Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental Province [Archive] - Page 78

thesugarfairy

February 26th, 2011, 09:13 AM

:lol::lol::lol::lol:... Sige ra gud.... Sir Emman...ikaw ba pud.....I know that your also love Dumaguete and so Do I....therefore, you should love jundem....:lol::lol::lol::lol:.... Ayaw intawon kay ang Memo.....:lol::lol::lol:

Go Sugar.....angkonon nato tanang **** sa Dumaguete....

Dumaguete is a place to go beyond shopping.....:lol::lol::lol::lol:.... ad sa evermall..... Evermall is a place to go beyond shopping.....:banana::banana::banana:

^^ Hahahaha angkonon jud!!! So Much!!! I miss Dumaguete so much!!! :)

^^ I miss EVERMALL as well... hahahahahaha :wink: Those were the days... :D:D:D

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by ansongarganian

WOW!!! This is UBER nice... Dumaguete is one of those few cities in the Philippines that Boasts a Beautiful Boulevard... Bayawan is also one of them as well as Guihulngan... I hope, Bayawan could soon replicate the success of Rizal Boulevard... :D:D:D

I Always tell my aunt na ipaila-ila nya ko sa Mayor ka Bayawan so I could spearhead a beautification and tourism oriented plan to put Bayawan City in the Philippines Tourism Map... dunno why my aunt did not push through with my plan... kay ingon nya, naulaw daw sha sa kay Mayor... hahahahaha :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: MALAKI PA NAMAN POTENTIAL ng Bayawan to be in the Philippines Tourism Map... with its Gold Sand Coastline and Majestic Lakes and Falls... No doubt, Bayawan could make it Big in the Philippines as well as in the World... their Beaches is ideal for Watersports and has a great similarity to Rio de Janeiro's beaches... plus the beautiful Boulevard to Boast and the waters in their Beaches are also Clear and Blue... not your typical white sand beach pero beautiful talaga... then yung Shoreline nya is Malapad so pwedeng mag Beach Games... :okay::okay::okay::okay::okay::okay:

Sta. Rosa, Laguna officials laud wastewater treatment facilities in Negros Oriental

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines (PNA) -– Officials from Sta. Rosa, Laguna, on Thursday lauded the city governments of Bayawan and Dumaguete in Negros Oriental for embarking on a multi-million peso project on septage wastewater treatment plants.

The officials toured the said facilities in aid of legislation for an ordinance on septage wastewater treatment in their city, after being named one of four areas to be provided technical assistance by the Philippine Sanitation Alliance-United States Agency for International Development (PSA-USAID).

Councilor Luisito Algabre, however, admitted that they could not possibly replicate the Bayawan and Dumaguete models due to limited public lands in Sta. Rosa, a city with rapid economic growth with real estate and commercial establishments sprouting everywhere.

The Sta. Rosa officials will instead consider engaging the services of a private desludging company or other service provider that has its own treatment facility, Algabre said.

He also said they will work on crafting a similar ordinance on septage wastewater treatment and conduct public consultation and information dissemination on the need to have the project in place to avoid contamination of their water supply.

Both the Bayawan and Dumaguete septage wastewater treatment plants were funded by the local government units with the USAID providing technical assistance via the PSA and its predecessor, the Local Initiatives for Wastewater Treatment (LINAW) project.

USAID-PSA Consultant Andrea Trinidad Echavez said the facilities in Bayawan and Dumaguete have been chosen for familiarization tours for local officials from other areas in the Philippines because of their best practices in line with the country’s Clean Water Act.

Source (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/306393/sta-rosa-laguna-officials-laud-wastewater-treatment-facilities-negros-oriental)

^^ I have been to both Cities (dumaguete and bayawan) and I agree that their WWTF's are truly one of the Best if not the Best in the Philippines... but between both cities, I find Bayawan City's WWTF to be better than Dumaguete's.. maybe since Bayawan City's WWTF was initiated just recently... but I like the fact that it is also Environment Friendly as it uses Natural Ways of filtering the water back to the Ocean... and ka nindot pa sang site coz it is also where the GK Village is Located... so sustainable Eco-Living talaga sha... :)

nicko

February 26th, 2011, 09:18 AM

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And it goes on and on and on and on! And it's not yet even March!! :nuts:

Dumaguete partying like it's the end of the world!

jsl_bxu1206

February 26th, 2011, 09:20 AM

i like this shot. i miss the airport days (and nights), hehehe.:lol:

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nicko

February 26th, 2011, 09:21 AM

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Party never stops in Dumaguete! :cheers:

Miguel

February 26th, 2011, 09:28 AM

This is not an original composition but a cover version of Soulja Boy's Blowing me Kisses. Nevertheless, a great rendition and a slick version plus beautiful Dumaguetena ladies.

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CHILLED MINDZ CLIQUE
Blowing Me Kisses

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SOULJA BOY
Blowing Me Kisses

This one is original.

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BODY LIKE A ROCKSTAR by GREEDY
Music Video Behind the Scenes

jsl_bxu1206

February 26th, 2011, 11:45 AM

Iron hand in imposing HELP program urged
BY MARICAR ARANAS
Saturday, February 26, 2011

Local chief executives and the business sector had challenged Gov. Roel Degamo to use an iron hand to successfully implement programs and projects in Negros Oriental.

Degamo in his State of the Province Address recently presented different programs and projects of his administration to the Sanguniang Panlalawigan. He revealed his “HELP” campaign, an abbreviation for Health, Education, Livelihood Programs/Projects.

Mayor Ricky Gonzalez of Valencia said he appreciated the plans of Degamo because they clearly define the purpose and the beneficiaries. The directive of the governor to various government agencies for these priority projects is also very specific, he added.

Gonzalez said some projects can be replicated in the municipal level like the livelihood programs. The League of Municipalities of the Philippines –Negros Oriental chapter had passed a resolution supporting the programs and projects of Degamo, the mayor added.

Mayor Edsel Enardecido of Ayungon said he is confident the governor’s vision for the province are doable and practical, adding he appreciated Degamo’s move of continuing and supporting the programs of his predecessors.

Gonzalez and Enardecido, as well as Negros Oriental Business and Development Foundation head Greg Uymatiao, who expressed support to Degamo, agreed that sometimes the governor has to exert an iron hand to implement his projects and programs.*MA

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2011/February/26/negor5.htm

jsl_bxu1206

February 26th, 2011, 12:56 PM

Silliman University Amphitheatre

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jundem_dq63

February 26th, 2011, 04:45 PM

ORGANIK MUSIK

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by Hersley Ven Casero

jundem_dq63

February 26th, 2011, 04:48 PM

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The tawo-tawo or scarecrow had always been a great help to the farmers, scaring off little birds - the native maya which feeds on the ripening golden rice grains - allowing them to achieve bountiful yields during harvest time. Thus the birth of the two-tawo festival. The tawo-tawo festival breathes life to the elements of the ricefield: the scarecrow or tawo-tawo, the maya birds, and the farmer and his wife, tilling the land. In thanksgiving, these are woven together to form a bigger protrait of the rich culture and history of Bayawan city, which is 102 kilometers from Dumaguete city, Negros Oriental, Philippines. Submitted February 25, 2011

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A photo by Jon Luigi.....

Congratulations Jon Luigi

Garthin Dumaguete

February 26th, 2011, 05:27 PM

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And it goes on and on and on and on! And it's not yet even March!! :nuts:

Dumaguete partying like it's the end of the world![/CENTER][/QUOTE]

The big difference though is this is Dumaguete airport and not Abbey Road. lol

A bit of trivia; the white Volkswagon in the pic of the beatles Abbey Road (that this pic copied), was sold for a fortune by the owner, simply because it appeared on a Beatles album cover...

SUV111

February 26th, 2011, 05:34 PM

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i envy Dumaguete for this..... neat side walks and few vendors :)

SUV111

February 26th, 2011, 05:35 PM

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Barongoy

February 26th, 2011, 06:22 PM

Wow, this is a very reasonable health insurance coverage.

OFW families’ health insurance for only P900 per year (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19202)

DUMAGUETE CITY Feb 25 (PIA) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has called on Overseas Filipinos Workers (OFWs) in Negros Oriental to regularly renew their enrollment to provide continues medical benefits to their families.

Such benefits include inpatient coverage such as subsidy for room and board, drugs and medicine, laboratories, operation room and professional fees for confinement of not less than 24 hours, and outpatient coverage like day surgeries, dialysis, and cancer treatment procedures in accredited hospitals and free-standing clinics.

In a Kapihan forum, PhilHealth Officer-in-Charge Marites Que said the annual premium for health insurance remains at P900 for OFWs.

The amount may be paid at any of PhilHealth's accredited collecting partners or at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) office before they leave for abroad.

Que said OFWs who eventually return to the country for good may continue their membership as Individually Paying Members.

When they reach the age of 60 and have made at least 120 monthly contributions to PhilHealth, they may enjoy lifetime coverage without having to pay any additional premium, she added.

However, to continuously avail of the benefits, aside from paying the annual paying premiums, the OFWs are also required to present the following documents: valid passport, working permit/visa, exit and re-entry visa; and overseas employment certificate, or employment contract.

The same documents also apply to new registrants to the Overseas Workers Program which are to be attached to the M1b form for membership registration.

This month of February, the PhilHealth, the government agency mandated to provide social health insurance coverage to Filipinos, celebrates its 16th Anniversary with the theme “PhilHealth: Tapat na Serbisyo, Sapat na Benepisyo, Lahat Panalo.” The celebration falls within the observance of National Health Insurance Month. (PIA/JCT)

jundem_dq63

February 26th, 2011, 07:31 PM

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i envy Dumaguete for this..... neat side walks and few vendors :)

Thanks SUV111.... hope we can sustain that as the city is becoming bigger ang bigger everyday.....

jundem_dq63

February 26th, 2011, 07:32 PM

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jundem_dq63

February 26th, 2011, 07:34 PM

FILOIL and FOODNET - Tabuc-tubig Dumaguete City

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February 26th, 2011, 07:35 PM

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jundem_dq63

February 26th, 2011, 07:39 PM

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jundem_dq63

February 26th, 2011, 07:40 PM

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jundem_dq63

February 26th, 2011, 07:56 PM

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Photos by DX Lapid

boy muscovado

February 27th, 2011, 06:45 AM

Hoping that 2011 will be...

Ang Sidlakan kag ang Nakatungdan !!!
THE
BACOLOD - DUMAGUETE SSC MEET-UP!!!!
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

nicko

February 27th, 2011, 11:08 AM

^^ I Like! :cheers:

nicko

February 27th, 2011, 11:21 AM

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And yet another Thai Resto in the city! :cheers:

jundem_dq63

February 27th, 2011, 11:37 AM

Hoping that 2011 will be...

Ang Sidlakan kag ang Nakatungdan !!!
THE
BACOLOD - DUMAGUETE SSC MEET-UP!!!!
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Nice Idea.......plan for this and the venue....basta ako...mo attend lang jud ko...bwahahahh

nicko

February 27th, 2011, 11:56 AM

jundem_dq63

February 27th, 2011, 12:08 PM

^^ whatever. basi tua na pod kas inyong buntod ani when they are here na. haha. dapat u should take part in organizing for the venue and time para ma obliged jud ka to stay here in the city and not go home. hehe

Kanang time-ma dean naa jud ko sa syudad ana..kay gi plano man....ikaw kay pakalit man lang ka ug text....ehehhehehe.....

jundem_dq63

February 27th, 2011, 01:17 PM

Silliman University Miss Mass Communication 2011

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jsl_bxu1206

February 27th, 2011, 01:48 PM

Silliman beside the sea

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jundem_dq63

February 27th, 2011, 02:17 PM

HAPPY FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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rmb

February 28th, 2011, 06:11 AM

from inquirer.net
http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20110227-322562/Small-city-hits-big-league-in-BPO-trade

By Alex Pal
Inquirer Visayas
First Posted 21:18:00 02/27/2011

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines—With only five taxicabs around, you’d be lucky to catch one in Dumaguete City.

Here, people go places in a tricycle, while motorcycles rule the road. For a city measuring 35 square kilometers, this small place, by any standard, still grinds to a halt at noontime to allow everyone to go home for lunch.

“I didn’t believe it at first when they said that in Dumaguete, everything is 10 minutes away. But I found out for myself that it’s true,” says Leonel Joseph “LJ” Lising, senior operations manager of SPI CRM, a business process outsourcing company that had set up shop here in 2009.

“When they say a place is far, it’s actually near. A 10-minute drive could take you to the next town,” according to Lising who hails from Manila.

Dumaguete’s smallness is its own charm. On a typical afternoon, one can find several of its European immigrants hobbling toward their favorite watering hole. There are many such establishments on Rizal Boulevard, which faces Dumaguete bay. There, the immigrants get their favorite fix before they sit back and watch the world go by.

Small wonder why not a few of SPI’s foreign clients have been heard to ask, “Why Dumaguete? There are only 150,000 people there,” recalls Suzanne Lu-Bascara, SPI Global associate director.

The anxiety is not totally misplaced. SPI Global, after all, is a major player in the BPO industry in the country, with 11,000 employees, not to mention some 3,000 more in 24 locations in the United States, Europe, India and Vietnam.

The company’s Dumaguete operation alone expanded from 313 full-time employees in October 2009 to 1,100 employees in January 2011.

“We’re now the biggest private employer in Negros Oriental, doing both voice and nonvoice services,” Bascara says.

The company has made it a point to bring their foreign clients to Dumaguete to see the place, she adds.

“They see that, although the city is small, there is a steady manpower pool generated by the four universities and colleges here, which produce about 5,000 graduates each year, in contrast to the 500,000 graduates throughout the country,” Bascara explains.

Dumaguete is also called a university town. It is home to Silliman University, founded by American missionaries in 1901. Nuns from the order of St. Paul de Chartres set foot on Dumaguete’s shores in 1904 to establish the first campus of St. Paul University in the Philippines.

In 1949, a young teacher named Vicente G. Sinco established what is now the nonsectarian Foundation University, the first Filipino university. The Negros Oriental State University was founded in 2004.

For Lising, these universities and seven other colleges play an important part in providing them quality employees.

“We get nine or 10 walk-ins every day, and we have a success rate of 30 to 40 percent. In contrast, we may get more applicants in Manila, but the success rate is only 10 percent,” Lising says.
Not only do educational institutions provide the 4,000 workers for Dumaguete’s thriving BPO industry, they have also formed an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Council to harmonize the skills of graduates with the demand of the competitive BPO sector.

The outsourcing business is estimated to pump in no less than P34 million a month into the economy of Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental. And that figure is culled from workers’ salaries alone. It does not count the side businesses that the employees support.
“Near our site, some houses have been [turned into] boarding houses,” Lising says. Several restaurants have also sprouted nearby.

Another thing Lising likes about Dumaguete is that workers don’t tend to skip work even if they partied the night before.

“No wonder Dumaguete had been ranked 10th on the list of Next Wave Cities in the Philippines last year,” he says.

SPI Global started operations in Dumaguete with the merger of two companies, E-PLDT Ventus and SPI Technologies, in October 2009. The company’s nonvoice services include publishing and copyediting. It also has a call center that mostly handles the needs of Smart Communications Inc., its sister company.

Bascara says that she and her co-workers are all proud of the quality of their work. Their work ethic won them acclaim in 2009 when the Black Book of Outsourcing cited SPI Global for being the top outsourcing company in the world.

This distinction was based on a poll of about 650 respondents from the global publishing community.

May Dizon, SPI Global director for external affairs and corporate communication, says that the company will soon venture into the more lucrative KPO [knowledge process outsourcing] market, offering content solutions, healthcare and client relationship management.

Also, Dumaguete will be the site of SPI Global’s pioneering venture in the billing and cycle revenue management.

“Dumaguete is a showcase,” Dizon explains. “We want the others to know that, in Dumaguete, we found a good place to grow and expand.” :banana::banana::banana:

nicko

February 28th, 2011, 06:21 AM

^^ Published in Inquirer.. I hope the big BPO players can read that. Hehe

nicko

February 28th, 2011, 06:24 AM

Small city hits big league in BPO trade
from inquirer.net
http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20110227-322562/Small-city-hits-big-league-in-BPO-trade

By Alex Pal
Inquirer Visayas
First Posted 21:18:00 02/27/2011

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines—With only five taxicabs around, you’d be lucky to catch one in Dumaguete City.

Here, people go places in a tricycle, while motorcycles rule the road. For a city measuring 35 square kilometers, this small place, by any standard, still grinds to a halt at noontime to allow everyone to go home for lunch.

“I didn’t believe it at first when they said that in Dumaguete, everything is 10 minutes away. But I found out for myself that it’s true,” says Leonel Joseph “LJ” Lising, senior operations manager of SPI CRM, a business process outsourcing company that had set up shop here in 2009.

“When they say a place is far, it’s actually near. A 10-minute drive could take you to the next town,” according to Lising who hails from Manila.

Dumaguete’s smallness is its own charm. On a typical afternoon, one can find several of its European immigrants hobbling toward their favorite watering hole. There are many such establishments on Rizal Boulevard, which faces Dumaguete bay. There, the immigrants get their favorite fix before they sit back and watch the world go by.

Small wonder why not a few of SPI’s foreign clients have been heard to ask, “Why Dumaguete? There are only 150,000 people there,” recalls Suzanne Lu-Bascara, SPI Global associate director.

The anxiety is not totally misplaced. SPI Global, after all, is a major player in the BPO industry in the country, with 11,000 employees, not to mention some 3,000 more in 24 locations in the United States, Europe, India and Vietnam.

The company’s Dumaguete operation alone expanded from 313 full-time employees in October 2009 to 1,100 employees in January 2011.

