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Animo

December 1st, 2006, 01:56 AM

By Irene R. Sino-Cruz
Inquirer
Last updated 06:46pm (Mla time) 11/30/2006

CEBU CITY -- A P1.2-billion Spanish-inspired commercial tourist facility is in the works in Cebu City.

The Cebu provincial government is considering constructing the tourist facility on its 2.8-hectare lot near the posh subdivisions in Cebu City as a revenue-generating venture.

A newly formed consortium will build "Ciudad," a mixed-use development envisioned to provide its visitors a glimpse of the old and modern Cebu.

The project's total cost could range from P800 million to P1.2 billion, excluding the hotel, according to Jose Danilo Silvestre, principal architect of DA Silvestre Associates, the firm that came up with the project's design.

Silvestre said the project would be on a build-transfer-operate scheme. This meant that the consortium will turn over the project to the provincial government, but it will operate Ciudad on behalf of the province.

The provincial government will generate revenues from both the land rental fees and its share from Ciudad's profits.

Under the agreement with the provincial government, the Fifth Avenue Property Development Corp. (FAPDC) will pay rental fee of P35 per square meter starting this December.

When the project starts operation, the province will get a one percent share of Ciudad's gross sales.

Ciudad will feature multi-level interconnected buildings that would house restaurants, a museum, an amusement center and a variety of shops.

The FAPDC envisions Ciudad to become an architectural landmark that would showcase a combination of the old and modern Cebu, FAPDC spokesman Jose Allado Jr. said.

"It will have the finest dining in town and the best of Cebu's arts, culture and history. It will be like Cebu in a day," Allado said.

Since Cebu already has a number of malls, the Cebuano investors wanted to come up with something different. "Ciudad's design would depict the Cebuano heritage," Silvestre said.

Ciudad will comprise of Centro Sinulog, a five-level structure that will house a supermarket, a hardware, and an amusement center, among others; Plaza del Sol and Plaza de la Luna, which will house restaurants; and the Mercadillo, which will have micro retail shops that would carry Cebu-made products and souvenir items.

Aside from providing a venue to the works of Cebu artists, Ciudad will also host outdoor events and concerts at its plazas.

Except for the hotel, Ciudad was projected to be operational by November 2007, in time for the Advertising Congress, Silvestre said.

FAPDC assistant executive vice president Roger T. Gopaoco said the consortium building Ciudad is composed of the Singapore-based WLG Pte Ltd, a gaming company; China Team, a company engaged in construction; Ipay Ltd., which is into financial services; and the Dino family, which owns the Philippine Beijing Corp., importer and assembler of a China-made motorcycle brand.

The construction of Ciudad started with the groundbreaking held Tuesday at the site.

Present during the event were Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, Mark Chan of IPay, Frederick Tan of WLG and other officials of the consortium.

Aside from Ciudad, the FAPDC is looking for an investor-operator of the project's hotel component.

Allado said they were negotiating with four prospective investors, three foreign and one local. "We want to get the hotel up and running in 2008," he said.

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http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/metroregions/view_article.php?article_id=35667

slerz

December 1st, 2006, 03:28 AM

Another test for Mactan Cebu Int'l Airport's capability to handle a number of aircrafts for the ASEAN Summit.

More than 10 aircrafts of PAL, CebPac and Air Phils were evacuated from the capital to MCIA due to STY Reming.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o2/slerz4/30-11-06_0725.jpg

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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o2/slerz4/30-11-06_0722.jpg

MarkiiBoi

December 1st, 2006, 03:38 AM

^^ so maayu unta naa pirmi bagyo sa manila :nocrook: :jk:

habagatcentral1

December 1st, 2006, 04:07 AM

Mga bai, kadyot lang sa kay hinay ang connection ron sa internet. In a matter of an hour or two, hehehe! :D

Sinjin P.

December 1st, 2006, 04:13 AM

@Markiiboi: So magpasiplat nalang diay ko didto sa CICC aron tagdon ko ni Mr. Guanzon :lol:

MarkiiBoi

December 1st, 2006, 04:26 AM

sayang la ko kaabot sa tour ninyo sa CICC but it was fun enough nga naka apas ko sa C24 then coffee dayon sa walang kamatayang bo's. marki unsa man nang country rooms? kada delegate or country may sariling room? and kinsa man sad nang mga tao naa sa hall, ga tour sad na sila? ok na kaayo ang CICC, fights naman diay! how bout sa main plenary hall, naka sulod mo? such an amazing structure owned by the government of cebu, galeng!

Bai, kana country rooms dha mag stay ang mga ministers ug delegates if anha sila sa CICC pero wala gameeting. Each country will have its own country room.

Kana mga tao dha kay mga taga WT construction na sila nag tour sad.

Ang sa plenary hall kay nagtaud na lang sa vinyl ceiling then carpeting. and exhibiton hall na lang ang last part na daghan pa himuonun.

habagatcentral1

December 1st, 2006, 04:46 AM

Usa ka gabi-i sa Sugbo...

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Cebu/P1030474.jpg
Sa una, nahulaw kami magpalapit kay basi sitahon sa Guard.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Cebu/P1030482.jpg
CICC as of 30.November.2006

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Cebu/P1030478.jpg
And as usual pose

Pero someone came from the building...
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Cebu/P1030485.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Cebu/P1030484.jpg
Architect Guanzon! :D

more CICC pix coming in a few minutes.

Sinjin P.

December 1st, 2006, 04:47 AM

Kasi dry run today, I am also expecting that tonight will be the dry run of all the newly installed lampposts... Excited na talaga ako.. ! :colgate:

shadow_can2003

December 1st, 2006, 04:51 AM

^^ Ang gandang tignan ang MCIA kapag maraming nakapark na eroplano.

Sinjin P.

December 1st, 2006, 04:59 AM

Why Cebu journalists rock

Here?s why journalists in Cebu are sometimes way ahead of their counterparts in Manila and other regions in improving their craft and their interaction with their audiences: anybody who has a complaint against journalists or newspapers can file it through a website put up by the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) (http://www.cebucitizenspresscouncil.org/).

The website, developed by Sun.Star?s Max Limpag (http://max.limpag.com), also has a list of journalists (http://www.cebucitizenspresscouncil.org/cebu-journalists/) working for each of the member newspapers.

I?m always amazed at the way Cebu journalists are often united in issues such as press freedom, ethics, and accountability. Their Press Freedom Week celebrations are unique in that they don?t only hold parades but also workshops and seminars on press freedom and journalism (of course, there?s always the beer and the partying (http://max.limpag.com/2005/09/25/press-freedom-week-ends-and-i-get-star-struck/)).

Their intensely competitive newspapers (Sun.Star (http://max.limpag.com/), Cebu Daily News (http://globalnation.inq7.net/cebudailynews)and The Freeman) are some of the best in the country. One of the reasons for that, I think, is the fact that Cebu editors ? like Sun.Star?s Pachico Seares, who sort of mentored me after he hired me as the first editor of [url=http://sunstar.com.ph/cagayan/index.html]Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro in 1995 ? do not stop learning and do not hesitate to adapt to new trends and technologies.

Perhaps most important of all, these editors are not full of themselves. Unlike many editors in Manila that I know, Cebu editors are not perched on some kind of journalistic pedestal. Their reporters can still relate to them, even share beer with them. They don?t hesitate to mentor the younger journalists just as they don?t hesitate to discipline them when they breached journalistic ethics.

In many Manila newsrooms, there?s this wall that divides editors and reporters. You rarely feel that in Cebu?s newsrooms.

And now, the even higher and thicker wall that separates the press from the public is being torn down in Cebu by efforts such as the CCPC.

Kudos!

habagatcentral1

December 1st, 2006, 05:10 AM

ASEAN Dry Run in Jones Avenue

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2940/dscf0152sh6.jpg

flesh_is_weak

December 1st, 2006, 05:53 AM

^^ingon ana pud ang set-up during the actual summit, open ang one-side sa jones?

flesh_is_weak

December 1st, 2006, 06:15 AM

OT: just took a stroll down memory-lane a.k.a the archives and started scanning the cebu threads...

magkatawa gyud ko...inglesro pa kaayo ang mga forumers, tag-dugay pa gyud mo-post...karon di na ka-agwanta, magbinisaya na gyud, pas-pas na pud kaayo ang replies, mura na gud ni usahay ug chat room...grabe gud diay kap-as2 murag development sa cebu...

angay diay i-approve ang membership before maka-post? i dont remember going through the approval process when i first got here...

kabantay pud ko na ubang tawo dinhi sa SSC kusog kaayo mo-post sa Cebu, karon wala na, apil man gani to sa kusog mo-post silang greyx ug thomasian...

FrancisXavier

December 1st, 2006, 06:25 AM

OT: just took a stroll down memory-lane a.k.a the archives and started scanning the cebu threads...

magkatawa gyud ko...inglesro pa kaayo ang mga forumers, tag-dugay pa gyud mo-post...karon di na ka-agwanta, magbinisaya na gyud, pas-pas na pud kaayo ang replies, mura na gud ni usahay ug chat room...grabe gud diay kap-as2 murag development sa cebu...

angay diay i-approve ang membership before maka-post? i dont remember going through the approval process when i first got here...

:lol: , mag huna huna pa diay ug ininglish b4 mu post.. di bitaw... too formal pa man gud sa una, busa english english pa.. karon kay mura na mag barkada hang out place ang ssc..
Ang mga pioneer diri kay sina sinjin, slerz, arnoldsa, markiiboi, fundraiser, valium:D.. ug uban pa.. :banana:

fundraiser

December 1st, 2006, 06:29 AM

pinaka pioneer sa tanan si bai rusty, the gang is at mcdo jones now, possibly may mini meet na pud. :banana:

flesh_is_weak

December 1st, 2006, 06:34 AM

^^kinsa naa ngadto? pwede mo-apil?

fundraiser

December 1st, 2006, 06:38 AM

txt nyo lang si marki, kay basin maligo daw sa mactan, im not sure. pabor ang mga taga mactan, that is if madayon sila sa mactan

Sinjin P.

December 1st, 2006, 08:18 AM

@Bernie: So during the ASEAN Summit we'll have a festive feel with the mardigras and street dancing?

kabantay pud ko na ubang tawo dinhi sa SSC kusog kaayo mo-post sa Cebu, karon wala na, apil man gani to sa kusog mo-post silang greyx ug thomasian...

Probably because they don't understand us ;) Anyway...

demented_pigeon

December 1st, 2006, 08:26 AM

^^ asa daw mo inig ASEAN summit?

tomahawk21

December 1st, 2006, 08:49 AM

^^ the exterior is SM-ish. hehe

the exterior too is Cebu Do-ish!hehe tan.awa lng ang cebu doc, ang window2

pnggirl

December 1st, 2006, 11:09 AM

CIUDAD MALL , BOARDWALK MALL, the new ROBINSONS CEBU MALL plus the IMPERIAL PALACE RESORT AND WATER PARK, plus the condo hotel besides the Tower Palace , plus the hotel at the Ciudad mall complex and a lot lot more (whew i cant enumerate all) Cebu will never be the same at the time i will go home for my holiday next year.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Guys, i think the proposed hotel at the Ciudad mall complex will be a 21 storey structure as earlier stated in the press release. Remember in the report that the developer of the said mall are still looking for a partner to run the hotel. So , thats the reason why there is no rendering yet of the said hotel. Just imagine this, how can a 300 room hotel fit into a 4 to 5 storey building if the space is very limited. As you can see only the mall has the rendering.
:) :) :) :) :banana: :banana: :banana: :) :) :)
3.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/trial3copycopy.jpg
Markiiboi, i like your ASEAN banner.

