sciences Building, is already fully occupied by eTelecare, Dash Engineering, SPI Technologies and a ground level retail strip.

Expansion

Skyrise IT Building, which houses PeopleSupport, Epson, Astro Ship, InfoWeapons, Qualfon and Microsoft, is also fully occupied.

PeopleSupport, one of the country’s pioneering contact centers, needed another 1,600 seats for its expansion from their first facility at eOffice One. Epson also expanded and required a bigger facility to accommodate a workforce, which doubled from the time they moved to Asiatown I.T. Park in 2002.

The Cebu facility of Mexico-based call center Qualfon International opened and started operations in June of this year. Its Asiatown I.T. is the firm’s first customer care center in Asia.

Meanwhile, Microsoft has now set up a base in Cebu. Microsoft-Cebu office is temporarily housed at the Ayala FGU Center, but will move to Asiatown in November.

Strength

“Asiatown’s strength as an ecozone is its ability to match investors with ready locators and competent workers,” CPVDC said.

The infrastructure, communication, electricity and manpower quality at Asiatown are at par with the major IT parks not only in Asia but also worldwide,” said Francis Monera, president of CPVDC.

“This has ignited the influx of more IT locators in Cebu and is one of the reasons we are experiencing more aggressiveness in the take-up of commercial lots in (Asiatown) compared to the previous years,” he added.

An IT Special Economic Zone operating for five years now, Asiatown has reported an increase in the number of contact center employees from 1,424 to 2,384. The number of contact center employees composes almost 60 percent of the total employees at Asiatown. (JBN)

International hotel chain eyes 2 branches in province

AN INTERNATIONAL budget hotel chain is planning to put up a branch in Cebu City and another in Lapu-Lapu City next year.

Microtel Inns and Suites Philippines chief marketing officer Patrick Gregorio said the company is in discussions with possible partners to put up a 100- to 150-room hotel in Cebu City and another on Mactan Island.

Gregorio said Microtel hopes to operate the hotels in the last quarter of 2007.

“We are looking for more partners, either franchise or joint venture, for future hotels in other areas of the province and in the Visayas,” he said in an interview. “We want a Microtel in every province. We’ve got many leads but (for now) we’re still testing the waters.”

“But for Cebu, (future branches) will definitely be successful,” he said.

He said a partnership with Microtel is “very attractive” to potential investors as it allows investment for the establishment of something as small as a 15-room inn.

He said Microtel’s main considerations in branching out would include the price of the land and its location.

Like all Microtel establishments in the United States and other countries, Gregorio said those in the Philippines are known for “very competitive room rates, basic but safe and comfortable accommodation.”

“It’s going to be good for Cebu because we’re going to give more options in terms of prices,” he said.

He also pointed out that Microtel Inns and Suites has been given the “highest ranking in guest satisfaction” for five consecutive years, starting 2002, by J. D. Power and Associates.

With the size being envisioned for Cebu, Gregorio said each hotel could generate about 50 jobs.

Microtel will open next month in Boracay. It has existing hotels in Baguio, Tarlac, Batangas and Cavite. Microtel International has about 290 branches worldwide.

Gregorio said Microtel will expand further, not only in the country, but in Southeast Asia.

“We’re very bullish about the region (Southeast Asia). We’re very excited about the growth of Microtel in Southeast Asia,” he said in a phone interview.

In an interview at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Clark, Pampanga following the inaugural ceremony of Cebu Pacific’s Cebu-Clark flight service, Gregorio said Microtel is also planning to open in Davao in July next year. (LAP)

mao bitaw no, wala ko nakabantay sa word nga MICRO da... so, gamay gyud diay ni...hehehheheh~

MICRO gani..hehe

if Microtel plans to open here in davao by july, how come wa pa koy nakita nga gina const na microtel? micro jud tingali..haha

@waway

bai, i think it's the one U/C in Damosa IT Park....

TALISAY CITY FIESTA !!!!
**Halad (Inasal) Festival 2006**


PORK ON THE ROAD. A contingent from St. Anthony’s Learning Center performs a ritual in Talisay City’s Inasal Festival. (Sun.Star Photo/Allan Defensor)
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/16/article_190461_10-16-2006.jpg



pics by @wantet of flickr.com
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International hotel chain eyes 2 branches in province

AN INTERNATIONAL budget hotel chain is planning to put up a branch in Cebu City and another in Lapu-Lapu City next year.

Microtel Inns and Suites Philippines chief marketing officer Patrick Gregorio said the company is in discussions with possible partners to put up a 100- to 150-room hotel in Cebu City and another on Mactan Island.

Gregorio said Microtel hopes to operate the hotels in the last quarter of 2007.

“We are looking for more partners, either franchise or joint venture, for future hotels in other areas of the province and in the Visayas,” he said in an interview. “We want a Microtel in every province. We’ve got many leads but (for now) we’re still testing the waters.”

“But for Cebu, (future branches) will definitely be successful,” he said.


I think 100 to 150 room hotel would look like this:
http://www.prestonwv.com/Microtel%20photo.jpg

Or maybe like these:
http://www.usfsi.com/propertyphotos/microtel/images/microtel_ext02.jpg
http://www.usfsi.com/propertyphotos/microtel/images/microtel_ext03.jpg
http://www.usfsi.com/propertyphotos/microtel/images/microtel_ext04.jpg

cebu nature pics by @wantet of flickr.com

oh!... badian
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medellin
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moalboal's serenas resort
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oi kanang mga niadto sa talisay, pagbutang sab up pix... sa lechon

pislok pa man ang namista sa Lechon Festival bai.hehe... unya na tingali ang pics. Si @tigidig is one of them who attended the festival together with @Arnoldsa and @Markiboii. Bisag panit lang sa inasal,hehe.

...bai @jimbu, considering 100 to 150 rooms, i agree with you that the hotel they are planning to build in cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu will be as big as the one in the first pic.

...bai @jimbu, considering 100 to 150 rooms, i agree with you that the hotel they are building in the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu will be as big as the one on the first pic.