“We’re now the biggest private employer in Negros Oriental, doing both voice and nonvoice services,” Bascara says.

The company has made it a point to bring their foreign clients to Dumaguete to see the place, she adds.

"They see that, although the city is small, there is a steady manpower pool generated by the four universities and colleges here, which produce about 5,000 graduates each year, in contrast to the 500,000 graduates throughout the country,” Bascara explains.

Dumaguete is also called a university town. It is home to Silliman University, founded by American missionaries in 1901. Nuns from the order of St. Paul de Chartres set foot on Dumaguete’s shores in 1904 to establish the first campus of St. Paul University in the Philippines.

In 1949, a young teacher named Vicente G. Sinco established what is now the nonsectarian Foundation University, the first Filipino university. The Negros Oriental State University was founded in 2004.

For Lising, these universities and seven other colleges play an important part in providing them quality employees.

“We get nine or 10 walk-ins every day, and we have a success rate of 30 to 40 percent. In contrast, we may get more applicants in Manila, but the success rate is only 10 percent,” Lising says.
Not only do educational institutions provide the 4,000 workers for Dumaguete’s thriving BPO industry, they have also formed an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Council to harmonize the skills of graduates with the demand of the competitive BPO sector.

The outsourcing business is estimated to pump in no less than P34 million a month into the economy of Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental. And that figure is culled from workers’ salaries alone. It does not count the side businesses that the employees support.
“Near our site, some houses have been [turned into] boarding houses,” Lising says. Several restaurants have also sprouted nearby.

Another thing Lising likes about Dumaguete is that workers don’t tend to skip work even if they partied the night before.

“No wonder Dumaguete had been ranked 10th on the list of Next Wave Cities in the Philippines last year,” he says.

SPI Global started operations in Dumaguete with the merger of two companies, E-PLDT Ventus and SPI Technologies, in October 2009. The company’s nonvoice services include publishing and copyediting. It also has a call center that mostly handles the needs of Smart Communications Inc., its sister company.

Bascara says that she and her co-workers are all proud of the quality of their work. Their work ethic won them acclaim in 2009 when the Black Book of Outsourcing cited SPI Global for being the top outsourcing company in the world.

This distinction was based on a poll of about 650 respondents from the global publishing community.

May Dizon, SPI Global director for external affairs and corporate communication, says that the company will soon venture into the more lucrative KPO [knowledge process outsourcing] market, offering content solutions, healthcare and client relationship management.

Also, Dumaguete will be the site of SPI Global’s pioneering venture in the billing and cycle revenue management.

“Dumaguete is a showcase,” Dizon explains. “We want the others to know that, in Dumaguete, we found a good place to grow and expand.” :banana::banana::banana:

Uhuh! Oh yeah!... Need we say more????... Go DUMAGUETE! Awesome times to come this year!!... :cheers: :cheers::cheers: :cheers:

Fraulein

February 28th, 2011, 07:12 AM

^^Sir LJ is my mentor here in Manila. He is my supervisor and he performed really well and he is now the Senior Operations Manager in SPi Dumaguete. :)

Alinghi

February 28th, 2011, 07:46 AM

^^ nice article by Alex Pal :cheers:

Alinghi

February 28th, 2011, 07:53 AM

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Source: Wild Card - Official NOTO Photographer (http://www.facebook.com/wcard2)

draude

February 28th, 2011, 08:47 AM

draude

February 28th, 2011, 08:49 AM

ponsing1983

February 28th, 2011, 08:59 AM

Updates:

*Alberto's Pizza, now open (Cervantes St.)

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*u/c, unidentified gasoline station, fronting Duplamilco (South Road, Mangnao)

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*renovation, Scooby's Veterans Avenue branch

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jsl_bxu1206

February 28th, 2011, 09:19 AM

Support our tourist cops, LGUs told
by Rachelle Nessia

DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) – As the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) prepares to field out the newly-trained tourist

police personnel to different tourist spots here, the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are encouraging the local government units (LGUs) to extend their support to the province's tourist security centers.

Arlene Alipio, officer in charge of the Standards Development Division in DOT Manila, in an interview said that support in the form of

sponsorhsips from the LGUs are welcome for the tourist police personnel.

“This program is implemented on a co-sharing basis. So we also ask for sponsorships from the local governments,” said Alipio.

PNP will also be giving additional support to the tourist police units, which soon will be established as a separate unit from the

provincial police force, according to Sr. Supt. Anselmo Pinili, chief of the PNP Public Safety Division Directorate and Operations in Camp

Crame.

Pinili cited the Davao City government which promised to shoulder the uniform needs of the city's tourist policemen in addition to the one

set of uniforms to be given by DOT.

“The support should come as a result of good coordination among not only the LGUs but also resort owners and local tourism councils

because they will benefit from the influx of tourists here due to the presence of the tourist cops,” said Pinili.

He said that the tourist security centers will need an office of its own along with computer equipment, which he said can be provided by

LGUs and other tourism groups for now as the PNP is on a limited budget. “Next year, this will be a part of our budget already but for now the funds are limited because this is a nationwide program,”

explained Pinili.

A total of 50 cops in the province underwent the training conducted by the DOT and the Provincial Tourism Office on tourism awareness and even tourist guiding skills. “Our tourist policemen will be personally interacting with the tourists so they should also be able to give some information about the tourist areas here,” said Alipio.

DOT requires tourist cops to be between 21 to 34 years old, 5'8” in height with pleasing personality and a good commande of the English

language. “We set a criteria because they will enhance our image in the international community as a representative of our tourism

industry,” she added. (RMN/PIA7 Negros Oriental)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19479

Alinghi

February 28th, 2011, 09:24 AM

LGU’s urged to ban full face helmet, bonnets (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2011/February/28/negor7.htm)

Negros Oriental police provincial director, Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, has urged the Sanggunians of the different municipalities and cities in the province to pass an ordinance banning the use of full-face helmet, bonnets, and the use of T-shirts to cover the faces of motorists.

Lawas raised this concern after the shooting incidents in Guihulngan, San Jose and in Bacong, where suspects wore bonnets to hide their identities.

Lawas said some towns in the province, as well as Tanjay City, have implemented the ban against the use of full-face helmet and bonnets.

The provincial director said they needed the help from the local government units to help prevent the occurrence of crimes and the opportunity to commit crime.

Lawas said he understand the reason to some individual using T-shirts to cover their faces as protection from the sun and dust but covering the entire face when travelling is not practical as it would create suspicion.

He is hoping to get the support from the local government units in his appeal.

The pattern of crime incidents are observed based on the data through the Police Integrated Patrol System.*MA

does this guy even think? this guy was also the police chief at the time when Dumaguete experienced many crimes (early to mid 2000's).. ngano gipabalik paman na sya oi :bash: :bash: :bash:

police visibility is what's really needed! a proactive way in solving crimes must be the priority, not this cheap silly plan.. even if you ban the wearing of clothes in the whole city, criminals will always be criminals and they will find ways to circumvent any disadvantage thrown at them.. just another bad case of biker discrimination with no use of grey matter :bash: :bash: :bash:

draude

February 28th, 2011, 12:20 PM

^^ Yes it should be police visibility... not this thingy...

draude

February 28th, 2011, 12:22 PM

Updates:

*renovation, Scooby's Veterans Avenue branch

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nice ra man ni nga building... dapat ang ila renovate unta katong naa sa downtown area kay murag old nato :lol:

draude

February 28th, 2011, 12:59 PM

Guys,

alam nyo na ba ang rumor about Qualfon?

anu na to Fraulein? :bash::bash:

draude

February 28th, 2011, 01:01 PM

^^Sir LJ is my mentor here in Manila. He is my supervisor and he performed really well and he is now the Senior Operations Manager in SPi Dumaguete. :)

So what is your current position?:lol::lol:

jake2townz

February 28th, 2011, 01:11 PM

So what is your current position?:lol::lol:

I presume sitting :banana:

jsl_bxu1206

February 28th, 2011, 01:32 PM

Roman Yap Lane, Silliman University

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rmb

February 28th, 2011, 02:29 PM

Hey guys, just found out that 5J (Cebu Pacific) increased MNL-DGT frequency with additional flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays. :banana::banana::banana: I'm not sure if this is new or just a delayed reaction... heheh , please confirm. :lol:

jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 03:13 PM

jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 03:15 PM

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Negrenses in US raise funds for NegOr towns
By Evelyn Lasola
• Sun, Feb 27, 2011

CALIFORNIA -- The Negros Oriental Association based in Southern California celebrated a Valentine’s Day fundraiser at the Knott’s Berry Farm Resort Hotel, Buena Park on Feb. 12. Proceeds from this affair is geared towards the organization’s projects helping certain municipalities of Negros Oriental.

An on-going project is the book distribution to public schools. The first recipient was the municipality of Dauin. The shipment of seven balikbayan boxes was distributed among four elementary schools, three high schools, and a Special Education high school.

Five pre-schools were the recipient of toys. This could not have been possible without the leadership of Manny Abellon, and supported by all officers and members.

On the pipeline is sending to Negros Oriental some medical supplies.
What started as a simple get together by some Negrenses some 20 years ago has grown into a membership of over a hundred Negrenses.

To jumpstart its 20th anniversary this year, a summer picnic has been scheduled for June 11 at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale, CA. It will be a good time to rekindle and reminisce and share each town’s favorite delicacy. An election of officers will also be held.

jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 03:17 PM

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Super body on the go
By Leo R. Macalipay
• Sun, Feb 27, 2011

SAGARR Task Force Ground Commander City Administrator William E. Ablong called for a press conference to discuss about this Super Body.

The Super Body Task Force is now on the road to implement and enforce Regulatory Ordinances crafted by the City Council that would promote social order and financial stability through implementation with authority and Political Teeth Tax Ordinances.

Tax evaders and those who do not declare exactly their taxable income, or violators of our existing ordinances will now be corrected.

SAGARR Tax Force Commander Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria appealed to all sons and daughters of our dear City to understand and cooperate with the local government’s intention to promote sustainability, profitability, and social order towards a progressive Dumaguete.

It cannot be denied that the city of Dumaguete is getting bigger and larger not in terms of area covered but in terms of economic activities due to investors coming in and putting up big investments that provide employment to a large number of workers.

Many Dumaguetnons have so far availed of worthy benefits from it, resulting in multiple demands from our people such as more traffic enforcers, more street sweepers, etc., and these all mean additional income for the City of Gentle People.

We have sufficient reason to support and cooperate with the Super Body Task Force SAGARR.

jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 03:23 PM

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SPI Global raves about Dumaguete
job. (Photos by Alex Pal)
By Alex Pal
• Sun, Feb 27, 2011

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Suzanne Lu Bascara, SPI Global division manager, looks over a copyreading

With only five taxicabs around, you’d be lucky to catch one in Dumaguete City. Here, people go places in a tricycle while motorcycles rule the road. For a city measuring 35 square kilometers, this small place, by any standard, still grinds to a halt at noontime to allow everyone to go home for lunch.

“I didn’t believe it at first when they said that in Dumaguete, everything is 10 minutes away. But I found out for myself that it’s true,” said Leonel Joseph “LJ” Lising, senior operations manager of SPI CRM, a business process outsourcing company that set up its business here in 2009. “When they say a place is malayo, it’s actually near. A ten-minute drive could take you to the next town,” this young executive from Manila said.

Dumaguete’s smallness is its own charm. On a typical afternoon, one can find several of its European immigrants hobble towards their favorite watering hole among the many establishments that dot the Rizal boulevard, facing the Dumaguete bay and have their favorite fix while watching the world go by.

Small wonder why not a few of SPI’s foreign clients have been heard to ask, “Why Dumaguete? There are only 150,000 people there,” recalled Suzanne Lu-Bascara, SPI Global associate director.

The anxiety is not totally misplaced. SPI Global, after all, is a major player in the BPO industry in the country, with 11,000 employees, not to mention some 3000 more in 24 locations in the United States, Europe, India and Vietnam.

Its Dumaguete operation alone expanded from 313 full time employees in October 2009 to 1100 employees in January 2011. “We’re now the biggest private employer in Negros Oriental doing both voice and non-voice services,” Bascara said.

She said the company makes it a point to bring their foreign clients over to Dumaguete to see the place. “They see that although the City is small, there is a steady manpower pool generated by the four universities and colleges here which produce about 5,000 graduates each year, in contrast to the 500,000 graduates throughout the country,” she said.

Also called a University Town, Dumaguete is home to Silliman University, founded by American missionaries in 1901. The nuns from the order of St. Paul de Chartres arrived in Dumaguete’s shores in 1904 to establish the first campus of St. Paul University in the Philippines. In 1949, a young teacher named Vicente G. Sinco established what is now the non-sectarian Foundation University, the first Filipino University. The Negros Oriental State University was founded in 2004.

For Lising, these universities and seven other colleges play an important part in giving them quality employees. “We get nine or 10 walk-ins every day and we have a success rate of 30-40 percent. In contrast, we may get more applicants in Manila but the success rate is only 10 percent,” he said.

It is when the foreign clients realize this that they know they made the right choice by choosing SPI Global, Bascara said.

Not only do the educational institutions provide the 4000 workers in Dumaguete’s BPO industries today but they have also formed an Information Communication Technology Council to harmonize the skills of their graduates with the demand of the competitive BPO industry.

One of the challenges of the ICT Council, headed by Randy Bandiola of Colegio de Sta. Catalina de Alejandria, is to convince the graduates to stay in Dumaguete. There are more jobs for qualified applicants even as BPOs are estimated to pump in no less than P34 million a month into the economy of Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental in salaries alone.

And that’s not counting the side businesses that the employees support. “Near our site, some houses have been renovated to boarding houses,” Lising said. Several restaurants have also sprouted nearby.

Lising said that while he gets to go home to Manila once a month, he enjoys staying in Dumaguete. “It’s cheaper to be in Dumaguete than in Manila. In Manila, a round trip from one’s house to the office could easily cost P50. Here, it’s P20. So call center agents here have higher take home pay,” he said.

His sentiments are also shared by some support members from Manila and Iloilo, who have decided to make Dumaguete their permanent home.

Another thing Lising likes about Dumaguete is that employees don’t skip work even though they partied the night before. “No wonder Dumaguete had been ranked 10th on the list of Next Wave Cities in the Philippines last year,” he said.

SPI Global started operations in Dumaguete with the merger of two companies—E-PLDT Ventus and SPI Technologies in October 2009. Their non-voice services include publishing and copy editing while they have a call center which handles mostly the needs of Smart Communications, Inc, their sister company.

Bascara said they are proud of the quality of their work, which won them the honor of being named as the number one outsourcing company in the world in 2009, by the Black Book of Outsourcing. This was based on a poll of about 650 respondents from the global publishing community.

May Dizon, SPI Global director for external affairs and corporate communications, said that their company will soon venture into the more lucrative KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) market, which will deal with content solutions, health care and client relationship management.

For starters, Dumaguete will be the site of SPI Global’s pioneering venture in the Billing and Cycle Revenue Management.

“Dumaguete is a showcase,” Dizon said. “We want the others to know that in Dumaguete, we found a good place to grow and expand.”

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A typical day at the SPI Global facility in Dumaguete City.

siatong

February 28th, 2011, 03:26 PM

jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 03:38 PM

gud pm mga bai

ask ta ko favor if naa mo ka recommend nga barato pension house sa dumaguete?

plan mi anha this weekend, pero mga 4pm nami mugikan from cebu

what time kaha mi abot ana, and unsa nindot kasuroyan gabii

than sunday morning pud...balik mi cebu mga hapon sa sunday napud...

Daghan kaayong Barato....Please check this out.

Grand Pensione Plaza (http://grandpensionneplaza.net/)
Hotel Nicanor (http://www.hotelnicanor.com/)
Obdulia Business Inn (http://www.obduliasbizinn.com/contactus.php)
Hotel Palwa (http://www.hotelpalwa.com/)
Gazebo Pensione House (http://www.gazebopensionnehouse.com/)
Moriah Pension Inn (http://www.dumaguete-hotels.com/moriah-pension-inn/)
Tip Top Suites Inn (http://negrostourism.com/?p=532)
World View Pensione Plaza (http://negrostourism.com/?p=333)

No website:

Vintage Inn
E. Surban Street, Dumaguete City, Philippines (just across Public Market)

Try sad sa Home quest Lodge, OK Pensione House (quite old but still OK), Negros Lodging House

If mo gikan mo sa Cebu by 4pm...at around 8pm or 9pm the most....naa namo sa City of Gentle People....

Weekend Gimik at.....Club el camino, Labeled, hayahay resto bar..... Nicko Please add...kay wala kaayo ko na sweto sa ubang laagan....ehehhehehe

jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 04:45 PM

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CAMELLA HOMES, a subsidiary of Vista Land and Lifescapes Inc., launched on Saturday its project in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

Camella Homes division head for Visayas and Mindanao Leni Luya said the Dumaguete expansion is part of the company’s thrust to cover as many provinces as they can.

Camella Dumaguete is a 3.5 hectare residential development in Palinpinon Road, Barangay Candau-ay, Dumaguete City. The company said the project is its 21st project since its expansion into provincial areas and the sixth project in Visayas.

Camella Dumaguete offers two-storey Italian-inspired homes with a minimum lot area ranging from 88 square meters (sqm) to 132 sqm. The development, which will have 148 units, has prices ranging from P1.3 million to P4.5 million.

OFW market

Luya said they hope to attract overseas Filipino workers, tourists and locals to buy their units. In most of their developments, Luya reported that the OFW market make up more than 50 percent of buyers.