FrancisXavier

December 1st, 2006, 11:16 AM

but the asean logo should have not been there.. coz that area is for SSC logo.

slimer

December 1st, 2006, 03:46 PM

Pics I took today...

ACT IT Mall
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3737/imgp5311nn6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

GV Hotel
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/117/imgp5312ts7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5194/imgp5314dy2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

USC Main
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6569/imgp5315zn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9917/imgp5318ql1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

SM Annex Update
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1496/imgp5331hy1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/6269/imgp5332xs6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/1524/imgp5339rj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Concrete Roads around SM
http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/8493/imgp5330sl7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8314/imgp5336zd7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

slimer

December 1st, 2006, 03:53 PM

some new developments at mandaue south reclamation area.
(google earth only)

new structure (International Entertainment something - wa nako maklaro sa ilang renderings)
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6762/newbuildingkq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

i already got the name of this new underconstruction building.
it's "International Entertainment Bar Complex, Inc.". and they have started already with the construction. nikalit lagi ni sila. wa jud ko kadungog ani.
also, the Boulevard (a restobar during my younger days hehe) near Capitol is undergoing a facelift. They changed its name to Boulevard Complex if I remember it right.

Sinjin P.

December 1st, 2006, 03:55 PM

There's already a Jollibee U/C beside the Shell Station in Mandaue's Reclamation Area

Sinjin P.

December 1st, 2006, 03:59 PM

Sorry for the low quality pics

SM North - U/C

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9560/p1020539pt8.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5115/p1020542jy8.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4249/p1020543xi2.jpg

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Jimbu

December 1st, 2006, 05:48 PM

Fastem invests on 2nd condotel
By Ehda M. Dagooc
The Freeman 12/02/2006

Korean-led company Fastem Housing and Development (FHD) is set to invest another multi-million condo-hotel facility at the Cebu Business Park (CBP), an expansion of its 200-unit condominium building currently being constructed.

In an interview with FHD president Sun Kyu Baek, he said that the company will spend another P1 billion to build a condo-hotel high rise building in a 1,500 square-meter lot beside the 19-story Tower Place Residential Condominiums which is targeted to be completed by September of 2008.

According to Baek this second project of the company will include a commercial complex component. Construction will kick off next year.

Currently, he said an extensive feasibility study is being done on this second project, and that complete details of the plan will be formulated immediately after the study.

FDH has allocated about P1.4 billion investments for the creation of the Tower Palace Residential Condominium. The company is also expecting to spend similar investment cost on this second project.

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

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

Recently, the company officially opened its showroom showcasing the company several condo unit models at their temporary office also located at the CBP.

Baek said because of growing interest for condominium living lifestyle in Cebu, he expects to sell all the 200 units next year, the reason why, the company has planned out another project in 2007.

Cebu, which is an emerging city in the Philippines, with an economic growth that has posted faster than any other regions in the Philippines, offers a good potential for condominium based businesses, both in residential and commercial packages.

Months after the company marketed its condominiums it easy registered a 20 percent sold out of the 200 available units.

ChaCha R. Rama, FHD marketing director said 80 percent of its buyers are foreigners, mostly Europeans, while 10 percent Overseas Foreign Workers (OFWs) and balikbayans, the rest are local investor buyers.

MarkiiBoi

December 1st, 2006, 06:52 PM

There's already a Jollibee U/C beside the Shell Station in Mandaue's Reclamation Area

its beside Caltex.

MarkiiBoi

December 1st, 2006, 07:12 PM

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/Image645.jpg

Blue Reef Resort
Mactan Island, Cebu

So we had loads of fun today at the Blue Reef Resort. With me were Slerz, Arnold, Brodix, Fundraiser, Rage, and Berniemack.
More pictures to follow at the Samahan Magkita ta Bai Thread.

BAKEKANG

December 1st, 2006, 07:15 PM

Usa ka gabi-i sa Sugbo...

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Cebu/P1030478.jpg
And as usual pose

Pero someone came from the building...
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Cebu/P1030485.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Cebu/P1030484.jpg
Architect Guanzon! :D

more CICC pix coming in a few minutes.

Ang pangit ng kinalabasan. Kung wala lang unta ni gidali, mas nindot pa gyud unta ang mapabuhat na Internation Trade Center. Simple ra kaayo ang gibuhat para sa isang world-class City like Cebu. Cebu deserves more than what has stood on there today. Bati-a gyud kaayo ana oi. Isa ni sa kaboang sa GMA administration. Namuyok sa mga taga Cebu abi nila mga tanga ang mga Cebuhanon.

MarkiiBoi

December 1st, 2006, 07:19 PM

^^ :lol: better check your sources first before barking

fundraiser

December 1st, 2006, 07:46 PM

BAKEKANG

December 1st, 2006, 08:13 PM

obviously you dont sound cebuano, some of your terms are not cebuano, a jealous neighbor perhaps? hmmm. but i agree, cebu is world-class, waekekeke. and just a matter of information, its not a trade center, its a convention center. kung ang kaboang ni GMA mu resulta sa ing aning developments para sa cebu, maayo untag dugay dugay pa siyang mabuang, ug maayo untag musamot pa gyud ang iyang kabuang para mas munindot pa gyud ang cebu. para todo na gyud.

It’s amazing how you interpreted my post. Tell me what made you think I am jealous of Cebu.

What I said was, Cebu, being a world class city and all, deserves to have a better facility, whether that is a convention center or a trade center or an airport.

Don't get me wrong. I share the joy (and pride) with all the Cebuanos all over the world for what Cebu has accomplished so far. I think it is phenomenal that it grew (though at a relatively slower rate when compared to M. Manila's) despite the tight budget the past and present governments have allocated for the city.

I am really a Cebu fan, that despite I am not a Cebuano. I enjoy shopping in Cebu despite the presence of giant malls where I now live. I love the beaches in Mactan despite its proximity to Bohol, Boracay and Palawan. And, I also have relatives now settling in Cebu and doing very well, economically. My brother earned his degree at a prestigious university in Cebu. All these combined, I cannot have a reason to be jealous of a wonderful, world-class city that is Cebu.

But let’s not be hypocrite and kiss asses of government officials that try to buy souls just so they can execute their sleazes.

BAKEKANG

December 1st, 2006, 08:18 PM

^^ :lol: better check your sources first before barking

I'm afraid I have checked my sources before I "barked" on this GMA-fanatics-dominated forum. If your facts appear different from mine, lay them out on the board and let's compare and scrutinize them one by one.

flesh_is_weak

December 1st, 2006, 11:05 PM

jrevalde

December 1st, 2006, 11:19 PM

hans boy

December 2nd, 2006, 12:33 AM

@ Bakekang

I think that you're one of the people that cannot be please by CICC. Well, you're just one of the living proof that as the saying goes...

"We cannot please everybody even if the person has a pleasing personality and even if the structure of an edifice has a pleasing view, for everybody has a different discriminating taste in all aspects of life".

I respect and I understand your opinion. It's your right. Just don't be wrong with facts next time because we don't have the right to be wrong about facts, right?

Anyway, I passed by along Jones Avenue this morning at around 5AM. I saw flag poles installed at the center island, and I already have an idea what it is for. I think that you also have an idea what it will look like once the flags of the ASEAN member countries are installed. I hope that those "maniniot" "photographer of SSC Cebu" will be there first to take pictures. You know, we always comes first and we have proven that a lot of times here. Like what I told you guys before during our meet at Starbucks, that Tower Palace will be a twin tower edifice.

tigidig14

December 2nd, 2006, 12:37 AM

^Oy hans boy, kamusta na...long time no talk ha...i followed your suggestion about tiger airways eventhough they suck and torpe :lol:

Gibb

December 2nd, 2006, 02:39 AM

post sad ko banner ha. photo credits: 12th asean summit website & markiiboi.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/kenzo_214/aseansummit06.jpg

papable

December 2nd, 2006, 03:23 AM

^^hi @bakekang...(ibang incarnation ka ng character ko...:lol:)

i wonder why you hate gloring so much, why? did she butcher your entire family?:jk:

really, i dont find anything wrong with the way she's doing things for cebu, after all she's only returning a favor...

so let this be a lesson to all other places in the philippines, during elections, dun kayo pumanig sa mas nakakalamang na candidate, so that you'll enjoy reaping the fruit of your votes later on...:lol::jk:

oh yeah, i appreciate your being a cebu fan, welcome to the club! :ok:

I think the only (major) favor that ate glo gave to cebu was choosing the place for the asean summit. After, it is the Cebu LGUs which shoulder most of the expenses (contrary to the perception of Manila media that the national government "poured" funds into cebu). The other "improvements" and public works projects funded by the national government were their obligations anyway and they should have done that with or without the summit or whether gma won in the province overwhelmingly or not. But still Cebu should be thankful for this turn of events. This certainly provides more impetus for the development of the province.

h3nry

December 2nd, 2006, 03:24 AM

MarkiiBoi

December 2nd, 2006, 03:53 AM

South Korea has just granted Jeju Island self-autonomy, which means that Jeju is now a self-governing province. The national government can no longer interfere with provincial issues other than those that will involve threat to national security. All their revenues will also go to their own coffers. Their blueprint is called Hongapore (a combination of Hong Kong ang Singapore) and they will try to emulate the economic successes of the two autonomous states.

So i wonder, what if Cebu will also be granted self-autonomy?

FrancisXavier

December 2nd, 2006, 03:56 AM

not only cebu... but the rest of the regions... GO FEDERAL PI!

LordCarnal

December 2nd, 2006, 03:58 AM

papable

December 2nd, 2006, 04:10 AM

demented_pigeon

December 2nd, 2006, 04:13 AM

^^ kung autonomy lang din ang paguusapan edi dapat patatagin na lang ang local government code.

Jimbu

December 2nd, 2006, 04:19 AM

Ang pangit ng kinalabasan. Kung wala lang unta ni gidali, mas nindot pa gyud unta ang mapabuhat na Internation Trade Center. Simple ra kaayo ang gibuhat para sa isang world-class City like Cebu. Cebu deserves more than what has stood on there today. Bati-a gyud kaayo ana oi. Isa ni sa kaboang sa GMA administration. Namuyok sa mga taga Cebu abi nila mga tanga ang mga Cebuhanon.

1. kung di nimo dalion di mahuman, di magamit sa ASEAN summit. :lol:

2. gusto nimo di dalion para nindot pa gyud ang mapabuhat nga International Trade Center". Nuh, misamot kahimuot :lol: Convention Center kay para magamit sa ASEAN unya trade center ang human. :ohno:

3. Simple pa ba gud na. Taga asa ba diay ka. Wa ka kahibalo nga naa nay nanglangoy ana ka demostrate kay sobra ra kuno ang gasto. Nagreklamo na ana ang mga militante nga mga congresista kay "lavish" ra kuno. (here (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2006/12/01/news/militant.lawmakers.chide.gov.t.over.lavish.spending.for.summit.html))

4. Cebu deserves more than what has stood on there today. Deserve more? From whom? From the people of the province or from the republic? Bai that's a provincial government project. The word "deserve" doesn't apply here because Cebu did not ask that project from the national government. Cebu capitol financed that project from its own funds. Don't confuse other readers here. GMA did not give a cent for it.