I like the first one. I hope it won't be lower than 4 storeys para mura sad ug Marriot.

I hope someone could post a RECENT Cebu City street map to alleviate the confusions here :)

oist...nice picture sa kawasan...pinakaganahan nako nga lugar sa cebu kay ang KAWASAN....

I'm really confused. Is Badian a separate island from Cebu mainland?

^^ Badian is a Southern town. Nearby is the Badian Island, where Badian Island Resort and Spa is located. :)

www.badianhotel.com

^ Okay but where is the Kawasan Falls located? In the separate island or in the mainland?

^^ In the mainland. . :)

oist..dba c gregorio patrick may president sa waterfront philippines..?? sakto ba? naa na diay sya sa microtel??

Defensor: Asean meet to change foreign view on RP

ADMINISTRATION officials believe the Philippines’ hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) summit December 11-13 in Cebu will paint the country a “rosy picture” to its Asian neighbors and the rest of the world.

Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Arthur Defensor said the country will become more popular by holding the top-level Asean gathering.

“The summit will give us recognition as a politically stable country and that we deserve a place in the family of sovereign nations. This will also become an opportunity for other countries to notice us not only as an independent state but an economically sound and a working democracy,” Defensor told reporters.

con't: http://www.theguardianiloilo.ph/topstories3.php

TALISAY CITY
Inasal Festival and Feast Day of Sta. Teresa de Avila


The Church was built in 1834
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Sta. Teresa de Avila Church
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One of the contingents of the street dancing parade
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Slerz, Tigs, Gov. Gwen Garcia, Markiiboi, Arnoldsa (taking the picture). Tigs post your own version, the one with me on it. Hehehehe.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/talisay_city05.jpg



Talisay City Hall
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Slerz and Mark
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@Sinjin

Bai Sinjin, mas maayo i-rename ang The Urban Network ug "Philippine Regional Subforums."

Libog kaayo, ganiha ra ko cge pangita kung asa ang CEBU Thread.. Naa ra diay dinhi..

Some Fiesta Scenes


Photos by Mark and Slerz


Selling some silver
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Food cart
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Posing for a shot
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Bridge built in 1949
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Pushing for "Indulgences"
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Street parade
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/talisay_city013.jpg

@Sinjin

Bai Sinjin, mas maayo i-rename ang The Urban Network ug "Philippine Regional Subforums."

Libog kaayo, ganiha ra ko cge pangita kung asa ang CEBU Thread.. Naa ra diay dinhi..


"Cities and Places in the Philippines" is also a nice title. :)

@Arnold: Yes, Cities and Places in the Philippines na ang name as suggested.

-----
Wow, kalively gud sa Talisay Fiesta! Asa naman ang lechon?

^^

I'll post more pictures later on. I'm still resizing all of them.

-moved-

Totoo ba na i-rerename ang SM City Cebu to SM Mall of Cebu?

^^

Ummm, we haven't heard any news about that. Where did you get the info? :)

@Arnold: Yes, Cities and Places in the Philippines na ang name as suggested.

nagka OA naman ni ang setup sa ssc philippines.. mas ok paman to ang karaan ky makit-an dayon..

^^ i think they will call the expansion North Block because they have ads which if i remember correctly say "a new block will rise soon''. but if they will indded change the name, i hope they will give it a complete make-over. :D

nag surf ko sa other forums and i found these.

Department of Trade and Industry
New Business Establishments Registered

year 2000 - 7,630
year 2001 - 7,816
year 2002 - 9,412
year 2003 - 10,389
year 2004 - 12,275
year 2005 - 12,165

Board of Investments
BOI - Registered Investments (P Billion)

year 2000 - 1.5 billion pesos
year 2001 - 0.783 billion pesos
year 2002 - 0.289 billion pesos
year 2003 - 0.208 billion pesos
year 2004 - 2.91 billion pesos
year 2005 - 17.70 billion pesos

Cebu Exports
Top Markets 2005 and Top Products 2005

USA - Electronics
Japan - Other Industrial Goods
Hongkong - Furniture
Belgium - Garments
Indonesia - Electrical Equipment
China - Vehicles/Machinery Parts
Netherlands - Processed Foods
Korea - Steel & Metal Products
Singapore - Gift, Toys and Housewares
Thailand - Fashion Accessories

Cebu Annual Exports

1999 - 2.047 billion dollars (US)
2000 - 2.812 billion dollars
2001 - 2.988 billion dollars
2002 - 3.108 billion dollars
2003 - 3.434 billion dollars
2004 - 4.152 billion dollars
2005 - 4.713 billion dollars

Foreign Direct Investment in IT in Cebu
company - Activity - Nationality

Lexmark / Research & Development R&D / American
Dash Engineering / Eng'g Design (CAD) / Japanese
Tsuneishi Technical Services, Phils., Inc. / Eng'g Design (CAD) / Japanese
BOOOM! Interactive (formerly JAMMPS) / Graphics / Animation / Japanese
Innodata / Data Conversion, Content Dev't / American
United Publishing / Content Dev't / Japanese
Bigfoot / Web, Graphics, Content, Comm / American
N-Pax Corp. / Software Dev't JV / Fil-Japanese
Alliance Software / Software Dev't JV / Fil-Japanese
Farcite / Software Dev't, Web / Japanese
Epsor Software Development / Software Dev't / Japanese
NEC Software Phil., Inc. / Software Dev't / Japanese
ADTEX Systems / Software Dev't / Japanese
Xlibris / Data Conversion,Content Dev't / American
I Catch / IT, BPO, Accounting / American
Secure DNA PI Inc. / Network Security / American

Air Traffic - ARRIVAL

Domestic
2000 - 943,856
2001 - 924,033
2002 - 861,060
2003 - 907,690
2004 - 996,466
2005 - 1,030,340

International
2000 - 206,612
2001 - 198,042
2002 - 213,114
2003 - 212,394
2004 - 288,049
2005 - 330,451

employment rate

2001 - 87.9%
2002 - 88.3 %
2003 - 88.2 %
2004 - 85.6 %
2005 - 92.2 %

unemployment rate

2001 - 12.1%
2002 - 11.7 %
2003 - 11.8 %
2004 - 13.2 %
2005 - 7.8%

wala pay labot and 2006, a very important year kay ASEAN man.