Most analysts expect real estate sales to OFWs to remain strong this year. In 2010, the Bangko Sentral (BSP) expected remittances to breach the $18 billion mark. The figure is projected to grow another eight percent in 2011.

Luya said that aside from the residential component, Camella Dumaguete will also have a commercial component to cater to the needs of its residents.

Camella Dumaguete general manager Joseph Sison said the entry of Camella in Dumaguete was prompted by the city’s thriving local economy.

“The entry of the business process outsourcing (BPO) companies here has become the driving force in stirring up the local economy. With the rapid growth in employment and the increase in its population, we are confident that its residential requirement will also keep growing,” Sison said.

He said the city’s four universities – Siliman University, Foundation University, St. Paul’s University and Negros Oriental State University - have attracted large BPO companies such as Teletech, Qualfon, SPI Global and Ventus.

Dumaguete City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria reported that the city, which is described as the motorcycle capital of the country, has a population of 133,000. But the number, he said, grows by 300,000 to 350,000 in daytime, with the influx of workers and students from the suburbs.

He said Camella is the first national player to do land development in the city. He said Dumaguete is a good place for investment and retirement destination.

Vista Land is the holding company of five business units, Brittany, Crown Asia, Camella Homes, Communities Philippines and its condominium development subsidiary, Vista Residences.

siatong

February 28th, 2011, 05:22 PM

Daghan kaayong Barato....Please check this out.

Grand Pensione Plaza (http://grandpensionneplaza.net/)
Hotel Nicanor (http://www.hotelnicanor.com/)
Obdulia Business Inn (http://www.obduliasbizinn.com/contactus.php)
Hotel Palwa (http://www.hotelpalwa.com/)
Gazebo Pensione House (http://www.gazebopensionnehouse.com/)
Moriah Pension Inn (http://www.dumaguete-hotels.com/moriah-pension-inn/)
Tip Top Suites Inn (http://negrostourism.com/?p=532)
World View Pensione Plaza (http://negrostourism.com/?p=333)

No website:

Vintage Inn
E. Surban Street, Dumaguete City, Philippines (just across Public Market)

Try sad sa Home quest Lodge, OK Pensione House (quite old but still OK), Negros Lodging House

If mo gikan mo sa Cebu by 4pm...at around 8pm or 9pm the most....naa namo sa City of Gentle People....

Weekend Gimik at.....Club el camino, Labeled, hayahay resto bar..... Nicko Please add...kay wala kaayo ko na sweto sa ubang laagan....ehehhehehe

Salamat sa info bai..

jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 08:23 PM

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jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 10:53 PM

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jundem_dq63

February 28th, 2011, 10:55 PM

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rmb

March 1st, 2011, 03:22 AM

You mean to say...3 flights everyday?.... hmmmm..... that's sounds nice.....basin naay evening flight.........

It's actually a morning flight around 10AM from Manila and after lunch from Dumaguete. 5J623/624

ponsing1983

March 1st, 2011, 04:20 AM

Updates:

*Liquid Dumaguete, the newest dive resort in Dauin, opens this summer

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http://liquiddumaguete.com/liquid/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dive-center-img1.jpg

Source: http://liquiddumaguete.com/liquid/

*Another insurance firm will soon open a branch in the city: Commonwealth Insurance

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyZOaBivas9EZHbJN-P6Ku2e-Lp2sZFEtYAxvntGH0Tx4x7ia-6Q

http://www.cic.com.ph/index.html

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 05:48 AM

^^ nice... more dive sites = more tourists!

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 06:12 AM

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Portal West
Silliman University Mall
Hibbard Ave cor. Silliman Ave, Dumaguete City

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source (http://www.pueblophilippines.com/portal-west-silliman-university-dumaguete)

Some of the shops include:

Ground Floor

BizHub.com Inc
Cellworks Digital Entertainment
Scooby's Fast Food
Security Bank Corp
Steds Convenience Store
Mercury Drug Store

Mezzanine

Cafe Evada
Campus Biz Internet Cafe
Cuttin' Lose Salon
Dr Manolo Dental Clinic
Marirose & Chukz Fashion Avenue

Second Floor

Gammanet.com Internet Cafe
Eden TT Zone Fashion Shop
I-con.com Internet Cafe
Il Primo Internet Cafe
Intercon Academy Medical and Allied Professionals
Pinkaholic Boutique
Lani's Apparel
Mixed Berry Boutique
Tangy Swirl

Third Floor

Intellicare Health Center
Maxicare Health Center
Peoples General Insurance Corp
United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corp (Cocolife)
World of Fitness, Philippines Inc

Fourth Floor

Asians 21 Review Center
Daeham Bioenergy
EDLAW
Dr Palma Jane Limpiado-Lozano Ortho-Detntal Clinic
Synapse Software Technologies

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source (http://www.google.com.ph/imglanding?q=portal+west+silliman&um=1&hl=tl&sa=N&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=XPmTeUuq2SNcCM:&imgrefurl=http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php%253Ft%253D687660%2526page%253D122&imgurl=http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5834/portalwest1.jpg&ei=BX5sTYiQIILJcfC2mboF&zoom=1&w=800&h=600&iact=hc&oei=BX5sTYiQIILJcfC2mboF&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=218&start=0&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&biw=1024&bih=421)

Parking:

Off Street
Guarded

Opening Hours:

8am to 12mn - 7 days

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 06:16 AM

^^
Synapse Software Technologies? What's that? Is it BPO/KPO?

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 06:39 AM

US Embassy officials select delegates to youth program
Cebu Daily News First Posted 07:22:00 03/01/2011

OFFICIALS of the United States Embassy in Manila visited Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental last Feb. 3 and 4 for the selection phase of the Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program (SEAYLP).

A total of five college students and one teacher or community leader were targeted to benefit from the program. The chosen delegates will undergo a month-long training and exposure in the US starting in April this year.

Participants will be engaged in various creative and practical ways of better understanding the principles of democracy and civil society.

Assistant Cultural Affairs officer Joe Tordella and Thomas Jefferson Information Center Deputy Director Pong Aureus selected the participants.

In a letter to Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III, Aureus described the program to have been “designed to promote high-quality leadership, civic responsibility, and civil activism among (the Philippines’) future leaders.”

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/community/view/20110301-322811/US-Embassy-officials-select-delegates-to-youth-program

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 06:50 AM

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http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/188680_10150108170596037_770271036_6215538_7355890_n.jpg

source (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150108171876037&set=at.10150108170461037.284328.770271036.1785357900&ref=nf)

ponsing1983

March 1st, 2011, 10:06 AM

^^
Synapse Software Technologies? What's that? Is it BPO/KPO?

They develop software for local clients lang, Nick. I think :). Their office is tiny with just a few desks.

ponsing1983

March 1st, 2011, 10:11 AM

Apart from PLDT and Watsons, Arsons Appliance Center will soon open at Robinsons. It's beside Gamer's Station. M. Lhuillier Jewelers is already open.

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 10:26 AM

Neg Or State U garners 100% passing rate in nursing, pharmacy board exams
by Rachelle M. Nessia

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental State University has announced that all its 21 nursing graduates have passed the Nursing Licensure Examination held December 2010.

NORSU President Dr. Henry A. Sojor said this is the second batch of nursing graduates produced by the state university, and the second time that NORSU garnered a 100% passing rate in the nursing licensure test.

The new nurses are Camad Ali Jr., Jeanie Batiancila, Marie Neil Bon, Dibie Grace Cabus, Junsly Ceriales, Sandy Kristina David, France April Dela Cruz, Glady Gelera, Jerry Kinkito, Chryssle Marie Larracas, Richelle Manso, Shiela Pajulas, Saharah Pangcatan, Bayron Regalado, Janini Rondera, Marigine Rusiana, Anthony Rey Saycon, Vretchy Tuballa, Amor Valencia, Paul Kenjie Valerio and Ma. Victoria Zarate.

The university also received a 100% passing rate for its pharmacy graduates during the Pharmacy Licensure Examination held Jan. 24 to 25 in Cebu City.

The examinees from NORSU who passed are Francis Arnel Flores of Dumaguete City, Mark Griffin Gadayan of Bayawan City and Mary Joy Papasin of Cebu.

The national passing rate for nursing is 35.25%, while for pharmacy is 50.05%. (RMN/PIA-7 Negros Oriental)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19651

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 10:27 AM

302nd IB bares activities for its 114th Philippine Army Anniversary

DUMAGUETE CITY, Mar 1 (PIA)--The 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army (PA) bares its various activities in celebration of its 114th Founding Anniversary on March 22, 2011 with the theme, "Hukbong Katihan at Sambayanan: Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran."

According to Information Officer, Major Sonny Gonzales of PA the month-long celebration will kick-off with the army’s photo exhibit, film showing on the current administration of the army, and bloodletting.

To add more color to the program, Major Gonzales said an army singing soldier competition will be held at 3:00 p.m. while the photo display and film showing starts at 9:00 a.m. during mall hours for viewing at Robinson’s Place, Dumaguete City.

The army officer said this activity intends to increase public awareness on the diverse activities and accomplishments and the 4-ACES (Army Concerns for Engineering Services; Army Concerns for Environments; Army Concerns for Credible Elections; and Army Concerns for Combat Excellence) strategy of the PA in achieving lasting peace and development not only in Negros Island but for the whole country.

He added, the events likewise aim to showcase the PA as part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), as a bastion of Philippine democratic institutions, partner in national peace & development and a source of national pride.

Meanwhile, the Rotary Club of Dumaguete and the 302nd IB conducted a joint medical and dental mission at Barangay Calindagan in commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of church military advisory group in the province.

The said activity benefited more than one thousand residents who received medical and dental clinic, free check ups, circumcision, haircut, and siatzu massage.

A group of alliance of young nurses from Foundation University, city health personnel of the city, official and advocates participated in the medical mission. (PIA/JENNIFER CATAN-TILOS)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19654

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 10:28 AM

Neg Or agri expects increase in harvests due to climate change
by Jennifer Catan-Tilos

DUMAGUETE CITY, Mar. 1 (PIA) -- The Provincial Agriculturist Office (PAO) in Negros Oriental expects to boost its agricultural production this year due largely to long rainy period and climate change, says Provincial Agriculturist Gregorio Paltinca.

Paltinca added the effects of climate change has somehow help the farmers to continue planting after they harvested the first quarter crop and even as summer approaches.

He said the farmers in the province are looking forward to increase the rice and corn harvests due to sufficient water from the rains and irrigation water from some rehabilitated irrigation canals.

Negros Oriental has an annual rice yield of 70 percent and 61 percent corn sufficiency, more than enough for the 56 percent rice-eating population and 44 percent prefer corn, Paltinca said.

However, he said some of the province’s produce are exported to Cebu and Negros Occidental.

Harvesting for the second corn cropping season from October to February has already started, and farmers have more chances of higher yield and crop survival rate if they planted corn during the first cropping season as early as April, agriculture official said.

Paltinca said with the “Kasaligan Transport Service” of the province, this will also significantly improve the post-harvest handling of agricultural produce.

The free transport service help poor farmers who have a hard time hauling their produce and improve the quality of their farm products so they can command better prices in the market, he said.

In last week’s State of the Province Address (SOPA), Governor Roel Degamo reported that the province is allocating at least 10 percent of the farm lands in the province to purely organic farming.

The governor directed the PAO to keep the provincial government’s position to adopt eco-friendly technologies in agriculture while working for greater productivity. (PIA/JCT)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19623

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 10:29 AM

City not banning smoking: Arbas
Feb 27, 2011

Neophyte Councilor Joe Kenneth Arbas seeks to clarify that the proposed anti-smoking ordinance does not intend to ban smokers in the city of Dumaguete but is merely trying to regulate their vice.

His clarification was made following some negative reaction to his proposal. But he maintains that one has the right to indulge in smoking but must be responsible enough to understand the rights of others who do not want to inhale the toxics from cigarettes.

Arbas said that the city will designate smoking areas where smokers can indulge the vice to their hearts content.

The province has long passed an ordinance authored by Mr. Marcelo Adanza, a former member of the Provincial Board.

The town of Amlan was the first among all LGUs to pass the anti-smoking ordinance under Mayor Bentham Dela Cruz. It has been cited nationally for its successful and no-nonsense implementation of the said ordinance.

Other LGUs followed suit namely, Zamboanguita and Bayawan City. The ordinance, copied after a much earlier national law, includes the ban in outdoor advertisement and the selling of cigarettes to minors.

http://www.negroschronicle.com/?p=12832

draude

March 1st, 2011, 11:35 AM

draude

March 1st, 2011, 11:42 AM

DepEd – NegOr needs teachers (http://www.negroschronicle.com/?p=12686)

Division Superintendent Dr. Ma. Milagros Velez during the school board meeting said that the Department of Education (DEPED) Negros Oriental Division needs the 50 teachers promised by DepEd for the schools in the province.

These teachers are what DEPED promised to give. But instead, the province built classrooms and said that the province has no enough budget for more teachers. Dr. Velez stated that it is necessary to remind the department of their promise to give teachers to the schools in Negros Oriental.

This program is under BASTA NEGOR Education 104 of former Governor Emilio Macias II, which aims to help the schools here to have enough classrooms. This agenda has created 140 classrooms as a result.

However, the agreed number of teachers to be sent have not yet arrived as of press time. Governor Roel Degamo planned to make a follow-up check on the items to the DEPED.

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 11:45 AM

i think SPUD also got 100% in the dec 2010 nursing board exams. :)

Congratulations :cheers::cheers:

draude

March 1st, 2011, 11:59 AM

Top nurses want failed schools shut (http://www.negroschronicle.com/?p=12746)

Citing an alarming decline in the quality of graduates based on the results of the licensure examinations, the Philippine Nurses Association and even deans of various nursing schools themselves are asking for the closure of “low performing schools” in a bid to arrest the steady decline of the quality of our nurses.

Dumaguete City, which already hosts four nursing schools, annually produce nearly a thousand graduates but many of whom perform well in the examinations and have become registered nurses.

However, many of these registered nurses have not landed their dream jobs and are forced to apply mainly as call center agents just to earn a living. The Philippine Nurses Association pegs the number of unemployed nurses at about 200,000.

Authorities acknowledged that there is an oversupply of nurses at a time when most global markets are in recession so the demand is low. Other countries like New Zealand are also demanding that applicants must show that they have substantial money in the banks, which effectively disqualifies many excellent registered nurses who happen to be not filthy rich.

“The US market remains closed due to the economic crisis so our graduates have nowhere to go,” said one of the local deans who requested anonymity, who also blamed the quality of teaching faculty and the opening of too many schools as the main factors which contributed to the decline of the quality of nursing graduates.

From just over 100 nursing schools, the country now has about 491 colleges and universities offering nursing programs. Some of the graduates of these schools have dismal performance; some even had no passers in previous licensure examinations.

But the dean maintains that the decision to close down nursing schools must be left with the Commission on Higher Education and the Board of Nursing. Some of the low performing schools have already received their warnings and notices of possible closure.

Meanwhile, there is also a significant drop in the number of enrollees to nursing schools, formerly a popular course for youths with lofty dreams, and the city is not spared from the downtrend. (By Dems Demecillo)

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 12:12 PM

dapat lang.

Top nurses want failed schools shut (http://www.negroschronicle.com/?p=12746)

Citing an alarming decline in the quality of graduates based on the results of the licensure examinations, the Philippine Nurses Association and even deans of various nursing schools themselves are asking for the closure of “low performing schools” in a bid to arrest the steady decline of the quality of our nurses.

Dumaguete City, which already hosts four nursing schools, annually produce nearly a thousand graduates but many of whom perform well in the examinations and have become registered nurses.

However, many of these registered nurses have not landed their dream jobs and are forced to apply mainly as call center agents just to earn a living. The Philippine Nurses Association pegs the number of unemployed nurses at about 200,000.

Authorities acknowledged that there is an oversupply of nurses at a time when most global markets are in recession so the demand is low. Other countries like New Zealand are also demanding that applicants must show that they have substantial money in the banks, which effectively disqualifies many excellent registered nurses who happen to be not filthy rich.

“The US market remains closed due to the economic crisis so our graduates have nowhere to go,” said one of the local deans who requested anonymity, who also blamed the quality of teaching faculty and the opening of too many schools as the main factors which contributed to the decline of the quality of nursing graduates.

From just over 100 nursing schools, the country now has about 491 colleges and universities offering nursing programs. Some of the graduates of these schools have dismal performance; some even had no passers in previous licensure examinations.

But the dean maintains that the decision to close down nursing schools must be left with the Commission on Higher Education and the Board of Nursing. Some of the low performing schools have already received their warnings and notices of possible closure.

Meanwhile, there is also a significant drop in the number of enrollees to nursing schools, formerly a popular course for youths with lofty dreams, and the city is not spared from the downtrend. (By Dems Demecillo)

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 12:45 PM

Hope Our Nursing School here is not included

I am confident that none of our nursing schools here will be included. All big 4 nursing schools have made its way to the top 10 listings. Be it in board exam rankings (NORSU and FU) and in overall performance (SU and SPUD). SU being a consistent top contender since it opened in the 1940s.

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 12:56 PM

I agree!:cheers:

I am confident that none of our nursing schools here will be included. All big 4 nursing schools have made its way to the top 10 listings. Be it in board exam rankings (NORSU and FU) and in overall performance (SU and SPUD). SU being a consistent top contender since it opened in the 1940s.

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 01:13 PM

Apart from PLDT and Watsons, Arsons Appliance Center will soon open at Robinsons. It's beside Gamer's Station. M. Lhuillier Jewelers is already open.