5. Bati-a gyud kaayo ana oi. Imoha lang na opinyon. Kahibalo ko wa pa ka kasulod diha, so no comment ko ana kay bashing ra ba ning imo gibuhat, basig ma ban unya ka.

6. Isa ni sa kaboang sa GMA administration. Namuyok sa mga taga Cebu abi nila mga tanga ang mga Cebuhanon. Wa lang unta politics dire bai. Wa gyud tawon relevance kanang imo gipanulti sa convention center. Myanmar is supposedly the host country for ASEAN summit this year, pero ni back out man sila mao to nga mi offer si Gov Garcia the facility for the summit ang naka planong "Cebu Megadome" nga naa na daan P250 million approved budget. Pero ang problema kay kato nga design dugay trabahoon mao nga nausab.

hans boy

December 2nd, 2006, 04:28 AM

not only cebu... but the rest of the regions... GO FEDERAL PI!

Bai Lew...It's easy to say GO FEDERAL. But if you really have to think of it and applying it in our country. It's a very tough act to make it into reality. Whether we follow the US or German model. It's very very hard for us, you know that our country are compose of so many poor provinces. That means, a lot of our provinces are IRA dependent. It's only Cebu Province that is 33% IRA dependent being the richest province in the country with 0% debt and billions of growing assets.

If we follow the German model of parliament bicameral federalism which the rich provinces or states shares 15%(i'm not so sure about this figure) of its annual income to the poor provinces or states. I don't know if all the rich provinces or states will agree. Because in Germany, those rich cities are complaining because the poor cities are being dependent on them.

All we can do now is to go PARLIAMENT BICAMERAL and not UNICAMERAL which speaker YODA and his trapo allies are trying and insisting to impose.

PARLIAMENT BICAMERAL are proven in the 8 list of the richest countries in the world and the 10 list of giant economies in the world like FRANCE, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, ITALY, UK, GERMANY and other countries in the list except the US.

MarkiiBoi

December 2nd, 2006, 04:48 AM

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Jimbu

December 2nd, 2006, 05:07 AM

I'm afraid I have checked my sources before I "barked" on this GMA-fanatics-dominated forum. If your facts appear different from mine, lay them out on the board and let's compare and scrutinize them one by one.

Here's mine:

1. The official name of the building is Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) and not International Trade Center.

1. The owner of the lot where the (CICC) is built is owned by Mandaue city government, share from the reclaimed land done by FF Cruz.

2. The owner of the building called CICC is the provincial government with approved budget of P515 million broken down as follows: (P250 from Megadome and additionaof P200 million and lastly P65 million).

3. Myanmar had backed out from its turn to host the ASEAN summit and the Philippines accepted it as the next country in the rotation. Cebu can host the summit even without that convention center, but a hotel is a hotel. Whether you like it or not the capitol already decided to build that convention center knowing that Cebu also needs an international convention center. The architect has completed the contract in record time (nobody in Cebu right now is capable of doing what they have done, the architect says).

4. Now, I want yours. Lay them out here and let's compare and scrutinize them one by one, as you said.

Jimbu

December 2nd, 2006, 05:16 AM

^^

Let's all just respect Bakekang's views.. In fact even I myself believe that had we been given more time, we would have built a much more bigger and grander structure. :okay:

How can you respect him bai, his views is tainted with politics and besides that flawed. Calling us "GMA-fanatics-dominated forum". :lol:

Wishbone7054

December 2nd, 2006, 07:07 AM

@ Bakekang.

Of course Cebu would have built a much more spectacular convention center
if we were given Carte Blanche and the luxury of time.

Bai, your criticism would only have substance if you can offer a better alternative. So, what kind of convention center would you have built in lieu of what we now proudly have? You are given only 7 months to build it and for
only PhP 515 million (equivalent to only a little more than US $10 million).

The province of Cebu and the hardworking people who labored day and night to build that beautiful convention center deserve praise, and not ridicule - regardless of what political affiliation you might have.

flesh_is_weak

December 2nd, 2006, 08:16 AM

Bai Lew...It's easy to say GO FEDERAL. But if you really have to think of it and applying it in our country. It's a very tough act to make it into reality. Whether we follow the US or German model. It's very very hard for us, you know that our country are compose of so many poor provinces. That means, a lot of our provinces are IRA dependent. It's only Cebu Province that is 33% IRA dependent being the richest province in the country with 0% debt and billions of growing assets.

If we follow the German model of parliament bicameral federalism which the rich provinces or states shares 15%(i'm not so sure about this figure) of its annual income to the poor provinces or states. I don't know if all the rich provinces or states will agree. Because in Germany, those rich cities are complaining because the poor cities are being dependent on them.

All we can do now is to go PARLIAMENT BICAMERAL and not UNICAMERAL which speaker YODA and his trapo allies are trying and insisting to impose.

PARLIAMENT BICAMERAL are proven in the 8 list of the richest countries in the world and the 10 list of giant economies in the world like FRANCE, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, ITALY, UK, GERMANY and other countries in the list except the US.

why wont they just grant Cebu independence?

flesh_is_weak

December 2nd, 2006, 08:17 AM

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030489.jpg

kinsa nang ga-shorts?

rage@cebu

December 2nd, 2006, 09:50 AM

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 09:52 AM

TOWER PALACE CONDO construction update pics.... (sensya na... tan-awa na lang ninyo ang mga weblinks sa flickr.com hehheh!)

click these links:
pic 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/50685682@N00/311715870/)

pic 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/50685682@N00/311715871/)

pic 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/50685682@N00/311715867/)

pic 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/50685682@N00/311715864/)

vatics

December 2nd, 2006, 10:14 AM

^^ abtik lagi ka bai...i'll post the pics now for the rest of ssc forumers to see

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 10:14 AM

about @bakekang's posts

...mga bai, ayaw isugal inyong piso sa singko sentimos... nag-usik lang na sa siya sa inyong oras....hehhehe!

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 10:17 AM

^^ abtik lagi ka bai...i'll post the pics now for the rest of ssc forumers to see

...ako pa...hehhehehe! i won't call myself "diehardbisdak" for nothing...

vatics

December 2nd, 2006, 10:21 AM

Para sa SSC Cebu forumers lang ni bai!

http://static.flickr.com/117/311715871_92f955f877_m.jpg http://static.flickr.com/119/311715870_68a33ac67e_m.jpg http://static.flickr.com/104/311715867_a2024cd93f_m.jpg http://static.flickr.com/117/311715864_617c2c169b_m.jpg http://static.flickr.com/102/311715862_e4930eee8b_m.jpg

Saleable units now are facing northeast and southeast view.

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 10:23 AM

..ba! @vatics, i-post sab ang mga pics nimo sa Cebu Proposal and U/C thread para nindo sab tan-awon didto...medyo nimingaw na baya didto...hehhehe!

Sinjin P.

December 2nd, 2006, 10:28 AM

I just passed by the CICC yesterday and a while ago... What's with all those banners on the fence? "Buhat, dili sulti" and all those Leo Lastimosa hate banners :lol:

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 10:31 AM

^^ bai @vatics, ako na lang gi-post imong mga pics sa pikas thread

vatics

December 2nd, 2006, 10:39 AM

^^ bai @vatics, ako na lang gi-post imong mga pics sa pikas thread

check nako bai...sorry kung late ko maka-reply...check nako didto sa Cebu proposal ug U/C thread..

Sinjin P.

December 2nd, 2006, 11:17 AM

PHOTOBUCKET

Rustan's Building Construction Updates
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Golden Prince Hotel and Suites
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/jadesinjin/p1020548km1.jpg

Cebu Towers Commercial Building @CBP - update
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ASEAN Summit Preparations - A.S Fortuna Street Sidewalks
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http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/jadesinjin/p1020554ri7.jpg
Welcome to MEPZ! They're being cladded with orange, sorry for the image quality
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http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/jadesinjin/p1020560uz9.jpg

Center Islands and sidewalks of Lapu-lapu City are being planted by Poinsettias. Here are some shots of them at the sidewalk. They're being hung on these bamboo stuff.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/jadesinjin/p1020565rw1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/jadesinjin/p1020566my9.jpg

by Sinjin

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 11:27 AM

...salamat kaayo bai....sus, saon man "banned" man diri sa Saudi ang imageshack...hehhehe!

Sinjin P.

December 2nd, 2006, 11:33 AM

...salamat kaayo bai....sus, saon man "banned" man diri sa Saudi ang imageshack...hehhehe!

No problem... I share your sentiments kay if I'm not in Cebu, grabe jud akong kamingaw nya aggressive kaayo ko makakita ug pics, news and info. :D

Anyway, these Poinsettia flowering plants really look lovely especially if they were planted in bulks

FrancisXavier

December 2nd, 2006, 01:01 PM

is this SM city Sta Mesa? hahaha
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030488.jpg

Sinjin P.

December 2nd, 2006, 01:04 PM

^ Yeah, it really looks like one classy mall

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 01:27 PM

^^hi @bakekang...(ibang incarnation ka ng character ko...
She does not have to "butcher" my family for me (and several million others) to "hate" her. But let me clear this up with you that the word, "hate" you used, is I think an overstatement in this dialogue. I don't hate her, let me emphasize that very clearly. I just don't like her (more so her husband), including some of her appointed cabinet members, and her governance, as a whole. So, the operative word here is dislike, not hate. Though sometimes they're interchangeable, there's still a thin and distinct line that separate between the two. Don't you agree?

really, i dont find anything wrong with the way she's doing things for cebu, after all she's only returning a favor...
Returning a favor? So, had she reaped so many votes in Iloilo, the impetuous decision to build a relatively unremarkable convention center that's supposed to be of international scale, and the hosting of the ASEAN Forum would have been held in Iloilo and not in Cebu? Wow, if that's really her reason for relocating the ASEAN Forum to Cebu, then what a fair president do we have now! haha!

But seriously, should a public official have to return a favor??? Really, please answer this, because I though that you run for public office because you want to offer yourself to the people without any cost and condition. A president has to be FAIR at all times thus should not have to be pressured by "utang na luob".

Cebu is just a perfect venue for the Forum, in my personal opinion, regardless of the reason, utang-na-luob or not. In fact, I even think it should hold more convention of international scale in the future. Let this be the start to an international Cebu, not a mere event for our grand children to just imagine it happend in the old time.

so let this be a lesson to all other places in the philippines, during elections, dun kayo pumanig sa mas nakakalamang na candidate, so that you'll enjoy reaping the fruit of your votes later on...
Have you given a deeper thought on the macro effects of what you said? Well, I hope you were not serious when you said that line though.

oh yeah, i appreciate your being a cebu fan, welcome to the club!

Thank you.

Now, let me tell you why I like Cebu.

Cebu is a wonderful City – that is a fact. Despite the relatively lesser attention and interest the past and present government has shown it, it has persistently thrived on its own way (and will continue to do so) no matter who will govern this country. Cebu has played a great inspiration to a lot of local government officials all over the country. It has shown time and again that it can stand and thrive on its own no matter what, whoever is on the seat. Of course, its success would not have been made possible without the solid and loyal Cebuanos themselves. So, thank yourself too for playing a part of your city's success. In short, it is the Cebuanos themselves (and that may include you) who made Cebu what it is now – a clear big success -- not Gloria, not Erap, not Marcos. All of them are pro-Manila even if the majority of the people in Manila despise them.