Going to cebu port is amazing seeing all these hi-rises and other projects going up. you know if cebu gets enough hi-rises and a supertall, with the mountain backdrop it could potentially have a skyline as dramatic as hk

OT: bai marvin! long time no post do! pero sembreak na jud no? hehehe.

Welcome to SSC great184!

Going to cebu port is amazing seeing all these hi-rises and other projects going up. you know if cebu gets enough hi-rises and a supertall, with the mountain backdrop it could potentially have a skyline as dramatic as hk

Wow.. :) Are you still in Cebu now? :)

Sugbuanon welcome back.. Semestral break na, kuyog na sad ka sa laag. Hehehehe.. :)

Danao City Bus Terminal

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by TOLZ@2006 of flickr.com

^^
OMG. The best bus terminal I've ever seen! :) World-class.....

...nice! hope cebu city will have a bus terminal as modern as the one in Danao City

nagka OA naman ni ang setup sa ssc philippines.. mas ok paman to ang karaan ky makit-an dayon..

Wa man nagkaOA nya pailisdan pa ko nimo, hmmm, bisag kinsa pa'y ipuli, pun-an man gihapon ug subforums, kay padung man gyud ta ana, gidiscuss man gyud ang pagpuno ug subforums, may gani kay ang akong gipropose kay usa ra ka additional, wa na to ang gipropose sa uban nga himoong Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, mas libog hinoon ;) Lisod pa kay bag-o pa man pero nagtuo ako nga sa kadugayan, makasabot ra kamo, dili man sad lisod kay wa man gibuak-buak, ang gihimo ra kay gipamalhin ang tanan naa sa main page sa usa ka subforum so dili na kana lisod pangitaon :yes:

@Sera: Where did you get such info? The name SM City Cebu is fine in my opinion
@Danao Bus Terminal: Awesome, definitely another landmark. I hope the government could maintain such edifice.

Danao City Bus Terminal

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by TOLZ@2006 of flickr.com

sa mga taga-danao, ampingi intawn ninyo ang inyong terminal...basin ug mapareha na kahugaw sa north bus ug south bus...

^^

Looks like the terminal in Ayala Center. :)

....hala, fighting words! hehehheheh! :poke:

ok ra man ang new set-up pero its good unta na gihulat lang usa ang momentum sa traffic sa mga post before resetting the set-up. kay we know na medyo hinay karon ang mga posts tungod sa on-off situation sa ssc during the past few weeks. kay basin musamot kawala ang interes sa mga forumers kay maglibog man sa bagong setting. on the other hand, nindot ang links to related threads, bago ba na? wala ko kakita ana before ah.

^^ wala pako naka get over sa bus terminal! ;)

^^ Bus terminal ba na? Morag dili, morag train station or what. Nindut ang design. Dili na sya ordinaryong bus terminal sa Pinas, hehehehe! :D

Sa mga nakadto sa Talisay gahapon: BANTAY LANG MO, WA MO NAGBILIN INASAL! With matching pic pa kay Gov Gwen! Sadya sa inyo ah! Nahisa ko sa inyo! Way ko nag-upod kay daw mapatay ko sa kakatrabaho! (di ko man love work ko) :D

By the way, does anybody know who owns the MetroCebu KMK Bus Lines?

ok ra man ang new set-up pero its good unta na gihulat lang usa ang momentum sa traffic sa mga post before resetting the set-up. kay we know na medyo hinay karon ang mga posts tungod sa on-off situation sa ssc during the past few weeks. kay basin musamot kawala ang interes sa mga forumers kay maglibog man sa bagong setting. on the other hand, nindot ang links to related threads, bago ba na? wala ko kakita ana before ah.

Bai musta. Mga 12am na mi na-uli yesterday kay gihatod si Tigs sa Mandaue, tapos nag BOs Coffee after...

Asa na man tung mga pictures ni TIGS..

sayang lagi medyo nakulangan ko, hehe, anyway, next time kuyog gihapon ko. si mark kilabot ng mga taga 22nd! lol!

Hi pips, share ko lang ang article dinhi. The title speaks to itself.


StreetFood Cebu!
Hay...pagdating sa food trip, iba na ang usapan. Marahil ito na yata ang sideline ko sa mga pamamasyal ko. Kambal na sa lakwatsa ang food trip. Trip ko kasing kumain kasi nagugutom talaga ako kung lumalakwatsa.

Pagsinabi mong Cebu, pumapasok kasi sa isipan ng nakararaming Pinoy: "dried mangoes, otap, rosquillos, danggit atbp. Pero masubukan ngang kumain ng mga pagkain dito sa Cebu na hindi pa nadidinig sa Maynila o pati na marahil na sa amin sa Iloilo.

Sick leave, di ako pinayagang lumabas ng aking duktor. Pero parang papatayin naman ako sa pagkabagot. Lumabas pa rin ako. Namsyal sa Cebu (nanaman) kasama ng kasamahan ko sa forum, lumarga kami pa-downtown. Wala nga lang akong pera. Napag-isipan kung kumain sa mga turo-turo o sa mga karinderya sa mga daanan sa Cebu.

Sanciangko. Lansiao

Kukuha ng pix ang libangan ng mga forumers. Napasabak akong pumunta ng downtown para pumasyal sa pinakamatandang "downtown" sa Pilipinas kaso, di pa ako nanananghalian. Napasabak tuloy akong kumain ng "lansiao" kasama ng "puso" o kaning binalot sa dahon ng palaspas at naksabit. Lami-ah uy!

lansiao (lan.si-yaw). - isang uri ng ulam na kung saan ito ay sabaw na may lamang-loob ng baka, malapot ang sabaw at kung minsa'y maanghang. Masarap habang mainit.