Here is Watsons' Information/Classified posting in RPD. It will be located at the first stall at the East Lobby or upon entering the mall from the Al fresco gate. Renovation is ongoing. It might open by April.. :cheers:

http://piczasso.com/i/qw3j3.jpg

PLDT and Arson's Appliance Center, on the other hand, are scheduled for opening by mid-March.. :cheers:

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 01:16 PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3599/3307931439_e02abea2da.jpg
source (http://flickr.com/photos/15423417@N02/3307931439)

SILLIMAN PORTAL WEST
The Silliman University Mall
Hibbard Ave cor. Silliman Ave, Dumaguete City

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4335224878_ee467f06d1.jpg
source (http://www.pueblophilippines.com/portal-west-silliman-university-dumaguete)

Some of the shops include:

Ground Floor

BizHub.com Inc
Cellworks Digital Entertainment
Scooby's Fast Food
Security Bank Corp
Steds Convenience Store
Mercury Drug Store

Mezzanine

Cafe Evada
Campus Biz Internet Cafe
Cuttin' Loose Salon
Dr Manolo Imbo Dental Clinic
Marirose & Chukz Fashion Avenue

Second Floor

Gammanet.com Internet Cafe
Eden TT Zone Fashion Shop
I-con.com Internet Cafe
Il Primo Internet Cafe
Intercon Academy Medical and Allied Professionals
Pinkaholic Boutique
Lani's Apparel
Mixed Berry Boutique
Tangy Swirl

Third Floor

Intellicare Health Center
Maxicare Health Center
Peoples General Insurance Corp
United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corp (Cocolife)
World of Fitness, Philippines Inc

Fourth Floor

Asians 21 Review Center
Daeham Bioenergy
EDLAW
Dr Palma Jane Limpiado-Lozano Ortho-Detntal Clinic
Synapse Software Technologies

Fourth Floor Al Fresco Rooftop Deck (Soon to Open)

A coffee shop and a restaurant

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5834/portalwest1.jpg
source (http://www.google.com.ph/imglanding?q=portal+west+silliman&um=1&hl=tl&sa=N&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=XPmTeUuq2SNcCM:&imgrefurl=http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php%253Ft%253D687660%2526page%253D122&imgurl=http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5834/portalwest1.jpg&ei=BX5sTYiQIILJcfC2mboF&zoom=1&w=800&h=600&iact=hc&oei=BX5sTYiQIILJcfC2mboF&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=218&start=0&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&biw=1024&bih=421)

Parking:

Off Street
Guarded

Opening Hours:

8am to 12mn - 7 days

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 02:01 PM

@nicko: no more NBS at portal west?

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 02:02 PM

No more. They transferred to RPD.. Their stall is now occupied by Security Bank and Mercury Drug.. :)

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 02:05 PM

btw, were they doing good in terms of sales while staying at portal west?

No more. They transferred to RPD.. Their stall is now occupied by Security Bank and Mercury Drug.. :)

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 02:08 PM

Tomorrow at Zanzibar

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/188558_190949357611393_100000889902887_485285_825092_n.jpg
:cheers: :cheers:

imFromdgte

March 1st, 2011, 02:19 PM

How much is their starting salary?

They develop software for local clients lang, Nick. I think :). Their office is tiny with just a few desks.

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 02:25 PM

btw, were they doing good in terms of sales while staying at portal west?

I really dont have any idea about it.. But IMO, they did not have any issues on sales when they were in Portal West. It's within SU and students crowd the place most of the time.. But perhaps they just preferred to be located inside a big mall rather than within a mini mall located within a university campus by the street.. At the mall, they can get more diverse market versus getting a market composed only mainly by students if they stay in Portal West....... And Malls do get bigger foot traffic..

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 02:28 PM

it would've been better if they kept their portal west branch while having another one in RPD.:)

I really dont have any idea about it.. But IMO, they did not have any issues on sales when they were in Portal West. It's within SU and students crowd the place most of the time.. But perhaps they just preferred to be located inside a big mall rather than within a mini mall located within a university campus by the street.. At the mall, they can get more diverse market versus getting a market composed only mainly by students if they stay in Portal West....... And Malls do get bigger foot traffic..

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 02:29 PM

it would've been better if they kept their portal west branch while having another one in RPD.:)

Bitaw.. Mao gyud nay pinaka best unta! hehe

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 02:49 PM

MARCH 2

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/188558_190949357611393_100000889902887_485285_825092_n.jpg

MARCH 4

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/184668_129626297111169_100001913986381_196186_3719098_n.jpg

MARCH 5

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/182482_143429562388250_100001636211754_279655_6581746_n.jpg

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

thesugarfairy

March 1st, 2011, 03:07 PM

^^ I miss Parthayeeeeeeng in DUMAGUETE!!!! SO MUCH!!!!

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 03:15 PM

It's actually a morning flight around 10AM from Manila and after lunch from Dumaguete. 5J623/624

:banana::banana::banana:...that's nice

Updates:

*Liquid Dumaguete, the newest dive resort in Dauin, opens this summer

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174881_161374073902355_901476_n.jpg

http://liquiddumaguete.com/liquid/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dive-center-img1.jpg

Source: http://liquiddumaguete.com/liquid/

*Another insurance firm will soon open a branch in the city: Commonwealth Insurance

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyZOaBivas9EZHbJN-P6Ku2e-Lp2sZFEtYAxvntGH0Tx4x7ia-6Q

http://www.cic.com.ph/index.html

More dive resort more tourist......

jake2townz

March 1st, 2011, 03:26 PM

I really dont have any idea about it.. But IMO, they did not have any issues on sales when they were in Portal West. It's within SU and students crowd the place most of the time.. But perhaps they just preferred to be located inside a big mall rather than within a mini mall located within a university campus by the street.. At the mall, they can get more diverse market versus getting a market composed only mainly by students if they stay in Portal West....... And Malls do get bigger foot traffic..

Apart from that they were renting the place at the Portal West for 200K/month. Their current rental fee @RPD is almost half of what they used to pay at the Portal West.

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 03:39 PM

WHAT?!? why would SU impose such high rental fee? portal west is just a tini mini mall!:bash:

Apart from that they were renting the place at the Portal West for 200K/month. Their current rental fee @RPD is almost half of what they used to pay at the Portal West.

thesugarfairy

March 1st, 2011, 03:50 PM

Apart from that they were renting the place at the Portal West for 200K/month. Their current rental fee @RPD is almost half of what they used to pay at the Portal West.

^^ I tend to disagree with this migo... 200k/Month Rental is WAAAAAAAAAAAY TOO UNREASONABLE... Murag nag Rent na jud ka ana usa ka 5 Level Building... Even BIG BPO COMPANIES pay their Buildings (literally a whole 8 Storey building) for like 20 - 30 million pesos/Annum...

^^ Pero sa Portal West which I know the Location is Good and the Space is big enough for NBS, 200k per month is soooo over... Ma believe pa siguro ko kung ingnon nimo nga 35-50K per month ang Rent nila excluding Power and Water Fees... :)

^^ But who knows, TPW might be really expensive thats why ang rental fee ka NBS is 200k/month... :)

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 03:51 PM

^^ Portal West is indeed known to charge very expensive rental fees.. NBS occupied about half of the ground level thats why their rental shot up.

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 03:52 PM

Filipino-American-Japanese Amity Shrine

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5467985100_1aa2eb336d_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5056/5467962360_325b5e2b26_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5467364339_b5ce35b56c_z.jpg

Photos by Clyde Uy

thesugarfairy

March 1st, 2011, 03:54 PM

^^ And I know, Leasing/Renting Fees for Robinson's wont exceed 15K per month per Retail Space/Area... so if NBS rented like 4 Retail Spaces in RPD, meaning they'd be paying 60K for Rental Fees/Month...

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 03:55 PM

^^ Portal West is indeed known to charge very expensive rental fees.. NBS occupied about half of the ground level thats why their rental shot up.

And also the reason why the area occupied before by NBS was divided into two.... or two tenants rented the place... Security Bank and Mercury Drug.....

thesugarfairy

March 1st, 2011, 03:57 PM

^^ Portal West is indeed known to charge very expensive rental fees.. NBS occupied about half of the ground level thats why their rental shot up.

^^ Yeah.. been there nicks... but 200k? Really? That is SUPER EXPENSIVE dude.. :) and even if NBS rented half of the Ground Level of TPW, the total area wont Exceed 600sq.M

^^ But yeah, there could be reasons why the super expensive rental costs... and I dont know anything about it... Only TPW knows... :)

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 03:58 PM

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5467662940_173a4497df_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5018/5467194881_2b563636de_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5137/5467176149_6e7e17f16a_z.jpg

By Clyde Uy

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 03:59 PM

thesugarfairy

March 1st, 2011, 04:00 PM

^^ I Just would like to clarify the RPD Rental Cost for Retail Area ha? RENTAL COST pa lang yan... there are still other charges aside from the Rent... then there goes the Electricity and the Maintenance, etc etc... so probably, rental rates/retail space in RPD could shoot up up to 25-30k or even 40-50k/month depending on the space... they have what its called the Premium Spaces eh... so there you go... :)

^^ Same goes for Portal West I guess... there are other Fees included like Electricity, Water, and Maintenance... Probably the reason why it goes as high as 200k/Month! :)

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 04:01 PM

and where is this located?

Filipino-American-Japanese Amity Shrine

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5467985100_1aa2eb336d_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5056/5467962360_325b5e2b26_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5467364339_b5ce35b56c_z.jpg

Photos by Clyde Uy

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 04:02 PM

^^ I Just would like to clarify the RPD Rental Cost for Retail Area ha? RENTAL COST pa lang yan... there are still other charges aside from the Rent... then there goes the Electricity and the Maintenance, etc etc... so probably, rental rates/retail space in RPD could shoot up up to 25-30k or even 40-50k/month depending on the space... they have what its called the Premium Spaces eh... so there you go... :)

Thanks for the info mega sugar.... mag rent ko sa RPD...hehehhe.....mamaligya ko ug Ukay Ukay.....ok ra? :lol::lol:

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 04:03 PM

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 04:04 PM

and where is this located?

The Filipino-Japanese-American Amity Memorial Shrine was unveiled on April 2, 1977. The shrine, an eight meter concrete tower with white marble finish, is located on a plateau on Nasunog ridge – the northeastern shoulder of Mt. Talinis, Sagbang, Valencia, Negros Oriental Philippines.

jake2townz

March 1st, 2011, 04:05 PM

They rented a big floor area so the rent is understandable. Plus they were strategically located: the building they were on has a high number of foot and vehicle traffic and is very accessible to students. Unfortunately their book sales can't compensate their expenses -- which is very ironic for Dumaguete being a university town. Daghan tinuod tang students pero talagsa lang pod mamalit ug libro kay photocopy lang cge sa libro. Hehe. Ang mga tawo kalagmitan school supplies lang paliton didto sa NBS. Thus they had to look for a more feasible place.

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 04:08 PM

The Filipino-Japanese-American Amity Memorial Shrine was unveiled on April 2, 1977. The shrine, an eight meter concrete tower with white marble finish, is located on a plateau on Nasunog ridge – the northeastern shoulder of Mt. Talinis, Sagbang, Valencia, Negros Oriental Philippines.

Pak! Pang encyclopedia dah!... bravo demdem! :cheers:

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 04:09 PM

Pak! Pang encyclopedia dah!... bravo demdem! :cheers:

bwahhaha.......ikaw jud Nick.....:banana::banana::banana:

jake2townz

March 1st, 2011, 04:11 PM

^^
Kuya Kim ikaw ba yan? :banana:

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 04:12 PM

They rented a big floor area so the rent is understandable. Plus they were strategically located: the building they were on has a high number of foot and vehicle trafic and is very accessible to students. Unfortunately their book sales can't compensate their expenses. Which is very ironic for Dumaguete being a university town. Daghan tinuod tang students pero talagsa lang pod mamalit ug libro kay photocopy lang cge sa libro. Hehe. Ang mga tawo kalagmitan school supplies lang paliton didto sa NBS. Thus they had to look for a more feasible place

I plead guilty!... :lol:

In my whole college life, and taking BS Nursing at that, i only have one, yes, ONE (1) book that i officially purchased for the whole 4 years!! What i have are boxes of photocopied materials and several chapters from books that we use and even a whole book photocopied.. Haha.. And im not alone. Everyone does that! That's why photocopying business flourish to the maximum around SU.. They survived. NBS didnt. :lol:

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 04:15 PM

^^^
Kuya Kim ikaw ba yan? :banana:

:lol::lol::lol:...lite lang.....dili ko kaapas ni kuya kim.....kay akong brain walay sulod.....puros ra...:lol::lol::lol::lol:

I plead guilty!... :lol:

In my whole college life, and taking BS Nursing at that, i only have one, yes, ONE (1) book that i officially purchased for the whole 4 years!! What i have are boxes of photocopied materials and several chapters from books that we use and even a whole book photocopied.. Haha.. And im not alone. Everyone does that! That's why photocopying business flourish to the maximum around SU.. They survived. NBS didnt. :lol:

Hmmmm..... during our time.... Caballes and Silliman Bookstore lang intawon ang among kapalitan.....usahay wala pa jud....so and ending....Photocopy..... :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

jsl_bxu1206

March 1st, 2011, 04:17 PM

i see. thanks jundem.:)

The Filipino-Japanese-American Amity Memorial Shrine was unveiled on April 2, 1977. The shrine, an eight meter concrete tower with white marble finish, is located on a plateau on Nasunog ridge – the northeastern shoulder of Mt. Talinis, Sagbang, Valencia, Negros Oriental Philippines.

thesugarfairy

March 1st, 2011, 04:17 PM

Thanks for the info mega sugar.... mag rent ko sa RPD...hehehhe.....mamaligya ko ug Ukay Ukay.....ok ra? :lol::lol:

^^ Hahahahaha ikaw ha... businesswoman na jud ka if ever... :) pero I believe, RPD does not allow Ukay Ukay to Operate inside their Mall... UNLESS sa ibang Robinson's Mall where I find some Ukay Ukay Stores before...

^^ Sa Bacolod, If I remember, they have this SURPLUS SHOP before... they are not your usual Ukay Ukay... they are selling Company Reject Clothings due to imperfections in sewing or the over-all quality of the garments... pero in fairness ha, andami kong nabili nuon sa "Surplus Shop" sa RPB (Di sha Surplus Shop kagaya ng SM kasi sa SM Puro Class A Surplus ang binebenta... in short, High End Imitations... )

I see.. Leaned something!..
But still, over ra gyud ang 200k.. :lol:

^^ Yeah... super Over jud ang 200k... mga 100K for Portal West is very Reasonable... :)

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 04:17 PM

:lol::lol::lol:...lite lang.....dili ko kaapas ni kuya kim.....kay akong brain walay sulod.....puros ra...:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Slow down, demsie. Magka short-circuit nya ka..:lol:

Hmmmm..... during our time.... Caballes and Silliman Bookstore lang intawon ang among kapalitan.....usahay wala pa jud....so and ending....Photocopy..... :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Weh? That was in the early 90s, i bet!..:banana:

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 04:21 PM

Slow down, demsie. Magka short-circuit nya ka..:lol:

Weh? That was in the early 90s, i bet!..:banana:

Late 90's na oi...ehehehe...lain kaayo ka..high school pa ko ana nga Time.... bitaw I graduated College 1998 and right after graduation nag work dayon ko sa RCBC....o di ba...in demand si Jundem....:lol::lol::lol::lol:....

romantic_guy08

March 1st, 2011, 04:27 PM

I plead guilty!... :lol:

In my whole college life, and taking BS Nursing at that, i only have one, yes, ONE (1) book that i officially purchased for the whole 4 years!! What i have are boxes of photocopied materials and several chapters from books that we use and even a whole book photocopied.. Haha.. And im not alone. Everyone does that! That's why photocopying business flourish to the maximum around SU.. They survived. NBS didnt. :lol:

I hope nga dili one-time ang paphoto-copy nimo... hehehe....kay BAD biya na... heheh...:lol::lol::lol:

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 04:28 PM

^^ I know, right?? :lol:
I should have been in jail na! hehe

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 04:36 PM

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RPD 5 years from now...:lol::lol::lol::lol:

thesugarfairy

March 1st, 2011, 04:46 PM

^^ Hala! Guilty jud ko sa Photocopy Sessions during College Years... hahaha Ma ask ko sa Parents nako to buy books that costs thousands of Pesos (Yes! Nursing Books pa!) but turned out to be Photocopied Books lang na pina Bind to look like Books... hahahahaha :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 04:48 PM

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State of the Province Address

by Negros Oriental Gov. Roel R. Degamo

Mr. Presiding Ofﬁcer; Honorable members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan; our City and Municipal Mayors; guests from the academe; our friends and partners from the different non- government organizations; representatives from the religious and business sectors; heads of line agencies; my colleagues in government, ladies and gentlemen.

At the outset, may I thank everyone, most especially the members of Sangguniang Panlalawigan led by Vice Gov. Apolinario A. Arnaiz Jr., for giving me this opportunity to present to you our plans and programs during the remaining two and a half years of our term.

A little over a month ago and by the grace of God, I was sworn in as your Governor, and today, I come before you to present our Program of Government as mandated under Section 465 (iii) of Republic Act 7160. As I approach this job, I start with a simple promise to all of you: I will always listen. I will always seek your cooperation, and a thoughtful commitment to meaningful solutions. We are here to solve problems. We all have jobs to do. You have Districts to represent and constituents who want their voices heard and I respect that.

As leaders of this Province, we should be able to provide our people more and better opportunities to advance their personal well being, more particularly in the areas of Health, Education and Livelihood Programs.