And, btw, my family was rooting for Mr. PROMDI, Lito Osmena when he ran for the top seat 2-3 elections ago. Sadly, he did not make it due to lack of campaign TIME (maybe dirty politics thrashed his character and noble intentions too, which was really unfair to him, we thought). And until now, we still wonder what would have happened to us and to our country as a whole had a guy like him, a master public official with proven tract record, a promdi, a Cebuano, but with a clear and firm disposition to decentralize the government and whose top priority includes to modernize the countryside among others… won the top seat. Things would have been different now. Maybe QUITE different from what is now.

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 01:45 PM

^^though we appreciate your thoughts, this is not the appropriate thread to exchange views regarding politics or the last presidential election. or perhaps we could tone down our political side comments a lil bit so we won't go overboard.

demented_pigeon

December 2nd, 2006, 02:13 PM

SHARE KO LANG, MAY BO'S COFFEE NA SA TAPAT NG ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY AT MIRIAM COLLEGE SA KATIPUNAN AVE., QUEZON CITY. DUN NA LANG AKO TATAMBAY AFTER CLASSES. :D

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 02:16 PM

wow bakekang, so u think the CICC is ugly? IMO i'm not a big fan of the CICC myself, i personally would have preferred it if they built architect medalla's "spinning disc" design, pero due to time AND budget constraints they settled on a cheaper and simpler design, simple enough for it to be built in 7 months. If u think about it, what they achieved is something pretty impressive and for a budget of just 450 million, i think they came up with quite a decent structure. i'm quite happy with it, it might not be as flash as those in japan or china or south korea, but for an island of cebu's size, i think its something to be proud of.

I have traveled to many major cities around the world and I’m convinced that Cebu has absolutely a good match against those in other countries. And for all it’s worth, Cebu is livelier than most major cities in Europe, maybe except a capital city like London, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Berlin and Frankfort.

But before I say something about the international convention center, please be reminded that we are talking about a structure which is intended as a venue for INTERNATIONAL activity(ies). Thus, I would, of course, rate it and rub it against those international convention centers in other countries. Otherwise, if we contend to a localized level, then let’s stop discussing its design. Because in local scale, I think it is just fine for its use, but certainly not astonishing.

For its function which is to hold a forum of international scale, YES, I think it should have given ample time to have it constructed so it won’t come out so-so, something that’s analogous to a giant warehouse (sorry for the frank words). The half-circle steel used to accent the giant “warehouse” only looks like a ribbon, a poor attempt to break it from being close to a mediocre edifice.

You know what, about 2 years ago, news were already circulating here in Manila that a world-class international convention center will soon rise in Cebu. People here, mostly the promdis, were thrilled. The design shown in the presscon was a stunning spinning disc, pretty much like what you relayed. We thought, wow, this is world class structure which we can rival those in Hong Kong, Sydney or Shanghai. And a world-class city like Cebu deserves to have one like it. Then things have stopped. Budget was not released…until…NOW. And the result – nothing spectacular than a giant warehouse!

Now, I know those PEOPLE who are involved in the construction are inspiring. For what were given at them: limited time and tight budget, they were able to comply (almost now) their contractual obligation (duties). But then again, they are not my issue, but those people who trimmed-down the budget and released it only when the forum is fast approaching. What a child!

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 02:26 PM

though we appreciate your thoughts, this is not the appropriate thread to exchange views regarding politics or the last presidential election. or perhaps we could tone down our political side comments a lil bit so we won't go overboard.

I am aware about that but some people here made me explain how I derived my dislike for the measly budgeted INTERNATIONAL convention center. I think they deserved to know why I said such.

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 02:46 PM

@Bakekang,
Actually the design of CICC right now is enough for the time limit.
imagine to build a convention center in just few months.
actually, cebu can have grander if given the time..
will cicc is expandable..

Exactly what my point is. If the budget was not cut and was released earlier, Cebu would have a real convention center of international caliber. As what it is now, its’ not so convincing that the structure is of international level. The good thing is... your local government officials are efficient (and persistent) that they're successfully able to utilize the workers and have consumed all the pressures that came along with the limited time and budget. Plus, of course, hat’s off to the local citizens who continuously believe that they can host an international gathering.

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 03:03 PM

^^

Let's all just respect Bakekang's views.. In fact even I myself believe that had we been given more time, we would have built a much more bigger and grander structure. :okay:

Remember, when we met Architect Guanzon at the CICC site, he said that he conceptualized the design in just two weeks! although we can consider this a feat for his part. Kudos also to him, hehe.. :okay:

Anyhow, I asked Guanzon as to what influenced him in designing the CICC.. Cubism? Minimalist? or International Style? He then said and I quote "Don't pre-occupy yourself with those terms, just call it Guanzon Architecture... every architect must have (or must develop) his own style.."

You have a broad mind, arnoldsa and I admire that. Sadly, this thread is not blessed with people who think as broad as you. Something I did not expect, quite honestly. But then again, they’re just people… only with a narrow mind.

The architect(s) of this project, along with the engineers, all the construction workers, the local officials and all others who were/are involved in this project are nothing less than spectacular. They're superb! Imagine that this project was conceptualized in just 2 weeks! Wow, my words are short to express my admiration for the designer and his team. Excellent job indeed!

Now, imagine if he had 6 months to prepare for the same project with a budget 10 times more than the current. I'm sure Cebu would have a much better international convention center, wouldn't it? :)

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 03:09 PM

Mahirap yon. Masyado tayong regionalistic. Every other province or region would demand similar status.

Tama!

I would prefer that the capital city would be transferred back to Cebu (or Davao or Cagayan do Oro). Cebu's progress would create a domino effect and would eventually be shared with the neighboring regions at a faster rate. But then again, this is not a thread for that. Right rusty18? :|

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 03:16 PM

Sadly, this thread is not blessed with people who think as broad as you. Something I did not expect, quite honestly. But then again, they’re just people… only with a narrow mind.

it's funny you consider people who contradicts your way of thinking "narrow-minded".

The architect(s) of this project, along with the engineers, all the construction workers, the local officials and all others who were/are involved in this project are nothing less than spectacular. They're superb! Imagine that this project was conceptualized in just 2 weeks! Wow, my words are short to express my admiration for the designer and his team. Excellent job indeed!

exactly.. it was too easy for you to bash and say bad stuff about the design and all without even knowing the real score.

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 03:20 PM

How can you respect him bai, his views is tainted with politics and besides that flawed. Calling us "GMA-fanatics-dominated forum".

Of all those stupid remarks I have come across in this message board, this is the most stupid, no doubt.

Consider this as my last post (addressed) to you. I don’t make it a habit to interact with a dimwit.

Ciao!

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 03:22 PM

^^ ambot ninyo oy! basta ako, mag promote na lang ko kung unsa'y na-a na sa Cebu kay sa wala.... NINJA RA'y MOPATAY NINJO !!! hehehehhe!

j-pol

December 2nd, 2006, 03:23 PM

nganung giaway man ninyo c bakekang? pro cebu man siya ug pro cicc man pud. wa siguro nakuha ninyo iyang point bai. pero sakto pud mo. di unta xa magistorya ug politics diri.

FrancisXavier

December 2nd, 2006, 03:24 PM

^^ ambot ninyo oy! basta ako, mag promote na lang ko kung unsa'y na-a na sa Cebu kay sa wala.... NINJA RA'y MOPATAY NINJO !!! hehehehhe!

sakto... let's just ignore her/him guys.. let's continue the usual stuff here..

Sinjin P.

December 2nd, 2006, 03:30 PM

Off-topic: @Francis, your Philippine Flag avatar is so far the best Philippine Flag gif I've seen, where did you get that from?

FrancisXavier

December 2nd, 2006, 03:33 PM

From RLI's website.. W/o permission...:lol: :D

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 03:34 PM

it's funny you consider people who contradicts your way of thinking "narrow-minded".

It's funnier that you're quick to react to my post without really understanding the real context of it.

I called them "narrow-minded" for not understanding the REAL content (and intent) of my message. I called them dimwit for failing to understand the real content of my message. And I called them stupid for refusing to understand the real content of my message. Now, choose which one are you. Your choice!

exactly.. it was too easy for you to bash and say bad stuff about the design and all without even knowing the real score.

Bashing is depraved and is usually inspired by iniquitous intentions. My words were expressed to critique the project, not to bash. Broaden your mind so you'll be able to differentiate the two.

:ohno:

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 03:41 PM

Bashing is depraved and is usually inspired by iniquitous intentions. My words were expressed to critique the project, not to bash. Broaden your mind so you'll be able to differentiate the two.

scroll up and read your posts, darn, bet you'll end up eating your own words. oh man, i shouldn't be interacting with you :lol:

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 03:46 PM

scroll up and read your posts, darn, bet you'll end up eating your own words.

Consider it that I have completely forgotten all my posts in this thread. Now show me where my bashing is.

Looks to me you're more likely to eat your own words.

Come on...I'm waiting....

demented_pigeon

December 2nd, 2006, 03:48 PM

^^ anak ng sinigang naman. tigilan mo na nga ito. hindi tuloy yung ibang posts dito. lintek naman baka masira ko pa 'tong pc ko dahil sa'yo.

dabert

December 2nd, 2006, 03:49 PM

waaa, the momentum of this thread has been destroyed. mid-life crisis na jd,. anyway, let's just not put too much feelings on other's opinions as much as that 'other' put much pressure on this thread (note that more than half of his posts are in this thread).. hehe, so interested jud diay xa.. anyway, no matter what other people think, we have different views and that's something they (or he) cannot take from us., :D

FrancisXavier

December 2nd, 2006, 03:51 PM

@rusty, just IGNORE.

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 03:53 PM

@bakekang ...help us promote Cebu na lang ...mas liligaya pa tayong lahat.... MERRY X'MAS !!! hehehhehehe!

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 03:53 PM

nganung giaway man ninyo c bakekang? pro cebu man siya ug pro cicc man pud. wa siguro nakuha ninyo iyang point bai. pero sakto pud mo. di unta xa magistorya ug politics diri.

Thank you, bai, and that's not meant to generate cohorts. I’m just delighted that this thread has started allure the broad-minded guys like you and in the persona of arnoldsa. Hope your likes will burgeon. :)

dabert

December 2nd, 2006, 03:55 PM

@bakekang ...help us promote Cebu na lang ...mas liligaya pa tayong lahat.... MERRY X'MAS !!! hehehhehehe!

mao jud!! :D, why do we have to spend our time and energy arguing when we can choose a nicer path of talking about cebu's dev't and progress? i'm sure we wouldn't want a situation that happened in the congress of mexico few days ago (if you have seen the news.. hehe)..

demented_pigeon

December 2nd, 2006, 03:56 PM

^^ o bakekang, magpost ka na yung hindi ukol sa previous na nasabi mo ha baka mag-alboroto kami dito. lets say clean slate ito.

Sinjin P.

December 2nd, 2006, 03:56 PM

Yes, everyone should respect eachother's opinions, everyone may not share a sole opinion on specific issues . If there are really some opinions which you can't take, I'd like to take the opportunity to inform you that we always have the ignore function which comes in handy ;)

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 04:02 PM

waaa, the momentum of this thread has been destroyed. mid-life crisis na jd,. well bro, what can i say? Cebu thread has been running for two years now. i'm sure regular forumers here are used to that. :lol: it's really nothing.

Sinjin P.

December 2nd, 2006, 04:04 PM

Anyway, I'd just like to bring up this issue. Is the Christmas tree that was recently lighted in Puerto Princesa, bigger than ours in Fuente? Well, they're claiming that it is the biggest in RP and they're even pitting it for the Guiness Records

dabert

December 2nd, 2006, 04:07 PM

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 04:07 PM

demented_pigeon

December 2nd, 2006, 04:08 PM

^^ my friend from puerto princesa says so. she says that it could be seen from the city's docks. a ship passing by could easily see it.