Pinagpawisan tuloy ako! Sarap! Sa halagang P30, nabusog na ako. Nakalimang "puso" pa ako!

At kami'y nagpatuloy ng lumakad papuntang Colon.

Balbakwa

Ano ang balbakwa? Nang pumasok ang Dapug Resto sa Iloilo, nagtaka ako kung ano ang "balbakwa" na kanilang specialty. Nalaman ko na galing pala itong Cebu. Sa unang tikim, nakailang kanin ako sa isang ulam lang ng balbakwa. Mukha yatang na-high blood ako noon!

Napadpad ako sa Cebu at nakatikim pa ng maraming balbakwa, ang ulam na gawa sa pisngi, balat o pata ng baboy na nilagyang ng salsang manamis-namis na maanghang. Malapot ito at masarap kainin habang mainit kasama ang puso o mais.

Pork Humba

Naaalala ko sa Iloilo, inihahanda ang estopado kapag pyesta. Piniritong baboy na nilagyang ng mala-caramel na sauce at may pinya sa itaas nito. Nang makita ko ang "pork humba", napag-isipan ko marahil ito ang counterpart ng estopado sa Cebu.

Alanganing adobo, alanganin "estopado", ang humba na marahil ang "pork adobo ng Cebu". Similar sa mga nabanggit na ulam pero naiiba ang aroma at sarap dahil sa nilalagay na spice na parang hugis tala.

Inasal de Talisay

Kada Linggo sa amin sa Gorordo, may naghahanda ng Litson sa harapan. Almusal ng nakararami, marahil isa na ito sa mga sikat na "Lechon de Cebu" o Litsong Talisay.

Nagdiwang ng kapistahan sa Talisay kamakailan lang at pinarada ang mga lechon na may katangi-tanging lasa dahil sa nilalagay na rekados habang ito'y iniihaw.

Ngohiong

Isa na marahil sa mga paborito ko ang lumpia. Ubad, Shanghai, you name it, I'll eat it! Pero nang maintriga ako sa isang pagkain, alanganing lumpia, marahil ito na ang pinakasinasamba kong ulam dito sa Cebu. Ngohiong!

Walang ganito sa Iloilo o kahit na sa Maynila o sa ilang lugar sa Mindanao na aking napuntahan. Naintriga ako dito dahil ang pangalan ay tunog imported. Marahil Vietnamese o Intsik ang nagdala dito sa Cebu.

Ang laman ay gawa sa ubad o sa puso ng saging na tinaguriang meat extender, dagdagan ng giniling at iba pang rekado, binalot sa balat na hindi naman sa ordinaryong lumpia wrapper o di naman sa breading. Isawsaw sa malapot na sarsang maanghang, langit ang dating!

Ito na ngayon ang nakagisnan kong almusal sa umaga. Ngohiong kay manang sa karinderia.

Larang og Bakasi

Nalasing ako noon. Sinamahan ako ng kasamahan ko na pumunta sa isang lugar sa Fuente na kilala bilang "Larang". Night cafe kung tutuusin kasi sa gabi lang ito sumusulpot. Nagtaka ako, ano ba ang niluluto sa mga malalaking kawa sa tabi ng Jones at para yatang dinudumog ng mga tao?

larang. isang sabaw ng isda na animo'y similar sa sinigang na isda pero hindi ganoong kaasim. May isda at may pagi (manta ray o sting ray) na pwedeng pagpilian.

bakasi. nakakain ka na ba ng eel? Hindi ko alam kong eel o sea snake na ang kinakain dito pero ito ang tawag sa sabaw na malinamnam at halos pareho na rin sa larang.

Ang dalawang sabaw na ito na marahil ang nagpahilab sa tyan ko na puno ng alkohol. Masarap!

Larsian

Kung may Divisoria ang CDO, Manukan Country sa Bacolod at Valeria ang Iloilo, marahil ito na rin ang isa sa mga lugar sa syudad na grabe ang air pollution pero tila hindi baho ng diesel ang lumalabas. Kundi langhap ng mga iniihaw na barbeque, isaw, betamax, atbp ang naandito.

Tinawag na Larsian ng karaniwang Cebuano, matatagpuan ito sa ibaba ng Chong Hua Hospital, walking distance lang sa Fuente Osmeña at sa kainan ng larang-bakasi.

Dito, merong dispatcher ang kada restawran para manghikayat sa tao na kumain. Sari-saring pagkain ang nakahain, kadalasan puro inihaw. (ingat sa mga highblood at sa mga ayaw magkakanser) kasama na ang paboritong "puso" o di kaya "mais"

Mais?

Marahil magtataka kayo kung first time nyo sa Cebu at napakain kayo sa karinderya at nagtaka bakit hindi puting mahahaba anh kanin. Binigyan siguro kayo ni manang ng mais.

Yup, mais nga. Corn sa Ingles. Nakakabigla no at ginawang substitute sa kanin. Bakit mais ang sinasaing sa Cebu?

Sa kadahilanang kulang sa patag na lupa at hindi ganong kaangkop ang lupa sa Cebu sa pagtatanim ng palay, napag-isipan ng mga Cebuano na magtanim ng mais bilang pamalit sa palay na tinaguriang staple food ng mga Asyano.

Marami pa marahil

Siguro, di pa nagtatapos ang surpresa sa foodtrip ko dito sa Cebu. Marahil marami pa akong matutuklasang pagkain na katangi-tangi dito. Kaya pagsinabing "more than the usual delicacies sa Cebu, subukang maranasan ang kumain sa mga kalye at karinderya sa Cebu at malasap ang magiliw na pagtanggap ng mga Sugboanhon at sarap ng pagkain."

*originally posted in www.habagat.i.ph

wow! very beautiful bus terminal. bus na diay ang gikan Danao ron, abi nako jeepney gihapon.