While my predecessors have efficiently managed the Province exceptionally well, I know as well as everyone else that we still have a lot of things to do. Given the very limited period before us, it is important for us to work hard and work fast. More importantly, we should HELP each other to achieve our development objective which is: “to advance further the level of comfort of our constituents.”

Ladies and gentlemen, we have an agenda for progress that needs our urgent attention. It is spelled H-E-L-P. H stands for Health, E for Education, L and P for Livelihood Programs and Projects.

It is easier for us to attain our goals if we HELP each other and work harder. Work, as they say in Spanish, is degamo. Therefore, to pick up from the favorite catchwords of my predecessors: Basta NegOr: Kasaligan! And may I add MagDegamo ta! May I repeat, Basta NegOr: Kasaligan! MagDegamo ta!

These are the things we need to do:

ON HEALTH

I believe there can be no real development if our people are not healthy. We need to improve on what we have, and provide our people with the necessary facilities for their well-being.

First, we will work for the completion of the four-storey hospital Central Block behind the main hospital building, and the multi- storey Ob-Gyne building to decongest the main hospital, and along with this, the Community Emergency Maternal Obstetrics Neonatal Care (CEMONC) for Bayawan City and Guihulngan City -- all of which are funded by the Department of Health. I intend to ﬁnish these projects before my term ends in 2013.

The Central Block project is now on going. I have just been informed that the bidding procedure for these buildings have just been completed by the Bids and Awards Committee. And so I hope we can start construction within the year.

Second, we will strengthen our District Hospitals by providing them with the adequate and necessary support services to make them more accessible to our people and better equipped to handle quality health care.

Initially, we have added seven new doctors to the existing personnel complement who will soon be farmed out to these facilities. This development will not deter us from inviting more doctors to our residency training program.

Third, and corollary to the second, we will establish a Mobile Surgical Team to perform minor surgeries in the different District Hospitals of the Province, more particularly for indigent patients who may need to undergo minor surgical procedures. This is an expanded approach to the concept of bringing medical services at the doorstep of our people through Medical Missions. At this point, I direct Dr. Felix Sy, our chief of hospital, to immediately form the members of the team for this purpose;

Fourth, we will expand the coverage and services of the Provincial Health Insurance of Negros Oriental to include PHINO members who wish to undergo treatment in private hospitals.

Fifth, we will continue granting scholarships to students who wish to pursue a degree in Medicine at the Silliman University Medicine School, provided they will serve the required number of years in our own hospitals. For the record, we have produced and employed seven of our scholars.

Sixth, we will establish a partnership with Silliman University for the possible conversion of the Marina Clinic located in the municipality of Dauin into another Community Primary Hospital. This will greatly enhance and improve the delivery of primary health care services to our people in that part of the Province.

Seventh, we will complete the construction of the Community Primary Hospital in Dawis, Bayawan City -- the seventh of its kind in the whole Province; and

Eighth, we will form a partnership with private hospitals in Dumaguete to strengthen the referral system between and among private and public doctors, and to maximize the potential of all the modern and state-of-the-art laboratory and diagnostic equipment acquired by our Negros Oriental Hospital System.

ON EDUCATION

I adhere to one of the most familiar quotations of Dr. Jose Rizal which says: “The youth is the hope of the fatherland.” As leaders, it is our sublime duty to ensure that every child is given access to education. Thus:

1) We will continue with the implementation of the school building program initiated by the late Gov. Dodo Macias, dubbed Basta NegOr-Education 104 -- which put up a total of 140 classrooms instead of 104 as its tagline says, and committed the Department of Education to increase the teacher-student complement in the Province by 100 more. DepEd still has to ﬁll in the remaining 40 teacher items of its commitment. We will pursue this commitment of DepEd so as not to deprive our schoolchildren of quality education.

2. We will continue giving college scholarships to poor but deserving students who graduated as valedictorians and salutatorians in high school;

3. We will take care of the health of our school children by supporting the Essential Health Care Package program of the DepEd. The EHCP is actually a kit containing items for hand washing and tooth brushing, in effect teaching our children proper hygiene. I am pleased to note that the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is sponsoring an ordinance to this effect through Board Member Peve O. Ligan.

4. We will continue to provide funds for teacher aides under the Educator-Co-Mentor Program.

We will also review the Negros Oriental Sports Development Program, and possibly integrate the same with the DepEd curriculum to make it more responsive to the physical and mental development of schoolchildren.

ON LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

In my travels all over the Province during my Board Member days, and when I became Vice Governor, and now as your Governor, I have seen our vast natural resources, our great natural attractions, met our constituency, listened to them, and saw the great potential for our Province and people to grow beyond what it could be.

And how do we do this? Money and jobs go with tourism. Thus:

1. We will continue to promote eco-tourism as a major industry in the Province, along with the development of our tourism assets like Tambobo Bay in barangay Bonbonon, Siaton.

For the information of everybody, we have allocated almost P20 million this year for the development of the Province’s various tourism sites. And I am also happy to note there is an Ordinance passed by this August Body which would pave the way for the development of Tambobo Bay.

2. We will review the functions of our two skills training centers -- the Provincial Integrated Skills & Technology Center, and the Technology & Livelihood Development Center, and make technology transfer more within the reach of our people, especially for those coming from far-ﬂung places.

3. We will continue to tap the private sector, and make them our partners in providing livelihood opportunities to our people. It should be noted that the Provincial government during the time of then Governor Macias entered into an agreement with different ﬁnancial institutions and allocated some P3 million as counterpart for the Coopreneurship Surety Fund Program. This serves as equity for small-and-medium scale entrepreneurs in the Province to access to formal sources of ﬁnancing without a collateral.

4. We will maintain our relationships with the private sector through the Negros Oriental Investment Promotion Center, the Negros Oriental Business Development Foundation, and the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce & Industry as partners in bringing more investments to the Province. The more investments, the more jobs generated.

5. With your cooperation, we will push for the passage of two major ordinances this year: the Revenue Code of Negros Oriental which is vital and necessary in increasing our revenues; and the creation of the Economic Enterprise Ofﬁce which will put under one roof all the income-generating facilities of the Provincial government such as the Lamberto Macias Sports & Cultural Center, the rubberized track oval at the Perdices Stadium, the Lorenzo G. Teves Aqua Center, the mini-gym, the Negros Oriental Hotel & Convention Center, among others; we will also give priority to the completion of the Perdices Coliseum Hotel & Restaurant Complex to generate employment and added income for the Provincial government.

6. Along with H.E.L.P., we are also looking at establishing an Engineering Mobile Unit for every Legislative District in the Province. These mobile units will be responsible for the maintenance and improvement of roads and other similar structures in their respective Districts. We intend to establish these by the start of the third quarter of this year.

7. Moreover, we will form partnerships with the Philippine Army Engineering Brigade to help improve our road network in the hinterlands. This is one way of reducing costs, while addressing also other concerns related to peace and order.

In Agricultural Development, we will continue the vision of my predecessors to allocate at least 10 percent of the farm lands in the Province to purely organic farming. This is in keeping with our position to adopt eco-friendly technologies whilst working for greater productivity.

We will make operational the Kasaligan Transport Service. At this point, I direct our Provincial Agriculturist Mr. Gregorio Paltingca to look into this aspect.

In addition, we will speed up development in the different communities of the Province by creating the Governor’s United Assistance Rural Development or GUARD under Engr. Dominador Dumalag Jr.

Furthermore, we will strengthen the research and development component in the agricultural and aquaculture sectors to improve the yield of our high-valued fruits and vegetables, including rice, corn and upland ﬁshery.

On Environmental Concerns, we will push for the adoption of the climate change adaptation and mitigation plan which includes integrated water resources management, wildlife conservation and biodiversity, prepared by the different LGUs. I am directing Mrs. Mercy Teves, chief of our Environment & Natural Resources Division, to ensure this will be carried out in the light of climatic changes that have already wrought havoc in lives and properties in the Province.

Corollary to this, we will reinforce the existing crop of our SaRNegOr, our Search and Rescue team, so we could have stand- by teams to respond to emergencies in every city and municipality of the Province. This forms part of our Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan. I direct Mr. Angelo Tiongson, our Disaster Risk Management ofﬁcer, to look into this aspect. We will strengthen our regulatory function on the utilization of the Province’s natural resources, such as sand and gravel, and other valuable minerals, by putting in trust the proceeds collected from users so that this can be plowed back for the efficient and effective implementation of regulatory laws.

ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Here’s good news for all the members of the Provincial Government! In keeping with our verbal request for every employee to render “Service with a Smile”, we are considering the granting of incentives and awards to our employees for exemplary performance in their line of work under the Program on Awards & Incentives for Service Excellence or PRAISE. This should serve as a motivating factor for everyone in the organization to do good and look good. In short, to be more productive and become Model Civil Servants. At this point, I am directing Mrs. Daisy Vamenta, our Human Resource Management ofﬁcer, to immediately convene a Committee so that the mechanics of this particular award can be drafted. As to whether we will give cash or incentives in kind, I will leave that to the Committee.

Moreover, we will also pursue the aborted plan of the late Gov. Tuting Perdices to give recognition to ordinary folks who have made outstanding accomplishments in their communities. This is in line with the Outstanding Oriental Negrense Award.

Moreover, we will continue to promote and advance the rights of our women and children, the differently-abled, and the elderly, in cooperation with UNICEF. Further, we will continue providing assistance to individuals in crisis situations.

On Development Administration, we will make use of the wonders of modern technology by possibly adopting the so-called paperless transaction system. We will work on making Negros Oriental a model on this, considering that we have installed the Fund Management Information System, and the Hospital Information System. We are now starting to establish our Personnel Information System.

Furthermore, we will make representation for Negros Oriental to be the home of the National iTAX Headquarters. The late Governor Macias had laid the foundation for this, in cooperation with the German Technical Cooperation Agency. For information, several local government units in the country have sent their staff to train here in the Province for the iTax Program.

Finally, to be more transparent, we will make use of new technology by making the Provincial government and the Governor accessible through text. The Project called, “I-text Mo kang Degamo” will receive and answer queries and feedback on governance from the citizens. We have assigned a dedicated cellphone for this purpose, and we expect the public to make use of this technology.

My friends, ladies and gentlemen, our list of things to be done could go on and on. But for the meantime, we are giving more focus on the “doables” -- the things we need to do and hope to accomplish in the last two and a half years of our term.

We thank the Lord Almighty for giving us the gift of public service. And no matter how big the challenges may come our way, we cannot waver or falter, knowing that God is with us. I ask the members of this august body, the academe, our NGO partners and friends from the private sector, our local ofﬁcials and colleagues in government service, and most of all, the people of this Province, to join and HELP us advance the welfare of our people.

Let’s get moving. Sa probinsya, Mag-Degamo ta! Let us work as a team, because together, we can make a difference.

nicko

March 1st, 2011, 04:57 PM

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thesugarfairy

March 1st, 2011, 05:12 PM

^^ Nice... :okay:

jundem_dq63

March 1st, 2011, 05:21 PM

Innovative approaches to wellness at FU

Several weeks ago, I traveled to Dumaguete City to, among others, pay a visit to Foundation University’s (FU) sports program, IYS Peace, an innovative physical education and sports program in Asia. I had written about the program in a UNESCO-supported book sometime in 2008.

IYS Peace is an “experiment in peace building through youth and children sports” in consonance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the UN Millennium Development Goals Task Force prescription for Member States “to utilize sports for health, education, social development and peace.”

A pioneering project of IYSPeace is the “Youth@Play”, the purpose of which is to provide opportunities for children and youth, regardless of talent and social status as embodied in Article 31 of the CRC.

Two years ago through the efforts of FU chairman, Dean Sinco, FU embarked on the construction of a three-storey building to be called the “Youth@Play” Center. The building, when finished, will house a dance and music area, sports facilities, and a research laboratory to investigate the effects of physical activity participation on values formation among children. According to experts like Dr. Perry Mequi, former chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission and Dean of the College of Physical Education of FU, the relationship of sports participation and values formation among children offers a rich and unexplored study for research. Part of the FU’s plan is to utilize research and empirical proof to support FU’s graduate studies in PE and Sports and Wellness Management.

It could very well be that the vision and mission of IYSPeace is one of the vital missing links in a national sports development which still has to be formulated using the 1996 – 2000 Master Plan for Sports as a take off point.

The IYSPeace initiative deserves support from various sectors since it represents a practical and well thought out strategic intervention for sports. It is a marked and refreshing departure from unimaginative and run-of-the-mill programs that have been proposed for funding over the years.

In a related front, FU put together in 2008 a program called “Rice is Life Marathon” which was lauded by the Dumaguete City health office as having “helped reduce the incidence of lifestyle diseases.” The program was one of 20 finalists from among over 400 entries in the highly prestigious Anvil Awards.

Since the time the program was launched three years ago, it has undergone several changes. FU now makes it mandatory for all students to complete the Quarter Marathon Wellness Walk Challenge (QMWWC) or the Walk, a distance of 10.5 kilometers to pass PE 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Students at FU do the Walk four times during their stay at FU. When they finish the four Walks, they shall have walked a distance of the full 42K marathon making them, in effect, marathoners. The idea is of course to make them “Walkers for Life”.

What was the scientific basis for this unique requirement? Not too long ago, a student completed a master’s thesis in PE and Sports that showed that more than 49% of FU entering freshmen, aged 16-21, are at health risk due to obesity as determined by currently-used and more reliable measurement than the Body Mass Index (BMI) – the WHR (waist-hip ratio).

FU believes that the walking program is totally relevant in Negros Oriental. It appears Negros has acquired the distinction of being the Motorcycle Capital of the Philippines, having staged in 2008 the “longest motorcycle parade”. Some argue that the distinction may not be that environmentally-friendly since the motorcycle is a source of pollution and, according to findings, motorcyclists are prone to osteoporosis.

It is believed that by adopting FU’s PE requirement of making students walk in an enjoyable way, we could break a perceived “psychological barrier” in the psyche of young people which makes exercise distasteful to them. The FU requirement is attempting to do what other institutions have failed to consider in battling the growing incidence of children, youth and adult obesity in all parts of the world, whether rich or poor. FU has in effect combined walking and running a marathon and responded to the challenge to promote a healthy, active and what the late President John F. Kennedy, described as the “vigorous life”.

The message of FU and others with like minds is, higher educational institutions (HEIs) invest substantial amounts of resources providing our youth excellent facilities such as IT centers. It is in these centers where the youth sit and engage in sedentary pursuits like manipulating a mouse or tap on Iphones or Ipads. Such sedentary pursuits have led observers to say with a tinge of regret that what we have is a sad spectacle of ”youth with educated eyes in uneducated bodies”.

Source (http://www.philstar.com/SportsArticle.aspx?articleId=662227&publicationSubCategoryId=69)

taga uma01

March 2nd, 2011, 01:23 AM

double post

taga uma01

March 2nd, 2011, 01:27 AM

taga uma01

March 2nd, 2011, 01:33 AM

Miguel

March 2nd, 2011, 03:05 AM

After the ADRENALINE RUSH and being EXTREME, let's be SOPHISTICATED and go for something CLASSICAL

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People from different cities and provinces had come to Dumaguete not only to visit its tourist spots but also to watch stage plays, musicals, ballets and other classical and cultural dances, recitals, operas, orchestras, concertos, and other types of theater and performing arts.

When this form of art is usually reserve for the rich and the elite, this is nothing new to the people of Dumaguete. Theater appreciation had already been part of the culture in Dumaguete ever since the Americans had founded Silliman University and local and foreign artists had come and perform in this city.

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Le Grand Ballet Classique de France performs in Silliman University in 1969

The Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium is considered as the Cultural Center of the South and the largest fully-functioning theater outside of Metro Manila which was built in 1973 and completed in 1975. It is well known for its excellent acoustics and considered to be the second best in the country, next only to the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In 2008, the Luce Foundation provided additional funds to refurbish the Auditorium, updating its facilities to meet the strictest standards in theater. This building was donated by Henry Luce III, the Time Magazine owner, in honor to his late wife, Claire Isabel McGill Luce.

With this theater, it continuously cultivate and promote the passion of theatre, music, dance, and other forms of art expression among the students of the university as well as the larger community.

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thesugarfairy

March 2nd, 2011, 03:22 AM

Good Morning Dumaguete... :) :wave:

Miguel

March 2nd, 2011, 03:44 AM

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The Recent Shows at the Luce Auditorium
for the 48th Cultural Season

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Coming Soon

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May 2011

Watch Out for Upcoming Shows!

photos by:
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silliman university cultural affairs committee (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133838276652320&index=1#!/album.php?aid=243332&id=113579223988&closeTheater=1)

Miguel

March 2nd, 2011, 03:58 AM

Miguel

March 2nd, 2011, 04:00 AM

Alinghi

March 2nd, 2011, 04:40 AM

PTO Press Release Series of 2011-08

The Department of Tourism Region VII will conduct a 24-day training for Negros Oriental tour guides on May – June, 2011.

Senior Tourism Operations Officer Myla Mae B. Abellana revealed that DOT-7 is currently working out the details of the proposed training with the Provincial Tourism Office and the Dumaguete City Tourism Office, including the specific seminar dates which will be announced shortly.

Abellana said the training will be based in the Sidlakang Negros Village Conference Hall and will move to outdoor venues as the need arises.

Interested applicants must be college graduates of any age, and along with the Application Forms one (1) 1X1 ID picture and proofs of academic achievements must be submitted, i. e., diploma, transcript of records, training certificates if applicable, Abellana said.