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 04:10 PM

Sinjin P.

December 2nd, 2006, 04:11 PM

but honestly, sometimes it's healthy to have a sitiuation like this....it helps us to stay grounded and re-check ourselves... sometimes, we become too engrossed on what we have in Cebu and we forgot that there are some flaws that we have to discuss and be open to criticism as long as it is not a destructive one...

Correct! Tumpak! Exacto!

BAKEKANG

December 2nd, 2006, 04:11 PM

@bakekang ...help us promote Cebu na lang ...mas liligaya pa tayong lahat.... MERRY X'MAS !!! hehehhehehe!

Oh, sure I will… like I have been doing that with all my heart. And I'm not just doing that here on this board; I'm doing it in actuality, much to rusty18's surprise. In fact, Cebu, Bohol, Davao, Palawan and Boracay have always been the highlight of my invitation every time I try to talk to some of my classmates at Oxford, England to lure them to spend summer here in our beautiful country. The Brits love to spend summer outside of the UK, and I'm capitalizing that fondness though we always lost vacationers to Thailand and Malaysia. But don't worry; I'm still in the same mission to promote Cebu despite the presence of some dimwit guys like Jimbu, and now, rusty18.

Merry xmas in advance too and more power to Cebu!

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 04:15 PM

demented_pigeon

December 2nd, 2006, 04:18 PM

^^ anyway, anymore new news?

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 04:20 PM

-EDIT-

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 04:29 PM

...any activity on the FARMER's MARKET near the E-MALL? (pics etc.) also, about FILINVEST's ancestral lot fronting CBP? ..the last news i've read a month ago, they're building a high rise building for BPO / Office Condo.

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 04:32 PM

^^ waaa, yeah, i was also watching the news awhile ago and from the report, it stated that their tree is a hundred feet compared to ours which is 120+ feet. , pr0 the number of bulbs they used is definitely almost twice as ours.. 50000+ light bulbs man tingali tu.. hehe..

Palawan's Christmas tree is more bulky and full of light bulbs. probably that made it the biggest in Asia. Pampanga i think still holds the title of having the biggest Christmas Lantern in the world. does Cebu have a "biggest Christmas something"?

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 04:41 PM

ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES (from the past) !!!

Cebu used to have a traffic intersection for both airplanes and land vehicles. Yes, that was Cebu's former Airport in Lahug where Asiatown IT Park and Waterfront Hotel now standing.

D'Transporter

December 2nd, 2006, 05:59 PM

Somehow this construction looks like a parking structure being built, it looks like it has ramps.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/jadesinjin/p1020549tc2.jpg

MarkiiBoi

December 2nd, 2006, 06:17 PM

^^ maybe the lower levels are for parking spaces.

MarkiiBoi

December 2nd, 2006, 06:28 PM

The new Boulevard along Jones Avenue

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/Image648.jpg

LordCarnal

December 2nd, 2006, 06:32 PM

^^

We went to the CICC just a while ago.. It seems like the structure has become an instant tourist spot among the locals. There were really lots of vehicles parked at the vicinity and so many people, including families, at the flagpole site taking photos (either by camphone or digicam) and exchanging views and opinions about the upcoming event and the structure itself.

By observing the many people at the site, one can really appreciate their consciousness of the upcoming event. There was even this lady who said that he would like to "sabunot" that former senator whom the architect was at odds with.. Hehe..

We were also able to meet and talk with Mr. Villarete during the Cebu City Forums (http://www.cebucity.gov.ph/forum) Christmas EB and he gave us a lot of updates about the SRP..

He said that Bigfoot will really invest at the SRP. This was made possible after he was granted Filipino citizenship. He also narrated to us how the SRP was conceptualized during the early 90s. He said that when the SRP was still in the blueprint, it was supposed to be "purely industrial" similar to the Mactan Export Processing Zones. However, everything changed after the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and especially with the entry of China and Vietnam in the global playing field. He said that before, there were a lot of foreign companies in the "waiting list" lining up just to get a space at the Mactan Economic Zones (hence the SRP) but now there are only a few.

Regarding the structure at Kawit Point that looks like a Spanish Fort, he said that it is really intended to replicate Fort San Pedro. In other words, Kawit Point will be like "old Cebu." This is also the reason as to why the architecture of the Sugbo Building is kind of Spanish. Restaurants, parks, and a lighthouse will also rise at the area there.

.:.

MarkiiBoi

December 2nd, 2006, 06:45 PM

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4160/p1030852copyun4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

slerz

December 2nd, 2006, 06:49 PM

Oh, sure I will… like I have been doing that with all my heart. And I'm not just doing that here on this board; I'm doing it in actuality, much to rusty18's surprise. In fact, Cebu, Bohol, Davao, Palawan and Boracay have always been the highlight of my invitation every time I try to talk to some of my classmates at Oxford, England to lure them to spend summer here in our beautiful country. The Brits love to spend summer outside of the UK, and I'm capitalizing that fondness though we always lost vacationers to Thailand and Malaysia. But don't worry; I'm still in the same mission to promote Cebu despite the presence of some dimwit guys like Jimbu, and now, rusty18.

Merry xmas in advance too and more power to Cebu!

Hi, hello...
I understand your point and I appreciate it... well, reactions from my fellow SSC Cebu forumers are also understandable IMO... Cebu recenly was flooded with criticisms from different sectors and even me, I can't trust anymore of who is really appreciating our efforts... BAKEKANG has cleared his/her point so lets continue to discuss about Cebu's progress.

ikra

December 2nd, 2006, 07:08 PM

hahaha.. ye, im in the very same ground bakekang is in... im in the uk... and whenever they talk about vacation, i always try to say go to cebu or boracay or bohol... :D i said to them that its as beautiful as phuket.. and all those beaches around...

sometimes even i show them the pictures that the oh so hard working forumers here post and i have to say, all of the responses from my mates have been positive...

theres even this one guy, his parents are filipino and he has never been to the pinas, once he got there with a few british friends he said that hes gonna go back to the pinas over and over again... because thats how much he enjoyed it even though he had gone round other parts of asia before.. he just loved cebu so much... and to add that up he has lots of brit friends who goes along with him

so yeah... i try to do my part even right now that im still a student.. once i get a job i might do something else thats gonna give the country something more...

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 07:30 PM

^^
We were also able to meet and talk with Mr. Villarete during the Cebu City Forums (http://www.cebucity.gov.ph/forum) Christmas EB and he gave us a lot of updates about the SRP..

nice! would you happen to discuss with him on how they're supposed to name the reclamation project? they wouldn't keep it as SRP, would they? they've gotta name it something else. if Mandaue City will name their reclamation projects to Harbour City something, why not for SRP diba?

LordCarnal

December 2nd, 2006, 07:30 PM

^^

@ikra

Speaking of that, Mr. Villarete said that a Japanese tourist usually chooses among Bali, Phuket and Cebu..... but the problem is, our hotels are expensive! :bash:

We're not even so developed as a tourist destination compared with Bali and Phuket and yet some of our hotels are already a big turn-off.. :dunno:

He also said that there was actually a Mactan Masterplan way back 1995.. The vision was to create a "resort" boulevard similar to Hawaii where all hotels and resorts would line up in a continuous white sand beach.. The masterplan would involve the clearing of illegal fences and other related structures along the beach line. I hope this will truly be implemented since there are now a number of resorts lining up there....

But the thing is, I think we need more "cheaper" but decent hotels in order to attract more tourists.. :okay:

.:.

LordCarnal

December 2nd, 2006, 07:31 PM

nice! would you happen to discuss with him on how they're supposed to name the reclamation project? they wouldn't keep it as SRP, would they? they've gotta name it something else. if Mandaue City will name their reclamation projects to Harbour City something, why not for SRP diba?

I guess it's already South Road Properties (SRP) special economic zone.. Hehe... :okay:

Muzta bai Resty? :D

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 07:40 PM

I guess it's already South Road Properties (SRP) special economic zone. ey, it would have been nicer if they name it like Global City, East/West/South/Central WOOD City, Corporate City, Ultimate City, Number One City? haha

hey i'm all good. busy but still buying time for family and friends especially SSC! whoa, it's been a while and i guess i'd be pretty much regular here starting now. kmusta SSC Gimikeros? hows the party? darn, i can't believe i missed three full cebu threads! i'm reading 'em now. haha

diehardbisdak

December 2nd, 2006, 07:41 PM

well, my boss and his family had a wonderful vacation in Cebu ....because of SSC-Cebu Photo's convincing power.....and my power too! heheheheh!

hahaha.. ye, im in the very same ground bakekang is in... im in the uk... and whenever they talk about vacation, i always try to say go to cebu or boracay or bohol... :D i said to them that its as beautiful as phuket.. and all those beaches around...

sometimes even i show them the pictures that the oh so hard working forumers here post and i have to say, all of the responses from my mates have been positive...

theres even this one guy, his parents are filipino and he has never been to the pinas, once he got there with a few british friends he said that hes gonna go back to the pinas over and over again... because thats how much he enjoyed it even though he had gone round other parts of asia before.. he just loved cebu so much... and to add that up he has lots of brit friends who goes along with him

so yeah... i try to do my part even right now that im still a student.. once i get a job i might do something else thats gonna give the country something more...

LordCarnal

December 2nd, 2006, 07:46 PM

ey, it would have been nicer if they name it like Global City, East/West/South/Central WOOD City, Corporate City, Ultimate City, Number One City? haha

hey i'm all good. busy but still buying time for family and friends especially SSC! whoa, it's been a while and i guess i'd be pretty much regular here starting now. kmusta SSC Gimikeros? hows the party? darn, i can't believe i missed three full cebu threads! i'm reading 'em now. haha

Duh! hey, South Road Properties sounds cool. Hehe. I think it would not be good if you name it Global City or Corporate City. If that's the case then let's just name it New Makati, hehehehehe.

Apil ka sa EB resty? dili baya ma completo kung dili ka mu-apil.. Aw pwede sad dili ka mu-apil kung imo me e sponsor sa meet, hehehe...

..

rustyboi

December 2nd, 2006, 07:58 PM

Apil ka sa EB resty? dili baya ma completo kung dili ka mu-apil.. Aw pwede sad dili ka mu-apil kung imo me e sponsor sa meet, hehehe...

i really wanna join the grand meet come Christmas kaso 2 days ra ko diha. :( i guess i can't stay there longer before ko mu abroad next yr.

sugbuanon

December 2nd, 2006, 08:33 PM

well, my boss and his family had a wonderful vacation in Cebu ....because of SSC-Cebu Photo's convincing power.....and my power too! heheheheh!

if tanan pinoy preho lng unta nato.. ga baha na cguro ug mga turista ang pilipinas.. btw, mura nagkadaghan na ug maayo ang mga koreans ngari sa cebu maski asa ko adto naa jud ko makit-an.. or basin ila ra ko gisundan.. hehehe

Jimbu

December 2nd, 2006, 08:48 PM

Hi, hello...
I understand your point and I appreciate it... well, reactions from my fellow SSC Cebu forumers are also understandable IMO... Cebu recenly was flooded with criticisms from different sectors and even me, I can't trust anymore of who is really appreciating our efforts... BAKEKANG has cleared his/her point so lets continue to discuss about Cebu's progress.