By Yearend: Asiatown IT Park sees P1.4B economic input
By Ehda M. Dagooc
The Freeman 10/17/2006

By end of 2006, the Ayala-developed Asiatown IT Park expects to release about P1.4 billion worth of compensation to over 5,700 working population employed in different company locators at the cyberpark.

The P1.4 billion is the amount of disposable income that the IT Park will contribute to Cebu's economy by the end of 2006, excluding the income tax component that will be generated out of the employees' wages, said AITP administrator Raul Mananquil.

The recent additions at AITP, the second building of Primary Industrial Properties Corporation and Sky Rise I.T. Building, highlight an anticipated increase in the present number of working population, Mananquil said.

He said after the success and full occupancy of the Engineering Sciences Building with eTelecare, Dash Engineering, SPI Technologies and a ground level retail strip, Primary Industrial Properties Corp. is now completing its second building with 17,611 square meters of leasable office space.

Skyrise Realty and Development Corp. on the other hand, houses PeopleSupport, Epson, Astro Ship, Info Weapons and Microsoft.

PeopleSupport, one of the country's pioneering contact centers, needed another 1,600 seats for its expansion from their first facility at eOffice One. Epson also expanded and required a bigger facility to accommodate a workforce which doubled from the time they moved into Asiatown I.T. Park in 2002.

Astro Ship, which handles ship management for foreign vessels, occupies part of the building's 7th floor. Also, InfoWeapons develops secure network solutions for data exchanges, and is already established in Europe, Japan and the U.S. in its line of business.

The Cebu facility of Mexico-based call center Qualfon International with offices in Argentina, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico Monterey, and Mexico City, opened and started operations in June of this year as its first customer care center in Asia. It will exclusively service Tracfone Wireless, Inc., a US-based cellphone company with about seven million customers.

Multinational computer technology corporation Microsoft, which employs close to 72,000 employees in more than 100 countries has now set up a base right here in Cebu. Microsoft-Cebu office is temporarily at the Ayala FGU Center, but will move to AITP by November.

Mananquil cited that AITP's strength as an ecozone is its ability to match investors with ready locators and with competent workers.

Recently, AITP registered an increase in the number of contact center employees from 1,424 to 2,384. The number of contact center employees composes almost 60 percent of the total employees at the I.T. Park.

"The infrastructure, communication, electricity and manpower quality at Asiatown are at par with the major IT parks not only in Asia but also worldwide," Francis Monera, president of CPVDC said.

"This has ignited the influx of more IT locators in Cebu and is one of the reasons why we are experiencing more aggressiveness in the take-up of commercial lots in AITP compared to the previous years," Monera added.

Cebu-Bohol Supercat Ride

http://www.youtube.com/v/u6RwORW7QE0

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Cebu City vies for no. 1 in nat’l tilt

Cebu City is aasured of getting a special citation for investment promotion from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) in Manila next week.

The City was one of the 33 local government units (LGUs) nominated for the Most Business-Friendly LGU Awards in the 32nd Philippine Business Conference (PBC), which will be held on Oct. 19 and 20.

Cebu City will be recognized for passing the competitiveness criterion by maintaining an investment plan and an investment promotion center, which is the Cebu Investments Promotion Center (CIPC).

Results

Miguel B. Varela, head of the 32nd PBC awards committee, in his Oct. 13 letter to Mayor Tomas Osmeña, said Cebu City will receive the citation at 7 p.m. on Oct. 19.

Osmeña confirmed that the City will get a citation, but he said he doesn’t know the results of the PCCI search.

Sun.Star Cebu yesterday asked PCCI as to which city won in the search, but PCCI’s Christopher Bugaoan said they cannot divulge the winners yet.

“Otherwise, we will be preempting the awards night,” he told Sun.Star Cebu in a phone interview.

Mayor Osmeña admitted that Cebu City got a low point in the processing of business permits for all 30,000 businesses.
horrendous

“It’s so horrendous that we cannot do it as fast as we would like to. That would greatly ruin our scores. The smaller cities are our strongest competitor because they have no businesses,” he told a news conference yesterday.

But the mayor quickly defended the City’s failure to make it to the top 10 business-friendly cities or in the search for livable cities, initiated by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), saying Cebu City is number one in terms of programs for women and children.

“I know I said we’ll make Cebu City number one again and I know my critics will say, ‘AIM says otherwise.’ But I would just like to remind you (that) when it comes to children we’re number one. When it comes to women we’re number one. And, we’re number one not only in the Philippines but in the Asia-Pacific region. And I think that’s good enough because when you talk about a city being livable, you consider the children and the women. The only area we’re not number one are the criminals because they’re being killed. Well, we can’t win them all,” he said.

Stature

Osmeña said CIPC has been doing an excellent job at investments promotion.

“It was the brainchild of Joel Mari Yu, but I started it because Joel did not have the personality or stature to do it. Before the start of my retirement in July 1994, we grouped together 30 private corporations and funded it for the first two to three years.
The reason why I did that was based on the recommendation of the Minister of Commerce of Singapore.”

“He said investments promotion is better funded by private companies rather than being a government extension. We invited universities, hotels and malls and they gave P100 to P300,000 each. Now, the City Government funds CIPC, while the Province contributes. Aside from promoting and getting investments for Cebu City, one of its major accomplishments is the training of 50 other LGUs in the Vismin (Visayas and Mindanao) in investments promotion. And there’s nothing like this in Metro Manila,” he said.

The PCCI search is divided into three categories: most business-friendly municipality, city and province.

It will recognize the commendable efforts of each group using the following criterion: sound implementation of business-friendly procedures and processes; accountability, transparency and efficiency in administering daily business transactions and methods; and competitive entrepreneurship in their areas. (GAC) here (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/17/news/cebu.city.vies.for.no..1.in.nat.l.tilt.html)

wow! very beautiful bus terminal. bus na diay ang gikan Danao ron, abi nako jeepney gihapon.

Is there a V-Hire to Danao?