Application Forms, now available at the Provincial Tourism Office and the Dumaguete City Tourism Office, must be accomplished and submitted to either Office on or before Thursday, March 31, 2011. Applicants will be screened in April, Abellana added. (bfv)

_________________________________________
Republic of the Philippines
Province of Negros Oriental
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
PROVINCIAL TOURISM OFFICE

nicko

March 2nd, 2011, 04:42 AM

^^ Dumaguete has it all even with it's size.. Even these kinds of quality stage shows that can be usually seen only in the metro, we have it here regularly. Dumaguete people has a fine taste for cultural shows.... Dumaguete is cultured! :cheers: to that!

nicko

March 2nd, 2011, 04:44 AM

nicko

March 2nd, 2011, 04:49 AM

Pic 'n Paint
now open at RPD

2nd level - West Lobby, RPD

nicko

March 2nd, 2011, 05:32 AM

MARCH 2

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MARCH 4

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MARCH 4

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MARCH 5

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:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

ritche

March 2nd, 2011, 05:37 AM

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/579/enopi.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/i/enopi.jpg/)

nicko

March 2nd, 2011, 06:02 AM

^^ Great!.. We currently have:

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Daro, Dumaguete City

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Taclobo, Dumaguete City

and soon, this:

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Robinsons Place - Dumaguete

These specialized schools are no joke. They are international brands and are of international standards!... Tested, proven, and trusted by parents worldwide!
It's good that they are all still coming here despite the presence of big local competitors such as ABC Learning Center, SU Early Childhood, etc... They are molding young Dumaguete minds for a brighter Dumaguete! Pak! :D

jsl_bxu1206

March 2nd, 2011, 07:13 AM

National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL) Natl Convention 2011
Sofitel Hotel, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines

One of the young leaders who attended is Bais City Mayor Karen Villanueva

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source (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Butuan-City-Public-Library/170179386342735?ref=ts#!/album.php?fbid=1780578508121&id=1049183479&aid=102454)

jsl_bxu1206

March 2nd, 2011, 07:20 AM

Mayor denies PAGCOR offer
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

It is strike two on the attempt to allow the legalized form of gambling in Dumaguete City, with the mayor’s refusal to open a casino, the first try being that of the Small Town Lottery.

Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria confirmed that representatives from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. from Bacolod City came to Dumaguete, to signify their intention to open and operate a casino elsewhere in the city, not necessarily in Motong as earlier reported.

The offer was for the city to benefit P1 million monthly or P12 million annually out of the casino’s operation, and other social services as part of their social responsibility, the mayor said.

Sagarbarria said the amount would have gone a long way in extending the needed social services in the city. As a Catholic, however, before saying yes to the offer, the mayor said he thought it is wise to refer the matter to the bishop, who, in turn, requested the mayor not to accept the same.

Bishop John Du of the Diocese of Dumaguete has reportedly told Sagarbarria not to add the existing illegal and legalized form of gambling in Dumaguete that would further destroy the moral fiber of the people.

The putting up of the casino requires a sizeable area and to be housed inside a minimum of a 20-room hotel, which means more revenues, more job opportunities, and taxes for the government.

With the refusal of Dumaguete, the Casino is expected to rise in neighboring municipalities, if allowed by their respective executives.*JG

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2011/March/02/negor2.htm

rmb

March 2nd, 2011, 01:25 PM

jsl_bxu1206

March 2nd, 2011, 01:27 PM

there was this U/C Casino somewhere along Sibulan highway. was it left unfinished?

The church still has much influence in our society. Others sectors of society should also be consulted. Otherwise there would still be no separation of church and state... like the medieval ages.. :lol:

Alinghi

March 2nd, 2011, 02:18 PM

there was this U/C Casino somewhere along Sibulan highway. was it left unfinished?

Casino Español de Negros

i really have no idea why the construction stopped

it was intended to be a sister facility of Casino Español de Manila (http://www.casinoespanoldemanila.com/) and Casino Español de Cebu (http://www.casinoespanol.ph/)

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 03:19 PM

MARCH 5

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:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

I wanna join this big event.... I want to ware the gown that was given to me last December ...:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:..... Can you be my escort "P"?....:banana::banana::banana:

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 04:48 PM

LA RESIDENCIA ALMAR BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete City

Located along the Rizal Boulevard stretch, fronting the magnificent ocean views, this antique mansion, of old European architecture, used to house the governors of the province in the early 1920s. Now, this is one of the most expensive and one of the boutique hotels in the city.

The hotel houses two first-class restaurants, Don Atilano Steakhouse and Wakagi Japanese Restaurant in the first level.

Cheapest accomodation starts at P1,500+ per day.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2350947801_d3ba09be23.jpg?v=0

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nicko

March 2nd, 2011, 05:37 PM

^^ Thanks for the repost, dems. But remember, La Residencia and Don Atilano just had an "extreme makeover"... So those pics should be in the bin by now... Hehe

nicko

March 2nd, 2011, 05:38 PM

Alinghi

March 2nd, 2011, 05:44 PM

^^ "neighboring municipalities" nalang daw.. i'm quite sure it will be Sibulan (supposed to be the pilgrimage town of the province, but is now full of drive-in motels and girly KTV joints)

Casino Filipino Sibulan :nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 05:55 PM

NICE!!! Is this in Valencia?

^^ Thanks for the repost, dems. But remember, La Residencia and Don Atilano just had an "extreme makeover"... So those pics should be in the bin by now... Hehe

Yeah...how I wish i could take photos of the newly renovated la residencia al mar and Don Atilano......:lol::lol::lol:...if I can't....Nicko can....:lol::lol::lol:..di ba Nick?....and also Alinghi....

Sayanga wui. Hehe.. :lol:

^^ "neighboring municipalities" nalang daw.. i'm quite sure it will be Sibulan (supposed to be the pilgrimage town of the province, but is now full of drive-in motels and girly KTV joints)

Casino Filipino Sibulan :nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

If Dumaguete City wont accept the offer....Bacong or Sibulan is always there.......:lol::lol::lol::lol:

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 06:06 PM

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jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 06:09 PM

SIATON - RICE BOWL OF THE PROVINCE

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Photos by Michel Edme

jake2townz

March 2nd, 2011, 06:22 PM

Sayang. So much for the pampapapogi mentality of politicians and pleasing the religious sect for fear of losing support in future elections. Casinos would have been an added tourist entertainment attraction not only for the city but for the province as well.

Mayor denies PAGCOR offer
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

It is strike two on the attempt to allow the legalized form of gambling in Dumaguete City, with the mayor’s refusal to open a casino, the first try being that of the Small Town Lottery.

Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria confirmed that representatives from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. from Bacolod City came to Dumaguete, to signify their intention to open and operate a casino elsewhere in the city, not necessarily in Motong as earlier reported.

The offer was for the city to benefit P1 million monthly or P12 million annually out of the casino’s operation, and other social services as part of their social responsibility, the mayor said.

Sagarbarria said the amount would have gone a long way in extending the needed social services in the city. As a Catholic, however, before saying yes to the offer, the mayor said he thought it is wise to refer the matter to the bishop, who, in turn, requested the mayor not to accept the same.

Bishop John Du of the Diocese of Dumaguete has reportedly told Sagarbarria not to add the existing illegal and legalized form of gambling in Dumaguete that would further destroy the moral fiber of the people.

The putting up of the casino requires a sizeable area and to be housed inside a minimum of a 20-room hotel, which means more revenues, more job opportunities, and taxes for the government.

With the refusal of Dumaguete, the Casino is expected to rise in neighboring municipalities, if allowed by their respective executives.*JG

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2011/March/02/negor2.htm

thesugarfairy

March 2nd, 2011, 06:23 PM

I wanna join this big event.... I want to ware the gown that was given to me last December ...:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:..... Can you be my escort "P"?....:banana::banana::banana:

^^ Aba Aba Aba... magsusuot ng Gown ang Kumare ko at si Papa P pa yung nirerequest na magiging escort? hemmmmmm... Dapat Bonggang Bonggang Bongga ka that night amega para Masaya... kung andyan lang sana ako eh, pwede rin akong sumali... :) Escort ko rin si Papa P... Triple Date tayo... :lol::lol::lol::lol::nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts:

^^ "neighboring municipalities" nalang daw.. i'm quite sure it will be Sibulan (supposed to be the pilgrimage town of the province, but is now full of drive-in motels and girly KTV joints)

Casino Filipino Sibulan :nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

If Dumaguete City wont accept the offer....Bacong or Sibulan is always there.......:lol::lol::lol::lol:

^^ Honestly, when I first stepped in Dumaguete, I really thought that Sibulan is just a sort of Baranggay from Dumaguete as well as Bacong... hehehehe but to my surprise, ibang Town na pala... :lol::lol::lol::lol::nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts:

^^ Pero in fairness, Masarap ang Nilaga sa Bacong... yung carinderia jan sa Highway harap ng Municipal Office nila... :)

^^ Sa Dumaguete naman nami-miss ko na yung Pagkain sa "anu ba ang name ng Eatery na yan?" basta diha na sha sa Piapi then may naa man sha branch diha sa atbang ka Unitop... Murag "Sta. Teresita" chorvaloo ba yun???? == Basta masarap food nila jan... Mura pa!!! Basta naglalaway na ako thinking of their Korean Beef Stew and Grilled Calamares... :)

^^ Hahahaha baket napunta sa foods ang usapan ha??? :nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts:

nicko

March 2nd, 2011, 06:39 PM

^^ Mega sugar, it's Sta. Teresa Restaurant.. Hehe. Main at Piapi then another one near Unitop.. :D

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 07:43 PM

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Main Branch

http://ph.openrice.com/UserPhoto/photo/0/36/000MOHF6C61C255AB1A971l.jpg
Source (http://ph.openrice.com/other/restaurant/photos.htm?shopid=13680&position=2&page=1#photo_tab)

Dr. V Locsin St. Branch

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jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 07:55 PM

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Gordo’s Pizzeria

Last December, on the way to Sibulan to check on Sea Forest Resort, we dropped by Gordo’s Pizzeria along North Road, Daro, Dumaguete to try their pizza.

The place is relatively new but possess a cozy ambiance thats truly inviting. I heard that the owner himself the conceptualized the menu and names of the pizza through his travels.

Gordo’s offers the first giant pizza in Dumaguete. The taste is comparable to that of popular Italian restaurants but offered at a lesser price.

The dough and the preparation of the pizza are prepared right infront of your nose so you are assured that the food you are getting is prepared the way you want it.

My overall impression of the food: taste and the food appearance are both exceptional. I have been to many Italian restaurants here and abroad and I could testify that Gordo’s pizza is really worth every penny spent perfect for Food Trip Friday.

Its true to their tagline ” The cheapest mozzarella cheese pizza and the 1st giant pizza in town.

For more info and food delivery, you may contact:

Gordo’s Pizzeria
North Road, Daro, Dumaguete City
Tel: 422 8998
Cell: 0933 9330822

Source (http://www.houseofmaria.info/2011/01/gordos/)

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 07:58 PM

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 08:02 PM

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Address: Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete City
Negros Oriental, Philippines
Telephone: (035) 226-1207

Source (http://www.cocoamigos.com/)

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 08:27 PM

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Photos by Jenn Valmonte

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 08:28 PM

jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 08:37 PM

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jundem_dq63

March 2nd, 2011, 08:49 PM

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Photos by Marks

blueguy

March 3rd, 2011, 01:32 AM

^^

Love Dumaguete's huge variety of food concepts for a small city.

detours

March 3rd, 2011, 03:42 AM

^^

Love Dumaguete's huge variety of food concepts for a small city.

am just so curious about the city why everytime I saw posts in here it always have a "small city"...Is Dumaguete really that small?you must be kidding I guess.

I think lang naman based on my readings here...(coz I have not been in here yet)....that Dumaguete is quite a big city,beautiful and can be considered highly urbanized.Isn't it so?

rmb

March 3rd, 2011, 04:05 AM

Alinghi

March 3rd, 2011, 04:09 AM

am just so curious about the city why everytime I saw posts in here it always have a "small city"...Is Dumaguete really that small?you must be kidding I guess.

I think lang naman based on my readings here...(coz I have not been in here yet)....that Dumaguete is quite a big city,beautiful and can be considered highly urbanized.Isn't it so?

yes, in terms of land area, it's really tiny (34 sq.km.), Bacolod is 5x bigger in land area. it gives credence to the saying that in Dumaguete, everything is just 10mins away, which is really true since the distances between places are just short and our CBD is concentrated around a tight radius (walking distance)

in terms of amenities, facilities, attractions, establishments, and the economy, yes it is more like a highly-urbanized city since it has all the trappings of a cosmopolitan environment like the BPO industry, a full-service mall, a sports & convention complex, prolific retail and consumer industries, a vibrant all-week nightlife etc. without the notorious congestion, pollution, crimes and urban decay that other big cities have.. almost anything which you can find in a big city, it is in Dumaguete

you should visit some time.. it's just a 5-hour drive from Bacolod :)

thesugarfairy

March 3rd, 2011, 04:14 AM

^^ Mega sugar, it's Sta. Teresa Restaurant.. Hehe. Main at Piapi then another one near Unitop.. :D

^^ Wow... salamat for reminding me of the name of the resto... I really missed their foods... :)

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROOs-8N0DiOFXxl2jJCOXa-reN8_kQVMPE4FG7GN7256p5YyFG

Main Branch

http://ph.openrice.com/UserPhoto/photo/0/36/000MOHF6C61C255AB1A971l.jpg
Source (http://ph.openrice.com/other/restaurant/photos.htm?shopid=13680&position=2&page=1#photo_tab)

Dr. V Locsin St. Branch

http://ph.openrice.com/UserPhoto/photo/0/35/000MGHEA4A61A85DF7E115l.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1231.snc4/156339_1562561182142_1178716724_31324828_4365216_n.jpg

^^ With matching pics pa from amega jundem... thanks thanks... :)

am just so curious about the city why everytime I saw posts in here it always have a "small city"...Is Dumaguete really that small?you must be kidding I guess.

I think lang naman based on my readings here...(coz I have not been in here yet)....that Dumaguete is quite a big city,beautiful and can be considered highly urbanized.Isn't it so?

^^ Dumaguete is really a Small City in terms of Land Area. Almost 1/5th that of Bacolod City. But it is really booming... Constructions here, there, everywhere... When I was working there, I can really save my Transportation allowance due to the fact that I can just walk from one point to another... so really it is a small city with a HUGE POTENTIAL... :)

jake2townz

March 3rd, 2011, 04:28 AM

^^
So just how small is Dumaguete? Here's a quick visualization:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6742/citysize.png

nicko

March 3rd, 2011, 04:31 AM

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 04:43 AM

Mukhang si Mega Sugar man 'ning galakaw? :D

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7925/picture170q.jpg

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7459/picture171b.jpg

^^ Mega sugar, it's Sta. Teresa Restaurant.. Hehe. Main at Piapi then another one near Unitop.. :D

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROOs-8N0DiOFXxl2jJCOXa-reN8_kQVMPE4FG7GN7256p5YyFG

Main Branch

Had this set of lunch at Sta. Teresa Restuarant for PHP200.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9431/picture167pd.jpg

http://ph.openrice.com/UserPhoto/photo/0/36/000MOHF6C61C255AB1A971l.jpg
Source (http://ph.openrice.com/other/restaurant/photos.htm?shopid=13680&position=2&page=1#photo_tab)

Dr. V Locsin St. Branch

http://ph.openrice.com/UserPhoto/photo/0/35/000MGHEA4A61A85DF7E115l.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1231.snc4/156339_1562561182142_1178716724_31324828_4365216_n.jpg

rmb

March 3rd, 2011, 04:46 AM

^^
So just how small is Dumaguete? Here's a quick visualization:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6742/citysize.png

Any idea of the size if Bacong, Sibulan, and Valencia will be included? In the future, Dumaguete urban area will expand and the focus should be the development of Metro Dumaguete as a whole.

rmb

March 3rd, 2011, 04:51 AM

The size of Dumaguete - 34.26 sq km is not far from that of Manila (city) - 38.55 sq km, however it expanded to other cities to form a huge metro at 638.55 sq km.

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 04:56 AM

La Residencia

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/8621/laresidencia.jpg

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jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 05:03 AM

It's DIET or DIE! hehehe.:lol::lol::lol:

Diet is not allowed while you're in Dumaguete City

I love this place. The first time I dined here was an "eat-all-you-can" thing, hahaha. It was a soft opening at the same time a celebration of success. I miss this place. :cheers:

But their exteriors need a "new look".:)

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Photos by Jenn Valmonte

nicko

March 3rd, 2011, 05:09 AM

^^ Their Chantilly Bread, Blueberry Cheesecakes, and Carbonara are to die for! :hungry!:

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 05:10 AM

Cang's

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2285/picture192q.jpg

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 05:12 AM

LP

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jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 05:16 AM

Yeah, those are their bestsellers plus their Salisbury Steak!

BTW, wala na jud nibalik ang Super Bake?

^^ Their Chantilly Bread, Blueberry Cheesecakes, and Carbonara are to die for! :hungry!:

nicko

March 3rd, 2011, 05:18 AM

Cang's

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2285/picture192q.jpg

Hi, Sir lewdsaint.. Mart One Center po 'to..:)

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 05:21 AM

Hi, Sir lewdsaint.. Mart One Center po 'to..:)

Oo nga pala. I was thinking of Cang's sa kabilang kanto.

Thanks!

nicko

March 3rd, 2011, 05:22 AM

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 05:23 AM

Hi, Sir lewdsaint.. Mart One Center po 'to..:)

Oo nga pala. I was thinking of Cang's sa kabilang kanto.

Thanks! :)

nicko

March 3rd, 2011, 05:25 AM

Yeah, those are their bestsellers plus their Salisbury Steak!

BTW, wala na jud nibalik ang Super Bake?