Right bai. Let's discuss Cebu's progress not Bakekangs' politics. He may have been promoting Cebu, well, that's good. I have been promoting Cebu also for 15 years na, some even bought lands, idle nga lang.:D

reggiedoc

December 2nd, 2006, 08:53 PM

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/12/03/article_196124_12-03-06.jpg

Light at the heart of the city. All lit up, a giant Christmas tree enlivens Cebu City’s Fuente Osmeña, one of the stops of the tour organized for Southeast Asian leaders’ spouses.(Sun.Star photo/Arni Aclao)

fundraiser

December 3rd, 2006, 12:22 AM

while typhoon reming was in luzon, here's the mactan island sky at 12-1-06
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/pearl1.jpg

tigidig14

December 3rd, 2006, 12:24 AM

dapat pinapalunok ng upo si bakekang masyadong negatibo ang pananaw sa buhay

fundraiser

December 3rd, 2006, 12:24 AM

Acapulco
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/pearl24.jpg
MACTAN bitaw uy! with alak and chaser.

fundraiser

December 3rd, 2006, 12:28 AM

still in mactan
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/pearl18.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/peejay_domek/pearl31.jpg

dabert

December 3rd, 2006, 12:53 AM

i've found out just recently that there are a bit of updates in emporis for cebu.. from 33 highrises (all status) to 39.. i guess the main additions were the tropicana mactan residences and hotel..
heres the link:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=100394&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 01:05 AM

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 01:30 AM

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6909/p1030884copyou7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Exile, M, Slerz, Arnold, Councilor Jun Pe, Pirena, Tj_Brewed

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4993/p1030880copyas8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
with Mr. Paul Villarete

slerz

December 3rd, 2006, 01:51 AM

A lifesize Sto. Niño welcomes you to Cebu

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/Slerz/02-12-06_0724.jpg
CEBU CITY MATOR Tomas Osmeña and Lim Liu, president of Chong Hua hospital, inspect a four-foot-tall Sto. Niño image donated to the city. The bronze image was recently mounted beside the SUGBU administration building at the former Kawit island of the South Road Properties. cdn

ikra

December 3rd, 2006, 01:54 AM

bibuha sa cicc oy!!! da may untag kapapicture picture pud ko dira da

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 02:04 AM

A lifesize Sto. Niño welcomes you to Cebu
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/Slerz/02-12-06_0724.jpg

We are now waiting for the approval of our authorization letter from Mr. Paul Villarete so that we will be able to get inside Kawit Point. Hopefully by Tuesday it will be approved already.

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 02:10 AM

Blue Reef Resort
Mactan Island

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030731.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030732.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030733-1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030661-1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030754.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030738.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030600.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030740-1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030736.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030743.jpg

brodix

December 3rd, 2006, 02:58 AM

birthday wishes to MARKIIBOI! happy birthday bro!

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 03:02 AM

^^ hehehe salamat bai. asa man ta karun? :D

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 03:03 AM

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/Image650.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030905.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030904.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030913.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030916-1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030895.jpg

Yeah, it has become an instant tourist spot. :D Btw, are the "hate" banners still on the fences?

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 03:07 AM

^^ nawala na bai

demented_pigeon

December 3rd, 2006, 03:10 AM

^^ naay latest pic mo sa crowne regency?

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 03:14 AM

as of Dec 1, naa na siya sa 35th floor. so 3 more to go!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030547.jpg

Jimbu

December 3rd, 2006, 03:27 AM

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 03:28 AM

^^ mao bitaw bai, daghan sa Emporis nga wala'y klaro

rustyboi

December 3rd, 2006, 04:46 AM

happy birthday Markii!

nice Mactan and CICC pics markii, fundraiser...!

as of Dec 1, naa na siya sa 35th floor. so 3 more to go!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030547.jpg
^^yay 3 floors to go! i hope they won't stop there. 42-45 floors maybe? :D

demented_pigeon

December 3rd, 2006, 04:48 AM

^^ yeah all of a sudden they make a big surprise and say they'll add another 10 stories.

FrancisXavier

December 3rd, 2006, 04:50 AM

wud that be possible... i think the building is too thin to be 10 storeys higher.

demented_pigeon

December 3rd, 2006, 04:53 AM

^^ just a thought. but if its possible then why not? but if they're planning to build another structure i think they should put it somewhere around fuente. so it would look like being surrounded by tall buildings.

rustyboi

December 3rd, 2006, 04:54 AM

siguro 5 floors higher at the most will do. the structure is too skinny if it would go higher but if J Kings want 10 more floors, WHY NOT?! i'd be delighted! :D

flesh_is_weak

December 3rd, 2006, 04:55 AM

flesh_is_weak

December 3rd, 2006, 05:01 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARKII...

nalingaw gyud ko sa laag gahapon, first time nako naka-up close sa CICC...

@slerz, maypa nidungan na lang ug uli nimo kay gi-indian ko sa akong manghod, didto ra siya gatambay sa balay sa akong ig-agaw...

@dabert: nus-a ni siya gi-update? u/c na lagi ang park city centra?

demented_pigeon

December 3rd, 2006, 05:03 AM

^^ unsa nang park city central?

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 05:27 AM

as of Dec 1, naa na siya sa 35th floor. so 3 more to go!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030547.jpg

Yeah. It now dominates the Cebu skyline everytime I see it from the Marcelo Fernan bridge, murag lapas na siya sa mountain from that point of view :lol:

reggiedoc

December 3rd, 2006, 05:42 AM

:) Markiiboi, happy birthday and nice updates on the Crown Regency & CICC.

LordCarnal

December 3rd, 2006, 06:14 AM

demented_pigeon

December 3rd, 2006, 06:17 AM

^^wow thats good. in that case, fuente will really be dense with structures.

LordCarnal

December 3rd, 2006, 06:21 AM

mao gyud, kuwang ra gyud kaayo ta ug hotels kung intandi sa Bali ug Phuket, mao kung sobrahan ug pabarato ang hotel rooms, mahulog na magkuwang ug rooms kay daghan na kaayong tourists na mo-flock...law of supply and demand matud pa ni daddy tomas...

nus-a pa kaha mo-open dinhi ang mga dagko na international hotel chains like four seasons?

The thing is we have these hotels such as Marco Polo, Hilton, Shangri-La, Plantation, etc. These are expensive ones. Even in other places like Hongkong, these kind of hotels are expensive. Most of the tourists coming to Cebu would end up booking up at these luxurious ones thus the perception that Cebu is expensive when actually it is not.

I think what we need here in Cebu are more "cheap but decent" hotels such as YMCA, GV Hotel, Northwinds, Sarrosa, etc.. I'm not sure though with Parklane, Midtown and Marriot but I hope they are tourist friendly when it comes to the price. :okay:

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 06:26 AM

^^

There are now plans of building a 50-storey Metrobank right beside the parking area of the existing Metrobank in Fuente... But these are just plans as of now..

Sorry TeeJaay :nocrook: Hehehe... :D cge lang gud, anonymous bitaw 'tang duha..

Wow. 50 storeys? Miracles really come, sooner or later, someone might invest on a 100-storey+ building in Cebu :D

rustyboi

December 3rd, 2006, 06:31 AM

^^

There are now plans of building a 50-storey Metrobank right beside the parking area of the existing Metrobank in Fuente... But these are just plans as of now..

Sorry TeeJaay :nocrook: Hehehe... :D cge lang gud, anonymous bitaw 'tang duha..

whoa! incredible! but wait! i can't seem to remember where that Metrobank Fuente is located. help.

demented_pigeon

December 3rd, 2006, 06:34 AM

^^ katong buliding tapad sa robinson, duol siya sa footbridge.

rustyboi

December 3rd, 2006, 06:47 AM

The thing is we have these hotels such as Marco Polo, Hilton, Shangri-La, Plantation, etc. These are expensive ones. Even in other places like Hongkong, these kind of hotels are expensive. Most of the tourists coming to Cebu would end up booking up at these luxurious ones thus the perception that Cebu is expensive when actually it is not.

I think what we need here in Cebu are more "cheap but decent" hotels such as YMCA, GV Hotel, Northwinds, Sarrosa, etc.. I'm not sure though with Parklane, Midtown and Marriot but I hope they are tourist friendly when it comes to the price. :okay:

I find this article really interesting. this is in relation to Cebu tourism and the upcoming Asean Summit. Full article (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/11/14/high.hotel.rates.normal.asean.summit.hosts.html)

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Robert Go, regional governor for Region 7 of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, urged hotels and resorts to implement the normal rates to encourage the delegates to the summit to come back for leisure and business in Cebu.

Some tourism stakeholders in Cebu have been complaining of the "really high" room rates in Cebu compared with the rates of the resorts in Thailand and Malaysia.

This, they said, is one of the reasons Cebu cannot attract get as many visitors as other countries in Asia.

But Koos Klein, Hilton International's president for the Middle East and Asia Pacific operation, said in an interview that Cebu does not have to project itself as a cheap tourist destination to compete with other international destinations.

"Cebu has been getting the interest of tourists worldwide, especially after what happened to Thailand. But you (Cebuanos) are underselling yourself. Hotels and resorts should rate their services according to the level of experience their guests will have in the hotel. And the hotels in Cebu have lots to offer their guests. So why position yourself as a cheap destination?" he said. (JBN/LCR/JPM of Sun.Star Cebu)

habagatcentral1

December 3rd, 2006, 07:10 AM

Bai Markiiboi! Happy birthday! Thanks sa treat last Fri! :D

slimer

December 3rd, 2006, 07:57 AM

@dabert: nus-a ni siya gi-update? u/c na lagi ang park city centra?

bitaw, under construction lagi ang park city central accdng sa emporis. wa lagi sila nagsulti nato nga ipadayon nila hehehe...

slimer

December 3rd, 2006, 08:06 AM

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030905.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030904.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030913.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030916-1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/P1030895.jpg

in my opinion, the CICC is a beautiful piece of architecture. and maybe these people doesn't waste they're time posing for pics if they thought that it's not beautiful.
@markii, nakita ninyo didto ang under construction nga intl entertainment bar complex?

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 08:07 AM

....as posted earlier, it was mentioned in a local newspaper that next year's AD Congress will be held in Cebu but that report was misleading....actually, it will be held in Subic, not in Cebu...

One convention that North Philippines Visitors Bureau (NPVB) is banking on to push its “microeconomic strategy for tourism” is next year’s much-awaited Ad Congress to be held in Subic.

Here's the link: inq7.net (http://business.inq7.net/money/topstories/view_article.php?article_id=36122)

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 08:13 AM

As usual, venues for events are fluid and flexible, they can change any time they want ;)

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 09:11 AM

^^ i don't think so @sinj....as far as i know, never in the history of AdCong that they had changed venue after they have awarded a certain city to host the event...i did not read any news that Cebu was awarded to host the next year's AdCong....in fact, Cebu did not even bid....did we?

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 09:13 AM

Oh well, it's their loss :lol:

rustyboi

December 3rd, 2006, 09:29 AM

i'm sure it'd get boring if Cebu will always be the host city for the national Ad Congress. it's high time to give other cities a chance. afterall, Cebu is enjoying so much exposure with or without AdCon. Cebu's hotels and accommodation cater anyway to international tourists so i guess the local gov't should focus more with international events and gatherings in the meantime. :)

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 10:34 AM

^^ amen to that!

TRIVIA:

Did you know that 1st National Advertising Congress was held in Cebu?

fundraiser

December 3rd, 2006, 10:47 AM

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 10:52 AM

^^ pagaw jud bai, pero naa pa sad ko concert diri sa amo karun. hehe

salamat ninyo tanan. :)

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 10:55 AM

^^ bisan wala pa ta nagkita og nagkaila in person @markiiboi, mo-greet sab ko nimo og HAPPY B-DAY!!!