Still best place for summit

The spate of bombings in Mindanao has naturally invited speculations from some sectors in Cebu as the province girds for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in December.

One police official was heard saying last week that they are looking into reports that wanted Jemaah Islamiyah bomber Dulmatin was already in Cebu.

Some people raised the possibility that the bombings in Mindanao were meant to divert attention away from the real target, which is Cebu or the summit.

Speculations

Making speculations and imagining scenarios are part of the arsenal of tacticians to ensure that responses to possible hitches in an activity will be planned in advance.

Overdoing these, however, may result in confusion and paralysis.

The worry that Cebu will be bombed before and even during the summit is a legitimate one and should push all Cebuanos to be vigilant.

But that worry should be ranged against various aspects of reality, including geography, existing terrorist network and the security build-up being put in place here.

Terrorism

Admittedly, the fact that in the past weeks robbers were able to work through the security net initially in place for the summit is a cause for concern.

One can add there the usual police claim that many of the robbers operating in Cebu come from Mindanao—an admission of the difficulty in preventing outsiders from doing their thing in the province.

But terrorism is a different matter altogether, because unlike other forms of crime, that is where the attention of those behind the summit security is focused on.

Good place

Besides, there are other factors that even the most determined terrorist should contend with, like Cebu’s location and the lack of a base from which to spring an attack.

These limitations will even become more formidable for terrorists to overcome once the Asean summit nears, all the augmentation troops arrive and assistance from other countries filters in.

Understanding this is important so the public won’t become jumpy or sleepless every time reports of terrorist attacks from other areas occur or, worse, lose confidence in the security net gradually being put in place in the province.

The point is that, compared with other islands in the country, Cebu is still a good place for the summit, especially in terms of securing the dignitaries coming in.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/17/oped/editorial.html

Still best place for summit

The spate of bombings in Mindanao has naturally invited speculations from some sectors in Cebu as the province girds for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in December.

One police official was heard saying last week that they are looking into reports that wanted Jemaah Islamiyah bomber Dulmatin was already in Cebu.

Some people raised the possibility that the bombings in Mindanao were meant to divert attention away from the real target, which is Cebu or the summit.

Speculations

Making speculations and imagining scenarios are part of the arsenal of tacticians to ensure that responses to possible hitches in an activity will be planned in advance.

Overdoing these, however, may result in confusion and paralysis.

The worry that Cebu will be bombed before and even during the summit is a legitimate one and should push all Cebuanos to be vigilant.

But that worry should be ranged against various aspects of reality, including geography, existing terrorist network and the security build-up being put in place here.

Terrorism

Admittedly, the fact that in the past weeks robbers were able to work through the security net initially in place for the summit is a cause for concern.

One can add there the usual police claim that many of the robbers operating in Cebu come from Mindanao—an admission of the difficulty in preventing outsiders from doing their thing in the province.



http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/10/17/oped/editorial.html

and yet another example of irresponisible journalism by Philippines media...

It was even reported in TV Patrol WORLD na hindi daw matatapos ang CICC :ohno:

“I know I said we’ll make Cebu City number one again and I know my critics will say, ‘AIM says otherwise.’ But I would just like to remind you (that) when it comes to children we’re number one. When it comes to women we’re number one. And, we’re number one not only in the Philippines but in the Asia-Pacific region. And I think that’s good enough because when you talk about a city being livable, you consider the children and the women. The only area we’re not number one are the criminals because they’re being killed. Well, we can’t win them all,” he said.


....well folks the Mayor says it all . . and it's Tommy O. This makes Cebu the best in RP.. :)

yep...i saw a report in anc about cicc...the speculation of cicc not being completed on the target date was broadcast not only in the philippines but to the world...hmmmmm...i'm not sure if i heard our governor correctly saying "just wait and see on the target date...."

...still waiting for Tigs' pictures. Hehehehe.

It was even reported in TV Patrol WORLD na hindi daw matatapos ang CICC :ohno:


media..media..m,edia...iresponsable jud aron lang makabalita..

.hmmmmm...i'm not sure if i heard our governor correctly saying "just wait and see on the target date...."

Plus "We will deliver" :yes:

It was even reported in TV Patrol WORLD na hindi daw matatapos ang CICC :ohno:

Right. That was Paul Henson's report for TV Patrol sabi niya "kalansay na bakal pa lang ang nakatayo" sa 450 million pesos na CICC . I've already replayed the video several times.

Anyway this is what Karen says " possibleng hindi matapos ang construction sa CICC" and the governor says " we promise to deliver and all that I can really say is, lets wait for november 15 " then Architect Guanzon answers " definitely we will hit the target ". :dunno:

^ Well at least hindi bias and in the end, sinabi ni guv and Arch. Guanzon ang assurances. But the report has many errors. Is the national government involved in the CICC? I think not. The CICC is a project of the provincial government of Cebu right and Cebu is not receiving any funds at all for the construction, right? As far as I know, the national government's contribution is the overlay of asphalt on roads, by the DPWH, and the security, right? Other than that, everything else (beautification, landscaping, etc.) are individual projects of the local government units, right? :)

;10135554']media..media..m,edia...iresponsable jud aron lang makabalita..

OT:
speaking of irresponsible journalism... kabalo ba mo nga bai hastang gubota na karon sa tibuok MINDANAO? mo abroad nalang mi ani, hala naa gud sa news gabii ay, bombings in mindanao! with the series of bombings in mindanao! pagka human sa unahan hinay dayon kaayo ang tingog sa reporter... improvised bomb injured 3 in jolo, sulu. sus ginoo, nangatras na ang mga investors sa kinatibuk-ang mindanao tungod sa ilang news sa makilala south cotabato ug jolo. good for the philippines na ilang gihimo no? unta kung naay patay sa aparri ibalita pod nga LUZON! mas daghan pa man gani ug patay ang bagyong milenyo nila. unya karon manghilabot pa sa CICC, imbes positive mag negative nuon. mga biskwit.