They are still doing business sa house ng owner (per order basis).. They gave up their spot at the Laguna Center. They just couldnt keep up with Ana Maria, Chantilly, and Sans Rival.

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 05:26 AM

Hehehe.. Nice one, Sir lewdsaint!... :banana:

Last Oct. 2010 pa 'yan. :D
We had our lunch with my partner after we went to Medical Center.

Set of Lunch for PHP200 only.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9431/picture167pd.jpg

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 05:28 AM

P200 for two?

Last Oct. 2010 pa 'yan. :D
We had our lunch with my partner after we went to Medical Center.

Set of Lunch for PHP200 only.

nicko

March 3rd, 2011, 05:29 AM

LP

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3069/picture114c.jpg

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1535/picture115r.jpg

The good old LSP.. Still chin up even with the presence of RPD!.. :cheers:

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 05:32 AM

coz they picked the wrong location. it's all about location, hehehe.:lol:

have you tried their 'sinful cinnamon'? heavenly sinful!

They are still doing business sa house ng owner (per order basis).. They gave up their spot at the Laguna Center. They just couldnt keep up with Ana Maria, Chantilly, and Sans Rival.

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 05:37 AM

P200 for two?

Yes!

The good old LSP.. Still chin up even with the presence of RPD!.. :cheers:

Mas prefer ko guihapon magshopping sa LP compare sa RPD.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1244/picture091m.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/i/picture091m.jpg/)

thesugarfairy

March 3rd, 2011, 05:41 AM

Miga sugar, ikaw 'ni? :D
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http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7459/picture171b.jpg (http://img826.imageshack.us/i/picture171b.jpg/)

^^ Hahahahaha I dont think so... wala kasing BELLY... hahahaha :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts:

^^ Definitely not me kasi I dont wear Loose Jeans... dapat fit talaga sa Leygz koh... hehehe

^^ And I dont have a car...if ever, my boss's car is Navy Blue... palagi kasi kaming magkasama mag eat jan sa Sta. Teresa sa Piapi... :)

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 05:45 AM

NORSU nursing grads pass exams
March 2, 2011, 5:06pm

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) – The Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) has announced that all its 21 nursing graduates have passed the Nursing Licensure Examination held last December 2010.

NORSU President Dr. Henry A. Sojor said this is the second batch of nursing graduates produced by the state university, and the second time that NORSU garnered a 100% passing rate in the nursing licensure test.

The new nurses are Camad Ali Jr., Jeanie Batiancila, Marie Neil Bon, Dibie Grace Cabus, Junsly Ceriales, Sandy Kristina David, France April Dela Cruz, Glady Gelera, Jerry Kinkito, Chryssle Marie Larracas, Richelle Manso, Shiela Pajulas, Saharah Pangcatan, Bayron Regalado, Janini Rondera, Marigine Rusiana, Anthony Rey Saycon, Vretchy Tuballa, Amor Valencia, Paul Kenjie Valerio and Ma. Victoria Zarate.

Barangay crafts out dev't plan
SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) –Barangay officials of 28 barangays in San Jose, Antique recently crafted out a three-year development plan for their respective barangays.

The plans contain programs, projects and directions for the different barangays to be used as their guide in achieving sustainable development.

Marilou Llavan, Executive Director of the Antique Human Development Program (AHDP) said the planning process was participated in by community residents.

P.A. anniversary activities set
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) – The Philippine Army’s 302nd Infantry Brigade has bared activities marking its 114th Founding Anniversary on March 22, 2011 with the theme, "Hukbong Katihan at Sambayanan: Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran."

PA Information Officer, Major Sonny Gonzales said the month-long celebration will start with a with a bloodletting, photo exhibit and film showing.

Gonzales also said an Army singing soldier competition will be held at Robinson’s Place, Dumaguete City.

Never too old to commit sin
MINGLANILLA, Cebu – Police are looking for a 90-year-old man who allegedly abused his 76-year-old female neighbor in the mountain barangay of Vito, this town, early this week.

The victim, who filed a rape case against her neighbor before the Provincial Prosecutor's Office, claimed she was about to boil water in her kitchen when the suspect embraced her from behind.

After two attempts, the suspect allegedly was able to consummate the act.

A check-up at the Vicente Sotto Memorical Medical Center showed that the victim was indeed assaulted, said PO2 2 Hazel Tuazon of the Women's Desk of Minglanilla Police Station.

Two queried on suspicious substances
MACTAN, Cebu – Two Hong Kong-based Chinese nationals were held for questioning at the Mactan International Airport for bearing at least three kilos of suspected pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient in the making of illegal substance, methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu.

The male and female Chinese nationals who acted suspiciously after arriving on board a Cebu Pacific flight from Hong Kong past 4 A.M. were apprehended after being sniffed by drug-sniffing dogs handled by K9 personnel, said Levi Ortiz, deputy director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 7. (Mars W. Mosqueda, Jr.)

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/307101/norsu-nursing-grads-pass-exams

thesugarfairy

March 3rd, 2011, 05:51 AM

P200 for two?

^^ YES! Super Affordable talaga Jan and their food TASTES GREAT!!! ABSOLUTELY!!!

^^ Sa pic ni Lewdsaint, Nilaga, Crab Torta, And is that Beef Stew? yummmmmmmy... then yung Cassava and the Leche Flan nila... yummmmm talaga... :)

coz they picked the wrong location. it's all about location, hehehe.:lol:

have you tried their 'sinful cinnamon'? heavenly sinful!

^^ OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Chantilly's Sinful Cinnamon???????????????????????????????????????????????????? :tongue4::tongue4::tongue4::tongue4::tongue4:
:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:
:uh::uh::uh::uh::uh::uh:

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 06:08 AM

PNP expects 70 more cops to boost security force in Negros Oriental
by Rachelle Nessia

DUMAGUETE CITY, Mar 2 (PIA) -- The NegOr police office expects an additional of 70 policemen this month to augment the police force in the province.

This after Negros Oriental was given priority for additional police personnel being one of the 14 provinces that the Department of Tourism (DOT) identified for its Tourism-Oriented Police Community-Oriented Protection (TOP-COP) program.

The additional cops will address the province's lack of security personnel especially that 50 local cops have been deployed and underwent the DOT's training for the TOP-COP program.

“These policemen who went through the training will be assigned in major tourist areas in the province and they will be dedicated for tourists only. They cannot be pulled out to join internal security operations,” said Provicial Police Director Col. Rey Lyndon Lawas.

The tourist assistance police units will later on operate independently as a stand-alone unit.

“They will be separated from other territorial police units, although they will be directly under the control of the provincial police director,” said Lawas.

Lawas welcomed the additional cops in the provincial police force as the creation of tourist police assistance units have further compounded the police office's lack of security manpower.

“We will just double our efforts,” said Lawas as he called on the community to support his office by avoiding getting involved in crimes.

“This alone is already a big help to us,” he added.

With the province's nigh time population pegged at 1.3 million, the current police to civilian ratio is 1 cop for every 1,300, a far cry from the ideal ratio of 1 cop to 500 civilians. (PIA-NegOr/RMN)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19910

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 06:09 AM

sa superbake na ang sinful cinnamon sugar.:)

^^ OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Chantilly's Sinful Cinnamon???????????????????????????????????????????????????? :tongue4::tongue4::tongue4::tongue4::tongue4:
:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:
:uh::uh::uh::uh::uh::uh:

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 06:10 AM

Medical mission benefits poor families in Brgy Calindagan
by Jennifer C. Tilos

DUMAGUETE CITY, Mar 2 (PIA) --Medical, dental mission benefited more than a thousand poor families in Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City that consisted of free check ups, circumcision, haircut and siatzu massage.

The 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army (PA) and the Rotary Club of Dumaguete conducted the medical and dental mission at Barangay Calindagan in commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of church military advisory group in the province.

Civil Military Operations Officer of the 302 Brigade Major Sonny E. Gonzales said that the unit will continue to extend support and assistance especially to the poorest among the poor who need humanitarian assistance.

A group of alliance of young nurses from Foundation University, city health personnel of the city, official and advocates participated in the medical mission.

Dumaguete City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria and NegOr 2nd district Cong. George B. Arnaiz graced the activity as major sponsors.

Brigade Commander Colonel Ochotorena said the collaborative efforts of the military and other participating government agencies and various NGOs are reaching out to bring the government closer to the people by responding to the medical needs of the poor residents in the community.

“This is to complement the efforts of our concerned government agencies under the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) OPLAN BAYANIHAN in addressing the insurgency problem in Negros Oriental,” Major Gonzales said. (PIA-NegOr/JCT)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19789

nicko

March 3rd, 2011, 06:12 AM

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http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/180885_182374821800293_182370168467425_389513_1767601_n.jpg

source (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Camella-Dumaguete/182370168467425)

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 06:23 AM

are these photos taken from their Dumaguete site?

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/179819_182374785133630_182370168467425_389510_5129008_n.jpg
source (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Camella-Dumaguete/182370168467425)

nicko

March 3rd, 2011, 06:38 AM

^^ I dont know. Never been there. Haha.. Those are taken from their FB account..

lewdsaint

March 3rd, 2011, 07:44 AM

I remembered that photo when you said that you went to Sta. Teresa. :)

Naagi ka gali sa Bacong lapit ka na lang gid tani sa lugar ko. :)

^^ Hahahahaha I dont think so... wala kasing BELLY... hahahaha :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts:

^^ Definitely not me kasi I dont wear Loose Jeans... dapat fit talaga sa Leygz koh... hehehe

^^ And I dont have a car...if ever, my boss's car is Navy Blue... palagi kasi kaming magkasama mag eat jan sa Sta. Teresa sa Piapi... :)

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 08:17 AM

taga-bacong ka gali lewdsaint?:)

I remembered that photo when you said that you went to Sta. Teresa. :)

Naagi ka gali sa Bacong lapit ka na lang gid tani sa lugar ko. :)

detours

March 3rd, 2011, 08:24 AM

Worth 32 stories of hotel levels are opening this first-second quarter of the year ALONE.

BayView Hotel (8 levels) - Now 60% operational
Hotel Palwa (7 levels) - first 3 levels are operational
Manhattan Suites (3 levels)
Hotel along Veterans Ave (9 levels)
Hotel along Perdices St (5 levels)

Plus MORE are opening this year.. Such as RLC's GoHotel, etc...

Boom, boom, boom! :cheers:

wow!and more Hotels to be constructed?and I noticed the height of these hotels.In our city the tall hotels are still at 5 levels...di pa rin kasi visible kahit sa tarp kung gaano kataas talaga yong mga rumored midrise hotels like the GO and the one in B.S. Aquino Drive.but surely there will be more to come with the heights same as in Dumz and that 12 floors of SM Casa...going vertical is now the trend too.mahal na kasi ang per square meter ng duta or yuta in your dialect.

detours

March 3rd, 2011, 08:33 AM

yes, in terms of land area, it's really tiny (34 sq.km.), Bacolod is 5x bigger in land area. it gives credence to the saying that in Dumaguete, everything is just 10mins away, which is really true since the distances between places are just short and our CBD is concentrated around a tight radius (walking distance)

in terms of amenities, facilities, attractions, establishments, and the economy, yes it is more like a highly-urbanized city since it has all the trappings of a cosmopolitan environment like the BPO industry, a full-service mall, a sports & convention complex, prolific retail and consumer industries, a vibrant all-week nightlife etc. without the notorious congestion, pollution, crimes and urban decay that other big cities have.. almost anything which you can find in a big city, it is in Dumaguete

you should visit some time.. it's just a 5-hour drive from Bacolod :)

yes friend...someday I can visit your beautiful city.I will really see to it that before I go abroad ,Dumaguete muna...hahaha!di pa nga nakapunta sa Dumaguete mag aabroad na?that will be my most ambitious dream na dapat maging "reality".

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 08:46 AM

300 sugar workers allegedly recruited for Tarlac intercepted
by Jennifer Catan-Tilos

DUMAGUETE CITY, Mar 3 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) authorities intercepted over 300 sugar migratory workers from Negros Oriental alleged to have been illegally recruited by a contractor bound for Tarlac late last year.

Of the total recruits seized at the Dumaguete seaport, half of them were sent back home due to lack of proper documents that included the more than 40 suspected minors.

This was reported by DOLE officer Sandra Duran in a Provincial Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking in Persons (PIACAT) meeting yesterday.

Duran said the recruits were coming from the municipalities of Bindoy, Tayasan, Mabinay, Ayungon, and Bais City in Negros Oriental.

While the rest of 168 recruits were able to get away as the boat right then started to move out while the DOLE authorities were still checking some group tickets and documents, Duran said.

However, the Visayan Forum (VF) intercepted the group at the Manila port and brought them to its halfway houses for temporary shelter and counseling.

According to VF representative here Mayen Pepino, she is requesting her counterpart in Manila to send the list of recruits with corresponding age and addresses so that mayors of the respective concerned municipalities and city be informed and act on it.

With this situation, PIACAT called on the members to strengthen the network and intensify efforts to disseminate awareness against illegal recruitment and human trafficking in the barangay level.

DOLE official warned that a group of women and children may be trafficked victims if buying of tickets is in bulk; the individual embarking and disembarking of the members of the group who always regroup once inside the vehicle; and the possession by the usually lone adult in the group, the recruiter, of all the travel and personal documents of everyone in the group.

It is noted during the PIACAT meeting the difficulties to document the trafficked victims because of the illegal and covert nature of the activity, aside from the fact that persons who are trafficked usually change their age and names.(PIA-NegOr/JCT)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=20053

draude

March 3rd, 2011, 01:48 PM

Phosphate processing plant to open soon in Basay town (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2011/March/03/negor3.htm)

A phosphate processing plant will be operational soon in Basay, Negros Oriental, with private security forces preparing for deployment sometime this month, provincial police director, Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, said.

Representatives from the AY76 Security Specialists, a private contractor hired to secure the Kolinski phosphate processing plant, have coordinated with Lawas, who motored with them to Basay Tuesday for an initial inspection of the site.

Lawas said the phosphate processing plant, which also operates phosphate mines in Agusan in Mindanao, is scheduled to be operational sometime in March or April, this year.

Under the law, private security groups are required to touch base with the local Philippine National Police in areas, where their armed security personnel will be assigned.

The group also paid a courtesy call on the officials of Basay and nearby Bayawan City, whose residents are expected to benefit from the phosphate processing plant, and seen to generate employment and livelihood for the local communities, Lawas said.

Environment-related concerns and other similar issues, such as government licenses and permits, were discussed as well as an assurance that existing small-scale miners in Basay will not be disenfranchised with the entry of the phosphate processing plant.*JFP

draude

March 3rd, 2011, 01:53 PM

draude

March 3rd, 2011, 02:01 PM

^^
So just how small is Dumaguete? Here's a quick visualization:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6742/citysize.png

agay! :ohno::ohno: pero wla ra ko ka feel nga ingon ana diay ka gamay... daghan man gud ka laagan..:nuts:

jundem_dq63

March 3rd, 2011, 03:27 PM

Kapoy kaayo mag back read....:lol::lol::lol::lol: 3 pages......thanks guys and happy to see that all our friends from Visayas and Mindanao who really love the City of Gentle and Beautiful People (like me :lol::lol::lol:) are coming here..... nice to see you around guys and be here all the time...

^^

Love Dumaguete's huge variety of food concepts for a small city.

It's DIET or DIE! hehehe.:lol::lol::lol:

Super.....according to Joseph...it's DIET or DIE....:lol::lol::lol::lol:...... Diet is not allowed here......:cheers::cheers::cheers:

^^ With matching pics pa from amega jundem... thanks thanks... :)

Of course.... to let the audience know what we're talking about here.....kung saan ka palaging kumakain Mega Sugar....:lol::lol::lol::lol:.....

^^ Dumaguete is really a Small City in terms of Land Area. Almost 1/5th that of Bacolod City. But it is really booming... Constructions here, there, everywhere... When I was working there, I can really save my Transportation allowance due to the fact that I can just walk from one point to another... so really it is a small city with a HUGE POTENTIAL... :)

Small but terrible......

tsada diri tambayan diri me nagkita sa akong X... :lol::lol::lol:

Oi may pa X X na ka ron ha....sa man na.... Triple X...or Agent X44..eehheheh

agay! :ohno::ohno: pero wla ra ko ka feel nga ingon ana diay ka gamay... daghan man gud ka laagan..:nuts:

Kay laagan man jud ka kaayo.......Murag mamatay ug dili ka laag...true?....or true :lol::lol::lol:

jsl_bxu1206

March 3rd, 2011, 03:31 PM

79th IB adjudged best battalion in coverage area
March 3, 2011, 5:59pm

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PNA) – The Philippine Army’s 79th “Masaligan” Infantry Battalion based in Negros Oriental has been adjudged the best battalion in terms of accomplishments and achievements in the 3rd Infantry Division’s area of coverage last year.

This was disclosed by 79th IB commander Lt. Col. Pio Diñoso III, who was guest of honor and speaker at the changing of the guards of the batallion’s Bravo Company at the Lagunao detachment in Puhagan, Valencia last Wednesday.

Diñoso said the feat was achieved through the untiring efforts of his men in winning the hearts and minds of the people through peace and development works, civil military operations, medical missions and outreach programs and backed by logistics from concerned local government units.

Meanwhile, the 79th IB’s Bravo Company has a new company commander in the person of Lt. Lusaylo Lunas who replaced Lt. Josen Torres.

Lt. Col. Diñoso underscored the turnover of command, saying that it is always the commander who bares the brunt if his unit fails.

“But if the unit succeeds, the commander will always credit the same to his men,” he said.