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 11:00 AM

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3858/03122006001006cx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 11:05 AM

pic & text by @eilslie of flickr.com

Located on the southeastern tip of Cebu, the 24-hectare coral island is a marine sanctuary with pristine white sand beaches and crystal-clear water and the home of Sumilon Bluewater Island Resort.

Sumilon Is., Cebu, Philipppines
http://static.flickr.com/121/312368410_87a62c6453_b.jpg

fundraiser

December 3rd, 2006, 11:05 AM

unlike any other giant xmas tree in the country, with the fuente fountain, it looks classy! the tree itself looks expensive. aw kay lhuillier baya na!

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 11:11 AM

^^ yeah it may not be that tallest, it sure is one of the best. its the most expensive tree that ML had ever built bai.

@diehard: salamat bai

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 11:12 AM

...one of the reasons why Ayala Land's AMARA is selling like hotcake ....just look at the view !!!

Lilo-an Lighthouse (pic by @acemarc of flickr.com)
http://static.flickr.com/109/311902326_618deaeeb7_b.jpg

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 11:22 AM

Creating the Possible
Cebu: Island Republic, The Culture of Boom
mAccess (http://maccess.blogspot.com/2006/12/cebu-island-republic-culture-of-boom.html)

The market was busy the day Magellan first landed. Merchants from Thailand, China, and the East Indies noisily bartered their wares of silk, ceramics, iron and bronze for the natives' produce of pearls, tortoise shell, gold and spices, paying little attention to the political circus then unfolding.

Rajah Humabon, eager to find a way to avoid paying tribute to the Sultan of Sulu, accepted Magellan's offer of protection and allowed himself to be baptized a Catholic. Thus began our conversion to become the leading outpost of Christianity in Asia.

Of course, that did not stop the Cebuanos from continuing robust trade with the Buddhist Siamese and the Malay Muslim communities.

Then, as today, Cebu is a melting pot for Asians of different persuasions, including the Chinese. With the arrival of the Hispanics, Cebu welcomed them too, creating a melting pot culture disparate in its origins but unified by common values of trade and entrepreneurship.

Cebu City's metropolitan area has grown to encompass two other cities, Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island. When the President chose Cebu as the site of the Philippines' Southern Capital, Cebuanos were quick to point out that in the early years of Spain's rule, Cebu was the Philippines' capital, and the move is simply modern-day recognition of its historic place.

In the last three decades, Cebu has led the country in economic growth, with rates averaging 20% above the national figures. It has its own International Seaport, the busiest outside Manila, with direct ports of call to Asian centers Hong Kong and Singapore.

As the country's most popular tourist destination, the International Airport in Mactan handles 42 direct flights a week from Hong Kong, Singapore, Narita (Japan), Incheon (Korea), Pusan (Korea), Doha (Qatar), Taipei (Taiwan), and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

Tourist spots throughout Central and Southern Philippines are also a short trip, by land or sea, away from Cebu. Bohol province, with its pristine beaches and spectacular dive spots is a thirty minute ferry ride away.

Long marketing itself abroad as an island in the Pacific, Cebu has managed to insulate itself from the political storms occasionally distracting Imperial Manila. That doesn't mean Cebuanos don't involve themselves in their own politics: Cebuano TV regularly broadcasts provincial and city council sessions. Cebu business, after all, relies on the local governments, headed by Provincial Governor Gwen Garcia, and City Mayor Tommy Osmena, to maintain their business friendly environment.

In Cebu, entrepreneurs and businessmen are the local heroes. In this culture, it is the home-grown entrepreneurs who endorse products on print ads, billboards, and local TV. It is this kind of role-modelling that has developed Cebu into the Central Philippines' center of trade and commerce with leading positions in electronics exports, furniture manufacturing, mining, and now, business process outsourcing.

Big Business has also found its way to Cebu: Major Property developers Ayala Land, Robinson's Land, and Federal Land are all here, eager to develop quality office and residential spaces for the City's booming outsourcing industries and growing population. The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry envisions their metropolis as the software, and e-services hub not just for the Philippines, but for the entire Southeast Asia.

The old golf course, converted to the Cebu Business Park in the 1990s, wanted for locators until outsourcers discovered Cebu. Then it became a boomtown. The old airport at Lahug, converted into a business park also in the 1990s, is Asiatown I.T. Park, with purpose built developments hosting international call center operators.

Two decades ago, Rustan's was the only Manila based department store operating in Cebu, followed by Robinson's in the late-1980s. Today, SM and Ayala both operate large malls in the city, competing with the home-grown Gaisano Malls, and the dozens of pocket malls that line the city streets.

These pocket malls play an important role in the continuing boom, providing incubators for hundreds of start-up businesses, a preferred career path for many young Cebuanos. Visit any of these little malls to experience the ideas of Cebu's innovative entrepreneurs, themselves an invigorating mix of old-money and new talent.

From unique gift shops to delicious restaurants and exciting watering holes, Cebu's entrepreneurs are constantly testing new concepts. Many, like Bo's Coffee Corner, Julie's Bakeshop, Penshoppe, Oxygen, and Island Souvenirs have become nationally recognized brand names.

Bright ideas are the currency of Cebu's continuing boom and the value creators of Cebu's economy are its export designers, people like furniture designer Kenneth CoBonPue, Asia Design Awardee 2005, and Ma. Concepcion Barba, who with her daughters, and one-time student Belinda Mangayon, comprise Vanya Creations, a leading exporter of fashion and costume jewelry.

Cobonpue's designs have gained international recognition, filling the celebrity homes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, with cameo appearances in the latest James Bond flick "Casino Royale," while Vanya's creations have made the fashion pages of Vogue, Elle, and every devil wearing prada edited magazine.

Julia Barba of Vanya laments that Chinese manufacturers often try to copy their designs, sneakily attempting to photograph their products at trade shows in Milan, Tokyo, and Paris. "I must have the most photographed palms in the world," says Barba, describing attempts to fend off would-be pirates from photographing their wares at trade shows.

Competition and copycats are a threat, but Cobonpue deals with IP violations creatively: "We're constantly creating new designs, if they copy our designs, by the time they make it to market, they're selling fakes of last year's designs."

The process of reinvention is key to Cobonpue's success, next year's designs may carry elements from last year's ideas, or be entirely fresh. It is the combination of old and new that creates excitement, the use of traditional materials with new forms, or new materials with traditional forms.

This same process of reinvention keeps the boom times rolling in Cebu: Combining old with the new, guided by a centuries old tradition of trade and commerce.

slerz

December 3rd, 2006, 11:30 AM

in my opinion, the CICC is a beautiful piece of architecture. and maybe these people doesn't waste they're time posing for pics if they thought that it's not beautiful.

Sa akong part, I'm very proud that my fellow Cebuanos are proud of this unique edifice that came like a magic...:D
I told Mark, during our first visit to the site sometime last March, there is nothing inside the fenced area but piles of sands... that at that time, we are worried coz there are only merely 9 months remaining before the summit. "Unsaon kaha ni nila no? wapa may kisaw sa sulod... mahuman ba kaha ni noh? noh? noh? noh?":D
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Pero karon, yes! Yes! Yes! na... hehehe

WawaY[625]

December 3rd, 2006, 11:33 AM

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char man kaayo ni na christmas tree oi...wahehehe

@ lew, kaw nagpabuhat ani? :jk:

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 11:34 AM

I told Mark, during our first visit to the site sometime last March, there is nothing inside the fenced area but piles of sands... that at that time, we are worried coz there are only merely 9 months remaining before the summit. "Unsaon kaha ni nila no? wapa may kisaw sa sulod... mahuman ba kaha ni noh? noh? noh? noh?":D

March 19 to be exact bai. hehehe

FrancisXavier

December 3rd, 2006, 11:37 AM

;10714874']char man kaayo ni na christmas tree oi...wahehehe

@ lew, kaw nagpabuhat ani? :jk:

charmus... dili pud ing-ana ka grand akong style oi, unsa ba...? :lol:

fundraiser

December 3rd, 2006, 11:42 AM

nice article @marki, it blew me off, hehe, and its from a manila based management consulting firm pa huh?

ikra

December 3rd, 2006, 12:14 PM

dammit ninduta sa beach oist

rage@cebu

December 3rd, 2006, 12:39 PM

HAPPY BDAY MARKII! hehehe, say au dha inyo?

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 12:54 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Nagsugat mi ni Arnold sa SM. So at least he can prove that I exist :D

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 12:55 PM

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3858/03122006001006cx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

All I can say is that our Christmas tree looks more grand than theirs..

rage@cebu

December 3rd, 2006, 12:59 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Nagsugat mi ni Arnold sa SM. So at least he can prove that I exist :D

still wa8ng confirmation and evidence... hehehe.

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 01:05 PM

ASEAN Summit Preparations

Poinsettia!

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MEPZ Welcome Sign
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The North (SM Cebu Annex) Construction Updates
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by Sinjin

papable

December 3rd, 2006, 01:23 PM

wala yatang palengke na malapit dyan. Dried danggit are in abundance in taboan market.

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 01:23 PM

^ Hmm, isn't Taboan or Carbon quite near to that area?

FrancisXavier

December 3rd, 2006, 01:30 PM

the SM expansion is taking shape...

papable

December 3rd, 2006, 01:30 PM

it could really be subic but we dont know, nothing was published on the news about the places who made their bid man sad, and there was no news whatsoever about cebu's bidding, mga taga ssc pa kaha maawahi? but naa na ba gyuy bidding? im sure davao could get a really good chance kung ga bid man sad sila, and with the adcons tradition of holding their congress away and far from manila, good bet unta ang davao.

happy bday marki, wa ka mapagaw sa concert nimo sa mactan?

I've read in a newspaper that the Ad council decided to hold the 2007 congress in Subic after declining davao's bid, because davao lacks rooms for all the delegates. They said Davao has only 2,500 rooms but they need more than 3,000.

dive-cebu

December 3rd, 2006, 01:35 PM

@MARKIIBOI

before ko mohawa padung inyo bai, greet sa ko ug HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2006, 01:38 PM

the SM expansion is taking shape...

Yup pero medyo cheap ang dating nito V-V

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/jadesinjin/P1020576.jpg

We'll see

FrancisXavier

December 3rd, 2006, 01:39 PM

That's not finnished yet.. Just wait and see.

papable

December 3rd, 2006, 01:42 PM

All I can say is that our Christmas tree looks more grand than theirs..

This Christmas tree is really beautiful in picture. I can't wait to visit cebu and see it upclose. Anyway, will there be a thread on which is the grandest Christmas tree of all? It would be interesting.

FrancisXavier

December 3rd, 2006, 01:44 PM

you can start it...if you want...:)

papable

December 3rd, 2006, 01:46 PM

medyo malayo, lalo na taboan. doon na yun malapit sa south expressway (bacalso ave)

LordCarnal

December 3rd, 2006, 02:13 PM

reggiedoc

December 3rd, 2006, 02:59 PM

Thanks for the photo updates, Sinjin. :)

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 03:24 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Nagsugat mi ni Arnold sa SM. So at least he can prove that I exist :D

finally, the psychiatrist meets the whiz kid!!! ...hehhehehhe!

blueguy

December 3rd, 2006, 03:37 PM

unsang orasa ang dry-run sa cultural presentations para sa ASEAN? wa mo plano mo-tan-aw?