^^ I've noticed that too. Anybody will surely misinterprets what Karen says that it's a national government funded project. This is what Karen says " daan daan na ang ginasto ng Pilipinas sa pagmamadali ng proyektong ito". Pilipinas means national government di ba?

^ Yes, okay lang sana kung sabihin na daan-daang milyong piso ang nagastos sa pagpapaayos sa mga daan pero sa CICC, national government is certainly off-limits

Right. That was Paul Henson's report for TV Patrol sabi niya "kalansay na bakal pa lang ang nakatayo" sa 450 million pesos na CICC . I've already replayed the video several times.

Anyway this is what Karen says " possibleng hindi matapos ang construction sa CICC" and the governor says " we promise to deliver and all that I can really say is, lets wait for november 15 " then Architect Guanzon answers " definitely we will hit the target ". :dunno:

"malaki na ang nagastos ng PILIPINAS sa proyektong ito" sabi ni Karen Davila... CEBU PROVINCE siguro, hindi PILIPINAS.


sabi ko na nga ba, marami talagang mag rereact sa report ng TV Patrol world about CICC. Si papa man gani nag yawyaw, gibalhin nuon niya sa saksi...hehe

^ And the fact that TV Patrol World is aired worldwide. Cebu Province should have gained the recognition for its efforts, not the national government. :nono: Pwedeng kasuhan ang ABS-CBN n'yan

^^

Why don't you guys email ABS-CBN like what Rusty18 does.. Hehehe.. :)

sabi ko na nga ba, marami talagang mag rereact sa report ng TV Patrol world about CICC. Si papa man gani nag yawyaw, gibalhin nuon niya sa saksi...hehe

24 Oras uy :D Hehe, anyway, I think many were startled by the report. I hope TVP World emulates TVP Central Visayas, or better yet have Leo Lastimosa and Ms. Haide anchor TVP World :D

Well, all that we can do is just wait for the deadline for the said structure to be finished by the end of the month. At least we can prove the skeptics wrong.

Whatever we say here, or whatever is being said in the news, will actually have no effect on the project because whether we like it or not, the structure is bound to be finished.

^^pero naka create og kabalaka sa kadaghanan. Daghan mawad-an og gana specially sa mga lain laing organizers..

nya ingon dayon si Henson "ito pa lang ang itsura ng istraktura ngayon"... nya ang gipakita nga footage kay katong time nga nag tour si Gov. og ang mga media katong wapay bongbong, diba dugay na kaayo to?... so ang expression sa mga nakakita ato nga footage, maka ingon gyud nga di gyud mahuman... ga pariha lang sila sa CDN. hastang!!!! kalami ibalhin og ka**o :D

^ Bitaw pero influential baya kaayo ang EBS-ZVN so dapat lang jud bawion to nila ilang report nya mangayo ug apology sa Cebu ug ni Gov. Garcia ug Arch. Guanzon because certainly the argument here is if the Philippine National Government ever contributed a single cent for the CICC construction. :D

^^pero naka create og kabalaka sa kadaghanan. Daghan mawad-an og gana specially sa mga lain laing organizers..



Yeap but I think the organizers know more than them. They are constantly given updates everyday.

The CICC is already nearing completion, I think we'll have to give it 2-3 weeks more and it's finished na.

and also sa mga ordinary citizens diay, like my cousin said to me, "o! ingon mahuman na imong cicc diha, di man lagi".. :D



OT:
speaking of irresponsible journalism... kabalo ba mo nga bai hastang gubota na karon sa tibuok MINDANAO? mo abroad nalang mi ani, hala naa gud sa news gabii ay, bombings in mindanao! with the series of bombings in mindanao! pagka human sa unahan hinay dayon kaayo ang tingog sa reporter... improvised bomb injured 3 in jolo, sulu. sus ginoo, nangatras na ang mga investors sa kinatibuk-ang mindanao tungod sa ilang news sa makilala south cotabato ug jolo. good for the philippines na ilang gihimo no? unta kung naay patay sa aparri ibalita pod nga LUZON! mas daghan pa man gani ug patay ang bagyong milenyo nila. unya karon manghilabot pa sa CICC, imbes positive mag negative nuon. mga biskwit.

sakto ka bai, biskwit gyud... kalaming usapon!!! og pino pinohon og kaon!

^^

Hahaha, imuha na diay nang CICC Slerz.. Sige cguro ka ug storya ana nila..

As I've said, you really can't stop the skeptics from what they're doing. After all, we are a democratic country. The only remedy to this is to wait for the structure itself to be finished on or before the deadline -- and there we can prove them wrong.

^^pero naka create og kabalaka sa kadaghanan. Daghan mawad-an og gana specially sa mga lain laing organizers..

nya ingon dayon si Henson "ito pa lang ang itsura ng istraktura ngayon"... nya ang gipakita nga footage kay katong time nga nag tour si Gov. og ang mga media katong wapay bongbong, diba dugay na kaayo to?... so ang expression sa mga nakakita ato nga footage, maka ingon gyud nga di gyud mahuman... ga pariha lang sila sa CDN. hastang!!!! kalami ibalhin og ka**o :D

Thanks for the clarification bai slerz. I really thought na latest to na video. I've even replayed it so many times just to have a clear look of what's done in the interiors kay morag tan-aw nako daghan pa kaayo trabahoon. Mao diay history na sad diay to. Why can't this people report accurately? I'm sure na kana si Karen wa jud na siya kahibawo kung kinsay owner anang CICC.

Hapit na na mahuman ang interiors!

FASTEM ang ilang gamit. Or "Fast Wall System."