Diñoso ordered his men to accord the same support and dedication to work and country to the new commander of the Bravo Company as he exhorted the soldiers to continue working with dedication and commitment in achieving peace for Negros Oriental.

Negros Oriental is the only province among four provinces in Central Visayas that still has a relatively serious insurgency problem to solve.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/307315/79th-ib-adjudged-best-battalion-coverage-area

jundem_dq63

March 3rd, 2011, 03:35 PM

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant1.jpg

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant2.jpg
The much talked-about siopao of Don Roberto's Bar and Restaurant

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant5.jpg
Shanghai Fried Rice

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant6.jpg
Pancit Canton

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant7.jpg
Chop Suey

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant8.jpg
Crispy Pata

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant9.jpg
Halo-halo Special

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant10.jpg
Birds Nest Soup

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant11.jpg
Chateau Briand

http://www.thelonerider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/images/dumaguete_family_restaurant12.jpg
Don Roberto's Burger

Source (http://www.coconutinsider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/robertos/robertos.shtml)

jundem_dq63

March 3rd, 2011, 03:41 PM

For the information of Everybody except for Cafe Laguna....all restaurants that were featured/posted here by myself were home grown.......

We can never deny the fact that all of these establishments are doing great simply because of the amazing food/services that they're selling.........

Ngita pa ko picture sa ubang restaurant...nga home grown jud siya...ehhehehehe.....

jundem_dq63

March 3rd, 2011, 03:47 PM

http://www.coconutinsider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/likha/images/dumaguete_bar.jpg

http://www.coconutinsider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/likha/images/dumaguete_restaurants3.jpg

http://www.coconutinsider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/likha/images/dumaguete_restaurants6.jpg

http://www.coconutinsider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/likha/images/dumaguete_restaurants7.jpg

http://www.coconutinsider.com/dumaguete/restaurant/likha/images/dumaguete_restaurants8.jpg

http://www.bworldonline.com/webpics/articles/image/duma-likha.jpg
offering passed and stationed hors d'oeuvres (appetizers/canap's/crudit's) on private gatherings

More on their website click here (http://www.likhatapasbar.com/)

jundem_dq63

March 3rd, 2011, 03:53 PM

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Food for the gentlefolk

Dumaguete locals are finicky about their food. It’s a trait shared with all Filipinos, this love of good food, but it’s a telling fact that when the first mall in the "city of gentle people," Robinsons Place Dumaguete, opened last November, the biggest sales of the day were home appliances and KFC.

Even now, with a tenant ratio of 35% food to 65% non-food shops, the top earners remain to be food places, namely, KFC, Jollibee, Mang Inasal, Chowking, Sans Rival Cakes and Pastries, Greenwich and Shakeys. This we learned from Joseph Sian, group property manager for Robinsons Land Corp., with Bacolod as his base and nearby Dumaguete his newest site.

The visit to Negros Oriental’s capital last April 14-16 may have been a familiarization for media of the newest RLC property, but it quickly became a food trip, given the variety available in the city -- and we didn’t even have time to visit Jo’s Inato for their patented chicken or Panda’s for their fried ice cream or the resident sugba-sugba (a type of grill house) where corporate types rubbed elbows with dockhands for lunch.

http://www.bworldonline.com/webpics/articles/image/duma-lab.jpg
Fresh seafood from Lab-as Restaurant

http://www.bworldonline.com/webpics/articles/image/duma-likha.jpg
Tuna mini-burger and smoked salmon hors d’oeuvres from Likha Tapas and Vodka Bar

Of the popular food places within the mall itself, Sans Rival Cakes and Pastries is the homegrown favorite, a hangout for families and barkadas, tourists and locals. The original site downtown is still booming, and the mall café is frequently full, with only a few minutes in between customers. Given the traffic, it isn’t too surprising that the owner of the shop, Manuel "Chiquiting" Sagarbarria, is the incoming mayor of Dumaguete (he won by 51 votes).

Since founder Trining Teves Sagarbarria opened her garage-cum-bakeshop in 1977, Sans Rival Cakes and Pastries has been the go-to place for pasalubong in Dumaguete, usually of the namesake sansrival cake, a buttery, nutty cake (P25/slice, P285/loaf with mango, chocolate and mocha flavor variants), and silvanas (P12 apiece, P100 per pack of 10), a round biscuit of thin meringue slices, powdery on the outside with crumbs, and sticky on the inside with caramelized sugar, and oozing with buttercream filling. The family recipes reputedly date back to the Spanish colonial period.

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These days, the shop also offers a choice of pasta and sandwiches, and several drink options. Try the flavored café latte (I’d suggest hazelnut, but there’s also Irish coffee, caramel and almond mocha) and for the heck of it, the intriguingly named Teekanne teas -- "Happy Moods," dubbed "enlivening herbal tea blend with green" and "Sweet Kiss," an infusion of cherry and strawberry. Given that the pastries are on the sweet side, tea (or water at that) will be a good idea.

If dessert isn’t really your thing, and Mexican more your style, there’s Cebu-based Mooon Café at the alfresco area of the mall, quickly becoming a local favorite (in fact it’s one of the places a Dumaguete native suggested I check out). At night, the place is packed, outside seating preferred by those who want to listen to the night’s live entertainment, the stage dominating the court despite a water playground of large "bubble" buoys and a balloon slide.

Mooon Café’s interiors are colorful and whimsical, from the painted washbasins to the cute little salt and pepper shakers. With the doors open and the fans whirring, and the air-con on full blast, one can still hear the band and have their slice of quesadilla or quatro quezo pizza too. Add to that a heaping of beef salpicao, dripping "nacho spinners" or campesino jalapeño, and yummy Mexican baby back ribs. The house specialty drink is sangria and their own blend of iced tea, but as these are sticky-sweet and extra fruity, I’d suggest sticking to cola.

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Budbud kabug from Silliman Hall

Outside the mall, the go-to place would be Rizal Blvd. (so named because Rizal stayed the night on his way to Dapitan), right beside the sea. If you’re lucky, you can be invited to have tsokolate sa batirol (hot chocolate), mangga and budbud kabug (a type of suman made of millet and coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves), puto maya (rice cake) too, on the second floor of Silliman Hall, the oldest standing stick-style structure in the university overlooking the boulevard. The view is pretty, the wind lovely, and the building itself, which houses the anthropology museum, romantic.

If tea at Silliman Hall isn’t on your can-do list, perhaps you can settle for buying Silliman’s famous cheese bread from the cafeteria, wash it down with Mountain Dew (Silliman graduates swear by this combo) and proceed to the port/boulevard area where tiny plastic tables are set up by street vendors peddling fried goodies, the best of the lot being a fish tempura that’s a cross between kikiam and Jeprox (a type of fish cracker), that old childhood snack for the 1980s babies. They serve soft drinks here too.

Hayahay Treehouse Bar is a popular night spot, so much that even the parked cars would have youngsters passing around drinks, and right beside it is sister-establishment Lab-as Restaurant ("hayahay" connotes relaxation, whereas "lab-as" means "fresh"), a "family place" from the looks of it, both boasting of the freshest catch available, fish and shellfish, you name it, with meat produce thrown in and vegetable dishes as in the serving of okra, kangkong (swamp cabbage) and eggplant slices with a helping of guinamos (sauce made of salted and fermented anchovies, which may also use baby shrimp or oysters).

Five minutes away from the boulevard, but worth the trip for the quiet, would be Likha Tapas and Vodka Bar at the South Sea Hotel (the same owners of the Azalea Restaurant & Bar in Sibulan, more than an hour’s drive away from the city proper). They’ve got a plethora of vodkas from around the world (Russia, Austria, Sweden, Poland, France, Italy, New Zealand, the US, Kazakhstan), Mexican tequila, a variety of imported beer, and specialty cocktails, including martinis and margaritas. Bar chow care of the New York-trained chef ranges from mini pork chimichangas to tiny tuna burgers laced with wasabi to a main course of Australian T-bone steak (P380, 365g). Good stuff.

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CEBU’s Mooon Cafe has successfully expanded to Dumaguete.

In Dumaguete, there’s not a lot to be had in terms of entertainment outside a good movie, a beach jaunt, a poetry reading, or getting up close and personal with native deer and bats at the sanctuary in Silliman, but all the locals seem to want is good conversation with good food (of the non-endangered species kind) -- and they’ve got that down pat.

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jundem_dq63

March 3rd, 2011, 04:11 PM

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79th Masaligan Battalion best among Panay, Negros units
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

The 79th Masaligan Battalion in Negros Oriental has been adjudged as the best in the Army division of Panay and Negros competition in terms of accomplishments and achievements last year.

This was disclosed by 79th IB battalion commander, Lt. Col. Pio Diñoso, who attended the changing of the guards of the battalion’s Bravo Company at the Lagunao detachment in Puhagan, Valencia, yesterday.

Diñoso said the feat was achieved through the untiring efforts of his men in winning the hearts and minds of the people through peace and development work, civil military operations, medical missions and outreach programs, backed with logistics from local government units.

Meanwhile, the 79th IB’s Bravo Company has a new company commander in the person of Lt. Lusaylo Lunas who replaced Lt. Josel Torres.

Diñoso ordered his men to accord the same support and dedication to work and country to their new company commander.*JG

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March 3rd, 2011, 04:13 PM

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Phosphate processing plant to open soon in Basay town
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A phosphate processing plant will be operational soon in Basay, Negros Oriental, with private security forces preparing for deployment sometime this month, provincial police director, Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, said.

Representatives from the AY76 Security Specialists, a private contractor hired to secure the Kolinski phosphate processing plant, have coordinated with Lawas, who motored with them to Basay Tuesday for an initial inspection of the site.

Lawas said the phosphate processing plant, which also operates phosphate mines in Agusan in Mindanao, is scheduled to be operational sometime in March or April, this year.

Under the law, private security groups are required to touch base with the local Philippine National Police in areas, where their armed security personnel will be assigned.

The group also paid a courtesy call on the officials of Basay and nearby Bayawan City, whose residents are expected to benefit from the phosphate processing plant, and seen to generate employment and livelihood for the local communities, Lawas said.

Environment-related concerns and other similar issues, such as government licenses and permits, were discussed as well as an assurance that existing small-scale miners in Basay will not be disenfranchised with the entry of the phosphate processing plant.*JFP

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March 3rd, 2011, 05:54 PM

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SUHS ‘80 fun run a success
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By Oni Siega/Eleanor Barrios

The Run 4 ur Heart Fun Run held Feb. 20 was sponsored by Silliman University Batch 1980 for the benefit of the special children at the Great Physician Rehabilitation Foundation (GP Rehab), managed by executive director Analou Suan and Svein Erik Lyng, president of the Norwegian Disabled Care Foundation.

The outcome of the run exceeded the expections of the organizers. Participants came from as far as Bais City and Bacong town, and also attracted foreign expats now residing in Dumagute City. The youngest participant was 5 year-old Marc Vincent Edrea; the oldest was 59-year-old Marcelino Laro Jr. Tristan Barrios and Joyce Solomon limped to the finish line but conquered the 10K run no less, with pride.

The event envisioned two goals: to bring about physical fitness awareness among the public, and to help alleviate the plight of children with disabilities.

Earlier last year, the children at GP Rehab were recipients of Batch 80’s civic activity.The students received school supplies, school bags, face towels, slippers and vitamins. Packed lunch was also distributed to the children after conducting several games for them.

The fun run this year was conceptualized by Batch ‘80 alumni Aleli Ada-Villocino now based in Baybay, Leyte as a PE professor; and Manila-based Ma. Lourdes Arrieta-Castañeda.

It was conducted with the technical assistance of the Metro Dumaguete Roadrunners Club headed by Deo Salem, and with the expert coordination and direction by Paultom Paras, and Bernabe & Grace Anfone-Bustillo.

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nosaj

March 4th, 2011, 02:31 AM

hi..about the new bsp bldg. last year,in one of his meeting for the election,the mayor said that the building would be four stories tall,and the 3 existing floors will again be occupied by qualfon..because before the meeting had started,he met w/ qualfon bosses & signed a contract for their expansion here in our city..

ritche

March 4th, 2011, 02:50 AM

Not quite possible considering the security requirement of BSP, and with hundreds, even thousands of employees around, maintenance of security and confidentiality would be like a nightmare...But who knows with their high tech equipment :)...

Cebu Pacific will be adding additional flight on Wednesday and Saturday starting March 16...

nicko

March 4th, 2011, 03:25 AM

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Spicy shrimp and tofu

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Asian egg noodles

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barbecue short ribs

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Tuna wrapped in nori and ham

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KRI Salad

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Barbecue pulled pork sandwich

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nicko

March 4th, 2011, 03:31 AM

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thesugarfairy

March 4th, 2011, 04:26 AM

^^ Is this Don Roberto's somehow "related" or "affiliated" with the ROBERTO'S of ILOILO? kasi naman ang kanilang Logo really looks the same except sa Dumaguete may "Don"...

^^ I Love Don Roberto's Siopao - Uber... and my all time favourite Siopao is Iloilo's Roberto's... yung Queen... :)

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The much talked-about siopao of Don Roberto's Bar and Restaurant

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Shanghai Fried Rice

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Pancit Canton

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Chop Suey

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Crispy Pata

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Halo-halo Special

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Birds Nest Soup

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Chateau Briand

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Don Roberto's Burger

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nicko

March 4th, 2011, 04:56 AM

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PARTY ROCK March 18 at Club El Camino

A Super Sexy Swaggin Night of Edge and Attitude featuring DJ Ivan and friends gettin down and durty. Get wild and keep rockin. Presented By: Club El Camino, KillerBee 95.1, Crocs, Power Prints, Zone One, City Pharma, Appliance Centrum, Cafe Antonio, Zetans, Amicitas, SJBE.

Discretion is advised but as always, completely ignored!

:cheers: :cheers:

nicko

March 4th, 2011, 05:05 AM

nicko

March 4th, 2011, 05:19 AM

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thesugarfairy

March 4th, 2011, 05:24 AM

Uhh, i dont think, miga sugar, coz Don Roberto's is just a new name from it's old name, Rosante's.. I think it's owned by a local.. It's a very old resto, i think it started in the late 80's..

^^ When I was assigned there in 2008, naa na diha ang Don Roberto's eh... but anyway, thanks for the info nicks... na curious lang kasi ako... pareho kasi yung mga logos nila... anyway, their foods great... recommended by me... :)

thesugarfairy

March 4th, 2011, 05:28 AM

PLEASE STOP POSTING ALL THESE PICTURES of FOODS!!!!

HAVE MERCY!!! I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!

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Alinghi

March 4th, 2011, 05:33 AM

Honda Racing Cup 2011: Bayawan City, Negros Oriental

Less was known on Circuit Racing in the Province of Negros Oriental (the biggest population of Motorcycle Users in the Philippines). Most local riding enthusiasts are fond of Underbone Motard Racing. It was so timely that Honda Philippines together with Du Ek Sam Inc and United Motoliance Network Corp. kicked off its 1st Leg for the Season 2 of the Honda Racing Cup 2011 – 2012 Visayas Series last January 23, 2011 in Negros Integrated Business Center, Villareal, Bayawan City to let the locals experience a totally new racing competiton.

A total of thirty eight riders joined the race. Sixteen riders came all the way from Cebu which composed of the Honda Motor World Racing Team and some privateers. While twenty two local riders came from different towns – Bayawan City, Basay, Sta. Catalina, Dumaguete City, Sibulan, Bacong, and Valencia.

Mr. Sammy Ondona, VP-Operations of United Motoliance gave his opening remarks as well as Atty. Popoy Renacia, City Councilor/Chairman for Sports and Education Commission in Bayawan City gave a short message and welcomed everyone to their town.

Before heating up the race track, Keken Cabahug of Honda Motorworld Racing Team conducted a short race clinic for the neophytes in circuit and Jong Uy of 5th Gear Motorsports had the riders briefing.

The race track was formally opened by the traditional balloon releasing led by Juno Villena (Sales Manager), Rod Mercado (Service Manager), Lloyd Garces (HPI PR), Jorge Olasima (Branch Manager, Du Ek Sam), Sammy Ondona (VP-Operations of United Motoliance), and Helen Du (VP-Finance, United Motoliance).

At around 10:30 AM, the race proper finally started. Excitement and apprehensions filled the race venue as everyone was eager to witness the battle between the pro and the neophytes.

Garry Cañeda Jr and Lyndon Requilme of Honda Motor World Racing Team became the top riders of the day as both bagged the first place in the Novice 4-Stroke and 130cc Open (Garry) and Scooter Class (Lyndon). It was not an easy victory for Garry in the 4-Stroke Category since Keken Cabahug also from Honda Motor World Racing Team took the lead for a few laps. But Garry new where to get Keken, being confident on his bike and a relaxed rider, he became victorious.

Surprisingly, the neophyte (local) riders in circuit played fairly. Shifting from Motard to Circuit Riding Style was not that easy but these locals proved everyone wrong. A few more practice and race, surely they will adopt perfectly the circuit riding style.

Axl Teves of Bayawan and Manny Lacson of Cool Ride Team from Sta. Catalina are among the local riders who became victorious. Axl placed fifth in the Novice 4-Stroke and second in the Dealers/Beginners/Club category competing with the other pro riders. While Manny, bagged the first place in the Dealers/Beginners/Club category and fourth place in the 100 – 125 cc Mixed Superstock besting also the other pro riders.

It was again a successful race in the Visayas hoping that Honda Philippines imparted to the locals the importance of bring motorcycle races at a proper venue for road safety.
Thank you to the local government of Bayawan headed by Arnie Teves for lending the race track.

Hope to see more Negrenses competing in our Next Leg!

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