Me? Grabe ang City tour ko ng Cebu (I'm from Iloilo City), I was with Cebu's VIP's tapos complete pa ang tour with guides...I had the opportunity to "act" as one of the delegates for the ASEAN spouses "Laag-laag route". There were about 6 buses with one bus occupied by PSG's. Grabe it was such a show. The kids were so cute at the Friendship park in Banilad(?) where a ceremonial sculpture and watering of trees will be held...they greeted us with smiles and cheers, some even went to make mano...then we went directly to the Capitol where there was a cultural-fashion shows with vintage car exhibits, then towards Fuente Osmena circle were a glimpse of a day in the park the Filipino way in the American era, our buses went around to check on the performers, then went directly towards P Del Rosario, where the stretch was filled with festival performers of famous festivals in Cebu. Then in Colon, (representing the Chinatown) various chinese cultural presentations were done... grabe as in it was really a show, hangang sa Magellan's Cross where we were greeted by Sinulog dancers then went back to the Capitol and were ushered by gorgeous and beautiful models inside the Capitol Ballroom... grabe it was such an unforgettable experience...(We were able to give suggestions and recommendations afterwards, mine was very practical hehehe, relocate the portalets at ground level and not at stage level...nilagyan ba naman ng separate stage...e pano pag nahulog? hehehe)

By the way...there were plans of opening the intersections along J Luna at Arch. Reyes ave, near Mabolo Church then at A. Soriano...I will update you guys...

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 03:40 PM

asa na man mo uy! nganu wala man mo ari sa amo? hehehe

ako mga bisita. nagvideok pa me karun. pwede pa mo mu-apas.

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diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 03:41 PM

^^ thanks sa update bai @van1975

FrancisXavier

December 3rd, 2006, 03:44 PM

ayos yang magic mic ah..hahaha...

slimer

December 3rd, 2006, 03:46 PM

@van1975
wow! it's nice to hear your different experience during the dryrun. well as for me, i was caught in traffic but since i already know about it, no sweat hehehe... thanks for the info.

MarkiiBoi

December 3rd, 2006, 03:48 PM

^^ 4th day in a row nga ga-inum. hehe

blueguy

December 3rd, 2006, 03:58 PM

^^

I made further changes on the arrangement of the flags:

4.)
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5.)
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6.)
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.:.

you have to include pa yung mga dialogue partners...

fundraiser

December 3rd, 2006, 03:58 PM

4th day of the nine days man daw kuno na :banana: sineryoso gyud ninyo ang novena? oooh this is blasphemy! wakekekeke

slerz

December 3rd, 2006, 05:01 PM

naa lagi mo ila markuz, maypa nihapit lng ko diha Mark kay didto ko ila Dulping ganiha... duol ra ta...hehe

FrancisXavier

December 3rd, 2006, 05:03 PM

wa ka giimbitar slerz? :lol:

LordCarnal

December 3rd, 2006, 05:38 PM

Hi Van, are you with the DOT? How were you able to act as one of the delegates during the rehearsal? :)

I noticed too that during the past few days there were lots of tourist buses filled with locals. I was wondering if there was a field trip or educational tour. I'm guessing that it was just some sort of a rehearsal for the upcoming event?

Me? Grabe ang City tour ko ng Cebu (I'm from Iloilo City), I was with Cebu's VIP's tapos complete pa ang tour with guides...I had the opportunity to "act" as one of the delegates for the ASEAN spouses "Laag-laag route". There were about 6 buses with one bus occupied by PSG's. Grabe it was such a show. The kids were so cute at the Friendship park in Banilad(?) where a ceremonial sculpture and watering of trees will be held...they greeted us with smiles and cheers, some even went to make mano...then we went directly to the Capitol where there was a cultural-fashion shows with vintage car exhibits, then towards Fuente Osmena circle were a glimpse of a day in the park the Filipino way in the American era, our buses went around to check on the performers, then went directly towards P Del Rosario, where the stretch was filled with festival performers of famous festivals in Cebu. Then in Colon, (representing the Chinatown) various chinese cultural presentations were done... grabe as in it was really a show, hangang sa Magellan's Cross where we were greeted by Sinulog dancers then went back to the Capitol and were ushered by gorgeous and beautiful models inside the Capitol Ballroom... grabe it was such an unforgettable experience...(We were able to give suggestions and recommendations afterwards, mine was very practical hehehe, relocate the portalets at ground level and not at stage level...nilagyan ba naman ng separate stage...e pano pag nahulog? hehehe)

By the way...there were plans of opening the intersections along J Luna at Arch. Reyes ave, near Mabolo Church then at A. Soriano...I will update you guys...

slerz

December 3rd, 2006, 05:45 PM

wa ka giimbitar slerz? :lol:

LoL... si Mark pa? Invitation card naman gni ako tan aw niya kay cg pangimbitar...eheheh. Murag gitxan ko ato pero gitaguan man ako celfon, nag WW3 man gud diri sa amo :lol:

Hapi Berdey diay Mark, more blessings and success for you.

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 05:48 PM

^^ bai @nold, how was your quick meet with @sinj?

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 06:27 PM

...i'm sure the energetic boys of SSC-Cebu will be there to cover this momentous event (this coming Wednesday mga bai at 5:30 PM, CICC)

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Pompous light-up ceremony for CICC set this Wednesday
The Freeman (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/FREEMAN200612041811.htm)
12/04/2006

A light-up ceremony will be held at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) on Wednesday to officially signify Cebu is ready to host the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on December 10 to 14.

Elizabeth Francia, the chief of staff of the Office of the Governor, yesterday said the activity is going to be participated by the three cities hosting the 12th ASEAN Summit - Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu.

On the other hand, Cheryl Ouano, the executive secretary of Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano, said that Ambassador Marciano Paynor Jr., the secretary general of the Asean Summit national organizing committee and the concurrent chairperson of the Cebu Organizing Committee (COC) will grace the event.

Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will lead the ceremonies that will be witnessed by media practitioners from Manila.

Ouano said each of the three delegations will hold a parade to be led by their respective dance troupes who will be showcasing the festivities of each of the host cities - Sinulog for Cebu City, Mantawi for Mandaue City and Kadaugan sa Mactan for Lapu-Lapu City. This will be at around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The delegations will come from various points and converge at the CICC.

The Cebu City delegates will gather at the Caltex station while those from Mandaue will start from the San Miguel Brewery. The Lapu-Lapu delegation will kick off the parade from the Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex.

The officials from each of the host cities will lead their delegations and they will be accompanied by torch bearers and the bearers of the flags of the ten member countries of the ASEAN and of its four dialogue partners.

The three colors of the Philippine flag will be represented in the t-shirts to be worn by the members of the delegation of the three cities, namely white for Cebu City, blue for Mandaue City and red for Lapu-Lapu City.

They will all converge at the CICC where the torch bearers will light the urn, which will be followed by the switching of the lights within the CICC premises and the simultaneous switch-on of the Christmas lights and lamp posts located along the ceremonial routes in the three cities.

The CICC is going to be one of the venues for the 90 to 98 meetings that will be conducted during the ASEAN Summit. It is targeted to be fully operational by today.

Ouano said, a short program will also be held at the CICC where a live band concert will follow.

The said affair is just one of the many activities that will be handled by Cebu's ace choreographer Junjet Primor during the entire duration of the summit here. - Cristina C. Birondo

LordCarnal

December 3rd, 2006, 06:33 PM

LoL... si Mark pa? Invitation card naman gni ako tan aw niya kay cg pangimbitar...eheheh. Murag gitxan ko ato pero gitaguan man ako celfon, nag WW3 man gud diri sa amo :lol:

Hapi Berdey diay Mark, more blessings and success for you.

Ana jud na basta mag-uyab2x na.. itago jud ang celfone sa mama.. Hehe..

Anyway, regarding this wednesday, I would rather stay at home and watch the flood of videos that would be shown on TV rather than go to the site only to get a little glimpse from afar.. Hehehe..

.:.

diehardbisdak

December 3rd, 2006, 06:43 PM

^^ sakto sab ka bai....sa TV na lang...hehehhe! huwat sab ko diri sa TFC....

papable

December 3rd, 2006, 07:01 PM

A Santo Niño image rises at Kawit Point at the South Road Properties SEZ.

Existing structures inside Kawit Point include a stone fort and a building (Sugbo) with Spanish architecture. A plaza is also envisioned to rise inside where a "Cannon", which was found under the sea nearby, will be displayed.

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CEBU CITY MAYOR Tomas Osmeña and Lim Liu, president of Chong Hua hospital, inspect a four-foot-tall Sto. Niño image donated to the city. The bronze image was recently mounted beside the SUGBU administration building at the former Kawit island (now Kawit Point) of the South Road Properties. cdn

Photo below: The stone fort and the Sugbu Building.
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.:.

Are these the first structures of SRP? oh, oh, not very promising, imho. I just wish srp would showcase unique and flamboyant designs, like that opera house somewhere down under, or even the so-called modern ethnic, or something like a miniature version of putra jaya (minus the mosque, and with a filipino twist). Pero wishful thinking lang yon. As arnoldsa have reminded us, we still in a third world country called the philippines. hehe, peace, bro.

Jimbu

December 3rd, 2006, 07:31 PM

Sun.Star
Monday, December 04, 2006
BPO still growing; Cebu can lead industry in RP

CEBU could take the lead in the growth of the call center industry in the Philippines because of the province’s relatively high literacy rate, according to an economist.

But Bernardo Villegas, vice president of the University of Asia and the Pacific, said Cebu should go beyond the call center service and develop the other “equally” beneficial, in terms of job generatiion, business process outsourcing (BPOs) services, especially with the deteriorating English proficiency of the country’s human resources.

He said the BPO sector, which includes call centers, is considered as one of the high growth industries in the country. The other high growth industries are manpower exports or overseas Filipino workers; tourism, transport and telecommunications; electronics and semiconductor devices; high value garments and fashion goods; high value furniture; food and agri-business; wellness, health and beauty services; logistics; retirement villages; mining; and education.

Villegas said in a year-end economic briefing in Cebu City that the call center industry in the country is still at its infancy stage compared to those of other countries such as Australia, India and China.

This is the reason the industry is growing at a 100 percent level in the Philippines, he said. He added that the growth of the call center sector in Australia, India and China are at eight percent, 65 percent and 42 percent, respectively.

“We have a wide area of opportunities in this sector. Cebu could take the lead,” Villegas said.

Next to Manila

In a study, international research agency neoIT named Cebu as the next best potential site to Manila in the Philippines for offshore offices of information technology (IT) and BPO. This, as the increasing costs of operation and competitive pressures in relation to labor supply in Metro Manila continue to diminish the metropolis’ attractiveness.

According to the study, Cebu surpassed other seven cities in the country in two of the four key factors — people, infrastructure, financial and catalyst —which are considered to have impact on the competitiveness of a city to attract IT and BPO companies.

While Davao and Cebu are comparable in population, Cebu ranks higher as to the size of its labor pool, a sub-factor in the people factor. This is due to the larger number of educational institutions in the province, which means there are more graduates joining the work force in Cebu than in Davao.

Villegas said the country also has potentials in other BPO services.

According to McKinsey and Co., the customer contact services account for only 24 percent of the global BPO market by 2010.

Human resource services account for the highest at 28 percent; finance and accounting, remote education and data search and integration management at 11 percent each; website services and network consulting and management at four percent each; engineering and design and market research at three percent each; and transcription at one percent. (JBN)