Visit this website ---> http://www.fastem.net

And more from here -----> http://fastem.net/wall.php

^^pero naka create og kabalaka sa kadaghanan. Daghan mawad-an og gana specially sa mga lain laing organizers..

nya ingon dayon si Henson "ito pa lang ang itsura ng istraktura ngayon"... nya ang gipakita nga footage kay katong time nga nag tour si Gov. og ang mga media katong wapay bongbong, diba dugay na kaayo to?... so ang expression sa mga nakakita ato nga footage, maka ingon gyud nga di gyud mahuman... ga pariha lang sila sa CDN. hastang!!!! kalami ibalhin og ka**o :D

That's why I dont watch TVP World because their reports sometimes are big BS. I still remember the Cebu Pacific emergency landing (bomb inside lechon) here in MCIA that the footage shown is actually at Bacolod Airport!

Anyhow, I am very confident that the CICC will be finish on time or earlier. IF it does finish earlier or on time, those skeptics and media will lose their face and credibility.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4461/buffalolger6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

New dwarf buffalo discovered by chance in the Philippines
First new fossil mammal from the Philippines in 50 years

EurekALert.com (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/fm-ndb100606.php)

CHICAGO--Almost 50 years ago, Michael Armas, a mining engineer from the central Philippines, discovered some fossils in a tunnel he was excavating while exploring for phosphate. Forty years later, Dr. Hamilcar Intengan, a friend of his who now lives in Chicago, recognized the importance of the bones and donated them to The Field Museum.

If not for the attention and foresight of these two individuals, science might never have documented what has turned out to be an extremely unusual species of dwarf water buffalo, now extinct.

The new species, described in the October issue of the Journal of Mammalogy, has been named Bubalus cebuensis (BOO-buh-luhs seh-boo-EN-sis) after the Philippine island of Cebu, where it was found. Its most distinctive feature is its small size. While large domestic water buffalo stand six feet at the shoulder and can weigh up to 2,000 pounds, B. cebuensis would have stood only two-and-one-half feet and weighed about 350 pounds.

B. cebuensis, which evolved from a large-sized continental ancestor to dwarf size in the oceanic Philippines, is the first well-supported example of "island dwarfing" among cattle and their relatives.

"Natural selection can produce dramatic body-size changes. On islands where there is limited food and a small population, large mammals often evolve to much smaller size," said Darin Croft, lead author of the study and a professor of anatomy at Case Western Reserve University.

i find the pessimistic comments regarding cicc valuable as these will challenge and add pressure to the contractor to really finish the job on schedule. businessmen (in the case of the contractor) with the right attitude take harsh comments positively because these will push them to do better with their craft. if nobody will scrutinize cicc from start to fruition, i'm sure the contractor will not feel obliged to finish the structure on time.

I'm back... lapuy au ako lawas oi...
5 days record way uli2x kay palahubog man... hehehe...

watch out SSC pips... we have teamd up: TJ, Bernie, and Me...

naa na gyud ta official na tambayan...

COZY: Chill-Out Zone...

repost lng ha... my favorite pic...
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mura man ug Hong Kong bai....

Tigsmania in Cebu.

All photos by Tigs


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Cebu City

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Mandaue City

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Aerial Shots by tigs:


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RE: CICC

The suspension cables are now in place and the glass atrium dome is already finished.

Mga poste ilimpyo sud sa lima ka tuig
Ni Darrel A. Carumba
BANAT 10/17/2006

Hatagan og lima ka tuig sa kagamhanan sa dakbayan sa Sugbo ang tanang mga telecommunication company nga makausab ug makakuha sa tanan niining mga wiring ug cable nga nakahatag og kasamok sa mga poste ibabaw sa kadalanan dinhi sa dakbayan.

Si Mayor Tomas Osmeña mimando na kang Konsehal Hilario Davide III nga mopatuman sa maong programa nga magtangtang sa tanang mga linya sa kuryente ug mga telecommunication company nga hugaw tan-awon ug nagbitay daplin sa kadalanan.

Tungod usab kini sa pormal nga pagpatuman sa ordinansa sa dakbayan nga nag-obligar sa mga telecommunications company nga mopatuman og color coding.

Kini nagpasabot nga ang matag kompaniya gikinahanglan ang tanan nilang linya sa cable o kuryente usa ra gyud ka kolor ang sundon niini," for example PLDT if there assign color is blue so all there wires are blue," dugang asoy ni Osmeña.

Human sa lima ka tuig nga lugway, ang tanang mga linya sa kuryente nga mosukwahi sa kolor ug magpasagad og taud nga makahatag og kahugaw sa palibot sa dakbayan ipaputol kini sa mga tinugyanan sa City Hall.

Gipasalig sa mayor nga dunay public hearing nga ipahigayun aron mahibaw-an kini sa tanan ilabi na sa publiko sa dili pa hingpit nga ipatuman ang maong balaod.

Hapit na na mahuman ang interiors!

FASTEM ang ilang gamit. Or "Fast Wall System."

Visit this website ---> http://www.fastem.net

And more from here -----> http://fastem.net/wall.php

...yes, the same company that is now building the 19-story Tower Palace Residential Condominium in which the target completion is September 2008

Sykes ayala access road
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/sykesayalaex.jpg



This one is also a project of Fastem.

....looks like the facade of Araneta Coliseum...hehheheh!

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/mand4.jpg

;10135554']media..media..m,edia...iresponsable jud aron lang makabalita..

when was this aired? i'm gonna e-mail abs-cbn...we all should...lets flood their mailbox...

flickr.com pics.....

by @isaac
http://static.flickr.com/82/272112619_431d684463.jpg?v=0

Tigs' aerial shots are fabulous, the Cebu Capitol is very obvious in the first photo

After my Cebu roving (without my cam again), all I can say is:
>The construction of SM Cebu's North Wing is very fast, the building is taking shape.
>The construction of the Cebu Boardwalk Mall is on full swing
>Painting of the lampposts on the Marcelo Fernan Bridge is ongoing.
>Painting of the gutters and center island of Marcelo Fernan Bridge is ongoing.
>The landscaping of the vicinity of the CICC is also ongoing.
>The construction of Ayala Center Cebu's megastructure is also ongoing.

More on Thursday

when was this aired? i'm gonna e-mail abs-cbn...we all should...lets flood their mailbox...

Yesterday evening